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| There’s a gun range in Florida where you can drink alcohol and shoot | |
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| If you enjoy a beer or two while on a night out shooting guns, you’re in luck. A gun range in Florida has been licensed to serve alcohol on its premises. | If you enjoy a beer or two while on a night out shooting guns, you’re in luck. A gun range in Florida has been licensed to serve alcohol on its premises. |
| Daytona Beach city commissioners approved the gun range’s application to serve alcoholic beverages, in a vote held on Wednesday night. CBS News reports just one of the commissioners queried the logic of the proposal. | Daytona Beach city commissioners approved the gun range’s application to serve alcoholic beverages, in a vote held on Wednesday night. CBS News reports just one of the commissioners queried the logic of the proposal. |
| Commissioner Ruth Trager expressed concerns staff would not be able to know whether a patron was sober enough to operate a gun. | Commissioner Ruth Trager expressed concerns staff would not be able to know whether a patron was sober enough to operate a gun. |
| However, the committee overruled her concerns. | However, the committee overruled her concerns. |
| Range owner, Ron Perkinson, argued his staff would keep an eye on patrons to ensure they weren’t too drunk. | Range owner, Ron Perkinson, argued his staff would keep an eye on patrons to ensure they weren’t too drunk. |
| He said: “[Staff] will be trained to visually look at the person, look at their eyes [and] look at their pupils, just like an officer would.” | He said: “[Staff] will be trained to visually look at the person, look at their eyes [and] look at their pupils, just like an officer would.” |
| He said he wasn’t trying to create an atmosphere where people would mix guns and alcohol to dangerous levels, but was giving them a rounded experience in which they could shoot, eat and drink in a proportionate and safe manner. | He said he wasn’t trying to create an atmosphere where people would mix guns and alcohol to dangerous levels, but was giving them a rounded experience in which they could shoot, eat and drink in a proportionate and safe manner. |
| “To the critics, I say, you’re right," he said. | “To the critics, I say, you’re right," he said. |
| "I’m not trying to mix the two. I’m trying to give you a nice meal before you go home. If you choose to have an alcoholic beverage and go home, that’s on you." | "I’m not trying to mix the two. I’m trying to give you a nice meal before you go home. If you choose to have an alcoholic beverage and go home, that’s on you." |