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september-sun OP t1_izwd45q wrote

Reply to comment by FunnyFilmFan in Liquor stores open early? by september-sun

I would love to know why there needs to be a law for this.

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Capecole t1_izwfrdb wrote

Morality based laws from a long time ago. Liquor stores weren’t allowed to be open on Sundays in MA 15 years ago.

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fishythepete t1_izwonl7 wrote

18 years. RI and MA both first allowed Sunday sales in 2004.

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Capecole t1_izwoxdo wrote

I didn’t know that. I just assumed RI allowed alcohol because it was where everyone went to get tattooed.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_izxt87p wrote

And that was a relatively easy thing to justify repealing since it was a holdover from virtually nothing being open on a Sunday.

Even though there's a valid reason to remove restrictions on liquor store hours, it is a bit of a tougher sell because of the presumption that it'd just be used by alcoholics or people who've been up partying all night. That and nobody really cares enough to want to change it.

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bill-nye-finance-guy t1_izx0mr3 wrote

In Massachusetts it goes all the way back to the Puritans, and I think RI is similar

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ThirdHandTyping t1_izydlsd wrote

Keeping liquor stores closed a couple hours before the morning commute significantly lowers car crashes and fatalities.

Even places that have been allowing bars/clubs to be open all night often go back to closing them from around 5-8am to get less drunk drivers during peak driving hours.

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