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Oklahoma gun range has plans to serve alcoholic beverages on site. Because nothing goes together quite like booze and bullets.

Courtesy of Fox 25:

A new Metro business, slated to open this spring, is taking the steps needed to serve liquor on-site.

Owners say the state-of-the art indoor gun range will make history in Oklahoma, although across the country the concept is not new.

At 40,000 square feet co-owner Jeff Swanson says Wilshire Gun will be a full-fledged destination.

"As a group we wanted to build a place, the first one in Oklahoma, where you could go in, shoot, enjoy the retail area and then go to the café," he said.

The plan calls for 24 firearm lanes, 10 archery lanes, a simulation room, classrooms, and VIP Lounge.

But it's the cafe that's raising some eyebrows. Swanson says they want to serve food and alcohol.

"I've not seen a business that does the firearms that has a liquor license," said ABLE Commission spokesperson Capt. Brent Fairchild, "but it's possible that if they apply they could be the first one."

But don't worry the new facility has a plan for keeping things safe.

Folks with the range insist it can be done safely. They say they're working with several ranges from California to Texas who have never had a problem.

They just have to ensure folks shoot, then drink, and not the other way around.

Yes because reasoning with an armed drunk ALWAYS has a positive outcome.

My father was a raging alcoholic, from a proud tradition of alcoholics, and even HE knew better than to mix alcohol and firearms.

I once saw the man take his quarter horse over a jump with a can of Old Milwaukee in his hand. Never spilled a drop.

But he did not take out his gun if he was under the influence of alcohol. And he was almost ALWAYS under the influence of alcohol. Some things were just too risky, even for an old cowboy.

Introducing alcohol into an environment with massive amounts of ammunition and multiple firearms seems like a recipe for disaster to me.

And according to a 2011 study there is already evidence that gun owners have a propensity toward alcohol abuse, so inviting a bunch of potential heavy drinkers into an environment which combines deadly weapons and deadly force, seems akin to inviting pyromaniacs into a match and gasoline store.

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