Question about ordinance violations

[Jodwahh]

Drinking in public makes you more of a man. Drinking and smoking is like uber awesome super freaking cool.

So it was writen and so it shall be!

[Illek♫]

Only if you also snort coke off of a hot girl's ass!

[Yuri-G]

I thought this was about ordnance violations. which would have been way more interesting.

on topic, it's pretty lame not to be able to drink in public. drinking in public and public drunkenness are two different things. yes, drinking in public can lead to public drunkenness, but so can drinking at home, or drinking in a bar, or drinking in a club. I'm not saying people should be carting around kegs on the beach but it'd be nice if I could have a couple beers while I watched the sun set or something.

oh well. that's what cabins on the lake are for.

[Despain]

I love beer just as much as the next guy, but I'm going to have to disagree with you on this. Drink in the bar, at home, or if you go camping. Public intoxication creates a trash problem and a behavioral problem, hence why it's illegal.

This. I love beer, but there's really no point to drink it in public, unless you honestly want to show off :/

[Yuri-G]

well now let's be fair, it completely depends. if you just want to walk around your neighborhood with a beer in your hand for no reason, that's stupid. but I often bring a beer with my on the way to my friend's house when we go out, pre-partying is an awesome way to save money, and I'd rather drink while I walk over to her house than chug one at home first. and clearly places like parks or the beach can be a great place to have a couple beers with friends or family. if people want to have a picnic and a couple beers happen to be part of that picnic I see no harm in that. if they get wasted and start harassing other people, yeah, that's a problem. but don't punish those of us who can drink responsibly on behalf of those morons.

I've even known people who got told to get off their porch and finish their beer inside their house. now that is just plain bullshit, although I doubt most cops would go that far.

[MisterBob]

well now let's be fair, it completely depends. if you just want to walk around your neighborhood with a beer in your hand for no reason, that's stupid. but I often bring a beer with my on the way to my friend's house when we go out, pre-partying is an awesome way to save money, and I'd rather drink while I walk over to her house than chug one at home first. and clearly places like parks or the beach can be a great place to have a couple beers with friends or family. if people want to have a picnic and a couple beers happen to be part of that picnic I see no harm in that. if they get wasted and start harassing other people, yeah, that's a problem. but don't punish those of us who can drink responsibly on behalf of those morons.

I've even known people who got told to get off their porch and finish their beer inside their house. now that is just plain bullshit, although I doubt most cops would go that far.

Unfortunately, there are too many of those morons you mentioned. I'd love to be able to walk in the park on a cool summer evening with a beer, but it's not going to happen.

[kyod]

Why would you walk in public with an open container...? Isn't this common knowledge or is this some massive woosh?

[gamez]

It's usually common knowledge to transfer your liquids into other plastic beverage bottles, or smuggle it in socks, and I don't even drink, it's nothing major, and it'll be wiped off your record after so long as a minor misdemeanor if you don't fuck-up again in the near future.