[FairWitness]

A short article which struck me as a good example of "good intentions" pushed too the limit. Maybe I'm too old to appreciate the danger. I only have to drive three minutes from my nearest convenience store to home, so cracking open the six-pak on the way is not a problem. My memories of when I was underage inform me that warm beer would not have been a disincentive if I'd wanted a drink, and I doubt it is much of a barrier to folks who are dumb enough to drink while driving. But I suppose it will make a lot of folks feel good to support this law.

It was also noted near the bottem of this (short) article that drunken-driving fatalities in Missouri have declined over the past four years .

[Luigi Vasellini]

He should put a (D) after his name.

[ricardobaltazar]

As a former binge drinker, I can tell you that warm beer would not stop someone who wants to drink it right away.

But hey, it [b]will[/b] inconvenience all those evil moderation drinkers!

[CindyDawg]

I've wondered about the irony of selling individual cans/bottles when we have a no open container law. People that need a beer that bad are just going to buy 6 instead of one or drink it hot. They will just have to have bigger brown bags to put um in I guess. Instead of worrying about our seatbelts LE could make a bundle around here just having someone undercover in the store.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Tax the cigarettes out of existence and use the precedents to tax the burgers and ban the beer. Use the government to make your neighbors be "good." (The next century is going to be a booger.) Screw this Senator, I'd love to see him choke on his own bile.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Maybe the good Senator sells coolers( igloo,etc...) instate.

This law will surely spark a cooler buying binge.

[KC_Conspirator]

The Anheiser Busch family should have alredy paid this guy off by now.

[demkicker]

This guy just kissed his re-election chances good-bye. What an idiot.

[Lancey Howard]

I have known alcoholics who prefer room-temp beer. Besides, room-temp is the virtually the norm in much of Europe from what I understand.

[Alissa]

Sounds like they'll have to stop selling ice and coolers too if they want this to be effective.

[RonF]

This isn't going to solve any problems. The law may ban buying cold beer, but most people will just buy Budwesier, Corona, Miller Light, etc. instead.

[DumpsterDiver]

Perhaps Alter's paycheck should be given to Kristen, the little legislator behind this initiative.

Sen. Bill Alter said the real author of the bill was Kristen, an 11-year-old fifth-grader at Cedar Hill Intermediate in House Springs.

Kristen said in an interview that she was targeting sales of individual cans or bottles of beer... she didn't think such sales to drivers were a good idea. She omitted liquor stores only because, "I just didn't think of that."

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I'm drinking a warm beer right this minute, and loving it.

[RGSpincich]

Coors Discrimination!

[Tench_Coxe]

Wonder if those distributing Anheuser-Busch products would be exempt??

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Alter deferred questions regarding that omission to the person he said was the real author of the bill: Kristen, a fifth-grader at Cedar Hill Intermediate in House Springs.

So they're letting some 10-year-old brat determine the thrust of their Carrie Nation jihad?

[Hugin]

So you are on your way home from work on a hot day. A cold beer sounds great! Just stop by the store a block from home, pick up a sixer, pop it in the fridge and wait two hours for it to get cold.

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wildbill]

"Wanna see this car do something really cool? Hold ma beer and watch this."

[Oztrich Boy]

Alter, R-High Ridge, introduced a bill in the Missouri House this week that would bar groceries and convenience stores from selling beer "that is refrigerated below 60 degrees."
Alter said Friday that his aim is to discourage drunken drivers -

Won't work (At least that's the result of a similar program they tried in England.)