A JUDGE’S RULING IN TEXAS COULD MEAN THAT MAKING YOUR OWN MOONSHINE WILL BE PERFECTLY LEGAL
Moonshine. My grandfather used to buy it down South, the last time I remember being sometime in the early 1990’s. For me, moonshine came with a naughty connotation from tv shows and media. But I must admit that before moving North and becoming a damn Yankee, I ran across the odd still here and there in the Shenandoah Mountains. And yes, all of them had a very fat (or very skinny) typecast redneck with a shotgun in attendance. But making moonshine has been illegal for a very long time. But all of a sudden, a judge’s ruling in Texas may make it perfectly legal, and soon.
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“ENTHUSIASTS” SUED ARGUING THAT THE LAWS AGAINS MOONSHINE ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A group of individual enthusiasts along with the group “Hobby Distillers Association” filed suit to challenge the federal laws that make it a crime to make your own whiskey, vodka, or any other strong spirit at home. And yes, personally made at home hooch is the very definition of moonshine. And right now, if you get caught making any, you can get 5 years in the pokey as well as a $10,000 fine. Fortunately for other family members of mine as well as a number of friends, it’s perfectly legal to make your own beer or wine at home. Well, up to 100 gallons a year for either, anyway. But moonshine has been forbidden almost as long as we’ve had America.
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAKES A LOT OF MONEY TAXING BOOZE, AND LEGAL MOONSHINE COULD BE A THREAT
Taxation is a big part of the moonshine illegality history. Way back in 1791, the feds started taxing he hell out of spirits. In 2022, those taxes added up to 10.2 billion dollars in revenue. As you might imagine, the feds don’t want to lose that money. But if this judge’s ruling stands, that it’s unconstitutional to prevent people from making their own moonshine, then things are about to change for the better. Well, unless a lot of people go blind, anyway. But I can picture a lot of banjo-playing (as well as many other people) paying attention to this. They’ll be pretty darn happy to learn that they don’t have to worry about the feds taking their equipment, property and even their land for making their own moonshine.
I wonder what Uncle Jesse would say?
