is the making of moonshine, illegal? or does it depends on the state you're in?
110660
If you want to sell it, then you've got the restriction everybody else listed. If you want it for yourself and a few friends then I think its legal everywhere.
1035191
It can be both!\n Firstly I live in Florida so that might make a little difference but most states are probably simular.\n Just selling will get you arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.(Even if the person is 18 yrs old, you must be 21 to purchase or consume alcohol).\n The arrest can either be right there on the spot, handcuffs & all. Or it can be an R&R ( Released on your own Recognise).. but you will have to go to court because it is a legal arrest just as if they had taken you down to the local jail,  but they are choosing to allow you to remain free & just show up for court.\n Here in Florida you will be given a $500 fine the first time & you can bet that you will lose your job.\n You are not allowed to work anywhere that alcohol is sold or served for at least 6 months but this can be up to 2 yrs. before anyone will hire you again in this line of work.\n Now for the civil part ...aside from the fine that you have received...If the minor that you sold the alcohol to should go out and commit a crime, get arrested for DUI / DWI, have an automobile accident,(If the accident caused a death then you could even be charged as a principle in the cause of the persons death..YOU could go to prison!),if the minor falls & breaks his nose than you can be required to pay his medical bills, if the minor dies from alcohol poisoning than you can be charged with his death & go to prison...you can also be sued for all of the above things that I have listed by the minors parents or by a victim if a contributing factor was the alcohol that you sold/gave them.\n I don't mean to frighten you; but you must realize how serious that your question & my answer really is.\n It's a funny thing really..You only have to be 18 to sell alcohol in a grocery or convience store yet they don't really, fully explain the consequences to you & they expect you to be adult enough to sell alcohol.\n(Just a note.. Please just be careful because that kid who's trying to purchase the alcohol doesn't care if you go to jail, lose your job & have to pay a fine!)\n Use the rule..I.D. if the person looks under 27 yrs. on tobacco and under 35 yrs. on alcohol..This gives you an easier way to judge wheather you should I.D. instead of looking at the person & saying to yourself...Does he look 18 or does he look 21? Looks can be VERY deceiving when it comes to age!
293674
Article [XVIII].(See Note 16)\nSection 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. \n\nSection. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. \n\nSection. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress. \n\nProposal and Ratification \n\nThe eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-fifth Congress, on the 18th of December, 1917, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 29th of January, 1919, to have been ratified by the legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. The dates of ratification were: Mississippi, January 8, 1918; Virginia, January 11, 1918; Kentucky, January 14, 1918; North Dakota, January 25, 1918; South Carolina, January 29, 1918; Maryland, February 13, 1918; Montana, February 19, 1918; Texas, March 4, 1918; Delaware, March 18, 1918; South Dakota, March 20, 1918; Massachusetts, April 2, 1918; Arizona, May 24, 1918; Georgia, June 26, 1918; Louisiana, August 3, 1918; Florida, December 3, 1918; Michigan, January 2, 1919; Ohio, January 7, 1919; Oklahoma, January 7, 1919; Idaho, January 8, 1919; Maine, January 8, 1919; West Virginia, January 9, 1919; California, January 13, 1919; Tennessee, January 13, 1919; Washington, January 13, 1919; Arkansas, January 14, 1919; Kansas, January 14, 1919; Alabama, January 15, 1919; Colorado, January 15, 1919; Iowa, January 15, 1919; New Hampshire, January 15, 1919; Oregon, January 15, 1919; Nebraska, January 16, 1919; North Carolina, January 16, 1919; Utah, January 16, 1919; Missouri, January 16, 1919; Wyoming, January 16, 1919. \n\nRatification was completed on January 16, 1919. See Dillon v. Gloss, 256 U.S. 368, 376 (1921). \n\nThe amendment was subsequently ratified by Minnesota on January 17, 1919; Wisconsin, January 17, 1919; New Mexico, January 20, 1919; Nevada, January 21, 1919; New York, January 29, 1919; Vermont, January 29, 1919; Pennsylvania, February 25, 1919; Connecticut, May 6, 1919; and New Jersey, March 9, 1922. \n\nThe amendment was rejected (and not subsequently ratified) by Rhode Island. \n  LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT LIQUOR/PROHIBITION.
475742
which state?\nwhat laws?
866956
Don't know specifically for California, but in some states, Operating a Motor Vehicle Under the Influence, is illegal anywhere.  Many of the laws are non-specific, as to the place.
344055
yeah.  its also legal in my area so....
220652
The only thing I can imagine you're talking about is pot, and no you can't take that to another state. In fact, you can't really have it in the state you're in, because it is against federal law.
265608
I think you are allowed to make like up to one gallon and only for your own personal use. If you want to make alcohol I wold suggest beer or wine It is less likely to kill you...
1142062
Whether you are a resident or a visitor to a state, it is the state you are physically in that governs your conduct.  If it is legal to shoot bottle rockets in ND, which is doubtful, then you may shoot bottle rockets, despite it being illegal in your home state.
212969
It just really depends on where you are. I know that where I live you have to have a temporary license to sell any food or drink anywhere. You might want to check the laws in your town first.
100479
If you're undeage it is. It's also illegal to drink while driving. And it's illegal to drink in many public places (such as a state park).
583504
What State ? I knew someone here in CA who did that for awhile before they realized it's illegal.
986491
In most states it is perfectly legal to make black powder for your own legitimate use. There are also some good web sites that give recipes for making it. Since we don't know exactly where your from we can't tell you precisely the laws involved. I'll include one of my favorite websites. It should be informative.
909819
Pot is illegal because it was competition for the cotton grower. During the civil war it was outlawed mainly because of its fibers. Hemp (Marijuana) can grow faster then most plants and produce much more usable material than the cotton plant. Hemp can grow up to a 30 foot tap root, in search of water. Hemp seed contains more protein then the soy bean. It can be used for so much other than the drug effects. Sadly its outlawed for these reasons. As long as DuPont and DOW chemicals are around hemp will be outlawed. Also take into account all the Drug companies who provide campaign money to all the senators who have drug laws approved and denied. If pot was legal maybe someone would not be on Prozac or Paxil. Alcohol will always be legal. It makes to much revenue. From the people who manufacture alcohol to the distributers. Then the bar owners who mixes a bottle and makes a couple 100$ on it. To the state who pops people for DWI's. Then lawyers who get paid to get you off. Then the insurance comp. who rapes you every year to drive. So alcohol makes to much money and will never be illegal regardless of how many people are killed and families destroyed by alcoholism. I smoke pot when I want, and don't really care what the Feds say. So put me in jail. That's where the good pot is anyways.
516419
I would think that if you were driving it on a public street, road, highway, or even a public sidewalk you could be charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Probably not if you were on private property such as your own driveway, or yard. You would have to check with  your local police or sherrif or state highway patrol for details of your areas laws on the matter.
602216
It depends on the state in which you want to do business.  Try looking up your state attorney general's website, they should have links to state statutes and regulations for an alcohol license.  Another think that you have to look at are your town and county laws as well.  Sometimes they can be more strict than the state laws.\n\nRich
478958
Well it's illegal, so no, not really. You could get in big trouble for possession if you get caught.