I do know, that no matter your age, you are required to have your ID on you if you're in a bar.

Is this because you're in a bar or because we're all "supposed" to be carrying identification with us at all times?

King 5:

The Washington State Liquor Control Board says it gets complaints all the time from people who are clearly of age but who still get carded. Spokesperson Jennifer Skoda says the state law doesn't spell out who should be carded. It just says where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase liquor, the person shall be required to present ID.

Someone pushing sixty - again, exercising common sense - doesn't fall into the category of "a question of a person's right to purchase liquor."

But let's turn to the Revised Code of Washington:

RCW 70.155.090: Age identification requirement

I would also like to highlight the section where my military identification is sufficient "Age identification."

(1) Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase or obtain tobacco products by reason of age, the retailer or agent thereof, shall require the purchaser to present any one of the following officially issued identification that shows the purchaser's age and bears his or her signature and photograph: . . . (d) United States military identification

I can't tell you how fired up I was at the time.

Again, the RCW states "where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase". The moral of the Gov. Gregoire story, as always, is that common sense lost.

And I've noted RCW 70.155.090 states "tobacco". RCW 66.44, the section dealing with enforcement penalties for alcohol, contained nothing about proof of age and itself referred to RCW 70.155. If someone knows of the specific section dealing with proof of age to purchase alcohol (judging by the quote from the Liquor Control Board and the tobacco RCW, they're more than likely written exactly the same if there's a separate RCW), please, point us in that direction.