ELI5- Why are there times that alcohol cannot be purchased?

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I live in New York State and recently our governor changed the liquor purchase time from 8a-8p to 10a-10p. You can buy beer from convenience stores at 8am-3am on Sundays like every other day but liquor is different. My question is why? Why is there a cutoff time?

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Depends on where you live but most in the US are what’s left of old state ‘blue laws.’ Goes all the way back to the fight of prohibition and imposing stringent regulations through church influence. In the south you’re talking Baptist’s 

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