THIS SOUNDS PRETTY DAMNED TACKY TO ME:

Fairfax County Police are targeting Reston and Herndon area bar-restaurant patrons suspected of having one too many drinks.

Police have been taking them outside for sobriety tests and, if they fail, arresting them for public drunkenness.

The owners of local bar-restaurants are complaining that these tactics are too aggressive. But a county police spokesman says the practice is nothing new and, besides, helps prevent worse abuse that can lead to alcohol-related driving accidents.

Next step: Warrantless visits to your home to see if you’re drunk, since — after all — you might get in your car and drive somewhere before you sober up.

Ken Layne, through whom I found this story, wants to carpet-bomb the Commonwealth of Virginia. That seems a bit much to me. But if you want to let them know what you think about this, here’s the page with their contact information.

There’s a picture of George Washington on the website. I can’t help but note that the colonial-era response to such tactics would probably have been tarring and feathering.