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Then how do the moonshiners not get arrested? If you ask Tim and Steven Ray Tickle from the series, it’s all about not getting caught. “They’ve got to actually catch you doing something wrong. By the time that hits the TV…” Tickle said before Tim added, “And that’s physically catch you.”
Tickle continued, “We’re not sitting where we [were] at the time. You know, they watch me on TV Tuesday nights at 9, I’m still not sitting in the same spot at 10 o’clock when that show goes off. It’s non-taxed; that’s pretty much the only reason it’s illegal.” Article continues below advertisement
So, is Moonshiners fake?
Kind of. Yes, cameras are capturing moonshiners, but it’s not as illegal as you think. Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control spokeswoman Kathleen Shaw responded to concern from residents about the illegal production of alcohol, and reassured everyone that the state has the situation under control by hinting the show is not as authentic as it seems.
“If illegal activity was actually taking place, the Virginia ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement would have taken action,” she wrote in an email per Fox News. source
Josh Owens also agrees with his co-stars, telling Motorcycle USA, “I’m not in jail because it’s not evidence, for one, that I’m on TV making moonshine. And for two, I could be doing anything, it could be just water… [The cops] got a lot bigger fish to fry than somebody just making a little bit of something to sip on when alcohol’s in every store and every bar in the countryside.”
