Keg proposals alarm Chapel Hill (They want to register kegs now)

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[KevinDavis]

A potential profit opprotunity..

[elbucko]

If there's one thing your average college student understands, it's beer.

Yup! I don't even bother with the gun argument anymore, I just go right to beer, motorcycles, rock climbing, etc.. What ever common ground I can find and say it will be eventually banned by the "Enemies of Fun".

[Voss]

They're trying to pass keg registration in the Texas legislature, and the bill was authored by a Republican. He's also trying to make it illegal to sell alcohol to 21-year-olds until 7 a.m. on their birthday.

[wolfpat]

Ayn Rand covered this in Atlas Shrugged. She says that a government has no power over innocent citizens. But if laws are so numerous, and unable to be objectively interpreted, then everyone becomes a criminal and subject to government action.

[elbucko]

....these idiots really think that the solution to every perceived problem is legislation and government oversight of normally legal activities.....

And these idiots are usually attorneys or teachers. Rules take on a life of their own and become more important than the job they were elected for; representation of their constituents. These people are only representing themselves.

[Woodstock]

Almost too stupid for comment.

[Tacis]

I believe that the truely hardcore fraternity dinkers vastly prefer cases of bottles of beer to kegs. The kegs are simply to heavy to throw at the campus cops!

[Servant of the 9]

When Kegs are Outlawed, Only Outlaws and other Fraternities will have Kegs.

So9

[t_skoz]

They are doing this RIGHT NOW in New York State. Our Legislature passed a law last year that put a serial number on all kegs of beer, and every time you buy a keg, you must fill out a form that has the keg's serial # on it, and your drivers license ID #. This was meant so that if the cops bust up an underage drinking party with a keg of beer, they know who to crack down on.

Just like the War On Drugs, now kids have moved on to drinking hard liquor, where bottles do not have serial numbers.

IDIOTS!

[Moose4]

"They may take our livesh...*hic*...but they'll never take...our PARTY BALLSH! WOOOOOO! *hurrrrrrl*"

}:-)4

[AF_Blue]

The council had envisioned simply putting a sticker on a keg that would allow police, if they busted an underage keg party, to find out who provided the alcohol to minors, and to charge them with crimes.

I see people peel labels from longnecks all the time. Do you think this "sticker" will be (pun intended) "sticking around" on the keg, especially if it points to the perp?

I'm REALLY surprised they didn't think of putting serial numbers on the kegs and track them back to the store, thus making the store liable regardless of who bought the keg.

[MortMan]

Personally, I never violate my self-imposed one-keg-per-day limit! ;-P

[MineralMan]

How dare they interfere with college students' inalienable right to drink 'til they puke? It's gotta be unconstitutional. It's the 3.2 Amendment to the Constitution...I'm sure.

"Congress shall make no law limiting the consumption of beer by students, whatever their age."

Yeah, that's the ticket. Just like RKBA. Sure thing.

[Horatio Gates]

I'm REALLY surprised they didn't think of putting serial numbers on the kegs and track them back to the store, thus making the store liable regardless of who bought the keg.

No kidding. Keg micro-chipping and GPS tracking are down the road. Of course the cost gets passed along to the consumer. Now I have another reason to keep home brewing 8>) (like I need a reason)

[JohnnyZ]

It's not an expectation or desire that all underage children get drunk and their bodies pile up in intersections"

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[F.J. Mitchell]

If they outlaw kegs only those who can afford barrells will have beer...........hey, that's everybody!!!!!!!!!

[6SJ7]

America, where beer is registered and illegal aliens run free.

[ellery]

The huge number of complex laws is also what judges use to legislate from the bench. If laws were few and simple, judges would be on a short leash.

[Dan from Michigan]

There's been talk of this in East Lansing for years.