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Originally posted by Maritime Q-Scout@Aug 17 2004, 03:02 PM
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the problem around here is retribution attacks. A partier is turfed from the bar, or has problems with another patron, leaves and comes back at closing with friends and weapons. 2 bouncers have been shot in the street in Toronto in the last couple of years, and several people have been stabbed outside the bars in London this year, all after hours.
What we need are more cops and harsher laws for weapons offences. Oh yeah and STRICTER YOUNG OFFENDER sentences.
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I don't see how stricter young offender sentences really would do anythign in this situation, in every province in Canada you have to be 18 or 19 years of age or older to enter a bar (not saying it doesn't happen). So if those who are acting in violent ways and attacking others with weapons are all of legal age, how exactly does a stricker YOA help solve anything? It's like the US passing a law saying that all left handed people need to have pink hair. It has no relevance to me.
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While it is true that the drinking age is 18 or 19, it isn't overly difficult toget fake ID, and if you look the part, you seldom get asked. From the time I turned 16, I was able to get into most bars, and the majority of the problems are the underage to 21 group.
I guess I have a different perspective than most, when I read the paper and see the people doing the stabbing and shooting, I recognize the names, and know they have done it before.