Bad Laws
Here is a local news item about some kids getting mugged at UVa that helps to illustrate why underage drinking laws are silly:
If you were an underage student walking home at 12:30AM on a Thursday night, is there a reason that you might not want to just show up at the police station and get interviewed by a police officer? I've been to college, and I'd say there's probably a pretty good reason to wait until the next day.
Here is a local news item about some kids getting mugged at UVa that helps to illustrate why underage drinking laws are silly:
Authorities are investigating two armed robberies of University of Virginia students on railroad tracks near Rugby Road within minutes of each other - and wondering why both victims waited until the next afternoon to contact police.So the police are wondering why the students waited until the next afternoon? Lets think about that for a minute and see what we can come up with.
The incidents occurred around 12:30 a.m. Friday, and police believe they are related. In both cases, the victim told authorities he encountered a group of men and was threatened with a silver handgun.
Timothy J. Longo, the city’s police chief, expressed frustration that both victims failed to immediately report the incidents, giving authorities no opportunity to quickly arrest the assailants.
“One of the victims said, ‘I didn’t think you’d catch anybody,’” Longo said. “To have something like this happen and not say anything until the next day is aggravating. We could have done an extensive search of those tracks.”
He added that Friday’s incidents illustrate why local residents should not stroll along the tracks. They are poorly lit and lined with brush that provides good cover for anyone looking to set up an ambush, the chief said.
“We talk until we’re blue in the face about how it’s not safe to walk on the tracks,” he said.
In one of the incidents, a 20-year-old man reported that he and a 19-year-old woman, also a UVa student, were stopped on the tracks by three black men and a white man. One of the assailants cocked a gun and pointed it at the man before demanding money, Longo said. The student gave them an undisclosed amount of cash.
If you were an underage student walking home at 12:30AM on a Thursday night, is there a reason that you might not want to just show up at the police station and get interviewed by a police officer? I've been to college, and I'd say there's probably a pretty good reason to wait until the next day.
