Florida City ponders spring break restrictions after 7 wounded in house party shooting:
In my post yesterday I eluded to the fact that authorities only wait until there is a tragedy before they take measures to eliminate a problem.
Last night some wacko shot 7 people at a house party in the swinging city of Panama City, Fla. This is something that was almost inevitable.
This morning the city fathers and some of its mothers took a vote on eliminating booze sales from the city and it was shot down by a large margin. Most probably because many of the vote casters own the bars and liquor stores.
Another suggestion came from one of the city’s brain surgeons to stop the sale of booze at midnight. Great idea. Instead of Johnnie and Janie buying 1 bottle at 11:59 they buy 5 bottles.
Folks as Mr. O would call us; it is all about the money. They could give two shits about the kids’ safety when it comes to the almighty dollar.
If every city that hosts spring breaks followed suit and didn’t sell booze; you can take it to the bank, the kids would still congregate in those areas. It have to be across the board just no one venue. So instead of making their blood money on booze they could make it on hot dogs, burgers and lemonade. The kids would feel much better in the morning.
If the sporting event would stop selling booze in their stadiums; do you think people would stop going to the games??? Absolutely not. There may be a few hard core drunks that wouldn’t attend but who wants them there anyway. This is all wishful thinking.
Brace yourself for more copycat shooting to pop up. They always do. As we saw in the German airplane crash, there is always some nut case out there that wants to be remembered for something spectacular, even if it is catastrophic or grisly.
Let see just how long before someone gets killed that these money mongers will get down to business. Don’t hold your breath.
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