Ravenwood - 04/21/05 06:30 AM
Some parents are unhappy with rules at a New Hampshire shopping mall. Unaccompanied minors will not be allowed, nor will people who wear "long chains that fall below the knee or studded dog or wrist collars, all of which can be used as weapons."
Now the shopping mall, being a private business, has the right to refuse service to those who don't obey their rules. In a free society, those are the breaks. But not everyone agrees.
"They sell that stuff," said [Leann Newcomb]. "How are they going to tell the kids after they buy that stuff not to wear it? Isn't that a violation of your constitutional rights?"Now, I've read the Constitution several times, and nowhere does it say that property owners have to play host to bratty kids with studded dog collars. That may have been in the Declaration of Independence, but that's not really binding. Perhaps Newcomb should propose a Constitutional Amendment.
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Interstate commerce. Because kids from out of state might wear those things.
Posted by: Brian J. at April 21, 2005 7:59 AMNo no... commerce clause is only used when the property in question wasn't thoroughly taxed.
What really needs to happen here, is inclusion of these scary looking dog collars in the Assault Weapons Ban. You can never be too cautious.
Posted by: Publius II at April 21, 2005 9:41 AMIt sounds like the people doing the complaining are the ones who have been using the mall as a free "daycare" for their teens; someplace to send them to get them out of their hair. I can sympathize completely with the malls if the teens have been getting disruptive. The stores are there to conduct business, not entertain delinguents.
Posted by: Robert Garrard at April 21, 2005 6:51 PMWhoops on the typo for delinquents....
Posted by: Robert Garrard at April 21, 2005 6:52 PMNot obeying the wills of drop kick, hag mothers with arsehole teens?! Isn't that a violation of our constitutional rights?
Posted by: DaveJ at April 21, 2005 10:40 PMIt seems that the mall owners do not want people wearing certain items of clothing (chains, dog collars) that they feel are gang related. What I find interesting is that there is no mention of steel toed Doc Martin boots, black levis, white T shirts, and either red or blue suspenders (items commonly worn by SkinHeads). I think that maybe it would be better to ban the offending teens from shopping there rather than try to tell them what to wear.
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