When i hear the work fake i.d. it is so common. Mostly all the people i know own one. But it is SO ILLEGAL! Last week i went to a bar with my friend and the police walked to the bar and saw that my friend was wearing an SMU hat. The police walked straight up to him and asked if he was 21 because he was holding a beer. He denied it at first but after he looked at his i.d. he was taken outside. That night my friend went to jail for the night for public intoxication and he said it was one of the worst experiences of his life.
The law is that if you are caught purchasing or possessing any type of alcoholic beverages Violators of this section are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, face a fine of at least $500 or fifty hours of community service, and can lose their driver's license for up to a year. My friend that night didnt lose his liscence but basically he has to pay a fine and to community service.
I dont really know what to say about this situation because so many people in college own fake i.d.s to get drinks and get into bars. Its more of a social thing and to think that it is actually really illegal makes me feel really bad about everyone i know that has one. But alot of the bars on greenville wouldnt get as much service if so many people didnt own fake i.d.s.
I mean i know its a bad thing to own one but when it comes to owning one when you want to go out and be social i feel that its okay.
In another case my wallet was stolen last year and some one used my credit card and liscence and spent over 200 dollars of things. My i.d. wasnt fake but they pretended it was me. This made me so mad and we could never find the person. I feel that when you use an i.d. and it is hurting some one else its bad but when you use a fake i.d. to try to get into a bar it isnt harming anyone else really. Your just trying to have fun.
Today it is so easy to get a fake i.d.s you can ask anyone on campus and they would know of one person that could get one to you. I heard of a story once that a person was working at the D.M.V and he went in one night and stole the hole machine that makes fake i.d.s. He started making them for alot of people and making LOTS OF MONEY. i dont know what happend to him or if he got caught but when i heard that i was so surprised! That is so risky!
But today it is so common to own a fake i.d. and sometimes if you do get caught the worst that happens is that it gets taken away. But if you get caught by the cops its s different story.
After what happened to my friend it made me realize that carrying a fake i.d. is actually really bad and illegal and you could get into some major trouble but its weird because its so common. I know having a fake i.d. will just get more and more common. Maybe the cops will bust the people that make them or maybe they wont. We will see.
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I was just talking to a friend from my hometown about this over the Christmas break. It is crazy how many people have fake IDs and how easy it is to get one. However, the other crazy thing is how easy and available alcohol is in the first place. I think that drinking underage isn't the best thing, but that's for a different topic. The stupid thing is getting a fake ID to get alcohol. Committing a felony to break a law.
If I were going to get busted for something, I'd rather only get in trouble for drinking underage as opposed to using a fake to drink underage.
But either way, it's stupid.
I find it really interesting that you argue that underage drinking is a victimless crime. It seems harmless enough when I see my friends do it. They aren't hurting anyone so what is the problem? But at the same time I also realize that it is the law and therefore we need to abide by the rules the government gives us. I myself do not believe that the risk is greater than the reward. I would not want to risk my reputation for a few nights out on the town. It seems that the people who do have the fake ids are the ones that aren't really thinking about the future.
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