If your over 12, no trick-or-treating for you!





In Belville, Illinois, trick-or-treaters are being restricted. If you are over twelve, you cannot go out on Halloween unless you want to be fined. I think this is a really dumb idea.

First off, a lot of people might not even follow this law. Some people get so into Halloween that they would rather go out and risk being stopped by a police car than sit at home. Secondly, how can a police man know what age a kid is? If they are wearing masks and body suits, how can a police man tell if it is even a kid? Many kids will very likely be upset with this new law. Halloween is many kid’s favorite holidays. They get to go out and get free candy, what kid wouldn’t like it? On the other hand, there have been many incidents with teenagers being destructive on Halloween night. This was probably the motive of the people when they thought of this law. They don’t want stupid teenagers going around setting buildings on fire or tee-peeing houses. This would be a hard controversy to decide. Do you not let the kids go trick-or-treating all together? Or should you just let them go and then try and keep control of the bad kids? Obviously, the people of Belville decided to take the first route. Personally, I don’t think that is a good idea. Many kids will be mad at this decision. Many kids will go out and trick-or-treat anyways. Plus, like I mentioned earlier, how could the police man even make sure the child is under twelve? It doesn’t seem logical. What if they are wearing a mask? What if they are wearing a suit that covers their whole body? Also, if the police men are driving around looking for older kids, couldn’t they just drive around looking for suspicious behavior? I think this idea had a good concept behind it, but I doubt it will work effectively.