Joseph,
Please do not be so dogmatic. The laws are changing so that many municipalities prohibit SERVING, not just Purchasing. See the story below from the Aug 6, 2007 edition of Newsday
Mother arrested for serving alcohol to minorsBY JENNIFER BARRIOS | [email protected]
11:18 PM EDT, August 6, 2007
xxxxx xxxxx whipped off her sunglasses to reveal puffy, swollen eyes. She had to use her right hand, though — her left arm hung in a sling.
“Do I look like I would serve alcohol to a minor?” she asked. “On my dead father, I would never serve alcohol to a minor.”
On Sunday night, xxxxx, 45, became the first parent in Nassau County charged with violating the county’s new social-host law, which targets adults who permit minors to drink in their homes.
Police said xxxxxx, who was celebrating her birthday in the backyard of her West Hempstead home, allowed her 18-year-old son and his friends to drink alcohol at the party. A fight broke out, leading neighbors to call police at 10 p.m.