Bars may be responsible in extreme cases in such as fatal auto accidents ( which I also beleive is ridiculous ). People have to take personal responsibility for thier OWN actions. Just as guns don't kill people, people kill people. Mature people go downtown and have a few drinks and arrange a sober ride home without incident regularly as I am one. Only a handful of young thugs choose to overindulge and make complete fools of themselves. We need to make an example of those who decide to create choas for our LEO's to deal with. So in short, alchohol is not the "root" of the problem. Stupid INDIVIDUALS are the "root" of this problem. Deal with those few harshly and others can continue to go downtown to enjoy the nightlife that I regularly enjoy.