In San Diego County, and in many other counties across the country,
             teenagers are forced to be indoors after ten p.m. Should there be a teen
             curfew? This idea is ridiculous. There is no legitimate reason for there to be
             a curfew. The proponents of a teen curfew say that a curfew would bring the
             crime rate down during those hours that teenagers are not allowed to be
             on the street. This statement is false. The amount of crimes committed
             during the hours of curfew has basically stayed the same since the curfew
             law has been enforced in mid-1994. Just because teens are out at a
             certain time of night does not mean that they are causing trouble. They
             might be out talking to a friend, or coming home from a late sporting event,
             not creating anarchy. If somebody wants to commit a crime they are going
             to do it no matter what time it is. A curfew law is not going to stop anyone,
             they are going to break the law anyway. The statistics show that enforcing a
             curfew does not bring the crime rate down significantly during the curfew
             It should not be in the hands of the police officers to tell parents when
             their son or daughter has to be inside, that should be the parents
             responsibility. Parents should be the ones to make decisions about how to
             raise their children, and to decide whether their honor student or
             responsible teenager has earned the right to stay out late. Police officers
             should be looking for real crimes, not for teenagers violating their curfew.
             They should not be spending their time arresting young adults for causing
             no trouble while a murder may be going on down the street. What are the
             priorities of our law-makers? Teen curfew is direct discrimination towards
             young adults. This law brands all teenagers a criminals. Adults commit many
             more crimes than teenagers. Should there be a curfew for adults? Adults
             try to teach adolescents to be responsible, when they are not allowed to
             prove th...