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Reader comment: Bar owners can't always be held responsible for patrons' actions

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In response to Times-Picayune report Mary Sparacello's story, "10 police calls in a month could close a Kenner bar," NOLA.com reader sleep1 had this to say: If a bar owner is allowing illegal activity in a bar such as drug trafficking, then I agree they should lose their license. However, if two bar patrons get into a fight in...

In response to Times-Picayune report Mary Sparacello's story, "10 police calls in a month could close a Kenner bar," NOLA.com reader sleep1 had this to say:

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If a bar owner is allowing illegal activity in a bar such as drug trafficking, then I agree they should lose their license. However, if two bar patrons get into a fight in the bar or the parking lot, how is that the owners fault? Call the police. It's their job to handle situations such as that. The owner can bar these people from returning, but who expects them to get in to the middle of a fight?

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