Beaker / Bunsen ’s Severed Head image good manners of referee Lisa Kuchy
We ’ve already separate you that your Halloween candyprobably is n’t envenom . Today let ’s focus on another great Halloween rumor , the one that says it becomes illegal to fox - or - cover once a tike hits a sure age .
It depends on where you ’re trying to bag some play - sized Snickers . Various towns around the area have years limits for trick - or - negotiant , but the policy are just uniform . Most rules , like the one Belleville , Illinois , enacted in 2008 , crest the trick - or - treat age at 12 . Once you hit those prosperous teen years , the innocent candy bunce train run short off the track .
Why 12 ? Belleville city manager Mark Eckert cave in a muffin of an explanation to the Associated Press .
“ When I was a kid my father say to me , ' You ’re too damn freehanded to be going trick - or - treating . You ’re done . ’ When that does n’t happen , then that ’s reason for the city authorities to interfere . "
The basic abstract thought behind most of these age caps makes sentiency ; some citizen get a little , er , spooked when costumed teenagers who are physically mature show up at their door . Plus , a heap of people are of the opinion that trick - or - treating is really more of an activity for little kids .
The penalties for spoil the age cap can be somewhat stiff for a teen : jail sentence and amercement of over $ 100 . Do n’t start crystallise jail place to reconcile an inflow of costume scofflaw , though . Every report we can find on trick - or - treat age point of accumulation notes that nobody remembers the rules ever really being legally enforced . If anything , it sound like the heinous criminal offence is generally punished with a call to the offender ’s parent or perhaps a drive place .
About Face
If you ’re over 16 , though , there ’s another likely legal job for you , and it does n’t have anything to do with trick - or - handle regulations . According to an Associated Press story from last November , at least 18 commonwealth have laws against people 16 or older wearing masque or hoods that cover their face . The laws hit the books in the former 1950s in an attempt to help curb Ku Klux Klan activeness . Even if it ’s effectual for you to hit the free Twizzlers bunk , you might want to make certain your face is uncovered .
