Chicago Alderman aims to ban Forty-Ounce Beers

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the nanny state:

Forty-ounce bottles of beer and malt liquor -- some of it so cheap and potent it's known on the street as "liquid crack" -- would be banned in Chicago under an ordinance proposed by Bridgeport's alderman.

Fed up with public drunkenness and the litter, loitering and public urination that come with it, Ald. James Balcer (11th) wants to broaden the ban against selling individual cans and bottles of beer, flavored malt beverages, and malt liquor or ale.

Chicago already prohibits the sale of single cans and bottles 16 ounces or less, although that ordinance is sporadically enforced. Balcer's crackdown would apply to all sizes, but the real target is the 40-ouncer.

Do you think Chicago can compete with Las Vegas? Do you think they'll have a ban in Vegas?