University of Maryland students in College Park are up in arms over a propoal to which would force liquor stores to close at 12 midnight seven nights a week. The stores are currently open until 2 or 2:30 a.m., according to WTOP. The change was proposed by Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, who said that he would ask the General Assembly in Annapolis to institute the change as part of an effort to cut crime. The U. of Maryland student paper The Diamondback reports:

But city liquor store operators say after-midnight patrons are not dangerous and are lucrative customers. A manager at Town Hall Liquors, who wished not to give his full name, said his store sees steady business on Friday and Saturday between midnight and when he closes at 1:45 a.m. Aside from students, night-shift employees leaving The Washington Post plant and the university come in during those late hours to buy alcohol, he said.

The Diamondback notes that although overall crime is down, the homicide rate is “increasingly steadily.” That paper is also reporting police will be cracking down on minors purchasing alcohol with undercover officers in liquor stores.