Here’s a story we missed last night from WJLA: as of January, bars in D.C. that are caught selling alcohol to minors for the first time now get a warning instead of a $1,000 fine and a two-day liquor license suspension. In a surprise twist, the change in the law pits Jim “Shut ‘Em Down” Graham against the D.C./Va. chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), with MADD expressing concern over becoming too lenient on liquor sales violations, and Graham insisting the new law is more fair. Repeat offenders are actually penalized more now than they were before, Graham notes.

DCist is all for making sure underage kids don’t get served in bars, if only because we don’t want annoying youngsters in our favorite watering holes. The only thing we can’t wrap our minds around in terms of this alleged controversy, though, is exactly which D.C. bars are lax about checking ID? As far as we’re concerned, Washington, D.C.’s bars card their customers more than any other city we’ve been to, pretty much across the board. I’ve personally seen people well into their 60s be denied service at some District bars because they didn’t have ID. Are we just not cool enough to know about the places where teens can get served in this city? Seriously, we’re asking.