never mind the legalities of it and move straight to the purpose. The system is (in theory) designed to keep an eye on the worst offenders and the worst risk of violence, namely the gang members. Never mind the smoke and mirrors about the minors, a check at the door basically eliminates the worst of that problem, and the minors aren't generally a risk of anything more than a fine to the bar and a drunken brawl amongst themselves, which is easily handled by security staff.
The report states that the worst offenders are successfully able to intimidate the door staff to bypass the system entirely. This being the case, the principal benefit (keeping the dangerous people, and their weapons, out) has been neatly sidestepped, and so the main reasons for doing this no longer exist. The real villains still have the same access they always did, with the same anonymity they always did, so the risk reduction to the average Joe is basically zero in the clubs that the gang members frequent. The people that will suffer through the police rigamarole will be the innocents anyway (assuming no camera surveillance)
Against the limited benefit pf having this crap in place is that the Average Joe will have his personal information become available, and accessible, to any bar staff with access to the system (including doormen, the lowest common denominator, and by far the most corruptible) In theory the system should be a great boon, and it's an excellent idea (again in theory) but in practice it's basically useless except for the rare random act by someone, or some drunk, outside the main area of interest.
It's about as useless as the gun registry, except in this case your personal information is more widely disseminated.
) and how I get my money. I hate it and find it ruins my experience. Just because I'm wearing nice clothes and drinking expensive booze in a VIP area makes me a subject of interest?
