A Missouri state legislator wants to prohibit the sale of cold beer. More disturbing is where he got the idea:

He said the idea came from a fifth-grade student in Jefferson County who was participating in a program to teach elementary students about state government. He sought their suggestions for new laws and chose the cold beer ban from a list of the top three ideas.

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Last year, a fourth-grade class from Kansas City submitted a proposal to make the American bullfrog the state amphibian. It passed in the final moments of the 2005 legislative session.

Alter said the jump from naming state animals to restricting how alcohol can be purchased didn’t really surprise him.

“You never know what’s on the mind of young kids - some of them are pretty smart,” he said.

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