When I was in high school and college one my favorite past times and that of my friends was throwing a party. Well in Iowa you never needed a house to have a party you only needed a field. It was common practice to pool our money and con someone into buying a keg. The more beer, the bigger the party. One of those laws of nature.

When I was a sophmore I had a friend named Patty who had an older brother Gary. Who became our main man. Not only did he get the beer but he usually picked some damn fine fields. Patty would organize the group to seek charitable donations for the upcoming kegger, which we would proudly hand over to Gary. Now that I think of it Gary was more like a pimp, he definitely made more than he returned.

Well Gary's little enterprise grew to the point he no longer needed us to bring home the money, he'd just find a field and charge admission. Smart guy. Teens from 3 counties and 2 states would show up.

Well all good things always come to an end, we got raided. Poor Gary was charged with bootlegging. Minor in posession charges were not the thing back then so only poor Gary suffered.

Well in my hometown paper I've been following a story where a teenager died after a similar party. One teenager collected the money for the liquor, although he didn't purchase it. He's been charged with 26 counts of bootlegging.

Well in the paper today it states Iowa's code for bootlegging:

According to Iowa Code 123.59, bootlegging is defined as: "Any person who, acting individually, or through another acting for the person, keeps or carries on the person, or in a vehicle, or leaves in a place for another to secure, any alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer, with intent to sell or dispense the liquor, wine, or beer, by gift or otherwise in violation of law, or who, within this state, in any manner, directly or indirectly, solicits, takes, or accepts an order for the purchase, sale, shipment, or delivery of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer in violation of law, or aids in the delivery and distribution of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer so ordered or shipped, or who in any manner procures for, sells, or gives alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer to a person under legal age, for any purpose except as authorized and permitted in this chapter, is a bootlegger and subject to the general penalties provided by (Iowa code)."

Now damn. If I would of known that law, I'm sure I still would of done it anyway.
Now that's one long sentence.