BRICKBATS.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Limit on number of restaurant chairs; businesses' ties with National Rifle Association; police stops

The town of Bannockburn, New Zealand, has just one cafe, and the owners say it may go out of business if the city council insists on enforcing an ordinance limiting the establishment to 12 chairs for customers. The restaurant has been around for many years and easily seats more than 12 people at a time. One of the previous owners says she was unaware of any limit. It only became an issue when the new owners applied to renew their alcohol license and a neighbor complained.

The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously voted to require those who do business with the city to disclose any ties--contracts or sponsorship--to the National Rifle Association.

David Gabbard thought he'd been improperly pulled over by a Kentucky State Police trooper, so he complained about his stop on Facebook. The next day, the trooper who stopped him and two others showed up at Gabbard's home. According to a federal lawsuit Gabbard has filed, when the woman who lives with Gabbard tried to record the confrontation, one of the troopers grabbed her phone. The trooper who stopped Gabbard then pulled off his badge and challenged him to a fight. The three troopers left only when one noticed video cameras attached to the front of the house.

The South Korean government says its citizens must comply with its strict drug laws even when in other countries. Officials have warned South Koreans living in and visiting Canada not to partake of marijuana, which is newly legalized there. Police say they will charge anyone they catch under South Korean law. Those found guilty face up to five years in prison.

Prosecutors in Louisiana dropped sex and drug charges against people arrested following a raid on a St. Helena Parish strip club after finding one police...