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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Bag search

    Quote Quoting panther10758
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    Correct Bam but most do not realize these checks are voluntary if they thought it through they would realize they could just walk by and there would be no grounds ot stop them. But I refer to my earlier statements its better than high prices and if you havent done anything wrong whats the big deal?
    I don't mind bag checks. In fact we use (sparingly) bag checks. I condone bag checks, but not in the LP sense.

    I was just answering the original question about the legality of bag checks. Also, just because a store has a sign does not make it legal.

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    Eva Braun said,
    "Perhaps. But, what "little" it DOES have to do with it, I thought I'd capitalize on the moment. Bag searches, without probable cause, have EVERYTHING to do with Homeland Security, and the chipping away of our Constitutional rights.

    This woman writer is feeling the pinch, and it's because of Bush and his cronies.

    They are ALL going to be gone, and perhaps, this country can get back to some semblance of "normalcy" and the world will be a better place once again.

    I say "put them all in camps" like we did with the Japs, and then we can apologize 60 years later!!"

    And I thought I was bad about hijacking a thread......

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    Quote Quoting bam!
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    .......... Also, just because a store has a sign does not make it legal.
    So that's why our "Cute Women Must Shop Naked!" sign never worked.

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    Damn I was gonna hang ours today!!

  5. #25
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    Quote Quoting Clair Bonner
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    Homeland Security laws touch all of us. What used to be against the law prior to 9/11, is the law today.
    I WISH people would stop foisting the falsehood that laws or policies that existed decades before 9/11 have somehow been created by Big Brother since then!

    The policy of searching bags has been done by many stores since the 80s. More stores have started to do it today than 20 years ago, but the idea has been around for a very long time, and this is a store policy issue and not one that state or federal law is directly involved in.

    - Carl

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    Quote Quoting withquestions
    Fair enough. I just thought it was kind of an invasion of privacy. By without reason - I mean, I didn't give any reason I theived anything. But I understand what you are saying.... I suppose, I would rather have the bag search and enjoy lower prices, than vise versa.
    Whether a detention would be lawful by the retailer would really depend on the state in question. Generally, a retailer is not going to be permitted to use force to detain someone for a routine check of their bags on their way out of a store - they could get sued or criminally charged if they tried. But, they CAN detain for cause if they believe someone has shoplifted or committed a crime (again, subject to the confines of the particular state's laws governing citizen's arrests).

    Most people let them look in the bag. Rather than making a scene, if I did not like the policy I would shop somewhere else - there are plenty of options for everything.

    - Carl

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