That article on Florida cameras was horrifying. ---- Aluminized Pants, 15 ounce Rayon, Kevlar. Thread, Large, 32 inch Inseam Length: http://www.grainger.com/images/products/5t323.jpg http://www.grainger.com/images/products/5t338.jpg http://www.grainger.com/images/products/1e006.jpg You can pull up the main URL and type the '5t323' number in the search box for the full page. ---- http://www.gazette.com/archive/01-06-27/daily/top4.html # # Would-be shoplifters foiled # # Sporting aluminum underwear illegal under new law # By Bill McKeown/The Gazette # # If you're thinking about going to the mall in that snappy # aluminum-lined underwear in the back of your dresser drawer, # think again. # # Beginning Sunday, it will be illegal in Colorado to wear aluminum # underwear. # # OK, there's a caveat. You can wear aluminum briefs and lingerie # as long as it's for personal amusement - but not if it is to # help steal by foiling stores' anti-shoplifting devices. # # The new law, surely the oddest of the dozens coming out of this # season's legislative session, is no laughing matter ... really. # # "This is serious business," said Sen. Stephanie Takis, D-Aurora, # one of the bill's sponsors. "We have laws against using crowbars # as theft devices, but if you were lining your underwear with # aluminum foil, that was not a crime." # # And by golly, said Takis, it should be. She cited several # Denver-area malls that have caught shoplifters with aluminum-lined # shopping bags and even the so-called "iron pants" and could do # nothing to stop it. # # Steve Miller, an attorney with the Legislative Council, helped # draft the bill: "I don't know if it was the highlight of my # career, but I got the assignment." # # Miller said the bill went through several evolutions - "or # devolutions depending on your viewpoint" - before it received # Gov. Bill Owens' approval. # # Essentially, it makes it a misdemeanor to make, wear or know # others are wearing aluminum underwear if they intend to use it # to fool stores' theft-protection devices. Those devices # electronically sense when merchandise leaving the store hasn't # been handled by a cashier, and foil can interfere with that # detection. # # Miller said the new law also gives store employees civil and # criminal immunity if they stop shoppers who crackle when they # walk. ---- > Beginning Sunday, shoplifting should become a much riskier business in Colorado. > "Don't walk into a store with the idea you can shield and steal," says JoAnn Groff, > president of the Colorado Retail Council and an enthusiastic supporter of a new law >to > crack down on shoplifters. > > Under House Bill 1221, anyone walking into a store with a bag or coat lined with >aluminum > foil -- or any other device aimed at eluding anti-shoplifting devices -- can be >charged > with a Class 1 misdemeanor carrying carries a penalty of up to 24 months in jail and >a > $5,000 fine. > > "It gives us another very important tool in prosecuting shoplifters," Groff >explained. > "With this law in effect, we don't have to wait until they take something out of a >store." >... > But the law that Groff fought for during the past legislative session is one geared >to > make life more difficult for shoplifters. > > Groff won't outline the devices used to trick anti-theft detectors at store doors...
