On 7/11/2016 7:57 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 17:46:37 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 7/11/2016 12:45 AM, wrote:
>>
>>> Here, no matter your age they card for alcohol and cigarettes.
>>> Doesn't matter if you're 21 or 91, they will ask for ID; no
>>> ID, no sale.
>>>
>> It's the law here, too. However, at one local store, unless you look
>> like you're 12 (who can tell these days) they just key in 01/01/1930 to
>> authorize the purchase. *IF* I'd been with the government entity that
>> attempts to enforce those laws they'd fail.
>
> I don't think I was ever carded in South Carolina, so it must not be
> law.
>
> All states have a law that says you can't sell liquor to persons under
> 21. But how you determine that a person is 21 or not is usually up o
> the seller.
>
> Only a small handful of states have a law that you must card EVERYONE.
> And states that do have the law are very good at carding EVERYONE
> since they have sting operations where they cops send in 80-year olds
> and if they don't get carded by the clerk, the clerk and store gets
> busted.
>
> Really, isn't it discrimination to have to provide ID? That's what
> some of the politicians would have us believe.
>
> -sw
>
When was the last time you were in SC? All the stores have signs on the
door stating ID is required by law. A few years ago the Exxon station
near my house was caught in a sting. For a year there was a big sign on
the door "Absolutely no alcohol sold here". That's how long they were
penalized for selling beer to an undercover minor.
Jill