Reply #8: Ahh, so this is what prompted another thread that I posted to

[lapfog_1]

here http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1752949&mesg_id=1752985

All I did was look up the appropriate CA law and quote it.

In CA, the store must have probable cause to search your bag or detain you.

I shop at Fry's Electronics all the time, and never wait for them to check the contents of my bag against the receipt.

Not because I'm an asshole, it's just that I don't think anyone should give up their rights "just because". That's how you get people thinking that "what's the harm in tapping the phone, *I* don't talk to terrorists" and "it's OK for the President to detain those he believes are TERRORISTS, even without a trial or a hearing"

Give away a little and they will take away more.

Anyway, Fry's has had this policy (bag check) for well over a decade now... and they never stop me... or anyone else that just walks on by. Because they know they can't.