Buying spray paint, 18 years old+

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Is it a law now that you cant buy spray paint unless youre 18?

Was picking up some glue and they had some testors spray paint on clearance, so I thought I'd pick up a can since it was so cheap and I just got a model kit in the mail yesterday.
Get to register and they said, "Can we see your ID?"
I asked why, as I was a bit floored by it, they said it was a law and they've had several associates fired because they sold to a patron under 18.

Some of yall know me - I dont look 20 or younger.

So, yeah, is that a law now? Or was she mistaken and it's a corporate policy?
 
When i lived in California (2006 - 2017), this was the standard at Home Depot. They had signs up in the spray paint aisle, and the spray paint was locked in a cage. It was supposed to stop kids from buying paint for graffiti.

I don't know if it was store policy or state law in California.
 
I bought a can at Dollar General not too long ago and didn't get carded.
 
I've bought several cans several places over the last two months...no ID required
 
Windini said:
Come on, now. You know this is just common sense paint control.

Or is it spray control?

Color control?

I get sooo confused!
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The Communists, I mean Democrats, want the whole world to be grey and gloomy just like Russia.
 
I searched and cannot find any statutes that refer to this. There's only one statute that references spray paint and that's regarding the actual use of it to vandalize something, not the age to purchase. Unless it's listed under the controlled substances, but those are all by chemical compound so I don't know what I would be looking for. I have heard of people getting carded for spray paint for several years but I don't think I've ever been.
 
np307 said:
I searched and cannot find any statutes that refer to this. There's only one statute that references spray paint and that's regarding the actual use of it to vandalize something, not the age to purchase. Unless it's listed under the controlled substances, but those are all by chemical compound so I don't know what I would be looking for. I have heard of people getting carded for spray paint for several years but I don't think I've ever been.
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Most Auburn fans actually went to college at Auburn.

Most Alabama fans didn't go to college anywhere.

War Eagle!
 
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NCLivingBrit said:
So now they'll steal it to huf/graffiti instead of buying it, brilliant.
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Yeah, but then the company can't he held liable for selling it to them. It's all about the money. Some registers automatically block the sale of some items until a driver's license number is entered.
 
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So I'm out tagging the hood with Oliver Green when I ran out of paint...

I was surprised that even Tractor Supply does this. The world-weary cashier lady there clearly thought it was total BS but needed a job so I simply gave her the 7-4-76 date and mentioned that I went prematurely gray. She smiled.
 
Yes, at Home Depot the self checkout will prompt you for your DOB, at registers we don't ask you unless you appear to be under 18.
When I was a kid I built Estes rockets, had to have my dad with me to buy the model paints but I could buy a gallon of
paint thinner or acetone without any adult. Go figure.
 
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BatteryOaksBilly said:
My guys??? I figured I actually get about half a case on the targets the rest....well you know.
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I don't sniff it to get high, I just like the way it smells.
 
I remember back as a kid (the 60’s and 70’s) buying things that would send the idiots of today into a frenzy ... cartons of cigarettes for my Pop, .22LR ammo at the hardware store (I remember doing that at 10 years old), model airplane glue & paint- Testors brand, Case XX pocket knives, etc. Today the stores have crazy crap behind the counters and require proof of age for stuff from model glue to Tide Pods ... Sudafed to spray paint. I don’t know which it is ... kids are just so bored or stupid they do the crazy crap or parents are to busy or stupid to teach their kids to not do stupid crap ... I’m guessing a combo of both are too stupid to a point.
 
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it's retardo corporate policy, probably invented by Walmart...........just like not selling Explicit CDs (when those actually were around), no BB guns or pocket knives (9" kitchen knives are fine I think) to anyone under 16 y/o, and Oh the biggie:

no long guns or any ammo to those under 21 even though state and federal statues state that an adult (18-20) can own whatever they wish.
 
OK- So my little hardware sells rattle can paint. To compete with the big box stores I have to sell the cheap stuff to make a sale. My taxes went up last year because the town maintenance cost skyrocketed. With a budget of just 2mil, our town spent 190k on graffiti repair and removal. Not to mention the cost of jailing and prosecuting the perpetrators.

So... Some of you guys think it is not OK for me to check ID, or refuse to sell something to someone who wants to buy in my store! Some of you here think you have some right to tell me how to run my store and who I can sell to?

BTW-hypothetical situation
 
Lafayette Gregory said:
With a budget of just 2mil, our town spent 190k on graffiti repair and removal. Not to mention the cost of jailing and prosecuting the perpetrators.

So... Some of you guys think it is not OK for me to check ID, or refuse to sell something to someone who wants to buy in my store!
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How is having a gubmint issued ID card that says your of a certain age going to be a predictor of whether nor not someone is buying paint to commit vandalism?
 
np307 said:
I searched and cannot find any statutes that refer to this. There's only one statute that references spray paint and that's regarding the actual use of it to vandalize something, not the age to purchase. Unless it's listed under the controlled substances, but those are all by chemical compound so I don't know what I would be looking for. I have heard of people getting carded for spray paint for several years but I don't think I've ever been.
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Old article, but relevant:
https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20030514/business/605081180/WM/
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"Thirty-eight states, including both Carolinas, have passed laws banning huffing, according to Lowe’s and prevention groups. Of those, 17 states, including North Carolina, have laws regulating the sale of potential inhalants to minors.

But the laws vary, with some setting age limits of 18 or 21. Others, including North Carolina, tell retailers not to sell the products if they have “reasonable cause to suspect” they will be abused as inhalants."
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I think this has little to do with graffiti, and a lot to do with huffing.
A quick search of NC's statutes did not turn up anything - at least in Chapter 90. One could be elsewhere, though, but it seems likely that it is a private policy to stay well on the good side of the undercover narcs.
 
noway2 said:
How is having a gubmint issued ID card that says your of a certain age going to be a predictor of whether nor not someone is buying paint to commit vandalism?
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I could care less about Gov issued anything. It's my store and I will sell to whomever and whenever I want to. I don't need any predictor-all I need is speculation in MY store. In fact, In my store, I don't even need speculation. I might just be having a bad attitude that day and decide to not sell paint to anyone.
Or maybe just millennials.
You missed the point.
 
I'm not aware of any laws regarding spray paint, but I've seen several businesses that won't sell it to minors. I bought spray paint as a teenager, to do a camo job on the old beater truck I had, but that was long ago.

The art store I buy art supplies from carries the high end artists spray paint, and not only do they ID, they keep the paint locked inside a steel cage. Apparently people either steal it, or "test" it on other items in the store.
 
Pretty sure it’s just commonly accepted store policy.

I’ve been carded for some really odd stuff. A few months ago at walmart, I got carded for a $3 pocket knife sharpener but NOT for a 36” axe. Which one could be used as a murder weapon??
 
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Lafayette Gregory said:
I could care less about Gov issued anything. It's my store and I will sell to whomever and whenever I want to. I don't need any predictor-all I need is speculation in MY store. In fact, In my store, I don't even need speculation. I might just be having a bad attitude that day and decide to not sell paint to anyone.
Or maybe just millennials.
You missed the point.
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Apparently what ya dont need in your store is my money
 
Lafayette Gregory said:
I could care less about Gov issued anything. It's my store and I will sell to whomever and whenever I want to. I don't need any predictor-all I need is speculation in MY store. In fact, In my store, I don't even need speculation. I might just be having a bad attitude that day and decide to not sell paint to anyone.
Or maybe just millennials.
You missed the point.
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Even if you stopped selling paint completely, it wouldn’t fix your graffiti issue. Just like if we outlaw guns, it won’t stop people from committing murder.
 
JT said:
Old article, but relevant:
https://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20030514/business/605081180/WM/
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"Thirty-eight states, including both Carolinas, have passed laws banning huffing, according to Lowe’s and prevention groups. Of those, 17 states, including North Carolina, have laws regulating the sale of potential inhalants to minors.

But the laws vary, with some setting age limits of 18 or 21. Others, including North Carolina, tell retailers not to sell the products if they have “reasonable cause to suspect” they will be abused as inhalants."
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I think this has little to do with graffiti, and a lot to do with huffing.
A quick search of NC's statutes did not turn up anything - at least in Chapter 90. One could be elsewhere, though, but it seems likely that it is a private policy to stay well on the good side of the undercover narcs.
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I did a bulk search of "spray paint" as well as "aerosol" and the only statute that turned up was the graffiti statute. If the article is correct, there must be another term used. My guess is that the chemical compounds are listed under the controlled substances.
 
np307 said:
I did a bulk search of "spray paint" as well as "aerosol" and the only statute that turned up was the graffiti statute. If the article is correct, there must be another term used. My guess is that the chemical compounds are listed under the controlled substances.
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There is a statute banning huffing, but it says nothing about purchasing spray paint.
 
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