Subscribe RSSCynthia Colletti headed to her close by hardware store this week after the handle on her toilet broke.
While shopping at Ace Hardware here, she noticed signs in the plumbing aisle that be familiar with “Illinois Caustic/Corrosive Substances Act: Effective January 1st 2012” along with a description of the information customers would have to accord before purchasing caustic materials.
“I just think it’s an overreaction on the part of the Legislature. That if someone wants to make something a weapon, they’ll disclose it a weapon, and we can’t legislate that out of existence. It’s unfortunate, but people do bad things,” said Colletti, who lives in Springfield.
“... And as a consumer this exactly makes my life a little more difficult,” she added.
The inconvenience is the byproduct of the law that was written as a crime catch.
Anyone buying industrial drain cleaners and other caustic materials must provide photo identification and sign a log, under the law.
