Also, isn't seven years a pretty big lag time between cause and effect here? Brazen thefts like this have been happening for years around the country. I used

Also, isn't seven years a pretty big lag time between cause and effect here? Brazen thefts like this have been happening for years around the country. I used to work retail (loong ago) and the store would actively let people walk out with expensive merchandise and do nothing to stop them. So I really doubt the change in law has anything to do with this. More like 2020 was fucking miserable and goods shortages & unemployment drove people to take up lucrative careers in organized theft.