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Tennessee mulling self-checkout beer ban

February 28, 2012

According to WBIR TV-10 in Knoxville, Tenn., the Tennessee legislature is considering a ban on beer sales at self-checkout terminals:

Many stores already ask to see buyers' IDs, but some say there's still a way for minors to get around it.

The bill's sponsor says teens are doing something called "swipe and swap" where they show up at the self-checkout with two six packs — one that's beer and one that's not.

They'll scan the soda, but put the beer in their bag, which fools the machine's scale.

Opponents of the bill say there are no problems with underage sales at self-checkouts.

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