I live in a seriously unfriendly county in an awfully regressive state...that first trip out of the grow shop with a 4 cu ft bag of perlite over my shoulder gave me a bit of pause.
By the second bag, not so much. Especially being as I've seen dudes with carts loaded up with heaps of lights, fans, reflectors, buckets, ducting and everything in between.
And, after having shopped at four different horticulture stores (cash & carry, and no toking prior to getting there), with no unwanted consequence, as well the myriad of gear I've mail ordered...like that 4' long reflector I have...
I'm either lucky...or, the people that do get popped have been seriously unfortunate. Maybe the trick is to not feel and look like a criminal??
There's thousands of orders every day...endless supply of vendors on the internet...too much for leo and their strained budgets to get a bead on and or bother allocating resources to. That or maybe it really is a crap shoot and I've yet to roll snake eyes.
Take some precaution...never leave or supply your name, cash only, conceal your appearance, but don't be obvious...nothing conspicuous about hat and sunglasses on a sunny day...go in and buy something not marketed directly toward mj growing and, see what happens.
Good luck!
