undercover cops went into that man’s store to purchase bongs, in the midst of the conversation these cops mentioned they wanted to smoke marijuana with aformentioned bongs.
then they returned with backup to seize this man’s merchandise (which by the way were displayed with a sign that stated they were to be used for tobacco products only).
whose action was it that made this transaction illegal?
if the cops went in and purchased the bongs without saying anything except ‘how much?’ and ‘have a nice day’ the transaction would have been perfectly legal.
the laws on paraphenalia are so vaguely worded in most cases, your local 7-11 can be raided under the same circumstances for selling e-z widers.
his acts during the robbery were genuine because the crime he commited was not displaying the bongs, nor even selling the bongs. it only became a crime when the police mentioned drugs while buying the bongs.
Surely, then, the moral of the story has to be “don’t sell bongs because you know jolly well that they could be illegal.”