Originally Posted by
gj83
Shopping malls are already becoming a "papers please" type of place. The mall by me is the main place in CLT where I get asked to show ID to make a purchase. Many malls have curfew policies where young people have to show ID to prove their age after a certain time and people under a certain age unchaperoned are asked to leave.
But not for an adult to enter the building.
I'd pick Sears simply because, while like K-Mart they are financially troubled, unlike K-Mart they are not a stand-alone big-box store. Sears tends to be connected to a mall. Hit a K-Mart and you scare folks out of K-Mart. Hit a Sears and you scare them out of the mall. Hit three of them over the course of a week or two in random locations in the country, and you've shut down the whole season.
Also, in the Christmas shopping season, bulky clothing is the norm in much of the country. While others are wearing layers of wool and thinsulate, your layer of explosives will go unnoticed beneath an overcoat.