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Wait, I thought we were *not* supposed to be waving around a phone at gas pumps.

"Après nous, le déluge!" Mr. Montgomery added.

It is not wholly unexpected, of course. One hopes that Apple took such inevitable blowback heavily into consideration when deciding its course of action. That said, there is a reason why many in Southern Arizona call the county seat "Maricopastan," as it is, indeed, a bastion of reactionary politicians, many of them eternal priests of the Mormon church. Undoubtedly, those 366 iPhones will be immediately replaced using money from the dwindling pot of education dollars the state of Arizona loves to pilfer. 

IanMC2 said:

If this ever becomes a law I would like to see Apple leave the United States. I wonder how many billions the US govt would lose in revenue.

Since most of their cash is in Ireland, it's not going to hurt as much as you might hope for.

Legislation by reaction: always a winning strategery.