Should Hoarders be prosecuted

Panic, greed, selfish, hording, pandemic
@Liberti (264)
Mead, Washington
March 23, 2020 1:07pm CST
During this world Pandemic a lot of people mostly those in mid twenties-thirties some in forties went out and bought tons of toilet paper, cough and cold medicine, canned goods, breads, frozen foods, napkins, paper towels, and household cleaner, hand sanitizers etc. Orange juice and other juices, Emptying store shelves of much needed products. and leaving many vulnerable people without and still truckers have not been able to get places due to shut downs and replace things. Many hoarders began selling at 10 -20 times higher than they bought online or setting up yard type sales in some places. Others just hoarded and don't care. Many used debit or credit cards to do so. They can be traced to where they live by law enforcement. Some said they would take back for refund if they did not use it after this pandemic is over but Costco and other stores said they will refuse refunds. Should law and government go after such greedy, selfish people and fine them, prosecute them?
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3 responses
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
25 Mar 20
@Liberti It is not nice at all what they did and then selling it at this time for more money is just wrong. Something has to be done but not sure the right thing is to prosecute them. I have no idea the best way to handle it.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Mar 20
No. Only if those who are trying to resell making them black market profiteers.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Mar 20
Not illegal, as the others said. People need common sense.