At 12:48 PM -0700 7/7/97, Steve Schear wrote:
I heard yesterday, second hand, that hoarding of large amounts of food is now a federal crime. The explanation I heard was that it was intended to thwart militias. Has anyone else on the list heard this loony info?
This rumor floats through alt.survival and misc.survival about once every few weeks. Usually someone claims they "heard" this, but no one can produce a cite for an actual law. (Eventually someone steps forward and mentions the various Economic Emergency Powers Act provisions, and this feeds the rumors further...in a few weeks, when someone else announces they've "heard" this.) The Mormons and other religious groups are well known to stockpile large amounts of food. I recall that good Mormons are supposed to have on the order of a year's supply of food. The effect on militia activities is nil, and even a law which made felons of most Mormons and prepared folks would have no effect on militias. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."