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? --Steve PGP encrypted mail PREFERRED (See MIT/BAL servers for my PK) PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear (N7ZEZ) | Internet: azur@netcom.com 7075 West Gowan Road | Voice: 1-702-658-2654 Suite 2148 | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 Las Vegas, NV 89129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; The weapons that make the difference; And the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people that got in my way;-) "Surveilence is ultimately just another form of media, and thus, potential entertainment." --G. Beato "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." -- Dr. Robert Silensky
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, 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?
I have not heard of such a thing. If it did become law, you can bet you would hear alot of screams from the Mormon church over it. (Members are encouraged to keep n-years worth of supplies in case of emergencies.) alano@teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."
At 3:48 pm -0400 on 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?
Nope, but if it's true, they'll have the entire Mormon denomination down their throats. Hey, has anyone noticed that the water temperature keeps going up? Ribbit. Ribbit. Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Robert Hettinga 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?
Nope, but if it's true, they'll have the entire Mormon denomination down their throats.
Hey, has anyone noticed that the water temperature keeps going up? Ribbit. Ribbit.
Or has anyone noticed that only libetrarians are getting steamed? --- reply to tzeruch - at - ceddec - dot - com ---
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."
On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Tim May wrote:
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.
It would have a profound effect on government as a high percentage of government workers are Mormons. (Especially amongst agencies like the IRS.) There are some interesting reasons as to why this is the case. It has to do with the great efforts the Mormon church has gone to to be accepted by the "authorities". But that is a discussion best suited to alt.religion.mormon.recovery... alano@teleport.com | "Those who are without history are doomed to retype it."
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