[82872] in Cypherpunks
Re: Hoarding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan)
Mon Jul 7 16:54:57 1997
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:02:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan <alano@teleport.com>
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v03102804afe6f7f7a09d@[10.0.2.15]>
Reply-To: Alan <alano@teleport.com>
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.)
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