[82874] in Cypherpunks
Re: Hoarding
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Mon Jul 7 17:17:09 1997
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 13:34:58 -0700
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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!"
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