From: Jane Galt on 20 Jun 2010 17:44 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote : > > "Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message > news:Xns9D9CCF18916B5JaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142... > >> Tried finding any handgun ammo on the shelves at Walmart, since Obama >> Nation got into office? It's 18 months later and the shelves are STILL >> bare, people are still scared and hoarding. > > Kinda demonstrates that stupidity is catching, I guess... > --DR Fear. When someone who was mentored by a communist gets into office, promising to "radically transform America" and: "I don't believe people should be able to own guns." -- Barack Obama -- - Jane Galt
From: Jane Galt on 20 Jun 2010 17:45 J. Caldwell <nospam(a)anyserver.net> wrote : > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:27:28 -0400, "David Ruether" ><d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote: > >> >>"Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message >>news:Xns9D9CCF18916B5JaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142... >> >>> Tried finding any handgun ammo on the shelves at Walmart, since Obama >>> Nation got into office? It's 18 months later and the shelves are STILL >>> bare, people are still scared and hoarding. >> >>Kinda demonstrates that stupidity is catching, I guess... >>--DR >> > > Actually most of the runs on ammo this year are due to them changing the > manufacturing process, not any overthrow-the-government conspiracies > (though it's getting there). All new ammo of any gauge is now micro-tagged. Did they pass that? I thought that was only in the People's Republic of California. -- - Jane Galt
From: David Ruether on 20 Jun 2010 17:46 "Gilford Brimly" <gilfordbrimly(a)spamless.com> wrote in message news:b60t16t0tr5dm4200qfdl6u9i11018j08m(a)4ax.com... > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:46:30 -0400, "David Ruether" > <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote: >>So, what do you need untagged ammo for...? > So what do you need tagged ammo for? The reasons are identical. A good point, but only relevant if/when the shooting begins, which would be a stupid/pointless thing to have happen, regardless of who started it - but from hearing the rhetoric on the right, it seems more likely to start there (BTW, that's called "treason" since we *vote* what we want, or accept the point of view of the opposition if that receives more votes - we *do not* shoot to make changes in government unless we are ***EXTREMELY*** foolish and short-sighted...). --DR
From: Jane Galt on 20 Jun 2010 18:03 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote : > > Yes. It is the mentality of the selfish and short-sighted (and I suspect > it has more than a little to do with the reading of that epitome of this > point of view, "Atlas Shrugged", by Ayn Rand (what a piece of > philosophical junk that is!). > --DR The only people I've heard saying that, are those on the opposite side of the political spectrum. ( marxist leaning ) -- - Jane Galt
From: Jane Galt on 20 Jun 2010 18:06
"Dudley Hanks" <dhanks(a)blind-apertures.ca> wrote : > You assume that you will always come out on top, and that the fear of > your vast superiority will deter future crimes... Who assumes that? > Sadly, such is not the case, which is why the arms race occurred. Nothing to do with personal self defense. Are you a pacifist? > Recognition that that fallacy doesn't work is what put a cap on the arms > race, and it is only future development of alternative ideologies that > will truly put our globe into a real state of peace. Life is dynamic. If you want peace, the only place to find it is in the grave. > If I'm a criminal and I know potential victims might be carrying, it > won't stop me if I'm starving. You seriously think that the only people who would attack us are poor starving people in need? Seriously? With all the welfare out there? |