Hoarding

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

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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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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

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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?

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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

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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...

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