I swear, last one……..
And speaking of gun purchases that may come back to bite you in the buttocks, Claire has a post about something I was reading a few days ago. The article is behind a NYT paywall, but quick fingers with a ctrl+c managed to get me a copy of the article to paste into Word so I could read it. Here’s another outfits take on it.
The gist of the article is that mass shooters, according to the idiot writing the article, woldn’t be able to amass their ‘vast arsenals’ without the use of consumer credit. Therefore, banks should notify ‘the authorities’ when transactions show them buying ‘suspicious’ amounts of guns, ammo, etc.
Never mind that any person with two brain cells to rub together would figure out the easiest way to avoid that would be to buy ‘normal’ stuff on credit, resell it for cash, and then purchase with cash.
But, most importantly, who wants a bank reporting on your purchases to .gov? Cash, baby….thats why theyre trying to push you away from it. Cash makes no enemies. buy your guns without paperwork, for cash, and avoid the whole nonsense.
“There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them.
One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
That was one of the best parts of the book. Totally changed my perceptions about guilt.
AMEN to that ! !
Credit card monitoring could be useful. It could be used to tell if someone is purchasing communist literature, like the NY Times.