[Leica] Don's PAW week 14 a little late

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

I just hope they don't go past worrying about saving themselves and  
decide they need to save the rest of us.

Good luck out there.

ric


On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Interesting weeks behind me and ahead.  I have been trying to  
> understand one
> of the subcultures in America and so have spent a fair amount of  
> time in gun
> stores the past few months.  The folks have been somewhat reticent  
> about
> images so what I have is only a pale representation of what goes on.
> With the various BATF rulings and changes in what paperwork is  
> required and
> seizures of stores that failed to follow the rules most owners are  
> most
> reluctant to appear on CMOS.  More work to gain their trust.
>
> Anyway, first we have a stack of MRE's.  This is what is left after  
> the shop
> keeper brought in a pallet the prior day.  It appears that a lot of  
> people
> are laying in stores for a Katrina level disaster.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+14/apocalypse+planning.jpg.html
>>
>
> Second is a rack of "Black Rifles" at a store in a predominately  
> Asian part
> of Atlanta.  This shopkeeper has worked very hard to have a variety  
> of ALR
> available.  He also has a couple of Duece and a Quarter's available  
> as well.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+14/Black+Rifle+ensemble.jpg.html
>>
>
> Last in this series is a customer trying out a Mossberg 12 gauge for  
> home
> defence.
>
> <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DoryG/On-the-road/PAW2009/Week+14/Good+enough+for+the+Marines.jpg.html
>>
>
> Every society is full of subcultures that are very hard to  
> understand unless
> you leave your culture behind for a while and try to see the other  
> cultures
> underlying assumptions.
>
> -- 
> Don
> don.dory at gmail.com
>
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