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Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW week 14 a little late
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:11:31 -0400
References: <9b678e0904191358m3551bc62g1d3077f617955439@mail.gmail.com> <33D54452-1777-4EA4-8582-92940D1C9CA5@embarqmail.com>

Ric,Parsing their words carefully, I am not sure that you could rest assured
about that.  Many have thought through the problems of working alone and
have built up support groups.  A very interesting ethnography.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Don
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