The setting certainly surprised me as well: "Honey, on your way home stop by the store and get a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk,and a box of .38 hollow points." Upon reflection, however, this was pretty far out and rural folks in Virginia do own guns and are entitled to some place local to buy supplies. Lots of towns have local gun shops but I guess whoever owns the IGA thought to make some extra money by taking on this function. Certainly a nice selection for a grocery store.
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bob had commented on America's view of "personal protection". I had >> stooped at a small supermarket in Craigsville, VA while on an MC ride >> to get a drink. This was the aisle between canned goods and >> bread/chips: >> >> http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=view&curr >> ent=safety.jpg >> >> Further down this aisle were ammunition and rifles/shotguns. To >> really appreciate this, you have to imagine this stuff in an urban >> Tesco. >> >> -- Steve Desjardins > > oh, we have that sort of stuff in urban Tescos. But it's not in a cabinet, > it's in a hoodie's hand... > > Actually there's not a lot gun crime here, I'm glad to say, and what there > is is mostly not urban - it's in the country where people own shotguns. I'm > glad we don't see guns on sale in supermarkets like that. > > I like shooting, and I'm rather good at it, with rifles & shotguns at any > rate - I've never shot a pistol. But I would never have a weapon in the > house. They belong in shooting clubs in my opinion. > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
