You wouldn't find that in the more urban areas of the country, certainly not in New Jersey or the rest of the Northeast.
Dan On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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.
