All Things Considered, Tuesday 4/7/09

[johnny_22]

Did anyone else hear this program about the ammunition shortage? The interview with a Texan gun store owner was OK, until he got into conspiracy theories.
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Dury says people are buying guns as well as ammunition, creating a shortage of both. He says people are buying the guns to protect themselves because they perceive Obama's policies as socialist and rewarding those "people who are not working hard." They are also afraid, he says, of more restrictive gun laws."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102851807

The comments are something else: One guy was rude enough to say that fat women don't need to worry about rape...

[B Strong]

Did anyone else hear this program about the ammunition shortage? The interview with a Texan gun store owner was OK, until he got into conspiracy theories.
"
Dury says people are buying guns as well as ammunition, creating a shortage of both. He says people are buying the guns to protect themselves because they perceive Obama's policies as socialist and rewarding those "people who are not working hard." They are also afraid, he says, of more restrictive gun laws."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102851807

The comments are something else: One guy was rude enough to say that fat women don't need to worry about rape...

Reading those comments is a little too much while trying to eat dinner.