VS: kogelschaarste en moord op volksteller

quote:

Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.

Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing people to carry loaded guns in national parks.

Gun sales spiked when it became clear Obama would be elected a year ago and purchases continued to rise in his first few months of office. The FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that 6.1 million background checks for gun sales were issued from January to May, an increase of 25.6 percent from the same period the year before.

quote:

A U.S. Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

Bill Sparkman, a 51-year-old part-time Census field worker and teacher, was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest in rural southeast Kentucky. The law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and requested anonymity, did not say what type of instrument was used to write "fed" on his chest.
[..]
Gilbert Acciardo, a retired Kentucky state trooper who directs an after-school program at the elementary school where Sparkman was a frequent substitute teacher, said he had warned Sparkman to be careful when he did his Census work.

"I told him on more than one occasion, based on my years in the state police, 'Mr. Sparkman, when you go into those counties, be careful because people are going to perceive you different than they do elsewhere,'" Acciardo said.
[..]
Lucindia Scurry-Johnson, assistant director of the Census Bureau's southern office in Charlotte, N.C., said law enforcement officers have told the agency the matter is "an apparent homicide" but nothing else.

quote:

Op donderdag 24 september 2009 10:20 schreef Feestkabouter het volgende:
wat is Census?
wat was de job van die kerel?

quote:

De grondwet van de Verenigde Staten schrijft voor dat er iedere tien jaar een volkstelling moet worden gehouden. De resultaten worden onder andere gebruikt voor het bepalen van de stemdistricten die overeenkomen met de zetels in het Amerikaanse congres, en ook voor het verdelen van financiële bijdragen van de federale regering. Deze officiële volkstellingen zijn de enige manier om deze gegevens te verzamelen, omdat de Verenigde Staten geen bevolkingsregisters hebben.

quote:

Op donderdag 24 september 2009 11:16 schreef Wheelgunner het volgende:

[..]

Dit is meer dan een jaar gaande hoor. Het hamsteren is ook niet omdat mensen oorlog verwachten, maar omdat ze een aanscherping van de wetten verwachten (als onder Clinton) en die voor willen zijn.

Een verband proberen te leggen met dat tweede bericht vind ik dan ook nogal tendentieus en onzinnig.