tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post7192110927867348870..comments2024-02-13T14:28:21.282-05:00Comments on New Jovian Thunderbolt: Buy Ammo Day 2008New Jovian Thunderbolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-10019080627047897212008-11-20T18:48:00.000-05:002008-11-20T18:48:00.000-05:00Uh, um, WalMart is working on a system to use faci...Uh, um, WalMart is working on a system to use facial recognition to tie together all of your purchases at their stores, regardless of your method of payment. And they do keep track of every single item you have ever bought there.<BR/><BR/>They can connect all of your credit cards and checking accounts and if they were to hook up with any other businesses (or if some company came along to keep all your accounts connected for the benefit of their retail store customers), there is at least a possibility that someone will be able to piece together all your purchases. In the future, of course, but still...<BR/><BR/>As for trying to arrest felons for buying ammo or attempting to buy guns, I'm pretty sure that the case has already been made (literally a court case) that you can't bust a felon for attempting to buy a gun if he lies about his legal ability to purchase one because that would be violating his right against self-incrimination. If there's any kind of similar prove-you're-legal process involved in buying ammo I would think the same rule would apply.GunGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217451122521161867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-32884518359575730172008-11-20T13:12:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:12:00.000-05:00and if you are REALLY paranoid and pay with cash, ...and if you are REALLY paranoid and pay with cash, the floor sensors got the RFID scan from the chip in your shoes. No one shares shoes. And the RFID cloud you walk around in has a dozen or so OTHER RFID chips (DL, Credit Cards, Cellphone, etc.) with your name on it, so it associates them all together. You thought the purchase was anonymous, but unless you carried no ID and borrowed your clothes and shoes... The Man knows what you bought. And the Man gets suspicious if people buy ammo with no associated identifying RFID, too. <BR/><BR/>Good luck evading Cyberdyne Systems.<BR/><BR/>Save the cheerleader, save the world.<BR/><BR/>Wolverines!<BR/><BR/>Or something...New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-62793103276164440672008-11-20T13:06:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:06:00.000-05:00I wasn't thinking the credit card company was the ...I wasn't thinking the credit card company was the vector. I was thinking the scanner that got the ammo barcode at the register is married to the scanner that the visa card got swiped through and has my info on. But I should have been more clear.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-22053162037735779422008-11-20T10:07:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:07:00.000-05:00Tam,Can't they subpeona the records from Gander Mo...Tam,<BR/><BR/>Can't they subpeona the records from Gander Mountain, though?<BR/><BR/>I mean, sure, it would be a collosal waste of time and resources, but since when has <B>that</B> ever stopped our nanny-state overlords?<BR/><BR/>(WV: pirglock. Heh)Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-81416206869284679552008-11-20T08:24:00.000-05:002008-11-20T08:24:00.000-05:00"The cops haven’t resorted to checking your credit..."<I>The cops haven’t resorted to checking your credit card purchases, yet, and I don’t think they are able/allowed to be that intrusive, but you never know.</I>"<BR/><BR/>A lot of folks who don't work in retail have a mistaken idea of how credit card purchases work.<BR/><BR/>If you buy $100 worth of ammo at Gander Mt. tomorrow and put it on your Visa, all Visa knows is that you spent $100 at Gander Mt. They have no idea whether it was $100 worth of ammo, fishing lures, wool underwear, or beef jerky.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3274583756441452923.post-39550631789960760782008-11-19T17:19:00.000-05:002008-11-19T17:19:00.000-05:00200 Rounds of .308 for me!200 Rounds of .308 for me!JB Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747865545380623939noreply@blogger.com