I had a very strange experience at Fleet Farm in Brooklyn Park, MN, last Wednesday. I was going to visit my brother-in-law in Montana. He's got a nice range set up on his property and I bought mayby 1000 rounds of ammo in .45 ACP, .38 special, and .357 magnum calibers. I spent quite a long time in the store because I was shopping for a pair of hiking boots for the trip. When I left, there was a city cop waiting in the parking lot. I was riding with a co-worker, and as soon as we took off, the cop started following us. Instead of going to the main road, we drove down the frontage road alongside the main road, Hennipen County 81, because we were going to WalMart to pick up 9mm ammo. I went there because I wanted some WWB Value Pack, which is not offered at Fleet Farm. The cop followed us down the frontage road, which made no sense at all. Then the SOB followed us into the WalMart parking lot. We parked and he parked. We got out of our car and he got out of our car. He watched us and we watched him. I stopped and stared at him to see if he'd say anything. I seriously wanted to know what his problem was. After a bit, he started to get uncomfortable and walked over to a soda machine, as if he'd gone to all this trouble to get a can of Coke, and of course WalMart soda machines have the very best Coke.
I've never been a conspiracy theorist, but I'm really starting to get paranoid. Listening to Ashcroft testify before a congressional panel yesterday, I realized that the man is not playing with a full deck, and that he firmly believes the executive branch is beyond the rule of law. There's no way these lunatics can win re-election. Ashcroft will be lucky if he doesn't do time for contempt of congress. I'm not convinced that sometime between now and November these delusional whackos won't trump up a terrorist attack and declare martial law, suspending all elections. The first thing they will do is confiscate all privately held weapons. I know this is far-fetched, but this recent increased monitoring of who is purchasing ammunition would fit in with this wild scenario. I'm not saying I believe this is going to happen, but I'm increasingly starting to believe that the framework for such a situation is being put in place.
I hope and pray that I am completely off base here, and I probably am, but something very, very disturbing is taking place.