Craig Lalley wrote:
> --- John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Wouldn't it be safer to just outlaw automobiles?

> Don't give em any ideas!
> Just today I went to Rite Aid to buy some Tylenol/sinus medication for my wife.
>
> First, it is no longer on the shelf, you have to go to the pharmacy
> where it is guarded behind the counter.

> Yes, I understand that this medication has some form of chemical that
> can be used in the wrong hands. But so can numerous other things,
> how about matches or lighters, heck I have heard that some arsonists
> actually use lighters to start fires.

Matches also have red tape.  The suburban/rural areas around Chattanooga
unfortunately produce more methamphetamine than anywhere else in the
country.  It is the moonshine of the 21st century.  Labs are being
busted or blowing up by themselves almost weekly.

[Psudo]ephedrine, matches, lye, coleman fuel... IDs and quotas.  They
practically have armed guards in Sam's Club.  Just last week a
convenience clerk was arrested for selling "more than a quota" of some
OTC "energy" pills to an undercover officer.  Authorities have sponsored
informational seminars for property owners about screening and
monitoring prospective renters for meth production.  And even as crazy
as things have become, the insanity hasn't abated at all.

So yes, hood ornaments are laughable.  Matches and medications with
[pseudo]ephedrine in them aren't a laughing matter around here.

Jeff

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