I'll try to be careful to not offend, but here's my opinion.

This forum is a great place to express ideas and to help each other. I have great respect for the posters here at ETS. That's why I guess I'm so surprised that people here are giving this guy so much latitude.

It seems to me that we, as a group, have evaluated his collection based on the individual pieces he possesed. I think we need to look at the bigger picture here. He's is a dangerous guy. No question in my mind. Not beacuse of his Spam or his reading material, but rather his collection viewed as a whole.

Sure, if he had 13 weapons and bomb components in a rural North Dakota, it might not be the same issue. Unfortunately, however, for his many neighbors in NYC he is reckless at the very least.

I really don't think the police closed down the neighborhood begause of his vingear and baking soda. He's not shooting cans off the fence on his rural property with a .22 either.

Throw the book at him. Lock him up. It seems like common sense and the right thing to do. I wouldn't call him a "Survivalist". I'd call him a "Felon". (if proven guilty .... of course.) <img src="images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />