From:	Stephen Delear <shadow@***.com>
Subject:	Re: Shadowrun society and culture
Date:	Wed, 29 May 1996 00:38:58 -0500 (CDT)

On Tue, 28 May 1996, Hairy Smurf wrote:

> At 11:15 5/27/96 -0700, you wrote:
> >Adam Getchell wrote:
> >> You don't see crooks with tanks because: 1) There is a limited supply
> >> (only a couple of dozen thousand in the world, mostly ex-Soviet)
> >> compared with firearms 2) The economic expenditure to acquire a tank is
> >> much greater than that to acquire a firearm 3) Tanks are not very
> >> portable or concealable 4)The benefits of acquiring and using a tank
> >> are outweighed by the various difficulties in acquiring/using/hiding
> >> the thing.
> >
> >I would have to agree with this for the most part .... but, you have to
> >keep in mind places like California & Texas, where it is legal to own a
> >tank now. Examples:
> > a) Rent A Tank and Tanks R Us in California, they cater to the
> > film industry and were established at the end of W.W.II.
> > b) Barrett's Farm near Dallas Texas, a private collection of AFVs
> > from around the world housed in an under ground complex that
> > rivals many US military bases. At last estimate from BATF
> > and the US Army there is sufficient equipment, ordinance,
> > materiel, and supplies present at this installation to support
> > battalion level ops for 2 years of heavy combat. It's owned by
> > Tandy Corp. BTW and until June of '93 was open for public tours.
> > No one in the area is sure why they shut down the tours, but
> > staffing has increased dramatically since then and is a good
> > place to apply for tank jockeys just getting out of the service.
> >
>
> Kinda off the subject but it fits into the innuendo I just read in this
> post. I recently read about silicon valley companies having to increase
> their security. Seems certain individuals think its all the rage to steal
> computer chips. Everything from burglary to armed robbery has occured. There
> have also been reports of company members stealing and kidnapping. With my
> post a couple of months ago about artificail arms that can now feel it seems
> the cyberpunk genre is becoming more and more of a reality.
>
> Sasquatch

Actually chip stealing is much more of a problem then most people think
(those things are worth far more then the weight in gold) you just don't
hear about it unless some one gets shot or a tape of it gets leaked to the
media.

Stephen

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