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That was a wild ride of reading, >"They formed a consumer group, the 349 Alliance, which organized a boycott of Pepsi products, and held rallies outside the of
by sercankd 6y ago
That was a wild ride of reading,
>"They formed a consumer group, the 349 Alliance, which organized a boycott of Pepsi products, and held rallies outside the offices of PCPPI and the Philippine government. Most protests were peaceful, "
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> "but three PCPPI employees were killed by a grenade thrown into a warehouse in Davao,[13] and a mother and child were killed in Manila on February 13, 1993, by a grenade thrown at a Pepsi truck."
What the hell
- bzb3 6y agoRemoved
- Konohamaru 6y agoA little bit of an elite attitude much?
- sercankd 6y agoI am sure this could happen in today's USA, a first world country that has grocery shops with hand grenade gift department.
- marcusverus 6y agoIt's illegal to possess a hand grenade in the USA. [source]https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-defense/weapons-firearms/is-it-legal-own-hand-grenades https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/criminal-def...
- sercankd 6y agoIt was a sarcastic comment.
- Brian_K_White 6y agoIt was hyperbole. A point, based on or illustrated by a falsehood, is no point.
- somebodynew 6y agoThe linked source is incorrect in its conclusion (note that it cites 26 U.S.C. § 5801 which is irrelevant to its point). Hand grenades are indeed destructive devices regulated under the National Firearms Act, but they can be possessed legally. One must pay the ATF a $200 registration tax in order to purchase or build a destructive device. Note that a few states (e.g. New Jersey) prohibit the possession of destructive devices, but it is possible for civilians who are not police officers to possess them legally in the USA at large. This [1] is the form that is completed to pay the $200 transfer tax when purchasing an NFA item. Note that this is the same form used to transfer machine guns (which are also legal for civilians who are not police officers to possess). [1] https://www.atf.gov/file/61546/download https://www.atf.gov/file/61546/download
- schwartzworld 6y agoyeah, you can tell it isn't America because nobody sprayed bullets into a crowd of innocent people, and the cops didn't murder any peaceful protesters.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoThe Philippines is a former US colony and inherited many things from them, including liberal gun laws.