James Wesley:
I was wondering if you could pose the question of “mail-order stuff” to the UPS [1] or Fed-Ex drivers that read SurvivalBlog. Have they been told to “see something-say something”?
Thanks, – Ed S.
JWR Replies: I haven’t heard anything definitive on that topic in recent years. I’d appreciate UPS and FedEx drivers chiming in.
FWIW, I should mention that David Koresh (of Waco) first came to the attention of the BATF [2] because a UPS driver reported seeing “grenade casings” [3] protruding from a ripped cardboard box that was sent to the Waco church address. Well, those were actually inert dummy grenades that Koresh had been buying to re-paint and assemble with used (dead) practice grenade fuse assemblies to turn into gag/novelty gifts mounted on wooden plaques [4]. (Those read: “Complaint Department, Take a Number” with matching “#1” tags attached to the grenade pin.) Do you remember those? They sold those a gun shows and via mail order. Well, eight months later, this happened [5]. Please, dear readers, be very careful about the items you mail order and both the paper trails and electronic cookie crumb trails that you leave behind.
