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My wife's FPID is at 97 days and counting today.

I always wrap my arms in a securely fastened tactical transport nightie for range trips.

In my very limited experience riding a bike in Manhattan I found the biggest danger is pedestrians. When I was walking I was suprised that EVERYONE j-walks, and soon I was aggressively j-walking too. When I was on a bike I found the other vehicular traffic--having been conditioned to pedestrian traffic--was pretty courteous. But cyclists get no respect from pedestrians, even in dedicated bike lanes! I think cycling is a great way to get around any metropolitan area quickly and cheap. You just need to understand the rules of the road, which are basically identical to the rules for motorized vehicular traffic. I believe the vast majority of accidents arise from cyclists who think they can ignore the rules and run red lights, go the wrong way, ride between lanes and ride in pedestrian rights of way. Cycling for transportation works pretty well in Tokyo and just about every area of Japan, as well as the Netherlands and many other places worldwide.

I have wanted to get down to see the Dulles annex of the Smithsonian Air & Space museum. They have a huge hangar with all kinds of historical aircraft, including an SR-71 (which is simply an amazing aircraft) and the Enola Gay.

Would part owner apply to owning stock in a publicly traded company? This is a truly theoretical question, but I wonder if an employee at say Starbucks would have legal justification if they also owned one share of the company. A more relavent question in this case, even if you are part owner in the business, is the jobsite considered a place of business? What if you own a food truck, would that be considered place of business when parked at a location? This ambiguity is the main problem I see with attemptoing to write such a law and cover all possibilities.

Even if you do get stopped, why would they ever find any shipping box? If you put it in your trunk or otherwise out of sight, they would need PC to conduct a search. I usually just have them shipped and hope I am home when they arrive--UPS usually drops off fairly late at my home, typically after 1700, often after 18 or 19. However, I am a little wary about it. I had a chance to buy HP when I was in AZ but did not wish to transport through NJ as I was not sure if the NJ laws of directly from place of purchase would apply to interstate + air travel, or if I would be under FOPA. Since I did not know enough to know what jurisdiction would apply, and I did not need the HP that bad, I opted for regular target ammo instead.

My 09 Toyota was built in Kentucky. 08 Trek Madone 6.9, built in Wisconson. I would love to have any number of classic cars--I love the 62 Corvette--or any stingray style Corvette, and the early GTO, Ford Galaxy, but I can't justify the initial outlay, maintenance, storage, insurance, etc. If I were going to part with that kind of money, I think I could get a Cessena and learn to fly (or at least learn to fly and rent what I want). I also see a lot of Toyota, Mazda, Nissan and other MFR cars when I go to Japan that look really cool, usually as small or smaller than a mini cooper. I wish they would market those cars over here in a left-hand drive configuration. I would definitely buy one of those.

BTW, if anyone is ever in Yuma, I highly recommend renting ATVs and driving out to Imperial Sand Dunes in CA (about 20 miles west of Yuma). My wife and I rented an RZR ($80/hour) and my colleague rented a quad ($40/hour) plus $60 for a truck to pull them. Well worth the money, those dunes are incredible.

Just got back from Arizona with 300 rounds of .45 -- two 100 rd boxes of Winchester and two 30 rd boxes of PPU. No problem whatsoever with TSA or US Air. I did not get "jammed up" at all. Thanks to all on the forum for advice on this. I will definitely look to purchase this way when I travel to free states in the future--prices close to online, but with better availability and no shipping charges. I purchased at Walmart in Yuma and in San Luis for about $20 per 50 rd. No big deal: No Dick's walk, no ID, no questions except "do you want a bag for that?" Oh and the clerks at San Luis barely spoke English, but it is a border town. Can you say "Yo quierro municion?" I had to go to the Walmart several times because they were usually out of .45 and 9, I would stop by every morning and eventually would find a box or 2 at a time. I asked the hotel manager if I could keep it in their safe--I could imagine that raising eyebrows in NJ, not in AZ. They were only perplexed as to why I did not just buy it in NJ. ANd incredulous when I explained to them the price, availability and firearm transport laws. I taped the boxes on the advice of another poster saying that they arrrived once with ammunition scattered throughout the suitcase because a box had opened up. The total weight was about 13-14 lbs. US Airways allows 11 lbs per passenger in checked luggage (of course); TSA has no limit. So I put the 200 rds of Winchester in my wife's bag (she was in 1st and could check up to 70 lbs per bag of non-ammunition); and the rest in my checked bag. I informed the agent at the Phoenix check in that I had small caliber ammunition. She asked if it was properly packed (easiest way is the original packaging ) and said that I did not need to declare it to them or to TSA. I asked how they know it is less than the 11 lbs, she responded that they don't--that is the limit, but it is an honor system. My wife was worried that TSA would sieze it, so about one 30 minutes after we cleared TSA checkpoint I told her we would have been called by now if that were the case. Landed in Philadelphia and when I got home found a TSA inspection card in one bag only, but all the ammmunition was intact and is now in my safe.

Be wary Vlad. You still risk being jammed up, maybe even jacked up! I actually detail strip my firearms prior to transport, lock each part in a separate container, seal each container in wax and lock everything in a safe which is bolted into my trunk. I bring a Hornady Lock-N-Load progressive press and components also so I can hand load my ammunition on site--loch cked in a separate safe of course. Then I load the entire car into a locked trailer, which I weld shut and pull to the range. Never been jammed up yet

The guy sounds like a third world dicktator. Someone follows the law and appeals to the court for redress, he does not like the outcome and his response is a tantrum and an overt threat? I guess this should not suprise me...

Which finger were they using?

I got suspended for skipping once--go figure, you don't come to school and the punishment is you are not allowed to come to school for a few days.

SCOTUS and lower courts have ruled that there is no duty to protect any specific individual, even if they are called e.g. to a home invasion in-progress (Warren v. District of Columbia was decided by D.C Court of appeals) ; no duty to protect an individual with "a court-issued protective order against a violent husband making an arrest mandatory for a violation." (Castle Rock v. Gonzales). This has several other decisions (http://www.endtimesreport.com/NO_AFFIRMATIVE_DUTY.htm). I do not know the site, but this piece seems to have decent references and attributions. Hopefully they will be there when you need them, and in my experience I believe that almost every LEO I have talked with would risk their own safety to protect any individual in any given situation. But we also have an individual responsibility--and RIGHT--to provide for our own protection at any time or place. As a society we have delegated that function to LE, but each individual still retains full rights to provide for their own protection and can pretty much do anything necessary for protection of self and others that a LEO can do.

I know I know. I guess I just expect too much on some fora.

See I think the problem is people who do not possess the intellectuall ability to form a rational argument, think critically, look at things from another POV (i.e. play devil's advocate), and take criticism objectively and not personal. Their only recourse is the ad hominem attack. Since they can not assail by argument, they resort to irrelavent attacks.

I have been using Nettalk for about 2 months and it is okay. I do not think it has the rock-solid quality of the Vz landline, and I notice a slight latency. But it is at least as good as the mobile phone. Obviously if I lose power or internet I also lose the phone, those are the only downsides I see. But the price is great. I bought a unit that connects through my wifi, or it can plug directly into a wired RJ45 Ethernet port. Based on reviews I read, Nettalk seemed slightly better (or less bad) than MJ. Ooma seemed best, but had higher initial cost. I may re-evaluate after a year and consider the Ooma route... I switched because Verizon is DSL only in my area, and even that is pretty slow--I used to get 1.5 Mbps, but for unknown reasons it dropped to half that about three months ago. Technician came out and told me there was no way I could get over about 700Kbps--physically impossible. Even though I had been getting the higher speed for almost two years. So I dropped verizon and switched to Comcast Internet (at 20 Mbps) with Nettalk.

You are saying I do not need to inform TSA?

Anyone have experience doing this? From what I read on TSA website, ammunition can travel in the original cardboard retail package inside of checked luggage, does not need to be in a locked box. And needs to be declared to TSA. USAir website says limited to 11 Lbs/5KG per passenger. Sounds fairly straightforward--am I missing anything? Found 100Rnd boxes of Winchester .45 for about $43.50/100Round box (with tax) at WalMart--price seemed not too bad for now. Thanks!

I agree with McBethr. Allowed in your home and a leased or rented room is your home at the time. As for security, bring a nanovault and security cable to secure it to something in the room.

This guy has an intruder and they tell him to call the non-emergency number? And he would have no recourse if he suffered harm--SCOTUS has ruled that police have no duty to protect. This is why individual responsibility in protection and the right to self defense is critical. It is a basic human right, and while we have delegated the activity to LE, the right belongs to the individual.

Convicted criminals lose all kinds of constitutional rights. Liberty is severely curtailed during incarceration. 2A is annulled during incarceration and after for felons, I believe voting is curtailed. Certain types of crimes affect access to telecomm and computer equipment (e.g. hackers). So there is no legal issue with the abridgement of 1A for convicted felons.

What was the cause of the fire? Was it directly related to the generator or the homeowner's gas-storage techniques

I am against people dying due to any govt mistake--whether it was intentional or not. I support the death penalty at least in theory; my only issue is its finality--as other s have said, you can't take it back or recompense the victim of such a mistake. Just because other mistakes happen all the time does not mean we should overlook this one. I am all for quick execution for DP crimes, but I think there should be a higher threshold to invoke the DP. Especially with what has been documented in some police interrogation (e.g. the Central Park Five, and those U.S. Navy sailors who went to jail only to be exhonerated for the murder of one of their neighbors); thankfully such cases are rare, but they do happen. It is not an easy answer--I would err on the side of caution (not killing innocent people); but the costs can become greater than the cost of lifetime incarceration. And as for incarceration--life should be LIFE, no parole! I think it is great if a criminal reforms and tries to redeem themselves in prison, but that should have NO BEARING on release--if you take someone's life by murder, you should have to pay--if not the DP then with the remainder of your life. And prison should be really bad--provide the basic required to sustain life (food, water, shelter, limited exercise) and reading material that would be limited to one religious book of yoru choice (e.g. the bible) and a complete basic law library (if someone is truly innocent they should have the resources to prove it).

Yes, and impose a ten word limit.