BRaptor

So, the last remaining privately-held copy of the Star Spangled Banner is up for sale through Christie's. See Article Here. "They" predict it could go for $200-300k. At that price, I'd be willing to put down $1k to buy a 1/200th or 1/300th share. Anyone want in? (kidding) I think the $200-300k figure is severely lowballing the true value of this piece of Americana. However, the recession may be depressing the anticipated, and maybe the actual price paid. If only I had a few hundred thousand lying around.

Agreed. That sign is total BS. The blue streak I'm going to volley at those federal 'tards while they're groping me some time around Christmas will make a sailor blush. Unless, of course, that sign is referring to sexual harassment, saying you have a bomb or physically threatening them, which I won't do. Such things might make you subject to criminal or civil penalties.

First, you have a limited time to file an Answer to the Complaint with the Court. Read the Summons and Complaint and find out when your deadline to file is. Second, contact your insurance company and find out their position. They'll likely pick up the defense on your behalf. Third, monitor the insurance company and what/how they handle the suit. If you have to take this on without your insurance company, get a lawyer.

Probably from John Pistole...."You must submit..."

"You will be lablled a resistor." I wonder how many ohms?

[peeing on parade] Yeah, that's a fast way to get a sexual harassment suit filed against you. Then, you'll get stuck paying that government lackey's salary and therapy bills until s/he's "recovered." [/peeing on parade] But, it's still funny! Pretty tempting, too. Make sure you smile real big when you refuse the body scan and ask for a pat-down before they tell you that you have to submit to it. Then ask if you can pick out an agent. Repeat the procedure back to him in a breathy, sultry tone...."So, you're gonna slowly run your hand up the inside of each thigh, front AND back? mmmmmmmmm.....I'm ready if you are."

I had no idea Meth had that effect....hmmmmm.

It does sound combative until you read: California DA Vows to Prosecute Airport Screeners Who Touch Travelers Inappropriately Since when did CA start becoming the state to stand up for States' Rights? Whether you agree with legalizing marijuana or not, you have to agree it's a bold step for a state to tell the Fed. Gov. and the BATF(E) to shove it with their total ban on marijuana. Now, comes the promise to prosecute Federal Agents for touching CA citizens. My respect for CA is growing in certain ways.

I highly doubt it. If there was meth or any drug paraphernalia in the van, it would have been found in the search incident to arrest and she would have been charged accordingly. Apparently, this is just a fantastic way of turning an otherwise law-abiding citizen into a criminal. Although, it is a little weird rubbing one out in the van (what ever happened to going into the bathroom and telling the kids you're taking a shower? just sayin' ).

I had the distinct honor of shooting at Harry Beckwith Indoor Pistol Range in Micanopy, FL as well as meeting and speaking with Mr. Beckwith himself many times. The man was salty and terse but somehow friendly all at the same moment. The air about him was that of honor and knowledge of things that I could not comprehend. Here is part of the explanation of his knowledge (and a fantastic story): The Harry Beckwith Story Apparently, Mr. Beckwith passed away fairly recently. He was a rare man. I miss America and good, friendly, no-nonsense range owner/operators. Here's their current website.

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is stop diggin'.

I smell a law suit.

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/19900-donate-to-the-buy-glenn-a-gun-fund/

The question/answers are too polar (pun intended). You can't just ask will I give up privacy and convenience, that question is much too open ended. For me, I'll go through a metal detector, I'll let you scan my luggage with an X-ray machine. But at some point ineffectiveness, safety and intrusiveness collide and go beyond reasonable. The Advanced Imaging Technology is that point of collision for me and a lot of other people. Still, I voted "No."

I've tried my best to stay out of this, but I can't help myself. No, nobody is forcing me to get on a plane. Rather, the US Government is conditioning my ability to freely move about the country on me permitting the US Government to search me without reasonable suspicion, probable cause or a warrant issued on probable cause. That is a restriction of movement (no, you cannot say "just drive or take a bus," because others are permitted to fly and the only reason I would not be permitted to fly is because I want to stand up for my 4A rights. Which means I am now being discriminated against, because I'm demanding my 4A right to not be searched.) Analytically: The level of intrusion is very high (virtual strip search or extremely personal "pat-down" with groin check) and the location is explicitly protected by the 4A ("persons" is a direct reference to the body). To look at it from another analytical viewpoint, my 4A interest in being secure from people and the government viewing under my clothing is high, the government's interest in securing flights is also high, but the tipping point is that the 4A says my person "shall not be violated." What part of "shall not be violated" isn't clear? If you're looking for "a right to travel about the country" in the US Constitution, I'll tell you right now, it's not there. It's not there, because looking for it is like looking at the US Constitution through the wrong end of a telescope. The US Const. is not a grant of rights from the government to the people (we're not in China). It is a list of permissions FROM THE PEOPLE to the government. In the US Const, the PEOPLE are the sovereign and retain all rights except those SPECIFICALLY SURRENDERED in the US Const. So, you should be looking for where within the constitution the Federal Government is permitted to search people without warrant issued on probable cause, without reasonable suspicion (in limited circumstances) or absent a warrant, without articulable probable cause. It's not there. If you want to argue that people have a right to be as secure as governmentally possible in flight, I respond, just don't get on the plane. Because your right to be safe ends where my right to not be strip-searched or groped begins. Travel will always have an element of danger, pedestrians get hit by cars, drunk drivers kill other drivers, terrorists could bomb a tunnel/bridge, trains derail and get attacked by terrorists, planes crash and get attacked by terrorists. You cannot ignore fundamental rights of freedom of movement and freedom from unreasonable searches in the pursuit of some unattainable level of safety/security. What if the next step was that every person that bought an airline ticket had to surrender to their entire homes searched for contraband/explosives? Or the next bomber that uses a rectal-implant bomb now pushes the TSA to force everyone to either lay down on the conveyor belt and go through the high-power X-ray luggage scanner or submit to a full-scale government cavity search? Rights are not destroyed in a day. They are gradually infringed upon until you wake up one day and they're gone. I bet the only thing the TSA regrets is introducing these scanners without having an intermediary that would more gradually aclimate people to this type of intrusion.

Griz, That's great advice. After my ammo incidents, all of my home defense ammo received an additional inspection and were loaded through the cylinder. I was surprised to see that between two different manufacturers and within 500 rounds I found two defects that were severe enough to make them completely unusable. Of course statistics mean nothing to the individual.

I just put 150 rounds of Independence through my S&W 686 (.357/.38) the other day. All were headstamped "Blazer." I did have a problem with 1 round. It was deformed at the "neck" to the point that it wouldn't even load into the cylinder. I recently had a similar problem with Winchester, where 1 round was deformed at the rim. It loaded into the cylinder fine, but when firing it actually caused my cylinder to jam and wouldn't rotate/feed that round into firing position. I'm just glad my life wasn't depending on those rounds.

Hey! Way to win one for the NJ2AS! I know it seems small, but as it's been said before, ours will be a victory of a thousand cuts. Perhaps you could start a "NJ2AS Victories" sticky in the NJ2AS section, or perhaps here in the "NJ Gun Laws" section?

Jetblue is currently offering extremely cheap flights (like $69 round trip) for travel in November and early December. Book a flight, flash your piercing and post results! (no pics of the piercing, please )

It's not that easy. The lawyers don't get to tell the jury how to deliberate and it's VERY dicey for a lawyer to try to tell the jury what the law is (judges get very defensive about this), because that's solely the realm of the judge. So, during closing statements, a defense lawyer MIGHT be able to get away with saying something like "As the judge may tell you, one may transport their weapons from their former residence to a new residence as long as the weapon is locked separately from the ammunition and placed in the vehicle's trunk." But if the judge doesn't tell the jury that that law may be considered in this situation, then the jury is not allowed to make a decision based on a law that they think might or should exist.

Starbucks could file a Trademark suit to force the Brady Campaign to pay the legal fees to defend, but I think that there's no way Starbucks could win. It's protected speech (political commentary and/or satire). Nice job on the photoshop, j0n!

I got curious and looked up the statute. If I were the lawyer, I would focus on the "with purpose to harass another" part. Of course, the stautes don't define what constitutes purpose to harass, so it's down to case-law. I wish you luck with this. I would strongly recommend a lawyer, there's a lot on the line and this isn't just a straight-shot (per se violation) thing like a speeding ticket.

I don't have any first-hand experience, only information that I've read on this board. I don't know if you being treated by a psychiatrist (M.D.) will "show up" on the checks if you weren't prescribed meds. However, I'm pretty confident that if you fail to disclose it and it does show up, there's a good chance you will be denied for lying on your application. On the other hand, people that have gone through a tough divorce or a close family friend died etc. and sought counseling (and were not medicated) and disclosed it on the application have had to get a mental health evaluation, which can be a bit pricey. However, from what I recall, there are some on this board that went through this, have been cleared and received permits. Good luck with your application.

Big Brother has the answer! http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_16574871 Sounds like a whole bunch of: Actually, I'd believe the swamp gas story long before the load of horse-sh*t the Pentagon expects us to eat as their explanation. I promise you, it wasn't an airplane. If it were a jet large enough to make a contrail that size, there would have been a flight plan filed and record of take-off from the control tower and we would have had an answer within minutes. The military already said they didn't know what it was, so it wasn't one of their planes, unless a defector stole one (a-la a few Mig pilots did during the Vietnam War and the Cold War) Last I checked, commercial aircraft didn't have afterburners capable of making the open flame you see coming from the source of the trail. What makes me the angriest is all the news corporations are accepting this answer and broadcasting it as a fact. It's a sad day when they just eat whatever the Government puts in front of them and don't even report it with a hint of questioning.

Don't mean to threadjack, but another recommendation to put on your wishlist is: My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell It's written by a US Army machine gunner from San Francisco. This book was spring-boarded from his blog, for which he got into trouble for writing while he spent a year tour in the dirt. Great stuff. Another great read--not war related is Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish by G. Bruce Knecht It's about fishing enforcement officers chasing down pirates and the rise and ecological fall of the chilean sea bass fisheries.