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You, sir, are the kind of guy that built America. Flexible, resilient and able to deal with adversity. Exactly the opposite of the type of citizen our government is currently trying to breed: Dependent on mommy and daddy or the government to come in and save the day all the time and going through life in a drug induced haze. Our current liberal society not only does not understand you, it fears you.

Believe it or not, these things do occur in epidemics. If someone is on the fence about doing it and people around them do it, it steels them up into thinking "I can do this, too." In the long run, it might be better for society. The alternative is a long life on psychotropic medications and the opportunity to raise a dozen screwed-up kids that we will have to support.

Who gets to clean up the road apples? Is there a special division of police just for that?

Why would any of you pay money to watch a bunch of sweatly millionares run around? Do you think they care about you, your city or even their own team? People pay hundreds of dollars to wear a shirt with someone else's name on the back? Get real. Someone gets called a "hero" for catching a football? There are a lot of heros from places like Iwo Jima rolling over in their graves. Save yourself 4 hours. Just drive up to their mansions and dump your money over their fence. Maybe with all the free time you now have you can play with your kids or watch a local high school game. F the pros.

A guy I worked with once got "pulled over" by a horse cop in Newark for an illegal right on red.

+1 this. They often have these at Costco and they do a good job.

It's the NSA excavating for cameras and listening devices.

Don't do it! I tried this once, and had to get a killer whale to get rid of the polar bear. My water bill is astronomical.

The way things are going in this great nation, our troops' armor will be looking like this soon:

In both Cali and NJ, one person helped stem the tide of stupid laws. Wait until we get a dem here in the governor's mansion and see what happens. We will be begging for Cali's laws.

Amen, brother. With the state our government is currently in Uncle Sam probably has bigger things to worry about that paperwork for this transaction. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.

Probably one of our spy satellites. Now that our government is shut down I expect them to start dropping like flies. They are obsolete anyway since they can listen to all your phone calls and read your email.

+100. I completely understand shutting down concessions, tours and things that need to be staffed. But seriously, how petty is our current administration that they would throw barricades around open spaces on the national mall?

The shipping part is probably ok, but you will be standing tall before the man for manufacturing firearms without a license after the NSA tracks back your IP address.

Cool map, except they forgot to white out NJ.

JSF01, Don't bother trying to reason. Some minds can never be changed (often because they are defective). And for the record, I have never had a PBA card. I think it would make me feel dirty. Have a great evening, everyone!

Need to clone him...

I'd give my accountant a break for screwing up my tax return. I won't give anyone a break for accidental shooting.

Would love to comment, but I don't want to make my "strike three" that easy. RIP, old man.

These cameras will not make a distinction between someone who runs a light 5 seconds after it turns red and someone who: -Stops two inches over the stop line. -Is trying to make a left turn and is sitting in the intersection waiting for opposing traffic to pass when the light turns red. -Does not come to a complete stop for some unannounced, non-posted time duration that some municipality has arbitrarily decided is appropriate before turning right on red. Other issues: -Numerous cameras in north NJ were found to be uncertified and to have timing errors. People who had been issued tickets for ~$80 were issued refunds... of $8 -In this country, we used to have a right to face our accuser. In many cases that does not appear to happen in these cases. -In cases involving this technology, there appears to be a presumption of guilt, rather than innocence. It is assumed by the courts tat the technology is sufficiently advanced tat there is no way it can make a mistake. And even when it does and it is admitted there is a problem, you receive a 10% refund. -Once law enforcement is used not to uphold the law but as a revenue stream for the government, we have a problem. The only people that can logically favor these things either have a very simplistic world view (like the governor, sadly) or are lining their pockets from this system. If you think this is a good idea, how about placing a cellular GPS device in every vehicle which automatically generates a speeding ticket every time the driver goes over the limit? The technology is readily available, it would generate a tremendous amount of revenue, and it would makes driving safer.

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Police used to be trained to not only to uphold the law, but to also solve problems and trouble-shoot situations. Military used to be trained almost solely to do things designed to kill people. When the line between these roles get blurry, I worry. Right now it seems we are teaching teams of cops to bash in doors in the middle of the night to serve a warrant for failure to provide child support. Meanwhile, drill instructors are not allowed to curse at recruits so they do not hurt anyone's self esteem. But everyone is great, and I appreciate all your peerless bravery and service. Have a great Labor Day.

Fastest route: join the appropriate political party and get involved in your county's machinery. It might seem like this would take a long time, but it might be shorter than trying to go though all kinds of appeals processes.

Military tactic. Go in flashing lights, lots of noise, commands, yelling. Keeps your prey disoriented.

In years past, it could be counted upon that police officers would have some people skills and would be able to use some thought and perhaps creativity to defuse and de-escalate situations. Today police are trained in a military model to use whatever means are necessary to immediately assert authority and seize command of a situation. But I am sure these are all great guys, just having a bad day and some miscommunication. God bless you all.