How dare the republicans attempt to determine that you actually have a legal right to vote. The demons. I bet they eat babies for sport.
On the topic of redistricting, do some homework. Republicans and Democrats both use this is a regular tactic and mechanism to control voting results.
Why is it that the President can run on a campaign that includes a promise to reduce the debt, increase the debt by multiple trillions, and then have his supporters tell Republicans that they are the party of NO for trying to get the debt under control?
Yeah, they should go somewhere that a natural disaster is an impossibility. I'm sure there's somewhere in the nation that has no risks right around this time of year. No floods. No droughts. No tornadoes, or hurricanes, or quakes, or fires, or earthquakes or... .
So you suggest that it's irresponsible to allow those cartels and gangsters from such a warzone like Mexico (paraphrasing your words) to freely pass into the US from Mexico?
If only we had some government organization that we could respect and praise for their uncompromising control of the border and a Presidential administration that allows them to do it.
Actually it's perfectly correct. It's just not the right evidence. The reciever is the part that has the serial number, and because one of the ATF definitions of a "firearm" explicitely statest that it can be just the reciever.
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Other regulations state that it's perfectly legal to craft a "firearm" without registration for personal use, so long as it neither falls into a class III weapon category (machinegun, mortar, etc.) and that it will not be sold or distributed.
If a "firearm" is by ATF definition the reciever, and you may craft your own "firearm" for personal use, logically it follows that it's perfectly legal to craft a reciever.
That's a bit simplified. First, you have to fill out the form and gain approval thru both the ATF and the Chief of the county law enforcement for each purchase and pay the $200 tax. Strictly speaking what you said is correct, but you've understated the disqualifiers by an order of magnitude. It's more than just a basic criminal history check as it would be for a normal firearm. You must register with the ATF. Then it's a full background investigation including submission of fingerprints, credit reports, criminal background, and quite possibly interviews of associates.
Bombs, mortars, etc., are regulated as Title II weapons and are strictly prohibited without the proper registration, heavy background check, and special taxation. Generally to people like registered weaponsmiths and law enforcement.
I'm guessing the regulation of a rail gun would fall into categories based on scale, both the size of the projectile and the potential destructive force.
Handheld rail gun (um, right) shooting a projectile the size of a rifle round that will go through a cinderblock? Fine?
Something that will launch a volkswagen downrange at a speed that will turn a tank into a puddle of plasma? Not so fine.
You only have to serialize a weapon if it's for sale. You cant build a weapon that is illegal by its nature (machinegun, mortar, etc.). But you dont have to register something you dont plan to sell or distribute.
Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is a revision of the National Firearms Act of 1934, and pertains to machine guns, short or "sawed-off" shotguns and rifles, and so-called "destructive devices" (including grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, large projectiles, and other heavy ordnance). Acquisition of these weapons is subject to prior approval of the Attorney General, and federal registration is required for possession. Generally, a $200 tax is imposed upon each transfer or making of any Title II weapon.
And every person of color in the inner city. And everyone of color in the southern states. And every person of a little-understood religion. And every foreigner from heavily dictatorial nation. And members of anarchist groups. And members of biggoted groups. And hardcore political activtivists on the left and right....
But other than that, yeah, it's just the wacko gun nuts...
When the feds come for your
t-shirts and your 3d printers, you will whine and say your rights are
being violated.
And we will be dead on correct. Meanwhile fucking idiots like you are more than happy to assist in regulating away freedoms, wholly failing to recognize that even idiots have rights. This is still a country founded on "Innocent until proven guilty" and until a CITIZEN is proven guilty they retain the explicit protections of the Constitution. The number of idiots incapable of handling that responsibility to have preceeded them is irrelevant, as is the number of self-righteous nannies hell-bent being the only ones allowed to make choices.
Q: Is it legal to assemble a firearm from commercially available parts kits that can be purchased via internet or shotgun news?
For your information, per provisions of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, an unlicensed individual may make a “firearm” as defined in the GCA for his own personal use, but not for sale or distribution.
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Since it is generally the reciever of the weapon that has the serial number, and the law specifically states that you can legally assemble (build/create/construct) a reciever...
The limitations here would probably be applied in the case of weapons that would be illegal by their nature (sawed off shotguns, fully auto assault weapons, etc.) under these sections
Finally, the GCA, 18 U.S.C. 922(r), specifically states the following:
It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the[GCA]Section 925(d)(3).as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes .
Also, 27 C.F.R. 478.39 states:
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.,
The reciever is just the component that holds all the other components. The trick is to print the items that take direct impact or heat, like the barrel or the firing pin.
It's folly to think you can say nothing intelligent about a subject until you know all the answers.
I've never actually met a concious subscriber to the philosophy, "Better to open your mouth and look a fool than to STFU till you know what you're talking about."
The general American public will tolerate enormous amounts of humiliation and discomfort, so long as its you that is humiliated or discomforted. Or that guy over there. Or one of those Tea Party nuts, or a freakjob Libertarian, or especially one of those dark-skinned foreigners. Until they are forced to stand aside and watch them take their 8 year old child to a special little space to be patted down, they do not particularly care how inconvenienced or violated you are. They are "safe" and that's all that matters....
Some of the smartest people I've met make it a point to stay well clear of the rat race where we are hell bent to achieve and accomplish. Couple that with the truth in the old adage, "Work smarter, not harder.", and your definition begins to fail.
Wisdom is generally considered the collective experiences of a person, and how those experiences influence a person's approach to later decisions.
Wisdom would be gained by discovering the effect of fire by putting your finger in it.
Intelligence would be testing the effect of fire on something less critical than your finger in order to discover its nature.
Could you please provide papers describing why the Earth has cooled and warmed for thousands of years in 150 year cycles (on average)? Or is the science on that not definitive.... ?
Point being, if science cant state why things have done in the past on a predictable and recurring pattern precisely what they are doing now , then why can they state the cause of current change that falls into the same historic cycle is something that has never before existed?
What I'm suggesting is that the by not only taking the phone, but also engaging in a search/siezure/evidence tampering over state lines and with computers compounds the potential criminal charges that could be brought against the officers.
That could make for a very interesting legal case... Grabbing a phone and destroying the memory card is one thing, but what are the legal ramifications of an officer illegally searching a storage technology on a server almost assuredly in another state over wired technology, and then destroying evidence there?
Does that constitute destruction of evidence and property, interstate (federal?) jurisdiction violations, and potentially wire fraud charges?
Destroying an SD card kills the ability to prove much. But servers would retain records of transactions.
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The proper time to determine if a person has a legal right to vote or not is when they register to vote, not at the polls.
I would argue the reverse.
If you register me to vote it's messed up, but what real impact does it have? If you vote on my behalf, I care. A lot.
They didn't mention that the most common write-in vote among IT staff was Gordon Freeman.
How dare the republicans attempt to determine that you actually have a legal right to vote. The demons. I bet they eat babies for sport.
On the topic of redistricting, do some homework. Republicans and Democrats both use this is a regular tactic and mechanism to control voting results.
Why is it that the President can run on a campaign that includes a promise to reduce the debt, increase the debt by multiple trillions, and then have his supporters tell Republicans that they are the party of NO for trying to get the debt under control?
Yeah, they should go somewhere that a natural disaster is an impossibility. I'm sure there's somewhere in the nation that has no risks right around this time of year. No floods. No droughts. No tornadoes, or hurricanes, or quakes, or fires, or earthquakes or... .
Hey wait a minute....
So you suggest that it's irresponsible to allow those cartels and gangsters from such a warzone like Mexico (paraphrasing your words) to freely pass into the US from Mexico?
If only we had some government organization that we could respect and praise for their uncompromising control of the border and a Presidential administration that allows them to do it.
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Other regulations state that it's perfectly legal to craft a "firearm" without registration for personal use, so long as it neither falls into a class III weapon category (machinegun, mortar, etc.) and that it will not be sold or distributed.
If a "firearm" is by ATF definition the reciever, and you may craft your own "firearm" for personal use, logically it follows that it's perfectly legal to craft a reciever.
That's a bit simplified. First, you have to fill out the form and gain approval thru both the ATF and the Chief of the county law enforcement for each purchase and pay the $200 tax. Strictly speaking what you said is correct, but you've understated the disqualifiers by an order of magnitude. It's more than just a basic criminal history check as it would be for a normal firearm. You must register with the ATF. Then it's a full background investigation including submission of fingerprints, credit reports, criminal background, and quite possibly interviews of associates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_II_weapons
Bombs, mortars, etc., are regulated as Title II weapons and are strictly prohibited without the proper registration, heavy background check, and special taxation. Generally to people like registered weaponsmiths and law enforcement.
I'm guessing the regulation of a rail gun would fall into categories based on scale, both the size of the projectile and the potential destructive force.
Handheld rail gun (um, right) shooting a projectile the size of a rifle round that will go through a cinderblock? Fine?
Something that will launch a volkswagen downrange at a speed that will turn a tank into a puddle of plasma? Not so fine.
You only have to serialize a weapon if it's for sale. You cant build a weapon that is illegal by its nature (machinegun, mortar, etc.). But you dont have to register something you dont plan to sell or distribute.
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_II_weapons
Title II of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is a revision of the National Firearms Act of 1934, and pertains to machine guns, short or "sawed-off" shotguns and rifles, and so-called "destructive devices" (including grenades, mortars, rocket launchers, large projectiles, and other heavy ordnance). Acquisition of these weapons is subject to prior approval of the Attorney General, and federal registration is required for possession. Generally, a $200 tax is imposed upon each transfer or making of any Title II weapon.
Correct. But also under law it is legal to build your own unregistered reciever as long as it is not for distribution or sale.
And every person of color in the inner city. And everyone of color in the southern states. And every person of a little-understood religion. And every foreigner from heavily dictatorial nation. And members of anarchist groups. And members of biggoted groups. And hardcore political activtivists on the left and right....
But other than that, yeah, it's just the wacko gun nuts...
When the feds come for your t-shirts and your 3d printers, you will whine and say your rights are being violated.
And we will be dead on correct. Meanwhile fucking idiots like you are more than happy to assist in regulating away freedoms, wholly failing to recognize that even idiots have rights. This is still a country founded on "Innocent until proven guilty" and until a CITIZEN is proven guilty they retain the explicit protections of the Constitution. The number of idiots incapable of handling that responsibility to have preceeded them is irrelevant, as is the number of self-righteous nannies hell-bent being the only ones allowed to make choices.
There's nothing illegal about developing a firearm for your personal use.
From the ATF website here : http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/firearms-technology.html
Q: Is it legal to assemble a firearm from commercially available parts kits that can be purchased via internet or shotgun news? For your information, per provisions of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, an unlicensed individual may make a “firearm” as defined in the GCA for his own personal use, but not for sale or distribution.
The GCA, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3), defines the term “firearm” to include the following:
(A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may be readily converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive: (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
Since it is generally the reciever of the weapon that has the serial number, and the law specifically states that you can legally assemble (build/create/construct) a reciever...
The limitations here would probably be applied in the case of weapons that would be illegal by their nature (sawed off shotguns, fully auto assault weapons, etc.) under these sections
Finally, the GCA, 18 U.S.C. 922(r), specifically states the following:
.,
It shall be unlawful for any person to assemble from imported parts any semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under the[GCA]Section 925(d)(3).as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes . Also, 27 C.F.R. 478.39 states:
(a) No person shall assemble a semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun using more than 10 of the imported parts listed in paragraph (c) of this section if the assembled firearm is prohibited from importation under section 925(d)(3) as not being particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes
The reciever is just the component that holds all the other components. The trick is to print the items that take direct impact or heat, like the barrel or the firing pin.
It's folly to think you can say nothing intelligent about a subject until you know all the answers.
I've never actually met a concious subscriber to the philosophy, "Better to open your mouth and look a fool than to STFU till you know what you're talking about."
The general American public will tolerate enormous amounts of humiliation and discomfort, so long as its you that is humiliated or discomforted. Or that guy over there. Or one of those Tea Party nuts, or a freakjob Libertarian, or especially one of those dark-skinned foreigners. Until they are forced to stand aside and watch them take their 8 year old child to a special little space to be patted down, they do not particularly care how inconvenienced or violated you are. They are "safe" and that's all that matters....
You grossly underestimate government incompetence.
Some of the smartest people I've met make it a point to stay well clear of the rat race where we are hell bent to achieve and accomplish. Couple that with the truth in the old adage, "Work smarter, not harder.", and your definition begins to fail.
Wisdom is generally considered the collective experiences of a person, and how those experiences influence a person's approach to later decisions.
Wisdom would be gained by discovering the effect of fire by putting your finger in it. Intelligence would be testing the effect of fire on something less critical than your finger in order to discover its nature.
Could you please provide papers describing why the Earth has cooled and warmed for thousands of years in 150 year cycles (on average)? Or is the science on that not definitive.... ?
Point being, if science cant state why things have done in the past on a predictable and recurring pattern precisely what they are doing now , then why can they state the cause of current change that falls into the same historic cycle is something that has never before existed?
A policy cannot itself result in legal action, unless the policy reinforces existing law.
What I'm suggesting is that the by not only taking the phone, but also engaging in a search/siezure/evidence tampering over state lines and with computers compounds the potential criminal charges that could be brought against the officers.
That could make for a very interesting legal case... Grabbing a phone and destroying the memory card is one thing, but what are the legal ramifications of an officer illegally searching a storage technology on a server almost assuredly in another state over wired technology, and then destroying evidence there?
Does that constitute destruction of evidence and property, interstate (federal?) jurisdiction violations, and potentially wire fraud charges?
Destroying an SD card kills the ability to prove much. But servers would retain records of transactions.