Every CCW/CHL/CPL/LTC permit I have (9 states) has a permit number of some sort on them. They are locally-issued and tracked numbers, and nothing to do with NICS. But if someone were to forget one of these, and should a LEO run a check during a traffic stop or other contact with a permittee, they'd be caught because the LEO would use the permit number to obtain the name and address on file, no matter what the permit says, and in the states that require a photograph, they'd probably have that up on their mobile CAD system as well.
Just because he moved to California doesn't mean [all] his firearms moved with him. Many folks relocating to California store them just across the state line because many types/models are illegal in California.
He may have stored them all out of state, and then purchased any "new" models in California.
No states that I've had to apply for in person (California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington) was there a line outside.
California it is up to the local sheriff/chief of police, but originally it was a process where one selects the next available date that works for their schedule for an appointment (in my case, originally was 18 months out, but then was moved up to 12 months once they flushed out all the anti-gun folks who had DDoS the appointment system with fake appointments). Now in my county all the initial paperwork is filed online and the appointment is just for a LiveScan and typically a few weeks to a month out.
I applied in Bellevue, Washington, there was just one older gentleman "in line" ahead of me renewing his permit. 5 minutes later was my turn and I was called up for fingerprinting.
Klamath, Oregon has never had a wait. In and out in just the time it takes the clerk to type up the paperwork.
Neveda was the longest "in person" wait, but even then there were just a dozen of us all able to sit in the waiting room in the Washoe Sheriff office and we were processed in less than 30 minutes.
Utah, Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, and Maine are simple mail-in processes. In less than two months (and sometimes just a few weeks) the permits are mailed out. Florida has a nice tracking system which allows one to see the status as things are being processed.
"...potentially allowing drug addicts or people with a mental illness to carry firearms in public..."
Here is a newsflash: having a creditcard-sized piece of plastic didn't "allow" drug addicts or people with mental illnesses to carry firearms. They can and will do so with or without that piece of plastic.
Just a thought: how many of these CCW holders committed crimes in Florida? It's still lower than the general population or even law enforcement.
Seriously, re-run the NICS checks, revoke the permits of those who are prohibited and go seize their firearms as they are prohibited persons.
Owning and carrying a firearm isn't indicative of criminal behavior. In fact, those with firearms permits commit less crime than those without and even less crimes that law enforcements officers.
And conversely, no policy by Uber stops passengers from legally carrying. So long as there are no problems, Uber will never know. There is a saying, "An armed society is a polite society."
Plenty of other reasons to return a product. My most recent return was a cell phone holster that lost a pin in the stand, which then caused it to fall apart. Looking at the product reviews after, I saw many reports of this. It wasn't a big purchase ($13), but its the principle: don't sell junk that falls apart in 3 weeks of normal use. Of course I returned it. Another couple weeks and I'd have been beyond the 30-day return window.
Watch your statements. Next thing you know nice little charges appear. I've always owned my cable modem. Every so many years a monthly rental fee will show up. Used to be $8, now it's like $11.
Soon, calling tech support will cost you $50/call.
Sounds good in theory. Batteries aren't cheap, and these don't have huge capacity. The big deal is that they can instantly meet the drops or absorb the peaks. But guess what, they grid does this pretty good on its own already. All this does is reduce the need for idling "spinning reserve".
That's a feature, not a bug. If you want to decrypt someone's data, get a warrant and compel them to turn over the key. No probably cause for a warrant? That too is a feature, not a bug. You don't get to go fishing for evidence to convict people.
All those "save the earth" coastal cities with money should be required to obtain all of their water from desal. Stop taking it from those who can't afford to buy water and don't have an ocean to obtain it from. Ag needs the water anyway, especially in drought years.
They can rent the physical media. They cannot stream it to anyone who wants to view it via the Internet. That's the crux of what Disney is using to hang them up.
Netflix buys and "rents" physical DVDs. Netflix also streams digital properties - but these are licensed differently, with streaming rights, and the streaming rights are restricted to geographical locations. Netflix is losing Disney streaming as their license is expiring. Netflix can still "rent" the physical DVDs - but they have to actually mail the DVD for the customer to play themselves - no Internet streaming allowed.
Not germane to the current cast, but I should add, VidAngel's current incantation uses streaming services, and instead of a the whole buy/sell DVD method, there is a flat monthly fee of $7 for access to the service, and a customer can watch as much content as they have access to.
It works like this: Customer signs into VidAngel account. Customer then signs into streaming service via VidAngel's website (Amazon, NetFlix, and HBO steaming services are currently supported). Customer then streams any show they would otherwise have access to stream from Amazon (including ones they rent/buy, or have "free" with their Prime account), NetFlix or HBO, but with the filters that they have selected within VidAngel.
There is no reason this couldn't work with other streaming products a customer has access to via VUDU, Hulu, etc. The product is in fact licensed to stream to the customer, and the customer is using a player (VidAngel) to skip/mute the objectionable parts.
The service actually sells the DVD to the customer for $20. After the customer is done with the DVD, they sell the DVD back to VidAngel for $19. So, in fact, the DVD is the customers at the time that the customer is using VidAngel's service to stream the customer's DVD to the customer's PC.
Or is it that those in charge aren't smart enough to deal with those who don't have the "social skills" of double-speak and don't-rock-the-boat-too-much can't just ignore the rough edges and listen for the nuggets of truth? Sure they can when it affects their bottom line. We all know that that rockstars can nearly get away with murder, so long as they are performing and fitting the bill that no one else can. But when nearly everyone is a rockstar (and thus a bit more disposable) and the bottom line doesn't exactly exist (partly because there is just so much money in the bank), the tolerance for these rough edges doesn't seem to be there.
But you were in uniform with military ID. They should be spending minimum efforts on you based on a very low threat assessment. Doesn't bother me at all.
The problem with these laws is that they are totally unfair to the 18-20 crowd that may have already been smoking for a time, have the additcion, and now suddenly can't legally buy smokes.
What should have been done is a gradual ageing out of all who are not 18 by a given date that has not yet occurred (in other words, those 17 now, won't ever get the chance to legally start smoking until 21).
The other problem is folks who move into the state from elsewhere that allowed 18-20, especially the military.
I dislike smoking, especially as I have a child with asthma and many smokers are inconsiderate, even when told this. I dislike the financial waste and health problems it causes folks. But, it doesn't seem right to rip away an ability from a legal adult who has been allowed to exercise that ability. For this reason, I think long-term this is a good idea. Banning all smoking on public education grounds makes a lot of sense as well, as many pick up smoking right out of high school while attending college.
Way back when I started using MBNA's ShopSafe system for online purchases. BankAmerica bought them and implemented their technology.
ShopSafe allows you to generate a temporary credit card number that is good from 2 - 12 months, with whatever dollar amount you wish (up to your credit line limit).
I have a BofA CC that I use exclusively for Internet purchases. The physical card itself is stored in my safe and has never had that account number used, other than the generated ShopSafe numbers.
I've never had a fraud problem using this system (going on something like 18 years). Each place I buy from gets a unique CC number, with a dollar amount rounded up $5-10 above what I think the total will be (and can be adjusted higher by me after the fact).
CitiBank has(had) a system that was like this as well. I haven't used it since I use my CitiBank card in person (and never online).
I started yesterday reading up on these and other EV cars, very excited. I own an eBike and just love being able to bike to and from work 2-3 times a week and charging my bike every couple days while getting 20 minutes of exercise each way.
However, I can't believe people are jazzed about ranges such as 215 miles for a car, or worst the 100-mile ranged "cheaper" cars like the Leaf, Bolt, etc. For a short-distance commuter car, perhaps, but you can't really do any sort of a day trip with these devices. Just looking at places I like to go, such as the Sierra Nevada foothills and Yosemite, and the charging options are a joke. Worse, there are 3 competing Quick Charge options as far as I can tell (Tesla's SuperCharger, Asia's CHAdeMO, and USA/EU's CCS), and they only have some commonality as the slower "Level 2" speeds with J-1772. I read posts about people trying to make it from Bakersfield to LA without having to charge at the bottom on for Grapevine at a truck stop for hours, and then being excited when they added a charging station at the midway point. Who in the world would settle for this sort of travel and hassle?
Even worse, is that the batteries degrade, and you're not supposed to charge them to 100% as that is bad for them. So, 215 miles? Nah, more like 204 miles, best case, when you first get it. I don't know Tesla's record, but I was looking at the Leaf and they degraded such that by 8 years you were down to 80% in a best case scenario (and many were worse off), so 175 miles. Oh, but you could replace the batteries every 4-5 years for just $6K.
I love the idea of electric cars and the high-tech gadgetry and all, but what is available is just lame and painful to consider owning for the average consumer. In 10 years or so, maybe, when Tesla has perfected the mass-market EV car and battery, and the industry has a clue adopting a universal Quick Charge (charge up to 80% in 30 minutes or less) solution available in many places and maintained. Along with self-parking cars such that you can pull up to the EV parking lot, park and get into the queue, the car then drives itself over to the charging spot when it is available and is connected, and then moves back over the the EV parking lot so others can charge - you know, convenience. I couldn't see having to park somewhere, wait around for 30 minutes - 4 hours so when my car was done charging I could move it.
Back to where I started - I love my eBike. I have a charger for it at home, and a charger at work. Whenever it gets to less than a trip one direction with high wind, I charge it, and it's not really a hassle (as I'll be at work at least 4 hours before running an errand or personal appointment, or at home overnight). I know my range of my eBike very well, and I can augment it based on how much of a workout I want (or how hot and sweaty I will be when I arrive - for work mornings, I take it easy heading in - but for coming home I push myself physically and hit the pool for a quick cool-off): I can get 5 miles per 15% of battery at an aggressive assist, or 10% at a lighter assist (having no assist is very much not an option as the bike is a good 75 lbs). This is all with fairly flat terrain and just a few slight slopes coming out of the bike trails.
I couldn't imaging having to hassle with all this sort of calculation for a car going any sort of distance or road trip. Then having to get in line at a charging queue, and stick around relatively close by in order to move my car to make room for others, oh and sometimes the charging stations are out of service with only one "pump"? Oh, and that'll be $1-2K to have a QC setup at your house so it doesn't take 6-12 hours to recharge your car.
So, just like my eBike, this is a nice solution for short-range stuff. I can get further than my eBike, but it is certainly no ICE (internal combustion engine) replacement. At least not in California, where we drive very long distances and thing nothing of it. 8 hour road trip to go camping and caving - sounds like fun. 7 hour
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Every CCW/CHL/CPL/LTC permit I have (9 states) has a permit number of some sort on them. They are locally-issued and tracked numbers, and nothing to do with NICS. But if someone were to forget one of these, and should a LEO run a check during a traffic stop or other contact with a permittee, they'd be caught because the LEO would use the permit number to obtain the name and address on file, no matter what the permit says, and in the states that require a photograph, they'd probably have that up on their mobile CAD system as well.
Same with Florida - have a CCW permit, no 3-day waiting period.
Fla. Const. art. I, 8(b); Fla. Stat. 790.0655(2)
People who have CCW permits are far more law-abiding than the general population.
FTFY - plenty of folks are denied permits, and in "Shall Issue" states (and even "May Issue" states) are criminals (which is why they are denied).
Just because he moved to California doesn't mean [all] his firearms moved with him. Many folks relocating to California store them just across the state line because many types/models are illegal in California.
He may have stored them all out of state, and then purchased any "new" models in California.
No states that I've had to apply for in person (California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington) was there a line outside.
California it is up to the local sheriff/chief of police, but originally it was a process where one selects the next available date that works for their schedule for an appointment (in my case, originally was 18 months out, but then was moved up to 12 months once they flushed out all the anti-gun folks who had DDoS the appointment system with fake appointments). Now in my county all the initial paperwork is filed online and the appointment is just for a LiveScan and typically a few weeks to a month out.
I applied in Bellevue, Washington, there was just one older gentleman "in line" ahead of me renewing his permit. 5 minutes later was my turn and I was called up for fingerprinting.
Klamath, Oregon has never had a wait. In and out in just the time it takes the clerk to type up the paperwork.
Neveda was the longest "in person" wait, but even then there were just a dozen of us all able to sit in the waiting room in the Washoe Sheriff office and we were processed in less than 30 minutes.
Utah, Arizona, Florida, New Hampshire, and Maine are simple mail-in processes. In less than two months (and sometimes just a few weeks) the permits are mailed out. Florida has a nice tracking system which allows one to see the status as things are being processed.
"...potentially allowing drug addicts or people with a mental illness to carry firearms in public..."
Here is a newsflash: having a creditcard-sized piece of plastic didn't "allow" drug addicts or people with mental illnesses to carry firearms. They can and will do so with or without that piece of plastic.
Just a thought: how many of these CCW holders committed crimes in Florida? It's still lower than the general population or even law enforcement.
Seriously, re-run the NICS checks, revoke the permits of those who are prohibited and go seize their firearms as they are prohibited persons.
Owning and carrying a firearm isn't indicative of criminal behavior. In fact, those with firearms permits commit less crime than those without and even less crimes that law enforcements officers.
And conversely, no policy by Uber stops passengers from legally carrying. So long as there are no problems, Uber will never know. There is a saying, "An armed society is a polite society."
Plenty of other reasons to return a product. My most recent return was a cell phone holster that lost a pin in the stand, which then caused it to fall apart. Looking at the product reviews after, I saw many reports of this. It wasn't a big purchase ($13), but its the principle: don't sell junk that falls apart in 3 weeks of normal use. Of course I returned it. Another couple weeks and I'd have been beyond the 30-day return window.
Watch your statements. Next thing you know nice little charges appear. I've always owned my cable modem. Every so many years a monthly rental fee will show up. Used to be $8, now it's like $11.
Soon, calling tech support will cost you $50/call.
Sounds good in theory. Batteries aren't cheap, and these don't have huge capacity. The big deal is that they can instantly meet the drops or absorb the peaks. But guess what, they grid does this pretty good on its own already. All this does is reduce the need for idling "spinning reserve".
That's a feature, not a bug. If you want to decrypt someone's data, get a warrant and compel them to turn over the key. No probably cause for a warrant? That too is a feature, not a bug. You don't get to go fishing for evidence to convict people.
All those "save the earth" coastal cities with money should be required to obtain all of their water from desal. Stop taking it from those who can't afford to buy water and don't have an ocean to obtain it from. Ag needs the water anyway, especially in drought years.
Hydro isn't "green" or "renewable" energy by California's law.
*current case
They can rent the physical media. They cannot stream it to anyone who wants to view it via the Internet. That's the crux of what Disney is using to hang them up.
Netflix buys and "rents" physical DVDs. Netflix also streams digital properties - but these are licensed differently, with streaming rights, and the streaming rights are restricted to geographical locations. Netflix is losing Disney streaming as their license is expiring. Netflix can still "rent" the physical DVDs - but they have to actually mail the DVD for the customer to play themselves - no Internet streaming allowed.
Not germane to the current cast, but I should add, VidAngel's current incantation uses streaming services, and instead of a the whole buy/sell DVD method, there is a flat monthly fee of $7 for access to the service, and a customer can watch as much content as they have access to.
It works like this: Customer signs into VidAngel account. Customer then signs into streaming service via VidAngel's website (Amazon, NetFlix, and HBO steaming services are currently supported). Customer then streams any show they would otherwise have access to stream from Amazon (including ones they rent/buy, or have "free" with their Prime account), NetFlix or HBO, but with the filters that they have selected within VidAngel.
There is no reason this couldn't work with other streaming products a customer has access to via VUDU, Hulu, etc. The product is in fact licensed to stream to the customer, and the customer is using a player (VidAngel) to skip/mute the objectionable parts.
The service actually sells the DVD to the customer for $20. After the customer is done with the DVD, they sell the DVD back to VidAngel for $19. So, in fact, the DVD is the customers at the time that the customer is using VidAngel's service to stream the customer's DVD to the customer's PC.
Or is it that those in charge aren't smart enough to deal with those who don't have the "social skills" of double-speak and don't-rock-the-boat-too-much can't just ignore the rough edges and listen for the nuggets of truth? Sure they can when it affects their bottom line. We all know that that rockstars can nearly get away with murder, so long as they are performing and fitting the bill that no one else can. But when nearly everyone is a rockstar (and thus a bit more disposable) and the bottom line doesn't exactly exist (partly because there is just so much money in the bank), the tolerance for these rough edges doesn't seem to be there.
But you were in uniform with military ID. They should be spending minimum efforts on you based on a very low threat assessment. Doesn't bother me at all.
Founders recognized that people needed some years under their belts to get maturity before they should be running the country.
So same logic for alcohol?
The problem is that while legally an adult at 18, not all mature adult cognitive abilities are there, not until 25 or so.
The problem with these laws is that they are totally unfair to the 18-20 crowd that may have already been smoking for a time, have the additcion, and now suddenly can't legally buy smokes.
What should have been done is a gradual ageing out of all who are not 18 by a given date that has not yet occurred (in other words, those 17 now, won't ever get the chance to legally start smoking until 21).
The other problem is folks who move into the state from elsewhere that allowed 18-20, especially the military.
I dislike smoking, especially as I have a child with asthma and many smokers are inconsiderate, even when told this. I dislike the financial waste and health problems it causes folks. But, it doesn't seem right to rip away an ability from a legal adult who has been allowed to exercise that ability. For this reason, I think long-term this is a good idea. Banning all smoking on public education grounds makes a lot of sense as well, as many pick up smoking right out of high school while attending college.
Way back when I started using MBNA's ShopSafe system for online purchases. BankAmerica bought them and implemented their technology.
ShopSafe allows you to generate a temporary credit card number that is good from 2 - 12 months, with whatever dollar amount you wish (up to your credit line limit).
I have a BofA CC that I use exclusively for Internet purchases. The physical card itself is stored in my safe and has never had that account number used, other than the generated ShopSafe numbers.
I've never had a fraud problem using this system (going on something like 18 years). Each place I buy from gets a unique CC number, with a dollar amount rounded up $5-10 above what I think the total will be (and can be adjusted higher by me after the fact).
CitiBank has(had) a system that was like this as well. I haven't used it since I use my CitiBank card in person (and never online).
I started yesterday reading up on these and other EV cars, very excited. I own an eBike and just love being able to bike to and from work 2-3 times a week and charging my bike every couple days while getting 20 minutes of exercise each way.
However, I can't believe people are jazzed about ranges such as 215 miles for a car, or worst the 100-mile ranged "cheaper" cars like the Leaf, Bolt, etc. For a short-distance commuter car, perhaps, but you can't really do any sort of a day trip with these devices. Just looking at places I like to go, such as the Sierra Nevada foothills and Yosemite, and the charging options are a joke. Worse, there are 3 competing Quick Charge options as far as I can tell (Tesla's SuperCharger, Asia's CHAdeMO, and USA/EU's CCS), and they only have some commonality as the slower "Level 2" speeds with J-1772. I read posts about people trying to make it from Bakersfield to LA without having to charge at the bottom on for Grapevine at a truck stop for hours, and then being excited when they added a charging station at the midway point. Who in the world would settle for this sort of travel and hassle?
Even worse, is that the batteries degrade, and you're not supposed to charge them to 100% as that is bad for them. So, 215 miles? Nah, more like 204 miles, best case, when you first get it. I don't know Tesla's record, but I was looking at the Leaf and they degraded such that by 8 years you were down to 80% in a best case scenario (and many were worse off), so 175 miles. Oh, but you could replace the batteries every 4-5 years for just $6K.
I love the idea of electric cars and the high-tech gadgetry and all, but what is available is just lame and painful to consider owning for the average consumer. In 10 years or so, maybe, when Tesla has perfected the mass-market EV car and battery, and the industry has a clue adopting a universal Quick Charge (charge up to 80% in 30 minutes or less) solution available in many places and maintained. Along with self-parking cars such that you can pull up to the EV parking lot, park and get into the queue, the car then drives itself over to the charging spot when it is available and is connected, and then moves back over the the EV parking lot so others can charge - you know, convenience. I couldn't see having to park somewhere, wait around for 30 minutes - 4 hours so when my car was done charging I could move it.
Back to where I started - I love my eBike. I have a charger for it at home, and a charger at work. Whenever it gets to less than a trip one direction with high wind, I charge it, and it's not really a hassle (as I'll be at work at least 4 hours before running an errand or personal appointment, or at home overnight). I know my range of my eBike very well, and I can augment it based on how much of a workout I want (or how hot and sweaty I will be when I arrive - for work mornings, I take it easy heading in - but for coming home I push myself physically and hit the pool for a quick cool-off): I can get 5 miles per 15% of battery at an aggressive assist, or 10% at a lighter assist (having no assist is very much not an option as the bike is a good 75 lbs). This is all with fairly flat terrain and just a few slight slopes coming out of the bike trails.
I couldn't imaging having to hassle with all this sort of calculation for a car going any sort of distance or road trip. Then having to get in line at a charging queue, and stick around relatively close by in order to move my car to make room for others, oh and sometimes the charging stations are out of service with only one "pump"? Oh, and that'll be $1-2K to have a QC setup at your house so it doesn't take 6-12 hours to recharge your car.
So, just like my eBike, this is a nice solution for short-range stuff. I can get further than my eBike, but it is certainly no ICE (internal combustion engine) replacement. At least not in California, where we drive very long distances and thing nothing of it. 8 hour road trip to go camping and caving - sounds like fun. 7 hour