Posted on 11/05/2002 3:31:42 AM PST by kattracks
Please explain how checking the serial number would help.
I know, but the posters saying it is ok should explain it.
He is the next door neighbor to a relative of mine, and I sat next to him in church Sunday a week ago.
At Wally World perhaps. Maybe some other places. But I've bought lots of ammunition in Texas without a driver's license check. In fact I don't recall having to show it the last time I bought some (.45ACP in fact) at WalMart, and that was only a couple of months ago, at most. I do remember reading something about WalMart requiring an ID to purchase ammunition, but I don't recall being asked for it. It was the day before the opening of dove season, and lots of folks were buying shotgun shells, and getting their licenses. I've never been dove hunting, but would love to give a whirl sometime. HINT, HINT! (I do have a shotgun, 12GA Browning BPS with 24" barrel, and interchangeable choke tubes)
What planet have you been on?? Read the newspapers, not the comics. This man was right on.
Two purposes, actually:
If the FBI takes the view that anyone not in the Federal Law Enforcement is a potential enemy then they have made their job impossible. Fourth, if these law enforcement agents had spent a little more time and care tracing down the actual leads they had from the multiple stops of the Caprice perhaps several citizens in the DC area would be alive.
I have had the occaision to meet several FBI special agents. Those I know share the same criticism of these agents. All these agents knew was that the individual they were interviewing had purchased a .233 cal rifle within the past ten years and that the individual in question owned a white van. Certainly had they been courteous and professional and not just gone on a fishing expedition and had there not been other reported problems with property not being returned to citizens there would not have been a problem.
In short my ciricism remains the same. Instead of being seen as a professional organization persuing assorted major criminals the FBI's image has degenerated too much and every single additional abuse damages the effectiveness of that organization.
In short do not mistake a demand for improvement in effectiveness with a hatered of the organization per se.
Let us presume that the pattern of killings had indicated that a person espousing a Liberal point of view was pssibly behind the killings. Let us presume that the murder weapon was say a hammer. Would rousting every member of the carpeter's union be considered to be a legitimate tactic? I think not.
There are any number of scenarios that one could conjure up with any number of other targets where the outrage wuld be universal. I am also incensed that local vetrans with no record whatsoever were considered high on the list by some law enforcement. Yes, even though one of the two alleged to be the sniper(s) was a US Army veteran. They were not just targeting regular army troopsd they were focusing on Special Operations veterans when there was no evidence that any shot was particularly a long range shot.
I have no objection to the FBI persuing leads and investigating and I usually will cooperate with any law enforcement but in this case were I confronted with the same request I would have stated I do NOT discuss what I might own for firearms with officers potentially targeting me in an investigation. If you wish to examine any property of mine please obtain a search warrant.
Agreed. ---But it is amusing that the serial number defenders couldn't figure it out.
Instead of closing up the A.T.F., it seems that the the F.B.I. has become the A.T.F.
LOL!
It didn't work out...
The sporting goods cashier got tired of taking my wages out to my car on payday.
Stay Safe !
Two words: Lon Horiuchi.
Prove it. Show it. Don't bother quoting the law ... show the successful, standing prosecutions, fines and time -- if you can.
And specifically what facts do you have to support your assertion?
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