tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post4560820226339205844..comments2023-10-16T07:06:52.428-05:00Comments on Armed and Safe: Gun rights--another casualty in the "War on Terror?"Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-27461036285760131572007-03-05T21:12:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:12:00.000-06:00Thanks for commenting, Sendarius. I would also li...Thanks for commenting, Sendarius. I would also like to extend my heartfelt apologies for my government's behavior. Your story doesn't surprise me, but it certainly shames me.<BR/><BR/>This country is better than that--or at least it was, not so long ago.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-23567164580379250352007-03-05T20:46:00.000-06:002007-03-05T20:46:00.000-06:00Perhaps I can add something to this.I am in Austra...Perhaps I can add something to this.<BR/><BR/>I am in Australia, and tried to order some .38 Super Comp brass from Starline.<BR/><BR/>Although Starline happily accepted the order, I had to supply a valid "end-user" certificate, which is essentially an import permit (available from the state police department that handles firearm licensing).<BR/><BR/>I did this, but when Starline applied for an export permit (a new requirement, not previously necessary for anything gun-related that isn't an actual firearm), the application was rejected "because the import permit did not have six months or more validity". This rejection was from some US .gov entity.<BR/><BR/>So, YES, things HAVE changed. Whether this is a new law, or a re-interpretation of the existing law, or simply some creative regulation, I can't say.<BR/><BR/>I complied with the requirements:<BR/>A written order<BR/>A valid end-user certificate (original not copy)<BR/>Paid for the goods<BR/><BR/>.. and still the order was not met. <BR/><BR/>No fault of Starline, they did everything that they could and then some, but some faceless prole in .gov was feeling his oats, and nixed a commercial transaction between consenting parties that violated no law. Just because he could.<BR/><BR/>SendariusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-10512878341295803302007-01-26T06:26:00.000-06:002007-01-26T06:26:00.000-06:00I third that.
I wouldn't quite go so far as to ...I third that. <br /><br />I wouldn't quite go so far as to say the government did it, but I'm not ruling that out given that we had all kids of surveillance in place before 911, and now we have God knows how much more.<br /><br />We've been headed down this road for some time, at least since the end of WWII, but I suspect it would honestly go back to the end of the "civil" war.<br /><br /><i>Who the Hell is going to protect us from the protectors?</i><br /><br />It might as well be the Tijuana police force with their slingshots.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11917323753826033881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-39380964899379804732007-01-25T19:48:00.000-06:002007-01-25T19:48:00.000-06:00StraightArrow, I wish I could say I thought you we...StraightArrow, I wish I could say I thought you were wrong.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34529754.post-85080952612207766142007-01-25T19:41:00.000-06:002007-01-25T19:41:00.000-06:00I vote for the opportunism scenario that allows th...I vote for the opportunism scenario that allows them to disguise their long standing ambitions to create a serfdom as a "security" measure. Who the Hell is going to protect us from the protectors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com