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  • BigTexasOne

    Support gun control! Hit what you aim at!
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    Without going postal on y'all, , , , , , ,

    My wife and I recently moved, and since it was to a new home in a new neighborhood with an unregistered address, I place a hold on our mail at my "old" post office, I then went to my "new" post office and registered the address, and placed a forwarding order with the person who was the "Postmaster" on a specific date and he sent the order to my "old" post office to send all the held mail forward to my "new" address. We didn't get anything for about 10 days, and then I got an email from the real estate agent that had represented the buyers of our "old" house, the PO had packaged up all of our held mail into a box, and forwarded is all, back to the "old" address! WTF? "forwarded" back? typical brainless government employees with no consequences for dumbassery!
     

    Mohawk600

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    Until last flight to Denver and back, I had been 'randomly selected' for body search (or whatever it's called) every time I'd flown with any member of my family...for the previous 11 years. Literally.

    Flying to San Fran w/wife and 2 kids? They sailed through, but I got 'randomly selected.'

    Flying to Nyc, Boston, Seattle, Vancouver, LA, Las Vegas...and I think 10 or so more cities... they all go through, but I was pulled aside every single time. Didn't matter if they all went in front, behind, or around me, all 3 went through fine, and I was pulled aside. When I flew alone, never had a problem, never got searched once.

    2 weeks ago wife and I flew out of Austin, on Frontier airlines, to Denver. There's a tiny terminal on the other side of the Austin airport... I thought for a minute our Lyft driver was pulling some funny business, or just an idiot... I ddin't know about that terminal. Anyway, checked my bag, with my P365 inside...declared it...figured I'd get patted and maybe probed, as usual.

    My wife said I acted butt hurt that they DIDN't 'randomly select' me this time. It was simply shock. Promise.
    they didnt give you trouble about declaring the P365? I assume it was in a locked case locked in your bag?
     

    rmantoo

    Cranky old fart: Pull my finger
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    they didnt give you trouble about declaring the P365? I assume it was in a locked case locked in your bag?

    No trouble, at all. The people at the ticket counter didn't even bat an eye when I checked in. I said, "I have a firearm in a locked TSA approved case inside of this bag," (not actually tsa 'approved,' as such, but it meets their requirements) and the airline lady opened a drawer, handed me a red tag, "firearm inside," and said, 'fill this out and put it in your bag. Signature and date was all it needed.

    She then said, "If you'll wait by that door (pointing to a door kind of across from the scanning area) a TSA officer will scan your bag and let you know if they need you to open it for them."

    I waited maybe 5 minutes- probably more like 2 or 3. An officer came out, asked if I was "mr williams," and said, "You're good to go, sir. Good job on packing."

    Definitely in a locked case... and the case had a steel cable, which I ran behind the down tubes of the extendable handle, then looped around the handle of a second hard case containing my ammo. In order to steal either or both they would have had to either steal my entire suitcase, break the suitcase apart from the carry handle, or cut that cable, and I don't think a normal set of dikes or cable snips would do it.
     

    kbaxter60

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    Yes, passport will work. I don't have one. When I go back, I'm bringing birth certificate, SS card, military ID, DD214, proof of insurance, anything they might ask for. I'm just glad that next time I should be able to renew on line. I think.

    This time I my DL might expire before I receive the certified copy of my birth certificate from the state. Here's another thing. You can go to state agency in Austin and walk out in 10 or 15 minutes with a certified birth certificate in hand.
    YES. Take your SS card. My wife and I took FOUR trips to get our licenses. They kept adding more documents we had to show and the last trip they added the SS card as a requirement. Luckily, I had mine and we had a tax document showing my wife's number and they accepted that.

    Keep in mind that I had had a license in the state years ago. That helped none. They said it was "due to 9/11" and the fact that we were coming from a "border state" (WA). Well, what is TEXAS, but a BORDER STATE...????

    They would come out to the waiting area every 20 minutes or so and announce that you had to have your BC. And about half the folks would leave, feeling pretty much the same way you did, I imagine.

    We FINALLY got them that fourth trip, but only because we drew a very helpful and efficient worker that time. The good news: once they scan your BC in, it's supposed to be in the system and you won't have to show it again.

    If you believe THAT.
     

    Mohawk600

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    No trouble, at all. The people at the ticket counter didn't even bat an eye when I checked in. I said, "I have a firearm in a locked TSA approved case inside of this bag," (not actually tsa 'approved,' as such, but it meets their requirements) and the airline lady opened a drawer, handed me a red tag, "firearm inside," and said, 'fill this out and put it in your bag. Signature and date was all it needed.

    She then said, "If you'll wait by that door (pointing to a door kind of across from the scanning area) a TSA officer will scan your bag and let you know if they need you to open it for them."

    I waited maybe 5 minutes- probably more like 2 or 3. An officer came out, asked if I was "mr williams," and said, "You're good to go, sir. Good job on packing."

    Definitely in a locked case... and the case had a steel cable, which I ran behind the down tubes of the extendable handle, then looped around the handle of a second hard case containing my ammo. In order to steal either or both they would have had to either steal my entire suitcase, break the suitcase apart from the carry handle, or cut that cable, and I don't think a normal set of dikes or cable snips would do it.
    thats good to know...thx
     

    Coop's Dad

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    When I lived in California, I sold a boat and filed the electronic release of liability form on the DMV website to inform the DMV that the vessel was sold and provide them with the new owner's name and address. Five years later, the Franchise Tax Board sent me a letter advising that my state tax refund was being retained to cover delinquent registration fees and penalties on the boat (first state tax refund I'd ever gotten in California). I sent them copies of the release of liability confirmation but they said since the DMV records showed the boat still in my name, they weren't going to release the funds. It took five months to unravel at the DMV and another two months to refile my state taxes and have the refund issued.
     

    SQLGeek

    Muh state lines
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    When I lived in California, I sold a boat and filed the electronic release of liability form on the DMV website to inform the DMV that the vessel was sold and provide them with the new owner's name and address. Five years later, the Franchise Tax Board sent me a letter advising that my state tax refund was being retained to cover delinquent registration fees and penalties on the boat (first state tax refund I'd ever gotten in California). I sent them copies of the release of liability confirmation but they said since the DMV records showed the boat still in my name, they weren't going to release the funds. It took five months to unravel at the DMV and another two months to refile my state taxes and have the refund issued.

    Sounds about right.

    When I was living in CA, I sold my truck and filed the release of liability online about 15 minutes after the deal was done. It's a good thing I didn't wait because a few months later we started getting letters from The city of San Francisco and the CHP. Evidently the truck was cited with a parking ticket about two hours after I had sold it. Later it was found abandoned and towed by CHP and they were trying to recover fees for that.

    Even with the release of liability filed with a time stamp and all of the other paper work in order it still took months to get it resolved and to leave us alone. Who knows, there's probably a warrant out for my arrest now or something.
     

    Coop's Dad

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    The state, the counties, the cities, the institutions and the various utilities have set up a series of systems to extract money and authority at ever-increasing rates from taxpayers. It is in an irrecoverable nosedive; only after the flames die down and the ashes sifted through will the USA be able to mount a rebuild of the Golden State. I just hope they do it right next time. From the beaches along La Jolla to the Mojave Desert to the redwood forests to the craggy seaside cliffs in the north, it's an incredible piece of land. Filled with socialists and illegal aliens, it's a smoking dumpster fire.
     

    Sam7sf

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    It’s not just California. The name of the game is fees fees fees late fees oh and more taxes/fees. Did I mention you need to pay the fee tax?

    Then don’t forget the over reaching laws.
     

    Bozz10mm

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    So, do you need to provide your DL to get a birth certificate?
    The answer to this is yes, if you do it in person. After ordering a copy of my BC on line, back on 16 July, I realized that I probably wouldn't receive it by the time my DL expires at the end of August. So yesterday, I made the trek to the DSHS bureau of vital statistics on 49th Street in Austin.

    I was expecting to spend 30 or 40 minutes there as stated on the website. Wrong! I arrived at 1:30. The place was packed. I took a number. #49, now serving #15. And things moved along at a snails pace. 3 windows were working, but each clerk seemed to disappear at random times for 10 minutes or so. At one point, they were all gone at the same time for 15 minutes. Probably break time. Finally, at 3:30 they called my number.

    It went pretty smoothly from there. I mentioned that I applied on line back in July. She looked it up and used that application to print out a certified copy of my birth certificate, but still required me submit a hand written copy. Since I had already paid for the online copy, I wasn't charged again.

    It was less than 10 minutes once I got to the window, but the two hour wait was painful. It is a tobacco free campus, so I brought my own. :) No tobacco products are allowed, but concealed and apparently open carry are allowed. No 30.06 or 30.07 signs.

    All this leaves me wondering. If they had my online application right there on their computer, why does it take 2 months to mail it out?
     
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