Merovigan

That's accurate for now. I've done the letters and the phone calls and nothing happened. I may do it again. As for now? Fuck it - I have bigger fish to fry.

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Brave Republic

Yeah that's kinda old... I need to find a new passive aggressive motto for my avatar

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Brave Republic

That saddens me. Reminds me of that one single guard at the end of the Verrazano bridge. Poor bastard had to stand there in full doss gear with a slinged M4 or M16. Probably some jackass ordered him to have no ammo in the chamber or mag too.

His job? to maybe squelch his radio with his last gasp should anything hit that bridge. Well they didn't tell him that, but being by himself had he got hit, that's about all he could do!

jacqueline trudeau

I'll reserve the actual answer for an actual situation

The thing is, I don't remember a declaration of martial law. Speaking of hypotheticals, if I had decided NOT to show my ID, what do you think would have happened?

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Serenity

Fair enough.

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Fade Languish

In Australia, collectors can own those guns generally, they just have to be deactivated. I think the two guns you mention might actually exempt, but I'm pretty sure would be ok as they're antique anyway, if deactivated properly. People who can own guns we consider reasonable relative to and for purposes we consider reasonable. Who can own what class depends on the reason.

As a country we're cool with that, because it's been our experience that people who legally complied with lax laws, have some times none the less broken the law and murdered people far too efficiently for our liking. Illegal guns are, well illegal, like lots of other things, so we'll deal with them the same way we deal with any other illegal thing, try and stop it where it occurs. Illegal guns aren't really such a big problem here that people generally think gun ownership is required to keep them safe.

Our laws reflect what was a problem for us, based on our circumstances. Our history is entirely different too, the whole constitutional thing is irrelevant to us, there really isn't a reason for us to share that particular value.

You guys can do what you want, your country, your situation, I personally don't care, just clarifying what our laws are, why, and how we feel about it.

Cindy Claveau

It's been nice knowing you!

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jacqueline trudeau

Well, thats interesting. But without a declaration of martial law, why am I compelled to show my ID to a member of the US armed forces?

Surreal

Legally compelled, probably not. Common sense? I'd say yes. It's all going to depend on what level of hassle you're willing to accept to object to being asked for ID.

Refuse to show it and they may detain you. You may then kick their asses with an attorney and lawsuit.

Cindy Claveau

What Surreal said. It's whatever you think you want to risk - keep documentation as much as possible, get witnesses names and hire an attorney later.

I just thought the trailer was interesting and eerily prophetic.

"This is New York. We can take it."

ruby tuesday

Why do you think your government has been building secret prisons in the middle of nowhere for the past 8 years?

Everything is going according to plan. Just ride the wave, it can't be stopped.

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Richie Waves

Those prisons are a conspiracy theory

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Oooh, Betty! the cat did a shit in the hat

ruby tuesday

Exactly.


These are not the droids you are looking for. *waves hand*

Cindy Claveau

Those aren't prisons, those are homes!

RandoymRandt

Damn~! Cindy's pic is broken to me atm.

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Psyke Phaeton

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RandoymRandt

Double fuck Damn! My boyfriend is on POTBS and I can't get the video to play without being chopped up horribly.

Why be the forums so quiet tonite? is it just too early or something?

Psyke Phaeton

We are all holding our breath to see if Congress is ending the world or not

Richie Waves

Thats not a home.. its a box..

these are prison camps: