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I for one can see no reason why that wouldn't be perfectly fine. Fed law doesn't say anything about shipping vs hand delivering to FFL. You might could run into a hitch in a state where purchaser has to have a state permit to purchase firearm in addition to the federal 4473 check, but 'Bama of course doesn't. - OS

IMO, not until a great social disintegration. The good news is that it may not be long in coming. The bad news is that it may not be long in coming. - OS

Well, if you won't explain that, I guess we'll just leave it as a mystery. Well, if you agree that the deepest pockets will likely buy the best Prez, good it will be. As law now becomes, at least you'll know who's paying for him. The unions will represent chump change in comparison to the corporations. - OS

Well, I can only quote the site above, since you seem to intimate that you're being defrauded by your union: "If you believe that money is being deducted from your paycheck and funneled to a union's federal PAC without your written authorization, contact the Foundation. If in the past you signed an authorization for deductions from your paycheck for a PAC and you wish to end that authorization, write to your employer and union telling them you want these PAC contributions to stop. You may download a sample letter (PDF reader required) to stop your payroll-deduction PAC contributions." - OS

That limit is 0. (edit: talking federal elections here all along; I think some states do allow union and corporate direct donations on state or local levels). Yep, that's what whole topic is about. Yeah, sorry about the tangent. I honestly don't know enough about the "George Soros New World Order Movement" I see now and then to comment. Or what his motives would be for it?- OS

I understand you have no choice in being in the union. What do you mean about the portion of your dues "going toward this problem"? Are you saying that a % of your dues went to Obama from the union? Or went to an Obama only PAC? If so I'd say that would be real interesting to the Dept. of Justice. - OS

"Go to this problem?" Explain? - OS

That may be true, through individuals to PACS. The afore mentioned SEIU gave 15 mil or more. He raised about $800,000,000 in all. Now the unions can spend the $800,000,000 if they want to, have it, and the membership allows. Look for the next president to buy the seat for at least 10 billion dollars. - OS

That's all well and good, but my statement was quite limited and simple. Unions can not give money to candidates. Individual members can. Now unions WILL be able to "give money" in the form of political ads, unlimited by amount or timing, which of course is the same thing the pols would do with it if they could receive the money directly from the unions. I suppose the unions would have to get permission from the membership to do it or something, I don't know how budget allocations work within them. - OS

In nutshell, DUI is twice in 10, latest no sooner than 5, drug rehab is 10, and mental is either never or 7 years, depending (seems - clumsily worded). - OS

And that's that barely conservative supreme court to whom we are all so thankful, too. - OS

"The Soviet Union had a single, entrenched, systemically corrupt political party, which held a monopoly on power. The U.S. has two entrenched, systemically corrupt political parties, whose positions are often indistinguishable, and which together hold a monopoly on power." Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century Dmitry Orlov

Well, let's see. Which of the Fortune 500 companies would you prefer to make policy? The ones which would like to charge you more interest and fees, the ones which would like to charge more per gallon of gas, the ones who keep raising your heath insurance premiums while resisting payouts and want to step up the pace, the ones that offshore majority of their manufacturing and workforce, the ones which would want to stifle competition to get IN the top strata, the ones we've already bailed out? Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train. - OS

Unions are not allowed to directly contribute. Members are encouraged to donate individually to PAC, but no PAC was remotely near 60 mil. Biggest in US was around 4 mil (realtors assn). Possible, that direct individual donations from all union members could reach 60 mil, but no way to know that AFAIK. - OS

I'm only postulating that Big Corporate Control should feared as much as any other. Especially when those corps don't even benefit our own population more than foreign ones. It may well have used to be true that "what's good for business is good for America", but ain't necessarily so any more. - OS

Yep. Some of the biggest sure do - it came from taxpayers' pockets to keep them afloat. They didn't even have to provide a product or service for it. - OS

Something I left out... MANY "U.S" corporations are not U.S. owned or controlled. And many just barely are, with almost the controlling shares owned by other countries. And those countries have influence over those foreign corporations. So you can now have NON citizens (hell, not even US residents) influencing US politics in a way like never before. - OS

Well, with the recent Supreme Court decision, corporations will now be free to spend as much as they like, when they like, on election ads under guise of not limiting free speech. Anyone with any sense understands the power of corporate money on public opinion both upfront AND behind the scenes, but it seems to me that we're entering the era that many have predicted, of a Fortune 500 oligarchy. And they don't even have to be sneaky about it. And it may get even worse, as the Supreme Court has another ruling due, as to privacy of campaign contributions. As this newspaper writer says: The Supreme Court, campaign finance and petition secrecy: It could be worse than you think | Cup o' Joel "The effects of corporate money flooding campaigns can be somewhat counteracted by know who is spending the money and where it’s going to. Soon, though, we might not even have that. And what we’ll have is millions upon millions of dollars being spent to sway voters without those voters having any understanding of how the system is really working. That’ll be good for corporations and the candidates they support. But it won’t be so good for the rest of us — or for our democracy." So then they can be both legal AND sneaky. There's already something wrong with a POTUS spending a billion dollars to land a $400,000/yr. job. Sounds like that will be considered chicken feed in the future. - OS

Well, as "summation" I will only reiterate TCA sections: 39-17-1351: " (10) That the applicant is not an unlawful user of or addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance and the applicant has not been a patient in a rehabilitation program or hospitalized for alcohol or controlled substance abuse or addiction within ten (10) years from the date of application;" and 39-16-702: "(2) Perjury committed on an application for a handgun carry permit under § 39-17-1351 is a Class E felony. Each application for a handgun carry permit shall clearly state in bold face type directly above the signature line that an applicant who, with intent to deceive, makes any false statement on the application is guilty of the felony offense of perjury." I offer no opinion about whether any particular rehab stay would show up during background check, or the likelihood of one's being charged with perjury if it did. - OS

Note winky. I edited post to make it even more clear. - OS

Bzzzzttt. Another common myth, thanks for playing. That's like arguing that you can't carry in private homes financed by FHA, either. Only Federal buildings prohibited. definition from 18 U.S.C. § 930: (1) The term "Federal facility" means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. - OS

Yeah, works well for us. - OS

Yep, they ARE Marlins, just branded for downscale marketing. They made Glenfield .22's too (Marlin 60). - OS

Yeah, like much of TN law, dealing with undefined terms. There's letter of the law, and then there's um ... reality. One reality check, has anyone ever been charged with felony for lying on HCP app? Obviously, MANY of them are denied for whatever reasons. Another reality is that undoubtedly there are many practicing alcoholics with HCP. - OS