DracoV

Heck, I know a young lady who was just threatened with jail and passport confiscation by Canadian customs because she has a 10-year-old DUI conviction on her record. Apparently Canada considers such people to be a menace to society, forever.

The BATF can't even manage the database of machineguns and silencers with only 10,000 entries. They've repeatedly prosecuted people for having "unregistered" firearms when in fact they did register them, but the BATF either didn't make the computer entries, or screwed up the serial numbers. Now, magnify that problem by about 10,000 to go from machineguns to all firearms in America. And add penalties of years in jail for violations that are the government's own fault. Yeah, that'll be just great!

And a few more... Federally Licensed Firearms Retailers in New Survey Overwhelmingly Oppose 'Universal Background Checks' An online survey of federally licensed firearms retailers conducted this week by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, reveals that those who would be on the front line of implementing what is touted as "universal background checks" have serious concerns both about whether such proposals would work as well as the potential negative effects on their businesses. Asked whether they supported or opposed "universal background checks," 85.7 percent of the responding firearms retailers said that they opposed them. To the question of whether they believed that such legislation would prevent criminals from obtaining firearms, a nearly unanimous 95.7 percent said no. In addition, the retailers reported that that they feared these proposals would result in higher regulatory and additional record-keeping burdens, increased risk of license revocation for record-keeping errors related to private party sales of firearms, additional delays in processing of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) requests, low government-set fees that will not cover their costs, and increased liability exposure arising from having to process private-party transactions. "The concept of universal background checks sounds appealing on the surface, but the details involved in what actually would be required on the part of firearms retailers to make it work are quite another matter," said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel. "In fact, the obligations and burdens that would be put in place could be overwhelming for many of those who would be called upon to carry them out. It is unfair to call upon private companies, many of them quite small and with limited personnel, to conduct what essentially would be a function of government."

After my arthoscopic knee surgery I was back in the air about 6 weeks later. But take it easy at that, and if you're moving too fast across the ground, go for the ungrateful butt slide and save your knee. You can start running it out later on slower landings when the winds are just right.