jimjumper

In CA they started requiring background checks for ammunition. It was ruled unconstitutional when it turned out to just be a money grab due to an unusable database made the background check worthless. I posted on here about the problems with the law beforehand it was ruled unconstitutional. There are currently a couple of bills before the state congress similar to the "allowing open lawsuits" against any one involved with an abortion but for gun uses. Keep an eye on CA, they are usually the model for similar efforts in other states.

I think I'll give it a try though! It seems like the state government has enough money, it really needs a working budget.

With the $97 Billion in surplus taxes raked in last year! CA is awash in money. The state and the Governor are absolutely tone-deaf to the plight of the poor and middle-class to keep taking taxes when they are literally throwing money at everything possible to keep from having to give it back. Stop with the excessive spending!

I work as a courier so I actually use my truck for a truck. My last truck, a small used 4 cylinder was 16K. My fuel reimbursement barely covers actual fuel right now. The same as most trucking and delivery operations. Just lifting federal and state taxes would reduce gas by over a $1 a gallon. CA generated $97 Billion! in surplus tax revenue last year and the Governor is still planning to continue the gas tax regular increases. Its absolutely galling to watch an out-of-touch with reality Governor gloating and a President telling me "I get it. Your frustrated!" They don't get it. I'll remember at the polls though...

While you guys may be right in your analysis, the average voter will likely see expensive gas, high inflation, supply shortages, and political candidates ready to exploit the situation. I get the feeling that the populace might just take a chance on letting the other team at bat come election time.

First met her in '84 at The Herd. Good person.

I'm in CA. Half the state is considered high fire danger area. I'd drop the insurance but it's required for a mortgage. They have the CA Fair Plan for people that can't get Homeowners but the name "Fair Plan" is anything but. CA is expected to have a $31B budget surplus but we'll probably spend it on the "train to nowhere!" When it comes time to vote a lot of people are going to decide "was I better off with the Republicans or the Democrats?"

Just received my homeowners insurance. For the first time it's more than my property taxes. Up 35%. Maybe it's time for a Prop 13 type proposal for insurance increases as well. Out of taxes, insurance, and mortgage payments, mortgage is the least expensive!

A bit off the topic Rob, but in the small world we live in, you were the one who performed the first two modifications on the Phantom that I have. The diaper was changed from a single stow to a double stow, and then later, after Scott Wakefield blew up a 28' Phantom at terminal, you also did the service bulletin adding a Kevlar reinforcement to the lower lateral band. That's when you were working for Manley at Cal City. I took the canopy with me to Misawa Japan and discovered from Parachutist that it had been recalled for acid mesh. I surrendered and replaced with a square reserve.

I have a National 28' Phantom packed in a Warp 3 container that was subject to the recall. Since I retired it after 2 recalls and 1 modification it was a favorite to give to give to rigger candidates.

The 67 cent tax per gallon doesn't help either. If the CA Governor really wanted to do something useful he'd suspend the tax until stability returns. Especially since CA has more money than it knows what to do with right now.

"If they had any brains they'd take'em out and play with them!"

Couple of women's teams. "Push from the bush" and "Not a dick in the bunch".

Just for info, the current LA County DA was elected on making it a policy to eliminate "enhanced sentencing" policies of all types. He was overwhelmingly supported by the Black community although, he is currently being sued by his own Asst. DA's and is also facing a recall election.

I don't post on here very often, but just keep on eye on what the new kids are thinking and doing. I got started on the old recskydiving.com about '97 and then switched here when the noise got too loud. There are still a few on here that did the same thing.

I took mine and paid my quarterly tax estimates effectively reducing my taxes. Would rather have had a tax cut and avoided the middle man but It still worked for me.

I still see them around once in a while. They were a piece of crap but with an audible backup they're OK.

I still have my 1983 Warp 3 by National. While it is a really poor design, there is nothing about the container condition itself that makes it unairworthy. It probably had 5-600 jumps on it when I stopped jumping it. I packed it a number of times during my rigger training in 1997. The canopies that are currently in it however are a whole other story!

CA average is already over $4. Has been for a while. But we are getting $600 stimulus checks as Newsome tries to buy enough votes to survive a recall.

Actually, when I was trying to get my name into the CA background check list to buy ammunition, the gun store suggested I buy a brightly colored, carbon fiber, AR-15 lower. Since they were serialized it would have got me into the background check system and they were only $40.

I've signed it too, as have over 1.3 million Californians so far. Doubt that it will do any good. When you give someone power they rarely give it back. But we like to be told what to do in CA and Newsom is a good example of "Do as I say, not as I do!". So he will probably still be around for a while yet.

I'm sure that Newsome's decision to lift the lockdown had nothing to do with the "Recall Newsome" crowd getting close to the required number of signatures. They are at a million two hundred thousand and need a million five. Still over a month to get there!

4 million is a lot of ding-a-lings. I think most of them are thinking "better get them while the getting is good!" Considering the stated platforms of the Democrats, and Biden in particular, I'd say it might be reasonable to assume they're correct.

But our Govenor promised that his lockdown decisions would be based on "science". After his French Laundry party with the CEO of the CA Medical Assoc. which totally ignored "the science" and possibly exposing his family, I dare to say that his personal anecdotal experiences are the driving force behind a number of decisions. That is not following "the science". And there are a number of other CA politicians also on the hypocrisy bandwagon. If he's following "the science" I would assume that he has at least some study showing a higher transfer rate during the curfew period. And I would question how that happens without the large homeless population we have being shown as major spreaders. After all, they probably are one of the largest groups out and about during those curfew hours.

Well California should be safe then. Now that we have a 10-5 curfew I'm sure the disease transmission will stopped dead in its tracks! But I'm sure it's based on science and not arbitrary.