wolfriverjoe

Don't be silly. Of course I can define it. You may not like my definition, in fact I'm nearly certain you won't, but I can absolutely make up a definition. I'm pretty sure you won't like it because you didn't like the previous LEGAL definition and tried to reframe it as "Any gun that looks scary", which is a complete untruth. If YOU aren't going to be honest about what is and isn't a legal definition, then why the fuck should anybody try to give you a different one of their own design? Argue you don't like the previous definition; fine. You're entitled to your opinion. However, that doesn't mean the definition didn't exist. You have been wrong on 2 accounts so far: 1. Liberals came up with the definition of an assault rifle several years ago when they enacted the assault rifle ban in 1994. 2. Your definition, as good as it may be, doesn't matter. What matters is the legal definition, which is used to enforce laws. I could give you a run down of the legal definition but "it looks scary" pretty much sums it up. Wrong on point 1. An assault rifle is a mid-caliber, select fire military rifle. They've been called that since shortly after WW II. The Stg-44 was thie first one. But a true assault rifle is select fire. Capable of full auto fire. Something that is rather difficult and very expensive for a civilian to own. A real M-16 will run $10k or more. A Thompson sub-machine gun will run well over $20k. The term "assault weapon" came to be during the early 80s, when it started to become fashionable to ban guns based on appearance. It's generally taken to mean military style semi autos. And I do agree that since the definition was (IIRC) based on pistol grips, bayonet lugs, folding stocks and big magazines, not anything that was really a functional aspect, it really was "It Looks Scary!!!" "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

And on top of all your other madd skilz, you're psychic. That's pretty awesome. "Madd skilz" what are you? 14? Nope. He's been around long enough to recognize you. And he's seen all the other "youse" (if that's a word) that came before. People who are in way, way over their head and don't even realize it. Who are "special" or "skilled" or who will "be careful" or who have "the approval of the professionals at their DZ'. Some of them get lucky and never crash and go on to become experienced canopy pilots. Many of those later tell the new guys that "I was stupid and lucky. Don't do what I did." Some get scared or hurt just a little and learn. Others get hurt badly enough to be in the hospital for a while and learn. Some keep jumping, some give it up voluntarily, some give it up because they are too damaged to ever jump again. Some even get hurt badly (ICU for a couple days, hospital for a week or so) but heal well enough that the can keep jumping, but still haven't learned yet. I know one of those. Some only learn in the last 2 or 3 seconds of their life before they hit the ground and die. He and some of the others telling you that you are making a bad choice actually care. They've seen "You" before and don't want to see what happened to some of them happen to you. But it's your choice. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Well, Stephen King had an idea for this. It was in the long version of the novel "The Stand." It was a special "Death Penalty Appeals Court" thing, used only for those whose guilt was perfectly clear. Limited appeals, quick access to the various appeals courts and even the Supreme Court, no messsing around. Get through the process as quickly as possible, but still follow the process. It's kind of a neat idea, but would never work in the real world. Personally, I oppose the death penalty in any case. First due to costs, second due to the irrrevocablilty if the conviction is wrong. IIRC, from the time the death penalty was reintroduced until the governor gave everyone on death row "Life Without" instead, Illinois executed fewer people than were exonerated by the Innocence Project. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

You could just scrap them. Recycling the metal is "enviromentally friendly", and most lefties won't care that one pair of scissors got destroyed (I certainly wouldn't care). Or you could clearly label them "Left Handed" and donate them to a charity resale shop. Here in the US we have the Salvation Army, Goodwill and St Vincent de Paul, among others. I don't know what they have over there, but there's got to be something. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

"(5) Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to limit, restrict, or prohibit in any manner the existing rights of a private property owner, private tenant, private employer, or private business entity." Thanks. That clears the public/private question. But, I do agree with the right of private property owners to disallow weapons on their property if that is their choice. It just doesn't appear to be against the law to carry on their property in spite of those rules. But, if they ask you to leave and you don't you would then be illegally trespassing. Am I wrong in understanding that #5 is the Statute/Law and if you carried, you would be violating that? I agree with you. I agree they get the choice to make that call, but don't agree with the call. Matt I dunno. I looks to me that #5 restricts the law from violating a property owner's rights (to make rules, etc.) ...not the CC holder. Individual property owners can't write laws, only rules. Maybe a lawyer can weigh in. Not a lawyer nor familiar with Colorado law. BUT... In Minnesota, carrying in a private "Posted Prohibited" place isn't a crime. All the property owner can do is tell you to leave, and call the cops to have you cited for trespass if you don't leave. But if you leave immediately when told to, you aren't in any violation of any law. Wisconsin is different. Carrying in a "Posted Prohibited" area is a misdemeanor. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

No memory of it, but I did. I was not quite 4. I'm told that we watched it on TV and then went outside to look up at the moon. I didn't understand why we couldn't see them on the moon from the yard. Even through binoculars. (hey, I was 3 at the time ). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Really? How would you do that in a darkened theater, with a gunman dressed in black who drops tear gas and is wearing a flak jacket? I'd aim for his fucking head. Especially when he stopped to reload Apparently he had 4 guns, and when one came up empty, he just switched. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Groups of grown men and women holding hands and sticking their tongues out at each other. I've called 4-way, square dancing while falling at 120 mph while wearing much goofier outfits. FIFY. I brought a spectator to SDC Summerfest last year. She had a great time watching the dirt dives. Not a whuffo, she understood why we did it. (both the jumping and the dirt dives) "I've never seen a bunch of guys wearing outfits like that holding hands and walking around in circles." "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Personally, I would consider wounds evidence of an altercation at best. It's highly unlikely that the wounds are evidence of who provoked whom. Blues, Dave You think Z broke his own nose and slammed the back of his head against the sidewalk? Nope. It's pretty clear that TM did that. It's pretty clear from the evidence and the eyewitness testimony that GZ was losing the fight when the short was fired. But who started the fight? Nobody witnessed that part. Did TM double back, confront GZ and start the fight? Or did GZ keep looking after ending the 911 call, encounter TM and then (let's imagine) grab onto TM and say something like "I got you now", at which point TM then defended himself against an attack? The only story we have is GZ's. He will tell his side of the story in a way that puts him in the best possible llight. It may even be mostly true. But TM's version of the events is almost certainly different. And he can't tell it. And IIRC, the cop who wanted to see charges filed didn't believe GZ's version of the story. And regardless of who started the final fight, GZ initiated the incident. He decided TM was "on something", and "up to something" and started following him. After TM realized he was being followed and tried to evade, GZ got out of his car and pursued TM. Chased after if you will. With no arrest authority, no power to stop and question (if he had detained TM he could easily have faced charges ranging all the way up to kidnapping), no nothing. And while it's perfectly legal to follow someone, it is a provocative act. And getting out of his car to continue pursuit after TM tried to evade is a very aggressive act. Try it sometime. On a teenager. Maybe near a school. See what happens. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I'm a lefty (not politically) and my "lefty" can opener isn't anything like the fancy stuff you linked. It's simply a mirror image of a standard, manual, can opener. No clue where it came from. I've had it for years and I'm pretty sure it was a gift. https://www.leftyslefthanded.com/Left_Handed_Black_Handled_Can_Opener_p/579322.htm https://www.leftyslefthanded.com/Left_Handed_Old_Fashioned_Can_Opener_p/572156.htm Neither of these is exactly what I have, but they're pretty close. I don't know about the store, either, just the results of a quick search. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I don't know about your particular DZ, but most FJCs I'm familiar with combine video and instructor presentation for the information, and add in hands on for the equipment (you get to touch a real parachute ), and then real practice of the exit sequence (you usually use a mock up of the door, often a piece of an old, real airplane) arch position (you lay on the ground and arch), pull motions (on the ground in the arch position) canopy flight controls and emergency procedures (they often have a hanging harness, an old, real parachute harness hanging from the ceiling that you use to simulate being under an open canopy). The classroom part is like any other class, except that instead of calculus or ancient Greece, you are studying how to successfully jump from a plane. Notes, Q&A, a quiz at the end, all that. The hands on and practice stuff is the physical part. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Is that going to be enough? To make it through an entire day of learning? Stressful mentally and taxing physically. I usually eat a big breakfast and pack a lunch if I'm going to be there all day. Snacks to nibble on (nuts, chips, granola bars, ect.) maybe a sandwich or something similar. Does the DZ have a snack bar or restaraunt? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Listen, learn, and ask questions if you don't understand something. There's a boatload of info you are going to be barraged with in a fairly short period of time. Make sure you understand it. DO NOT under any circumstances say "But they said on DZ.com..." Staying fed and hydrated is vital. Don't eat a lot or anything really heavy/greasy, but make sure you eat. Having something in your stomach is better than nothing. And if you are starved, you won't be able to focus on what you are doing. And make sure you drink. You don't say where you are, but it's summer and pretty hot in a lot of places. The gear (jumpsuit and rig) will make you sweat. Dehydration will sneak up on you before you realize it. And the last place you want to realize that you are about to pass out from heat exhaustion is in the plane. And don't forget to have fun.

Well, according to the story you linked, he didn't just answer the door with a "gun in his hand", he opened the door and pointed the gun at the cops. Admittedly, that's their side of the story, and the dead guy doesn't get a chance to tell his. (Remind you of another Florida case? ) But there's a big difference between answering the door with a gun in your hand (I personally keep it down low behind my butt to avoid scaring someone unnecessarily), and yanking the door open and shoving a gun in the "knocker"s" face. If I had a legitimate need to knock on someone's door (at any time of day or night) and had a gun pointed directly at me for no real reason, then I'd probably react too. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Are you sure you mean a Crossfire? Fully eliptical, high performance, recommended for experienced jumpers only. And it says right on the site (click on the "Tech Specs" tab) Icarus site: http://www.nzaerosports.com/canopies/icarus-crossfire "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Don't you mean finally got off paper? Good luck Pops. If you're dumb enough to head north instead of south, I got a couch you're welcome to crash on for a couple nights. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

By putting on our big girl panties, and manning the fuck up. Paitently waiting for Jeff (Sansuit) to chime in here. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac... A little voice inside my head said "don't look back, you can never look back." "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not in the San Francisco area or LA basin. Lot more freeways. Perhaps, but are the freeways in those areas free of overhead obstacles? Powerlines, overpasses and such? It takes more than just a straight stretch of freeway to make a runway. And where I live, there are 3 large, hard surface airports within 30 (air) miles. Airports that could easily handle mid-sized transports or fighter jets. OSH, ATW and GRB. There's also at least 6 more smaller hard surfaced airports that could easily handle C-130s or smaller (and there's probably more than that, I just can't think of them off hand. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

The runway thing is false. Snopes There's lots of sections that could be used as runways, if needed, but there's also lots and lots and lots of airports. The autobahn was used as runway at the end of WWII. More because the airports had been bombed than anything else. By then, there wasn't a whole lot of ground movement anyway. Not much left to move and nowhere to move it to. Eisenhower pushed the interstate system because he saw how useful the autobahn was. Fortunately, we've never needed it in times of war and only occasionally used it for emergency evacuations (where it turns into a huge traffic jam). It makes firms like UPS, FedEx Ground and all the other trucking companies able to make money. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

FIFY "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Yeah, Just what is a sockpuppet anyway? I'm too old to keep up with all that youngster colloquialism stuff. A new username so someone can continue to post their opinions and nastiness after being banned. Dreamdancer/wslc is the most recent and obvious example. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Scream. Really. Nobody can hear you and it forces the air out of your lungs. Most people who "can't breate in freefall" simply aren't exhaling. They breate in, breathe in some more, breathe in some more and then their lungs are full and they "can't breathe." Screaming forces you to exhale. If it's really the ram air effect from freefall, turning your head helps. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

much better. so if the officer chose to pull over the 1mph speeder and ask for his ID, would he be violating anyone's rights? What about if that person was acting suspiciously, and refused to identify himself? Should the officer then let him go? Driveing is a whole different set of rules. Driving is a privilige, not a right. You are required to have a driver's license in your posession while operating a motor vehicle. That simple, but huge difference means that, yes, a cop can pull a car over for 1 mph over the limit, crossing the center line, failing to come to a complete stop, running a yellow light or just about any other pretext if they choose. And the driver has to show the officer his license. There's no "walker's" license. And no requirement to have ID on you when walking. Ideally, IMO, the cops should have asked the dude for his name, written the citation out with no ID, and then explained to the guy that because he violated a law (the statute number would have been on the ticket) he would have to either provide proof then and there that he was who he said he was, or "accompany" them to the station until they could verify he was who he said he was. The use of the taser as a compliance device should be stopped. It's supposed to be one step below lethal force, as I understand it. It is used far, far too often. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

From the story: Really? You can't?? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo