--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00023 Date: 01/07/98 From: RICH WILLBANKS Time: 08:37am \/To: DAVE SMITH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Home Security GV> that matter, if they are willing to go through the training course, GV> extensive application process for a Firearms Aquisition Certificate, GV> and the long and drawn out permit process. Granted, there are so many DS> It's not as cumbersome a process as people are led to DS> believe. The biggest hurdle seems to be the time to local DS> police take to process the paperwork. An FAC is not that DS> hard to get. You now have to pass a course. I don't have a DS> problem with that. I wish the idiot who shot me had been DS> I think it's a small price to pay. Until the government changes the rules such as happened in England. Then it becomes a very big price to pay. Remember: Freedom isn't Free! --- timEd-B11 * Origin: My BBS * Dover, TN * (1:379/301.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00024 Date: 01/07/98 From: RICH WILLBANKS Time: 10:17am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: School buses and other I have a couple of questions for ya. The other day I came up on a situations were I wasn't sure what to do. I was driving down a four lane road and was slowly passing (you know where I'm doing say 55 and they are doing 52-54) a couple of school buses. Then the lead bus came to a RR crossing and started to stop which leads to the question. Although the bus didn't extend his stop sign I didn't know if I should stop or not. I just slowed down so the bus was moving before I reached it. Now for another question. I was taught that when you were turning onto a multi lane road from a two lane road you turned into the closest (far left) lane. Then moved over into the lane you wanted. In the past couple of months I have seen every thing from cars to police car to the buses in the question above turning into the farthest (right hand) lane. Which is correct? Remember: Freedom isn't Free! --- timEd-B11 * Origin: My BBS * Dover, TN * (1:379/301.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00025 Date: 01/09/98 From: PAUL HARNEY Time: 09:06pm \/To: RAY MADISON (Read 1 times) Subj: Texas Seceding? > I believe it IS legal, as long as it's done by a majority vote. If that > happens, I believe that Texas would still be a U.S. possession or > territory such as Puerto Rico. > Basically that's the same thing happening here in Philadelphia. A > section of Philadelphia as been talking for years about seceding from > Philadelphia and becoming a seperate township or borough. This, too, > can be accomplished by a majority vote. A move like this has its > advantages AND disadvantages. I think you would find that if that were the case it would only be a referendum to force the State Legislature to deal with the issue. Most States have the right to approve or disapprove Certificates of Incorperation. And you need one of these to become a town, township, bourough, city, etc. No State OK, no new town. :) Be well and pax, Paul H. --- Rise and be counted * Origin: Simplicity @FidoNet "Its Simplicity Itself" (1:2630/321) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00026 Date: 01/09/98 From: BLAKE BOWERS Time: 09:53pm \/To: RD THOMPSON (Read 1 times) Subj: Codes On (07 Jan 98) Rd Thompson wrote to Rich Griebel... RT> Your VDT terminals are even better. They are not scannable, AFIK. Don't believe it. The standard MDT terminals that have been sold by the biggest manufacturer in the business for years, use a format that can be monitored using about $10.00 in parts from your local radio shack, and shareware of the internet. The mailing lists and newsgroups on the internet are full of this information. We built one, to show a customer. --- PPoint 1.98 * Origin: KD4RME, The POINT of it all.... (1:284/99.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00027 Date: 01/09/98 From: BLAKE BOWERS Time: 09:58pm \/To: SCOTT MCQUILKIN (Read 1 times) Subj: Codes On (07 Jan 98) Scott McQuilkin wrote to Rd Thompson... RT> No, it isn't. I can listen to my local county sheriff's office with RT> no birdie tones even thought they are on an Ericsson system. There RT> are also a couple of scanner commercially available that track the RT> Motorola trunking system. Uniden has one as does radio shack. SM> Yes, I am aware that the "Bear Tracker" exists, but my point was most Scott. The "beartracker" has nothing to do with trunking, and was not what Rd was talking about. The "beartracker" was a silly attempt by Uniden to provide speeders with an alleged warning of where the police was, by monitoring frequencies used by vehicle extenders. It did not work for that purpose worth a flip. The TRUNKTRACKER is Unidens product that will follow conversations on a Motorola trunked radio system, produced by Uniden for themselfs and Radio Shack. I did however, follow your point about digital. --- PPoint 1.98 * Origin: KD4RME, The POINT of it all.... (1:284/99.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00028 Date: 01/11/98 From: CHRISTOPHER COYNE Time: 12:25am \/To: RICH WILLBANKS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Private Police... RW> CH> Go back to watching cartoons, Christopher. RW> CC> You've had plenty to say to me Jeff, now take care of RW> CC> Charles. RW> Wrong echo, Jeff T. is the moderator of AA2, your in RW> AA1 Sorry, sometimes I get them screwed up. Peace. --- CNet/3 * Origin: [FidoNet] Christian \o/ Retreat * Flower Mound, TX * (1:124/3266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1F00029 Date: 01/11/98 From: CHRISTOPHER COYNE Time: 12:29am \/To: DAVE SMITH (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Choices... DS> DS> It's even sadder when some of the religious organizations that DS> thrive on DS> DS> the anti abortion business end up subject to the prosecution by law DS> DS> enforcement agencies. DS> CC> Okay, I have 2 problems with this Hear me out: DS> CC> 1. Anti-abortion shouldn't be a business. DS> They have certainly made it a business. For some of these denominations, DS> the issue is used as a Us Against Them theme to convince people of the DS> forces of evil at work in our society. Send cash ;-( I hear ya. Now don't get me wrong, I watch some of their programming, but I see that on TBN all the time. Granted, evil forces ARE at work. You can open your dorr and a lot of times see that. But throwing money it's way will do nothing. Many pweople give money to the inner-cities to solve their problems, and some it does, but a lot isn't siomply because people don't WANT to DO anything. Just an example. Peace. --- CNet/3 * Origin: [FidoNet] Christian \o/ Retreat * Flower Mound, TX * (1:124/3266) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1G00000 Date: 01/11/98 From: RD THOMPSON Time: 11:09am \/To: BLAKE BOWERS (Read 1 times) Subj: Codes Hi Blake, as you were just saying about Codes.... BB> RT> Your VDT terminals are even better. They are not scannable, AFIK. BB> BB> Don't believe it. BB> BB> The standard MDT terminals that have been sold by the biggest BB> manufacturer in the business for years, use a format that BB> can be monitored using about $10.00 in parts from your BB> local radio shack, and shareware of the internet. BB> BB> The mailing lists and newsgroups on the internet are full BB> of this information. We built one, to show a customer. What I meant by scannable is by current scanner and their mods. The fact that you can turn a terminal monitor into VDT terminal with a few parts is the same as being able to get per-pay channels with a modification to your VCRS in a satellite. Neither are the type of scanners that we were referring to. RD sandman@azstarnet.com - A newspaper ISP - Arizona Daily Star sandman@brassroots.org - A no compromise gun rights organization. http://www.azstarnet.com/~sandman --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1G00001 Date: 01/11/98 From: RD THOMPSON Time: 11:26am \/To: RICH GRIEBEL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Home Security Hi RICH, as you were just saying about Re: Home Security.... RG> RT> Hi Rich, as you were just saying about Re: Home Security.... RG> RG> RW>> You might want to rethink. There are times where you RG> RW>> might need to fire more rounds. Such as if you are RG> RW>> caught in the open and your attacker is under or very RG> RW>> close to cover. To drive him under cover while you RG> RW>> reach cover you would have to fire some (several?) RG> RW>> semi-aimed rounds at him while you move. After RG> RW>> reaching cover you can reload. This is a fairly RG> RW>> standard drill in most places. RG> RG> We don't drill to semi-aim, we drill to hit the target. A loose RG> round can do some serious damage to a bystander. Profile, target, RG> double tap, move, profile, target, double tap, move, until you're RG> back under cover. True. RG> Now the average citizen wouldn't have to play by those rules. Also true. However, the average citizen still has the responsibility for any bystanders caught by his/her rounds. RG> RT> I know. As I said, I play the odds and I practice with mags and RG> RT> speedloaders. The original subject had to do with a requirement for RG> RT> pre-ban magazines. I didn't think that they were necessary for 9.9% RG> RT> of the civilian needs. That does *not* mean that I think that they RG> RT> should not have them. Let's not get into that. RG> RG> Not being a firearms expert, I'm not up on the pre/post ban stuff, RG> but I know there's a lot of 15 round magazines at gun shows that RG> were produced pre ban. They (dealers) are selling them with the BATF RG> in the same building so I'd guess you can still buy them. Using RG> them is another matter. Yes, they are there. My original statement was simply that I did not feel that I would be in a situation where I would need them (or the possible accompaning legal hassle). I felt that I could proved defensive capability for myself and others when I am carrying without them. RD sandman@azstarnet.com - A newspaper ISP - Arizona Daily Star sandman@brassroots.org - A no compromise gun rights organization. http://www.azstarnet.com/~sandman ___ X KWQ/2 1.2i X Use contraceptives for every conceivable occasion --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 198 ASK A COP Ref: F1G00002 Date: 01/11/98 From: RD THOMPSON Time: 11:30am \/To: CHRISTOPHER COYNE (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Mentorship Hi Christopher, as you were just saying about Re: Mentorship.... CC> RT> CC> RT> CC> that the first person that walked out would be shot. He CC> RT> CC> RT> CC> then proceeded to tell his plan that became known as the CC> RT> CC> RT> CC> Nazi party. Needless to say, he had a captive audience. CC> RT> CC> CC> RT> CC> RT> And your source for this is.....? CC> RT> CC> My Government Teacher, Mr. Parker at Fairhill School. He CC> RT> CC> was one of the few there that ACTUALLY taght me something. CC> CC> RT> Did he show you the cite or did he just tell it to you? CC> I think he just told me, but he's a VERY reliable source, CC> he had proven time after time by backing up what he said. CC> Like me, most of his personal historic studies are WWII. CC> Hey, he affected me more than I thought. The point is that by holding a few people in a room and explaining his plan did not cause an entire country to elect him. He was a very dynamic speaker and could have been a great leader if he hadn't gone in the direction he did. He spoke to the fears and prejudices of many of the people by playing off the hatred of the Jews and the fact that most people want to feel superior to someone else. People also need to have a reason (other than themselves) why they are not rich and successful. RD sandman@azstarnet.com - A newspaper ISP - Arizona Daily Star sandman@brassroots.org - A no compromise gun rights organization. http://www.azstarnet.com/~sandman ___ X KWQ/2 1.2i X URA redneck if your outhouse has his and her seats --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: DPSystem:4285 OS2-WARPED 520-290-8418 USR V.e+ (1:300/105)