Air Travel With a Firearm 2013 Style

[skeet]

Well Ed..I understand the "rules" but they are pretty stupid. If I take a gun to the local smith..it is mine and isn't or shouldn't be in his firearm acquisition records.. it should be in his repair book. That is what i had when I fixed guns. Possibly one of the reasons I had "words" with the BATF guy doing my records. But that was Clinton era wanting to get rid of FFLs time. After the last visit in 95..I kept my license till late 96(after the guy said they weren't gonna renew it). We got that straight with his boss along with him wanting to open my factory sealed AR-15 Colt match guns..He wanted to "make sure" they hadn't been converted to full auto..What part of factory sealed didn't he understand?? I really did tell him if he was armed I would consider it armed robbery if he opened the boxes...cause it woulda cost me money.. He really didn't like my answer to him opening the boxes. I was also armed you see. But we got through it after his boss reamed him on the phone. Dealing with the BATF has been easier since I got rid of the FFL. I did just apply for a C&R though.. We'll see how that goes. The bad thing about having an FFL is that anything you may do wrong..even paperwork is a FELONY and the US Attorney will prosecute..even if they don't prosecute an armed felon for using a gun in the commission of a crime..a 5 year no parole violation which they NEVER prosecute...Sorry I think I am just PO'd about all this stupid blame the gun things going on now

[Rapier]

Ah yes, You understand exactly what I was talking about and why I as you, did not renew my license. You found yourself victim of the whims of an ATF agent and as I, fund it damned insulting that an individual could with, in effect, rule book in hand and tell you you were wrong when the regulations are clearly in your favor. When an individual representing the US Government has the athority to insult, coerce, extort, or remove your source of livelyhood, that power is way beyond the veil.

The government is like a cammel, it is never satisfied with an inch of its nose in your tent.

I shoot clays with a retired ATF agent (one of our regular group) and every now and then he says something that irks the group. I just give him my best "you dum butt" look and go on. He is like a stone in a brook, gradually getting rolled smooth.
Ed