From: Jonathan Boos (acfarer@cox.net)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 07:25:31 PDT
God, I swore I wasn't going to get into this one!
Anyway.
> I was told by a California highway patrolman that use of the California
> highways is a privilege that can be revoked at the states discretion and
> that if it is decided a vehicle is unsafe he can have it towed to impound.
This is a fact. If you are a danger to yourself, or others, (this is up to
the officers discretion), you will not be allowed to drive whatever it is
you are in, ANY further. Even if what you are driving at the time is deemed
safe and proper by a civil servant at the Department of Motor Vehicles. You
still lose the battle. You may win the war, eventually, but that won't stop
another peace officer from making the same missinterpretation later on.
Furthermore, the LICENSE to drive anything is a PRIVELEDGE, not a right.
> > Seem to me this stuff is sold (auctioned) by the government either as a
> > whole operable vehicle, implying a 97 would come with it, or as scrap
> metal.
> > What I do with either is my business.
Here again. If you make a vehicle out of ANYTHING, (scrap Mil-Vehs, home
construction, or waffles and cocktail weenies), that is on State or Federal
highways, you have to prove that it is safe for you and the other folks on
the road.
> > So go another step. M60's, M1's etc. are not supposed to be in private
> hands at all right? So what if I reconstruct one from scraped units? what
if I
> > make one from scratch? Can the government then come in and confiscate
it?
HELL YES! Firearms manufacture, or re-manufacture is a no-no without proper
licensing. The key word being "licensing". BATF has very large microscopes
and rubber gloves. You don't want them up your b*tt.
You need a license to drive a car, catch a fish, hunt game, open a business,
or fly a plane. All of these are based on compliance with certain criteria.
Licensing is a priveledge, not a right. If you don't meet the criteria, they
don't give you a license. It is that simple.
Jonathan
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