From: Morgans (elmorgan@centurytel.net)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 19:04:14 PDT
There is a Military Vehicle Museum in Western Nebraska along I-80 that has
two Bradleys that run, only the government can have one, these two are
legal to own, because the government never owned them, they are prototypes
and were never sold to Uncle Sam.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Boos" <acfarer@cox.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Who's Vehicle is it? (was: Big Brother IS watching for
sure!)
> 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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