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Not hard at all. Optionally take a class, but you have to provide fingerprints, Pay $60 for the application, $15 to take the test, and pass a test. It's recommended that you get insurance (seriously). Then, it's $60 to renew every so often (3 years?).

That's probably the easiest solution, but that will definitely stop a good chunk of people who are home bound (mainly senior citizens).

There is NO way fingerprints would be reliable. I worked at a place that implemented them as a way to punch in and out of jobs to keep track of time. The scanners were horrible at reading them. Cuts, calluses, dirt, and plenty of other things cause issues. Tons of people won't be able to get a...

Do you have to cross the crowd of people, or could you go east? Is that a wall, a sidewalk, or something else directly to the east of where we are standing?

Do you have any experience with fingerprint scanners?

How do we go about IDing people who put in absentee ballots? I'd wager that there is FAR more fraud with absentee ballots than in person voting. ID laws won't affect that fraud at all.

That's pretty much how I view it. There is no way to entirely prevent people from going nuts and trying to commit mass murder. People have to be ready for it and prepared. This will sound harsh to some people (especially anti 2A people), but... I'm willing to accept that some people will die in...

Can they choose whatever whistle they want or are they mandated to use a certain one? A Fox 40 is ridiculously loud and is like $5. A Storm is louder and like $7, but probably too large. Aren't belt keepers like $10?

Playing Devil's advocate here... Did Lanza ever show violent tendencies before the murders he committed? To my knowledge, he did some pretty graphic writing in school classes and loved playing first person shooter games. The writing is a little odd, but it's not always a precursor to murder. Did...

Ohhh... I can get something right! :p

I had to change my theme, then change it back to get the new pic. Not sure why.

If the prison systems are supposed to reform and rehabilitate they (Which I believe they are), then they aren't doing their job. Race, location, hair color, length of toenails and anything else is totally irrelevant.

I'm generally in favor of people getting all their rights back when they are released from prison. However, I've always struggled with the extremely high recidivism rate. Within 5 years... 82% of property offenders were arrested for a new crime 77% of drug offenders 74% of public order offenders...

Should have shot him when you had the chance :D

This will be my last response, and then I'm done. I'm tired of debating the need for an ID. cigarettes - entirely dependent on the store - My mother bought them for years with no ID alcohol - entirely dependent on the store - I rarely ever get carded. guns - only in states with mandatory...

You have me confused with @Darth :D Sorry, but you're totally wrong on that. I know a few people that don't have government issued IDs. They don't drive, so they have no need for them. My sister didn't start driving until she was ~21. She was voting before she had a government issued photo ID...

Driver's licenses don't prove citizenship. There are many people who can get a driver's license who are not citizens (people on traditional work visas, H1B visas, etc.) Hell, even illegal aliens can get a driver's license in a dozen states. You don't need to prove you're a citizen to drive, open...

Yup, a lot of them have been struck down. The laws that allowed people to use multiple ways of IDing themselves like using utility bills, drivers licenses, college IDs, library cards, etc have all been upheld. The ones that have been struck down were the ones that required strict IDs. For...

Are you seriously comparing wearing clothes, which 99.9999whatever% of the population does, to having a government issued id that proves citizenship? There are millions of Americans that don't have any government ID. There are hundreds of millions that don't have ID that proves citizenship...

If you have to pay for that ID, it is certainly a poll tax. How is it not? Plenty of laws have been struck down by the courts regarding photo ID. Part of this is the ability to get and pay for photo ID. I'm perfectly fine with requiring ID to vote, but people shouldn't have to pay for a...

When I traveled to Colorado, I used onXmaps. You can download high resolution maps to your phone, create waypoints, add photos, etc. It shows national forest boundaries as well as private land boundaries. It's an awesome app. It's too bad it's $30/yr per state.

I'd pop that buck right from the doorway. I wouldn't even step outside. :D

I've gone back and forth on the .223 as a deer round. Personally, I won't use it. I've got a .308 and don't see myself switching away from it. If that's all that someone has, I guess it's OK. From what I gather, as long as you take "shorter" shots of 200 yards or less, choose a heavy, solid...

Since when are a non-holiday Monday and Tuesday considered a weekend?

I'm surprised that someone talked to you at AST. :D Looking good! I still haven't decided what I want to do with my build. Go piece by piece like you are, or just drop $500 on a whole kit from some place like Palmetto State Armory. What made you decide to go this way? The ability to spend...

You said if people can't afford it, one would be provided. If I make $50k a year but have no drivers license or passport, I'd be required to pay for an ID (under your idea), right? How is that not a poll tax? I'm perfectly fine with mandating that people have IDs to vote. However, people...

This is essentially a poll tax. It may be disguised as, "it's free!" but they would still have to take the time off of work, find transportation to go to whatever office they need to, etc. It's going to hinder people from actually voting. Why should I have to pay to have a document to vote? If...

This is why we ALWAYS tell other hunters in our group where we are going to be hunting. Everyone knows exactly where everyone else is.

While past legal shooting light, it was only 9 minutes after official sunset. Lots of people are still shooting at that time.

Welcome to the site! Glad you joined us. :welcome:

I wish things like Spot weren't so expensive. I'd gladly pay a couple hundred bucks for the unit and a couple of bucks a month. $15 or more per month is just too much when I didn't really use it much. If I was hunting in the Adirondacks, deep in the woods, I'd think about it. I rented one when...

Deleted some posts. Let's not be dicks to each other....

Filled a doe tag yesterday morning. Easy 40 yard shot, but she dropped in her tracks and fell into a steep ravine that was cut out of solid rock. There was just a little trickle of water. Of course, that makes everything slippery. I got down there, gutted it, and then proceeded to slip and...

Nah, I've got a good sense of humor. I am a dumbass. I wasn't even hunting for myself. I was going hunting to shoot a deer for my 93 year old grandmother. I shot a doe this morning. I'm not sure it was worth $700 though!

Dropped out of my truck at the intersection of 444 and 5&20. I did stop at a gas station, but nobody had it. I will call the local businesses tomorrow and see if maybe someone dropped everything off.

Unfortunately not. There may have been an old license in one of the pockets, but I doubt it.

Yeah, it's pretty shitty. Maybe they did the right thing and collected it up to drop off somewhere later once businesses open. There was no way I missed seeing it on the side of the road. A big white cooler stands out. Oh well, at least nothing was new. No guns or cameras were lost. Christmas...

Forgot to close the tailgate on the truck this morning.... ~$700 worth of stuff fell out. Mostly clothes, a nice cooler, treestand harness, and some other random stuff. Luckily no guns were back there. Some guy flagged me down and I was back where everything fell out within 6 or 7 minutes...

That and the bus fiasco really irritated me. I'll never join NYSRPA when Tom King is the leader. Also, what is up with their Facebook page profile picture? Why is Tom King in the picture at all?

Bungees won't stop a bear. It may give you some time to hear them, but if you aren't home, it'll get through the bungees fairly quickly.

Most people say to shoot something 100 pounds or less for the best meat.

I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, but I'll say it anyways. Screw the farmers who try to charge an arm and a leg for hog hunts. A lot of them see hogs as a way of making money, but complain that they're tearing up crops too. They want to make money off the hogs and make money off...

It's probably smart of him. There is NO way that he'd be elected president.

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It amazes me. They're comfortable and easy to wear. Worn correctly, they don't get in the way. They're pretty inexpensive, and some stands come with them. It's CRAZY not to wear them.

Damn, that sucks. Hunters, make sure you wear those safety harnesses when you're up in the tree! My great uncle died a few years back after falling from a stand. Broken hip, leg, and massive internal damage. Be safe!

I've got a headlamp that helps illuminate the blood when it's dark. I went out and looked again after I jumped it from the swamp. I trailed it for another little bit, but I never saw another drop. I'm pretty sure the buck will live. I do what I can, but I still beat myself up. I should have...

I grunted in 2 bucks at the same time this past weekend! One looked to be a nice 8 point, and one a smaller, but still respectable 6 point. The 8 point came in from behind me, so I turned, facing the tree I was in. He came within 35 yards, but I wasn't able to get a shot off. So, I turned back...

Man, that is one ugly rack. I like the occasional drop tine or sticker, but that thing is ugly.