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Editorial, Bob Rogers excerpts, Shooting Sports Retailer magazine, Nov/Dec '03.
In late September the Auto-ID Center at MIT introduced the Electronic Product Code (EPC), a radio frequency identification tag (RFID) that can be imbeded in product labels. Intended to replace the familiar bar code on every product you buy at the grocery or department store, or anywhere else, the EPC is designed to track not only product codes, but serial numbers for every single item purchased.
"With a quick pass through a scanner, a retailer can not only better control inventory, but identify the purchaser, his/her buying habits and, in the case of firearm purchase, all the information now submitted on a form 4473.
"The implications here are obvious; acquired data from RFID tags could be made available to anybody, not just law enforcement agencies, but including anyone bent on identity theft, and firearm manufacturers may have no choice but to submit to inclusion of RFID tags on every gun they make. NO?"
To make this shorter...I'm skipping some small bs...
Rogers goes on to say,
"Wal-Mart will begin to force suppliers to tag all product shipments with RFID tags beginning in 2005.
"Those who refuse to comply will not be allowed to sell to the world's largest retailer."
"It is not unseemly, then, to expect gun control advocates to lobby for RFID tags to be used to find a specific gun, whether used in a crime,on the shooting range, or under your shirt."
...guns serial numbers will be able to be tracked via radio frequency in a manner similar to GPS technology."
Think OnStar here!!!
In late September the Auto-ID Center at MIT introduced the Electronic Product Code (EPC), a radio frequency identification tag (RFID) that can be imbeded in product labels. Intended to replace the familiar bar code on every product you buy at the grocery or department store, or anywhere else, the EPC is designed to track not only product codes, but serial numbers for every single item purchased.
"With a quick pass through a scanner, a retailer can not only better control inventory, but identify the purchaser, his/her buying habits and, in the case of firearm purchase, all the information now submitted on a form 4473.
"The implications here are obvious; acquired data from RFID tags could be made available to anybody, not just law enforcement agencies, but including anyone bent on identity theft, and firearm manufacturers may have no choice but to submit to inclusion of RFID tags on every gun they make. NO?"
To make this shorter...I'm skipping some small bs...
Rogers goes on to say,
"Wal-Mart will begin to force suppliers to tag all product shipments with RFID tags beginning in 2005.
"Those who refuse to comply will not be allowed to sell to the world's largest retailer."
"It is not unseemly, then, to expect gun control advocates to lobby for RFID tags to be used to find a specific gun, whether used in a crime,on the shooting range, or under your shirt."
...guns serial numbers will be able to be tracked via radio frequency in a manner similar to GPS technology."
Think OnStar here!!!
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It seemed all was going well, he had been making improvements- not coming to work messed up, hanging with a different crowd, etc..
Then Friday afternoon the Police show up at the restaurant, looking for the kid (he's actually 19..not legally a kid). Seems he is accused of statutory rape, endangering the welfare of a minor, and nonconsensual intercourse. He was rumored to be having sex with a 13 year old, and her Dad found out, and he wants this kid dead. The kid is now in jail with a $50,000 bond.
I am really disappointed. I feel sorry for the girl, and her family...and I fully understand her fathers outrage. But, I know this kid, I also know in my heart he is probably guilty. I still feel sorry for him though. He will end up in state prison....and it will seal his fate...he will come out of it more screwed up than before and he will continue the cycle of his father, uncle and most of the other men in his life. It just makes me sick. I really wanted to make a difference in this kids life....I wanted to see the cycle break. But, I guess my friend and I came into his life to late.
I realize I am rambling...I am sorry....I just needed to vent.
thanks-
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Patrolman Timothy Shane Miller
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Age: 27
Date of Incident: Saturday, May 15, 2004
Patrolman Miller was killed in an automobile accident during a vehicle pursuit on his first shift as an officer with the Tabor City Police Department. Patrolman Miller was a passenger in the patrol car that was pursuing a vehicle on N.C. 904 when it collided head-on with another vehicle as they attempted to pass a slow moving car. Patrolman Miller sustained fatal injuries in the accident. The driver of the patrol car and the occupants of the other vehicle were injured in the accident.
Patrolman Miller had been sworn in as an officer on Friday and started his first shift that evening.
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It is a sad sad day [:(]
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She lost her husband about a year and a half ago, to skin cancer. He was 51 and a heck of a nice guy.
This evening, her 27-year old daughter and two grandchildren were in a bad car wreck. The daughter was killed and the grandchildren were CareFlighted. Their condition is unknown.
Initial reports indicate a blown out tire caused the car to go off the road and it hit a tree.
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Straight from Wolf ammo.Price increase Jan-1-2007
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I have a 13 year old daughter, and if I find anyone has been trying to have sex with her, there will be no police involved.
I had an 18 year old guy trying to get next to my 14 year old daughter (she's now 21). I had a talk with him and his parents and he never came near her again. I think maybe the whole family left town.
There are some situations that must be resolved by direct action, not social engineering. This is one.
There is some advantage in living in a small town, where everyone knows that you are nuts.
God Bless America and...
NEVER Forget WACO
NEVER, EVER Forget 911
"Happiness is a warm gun." The Beatles
Remember Ruby Ridge.
If you did what you could, feel no remorse. The lad just has a difficult journey to make.
...honor is important only when dealng with honorable men.
You asked if I have reverence? I have reverence for truth, but I do not know what truth is. I suspect there are many truths, and therefore, I suspect all who claim to have THE truth. L'Amour
New Hampshire, USA - "Live Free or Die!!!"
However, don't let his failure bring you down. I may be cynical and uncaring, but that's no reason for good folks like you to start acting the same way. You did your best and that counts for a lot.
I know this sounds bad but if it were me I would wash my hands of the whole deal and let the guy get what he deserves. Any 19 year old MAN should know better than to get himself into this kind of mess. I don't sympathize for him one iota.[:(!] But I do feel bad for the girl and her parents.
You are fighting a lifetime and several generations of role models and bad choices. In the face of that you did good.
My heros have always killed cowboys.
Mad Dog
Now that being said, for even thinking of having sex with a 13 year old, for that he should be castrated! I have a 14 year old daughter and my feelings are the same as the other posters, anybody, especialy a legal adult even looks at my daughter in a manner that expresses sexual interest will have the sex change operation by me with no anestetic(sp?), up to him to get to the hospital before he bleeds to death[:(!]
We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.
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