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That’s interesting. Road salt is anathema to car guys - a bit like the SAFE act sprayed onto cars and rotting them away.

We’ll see. Cars are the easy part for me - that’s my area of expertise. Guns are a side piece to me. Although, this is interesting because road salt makes me not want to buy up there. I’d always imagined seeing my folks and buying a car to drive back up. I don’t know how y’all tolerate the salt...

Well my car is 23 years old, 24 in November. It probably predates whatever the current standards are, for better or worse. We are probably downsizing the wife’s car before we go, I think hers would likely be more of an issue. She drives the newer stuff, I buy light old efficient beaters I can...

Tint? That’s funny. I don’t even have cassette or cd. Or power steering.

Good grief. Ninja stars? Really? That law reads like legislators with too much time on their hands. I’m totally going to have a machete, though.

So there’s no C&R workaround for mags? I read somewhere there was, but I am dubious to say the least.

Tyler’s alright I guess, not my kind of place, but I’m not sure what actually is my kinda place. Maybe I’ll hit up Top Shot next time we are headed to Jackson...wife has family there, too.

True, I have seen much more intense and upfront racism outside the US. Maybe I have a touch of hippie in me, but I don’t like to just write anybody off. A little more respect for each other would go a long way towards erasing the malaise which has been growing in this country. Some of that also...

Well we won’t be in Rochester proper, most likely will be in the western suburbs...Greece, Gates, Chili...Irondequoit doesn’t look bad either, though. One oddity up there I have never wrapped my head around, though is the whole town/village, etc. thing.

The “safety” inspections don’t seem to differ that much between here and there...maybe some tires are in order, which is fine since this will be my winter beater and I’m going to put it on snows anyway. Ironically, California was the most lax of all...no inspections, and I drove pre-smog cars...

Not at all invalid. But also not gonna fly Lol I see the resemblance

So, meet them at the middle, and unite where you can. Take the support for 2A and push that. Don’t toss the baby out with the bath water.

The “grey area” or room for nuance is very small, and basically dismissed. Big problem indeed. Cork the bottle, get big boom later.

The ambiguity, acccording to that article, is pretty wild. Who interprets the intent?! The more I learn, the more I am not just confused...it makes me more of an agorist.

Tell me that’s a joke.

You’re not wrong to tiptoe around that. Race is an issue in America, I just don’t think any of the big dogs have it right. The internet and social media doesn’t give a lot of room for nuance, so it’s kinda hard to call out both sides and say that nobody is really wrong or right. You almost have...

Eh? I can have a cap and ball so long as there’s nothing to load it with? Didn’t realize there was a rash of liquor store robberies with cap and ball revolvers.

I’m interested in building what would basically be a C&R collection. I’m not in NY, but will be soon. Basically everything I’m interested in is essentially ignored by SAFE act. But I’m interested in edge cases and how far it stretches. If I had an M1 Carbine, say it was a CMP surplus, how does...

*sigh* ok. Thanks. I’ll be asking more seemingly vapid questions in the future.

...I already know the answer, but the more I learn about the SAFE act, the less I understand it. I’m moving up there soonish, so I need to understand this fully, even if I have to ask really dumb questions. I have a really pretty .22lr revolver. I got it for $75 (sorta), it’s a really nicely...

I’m partly there with you. I do think the raw anger, rioting, and vandalism is negating the ability to talk and make things better. I’m not entirely cogent on this yet, but I do think there’s a valid point to be made for systemic racism. But as long as the cauldron boils, folks will dig in, and...

If anyone has a vested interest in promoting 2A, it’s the black community. Between Emancipation and the civil rights era, blacks kept guns pretty close. MLK’s associates were bristling with guns. I don’t care how you feel about the Black Panthers, but they openly and conspicuously carried guns...

Antifa and BLM are, frankly, boring. White liberal elites propping up meh organizations. Far from being extremists, they’re essentially establishment left proxies trying to curry woke favor for the Democrats. The sooner we quit giving them free press, the better. The UN also isn’t really...

I doubt that. Seems more plausible that it’s a bunch of suits trying to sound like they know what they’re talking about, when they just don’t really understand. Enjoy the ignorance. Imagine if a truly knowledgeable set of legislators wrote a strict set of laws. You’d be way more miserable.

Hell we are even having trouble finding 9mm. I kinda regret not having reloading equipment anymore. At least before this my only regret was that without it I’d never shoot MOA again with my Marlin.

I’m rubbing my forehead here. Back when I worked auto parts, a guy came in with a rifle slung behind him. It was basically the least eventful thing of the day. Mind you, I was fairly fresh out of California then, so I went with the flow of my coworkers who, so far as I can tell, really didn’t...

My Pa got an M&P EZ. Haven’t had any range time with it yet. But! I almost always say go for the one that fits you. If it clicks with you, you’ll be more effective with something even if it has fewer features. The Springfield xd was that way for me. Grip was just right, it pointed well, balanced...

Him and Deviant Ollam are new finds for me, last couple of weeks or so. Much more fascinating than I would have guessed, both the locks and the people themselves.

Lol, for what little it’s worth, I actually noticed very little highway patrol presence in NYS compared to places like Louisiana which is crawling with highway patrol, county Mounties, and local yokels. Now THAT’s a place which likes to bust you. Indiana and Ohio are pretty high on that list...

Small world. I live in Tyler :)

I’m noticing a theme: the more I learn about the laws up there, the less I actually understand it.

I’m definitely an amateur with regards to ticks. A vaccine would be awesome...

That’s what gets me. It’s not so much that the restrictions exist, but that it’s all so darn confusing. I think that’s to cover up for the fact that they don’t understand guns well enough to enact really targeted restrictions, so I’m happy to leave legislators in their vapid bubbles. I’m both...

Oh, sorry guys, yes, the handguns will remain in Texas until an appropriate time.

Good for you! Looks mighty nice. I actually don’t mind the short look of that rifle, looks kinda butch. Thanks for trying to preserve a bit of history!

Dang...that would freak me out! Might even beat the scorpion that tagged me the same day as one of those red wasps.

Very nice! Sadly, when I took my daughter shooting, she didn’t have the bug. Mind you, she’s 9, but she’s never asked to go again. Ah well. I’ll try again next month when my Pa and I exercise our handguns, and I’ll bring my .22 Llama Comanche for her.

Yeah, I’m just disappointed at the majority of political discourse in our nation these days. The fact that I’m politically homeless and don’t particularly care for the demican/republicrat duopoly means I make it that much harder for myself in any discussion. So, I choose to mostly ignore that...

So, ticks are a thing? I remember hearing about it being really bad in CT, but hadn’t thought much about WNY in that regard. That’s great stuff that no one I’ve spoken to has ever brought up.

I’ll add those statutes to my reading list. Thanks :)

Boy, do I feel that. Born and raised Californian that I am, I’d like a bit more cross-pollination. Cali is, and will always feel, like home to me, so I think I know where you’re coming from. California is absolutely amazing. Last time I was there as a trucker, I got into a really nerdy...

I’m gonna do it. It’s a family thing. That’s a lot more important than almost anything I can think of. It is what it is. Fight, lobby, vote, at the end of the day, fam > guns or cars.

It’s not a big option. We are coming. I have to adhere to the laws. That’s all.

One word: Texas.

I get that...a big part of why I was never charged up about being up there, but it is what it is. I’m gonna sail on and not let myself get caught in the waves

Hey guys/gals. I’m learning a lot. I’m really grateful, so don’t stop. I like a lively debate and love to be wrong. I’d rather learn than be right.

I’m no going to turn this in a political direction, but I agree in a broad way. Let’s stick to guns and giving a noob some useful info :)

Yup I kinda got the handgun thing. It’s weird and onerous. I also gather that if you have an FFL 03 C&R license, you still can’t process your own handguns?

I’ve kinda gathered that. Given that most of what I want is more than 50 years old, and most don’t have more than 10 rounds, and wasn’t full auto anyway, it SHOULD be simple. My more edge case questions would be about something like an M1 Carbine, or an ATF antique like a pre-1899 S&W Model 3