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TAKI!!!!!
U feelin better?
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a lot of you (again i havent read all the posts) havent mentioned the 'kick' you get with a shotgun. i would be as likely to go down painfully as my target. (i will admit i have always been to scared to actually shoot one, but i have seen it done) i like my 22 chipmunk. i have/had great aim and i am extremely comfortable using it, most people laugh and tell me it wouldnt stop someone, but they would likely disagree if they ever ended up at the other end of it. the OP needs to shoot many styles and such before making a decision, she will know when she pulls the right trigger.
It aint a shotgun BUT....
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There is a lot of good information in this thread.
However, some inaccurate info. Pumping a shotgun to scare off an intruder is a myth. It gives away your position, and eliminates the element of surprise.
Inside a dwelling you will NEVER get a 3' spread out of a shotgun (unless your scattergun looks like a trombone)
Cylinder (no choke) will only have a ~20" spread at 30 feet and ~32" at 60 feet. Skeet is a smaller choke (less spread.) Most name brand home defense shotguns have cylinder chokes (IE Rem 870HD and Moss 500 HD's)
Really, in your home you will only see a 6-12" spread depending on load. Buckshot groups tighter. You still HAVE to aim.
High Points are garbage (an opinion shared by "most" of the gun community,) thus the price. It's similar to buying a ten dollar motorcycle helmet (my brain and life will not depend on the cheapest thing on the shelf.) If budget is a factor you can't go wrong with a used S&W or Taurus Revolver.
Buy the caliber you are most comfortable with. A well placed .22 is far superior to a .45 that missed. Personally .380 is the smallest caliber I will carry.
Georgiapacking.org is a great site for new and existing Georgia gun laws and legislation. Also, "Firearmz" in Georgia offers training for any skill level.
Be Safe.
billiam, I think we are going to get along just fine.
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name='jlh10101' date='Feb 21 2009, 04:16 PM' post='2609054']
Thank you for sharing Your beliefs. The op on the other hand aparently doesn't subscribe. If you want to spew anti handgun rheteric, start your own topic.
Oh, and post your address so the criminals will know where to break into for a good cry.
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As i will strongly disagree, in buying a gun. I do NOT believe in it.
Please think of other ways for protection. Try OC Spray, self defense class or taser....
Yea, that’ll do the job. When Mr. bad guy comes into your house with 13 rounds of 1200 fps +, YEA, that’ll work. Try keeping your cover and deploying any of those less lethal options you recommend. For defense you want something that you can keep as much distance between you and the bad guy as possible. I can work right thru a dose of OC spray and complete my objective. With a tazer you get one chance to connect two darts to the target. I am trained in the use of a tazer and I put little faith in them, in fact I don’t even carry mine on my duty belt. Someone with experience or on drugs can remove the darts and will continue to advance on you.
The op stated that they were going to buy a gun and asking for information on how to go about the process, they were not asking for alternate suggestions, perhaps that issue could be started in another thread.
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1966
Major News Events in 1966
January 29th - The Road Safety Act is passed which leads to the use of the Breathalyzer.
February 3rd - Soviet probe Luna 9 is the first artificial satellite to 'land' on the moon
March 31st - The USSR launches Luna 10, which will become the first space probe to orbit the moon
April 21st - An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston hospital
May 28th - Fidel Castro announces martial law in Cuba because of possible US attack
June 13th - The US Supreme Court rules in the Miranda case that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them
July 28th - At 70, Florence Nagle becomes the first licensed female racehorse trainer.
August 5th - Groundbreaking on the World Trade Center takes place.
September 16th - The Metropolitan Opera house opens in New York City
October 7th - The 'hippie' drug LSD is made illegal in California
November 25th - J. Edgar Hoover announces all evidence suggests that Lee Harvey Oswald was acting alone
December 15th - Cartoon genius Walt Disney dies at age 65.
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They did a great job on my severely neglected truck today. The Tahoe is next.
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Hey found these things for you on the net:
BEFORE an officer can use the radar/laser reading as evidence, he has to establish a few things Jurisdiction Certification, up to date, accurate, traffic and engineering survey, radar/laser properly calibrated, tuning forks calibrated (with radar), FCC license, radar/laser unit appears on that FCC license
If the officer attempts to use the radar reading before establishing those things above, politely interrupt and say "objection your honor, inadmissible evidence."
Then tell the judge why. If the officer fails to prove your guilt at the end of his testimony don't question him, move to have the case dismissed. And explain what he failed to prove.
If the officer was moving when was his speedometer last calibrated? Have the records to see if he contradicts himself. If officer guesses your speed. throw something and ask him how fast it was going. If he is off by 3 MPH at 15 MPH speed then think about how far off he is at 35 MPH.
Were the speed limits prima facie? or Absolute? If prima facie then prove the speed you were traveling at wasn't unsafe.
ASK questions like: what color clothes was I wearing? did I have any passengers?
What was the weather like? To see how well versed the officer is.
See if you can attend traffic school in exchange for a dismissal of the charge (never bothers your insurance.)
OFTEN the worst part of a ticket is the increase in your insurance. By beating the ticket you don't have to worry about that...
Hopefully the cop won't show up - in which case you will ask that the case be dismissed - 99% of the time it will.
The above questions may have some merit if you have an excellent working knowledge of the reasoning / legal relevance behind these questions. If you do not, do not attempt to play this card when up against an experienced traffic officer, you will come out looking like an A$$ and a few $$$ lighter in the wallet .
The above information is not from the internet, it is provided first hand by an experienced traffic officer.
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There will be a lawsuit and the power company will end up settling out of court because it is cheaper to do that than go to court and defend themselves.
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Yep, sure do. Been riding since I was 5 and been riding street since I was 17.
I think green is often (in some states) used to show reserved for "volunteer" or "reserve" fire fighters and law enforcement.
down here green indicates a command post.
Georgia included limitations on green after an apartment fire in Smyrna where a private security vehicle was on scene with green lights. All of the responding emergency apparatus reported to the security guard thinking it was the command post. There was a big to about that and green was included in the emergency light statutes.
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Ah... good to know! Thanks for the correction. I don't really worry about it because it just seems like common sense to not have
emergency colors on my vehicles....
Am I right though, that this is not a new law? It's been this way for a while, right?
Well it's been a while, but the wording does appear to have changed some.
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No such law here MCMM. In factif we have proof that you have been cied multiple times (height requirements for instance) and you continue to operate that unlawul vehicle on the roadway, we can impound that vehicle.
You can get the same tickets over and over. If it is a violation at 9am, it is also a violation at noon. I wouldn't do this but just saying.
Tow, are you committing plagiarism with my post.
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Can you just change out the bulbs or the filters to change the color? The law is an old one in a lot of states. It makes sense to me that civial cars or bikes can't run emergency colors. I had purple neon on my TA and never had an issue. You also may want to check on what the ticket law is. I know in Michigan if you get a ticket for a height violation on a car they can only ticket you one time a year for it. Might be worth just paying the one time fine if that is the case.
There are no bulbs or filters on LEDs. LEDs show no color until they are turned on and whatever color they are made to produce is what will be emitted.
Each time you operate a vehicle on a roadway in violation of statute it is a separate violation. So theoretically if you get stopped for say “bumper height” at 92 and 120 by Paulding S/O and he issues a citation, after he cuts you lose you get stopped again at 92 and macland by another S/O or GSP or whoever, technically they could write you another citation. Generally in a case like this if you show them you just received a citation for this violation one will not write you again for the same violation.
We really are not the jerks folks like to make us out to be.
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You'd be surprised at little people see you, on a motorcycle, after dark or in broad daylight.
I have lights all over my bike. I've been told I look like a freight train rolling down the road with all my lights,
including LED accents (amber colored ones).
People don't pay attention and don't care... and are just generally stupid when they get behind the wheel.
....as far as the law, I might be mistaken, but blue lights have always been illegal on a non-emergency, non-pemitted vehicle,
flashing or otherwise. This is not anything new for '09.
Blue and Red are reserved for emergency vehicles and always have been.
It's not illegal to have them on the bike. It's just illegal to have the ON while driving on a public road.
§ 40-8-90. Restrictions on use of blue lights on vehicles
( a )( 1 ) Except as provided in this paragraph and subsection ( b ) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate any motor vehicle equipped with or containing a device capable of producing any blue lights, whether flashing, blinking, revolving, or stationary, except:
This wording prohipits the posession of any device that can produce a blue light in or on the vehicle.
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Odds are if the officer was pacing he does not have a radar or is not radar certified. A lot of agencies do not keep up the speedometer calibration on the patrol units, especially if it is not running moving radar. If the state (officer) cannot show proof of current speedometer calibration generally the case is dismissed if this information is presented in the proper manner.
And yes you can pace a vehicle from the front or rear.
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Actually, NavyEagle in Cobb, they're already clamping down ... and enforcing seat belt laws are one of the tools.
this from a 2007 AJC story copied to a blog.
pubby
Yes they (the feds)are dolling out this authority on a limited basis. This article was from 07 and you still do not see enforcement of these laws by local LE on a large scale. It is not just the feds not wanting to delegate these enforcement powers to local agencies, a lot of local powers that be do not want to touch the issue for reasons of political posturing.
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Ok so where do illegal people in this country fit in the loop hole?
We have (guesstamet) 8-9 million of them in the country. Kind of hard to miss them.
Why are we not working to send them back?
This cost to the local county, city and state cost a lot more then a freaking seat belt enticement.
Can you answer that?
Does the local police not check for this?
Why are they not checked?
The laws that regulate immigration are administered on a federal level. To my knowledge no state has a set of immigration laws on the books that would give local authorities the ability to take action on this. Any enforcement action taken on this matter must be done under the UCFRs. The only UCFR that I am authorized to enforce is the title 49 CFRs. This title deals with commercial vehicle enforcement. this authority is granted to me by the federal agency that is responsible for enforcement of the 49 CFRs, after completing over a combined total of 200 hrs of training on these regs, we are known as a “remote local agency” for the enforcement of these regs
The federal entity responsible for the enforcement of the CFRs that govern immigration is not as willing to have “remote local agencies” helping to enforce these regs.
I Suspect the reason for this is that is that immigration is more of a hot button political pawn for a lot of politicians than commercial vehicle safety, so it pays to keep the locals out of the enforcement loop so the feds “Washington” maintain almost absolute control over this issue.
I think a few states may be in the process of enacting their own laws regarding illegals and some may already have something on the books. Oklahoma comes to mind for some reason on this. I think they started to enforce a state law regarding immigration status but I think the illegal rights activist may have convinced a court to issue an injunction as to the enforcement of the law pending review/law suits to see if it “violates” some other laws or rights of the illegals.
So many times I have been out on the side of the interstate with a van load of them, me on the phone for 45 minutes with ice transferred numerous times and then told to kick them loose they don’t want them. it frustrates the he11 out of me.
I really do wish that I could take action on a lot of these issues but at a county/ municipal level our hands are tied.
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I can sort of understand the 10 over rule a little bit.
You have to account for speedometer inaccuracies across a wide spectrum of automobiles.
10 mph? I don't know about that, but I could live with 5 mph.
...and why don't GSP Troopers have to follow that 10mph rule?
They have the same "certified" speedometers in their vehicles that every other police agency has.
They have to have their radar re-certed every year, just like local agencies.
So, why are they allow to write 1mph over and locals are not?
I can see a 5mph rule for speedometer discrepancy, downhill speed increase, etc..
But if you are moving 10 over, there's no getting around you knowing that you over that much.
These guidelines governing the use of radar are in place to prevent municipal and county agencies from operating in an “ambush” mode. This limits the ability of those at the helm of governing bodies of these county and municipalities to instruct, force or coerce these agencies to increase citation volume in order to increase revenue. GSP is not subservient to any municipal or county government and cannot be forced, intimidated or threatened with budget cuts or other sanctions by these government entities if citation volume does not increase. So the logic is, if you are not subservient to these governing entities you are not operating in a revenue generation capacity for said entity, and the measures to keep things like that in check need not apply.
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Is that a driving song or a suggestion.
how about a suggestion while driving… song?
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Slow Ride- Foghat
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How about a pilot flying me out to look for this dang water tower!
We can do that.
Anyone here take
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We do not write the laws, but the ones who do thought we should be excluded from the statute.
§ 40-8-73.1. Affixing of materials which reduce light transmission or increase light reflectance through windows or windshields
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) "Light reflectance" means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material.
(2) "Light transmission" means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface.
(3) "Manufacturer" means a person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which material reduces light transmission.
(4) "Material" means any transparent product or substance which reduces light transmission.
(5) "Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons or less which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.
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Except as provided in this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in this state:
(1) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield; or
(2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent.
(c. ) The provisions of subsection (b.) of this Code section shall not apply to:
(1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass;
(2) Signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
(3) Direction, destination, or termination signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle if the signs do not interfere with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic;
(4) Any transparent item which is not red or amber in color which is placed on the uppermost six inches of the windshield;
(5) Any federal, state, or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any windshield or window;
(6) The rear windshield or the side or door windows, except those windows to the right and left of the driver of:
(A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle;
(B. ) A school bus, any other bus used for public transportation, and any bus or van owned or leased by any religious or any nonprofit organization duly incorporated under the laws of this state;
(C. ) Any limousine owned or leased by a public or private entity; or
(D ) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation;
(7) Any law enforcement vehicle;
(8 ) Any vehicle that displays a valid special license plate issued to a government official under Code Section 40-2-61, 40-2-63, or 40-2-64;
(9) Any vehicle owned or operated by the state or a political subdivision thereof and that displays a valid license plate issued pursuant to Code Section 40-2-37; or
(10) Any vehicle operated in the course of business by a person licensed or registered under Chapter 38 of Title 43, relating to private detective and private security businesses.
(d. ) The Department of Public Safety may, upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and only if such application is supported by written attestation of such fact from a person licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43 or a person certified as an optometrist under Chapter 30 of Title 43, issue an exemption from the provisions of this Code section for any motor vehicle owned by such person or in which such person is a habitual passenger. The exemption shall be issued with such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Safety.
(e) No person shall install any material upon the windshields or windows of any motor vehicle, the installation of which would result in a reduction of light transmission or an increase in light reflectance in violation of subsection (
of this Code section.
(f) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code section.
(g) Any person who violates subsection (b.) or (e) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.