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Horror stories of wrongfully seized firearms.

countryclubjoe

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Wait, they're barren? How do you know they can't have babies??

Did the 'smartest man in the room™' just mistake barren [unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, sterile, arid, desert
"barren land"] for baron [a person who has become rich through ruthless and unscrupulous business practices (originally with reference to prominent US businessmen in the late 19th century)].

You are now officially in 1st place for the prize of "grammar nazi" like a trained seal you easily fell for the bait, like a captious individual who cannot resist the urge to correct a spelling and or grammar mistake even in an informal setting. After pointing out the linguistic short coming in others, you feel a strange sense of twisted and un-constructive intelligentsia delight. Obviously all you have to show for that wasted liberal art education is your inimical personality and your status as a ' Grammar Nazi'..

You play checkers, I play chess!

" I always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts" John Locke".

" An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life- becoming a better person" Leo Tolstoy

" Grammar nazi's have supreme vanity" CCJ

My .02
CCJ
 

Fallschirjmäger

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My working with sixth-graders has acquainted me with their vocabulary levels desire to show how smart they are. Now, I'm not saying you have a sixth-grade education, but with a little hard work and buckling down to study harder it's something to which you may one day aspire.

Good luck, SMITR™

And as always, thank you for providing yet another 'teachable moment'.

ps. and the difference between 'barren' and 'baron' isn't a matter of grammar, it's vocabulary.... just sayin' :cool:
 
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countryclubjoe

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My working with sixth-graders has acquainted me with their vocabulary levels desire to show how smart they are. Now, I'm not saying you have a sixth-grade education, but with a little hard work and buckling down to study harder it's something to which you may one day aspire.

Good luck, SMITR™

And as always, thank you for providing yet another 'teachable moment'.

ps. and the difference between 'barren' and 'baron' isn't a matter of grammar, it's vocabulary.... just sayin' :cool:


QiI 109, so you're not satisfied being the Grammar nazi champ, you also aspire to be the vocabulary nazi champ.. Your acquisitiveness is fittingly noted. And thank you for playing.

My .02
CCJ
 

OC for ME

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The only federal agencies that should have law enforcement status are the FBI, Secret Service, US Marshal Service. The DEA, ATF and so on should be reduced in size to that of the NTSB with similar narrowly defined duties and responsibilities. State agencies must be prohibited from confiscating any property without a conviction of the accused and then only that property that is owned by convicted individual. Co/mutually-owned property must be immune from confiscation.

The reality is that cop shop like getting free stuff.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/...cle_4cfc6652-3cba-11e7-a418-ef11e68a9f6f.html
 

countryclubjoe

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Here is a great story by John Oliver on HBO about Civil Forfeiture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks

Great post! John Oliver is the greatest.

Civil asset forfeiture is not a joke.. It basically turns the constitution into towel paper..

No one is safe from these revenue generating thieves.. The safety net of the constitution against government intrusions is OVER..

My .02
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CCJ
 

countryclubjoe

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The only federal agencies that should have law enforcement status are the FBI, Secret Service, US Marshal Service. The DEA, ATF and so on should be reduced in size to that of the NTSB with similar narrowly defined duties and responsibilities. State agencies must be prohibited from confiscating any property without a conviction of the accused and then only that property that is owned by convicted individual. Co/mutually-owned property must be immune from confiscation.

The reality is that cop shop like getting free stuff.

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/...cle_4cfc6652-3cba-11e7-a418-ef11e68a9f6f.html

+1

OC, I know your thoughts on Terry V Ohio--- Asset forfeiture is 400x worse..

Thank you for the link.

My .02
CCJ
 
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