Officers have seriously wide latitude during arrests or other interactions with the general public.
Your recourse to abuse of this latitude is in the courts, not against the officer you are dealing with while the situation is going on.
If an officer believes there is imminent threat they can break in to your house. If physically try to stop them, you are assaulting an officer. That's the 'law'.
"Philadelphia law enforcement officers are likely to detain an individual who is openly carrying a firearm."
I don't think anyone is having an issue with that. It's the 0-60 draw the gun 'get on the ground you fucking scum' reaction that's the problem.
I'm not a fan of guns, so I really don't have a problem with an officer taking an interest in someone open carrying. However, that 'interest' should be limited to, 'Sir, you need to have a license to do that...may I see your license?'
If only cars had some device to track how much they used... ;-)
As we move to both more efficient and other fuel sources for transportation, the revenue from the gas tax will decrease.
In this sense increased taxing of vehicles that will use less gasoline makes sense. But only in that sense. How much do you tax a fully electric car? Infinity dollars?
We need to tax based on actual usage. Miles driven. Certified odometer reading
The tax on gasoline is an approximation on usage since the amount of usage is directly tied to how much gasoline is consumed.
As you say it's not a perfect approximation since higher MPG vehicles use less gasoline. They also generally are lighter than other vehicles so they cause less wear and tear on the roads.
That said, the proper way to do this is to tax vehicles on the *actual* mileage used. Which conveniently we have in an odometer on the vehicles themselves :) Simply report miles driven, via certified mechanic, and you pay a certain tax on your tax bill. Can even adjust it for type of vehicle since heavy trucks cause more damage.
The big problem is the gov't is thinking about putting GPS in every car to do this. Completely unnecessary intrusion in to tracking every vehicle on every road at every second. What we need is the miles driven, not a detailed listing of where everybody went.
The crux is whether the carrier collected data is available without a warrant. If it is, then they have problem. If not, it's apples & oranges and not reasonable to conflate the two.
And if you fly at 6am they don't do either check likely because well it's early and they're still sleeping off last night. I've flown out of Dulles and we only went through the standard metal detector. Nothing else.
So if you're a terrorist packing TNT in your drawers, just go early.
Then it boils down to price. If they're charging $9/beer, it still isn't worth it.
I'm probably less 'social' in terms of movies. I actually want to see/experience the movie and not be distracted by people - even the ones I came with.
That's also the one thing a 'good' movie experience provides that you can't always get at home - the doorbell ringing, the phone ringing (yes I know you can turn it off), the dog wanting to be let out, etc.
Giving $50 to my wife for popcorn, candy and soda just isn't the same as giving it to the movie theater.
Oh wait, I have 'beer' at home... Why would I go to the theater again?
The single biggest increase in movie theater experience in probably the last 30 years has to be stadium seating. When the best thing you can claim is simply putting seats on a platform, you haven't been innovating...
and to respond to your point, I do have a security clearance. DOD Secret to be exact.
It's certainly not exceptionally intensive but they do ask you about quite a bit of stuff going back 7 years. For TS it's 10 years and much more in depth; those they actually do follow up on all your references.
Secret is more of a computer check, if you don't show up on their searches you pass. Hence why being arrested can make that 'interesting'.
I was referring to the OP's point of refusing to the point of being arrested - perhaps I should have been more clear.
Being arrested does create at least 'interest' on the part of Security Clearances, which I assume you know, don't have to follow 'civil rights' as closely as anything else.
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Your recourse to abuse of this latitude is in the courts, not against the officer you are dealing with while the situation is going on.
If an officer believes there is imminent threat they can break in to your house. If physically try to stop them, you are assaulting an officer. That's the 'law'.
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I don't think anyone is having an issue with that. It's the 0-60 draw the gun 'get on the ground you fucking scum' reaction that's the problem.
I'm not a fan of guns, so I really don't have a problem with an officer taking an interest in someone open carrying. However, that 'interest' should be limited to, 'Sir, you need to have a license to do that...may I see your license?'
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Not really a hack this time
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Re: I suppose...
She's 'extra' ethical only until it comes out she's not.
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Check Part 2 of this story posted today.
paraphrasing - "If people knew these companies were helping us, the companies would sue the government to not have to provide this info."
So they also know the companies would challenge this in court - and likely win since they'd have big biz money behind them.
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As we move to both more efficient and other fuel sources for transportation, the revenue from the gas tax will decrease.
In this sense increased taxing of vehicles that will use less gasoline makes sense. But only in that sense. How much do you tax a fully electric car? Infinity dollars?
We need to tax based on actual usage. Miles driven. Certified odometer reading
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Tolls everywhere means tracking everywhere. Unless you want toll booths staffed by actual human beings, thus removing any cost savings.
Directly tax miles driven via certified odometer readings.
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So what was your point again?
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As you say it's not a perfect approximation since higher MPG vehicles use less gasoline. They also generally are lighter than other vehicles so they cause less wear and tear on the roads.
That said, the proper way to do this is to tax vehicles on the *actual* mileage used. Which conveniently we have in an odometer on the vehicles themselves :) Simply report miles driven, via certified mechanic, and you pay a certain tax on your tax bill. Can even adjust it for type of vehicle since heavy trucks cause more damage.
The big problem is the gov't is thinking about putting GPS in every car to do this. Completely unnecessary intrusion in to tracking every vehicle on every road at every second. What we need is the miles driven, not a detailed listing of where everybody went.
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Both are also beneficiaries of copyright, though the balance isn't exactly in favor of the public right now.
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Re: Cut them a break!
So if you're a terrorist packing TNT in your drawers, just go early.
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Re: Re: The full theater experience
I'm probably less 'social' in terms of movies. I actually want to see/experience the movie and not be distracted by people - even the ones I came with.
That's also the one thing a 'good' movie experience provides that you can't always get at home - the doorbell ringing, the phone ringing (yes I know you can turn it off), the dog wanting to be let out, etc.
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The full theater experience
Oh wait, I have 'beer' at home... Why would I go to the theater again?
The single biggest increase in movie theater experience in probably the last 30 years has to be stadium seating. When the best thing you can claim is simply putting seats on a platform, you haven't been innovating...
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It's certainly not exceptionally intensive but they do ask you about quite a bit of stuff going back 7 years. For TS it's 10 years and much more in depth; those they actually do follow up on all your references.
Secret is more of a computer check, if you don't show up on their searches you pass. Hence why being arrested can make that 'interesting'.
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Being arrested does create at least 'interest' on the part of Security Clearances, which I assume you know, don't have to follow 'civil rights' as closely as anything else.
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