tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post9107262565776371399..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: From the other side of the retail curtain...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71649790512876852082007-05-02T06:06:00.000-04:002007-05-02T06:06:00.000-04:00"those SOBS are compiling a list of everyone who b..."<I>those SOBS are compiling a list of everyone who buys a firearm nowdays.</I>"<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in knowing the mechanics of how they're doing that.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33202488032973328162007-05-02T02:49:00.000-04:002007-05-02T02:49:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, Tam,...due to a Scotus ruling, The...Unfortunately, Tam,...due to a Scotus ruling, The Illinois state police have database access to NATIONWIDE gun sales and are keeping a registry.<BR/>those SOBS are compiling a list of everyone who buys a firearm nowdays.<BR/>that way..if someone doesn't renew their foid card..they can bust them.<BR/>Its an infringement of rights but then again..ISP are the ones that advocate a woman puking on herself to make herself less attractive to a rapist...collective stupidity at its best (or worst)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88763274729818184302007-05-01T23:50:00.000-04:002007-05-01T23:50:00.000-04:00Speaking of hard drive failures; We "stress tested...Speaking of hard drive failures; We "stress tested" three hard drives on Saturday.<BR/><BR/>The drives failed.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://blog.joehuffman.org/2007/05/02/Idaho+Hardware+Testing.aspx" REL="nofollow">Five pounds of HE will do that to a hard drive.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15875594428228025782007-05-01T23:23:00.000-04:002007-05-01T23:23:00.000-04:00I used to reject the grocery cards for a long time...I used to reject the grocery cards for a long time because of that, but then one day I thought<BR/><BR/>"Do I really care if other people know what brand of toothpaste I buy?"<BR/><BR/>And now I have half a dozen of them. I also figure if they know what I like to buy, they know what to keep in stock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66625875907117598612007-05-01T21:24:00.000-04:002007-05-01T21:24:00.000-04:00Except it doesn't work that way. If they were so h...<I>Except it doesn't work that way. If they were so hot on your trail that they were actively monitoring your financial activity, at best they'd know that you spent $599.78 at Joe's on April 30th at 5:39 PM.</I><BR/><BR/>Use that same credit card at the grocery store, however, and you'll have them compiling a list, checking it twice, and selling the info of whether or not you buy cat food or dog food or baby diapers to anyone who comes around with a little jingle.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely hope and expect that my arms dealer is a tad more discreet.<BR/><BR/>So do y'all do a yearly records burning 'n pig roast or something? How would the average gun shop deal with records the tobacco ninjas no longer compel them to keep?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17215068256388364662007-05-01T17:19:00.000-04:002007-05-01T17:19:00.000-04:00Excellent and informative post, Tam. If I ever op...Excellent and informative post, Tam. If I ever open a gun store, it'll be named Billy Bob's House of Blasters (with your permission and in your honor, of course, lest you kneecap me for plagiarism).<BR/><BR/>In the Great State of Mississippi, a quicky phone call is placed to NCIC, wherein no firearm info is relayed other than "handgun" or "long gun". If you've availed yourself of the state-issued license to carry, no phone call is made at all. You signs the forms and you leaves wit yo gun.<BR/><BR/>Sifting through old paper forms in a box in storage someplace is hardly the most efficient way to relay information to the black helicopters hovering overhead, despite the worries of those who only buy "non-papered guns FTF".<BR/><BR/>Then again, I could just be some software on a computer in ATF headquarters monitoring every internet post ever submitted....Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42079305480873962192007-05-01T15:40:00.000-04:002007-05-01T15:40:00.000-04:00I think that's a good thing for people to hear. T...I think that's a good thing for people to hear. To be honest, I've never filled out the warranty cards, but it has more to do with being too lazy than being worried it's secret registration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88710951688554475272007-05-01T14:58:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:58:00.000-04:00Thanks, was just curious. I'm not worried about it...Thanks, was just curious. I'm not worried about it. It was just one of those things that make you go hmmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52741296522996697042007-05-01T11:20:00.000-04:002007-05-01T11:20:00.000-04:00Thank you.Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38359535814689613342007-05-01T09:56:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:56:00.000-04:00The Feds are not given the serial #, nor the make ...The Feds are not given the serial #, nor the make & model.<BR/><BR/>They ask "Handgun or Long Gun?" and compare it to the buyer's birth date, so as to prevent under-21s from buying handguns.<BR/><BR/>Our state doesn't run through NICS, but rather TICS. They do ask the serial #, as they check for stolen guns at time of purchase. They are, by state law, not to keep that data on record, merely to compare it to the NCIC. Beleive or not as you wish. I know only what I know.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49297708691278438242007-05-01T09:52:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:52:00.000-04:00I have often wondered why the feds need to know lo...I have often wondered why the feds need to know long gun or pistol when the background check is performed...also are they given a serial number to the firearm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60145483168423675382007-05-01T08:51:00.000-04:002007-05-01T08:51:00.000-04:00After twenty years they may be destroyed.If the co...After twenty years they may be destroyed.<BR/><BR/>If the company goes out of business, the records are maintained by the .gov for twenty years before ditto. Or so we are given to believe.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38849943803918738642007-05-01T08:47:00.000-04:002007-05-01T08:47:00.000-04:00So what happens to the retained records after twen...So what happens to the retained records <I><B>after</B></I> twenty years?<BR/><BR/>What if the seller goes out of business before twenty years?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com