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In California, as I understand it: "yes". If you respond that you have firearms on your person or in your vehicle, or if a cop otherwise has probable cause to believe that you do, then the cop gets to fiddle with your guns. Specifically, P.C. 12031(e) states: (P.C. 12031 is the section...

Detritus That was a railroad worker named Phineas Gage. http://www.epub.org.br/cm/n02/historia/phineas.htm -PH

Yes! I've been a member for several years -- since I found out they existed -- and I'll remain a member for the forseeable future. They're fighting the good fight! It appears to be a lost cause, but I'll help to slow the bleeding. -PH

DMK: The factory sights seem like a poor attempt at humor. The rear sight is a non-adjustable plastic arpeture that's mounted to the plastic Picatinny rail. The front sight is a hooded plastic blade that's held in place by two wide plastic screws, one on the left, and one on the right. To...

Chiming in from California, predictably I just wanted to add: the Kel-Tec SU-16. It's light weight, .223, takes AR15 magazines, gas-operated, and it uses an AR-style bolt lockup, yet it has a long-stroke gas piston. -PH

The SU-16 is CA-legal. I've seen them for sale at a San Diego gun store, California Police Equipment Company, and that place is as straight-laced as they come. The rifle is amazingly lightweight. I've also seen one in action at a shooting range. My guess is that folks who question its...

mobo: Take it to a dealer In California, to give a rifle to your brother, you will need to pay a visit to a state and federally-licensed gun dealer to do a private-party transfer. His being your brother means nothing in the eyes of this state. There is an exception for transfers from...

MrAcheson seems to be on the money with the "techno-libertarian and techno-hippie" observation. It's heartening to see the "gun debate" flare up often on Slashdot, a tech-oriented forum where ostensibly it has no place, since folks in society at large seem content to just ignore the Second...

CA: Don't push your luck! In CA, if such an item was made wholly or in part of metal or plastic, it looks like it may run afoul of the "dangerous weapon control law". Read 'em and weep (bold emphasis mine): PC 12020(a): PC 12020(a)(1): PC 12020(c)(7): One could consider the...

As others have pointed out, it depends on what you call "rust". Aluminum does oxidize on contact with air, as iron does. The aluminum metal at the surface bonds with oxygen to form aluminum oxide. If you consider rusting to be "metal corrosion by oxidation", then yes it rusts. If you...

Problem Identified CNN has updated their coverage to include the following gem, identifying the real problem: *sigh* So it begins again. -PH

Remember, <yoda>an arrest does not a felon make</yoda>.

Handgun! According to the current CNN.com article on the subject: I don't care a whole lot about arrest records, but I do wonder what the guy's been convicted of. (Note: CNN edits their news stories "in-place", so if you go dig up the story, what I've quoted here may have changed...

Hmm, let's see. *brushes cobwebs from brain* Unless I'm mistaken, 1 M.O.A. is 1/60th of a degree. tan(1/60 deg) is ~0.0002909; that's the ratio of the deflection amount to the distance to target. So, tan(1/60 deg) * 91.4 m * 100 cm/m = ~2.6587 cm of deflection at 91.4 m, not 2.54 cm...

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25959 has a (few) more details on the second configuration you mentioned. Be careful how you phrase things, you wouldn't want anyone reasonably inferring criminal intent... -PH

Wow, by the accounts so far, the AR-180B is one heck of a rifle for one heck of a price! $570 without accessories is less than what some of the Minis retail for in my neck of the woods. Wow. *excuses himself to go to his room and cry for a while* -PH

Interesting. One interesting section is his treatment of the Total, I mean Terrorist, Information Awareness system. He contends that it really hasn't been given a fair shake, and that such a system could perhaps be kept from gravitating towards an Orwellian end by enacting technical and...

Hmm, my attachment was eaten somewhere along the way, I'll try again... -PH

Kaylee: What, like this? I think she's on to something. -PH

lexical closure: I mainly lurk here on the boards myself, unless I have something original or informative to contribute. But I had to jump out and say, 1) Nice handle! 2) Welcome to THR. ;) -PH