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"Ad Hoc Guy" wrote in
: Right before 911, I had bought a new Savage Stevens single shot .22 caliber rifle, a model designed similar to the original model of the early 1900s (late 1800s?). Anyway, the rifle had a head spacing problem, and the shells would split and powder would be ejected towards my face, and an unusually load report was hear when this happened. I contacted Savage, they said to return the rifle to them for repair, which I did. Problem is that it was sent to Canada for repair. 911 occurred, and it was the last I saw of the rifle. Savage acknowledged that heightened border security flummoxed the shipment of the rifle, I guess customs got hold of it, and Savage willingly replaced the rifle with no problems. Though I can understand that 911 was a horrible time, I always wondered how many other items disappeared in shipment during those times and continue to disappear even now. And the international situation is becoming farcical in terms of who is allowed to own what, nation to nation. Of course Canada and England permitted the ownership of unblocked scanners, and kudos for them for it. But it is my understanding that at least Canada doesn't allow digital scanners, perhaps someone on this group can set the record straight for me if they can, with the irony being that the U.S. permits it. I listen everyday to the police scanner, still largely analog in my area, and I can see that even though there are occasional problems with someone using a scanner to further illicit activity, the number of occasions when someone provides tips because they were listening to the scanner and have some insight into a particular crime or know the location of someone being chased by the police, easily offsets, I believe, the illicit use. I asked the Mayor of a borough near Pittsburgh about scanners. He was a lifetime cop in the same borough, and he felt that the contribution that law abiding citizens (listening to scanners) make to police work is very valuable. With the borders to Canada and Mexico largely unguarded, it's a farce to pretend that the U.S. is actually doing anything about so called "Homeland Security". Neurotically opening small packages (yet inspecting only 2% of the train rail car size shipping containers coming into the U.S. West Coast from China) and confiscating single shot rifles and unblocked scanners is probably not having any effect, save for the enrichment of those that invariably come into the ownership of items that they didn't pay for. Dr. Artaud Speaking of Ebay and shipping, It is terrible the number of complaints I get from customers regarding the way their shipment arrive at destination in the USA. the envelopes are opened,the boxes ripped open , the contents damaged or missing. US Customs really do a great job on even small 6 X 6 bubble shipping envelopes. They are ****ing Paranoid scumbags if you ask me. I receive shipments from the states that are literally intact yet inspected by Canada customs agents. Years ago I use to sent clothing and food items in Russia to friends we knew. Even they received those packages intact and they lived in a communist block country. So I dont think that Ebay are the only ones that think they are GOD. The lunatics at the US border have a serious ego problem also if you ask me. |
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