I live on a private road, and I shoot on my own property.Originally Posted by Buffco
The county, state, and federal roads I drive on, I've paid my share for. What's your point?
I live on a private road, and I shoot on my own property.
The county, state, and federal roads I drive on, I've paid my share for. What's your point?
Anarchism is the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It is a social order based on the free grouping of individuals.
You used the word "crazies", not me.
It is your "free" range, YOU get rid of the problem.
Anarchism is the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It is a social order based on the free grouping of individuals.
Ah, but I make no mistake that it's "free." And people do take steps to do alleviate the problem.
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord:
40. I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of keeping it in reserve.
I understand now. Califfl has a problem paying for something he doesn't use.
Don't we all...
I know you know where the money comes from. I assist in the funding, I want my money spent properly.
Anarchism is the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It is a social order based on the free grouping of individuals.
No, I have a problem with wasting my tax dollars. If a range is used as a dump or full of crazies, then shut it down. Why should we continue to fund such a wasteful endeavor?
Oh yeah, I know. Because YOU want access to the free range.
Anarchism is the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the coercion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. It is a social order based on the free grouping of individuals.
...what you can't seem to grasp is that "outdoorsmen" supported the PR Act & were willing to pay the premium, w/ one condition, the funds collected were used as directed by law. What the Fed is gaining by sequestering those funds is a drop in the bucket against the national debt, but a significant portion of most wildlife agencies budgets.. In perspective, most of the ranges you are whining about funding get a lot less per annum than a baby mommy w/ 3 children, as far as wasted if it weren't for PR funding there are a lot of places there would be nowhere to shoot. But again, by trying to prove your point, you're missing it. A lot of state wildlife agencies aren't going to be able to meet their commitments because the Fed is sequestering monies it is mandated to pay out under an "Executive Order" w/o Congressional approval...
...next thing, some bright little accountant w/ figger out a dodge that will allow them to withhold your income tax refund, maybe that will give you some perspective...
2 things...
1. There's really not a lot of money spent on these ranges, in my experience. So it's not a lot of money going to upkeep. Really, not a lot. A guy comes out once a week to dump trash, and maybe it gets an annual painting.
2. It's not free, we know that. However, we are paying for a service with our tax dollars, so shouldn't we expect to get what we pay for?
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord:
40. I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of keeping it in reserve.
You don't use free ranges... So how is it that you know that they are dumps?
It's certainly not the case in the two ranges I use.
The WMA range I used near Glennville GA was OK when I was working on Fort Stewart. Not state of the art, but just a place to shoot and it was free.
A few years ago the Dems stole/raided a surplus of money from the FLA State CCW fund processing and issuing department. They were backlogged big time for a while. It had a several million dollar surplus to issue/investigate CCW permits. I fergit the exact circumstances, but a piece of legislation was agreed to so another would pass in the state which gave the thieves access.
So nothing new about politicians raiding $$ set aside for something else is there? Look at Social Security, where they raided the "Lock-box" and now they say it can't pay for itself in the years to come. If they would have left it alone it could have, but they spent the money. The real reason it needs help isn't because of Baby Boomers all retiring close to the same time, that could be handled easily enough.
Politicians like to spend other peoples money and don't care of the consequences and who will pay for it in future years..us the taxpayers.
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I'd never heard of the Pittman-Robertson act until this thread. Reading up on it, I've gotta say, this is one tax I don't mind paying.
The fact that its against the law means exactly what to the dirtbags in DC?
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