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by Bkeepr
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

I "know a guy"...My guess is that he sells 3-400 guns a year. He only buys off the record, cash only... I think your friend is exactly the kind of guy the Feds are hoping to get. I don't imagine they'll be actively looking for such sellers, but I do imagine that if any folks like that com...
by Bkeepr
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:35 pm
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

..."Honest and not self serving" is NOT a description anyone I know that has experience with government alphabet agencies would use. I have policy-making experience at the Assistant Secretary level and below. Most of the folks that I worked with fit my description to a tee. Most of the ex...
by Bkeepr
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

By the way, Paul: thanks for letting this "apolitical" thread go awhile.

If it does happen to go South, I honestly appreciate the attempt! :lol:
by Bkeepr
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

I am very familiar with government rules and the rule making process....But that, dysfunctional as it may be, is how we are governed. God help us. Dave, I too have participated in the rule-making process, and agree with your description. But one important thing I think you've left out is the govern...
by Bkeepr
Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

...The "brilliant construction of our government by the founders" has not kept them in check,nor will it keep them in check until the dimwitted wake up... I can agree with this statement, but only when I look at the short term. Over the longer term, meaning several decades to centuries, &...
by Bkeepr
Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:41 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

Re: New ATF rule comment period is ending

The older I get, the more I understand what Churchill meant when he said: “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.” In our case, I don’t think our government is bad, what we are seeing is the result of the fact that many of the people who run for o...
by Bkeepr
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: New ATF rule comment period is ending
Replies: 18
Views: 7298

New ATF rule comment period is ending

Not sure if this is considered political but I guess I'll find out. :lol: The Bureau of ATF has a proposed Federal Rule pending that changes the definition of what a gun dealer is. Under the proposed rule, selling even a single gun online or at a gun show triggers the "presumption" that th...
by Bkeepr
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:34 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: NAVY Federal Credit Union
Replies: 6
Views: 4674

Re: NAVY Federal Credit Union

Just found this 5 year old thread that seems to say PENFED and Navy Fed are about equally good, depends on which one you started with first as to which you like a little better…nobody dislikes either one.

https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=253592
by Bkeepr
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:23 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: NAVY Federal Credit Union
Replies: 6
Views: 4674

Re: NAVY Federal Credit Union

Funny coincidence, we were just talking yesterday about maybe moving our account from Pentagon Federal to Navy Federal. So while we don’t have any personal experience yet with Navy, it has a good reputation here, and (for us) the advantage of a nearby office. We have been very happy with Pentagon Fe...
by Bkeepr
Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Visits
Topic: Veterans Administration Clinic
Replies: 1
Views: 2394

Veterans Administration Clinic

I’m sitting in the waiting room of the Ft Detrick VA clinic, waiting for an appointment. I have to say how impressed I am with the clinic, staff, and the vets who are here. The clinic is clean and efficient, the staff is polite, professional, and friendly in an un-faked sort of way. The vets are ver...