Massive Weapons Cache Found in SoCal Home

engage in the business of dealing in firearms".
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I may be wrong here, but in Calif. don't you now need to go thru a FFL to buy or sell a firearm?

Between private parties it was legal when I lived there but times do change. If he has bought or sold without a FFL since the newer laws, it may in fact be called dealing without a license.
 
I may be wrong here, but in Calif. don't you now need to go thru a FFL to buy or sell a firearm?
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Yes, all firearms transactions are supposed to go through an FFL and then you have to wait ten days to pick your firearm up, even though it was a "private sale." I buy my powder from stores that sell guns so they'll have an FFL. I have never been told I had to purchase powder from an FFL holder and I know people who have made private party purchases of powder. (How's that for some alliteration?) :D
 
BTW, M14fan, are you camping out in front of the theater to be first in line to see "300" on Thursday night? ;)
 
To Double J: Federal law allows possession of up to 50 lbs. of black powder meant for personal use in firearms designed for black powder.
 
Big Don

You better believe it!!:D

I have been doing a bit of reading up on the history of the actual event as well. Though the actual numbers involved vary, the end result is that the odds were STAGGERING and that the Spartans fought to the last man. Should be an excellent film.:D :D
 
I think if I had 75 lbs of black powder and other stuff in the house and it was on fire - I would leave.

Might that suggest the fellow was misguided in some of his behaviors?
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Or that he may have been trying to get to the gunpowder to remove it from the fire because he feared for the safety of his neighbors? Some might view that as insanity -- especially those who would like to seize some very nice firearms still in their boxes. Others, of course, might find those same actions heroic.

I love that reporter who was running into the street to stop cars so he could repeat over and over the phrases "machine gun" and "one million rounds of ammunition". Too bad I wasn't there because I would have told him that it really was entirely none of his business pursuant to his comment about "You never know what you neighbor is doing inside his garage."

I wonder if they found any Jews hiding in his attic.
 
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I have been doing a bit of reading up on the history of the actual event as well
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Me too, what great a piece of history and battle. Interesting that that battle allowed the Greeks to regroup and stopping the Persians who never got farther into Europe. History might well be completely different if not for that 3 day fight.

We plan on making the drive to Boise to see it in IMAX. Interesting 1/2 hour show on the history channel last night about the making of the film. Just made ya wanna see it all the more.
 
I think this battle is best described in Hereodots (sp?) Histories. For a long time historians thought this ancient author just made stuff up, as they didn't think he really would have traveled as much as he claimed. Modern archeology has born out his accounts time after time with hard evidence. Many now believe that he was indeed a careful historian, citing things he saw as opposed to things he just heard about, and giving his formidable opinion on the value of the teller. A must read, along with Plutarch's Lives of Greeks and Romans, IMO.

uh, not sure how this relates to the thread, but i want to see the movie too.
 
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