Second ID
Jan14
As noted in a prior comment, to fill out the Brady form truthfully, Alex need only not CURRENTLY be using illegal drugs. Just an FYI, a few people emailed me or commented about it. Is she lying? You will see.
If there’s one thing I’d have changed, before I started drawing this character back during the summer, I wouldn’t have made her damn arm tattoo so intricate. It’s going to be a bitch to draw that shit over and over and over.
This blog post by a long-time reader really explained the issue that’s been grinding my teeth for the past four weeks. Hit that. He lays out the “assault weapon” horseshit as succinctly as I ever could.
Yeah, I’d hold out for the second form of ID in any case… considering the license for “Alex Boxer” is signed “Lana Sand-something.”
I was wondering abou that, maybe it’s the county registrar or something?
Or maybe I forgot to save my changes while I was working on the comic, and fucked it up. Wow. Can’t believe that slipped past me.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, cheap recovery! 🙂
Dittos on the “Currently using” thing. I know quite a few people in that crowd that don’t use drugs, and don’t use last names when they’re talking about not using drugs. If you know what I mean… Or, the T-shirt I saw once: “I’m not an alcoholic, I’m a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings.” You’ll hear someone say “I’m So-and-so, and I’m an addict.” Dude hasn’t used anything stronger than coffee and an occasional cigarette for 30+ years, but doesn’t say “WAS an addict”. As long as that chapter of your life didn’t land you any disqualifying circumstances, you’re good to go.
BTW, at some point I’m going to do an edit job on that blog entry (Yes, I’m 3fgburner. Black powder shooters are amused by my nom-de-web.) and put it up as a PDF on my website.
The form may say “currently using,” but the law doesn’t make that distinction. See the discussion at http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=337180:
‘…Another point for consideration is the “unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” language. “Unlawful user” is pretty absolutist language, it has no expiration date. It prohibits anyone who ever burned down a splif or partook in a bit of nose candy at a party. Strictly speaking, Obama broke Federal law by touching that shotgun since he’s openly admitted he used illegal drugs in the past.’
If Obama fucked up because he admits having a spliff in the past, your own host is in some seriously deep shit.
J, someone has put out a slideshow that says it much better than I did. This is EXCELLENT: http://www.assaultweapon.info/
Reposting that link all over the damn place.
Careless use of “assault rifle” and “clips” and “bullets” (when what is obviously meant is cartridges) especially bug me because I’m an engineer. Engineers are trained to be very careful about the use of terminology – at least professionally – because when we aren’t, things fall down.
right there with ya buddy.
when you are a network engineer, using the wrong definition could destroy entire networks.
I’ve known of guys that talk to women’s boobs. Is she looking down to talk to his crotch or adjusting her aim?
Gotta love how we go from sweet and enthusiastic girl on the ID to knockdown the door and kick your ass in person 😉
I thought she was studying her nails in a calculated diss.
With an attitude like that, I believe I would “lose” her guns until her attitude got much better.