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September 11, 2010, 03:54 AM | #26 |
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"Do you have a green card?" Sorry man, it's a standing joke around my house. The last time my wife and I took a flight from MS to FL, I was scrutinized closely by airport security. Jo and I laugh about it to this day. Evidently, I was screened because the information I put on my passport red-flagged with the DHS. Despite my "pink" card (retired military), I still had to take my shoes off, get hustled into the security office and got shook down. The funniest question out of these guys was, "Sir, do you have a green card?" Despite my embarrassment and obvious aggravation, I replied in true Marine Corps fashion, I couldn't help myself, " No Sahib, please do not take the explosive out of my toothpaste!" Needless to say, this did NOT go over well. What could I say, I was ****** off at the time but I had to interject a certain amount of sick humor. I mean, come on guys, a six foot four inch tall American Indian? Back in the day, you'd have to stack these guys on top of each others' shoulders. It was funny as hell to me, the officers at the airport didn't see it that way, though. When I got done with what they called a butt-chewin', I got my s**t together and rejoined my already irritated wife.
"What the hell was that all about?" she demanded. "Aww Hell, no big thing," I responded, "I don't think airport security likes the color pink, we should drive next time." For the record, the green card deal was just my own thing, sorry man. Last edited by c_jackson; September 11, 2010 at 04:01 AM. |
September 11, 2010, 11:21 AM | #27 | |
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As a side note, the state could NOT use NICS for the background check anyway. NICS is for the exclusive use of FFL's when transferring a firearm.
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/nics/enroll.htm Quote:
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September 14, 2010, 07:27 PM | #28 | |
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October 14, 2010, 04:51 PM | #29 | |
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so, I had given up on this thread once it emerged - apparently, that my state does not issue to non US citizens.
Now, I am not so sure - here's why: I was reading up on the CCW laws in other states, and came across the requirement in AZ that the applicant must be either a US citizen or a resident of the state. I thought this made more sense than simply banning non-citizens altogether, which I know has been ruled unconstitutional in the past (Chan vs. Troy). Now, I happened to re-check the ND statute once again, because I wanted to see if there was specifically a provision saying no to non-citizens, or if it was just that the whole "shall issue" didn't apply to us. Here is the text: Quote:
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October 17, 2010, 06:54 AM | #30 |
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the answer seems obvious to me...
"The director of the bureau"....
I can't answer for N.D. but 6 years ago when i took my class here in S.C. one of the other folks in the class was not a citizen of the U.S. but had some kind of 'green' card. |
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