Af 24 2010-2026

It has probably been explained in several different ways here, but having had an FFL for over 15 years, then giving it up because I no longer wanted, or needed the FFL any more, I have been involved, have orginized and run gun shows and been a seller at more gun shows then I can recall.Here is where the anti-gun folks get their ammo, say I was a gun dealer, and when I went out of business, I simply wrote all the guns in stock as sold to myself, which a dealer can, or could back when I was a dealer do.So here I am with say 25 rifles, and 15 hand guns, ten thousand rounds of ammo and perhaps 100 knives of different types and sizes, additionally I may well have a couple dozen slings, some but plates for rifles, and maybe some custom grips for .45’s and the like. Now there is no way I want to hold on to all these guns and such, so I begin showing them as a collector (unlicensed dealer sort of) at gun shows. Since I no longer hold an FFL, I no longer need to do the paperwork. You come to my table, and want to buy that new pistol laying on my table, you peal off six 100 dollar bills and a 50 to boot, and I give you the gun, no background check, no paperwork, and that, my friend, is that gunshow loophole that the liberals and MSNBC have been screaming about!As far as I know, now this has been stopped by most gun show hosts, who require that collectors must have the people purchasing cleared by a licensed dealer before a deal can be completed, however I am not sure about that last, just something I heard at coffee the other day from a friend.There is nothing, so far as I know, in the Federal Law books that requires me, as a gun collector, though from advertising in the paper that I have a pistol for sale, and selling it to someone who answers my add, and comes to my door with cash in hand. This would be the same as if I were selling him a laptop computer, or a pocket knife, or even a loaf of home baked bread for that matter. After all a firearm is just property, and property can be sold, bartered, or traded for other goods or cash unless you are a licensed firearms dealer.The last 2 gun shows I hosted many of my fellow dealers had given up their FFL’s and sent their books and papers to the Fed, then continued as collectors selling and buying guns at gun shows just like before but without all the paperwork hassles and most loved it.As far as ordering guns online, sure you can buy them a gunbroker.com, or one of the auction houses but they must be sent to a FFL dealer and registered through his books, with the background check and all. The days of mail order guns went with the Kennedy assignation backlash. Oh for the good old days when you could buy a German Mauser for $19.99 from the pages of Saga magazine. Oh I see he US is going to release a bunch of old M1911A1’s through the civilian marksmanship program, wonder how much for those old warhorses?

Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook. We all have grown up using these companies’ products/services. Obviously everyone’s interested in stock market would like to invest there too.But wait, since they won’t be listed on Indian stock exchange, how to do it?There are basically 3 ways you can invest in Tesla,Open an account with Indian Brokerage firm who has a tie-up with foreign broker. Like ICICIdirect, HDFC sec, Reliance Money etc.. They provides the service where you can open your overseas trading account with their foreign brokerage partner.Open account with foreign brokers. Some international brokers are out there who permits Indian citizen to open account and trade in US market like Interactive Brokers, TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab International Account.Buy Indian MF(Mutual Fund)/ETF(Exchange Traded fund) with global equities. Mutual Fund basically invests in stock market, Government bonds and other securities. There are few firms which invest in international market. You can invest indirectly there but you will never know if your money went in Tesla or not. But this is probably safest option I know because you will not have to open Overseas trading account plus you will save the minimum deposit roughly $10,000. Here are few popular mutual funds who trade in global market, ICICI Pru US Bluechip Equity – D (G), Motilal MOSt Oswal NASDAQ 100 ETF, Reliance US Equity Opp. Fund DP (G), Edelweiss Greater China Eqty-Direct andKotak US Equity Fund – Direct (G).Now that you know the ways to invest, here are some food for thoughts.The reason why people invest in foreign stock exchanges.People want to invest in their favorite companies, of course Elon Musk/Steve Job are everyone’s idol. We all believe in them, their vision. Also Google, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook are darlings of this generation.Diversification - Investing in foreign companies helps in diversification. Investing in foreign companies mitigate the risk when Indian market gets crash.Bigger Opportunities - The point is there are thousands of better companies out there. There is no boundary anymore.Investors believe that foreign companies have better resources, facility, government cooperation. That makes them high rated.Some Critical Points to know before you invest in TeslaUp to $2,50,000 can be invested overseas by Indian resident as per RBI. That is roughly 1.7 crores. That’s enough, right?High Charges - Here you will be transecting in foreign money. You will be paying brokerage charges in their currency that is USD (1 USD~68.5 INR). So, will the AMC(annual Maintenance charges).Profit are subjected to currency exchange rate - Price of INR against USD will constantly change, so suppose you invested when it was 1$=₹68 , so when you sell the stock maybe the price changes to 1$=₹60. In such case you already lost 11.7%. That’s why when you invest in foreign stocks, profits are always subjected to the currency exchange rate.To know more about such topics please visit, Blog - Trade Brainsor Join Pundits of Stock market at Indian Stock Market Tribe- TRADE BRAINS.

Simple answer is:  Don't break any applicable laws while doing it and you'll be good to go!Federal law requires that you be at least 21 years of age to purchase a handgun from an Federal Firearms License holding dealer, but in most states you will need to be 21 or older to legally possess a handgun no matter where you buy it. So, figure age 21 or older, and you'll be safe. Federal law prohibits certain people from possessing firearms or ammunition. The main one is convicted felons, but there are several other similar classes of people, the least of which is anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic assault or abuse. Most state laws follow federal law in this regard. In some states, you must have a permit to acquire a handgun. Get it. It's no big deal. It's not a permit to carry, just to acquire. You must have it if you buy a handgun from an individual or even if you accept it as a gift if its from anyone other than immediate family members, such as your parents.After that, buy your Glock. Buying through an FFL dealer is your best bet, but there is generally nothing wrong from buying from an individual if you do it right. Preferably it's someone you already know at least some and have no reason to believe is selling it in bad faith. In other words, your best judgement indicates that it's probably not stolen or has been used to commit a crime with. If you're getting it in the case with accessories at roughly market price and the individual doesn't seem to be in an especially big hurry to sell it, you're probably all right. If he's selling it very cheaply and acts like he wanted it gone yesterday, that's not a good sign and buying from him once you've observed that could potentially expose you to culpability for purchasing a stolen pistol if the authorities come to believe that you should have known the deal wasn't legitimate.Once you purchase it, to be fully legal, I'd recommend lawfully taking it home with you. A locking tool box or a small suitcase, even a cardboard box well secured with tape should be all right. The key is that it's not readily accessible and too large to conceal on your person. Put it in the trunk or somewhere where you can't signNow it while driving. Once you're on your own property, you can typically carry or conceal it any way you want with no problem.

I served on the jury for a criminal trial. At the time I was called to serve, I happened to be very unhappy at the job I had been working and was actually relieved to have a legitimate reason to spend two days out of the office. The truth is, it’s actually pretty easy to get out of jury duty once you know what kind of case is in the docket you are being considered for. All you have to do is declare that you have a bias that impairs you from being impartial toward one particular side or another.When my jury pool was up for selection, people said all kinds of weird things to get disqualified - I have ADD. I would be under extreme financial duress if I am not able to go to my job. I’m racist against the defendant. I am the same race as the person on trial so I don’t want to convict him. I use illegal drugs so I don’t want to sit on a trial for criminal drug possession. I’m an anarchist. I think all people with tattoos are guilty. I refuse to convict anyone because I was once in jail for something I didn’t do and it ruined my life. I am prone to having seizures and don’t want to be disruptive to the proceedings. I don’t trust police officers. My brother had a terrible addiction and it has scarred me dealing with it. There were just so many creative and sad excuses people made.The truth is, if you show up for your initial jury summons, the odds are actually pretty low that you will get assigned to a case, and even if you are selected for a jury, a large number of cases end up getting cancelled because the lawyers enter a plea agreement.So, if it’s important to you to get out of jury duty, you probably can. But we also need to remember, that getting a fair trial is one of the things that enables us to be free and if you are ever put on trial for something, then you are relying on people being there to serve on the jury for you. If nobody steps up to the responsibility, the system breaks down.That said, being on a jury certainly isn’t easy. I can tell you that none of us that serve truly wants to be there, and emotionally, you know that you have to live with the consequences of whatever decision you pass down. I didn’t realize that when I was selected, and when no one wanted to be foreperson of our jury, I volunteered because I think we could have easily wasted hours just on deciding that.The case was for a 22 year old legal immigrant from Mexico who had been found asleep in the backseat of a car outside a bar with less than 1 gram of cocaine in his pocket. Texas is very tough on drug related offenses and we were told that, if convicted, the defendant would automatically be sentenced to 2–1/2 years in prison. The young man did not speak English and he was working as part of a construction crew that was only in town for 1 job. The defense claimed that his coworkers had convinced him to go to a bar and loaned him the pair of jeans he was wearing and that he was not aware of the cocaine in the pocket.We heard testimony from the arresting officer, the lab analyst that measured and confirmed the presence and amount of cocaine. It took about 6 hours for the prosecution and defense to finish presenting their witnesses and cross examining. We weren’t sequestered so we were given an hour to leave the courthouse to go get lunch and come back to hear closing arguments. After closing arguments we were given the evidence to look at.The case was really pretty open-shut in terms of the facts presented, but we deliberated for two hours because we felt the gravity of what 2–1/2 years in prison would mean for the young man. Because he had been somewhat responsible by not driving off under the influence and wasn’t hurting anyone we considered whether or not the punishment was fair and how much doubt was considered reasonable. Assuming that he really had borrowed the jeans from his coworker, could he have not known the cocaine was in his pocket? We even looked at our own pockets to consider that.In the end, we found the defendant guilty because we thought from touching the tiny bag, he would have felt the tiny ziplock closure creating i little stiff spot. This man’s fate rested on a tiny interlocking strip of plastic that was less than an inch long and a few millimeters wide. As the foreperson, it was my job to announce the decision and sign the court document affirming that the court accepted the decision and ordered his sentence. Two and a half years of someone else’s life. Even knowing that I believed he was guilty, the pen felt heavy.I don’t think that I am likely to commit a crime or wind up on trial, but if somehow I do, I certainly hope that I get the kind of consideration that we gave this man that day. For that to happen, there have to be at least 12 people who answer the call. Maybe you should just do it.

The college adjudicates the financial determination for the college’s money and acts as an agent for the Federal money.Every US citizen, permanent resident and legal refugee will fill out the FAFSA forms (FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid) in order to qualify for any Federal aid, and any US college that awards aid wants to take advantage of the Federal aid first.Many of the private colleges will ask the applicant to fill out the PROFILE (Apply for College Financial Aid) forms (that cost money to fill out) and use the extra information that is gathered to determine the college’s expectation of the Expected Family Contribution (EFC). Those forms require the student to fill out some of the information and All of the parents to fill our information. Without complete forms, there is No financial aid…. None …. Zero…. no matter how poor you are. Therefore, it is Essential that your parents fill out those forms. You MUST have your parents fill out the forms, unless you are 24 years old or older, a member of the US military or honorably discharged, or legally married. However, if you are married, then your spouse must fill out the forms with you.The total cost (TC) of the college is the tuition, mandatory fees, room, board, books and supplies and some miscellaneous expenses.Your need for financial aid is TC - EFC. You can Not negotiate on the EFC. It is what the college perceives it to be. Therefore, be very careful and honest in filling out the FAFSA and PROFILE forms. If you are considered an US applicant then you must (generally) submit your latest Federal Tax forms (for your parents and for you) to the college. If you or your parents own a “small business”, be prepared to be GRILLED for extra information as almost every college believes families Hide money in a small business. I have known families that had to produce evidence that the family was not Hiding money in younger siblings bank accounts or investment accounts. Be prepared for a Lot of forms.If you are an international applicant, then you may Not fill out the FAFSA forms. And the PROFILE or other forms that you and all your parents fill-out must be verified by an independent agency in your country that is trusted by the college. Small business owners could be haunted even more if international.Once the level of financial aid is determined, the US applicants are Expected to take a Federal Pell Grant. And even if the college says otherwise, they will structure your “aid” to almost force an US applicant to take a Federal Direct Loan (they have their ways….)All colleges expect the student to Earn money each Summer (including the Summer before you start college). Period. Many colleges also expect the student to earn some money during the academic year (one way to “force the US student” to take a Federal Direct loan).If you get financial aid from a college, then Expect to graduate with some amount of student loans. That is because you must apply for financial aid Each year, and “surprise, surprise”, I have seen Increase the EFC for rising juniors and seniors…….. (therefore reducing the amount of college money provided to you as a grant).Given that a Private US college can cost as much as $300,000 for four years, most students need to apply for financial aid.Some colleges will award some Merit Scholarship money to excellent students, however the elite Private US colleges (for the most part) do Not award any merit scholarships.Athletic scholarships are a whole different story.Enjoy the process.All the best.

There are only four ways to fill out the FAFSA forms (US) and/or apply for US college financial aid as an independent person (without requiring input from your parents):Be 24 years old or olderHave an honorable discharge from the US militaryBe legally marriedSome how get emancipated from your parents.Otherwise you Have to have them fill out their portion of the FAFSA and CSS Profile forms.All the best.

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