Today I Learned

[slang]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

....Only CA, CT, MN, and NJ laws require gun stores to use physical security measures.

That's surprising.

Maybe gun shops in states that do not require physical security measures do have them to reduce possible break ins per insurance requirements?

Most often I see walk in safes with BIG bank style doors. These places are not in those blue states.

Must be the small shops skimp on the physical security? Or maybe Walter White types overcome the vaults.

[Clodfobble]

Or maybe the whole thing is a kickback scam so they can sell to people they know they aren't supposed to.

[Undertoad]

Anyone can register to become a FFL dealer, in ten easy steps. You don't need an actual store.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by slang

That's surprising.

Maybe gun shops in states that do not require physical security measures do have them to reduce possible break ins per insurance requirements?

Yes, the Insurance companies are putting the most pressure on them.

Big outfits don't want to take the time and trouble to lock everything up when they're closed

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Anyone can register to become a FFL dealer, in ten easy steps. You don't need an actual store.

Right, my ex-roommate sold out of his house until he got a DUI and the township yanked his licence.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Anyone can register to become a FFL dealer, in ten easy steps. You don't need an actual store.

Warning hearsay:
A little backwoods gunshop across the border had a suspicious fire. They had little security and terrible book-keeping. The book-keeping issue was previously exposed by a guy walking into the shop holding the door for a guy coming out having just bought the first guys rifle which was in for repairs...

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Griff

The book-keeping issue was previously exposed by a guy walking into the shop holding the door for a guy coming out having just bought the first guys rifle which was in for repairs...

That doesn't sound like a good business model.

I had a guy try to hire me to trim his neighbor's tree, which was clearly on the other side of the fence. The neighbor's fence, too.

I told him as long as the neighbor didn't mind, I didn't care who paid for it. Neighbor did not want the tree trimmed.

I made 300 bucks across the street, though.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

That doesn't sound like a good business model.

Why not? The thief got a fully refurbished weapon for the cost of some small repair, maybe under $100--plus the shop now only has the rightful owner's ID, not the thief's.

[Gravdigr]

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Why not? The thief got a fully refurbished weapon for the cost of some small repair, maybe under $100--plus the shop now only has the rightful owner's ID, not the thief's.

No, they should have the ID of the guy they sold it to. He wasn't picking up a repair job he was buying a used rifle... at least that's what I got from the hearsay.

[Griff]

this

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Griff

The book-keeping issue was previously exposed by a guy walking into the shop holding the door for a guy coming out having just bought the first guys rifle which was in for repairs...

But then where's the bookkeeping issue? I guess he was attempting to buy a used rifle from the store's inventory, but the salesperson got confused and accidentally sold him a rifle that was only supposed to be there for repairs?

[Griff]

It was a one man operation, bookkeeping error is me not accusing the owner of larceny. The fire makes people suspicious.

[Gravdigr]

So, I was reading about the gila monster...

Today I Learned:

The saliva of the Gila monster contains many chemicals which can be deadly. One of these has been shown to affect memory. Several companies have been researching the abilities of this chemical to help memory loss due to various diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, and ADHD. Gilatide, derived from exendin-4, has been shown to dramatically heighten memory in a study with mice. Gilatide is likely to be researched further to provide help to Alzheimer's patients.

~Wiki

[BigV]

Today I learned the words represented by the acronym YouTube channel title

AvE

Arduino versus Evil

[Gravdigr]

I've been up ten minutes, and already I've learned something. Besides that I shouldn't have gotten up to begin with. Ow.


This morning I've already learned about The Tempestry Project. Ow.

To whet the appetite, the word tempestry is a portmanteau of the words temperature and tapestry. Ow.


Below are tempestries for Deception Pass, Washington, for the years 1950 - 2017 (left to right):



Each day's high temp is represented by a different color, with January 1st at the bottom and December 31 at top.

Ow.