---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:21:17 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rocketry - Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rocketry - North Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rocketry - Waco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rocketry-Texas-Hpr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, TRA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [texas-hpr] My first run-in with the Safe Explosives Act
I went to the local gun store today to get a can of 4F. I thought I would pass along the experience. The person that waited on me happened to be one of the owners. She asked me what I was going to use it for. I told her model rocket ejection charges, and I asked her why she wanted to know. She said that they had been advised to ask, but I gave an acceptable answer, so I could buy. I told her that the model rocket community was under the impression that the law was not going into effect until March, but that some paperwork changes were happening in January. She said they had been advised that all changes were effective immediately. I then told her that I thought gunpowder was what was getting regulated more, not black powder. Another salesman came up and told me that it was actually the opposite. They could leave gunpowder out on the shelf, but black powder had to be stored in a magazine. I asked the owner where they got their magazine. She said she had no idea where they got it because they had had it for so long. The salesman said it was just a big welded steel box with locks on it. She said (with much irony) that I looked dangerous. I told her (also with much irony) that everyone knew Osama was hiding out in a model rocket club somewhere. This exchanged brought another unhappy thought to mind. Even if we win the lawsuit over APCP, the BATF will still happily jump on us for igniters and ejection charges. A different solution will have to be found for those. They are so much smaller in volume that maybe someone in each club can have a LEUP and keep a magazine just for everyone's igniters and ejection charges. Jim Parker Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/