October 6, 2015 evening

Good evening. A pleasant evening, around 53 and varying amounts of clouds shrouding out the stars. You could see the stars for a while but now they are invisible. A bit of a breeze at times this evening which is making it a feeling a bit cooler than the mercury would suggest.

I’m off to bed soon as I have to get up around 5:45 AM or 6, so I can get my tires rotated on the truck and inspected. Then that’s one more thing to check off my list before heading to West Virginia this weekend.

Good night. Sleep well.

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Guns are pretty much regulated like cars today.

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Cars —

1) You don’t have get a government issued title to buy a car — except when buying from a dealer. You simply sign the back of a car title to change ownership and hand the title to the new owner. You only have to register the car if you want to operate it on public roads. There is no requirement to have a driver’s license to buy a car, even from a dealer.

2) You don’t need a driver’s license to buy a car. You only need a driver’s license to use it on public roads.

3) There are only health requirements for a car, if you get a license to operate it on public roads. If your driving it on your farm or land, there is no license required.

4) You only need liability insurance on an automobile if you have plates and intend to drive it on a public road. Liability insurance DOES NOT COVER criminal acts in most states. For example, if the police find you intentionally drove your car into a tree, the insurance won’t pay. Nor will insurance pay if you intentionally smashed your car into another car.

Guns —

1) You only have to get a background check in most states if your buying from a dealer, and not from a private individual who only occasionally sells firearms.

2) You don’t need a license to buy a firearm in most states. However, in all states you do need a hunting license to go hunting. Hunting licenses require you attend 10 hours of instruction on firearm safety, including a written and practical test.

3) Existing health insurance and homeowner’s policies currently cover liability for accidents with firearms. It’s not possible to insure against an individual’s criminal acts — that’s actually state and federal law. Insuring against crime, would encourage crime.

It's turns out the guns are pretty much regulated as cars. You don't need a license or even government papers to buy a use a car. Training however is required to get a get a hunting license.

October 6, 2015 afternoon

Good afternoon. Scattered clouds and 71 this afternoon. Not bad for the first week of October. Sunset around 6:28 PM with darkness at 6:56. Tonight around 9 PM it will be around 57 degrees under starry skies. 48 degrees by daybreak. If you get up early, check out Venus in the western skies.

Traffic is backed up getting on 787 heading south of the city. Hardly news though. I will be home eventually though. It’s rush hour traffic in construction.

Finished researching my list of campsites for the trip and created a KML so I can use my phone to navigate to campsites when I have service. I need to mark paper maps where the campgrounds aren’t shown. I’m sure I’ll discover other campsites when I’m down there. My data sources were freecampsites.net along with the Forest Service’s website. Still need to think about a few more places to visit in the daytime though.