blackbrandt
That Darn College Student
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Will the hobby of rocketry (and the interesting browser history I create) put me on a government watch list? Just wondering.
I'd be shocked if I wasn't on some list (minor level) given all the chems I bought from fireworks companies for research motors. Add in owning several guns and ordering ammo online. Credit card statements, etc. Probably in a database somewhere. Doubt anything was actually looked at by a human.
And you're a veteran. You own firearms. You build rockets. You live in Vermont which is right next to the "Live Free Or Die" state. You own an automobile. You have a driver's license. You vote in elections. The list goes on...for all of us.That's why I'm likely on "Some List". I used to order stuff from Pyrotec.
Will the hobby of rocketry (and the interesting browser history I create) put me on a government watch list? Just wondering.
You should be more concerned about how you are constantly and relentlessly surveilled by companies who trade on your personal and confidential information than the government poking its nose into your activities. Our society is not as much at the mercy of one all-knowing Big Brother as it is plagued by countless Little Broither, prying into our lives where they have no business looking.
I received a letter from the ATF over a decade ago. I had purchased some magnesium powder for some AN composite fuel from a company called Pyrotek. They've since gone out of business. But I guess Pyrotek had gotten raided by the feds and they got information regarding Pyrotek's customers. So because I had purchased chemicals known for making 'explosives', they kindly sent me a warning. I ripped it up at the time because it made me mad, but looking back, I wish I had framed it because now it makes me laugh. I'm sure I got put on some kind of list after that!
That's the same Pyrotek I was referring to earlier. It was right after 9-11 that they turned over their Shipping Records to BATF, and shortly after that BATF added an E for Explosives. I had been using my Bosses Credit Card with his Permission at my Place of Business to order my Chemicals, so they went to visit him first, as he was a Licensed Firearms Dealer. They asked him why he needed 10lbs. of Potassium Perchlorate and he had no Idea what they were talking about. He also realized they must be there for me.
Everything was in order at my Home, so they just reminded me of the laws about what not to do, and left me alone.
The whole situation scared me pretty good, and I don't like coming under scrutiny for doing nothing wrong, so ever since then I've never ordered any Chemicals.
Only reason I had ordered 10lbs is because it was actually cheaper then ordering just a few.
Hmmmm? I'm thinking this https://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=3927 is the letter you got. I wrote my congressman about this and never received an answer. I wonder how many people received this blatant attempt at intimidation and how much it cost the taxpayers to poison the well?
Meanwhile, our borders are wide open for anything, including but not limited to Ebola attacks.
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