MPnet's Fire Support Base Vengeance: Dry Mess & Canteen

[Anthony91]

Do they overlap or are they seperate, ie there are no Sheriffs in the LAPD jurisdiction, for example?

There's the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, but the overlapping duties really depends on the county, state, or region.

[crimsontide]

You just had to bring up the headache that is the 14th Amendment? Huh? hahaha

Simple answer is no. If you're carrying, states honor most other states' CCW permits and if you're transporting personal firearms, you shouldn't be in any trouble so long as the weapon doesn't violate that states' specific laws, MA's and CA's come to mind.

actually, the interstate transport law allows you to take any legally posessed firearm through any state to include MA, NY, CA even if it is illegal there as long as it is properly secured and you do not stop except for gas/food/bathroom/etc. my roommate has to drive through mass to get to his house in connecticut all the time and almost every gun he owns is illegal in mass but that never stopped him...

[Anthony91]

Why is it ok for Black man to say "hey White boy", but when White guy say "hey Black boy" he's racist?

It just is bro, roll with it.

[nikocujo]

Aight. Thanks.

I watched this Discovery Channel Doco called "America's worst prisons" or something like that, and I was quite surprised at the number of people that are held without trial (awaiting tral) in Jails, sometimes years.

That was a rare problem years ago. Habeas Corpus ensures the right to a speedy trial. Those incidents were rare and have since been eliminated.

[lima25218]

That was a rare problem years ago. Habeas Corpus ensures the right to a speedy trial. Those incidents were rare and have since been eliminated.

What exactly, for us foreigners, is habeas corpus?

[DaveDash]

There's the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, but the overlapping duties really depends on the county, state, or region.

America is a fricken complicated place for such *'simple' people, innit?



* That is a reference to that "Americans are simple" thread.

[nikocujo]

actually, the interstate transport law allows you to take any legally posessed firearm through any state to include MA, NY, CA even if it is illegal there as long as it is properly secured and you do not stop except for gas/food/bathroom/etc. my roommate has to drive through mass to get to his house in connecticut all the time and almost every gun he owns is illegal in mass but that never stopped him...

Thanks for the correction. I figured LEOs wouldn't mind if you were going through, but Interstate Commerce is a sticky wicket for sure.

[Soldat_Américain]

What's the difference between a county sheriff department and a police department?

What's the difference between a Prison, Jail, and Penitentiary?

That's a doozy!

Jail being short term...Prison and Penitentiary in the modern sense are interchangeable.

In California cities may have their own PD, then the Sherriffs run corrections and are contracted out to municipalities that don't have their own PD. As well as having patrol stations throughout the county because that is their entire jurisdiction. Then you got CHP which pretty much patrols the highways...and then you even got a Bureau for Investigations and Intelligence.

[Navel Lint]

What's the difference between a county sheriff department and a police department?

What's the difference between a Prison, Jail, and Penitentiary?

Sheriff's Depts are have jurisdiction county wide. Primary jurisdiction is unicorporated areas(outside city limits), unless the town is too small or for whatever other reason contracts the sheriffs dept to provide LE services. They are also responsible for courts, jail, serving civil process like subpoenas, writs, evictions, etc.

Jail is pre-trial confinement and also those serving sentences less than 30 days. Prison is post trial sentences of greater length. Prisons are also used for "safekeeping", which is for inmates that are exceptionaly dangerous or in need of special confinemnt that the state can provide better than a local government.

[nikocujo]

What exactly, for us foreigners, is habeas corpus?

It's protection against unlawful detention.

[Arnie100]

About that. I've seen clips on YouTube of Americans firing full-auto machineguns, even .50 Cals

You need a license for that? Like being registered at the ATF or something?

http://www.google.com/m/url?client=m...zHNXyM81xx86qg

[wicked_hind]

How the hell did Larry The Cable Guy get his own TV show? Correction, why is he teaching history on The History Channel?

[Anthony91]

How the hell did Larry The Cable Guy get his own TV show?

His television career only came through his comedy career, which is the quick and easy way.

Comedic Restriction Laws are much looser in the south compared to the northern and western states.

[nikocujo]

How the hell did Larry The Cable Guy get his own TV show?

No excuses. Next question.

Seriously though, it surprised me to learn that "Larry the Cable Guy" is a method actor. He isn't like his Redneck Comedy brothers in the fact that he wore chinos and polos with white tennis shoes early in his career and was raised up north.

[Navel Lint]

Aight. Thanks.

I watched this Discovery Channel Doco called "America's worst prisons" or something like that, and I was quite surprised at the number of people that are held without trial (awaiting tral) in Jails, sometimes years.

Things like murder charges will cause someone to stay in jail for 2-3 years. If they are denied a bond. It takes time to gather evidence, plan of action for both the defense and prosecution, select juries, and also it is put on the court docket whenever the judge feels like calling the case.