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dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Don’t tempt them. New York cops will already pull over cars crossing the bridges and have been known to fine and/or arrest people for bringing in cigarettes bought out of state.

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seathru@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Or buying/building a milling machine. Or a lathe. Or a drill, a hacksaw, and some files.

15 day waiting periods for Home Depot trips. You better plan those plumbing projects in advance.

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- captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Didn’t a guy build an AK-47 from a shovel with basic hand tools?
  
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  - seathru@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    He built most of an AK receiver out of a shovel but probably 90% of the gun (by mass) was off the shelf AK parts. And he has decent tools. But it’s still pretty impressive.
    
    Here’s one of the original threads.. It has cats!
    
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bamboo@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Wait it is illegal to bring cigarettes across state lines? Is that not a commerce clause issue?

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- dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Tobacco is taxed at the state level. NY©’s tax is very high. Neighboring states’ taxes are lower. Or have been, historically. Thus NY gets unreasonably angry about this if you pay the cig tax to a different state.
  
  Mostly it’s just a pretense to pull people over and harass them over nothing. But if they can’t get you for anything else they’ve been documented to book individuals for possessing packs of smokes with the wrong tax stamp on them. Got two packs on you? Well, obviously that’s “intent to resell!” Book 'em, boys.
  
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- phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It is if you’re going to resell them. If they’re for you whatever.
  
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