do we need more law and regulation ?

Originally Posted by olddude

those of you under 50 have absolutly no Idea what freedom was once upon a time in this country.

At a ripe old 38, I have only stories from my parents and grandparents to cherish, and aim for. They saw beyond the political indoctrination of public schools, and instilled in me the true values and meanings of personal liberty, and basic understanding of simple economics. As a result, I thank God that they gave me the tools to do the same for my own children.



Like the old addage says....when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.....same concept!
olddude..thanks for sharing.

I admire any one who wqnts to grow and be a sucess no matter what they are doing, so my hat is off to you Scrap it. I have been there done that a couple of times, but I am old and tired, and now all I want is to lead a productive life and try to enjoy my last few years.

I dont know what the answer is to stopping the thieves, Im just not sure we can, in fact Im pretty sure we cant, we can only try to slow them down, and those of us who honor this profesion tru to bring it up to be respected like any other. it is after all like any other.

I believe all we can do is be proffesional, and yes just because we have an old truck dosent mean we cant keep it looking presentable, I do think that would help the image.
it is amaising qwhat you can do with a few cans of spray paint some sand paper and cans of clear coat.

as tasteless as it is to most of us we must be the eyes and ears of enforcement. By nature we are all independent young or old cusses, so it is sometimes difficult to work together or with each other, but I believe we must. or we are destined to go the way of independent trash collectors., independent loan givers (pawn shops) and other like businesses, who have been regulated to the point you already have to be wealthy to participate. all of the above businesses were at one time just like us and had simular problems with unscrupulis people who caused them to be regulated as they are today.

I dont have the magic answeres , I wish I did. I still am in favor of a loosely knit association of independent scrappers who can work with la enforcement , city councils and state representitives. with the basic rule of honesty, and good operating practices.

once an organisation like this is established, it can and will have a voice with both the enforcement and regulating bodies. No long rules or big dues, just basicly, if you are honist your in, if your not or your a tweeker your out. if we were able to do this it would not be long untill every one knew who was in and who were the outlaws.

I agree totally olddude, all the laws and regulations are not going to stop theives, they are devious and they find ways around them. More laws and regs only hurt us. We should band togeather go to council mettings and offer to help the men in blue or the suits I just wonder if they would listen. Like others have said there are alterier motives behind the laws and regs that help big buisiness not the little guys like us.