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[basserdan]

Time To Say Goodbye To Florida

By Karl Denninger
December 4, 2018 09:36 AM

No, I will not be setting up operations to license out HomeDaemon-MCP on a "distributor" basis while in Florida.

I will be leaving Florida.

The recent election was too close. Worse, there are now not one but two initiatives headed for the ballot 2 years hence that will ban the 2nd Amendment in the state.

Now granted, they need a lot of signatures. But they'll get 'em, since signatures on petitions are really almost-exclusively a function of money. The actual ballot language will almost-certainly be misleading in some way, as the Grayhound one was -- that provision, which passed, omitted any mention of the fact that it was not limited to dog racing but in fact put an animal rights clause into the Constitution. That of course can be used to ban hunting and fishing -- and you can bet it will be tried.

One of these petitions would ban all semi-automatic weapons in the state. Even a lowly Ruger 10/22 would become illegal. So would any Form-4 weapons. The test is whether such a weapon can take a larger magazine than 7 rounds. This would encompass all semi-automatics, since all of them with detachable magazines can accept a larger magazine.

I'm sure there would be an immediate lawsuit should this pass, and perhaps before it is even on the ballot, but does it matter? If this sort of Marxism is what Florida has become I want no part of it, and I certainly want no part of building a business in the state and employing people which will add to the tax base and common benefit for state residents.

There has to be a price for this sort of horse****, and the best and highest peaceful price I can exact is to leave, taking not only my personal commerce and thus the taxes that generates but also the business taxes I could generate were I to stand up a retail or distribution firm in the state.

So if you want to pick up HomeDaemon-MCP and be the seller, well, as I pointed out recently now's the time since the price is lower now than it will be once I choose a new home and settle there. I will, assuming someone hasn't bought me out on this first, ]bring that business and tax revenue to said new state, but I'm going to take my time and choose carefully, since I'm not getting any younger and wherever I go this time around it will likely be where I choose to lay down roots and, ultimately in another 30 or so years, wind up as ashes.

So be it Florida.

PS: Want to buy me out on HomeDaemon and maybe include the Ticker in the deal, the latter of which does have a registered Federal trademark? Look to the right for contact info...

https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=234641