Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Holy cow - NYS about to pass it's SAFE Act. [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...governments not thinking through what they are doing. Back in '86 I was working for a DoD contractor. One of the milestone events in the engineering tasks for the verification activities was the DCAS witnessed first article acceptance inspection. One morning my boss and I are setting up about 3 fixtures for this activity planned for late morning on three assemblies. We finish and go for coffee expecting DCAS to be there when we get back. On returning with coffee we find no DCAS personnel. I go to see if somehow they're getting coffee and we missed them. No luck. After waiting 30 minutes my boss sends me back to my desk on other work and says he'll call.
About an hour later he stops by my desk and says first articles are postponed indefinitely. Congress seems to have mandated a reduction in active clearances. The folks at the Pentagon dropped the our DCAS guys from Secret to Confidential and sent a memo to company security. DCAS said they have the time but aren't allowed to look at anything until some higher-ups can upgrade their clearances again.
Your tax dollars at work.