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I wish I had seen this sooner. I just purchased the Vista Hcx from Walmart.com. I still got a decent deal though. They Have it at $236 with free shipping to the store nearest you.

I have read the whole thread Without spending hours on it, I tried to look up specific laws in my state to see if there was anything to support either of our opinions. I didn't come up with much. I did find this which said "The State of Florida, Federal laws and the Florida Lottery rules and regulations require that participants be at least eighteen (18) years old." After reading this, I came up with another illustration for my opinion. The McDonalds Monopoly game! You have to be a certain age to participate/redeem prizes. 18 most likely. But what about possession of the game pieces or the paper board they fit on? I see that there is an age limit to "participate" not to be in "possession." Ya know, I don't really expect to change your mind. I can tell it is firm in it's opinion. And again, I'm not a lawyer and not trained in law and I could very well be wrong in my own opinion. Still, if I am in the wrong, I still feel pretty safe in thinking that the police in my city have worse things to deal with than a kid with a piece of paper in his hand that he can't smoke or drink or even redeem. Now, would you also give me an opinion on the other FTF question I asked? I would love to give the GPS to a first time player with a first time find. What a way to introduce someone to the game! I just don't have faith it would go like that. Any suggestions?

I don't think it is drinking gin unless you're the one purchasing the bottle. I don't think it is smoking unless you're the one purchasing the pack of smokes. All perfectly logical. [/sarcasm] Explain it to the authorities. To me..The real difference in this argument is contained in the Law you quoted earlier. It all has to do with the word "Contraband". Not being a lawyer myself, I would interpret this word as an illegal and controlled substance.(a noun) Alcohol. Tobacco. The act of drinking ( a verb) is not illegal. A minor can posses and drink a pepsi product. In fact, the minor could own a shot glass and drink a pepsi product from it. It is the controlled substance that makes the difference. A minor can not purchase, posses or drink a controlled substance or aka the contraband. Gambling is an opposite situation. It is an action, a verb. You can gamble on anything. You can gamble with anything. It is the act itself that is in question, not the substance. The substance of a piece of paper ( the noun) is not illegal for a child to have. The act of playing the game is not illegal to do. The risk of and exchange of money is the issue. If the child can not purchase it and can not redeem it, then what is the contraband that the child is in possession of? Paper? with a game on it? You also mentioned poker chips earlier. They are made of plastic. Plastic is not a controlled substance. Like the shot glass, it may be a symbol of what you consider wrong but the fact is that it is not illegal contraband. I gamble on pool. But this is not "The Music Man" and the simple possession of a pool table nor does playing the actual game of pool constitute gambling. It is not illegal for a child to own playing cards. It is not illegal for a child to play a game of poker with the playing cards. It is not illegal for a child to go to Walmart and buy an electronic blackjack game. None of these things are considered contraband. OK, now that I got that off my chest.. to the real topic of this thread. I just purchased a new GPS and I was considering placing a Cache with my old Magellan 315 in it as a FTF. I really want someone to take a buddy and it to go to a beginner that would need it. If I specify this in the cache description.. do you all think it will wind up in the right hands or is it more likely it will wind up on Ebay? BTW, the person giving out the hand made pens as a FTF. That's really cool!

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