Over $6000 to install TTI headers on 66 Barracuda

yeh. it is. some places this is called "displaying a weapon" or even "brandishing" a weapon.

hell fer half that much i could fly down there, book a couple days in the best hotel in town, and come over an put em on for ya.

No it's not. There's no law against "display". Brandishing is using it in a threatening manner. Holding it pointed in a safe direction is neither. Let's keep this on track. If you want to argue, start another thread and I'll be glad to rack up 20 pages with you.