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What did you gain from this, other than being a jackass? Is it really that big a deal to flash a driver's license? I have to when I buy beer. No one in that store made the policy. I wish more of us would try to paint gun owners in a good light, and not as pushy jerks.

This thread has been very bad.   Making me want an AK pistol.   Dammit.

Who has two thumbs and f'ing hates spiders?   THIS guy.

They have had the info for a long time. The reason they don't take our guns is that they can't survive it politically. They want to. They just can't. That could change pretty quickly, but for now, they just can't.

Bleach will clean that right up.

I got carded at checkout for a Birchwood Casey Perma Blue kit! I refused based on general principal and my keen sense of self-awareness that I'm an a$$hole who likes to stir up trouble. I know it's not the cashier's idea, so I asked for a manager. She goes to get somebody, no doubt rolling her eyes as she tells him, because he comes over with an apologetic sigh. I waited until he's just about to start his 'shoulder-shrug-with-palms-rotated-upward' gesture to shake my head disgustedly and say 'don't tell me it's company policy'. He does anyway, admitting he agrees it's stupid, but they have to follow the rules. I avoided asking him if he EVER drives too fast on his way to work and skipped asking if Walmart asks for his papers to buy bleach and dish soap. I just cut to the chase and asked if he wanted my money or was I going to have to go somewhere that did. I walked out with my bluing kit and my HCP and DL never left my wallet.

Self discipline.  If the people feeding the frenzy on GB and AL and similar sites by buying at ridicules prices would develop some self discipline in their lives, the resellers thriving on them and laughing their asses off would disappear and there would be no lines at Walmart or anywhere else and a whole lot more ammo on their shelves at normal prices. The buyers of jacked up priced ammo are the ones that could change things for the good of everyone.

I have thought I might receive a visit every time I order trash bags, a hack saw, some duct tape, a shovel, a tarp and a map of the nearest national forest. So far I haven't so I think we are safe.   Seriously though I guarantee there is a database somewhere that has a line by line list of what you purchase. I would be willing to bet Walmart can tell you the last time you bought hotdogs and what else was bought at the same time. Even places like PayPal keep records on what you purchase.

Why hide what's on the shipping label when people just post on public forums they received a ton of bullets? Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

It absolutely is worth the trouble. It doesn't take any more effort to spread the word of a bad business than it does a good business. Just mention it in a conversation and it will get around. I promise it will spread like wildfire. When businesses do this and people look the other way it only emboldens them and reinforces their bad behavior. They will continue to do it until someone calls them on it. Then they have a choice, change or suffer the consequences. And by consequences I mean telling every person you know of the bad business. I know I would voice my opinion if I thought I got screwed out of a quarter. I would be telling everyone I knew if this happened to me. Especially if they gave me a FU like this business owner did to his customer. The person refusing to check is one thing but to actually belittle a customer is something that is on a whole other level. He had a customer that already spent money and then the business belittles the customer when he has a problem. If you don't want to help that is fine but belittling customers means you do not deserve to take another dime from that customer.

  These rebels won't be a bunch of illiterate goat humpers either. I'm thinking a lot will have US military training.

I'm pretty sure if my wife ever found a black widow in the home she'd burn the whole place down for good measure.

educate us, please, on the benefits of proliferating black widows and brown recluses.   Wolf spiders, I may understand, but after seeing a few legs & fingers nearly rot off........

There were also several Afghan SOF and at least one Afghan interpreter killed in the crash. The ceremony was a joint ceremony which included our Afghan partners. There is a picture of an Afghan LTC speaking at the ceremony. The fact that there was an Imam there should be expected, just as we had Chaplains from our service there. If the Imam had said anything intentionally disgraceful it would have been noticed by one of the many Afghans in attendance. The only thing I hear is Quranic verse being sung, which is in Arabic, so perhaps no one there would understand it because they speak either Dari or Pashtu, but they would still likely know the intent of the verse and would have nipped that in the bud. One or more of the Afghan SOF guys would have kicked his ass. I don't think there is a story here, I think it is people getting worked up over nothing based on misleading and unreliable information.

While I feel for the families of the fallen, the stuff in there about the airframe used being gross negligence is absolutely absurd. Everyone uses CH47s, even super cool tier one units. They fit a whole lotta people and it is easier to take a couple of Chinooks than half a dozen Blackhawks. They act like they were sent into combat in a clunking paper weight. This makes them lose all credibility with me. You go to war with what you got. If we sat here and analyzed every mission ever where a Servicemember was killed and blamed it on not using the absolute best equipment out there we would be here for years. These families need to STFU regarding that. As for the Imam, I want a recording or transcripts to verify. I'm not getting spun up about something from an unreliable source. These families are an unreliable source based on their overreaction to the mission conducted and the tools used to conduct it.

If you're the kind of person who likes attention, good or bad, then open carry.  If you're the kind of person who prefers that people leave you the hell alone, conceal.

When he was attaching the cord to the desk, I had visions of Wiley Coyote and the desk following him out the window...

I predict everyone who participates will have their firearm confiscated. And there will be at least one negligent discharge most likely from someone sent there by CNN to hold a racist sign or do something that they can focus on besides the second amendment.

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Actually for beer and cigs, its state law to be carded. If they don't card you and the "customer" behind you is a state beer board inspector or some crap then they get a big fine. Now for the blue stuff, I'd have to agree, I see no reason to show my ID, also if they ask for zip code I always give 37371. Let them figure out how I live at the post office. :D

My opinion on this? It is not required by law. I will not show it just to satisfy someones needs. They need not ask for my phone number either. Just like the little country store up the road. Brenda is the manager and has known me at that store for the last 15 years. Everytime I walk in there for a beer or a pack of smokes for the old lady, I get carded. She says it's the law. Well guess what? Card me one more time, and my business goes to the BP where they don't card me because I'm a customer. Now who wins or loses? Just like Academy, you play you pay!   Dave S

I still use the old school bicycle innertube trick on my Glocks, regardless of Gen, just makes gripping them a hundred times better IHO.

I have a Gen 4 - 34 and I like it.

And the same people who are against the death penalty for the most vile criminals on the planet campaign to kill the most innocent form of life on the planet. Just seems like a real twisted moral compass.

I own an adult corn snake as a pet but don't like spiders. I used to kill rattlesnakes until I became a snake owner.

I have heard this rumor a lot, however as I mentioned earlier none of the rumors I have heard about AR SBR's/pistols were true. The velocities of a 55 grain bullet in a 7.5" barrel is about 2,200-2,500fps depending on the load & the.22WRM pushes a 50 grain bullet at 1,652fps out of a 16" barrel. ... the two are not even close. The MP7 uses the 4.6x30mm cartridge. It pushes a 31gr bullet at 2,250fps. The P90 uses the 5.7x28mm cartridge. It pushes a 31gr bullet 2,350fps. So an AR w/a 7.5" barrel, pushing a 55 grain bullet at 2,350fps is still quite potent.

If you're a liberal extremist, all you need is your EBT card....

Jimminy Christmas! The government, not the UPS guy gives a flying hoot what you are doing, as long as you aren't hurting anyone, breaking the law, or not paying enough taxes.   If you want to consider tin foil hat stuff, look at Google. Do you think it is a coincidence that random ads pop up that feature recent things you've searched? There's the folks who have the goods on you.

Because it has something to do with those evil black guns! Maybe for the shoulder things that go up? But really, that's insane

I have one of each , a hoot to shoot. Effective , who cares ? I like them because just like BRC's exposed gas tube , they are intimidating.  :rofl:

I "shot" one with a 12 GA. Hunting, walking in the woods, turned and was face to face with what looked like a GIANT. Reaction, raise barrel and pull trigger. I dont like them at ALL.

We are all on a list somewhere, if you think you are safe, you are on that list as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PKffm2uI4dk

Bad Lip Reading did some great ones during the Presidential campaign, but I think this is my new favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR4lLJu_-wE&feature=player_embedded  

  My favorite was when Letereat called everybody a homo. Award winning :)

  Fine with me, but I lean more toward the fact that the employee's vehicle is personal property, and the fact that the employer allows it onto his lot does not give the employer any more say as to what is legally contained in it than an employee has a say in what is legally contained in a company owned vehicle.   If the employer does not want to offer parking for his employees' private vehicles, fine. Let him compete in the workforce only for workers who are willing to arrive by other means.   - OS

I'm still curious how they are claiming this isn't politically motivated if they are admitting that these organizations were specifically targeted. What a crock.

How I react to Black Widows

I guess you can put me in the category of weird people who find spiders absolutely fascinating. I advocate "catch & release" for all species except Brown Recluse. I put recluse spiders in the same category as cockroaches. I don't have a problem with Widows though. However, my favorites are the big, highly beneficial black/yellow garden spiders-- some of the most amazing structural engineers in nature's realm.

Couple things... the only good Black Widow is a dead Black Widow. They have ruined a few peoples' lives. Second, (going into OhShoot mode for a second), they're not insects. :)

Concealed is smart. But open carry makes the women want you.

I'm just saying it's happened numerous times in the past and I dread it every time it does.  I think that customers should be savvy and know when a business provides less than acceptable customer service, so don't get me wrong here.  I'm just saying these threads almost always result in some junior lawyer wannabe sending me an email telling me they're going to sue me or TGO because of what someone else posted on this site about their business.  Libel, slander, etc.   None of which is even remotely applicable because people are allowed to have opinions and are allowed to share them like this, but it never stops the guy who thinks his childhood spent watching The People's Court from thinking that makes him a lawyer and sending stupid emails.   Sorry to vent.  Just a glimpse inside my world I suppose.   :)

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Its because the action involved in an air-rifle firing is in slow-motion so to speak when compared to firearms in general & because of their delayed expulsion of the projectile they are much more sensitive to disruption in accuracy by improper shooting technique. When the air-rifle technique is applied when shooting actual firearms, it has a positive net effect on accuracy because it reinforces the basic shooting fundementals & slows the shooters movements, most importantly the amount time of hold over on the target after the trigger is squeezed. It is hard to explain but it really does improve your accuracy over-all, even when shooting firearms that are not as "sensitive" as air-rifles. Maybe someone else can explain it better than I can ...

:stunned: Is it jst me...or do the current crop of pistols, especially the small calibers, seem to be getting uglier and uglier.

  I thought so too - but my wife reminded me that I'll probably "lose" about 20lbs in fecal buildup the moment I realized I had to jump out of a 120 story window.  Just keep a change of pants and some baby wipes right next to the backpack for emergency situations.

I couldn't help but laugh at the way the guy in the 'training video' just stopped what he was doing and more or less jumped out the window, trusting a likely untested piece of equipment to keep him from a long fall with a sudden stop without even finding out what was going on, first.   Man, he is going to be seriously embarrassed when he finds out that someone's kid was visiting his mom's office and tripped the fire alarm without knowing what it was.  It will be a while before he lives that down around the water cooler.   "Hey, Ron, somebody left a bag of popcorn in the microwave too long and it scorched.  Better grab your backpack and be ready to hit that window!"   or, maybe,   "Yo, Jack, we just had a light bulb to blow out in the conference room.  It could be a fire hazard - better get your backpack!"   I'm not saying that something like this might not be a good thing to keep on hand, just in case, for someone who works in a high-rise (which, thankfully, I don't.)  I'm just saying that their demonstration video was so cheesy as to make it difficult to even take their product seriously.

Gen 4 problems have long since been resolved. My model 19 and 21 have been flawless for thousands of rounds. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2

Home Depot and Lowes less them. They use them for their nail guns. I have literally shot hundreds of them without issue. Something like $4/100