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I carry extra weight around because I love biscuits!

After nearly 5 years of my wife being our main support while I took care of my parents I am finally going back to work full time and gonna let her retire at 56! Her boss has nearly pushed her over the edge and after many trips to the ER for anxiety issues I knew that it was only a matter of time before she completely snapped. The problem was that she doesn't drive and I couldn't find anything that I could make enough money at to let her quit since I was having to find something around getting her to and from her job. That's a tough one. I have been praying that something good would happen very soon and it did. A girl at church sent me a message on Facebook and said that I should check out her company. She had been there for 12 years and is now a regional manager for 5-6 states out west but still lives here in middle Tennessee. As of 2 hours ago, I have a start date of July 8th!!! One of the benefits is that healthcare will begin after only 30 days and with all of my wife's issues, that is huge. The really good thing is that at age 56 (next month) and no degree I now have a job with a very real chance at earning a 6 figure income!!! All that I can say is "GOD IS GOOD!!!"

I called the NRA to change my address, and while I was on the phone I, being a life member, was offered an Endowment membership for $250.  I don't really know what that means, but I accepted it.  I don't use any NRA services, but I think they did a good job during the gun control push, so I might as well give them a contribution as my thanks.

I carry bicycle playing cards in my bag because if I get lost I can start playing solitaire.  Then someone will start playing over my shoulder and maybe I can ask that person for directions.

Do not touch the radio!   If you fart, regardless of the weather, all 4 door windows, the rear window and sunroof are going open.  If I fart, the reverse.  :D

Every time I see you in the van..I am so compelled to spray paint "Free Candy " on the side..lol

I only allow young, beautiful women in my vehicles.   I rarely have young, beautiful women in my life.   So I wind up with very few passengers.   Hence, I don't really need a lot of rules. ;)

I carry a bag around my neck with my finger bones in it because it reminds me that Stannis Baratheon is fair but firm. :)

You could always have him take it to an FFL to hold it for shipping. You can then contact the FFL them to varify everything's authentic. I once did a deal like this. His FFL faxed a copy of their license to my FFL. When it was varified that they were indeed a real FFL gun shop & had the gun in hand I sent payment & recieved my pistol a few days later at my FFL. The most important part is to use a protected payment method like USPS MO & send payment with tracking & require a signature. If he's willing to do this you might be safe, but if he's reluctant then I would walk away. While scams do happen, I've been careful & have had no problems. I've bought as many firearms from out of state/online sellers as I have FTF.

CTD = LOL

Damn, I thought we were starting a thread about Cummins Turbo Diesel. :(

How is that even possible? What makes calling someone something vulgar any different that using a racial slur? At any rate, y'all are nitpicking my post in order to ignore the point I made. Folks are prosecuted all the time for shooting a person in a place they have a legal right to be and aren't breaking any laws. The point I'm making here is INTENT. If your intent is to provoke an attack or violent behavior in order to use your weapon in self defense it doesn't matter how many times they bounce your head off the pavement. Nitpicking? Not only are you using poor analogies, you're also implying that you somehow had the power to read Zimmerman's mind during the time ofbthe incident. There is zero proof, anywhere, that Zimmerman had the intent to engage in a physical altercation with Martin. If I hear a noise in my backyard and go outside to investigate, this doesn't mean I am doing so with the intent to do anything other than find out what's going on. Once there, if I am put in the position to defend my life, property or family, I will take the necessary measures. There are ZERO facts to back up any claims that Zimmerman intended on physically harming Martin in any way, shape or form. None. You can presume and assume all you want, but the facts [as we know them to be] speak for themselves. If you consider him guilty, it's souly based on emotion and the fact that you may have handled the situation differently. If you are comfortable with the justice system operating in such a fashion, let's hope you are never in the position to be judged by a group of your peers who would have chosen to handle any given situation differently than yourself. Or you could convince yourself that you'd never find yourself in such position. I have no problem with someone having an opinion opposite of my own, but please back it up with some facts. Afterall, this is a situation where a man's freedom is at stake. I, for one, do not take such a situation lightly, even if I have no dog in the hunt. We also must not forget, law enforcement initially concluded that not only did Zimmerman not commit a crime when shooting Martin, he also did not commit a crime leading up to the shooting. As far as I know, they still are not claiming he was guilty of a crime leading up to the shooting. To me, it seems this case wouldn't even be going to trial, had it not been for the emotional outcry from the community. Had Martin been gunned down on his way home from the store by some gangbanger on the street corner, we wouldn't even know his name.

The point I was trying to make is that you should not immediately dismiss somebody's comments or warnings as a laughable matter, I find it hard to believe somebody would make this stuff up just for the heck of it but if they do I will find out for myself and make my own opinions, if I don't believe any of it and it happened to be true then it's my fault, if I don't do my research and go and get ready cause the sky's falling then it's my fault too. He's also not telling people to start stockpiling ammo and guns and get ready to fight the war, he's just telling people to write to their congressman and express concern, is that unreasonable?   Another favorite tactic of the communists and the fascists (they now call themselves socialists because it doesn't have such a negative connotation) has been to destroy the reputation of whoever makes a negative comment about them. We shouldn't do this to ourselves. I don't know which side the patches go on but I admire and respect anyone that has served and I will thank them for their service anytime I get the chance.   I don't fear the government is going to attack me either, I have a family and will avoid confrontation and run when I can, that is why I'm not in Venezuela anymore. If you stay home they will not attack you. They will be quick to put down the slightest bit of uprising though and that's the idea, once we all know what they're willing to do we will all stay home and keep going through the daily motions. Free to go about your own business as long as you let them keep going about their business. If that's your kind of freedom then you'd be happy here, in Zimbabwe, England or Venezuela.    I know that's not the kind of freedom I was seeking when I moved here with my family or when I decided I wanted to become a US Citizen.

Only if it looks like this:

It's Friday and we could probably all use a good laugh; even if it's laughing at ourselves. :)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B2_kHtCKEwQ

The pre-trip is what fails most people.

The 57 was getting dropped as of a couple of years ago. I've had a class A for about 14 years. Some strip clubs will let you in free with a Class A. :rock:

I carry myself, because I am the only that will.

Congratulations.  Good luck on your new job.

That's some awesome news. Congratulations! You deserve it.

Very good. Buy that girl something nice.

You'll be back. I know that's twice you've said the same in this thread alone. Your "proof" gets disproven, then you either resort to name calling or asking if someone has been a LEO or EMT to make your "opinion" some how seem superior to theirs.

We have nothing to gain by this...NOTHING at all but that won't stop us from stepping into it. We have NO allies in Syria and whoever eventually takes over wont' be our ally either but thanks to us, they'll have some nice U.S. weapons.

Shut up. No farting.

Unfortunately this isn't a "make believe boogieman" that we are talking about here & the mocking of someone is a tactic taken right out of Cloward-Piven's handbook. But I realize that it's difficult to have a reasonable conversation about the reasons why our intel agencies are spying on every single American, or why are domestic police forces are "militarizing" to the point where they'd rival our military in size & funding as was Obama's campaign promise. Asking why is only "moonbat" to folks who wish to squelch the discussion, personally I'd like some answers on those reasons why& not just denials, double-talk or mockery.

Congrats!!! Glad to hear it!

I'm afraid to stay out that long.  I know what will happen.     ....i won't come back.     It's the same reason I have told the wife we can't take a vacation to Wyoming or Montana or Alaska ETC.  I know if I ever get out of here, I will make a few phone calls to my friends I have left behind.  "Hey, I left some crap at my house, go get it if you want it.  I won't be back for it."     Seriously, I'd love nothing more than to vanish amidst a grove of evergreen trees and never come back.                 You boys have fun.  

  He was beating the hell out of Trayvon with his face. Didn't you see the pictures? :)

Wag the Dog is right.  This is nothing but a diversion from all the scandals.

Be advised, if you mount your front sight to the handgaurd, the possibilty of sight movment exsists. Some tubes are more "rigid" than others. If you're going to shoot irons a lot, you might want to think about clamping a separate front sight to the barrel, as close to the muzzle as you can get it. This will ensure that the sight stays put, and maximize your sight radius, which is huge for irons. That's what a lot of the folks that shoot irons in 3-gun do. This here is irons guru Kurt Miller with an example.

   I know we have been told here by some that stated they were experts on Florida law that Florida doesn’t have “manslaughter” and Zimmerman couldn’t be convicted of anything except what he was charged with. However, I see other articles written by those claiming to be legal professionals that he could be convicted of the lesser offense of manslaughter. I don’t know who any of these people are and I don’t pretend to know anything about Florida law. But I find it hard to believe Florida doesn’t have manslaughter. I am curious to know if the jury will be instructed whether or not they can convict of a lesser offense.

How is that even possible? What makes calling someone something vulgar any different that using a racial slur? At any rate, y'all are nitpicking my post in order to ignore the point I made. Folks are prosecuted all the time for shooting a person in a place they have a legal right to be and aren't breaking any laws. The point I'm making here is INTENT. If your intent is to provoke an attack or violent behavior in order to use your weapon in self defense it doesn't matter how many times they bounce your head off the pavement.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I act or portray myself as a victim. Im simply tired of it being rubbed in my face. You have the NAACP, BET, United Negro College fund, scholarships for any and all miniorites, relegions and sexual orientations. You have assocations for every race, color, creed and relegion. Except for white Christian. I don't really care if your black, white, hispanic, asain, straight, gay, muslim, atheist, catholic, whatever. I didn't own slaves, and I don't burn crosses. I owe no one an apology. You leave me alone, I'lll leave you alone. This race shit has to stop, and this is exactly what they have turned this in to. This trial will receive national attention simply because a white male shot a black male. And thats bullshit Sent from the backwoods of Nowhere

I still want a ninja badge :)

You want me to believe that Zimmerman couldn’t push Martin off him, but was able to stop Martin from gaining control of his weapon that Martin was going after? I just can’t buy that. But we will see what the evidence shows.

"Multi-caliber" marking has no actual practical meaning on an AR-15 lower.   "Multi" (as some say, without mention of "caliber") seems to have become sort of a convention back when AR pistols first came in vogue, mainly signifying that it wasn't a "rifle", and might have been a nod to certain state laws where registration is necessary along with type of firearm.  There are even lowers made in the past that say "pistol" on them, but I believe most of them were assembled as pistols from the manufacturer. My PSA lowers just say "multi" for instance, no "cal" or "caliber".   Also, for years, the 4473 classification was "long gun", "handgun", and "both", so some lower makers followed that convention if they weren't making them for a manufacturer to assemble and market a rifle or a pistol. (now 4473 is "long gun", handgun", and "other firearm", changed in 08)   "Multi-caliber" seems to perhaps be just more of a marketing convention to make it clear that they have versatility beyond just 5.56/.223, I dunno. Might also be a nod to SBR process, where you have to initially specify caliber, even though you can change it if you like without further paperwork, and regardless of what lower says.   But the upshot is that the marking has no legal significance, and never did, at least federally.  And no structural significance either, since obviously, you can make an AR-15 from a mil-spec lower that will run some 15 different calibers regardless of what is inscribed on it, and you can make any virgin lower into a pistol or a rifle (and if first built as a pistol, it can go back and forth between pistol and rifle).   - OS

I have experienced the progressive underminings of citizens' rights by a tyranical government in my country of birth Venezuela.   That is how they started, undermining the value of the military and having them participate in civil tasks, making them loosen their deffese of the border with Colombia and ignore  FARC which is the narcogerrilla terrirosts, doing these things more and more of the true patriot military leaders either oppossed and quit or were kicked out or imprisoned.   At the same time these communists led by Chavez, taught and mentored by the Castros, began arming parallell groups of militias called "Circulos Bolivarianos" who were used to terrorize the citizenry. At the same time the national guard was being purged of any opposition and given more and more power to control internal ('domestic") uprisings... through all this they made it harder and harder for the common citizen to own guns finally banning gun ownership but for a select few with influence, a lot of money or connections with the goverment and always blaming the raising crime rate for said gun control.   Right now people are finally waking up and realizing the terrible damage Chaves's reign did and what his sucessors are doing, they're waking up because they are no longer blinded by the prescence of their hero. It is a critical time in the country after the current administration that took over with Chaves's death stole the elections and have been forcing all powers to legitimize it.    The problem is that the opposition and the citizens who now know they are the majority have no choice but to hold peaceful protests and ask for international intervention. At all these peaceful protests a few people die, more are wounded and many imprisoned, less and less people go now in fear of what happens. The "Circulos" "Tupamaros" and other armed groups terrorize and hurt people while the national guard who act like they are not there but they ride motorcicles carrying long guns in plain flags like they were flags. less and less people will protest in the street.   It is very unlikely the corrupt government will fall. 14 years going on 15... His first canpaign run was on CHANGE and the end of traditional corrupt government.    I could'nt yet vote and was telling my friends not to vote for him, his associations warned us he was a communist. They all laughed at me with similar insults as your tin hat joke.   This is serious.   I couldn't yet vote here when I was telling all my friends about BHObama's associations, I became a citizen and voted agaist him in the second election, it's all I have done until now I am writing this... I am convinced he read Chavez's history and is following his and Castro's manual...   This is serious.   Before dismissing it like it were a joke let's all just look at the facts and read the history. The communists are reading the history, they know how to make us not do anything until it is too late.

I am the exact opposite. I could take "slow" Zombies all day long. If a herd of those "Rage" zombies came around the corner I would be running with dirty pants.

The book is great.  The movie is obviously so different from the book that you can't judge one from the other. 

Did you watch the videos? This is supposed to be a funny thread, not an actual discussion on which caliber is superior Sent from the backwoods of Nowhere

I would recommend going to silencer research and spending the $30 for a 12 month membership. He has in depth test results of every suppressor made up to about 2011. They are in a easily searchable format to determine what is quietest or cheapest. $30 is worth it to save yourself from getting a crappy can.   You can go there and see the layout with a few free reviews.   He tests all the cans using the same standard so you can actually compare apples to apples. Manufacturers jade the tests to make their cans seem better than they are. A lot do not use any standard so it is hard to compare two cans that were not tested the same way, John Titsworth does.

According to Rick Grimes, all you need is a Colt Python in .357 and an attitude.

This is what a Dr. Shows about it . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tku8YI68-JA

  This is great!

Amendment IV The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Hummm...I was under the impression that we have neighborhood watches (encouraged by law enforcement agencies) and that most of us carry precisely because the "cops" are usually not going to be there at the precise moment we need them.  :shrug:

  Proof?  You can't prove nonsense: clearly they had a right to BE there.  The question is, was GZ stalking and harrassing TM or not? Again, thats the real issue.  We know he followed and we know they ended up in talking range.  We know it escalated into a fight.  WHY?   Being somewhere and bothering someone are very different things.  I can be on the same street as a hot woman, and look at her, and all is well.  If I follow her for 4 blocks watching her butt, even if I have a right to be in those places, one might begin to wonder just the same.    GZ acted like a vigilante (IMHO): which is a nice way of saying a delusional thug who thinks he is a good guy.    I cannot say if GZ needs to be convicted or not: that is subject to the questions we cannot answer without data ---- what exactly he said or did to get TM to attack him, if anything.  Is TM a nut who just started punching a random person?  Or someone who was tired of being followed around by the wierdo?  Or did GZ say something to set him off?  That is the key, and unknown of course.   Following the guy who robbed you is 100% different  from following a random person that you have not interacted with. 

  We are the assumption committee. It's what we do :).

I have followed this case somewhat.     And my useless 2 cents: I have about decided that this shooting is on par with a typical inner-city thug on thug shooting, the type we see day in and day out.  You have a thug (TM, the hood in training, been in minor trouble including drugs?)  and GZ (at best, a vigilante out actively looking for trouble, and certainly a bit .... confrontational ....).   They meet, exchange words, get excited, and one or the other becomes violent due to personalities involved.   Neither is man enough to stand down, to remain calm and defuse.   Its possible of course that one or the other could not be defused, and simply attacked the other irrationally, but I just do not see it.   This was not a mugging, or other crime.  It was the meeting of 2 hotheads, with predictable results.   Guilty?  Both of them.   Self defense?  Possible, even probable.   Does he deserve jail?  I dunno.  That is the 10 billion $ question, isnt it?   Right to be there?  You have the right to be anywhere in public, sure, but you don't have the right to follow people around and aggravate them.  

Sure there is. Zimmerman jumped out of his truck and started chasing a kid that was doing nothing wrong. Martin was scared and defended himself; he may have even seen the gun. Martin had a right to be where he was and had no requirement to run from a lunatic that was chasing him. Unfortunately for Martin all he had to defend himself with was his hands. He was doing okay until Zimmerman pulled a gun and shot him to death. Zimmerman started the encounter and he ended it; and an innocent person is dead. Do I think justice will be served? I don’t think 12 people can reach a unanimous verdict on this. But, this has been beat to death here, just as it has been everywhere. I just wish they would get the trial over with. I do feel kinda sorry for Zimmerman in that he’s screwed no matter what happens.