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People have a right to buy and sell what they want that's the american way regardless of the product. Way I see it you have two choices buy it from the resellers or don't there's no need in crying and bitching because someone has seen a way to make money. If you don't want to pay inflated prices wait it out it'll settle down one day maybe. Some may call me a hoarder that's OK but I've been buying ammo powder bullets and primers way before this ever happened. Yes I have more than I'll ever need in my lifetime. One day it may become a lifesaver and bargaining power to survive, I hope not but I also don't see this country getting any better. sent from my RAZR Maxx HD using Tapatalk 2

Toro Toro Toro was about a sneak attack on the Hawaiian lawns by a ruthless group of Japanese on riding mowers.

The country would be a lot better off if she got hit by a bus.

This is capitalism. It's the way it works. It's not an unethical practice despite how much it pisses people off.

I made this one today. Its a little outside my norm, but I plan to make more this style, with the blade ground down, instead of a forge finish. It was designed with being a great hiking, fishing, hunting, and general woodsmans knife. Completely ground to keep it clean for food prep, light enough to make it easy to carry, but sturdy enough for camp chores. 1095 steel from a Nicholson File, unknown wood for handle. Full tang, 5.5" blade, 4.5" handle, 10" overall. Full flat grind, with a razor edge. [url=http://s535.photobucket.com/user/tnplowboy07/media/20130808_185818_zpsf8360080.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s535.photobucket.com/user/tnplowboy07/media/20130808_185803_zpsd6e85d74.jpg.html][/URL]

I like We Were Soldiers.

None, and mine never will go up. I don't have insurance. If I see a physician I pay with cash or I DON'T see one. Upon implementation of ghettocare I will become a criminal I suppose. I will not comply. I will not pay the fine. They can kiss my azz. I see medical care no differently than a mechanic. I dont get my car fixed and NOT pay the bill. I don't get an insurance policy to pay it for me. Payment due for services rendered at the time of completion. If it costs me my life because I cannot afford their service, that does NOT make them some soulless monster. That's just life. If I can't afford food and I starve to death, it ain't Krogers problem. Jeez! Who sat around and let me run off on that unnecessary tangent!?!?

Uh, no. Even if they filled the contracts in one year, it would only equate to 3%-4% of total production. Those contracts are over a 5 year period to begin with and haven't even begun to be filled. It's not helping but the only reason there is a shortage is that the demand from regular consumers is that high. I know it's hard to believe but there really are that many people buying that much ammo. If you just look at the shear number of NICS checks you will start to understand. Multiply that number exponentially with ammo consumption and there is your shortage. Manufacturers make ammo on schedules based on yearly projections. When those orders are increased dramatically overnight it takes them nearly a year to fully cycle production numbers up to meet demand. Even if the manufacturers started new lines it would take them the better part of a year to get a production tooling up and running. Then you have to train new employees to run tooling. It's not like making burgers at McDonald's.   I'm told Kel-Tec doesn't even have the time to train new workers or they'd fall farther behind. Truly interesting times in the gun world.

It might make everyone angry but buying for a given price and marking up for a profit is capitalism. If you got a deal on a car and flipped it for a profit, what's the difference? Sure, somebody would be pissed but that's just life. It all boils down to the haves and the have nots. The have nots are always upset with the haves for having something they want. Fair pricing and price control for anything is communism. That's why there are anti-monopoly laws. To keep absolute control out of people's hands. And, as has been stated over and over, there is no law that says you have to buy anything you fell is unreasonably priced.

By the end of the night he'll BE an old hammered, broke country music wanna be who is only stripping until HE gets HIS big break.

  Unless something major happens to piss off the low info voters and libs, I predict he can win 10 states, about the same as Cruz. Or Paul/Cruz, or Cruz/Paul, whatever.   One thing about Christie, though, he's the only one on the GOP horizon that seems to have a chance to turn some of the blue states red in a national election. Won't be red enough for folks here, but the almost certain alternative is Hildebeest.   - OS

I've become more and more cynical as time has gone on... I don't really believe much of these survival shows anymore... Survivorman was better, but all the rest... I have a particular disdain for Naked and Afraid just on principle, I mean... come on... what's the appeal of a couple hippies or nudists or whatever they are running around the jungle? These ridiculous shows are getting out of hand.

will this do?

Sonny they are completely worth it...

The only thing that will stop people from buying ammunition to resell at an inflated price is when people stop buying at the inflated price; bitching and moaning about it isn't going to change a thing...it's simple capitalism.   This situation should, among other things, tell folks that they need a good supply of ammunition bought over time so that when market fluctuations like this happen they aren't caught off guard.  It's no different than someone who goes to the grocery every night on their way home so that they can buy what they are going to have for dinner that night; have a supply so that when they predict a 1/16 inch of snow you don't have to rush to Kroger's just to make sure you have some milk and bread in the house.

Then that makes half the people in the country who work hard for a living a criminal. I don't know very many people that I would consider a hard worker that DOESN'T flip an item or two for profit. What else can a man do to make ends meet? I said it before and I know y'all don't like it but I think most people are mad about this because they want something today,for yesterday's price. The market dictates price. Not what we all think is fair. If there were no market for this ( meaning people buying it) then they wouldn't be do this. Another thing that'll really ruffle some feathers; people have done this to themselves by becoming dependent on real time inventory. For 99% percent of us, there's NO reason we should be desperately looking for rim fire ammo. It's been cheap all my life up till recently and so I bought plenty based on my theoretical consumption. If you typically shoot a box a week and you only buy a box a week, then you shouldn't be surprised that you're out when supply stops. This really is a silly argument on both sides. My point of view is silly, as is everyone else's. Why would I say that? Because its foolish to complain and worry over the things you have NO power to change. Who by worrying can ad one cubit to his stature? We can't force them to produce more no matter how much we scream. We can't force people to stop jacking up prices. The only tool we have is to vote with our wallet and refuse to do business with those we disagree with. ....and yes I know I'm a hypocrite because I'm constantly bitching about things. LOL!

This is purely speculation on my part because I have never shot a deer with a 223. I expect the violent expansion of the average soft point 223 bullet into the lungs/heart area would cause a great deal of shock and damage and be an instant killer, while the 308 would expand some, but not as much, and cause less damage on a clean pass through shot. The kicker for me is that in the event you miss the shot a bit and hit the shoulder, the 308 would penetrate and do much more damage than the 223, which would likely only cause a severe surface wound. You may be flawless with a rifle in the woods, but I'm not. Things happen, and I like the added security of penetration that comes with a larger round.

These are my favorites: -Midway -Great Escape -Guns of Navarone -Patton -Escape from Navarone -Saving private Ryan -Battle of the Buldge -The Longest Day -Dirty Dozen -Pearl Harbor -Sands of Iwo Jima -The Bridge on the River Kwai -Black Hawk Down

Put the bong down and back away from the keyboard.

Frozen Head has the best non-backcountry tent camping of any state park I've found so far. Period. That's my little tent on the right side of D3vo's picture. The primitive group camps are perfect for people who don't want to be next to an RV, 5 feet from another campsite, or carry an 80 lb. pack 5 miles into the woods. It's only about a 1/4 mile walk back to the main camp site for the indoor plumbing and showers. It's the perfect balance between primitive and modern for car-based tent camping.   As far as I've been able to find, it's the only thing like it in all of the State Parks. Some others have "tent only" camping areas, but they're small gravel pads (aka Chickasaw SP) that are relatively close to one another. They're set up like the main RV-centric campgrounds, just without the RVs and electric hookups.   ochretoe...are you listening? We need more primitive small group camps like Frozen Head's.  :)

Regardless of the high school economics, those who practice their version of "capitalism" by greasing WM employees for intel, buying everything up and then reselling it at 100-300% profit are assholes. 

By the end of the night he will be hammered, broke and married to a 40 yr old country music wanna be who is only stripping until she gets her big break. Tapatalk ate my spelling.

The problem is with explosive clothing... is that it won't freaking explode unless it's in a container that creates pressure, and if you put it in a container.. then you've got a normal bomb and not some super scary explosive clothing.  Worst case scenario is that they immolate their idiot selves with a flash fire.   This whole thing looks like a bunch of malarkey... "Fear is a great control mechanism"

My favorite BBQ place is Interstate BBQ on South Third.  BUT, I always get the smoked turkey platter.  :yum:

   or Three African American kids framed for vicious attack by devious privileged rich kid.

As long as it's not the back of the bus.       Yea, I'm probably going to hell for that one

  Thanks, glad to hear it was just "internet misinterpretation"...happens to me as well. I'm not advocating .223 as the ultimate deer killer, just saying that it can be used effectively with the right placement / load selection / mature hunting. Also, for perspective, we should remember that many deer are taken with handguns across the country. After his motorcycle accident, my dad hunted deer with handguns exclusively and probably ended up taking more deer with those than anything else. Even as a child, I was very selective with the shots I would take. Hunter? Yes. Animal lover? Also, yes. I'd rather go home with nothing than to not recover a wounded and hurting deer. It would irritate me to see/hear hunters taking unrealistic and silly shots, find a blood trail, and just blow off not being able to find the animal.

The only stupidity alcohol makes me prone to makes ME likely to get shot by my wife. So no, the guns don't get put away because I am having a beer or three. I don't play with them when drinking just like I don't play with them when sober. If I felt that imbibing alcohol made me unsafe to be around a firearm, I'd quit drinking entirely because imbibing would make me unsafe to be around anything or anyone.

Looks good .    I like all my Glocks (11 for now) but I like the size of the compact ( 19 , 23 & 32 ) the best for an all around pistol . They are hard to beat for a tool that works .

Dual, self-cleaning gas operated pistons make it one of the softest recoiling 12 gauges out there.  It's my wife's go to long gun of choice, and she's not a big person.   It's a gun the understands the difference between the trigger being pulled and the action being manually operated.   It's ghost ring sights are a welcome addition to a shotgun - especially with night sights.   Oh yeah.  7 in the tube, one on the elevator and 1 in the pipe make for 9 rounds of firepower.

  Check out Hamburger Hill.   And speaking of 'nam movies...   Here's an old school game for any college students listening in...   Watch Full Metal Jacket with friends and booze.  Level 1:  Take a drink every time Gunny says F__k.   Level 2: Take a drink every time anyone says F__k.  If you're still conscious at the end of the movie, you win!  I never won. 

We do have the power to change it. If people would stop buying a $15 brick of ammo for $50 from JimBob on Armslist then scalpers would stop cutting off our supply.

Anyone who equates Trayvon Martin with Emmitt Till shows themself to be completely unserious and not worth paying attention to at all.

I wonder...what would happen if this same apartment complex suddenly dictated that no one could practice their religion (have a bible or any religious icon in their home) or dictated what political party they belonged to denied them being able to read certain material?   Does a lessor have the right to deny you any basic natural right like practicing your religion or do they only have the right to stop you from keeping arms?   Are some natural rights more important than others/more subject to infringement?   To be clear, I think this IS a matter of contract law but I think it's worth considering how this would go were the apartment complex trying to deny their renters any other basic right.  

Directive has been thrown out.   http://www.9news.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=349123     Seems the apartments are public housing, and as such the management company can not deny the ability to keep arms there.

The scene with the old Private Ryan breaking down and crying at the graveside tears me up every time.

He'll be missed. The Captain was my favorite show when I was a kid. I loved seeing who would show up to say good morning to the Captain. At the time, I wanted to be a Marine Biologist (Dad was a professional diver) and one morning Jaques Cousteau showed up to say good morning. I. Lost. My. Freaking. Mind. My mom still tells the story of how I ran over to the neighbors house to wake them up and tell them the oh so important news.

If you go wear full body armor and take a fire team to back you up... Mark

Both are capable of killing a whitetail deer, but neither, in my opinion, are great choices. Killing is done in one of two ways; 1)disabling the nervous system, or 2)shock due to blood loss. The larger and deeper a hole you can leave in an animal will on average result in a quicker kill, all other things being equal, than a smaller, more shallow hole.   The reason I say a 223 isn't a great choice is because it is a tiny projectile, easily deflected and stopped, and also leaves a tiny hole. This will still kill effectively with proper shot placement. From a bench, proper shot placement isn't too difficult. In field conditions when you're shivering cold, out of breath, and/or suffering from an onset of buck fever, proper shot placement is a more difficult proposition. I like the added insurance against a slightly skewed shot given by a larger projectile.   The reason I say the 338 Magnum isn't a great choice is that most bullets loaded for this round are tough, thick jacketed bullets designed for large thick skinned game, and often pass through a deer unexpanded, doing little damage and shock to the deer while carrying most of it's energy with it after it passes completely through the animal. You can load a thinner jacketed bullet into a 338 magnum, but at that velocity, these bullets are likely to disintegrate upon impact making only a terrible flesh wound.

  Biggest dumb ass thing is that it has to be YOUR OWN car, not a rental or even a leased vehicle. Car pooling passengers would be in violation, too I guess.   - OS

I think the popcorn means he's interested enough to sit back, read and enjoy. :)

  Memphis?

I emailed him yesterday so we'll see what he says.

Couple of other current options: Ruger Blackhawk in .357 and 9mm combo. Charter Arms Pitbull in 9mm: - OS

The "newsworthy reports" was supposed to be firearm related, but seldom was,  so the new one is more descriptive of what people mostly post in it.

Oh believe it!  Its here too.  Im in the employment business and Ive already seen it happening right here in Nashville. While it is NOT a law, (yet), they can make it a part of the contract, and the company that enters that contract actually has to agree with abiding by that policy...if they then dont, and the other side finds out, they can cancel or have other penalties invoked.  The feds have been doing this for years...if a company into a contract with the federal government for $100,000.00 or more, there are MANY rules the company must agree to follow to get the contract award.  The feds even have  what they call the Office of Federal Contract Compliance in the USDOL that monitors that compliance, and even conducts inspections or reviews to insure said compliance is maintained.  So does the company have to comply?  Only if they want a very lucrative contract.  The feds control us with money, in these type of contracts, but also, highway money, school money, and many others... they take form the people in taxes, then give some back if you follow their rules...all without even making a law!

I got my King Cobra 6" blue in the eightys. A great revolver. Use it as my Deer Hunting companion to this day.  

  For what reasons?

Section 8 housing on JATO bottles.  No wonder Obama and Holder are trying to reduce self defense laws.