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  1. To do list:   Dress up in my camo Strap on a gun Walk around a playground Wait for someone to call to the police Wait for police to arrive Refuse to identify myself Refuse to leave when asked Feign surprise when they arrest me Make bail Post my story to the internet Revel in the righteous indignation within the echo chamber that I exist   I'm sorry.  People can "lawfully exercise their rights" all they want.  Like so many of the other open carry "evangelists", this man went looking for a confrontation and found it.  That's not helpful to the community of gun owners at large.
    5 points
  2. Why yes I did.   And let me note for the record that if you sign up to participate and then stiff someone, the consequence will affect your further affiliation with this community.
    4 points
  3. "He was probably robbing the store only to pay child support......". I laughed so hard at that statement.
    4 points
  4. Santa dropped by my house and delivered an early Christmas gift- a Strider SA. This is my first Strider and I really like it. It's a little heftier in the hand than I anticipated but it feels good! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk
    3 points
  5. Both Metcalf AND Hornady need a lesson or three in Constitutional history and structure. The Constitution doesn't GRANT rights. It protects specific extant rights which are acknowledged as being "granted" by one's creator.
    3 points
  6. When the Brits came for the guns in Concord, it was not the rifles or pistols they were after it was the cannons! The Brits wanted the ships as well, so when the citizen solider has to defend their freedom they have to have arms that match or be better than the tyrannical Brits that wanted to disarm the people. So what is the difference between a pistol, rifle, full auto, semi auto, tank, plane, ship or nuke? There is none, The 2ND does not define "ARMS" it just says we have right given by God to have them!!! No I dont want a nuke, plane or tank, but if push comes to shove I will wish for them. The 2ND has been stepped on for far to long, started when the government said we could not have full auto and has gotten worse as time has gone by, and we let it happen!!!
    3 points
  7.   The consequences of failing again and again to deliver on your promises of smaller government are lasting too. This is a bed of the Republican party's making. Every time they voted for pork, every time they added just-one-more-earmark, every time they voted the wrong way when it advanced their personal interests eroded a little more support.   Lest we forget this recent headline...   "Mitch McConnell gets nearly $3 billion for Kentucky dam project in congressional deal"   That's everything you need to know about the Republican party's problems, right there.
    3 points
  8. This man was figuratively and literally anally raped by the police, the judge who signed the warrant and the doctors who performed the searches. Every single person involved should be held personally, and physically accountable. I do have to give credit where due and commend the doctors at the first hospital who refused to assist due to its obviously being an unethical action.
    3 points
  9. I think everyone should remember the people at the head of these companies are not always our friends. Just because they run top firearms related companies doesn't mean they are on our side. They are on the money's side, as well as all the politicians.
    2 points
  10. It would be hard for me to buy anything but old #7 J.D. Black............... :bow: :bow: :bow:
    2 points
  11.   That response from Hornady was about as condescending as it comes.. can't believe they wrote something like that...
    2 points
  12. I don't think anyone believes criminal activity will stop if drugs were legalized, just criminal activity related to drug dealing. It would be no different than the prohibition on alcohol. There were criminal empires built during prohibition that ceased to exist when booze was legalized. Why is someone "off-kilter" to suggest legalization other drugs would have the same effect? It just isn't logical. Furthermore, why should I care that people who haven't taken the time to think critically and logically on a subject think I'm a crackpot simply because I disagree with the unfounded assumptions of the masses? Someone make a sheep comment please. Drugs are bad, m'kay. That's all I'm getting when we talk about why they should be illegal. That just isn't enough for me to justify a law or hundreds of billions of dollars in an ineffective "war" to stem the flow of them into our society.
    2 points
  13. It could also mean he is a left libertarian, we don't know either way but that won't stop republicans from erroneously believing the libertarian vote belongs to them if only we would just quit wasting our time and votes. :D
    2 points
  14. For those cancelling your subscrictions or other actions be sure to let them know why. If enough people let them know their revenue is going away they will change how and who they hire.   I have not read it but I bet he is one of those who believe a shotgun or bolt action is all you need types.
    2 points
  15. Restaurant chains across the nation are serving up meals to celebrate Veterans' Day and to show their appreciation for our service. :yum:   It's a good idea to check ahead and verify times, places and conditions.  I went to one last year and they served me my meal on a shingle....then I was assigned KP duty.     http://themilitarywallet.com/veterans-day-free-meals-and-discounts/
    2 points
  16. Why say it with a card when you can say it in the yard...
    2 points
  17. ....and we'll cover your front yard with empty Massengill boxes so the neighbors know what you are!
    2 points
  18. I picked up some subsonic 22 at Walmart yesterday. It was waiting on the shelf for me to buy it all. I bought every box they had and smiled on the way out.                                                                                     BTW, all they had was two 50 round boxes of Remington.
    2 points
  19. Well then booze is destructive too, yet we have plenty of threads here promoting the drinking and making of it. I smoked pot when I was younger and can tell you the only dangerous part of using pot was buying it. I have no problem with marijuana. It's just a plant. It never made me do anything crazy. I can't say the same about booze. If it was legalized I still couldn't use it because of work. Even still, I have kids, so smoking pot wouldn't be an option anyway, legal or not. Someday when I'm elderly I'll probably pick it up again. I can't think of a reason why I wouldn't. I don't think that makes me a bad person, lazy or a degenerate addict. I can't figure how it is worse than someone who occasionally drinks.
    2 points
  20. So the person who shot them, in fear for his life", took the law into his own hands.  Some comments:  The police have no obligation to protect "an individual",  per the Supreme Court,  which means the individual is on his on.      And, did the two not take the "unlawful" into their hands?   Good kids don't rob.  Good parents don't say their kid never had a chance to go straight unless they can prove that they did their job to keep him from "hanging with the wrong people".   Own up, people!  Take responsibility for your actions!
    2 points
  21. Obviously, the fine officers involved in this incident were simply doing their jobs.  After all, they risk their lives to protect the public from keister stashers on a daily basis never knowing if the next stop will get them killed covered in explosive diarrhea.  Shouldn't they take any steps necessary to make sure that they go home to their families every night not smelling like a  gas station restroom?  I mean, aren't they the 'good guys'?  So what if some random citizen gets anally violated now and again - it isn't like the rights of private citizens matter when compared to the necessity of continuing to fight the war on drugs.  Right?   Right?
    2 points
  22. Well, I have never seen a parent yet that cannot tell you how good their child was. Even John Wayne Gassey's mother said he was a good man and had about 20+ dead children buried in his yard and under his house. When anyone makes a decision to become a criminal and begin robbing stores they know it s wrong and they know that there may be a time when things could go bad for them but they chose that way of life and should be ready to suffer the outcome. In this case it was an outcome of permanent ending to what may have turned out that sooner or later they may have killed store owner of any other innocent by stander. If the man that killed them did fear for his life and was in between them and the get away car and driver then he had the total right to defend himself. I look forward to hearing more about this case as it moves forward...............jmho
    2 points
  23. Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt pocket/purse-sized Tazer. The effects of the Tazer were supposed to be short lived,with no long term adverse affect on your assailant,allowing her adequate time to retreat to saftey...?? WAY TOO COOL!!! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home...I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button and pressed it against a metal surface at the same time, I'd get the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs. AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what the burn spot is on the face of her microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two AAA batteries, right? There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently (trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a secone) and then thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself againist a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong? So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and Tazer in another. The directions said that: A one second burst would shock and disorient your assailant A two second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; and A three second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting batteries. All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5" long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference (loaded with two itsy, bitsy AAA batteries) pretty cute really, and thinking to myself, "no possible way"!! What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best. I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side so as to say, "Don't do it stupid", reasoning that a one second burst from such a tiny lil ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad...I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and ..... HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. WHAT THE ....!!!! I'm pretty sure Hulk Hogan ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs! The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room. Note- If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a Tazer one note of caution: There is NO such thing as a one second burst when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by violent thrashing about on the floor!! A three second burst would be considered conservative! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace. *The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. *My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. *My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. *I had no control over the drooling. *Apparently I had crapped in my shorts, but was too numb to know for sure, and my sense of smell was gone. *I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head, which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for my testicles and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return! My wife can't stop laughing about my experience, loved the gift and now regularly threatens me with it! If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!!  
    2 points
  24. "Not a big hard criminal." And although a drug user, he maybe would have robbed the store to pay child support for his young daughter. These comments from his mother. Ok, she virtually says he is a criminal, maybe not Al Capone yet, but might rob to pay his obligations for child support. The late "not big hard criminal" didn't think working was the way to care for his child? Work bad. Theft...ok. What's wrong here? Maybe he would have turned his life around. Maybe not. But he chose a course of action and received the consequence of his choice. Sadly, the results were terminal. He won't get to try again. Choices and actions have consequenses. We all learn that. Some more easily than others. I know I did. And I'm living the results of my choices. Some good, some not so great. As for the shooter, well...I wasn't there. I won't say he was right or wrong. But the report says he shot in self defense. If that's the case...there's another bad choice for the "not a hard criminal."
    2 points
  25. Blaming the Libertarian for taking votes from Republicans is like blaming the attorney for your divorce: there were serious problems with your marriage, the attorney just made it official.   Caroline K. Gorman  
    2 points
  26. If you hit the bullseye, they fall over, Tie a string to the lanyard you see on the front, and you can pull them back "up" and reset them.
    2 points
  27. 2 points
  28. I used more than a few drugs back in my younger years, I'm no worse for the wear from the experience. I know plenty of folks who can say the same. I also know quite a few who managed to completely screw up their lives (almost exclusively due to legal troubles) and some who ended up dying from drug use. Most folks who try drugs, including the big bad scary "hard" drugs don't become addicts and fiends. They use them recreationally and then move on to different things as they mature and have different priorities. Ultimately, the amount of harm drugs do or do not do to the individual has never been the root of my argument for legalization. It is a liberty and property rights issue for me. The article was posted as more of a food for thought and conversation starter. As Doug Stanhope puts it so well, if you don't own anything else, you own your own meat. If I truly do own my own meat, my body, then I should be at liberty to treat it however I want. If I want to treat my body excellently and never ingest anything harmful, eat well and exercise that is my right to make that choice. If I want to treat my body like a rental car and eat fast food, sit on my ass, drink to excess, smoke and even take drugs, that too should my right to take my choice.    As a society we didn't learn anything from alcohol prohibition apparently. We still seem to think that it is ok to trample on civil liberties, spend insane amounts of money on law enforcement and prisons and create a large black market that will guarantee the involvement of some of the most unsavory and violent people all just to tell a small minority of the population that they can't put something into their own body. It is just downright dumb. 
    2 points
  29. Never had the #2. It may be worth a sip or two.   DaveS
    1 point
  30. That's two (that we know of - I would expect more at this point).     So we know the chief of police was aware of the actions of the officers.  Did he somehow fail to point out the facts after the first incident?  This isn't a training issue, except to the point the officers involved in both searches were either not trained to recognize an illegal search and assault, or did it anyway, secure in believing they'd not face any blowback.     The medicos involved have been referred to the state medical board.  The officers involved in this latest incident referred to a police review board.  I want to hear that they, including the chief, have been referred to a grand jury.  State level for assault, and then federal for violation of constitutional rights under the color of law.     X-rays?  Colonoscopies?  Even winning a big suit wouldn't "make it right" for these guys, but the state attorney, at a minimum, should ensure this doesn't happen again. 
    1 point
  31.   Perhaps you should read the column he wrote in Guns & Ammo.  While he may not be completely anti-gun, he is definitely anti-liberty.  In spite of the elitist credentials he touts in the article, he still doesn't seem to understand the meaning of "well regulated" as written in the 2nd Amendment.  Instead he spews "progressive" talking points as to why government should tell you what Rights you should and should not be allowed.  By his logic, the right to keep and bear arms should be limited to only those who can afford to pay the fees the state may impose.     I would hardly call Hornady's response reasonable especially with the silly analogy of firearms and nuclear weapons.  They are just enabling more of the progressive statist philosophy that is destroying this country.
    1 point
  32. Non-compliance is reason for arrest , plain and simple.
    1 point
  33. There is absolutely no one on this planet who has any authority to forcefully stick anything in any of my orifaces - period.
    1 point
  34. I took your comment to mean that you felt legalization and regulation wouldn't drop prices, therefore eliminating the argument that a black market wouldn't thrive. I used the banning of booze and subsequent legalization of it. Drugs are actually very, very cheap. It is the nature of the trade that drives up prices. If it was legalized, even with government regulations, the price would likely drop. Even if it stayed about the same or cost more, at least it would come from a reliable source. This is why there isn't much of an underground booze industry; it still exists but is beyond minuscule compared to the legal trade.
    1 point
  35. How many people here believe he was robbing the store to pay child support please raise your hand.   Now how many people here believe he was robbing the store to buy drugs raise your hand......... :wave: :wave:
    1 point
  36. Now that is a lazy, no-good sob right there.  Not only is he too lazy to work and get along like a normal human, he is so dadgum lazy that he only half-asses being a thug. Not a hard criminal?  Of course he wasn't, that takes *work* --- probably harder work (but better paying) than just getting a job.   What kind of lazy idiot are you raising woman, that is so lazy and stupid he risked his life to get pocket change robbing a dinky store?   Woo-hoo, I stole 300 bucks, that will last like, 2 days or something.   Idiot.
    1 point
  37. even if he saw it he wouldn't care.
    1 point
  38.   I've got a "shooter grade" 6" Python and would be very hard pressed to accept 1200 for it.  Once you shoot it a bit and it don't miss, you're hooked!!
    1 point
  39. There is no argument on the planet that will convince me that Meth should be legal. None. It's cheap already, you can cook it yourself, you don't have to buy it. Even if it were legal it wouldn't be free, so people would still rob and steal to get more. I'm pretty libertarian on most things, not this. Weed, we can debate.
    1 point
  40. Here's my take, the doctors that refused should get a medal. The doctors that did it should have their licenses put up under a review. The police involved should be criminally charged The judge's actions should be reviewed The hospital should be sued The police department should be sued That guy should be walking out of the court room with a 10,000,000 settlement minimum.
    1 point
  41. That's a weak ass excuse. Those 100k votes could have just as easily gone to the democrats.
    1 point
  42. 1 point
  43. Huffing gas and spray paint is pretty destructive to one's health, yet I can still get a gallon of gas for less than a gallon of milk. Any half wit with access to the Internet can take legally bought items and turn them into dangerous drugs (or bombs). I'm not convinced those types of people would be clean no matter what you outlawed. They will always be a skid mark in society's undies. Why criminalize an inanimate object for the sins of the person who abuses it? They will be an addicted waste of oxygen either way, committing crimes to support their habit and doing nothing to be productive, however, decriminalizing the inanimate object comes with a cheaper price tag to society. A least then we could focus on locking up the lawbreakers who commit crimes with actual victims as opposed to prosecuting people for having certain chemicals.
    1 point
  44. I don't gut em or bring em home anymore. Check it in on my phone*important with this method or you have to keep proof of sex hanging on a quarter* Lay it on the ground, skin up the back and down the sides. Cut out back strip, remove ham at joints, remove shoulder, cut out neck meat and any any other pieces you can, flip over, repeat. Toss in a cooler as you go. Imo it only takes a few minutes longer than field dressing and you ain't gotta jack with em at the house. Downside you don't get tenderloin.
    1 point
  45. Looks fine I guess.  Is the 2nd trash can just for extra capacity?   A couple purpose made rain barrels do the same thing without all the plumbing work.    On thing to note... I've got a rain barrel connected to the downspout just like that's shown... and it gets nasty inside.  Cleaning it out isn't the easiest thing either.  There's no way I'd use that water for anything other than watering my plants without considerable treatment (boiling & filtering, etc.).
    1 point
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