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  I can't let this pass.  There is no such thing as too much competition.  The market place will determine the price. If someone doesn't like the environment or it isn't profitable, they'll leave for something else.  :2cents:

I could solve this easily. Go buy a cake somewhere else. Why would anyone want to do business with someone who doesn't want their business is beyond me. Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

Most of us can't afford enough ammo to need a chrome lined barrel...

Good ending to a bad story. Now... the little bastard that convinced her to stay the night at his house...

had to share.

Let me start off by thanking TGO David and everyone else who took the time to spread the word. The outpouring was truly amazing, and I will be forever grateful.    The nearly 24-hour period that passed without knowing her whereabouts was undoubtedly the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking period of my life. I felt feelings and emotions that I didn't know I had. I can definitely live without ever experiencing those again.   Without going into too many personal details; while my daughter's emotional and behavioral issues aren't something new to me, this was the very first time she's not been home when she was supposed to be. When I got the first phone call shortly after she took off from school, I was concerned enough to immediately contact the police, but I wasn't overly concerned. It was still early enough in the day, so I figured she would find her way home before I got home from work, hoping I wouldn't have known she wasn't where she was supposed to be.    Greater concern started to set in when she wasn't home by the time I usually get home from work. This is when I began driving around town without any real idea where she could be. I don't allow her to associate with many of the "friends" she normally chooses, so I had only one idea of where she may have been hiding/hanging out. She wasn't there, so the concern began to intensify even more.    Thankfully, I was able to get in touch with a parent who knew a little about the boy (later finding out he was one of three boys) she left with after school. With that information, I was able to find his house, names of friends, hangout locations, etc. Unfortunately, this information didn't help too terribly much. Most of it lead me too a bunch of dead ends. But at least I had more information that I started with.   Still holding out hope that she would come strolling in, as the clock ticked 10:00, 11:00, midnight, I began to get very angry with everyone. I was scared. At this point, I didn't know what to do. While I am sure the police were doing everything they could, the helplessness I felt was becoming overwhelming. Again, knowing the type of people she was likely with didn't help my state of mind. Needless to say, I didn't get a wink of sleep. I was anxiously waiting all night for the school to open, hoping she would show up there, as if nothing ever happened. They informed me that all three boys showed up for school, but Ashton did not. This is about the point where those three boys were lucky that I was able to control myself from doing something very stupid. Instead, I contacted the police with this information. After an officer had a chance to speak with them, one of the boys told the officer that my daughter was with him until 9:00 p.m. the night before, until he made her leave before his mother was to get home from work. He claimed that she left on foot, and he had no idea where she was going. At the very moment this information was given to me, I went into full panic mode. This was THE moment - had I been born with telepathic powers - the lives of those boys should have been flashing before their eyes. Even though she left with them of her own free will, I couldn't help but be angry with them. The boys she was last seen with claimed to have no idea where she was, and I sure as hell didn't.  Every possible worst case scenario began flying through my head. Every news story I'd ever hear or read involving a missing teenage girl came flooding in, as if I had a photographic memory. Whether I should have or not, I began debating if I should begin spreading the word, or just continue to hold out hope that she would come walking in at any second. I didn't want to get everyone worked into a tizzy, only to have her show up 10-minutes later. After quickly weighing my options, I felt like I would be better off getting the word out as soon as possible.   As most of you know, she was found within hours of getting the word out. She is now home. I don't think she had planned on staying out all night, but once she caught wind that the police and I were out searching for her, she became scared. One of the boys convinced her to stay the night at his house, or possibly go to jail for running away. From what I understand, his mother works nights, so it would be easy for them to hide out. On a lighter note, I think most of you'd be surprised how few degrees of separation there are between many of us. I can't tell you how many phone calls, text messages and emails I received from friends and acquaintances who heard about this ordeal via TGO and it's members, TN Jeeps and it's members, friends and family of TGO and TN Jeeps members, and mutual (although not known to me at the time) Facebook friends of many of you. Not to burst anyone's bubble, but I believe Steelharp is the most famous of us all. I'm pretty certain I had more people tell me they read about it on or via a share from his personal Facebook page than any other. I am a friend of his on Facebook, so I knew he shared the story. But I had no idea the degree of separation was quite that slim.   Again, I can't thank all of you enough. I am truly blessed to know you guys, even if most of it is via the internet. I feel a tiny bit silly for getting everyone worked up, only to have her show up hours later, but I hope this helps you understand why I felt that I had little choice at the time.    Thank you!

I know it's freezing. I just watched my dog slide down the stairs on the deck. As if him actually sliding down the stairs wasn't funny enough, once he gained a footing at the bottom, he turned around and looked at the stairs, like WTF? 

I would agree that maybe the baker wasn't the sharpest tool for stating the reason for not serving them, but on the other hand it is pretty apparent that  the only reason the gay couple took this to court was to be vindictive....instead of being a big boy and taking his business elsewhere like any reasonable adult would do...the judge was out of his mind to even rule in favor of the gay couple, they should have been told to grow up and get a life...

  Don't you dare bring facts, logic and mature rational thinking into this highly emotional issue.  You're robbing Paul Walker apologists of their moment!

DNA test needed. That may be Larry Birds kid.

True...just seems like this court is putting the cart before the horse so to speak...if same sex marriage isn't legal in Colorado then how can a bakery break the "law" by refusing to bake a wedding cake for a "wedding" that can't even happen legally???  ;)     P.S. It also seems as if this baker went out of his way to make a point...just as this so-called "couple" could have gone to another bakery, this bakery could probably have found a way to not make the wedding cake without bringing the sex of the "couple" into the equation. :whistle:

Talented kid, that's for sure http://youtu.be/eX0Iy93nqKs

I saw the security video. They were hauling some serious speed. They snapped a light pole like a twig, subsequently took a second tree out before smashing into something large enough to cut a Porche in half and set it on fire. Don't be f'ng rediculous. They were going well over 100 mph to snap a light pole and still have enough energy to take out a second tree and hit a third object fast enough to do the damage they did. Forgive me if I don't classify this under "tragedy". Hopefully, in time, America can recover from this.

  You know what's pretty easy to control?  Any car doing the speed limit.

Darwin wins every time.

It depends on the gun.  If the gun has no real value as-is due to poor condition, commonplace model, etc, then you can actually increase its value with work.  If its a rare example of an antique, or worse, one of a kind, having work done ruins the value in a hurry.   And there is the in-between of that too... you have the destructive a-hats like mitchel mauser who ruin collectable guns and then try to sell them at 5 times the value to suckers ... so even if you ruin it, you can always find a sucker to sell it to who is like "oooo... shiny".

Don't want to pop your bubble, but use a new computer or a someone else's computer, and you will not see this. I once thought the same thing until I used my Apple IPAD. I normally read and post TGO stuff on my desktop PC, but my IPAD I normally read other websites. I googled something gun related once on my PC, and saw a lot of interesting posts, but TGO posts showed up about 6th or 7th on list. I think duplicated the same search on my IPAD, and nothing TGO related showed.

Glad she's back home TDR.   Though.... these boys... they are dead yes?

Glad she is home and glad it worked out. Now you need to explain how many people that you know that have guns and the willingness to hunt and search for a loved one of our members.

Bad idea! Buying land and building your house is a great idea. Including your brother in law in the deal; BAD IDEA!!!

Grilled Backstrap   Backstrap sliced Bacon 1 Stick of Butter 1 Bottle of Dale's Sauce   Melt butter, and add enough Dale's sauce to cover meat. Wrap meat with bacon, and secure with toothpicks. Marinade for about 4 hours in refrigerator. Grill to medium rare. (Do not overcook!)

Let me know what you think. I did it with footage from the movie but I will do another one when I get real footage from my fellow Nightstalkers.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptKMpZUC1g

As reported on NewsChannel5 http://www.newschannel5.com/story/24138025/huge-personal-gun-collection-to-be-auctioned-off

I am only pointing out the absurdity of this claim of discrimination and I am pointing out the absurdity of a judge actually entertaining this case with any seriousness...refusal to bake a cake does not infringe on their "natural rights" of life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness....well i take that back, cake does make me happy so i can only assume it would make others happy as well...or maybe pie...

West Nashville shows some sign of daylight now - so we might get a bit of warming unless stronger cloud cover moves in.   so far light rain and a little wind - has given way to breezy and cool.   Anyone seeing ice?

  Shoeless shirtless people are not a protected class.   You can refuse to serve gay shirtless and shoeless people AFAIK. At least as per federal law. In some places you have to serve nude ones as per local law!   Is this a great country, or what? ;)   - OS

Damn! Now I want some cake.

Some adapters use the tangs on the back of the receiver, some require you to cut the tangs off. My rifle is already set up for a folder so I'm looking for one that will bolt right in and allow me to screw on the buffer tube.

Ok... Inspired by Lagerhead. I decided to buy an upper receiver lapping tool, and neither one of my blocks would work. So, I made this out of a 1/2" plywood scrap. I don't think it would stand up to a barrel installation. It will work great for the lapper.

    No, you can configure it as non-NFA and sell it perfectly legally, as complete legal rifle, or even parts (full auto parts/can excepted of course). ATF "asks" that you send letter you've removed it from NFA classification is all but even that is not "required".   I'll find ATF FAQ if someone else doesn't first.   edit: here, found it quicker than I thought. Discussed variously on this page, especially second section:   http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-short-barreled-rifles-shotguns.html#receiver-nfa-transfer   (btw, this statement, which is off topic, caught my eye:   "A non-licensee or FFL who has not paid the SOT is required to register any NFA firearm via an ATF Form 1 (5320.1) prior to acquisition of the parts required to assemble such firearm."   is actually wrong, or let's just say, "incomplete", as all parts to make an SBR are perfectly legal to possess without tax stamp as long as they also have a legal use other than making an NFA firearm.)   - OS

Yes same problem, and its related to this: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/72746-quote-photo-and-link-problems/

  Somebody brought up an old thread. Lautenberg is blacker than Mandella by now.

Yeah, don't think I'll be making any moves similar to those in the video posted in the tactics and training sub forum...come to think of it, this thread is probably in the wrong sub forum...let me know when you are thinking of taking a class would like to join if that is ok...

The only person I've ever pointed a gun at was myself through the mirror. And even then I only did it to make sure I looked as BA as I thought I did. :rolleyes: Fwiw, I didn't. :shrug:

Ok. I just went and counted the rings on the 21" tree and it looks to be 45-50 years old.

In your case, the previous owner devalued the shotgun.

For reasons I truly don't understand; there are some who seem to feel they need to make Paul Walker's death "less important" in (what I consider to be a misguided) an attempt to somehow make the death of one of our soldiers, veterans, first responders, etc. "more important". No one here and I do mean NO ONE HERE finds the death of any man (or woman) of honor such as our military, LEOs, firefighters, etc. to be a tremendous loss more than I do. Those who die in the service of others should be mourned and their lives honored and celebrated. However, that does not make the death of others unimportant or something to be denigrated if the person lived an honorable and worthwhile life.  I claim no personal knowledge of Paul Walker but what I do know indicates to me that he was one of the good guys, not because he had some celebrity bur perhaps, in spite of his celebrity.

BahahahahhHgahh! BahahahahahhahahgHhHHHhAhahahahahahaha Idiots.

  I'm not gonna say what I'm thinking, this being on the interwebz and all. I will say, when monkeys fly outa my ass. There is a line, and it stays real fuzzy. If it ever gets clear, I'm gonna be on the right side of it. I heard once that it only takes 3%. 

I picked up mine this evening.  I won't start building these until next year.  The first one I will build will be for my girlfriend, but I want to make sure things are getting serious before I put a bunch of money in it.

I use one of those giant "space" bags to do my assembly in...you know the ones Billy Maze told me that would let me to vacuum pack an elephant into the size of a large shoe box. Seriously though, for the cost, having 1 or 2 spare springs and detents for all aspects of a lower is never a bad idea. Might even give a reason to start another build.

Could be worse... could be happening everywhere. A city of sheep will be run by wolves; the rest watch and learn.

A handful of box cutters brought down the twin towers and these a holes are concerned over some 22 rifles.....puhleeese..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

Being near them is great. Joining properties might even be tolerable under perfect circumstances. I assure you that you don't want your name on a property deed with anyone in your family, or your wife's family, with the exception of her.   You obviously haven't been married long. I'm trying to save you a whole lot of future headache here.   You will NOT get along with family or especially in laws if you have financial dealings together.

<END THREAD> Well said DaveTN. I do like seeing this stuff come up more and more in the media though, people are waking up...

I know it's all subjective. We all have our likes and dislikes. For caster...it's 1911s in general. For me it's Kimber. Had 3. For the money and issues...I'll keep my 400 dollar RIA. Shoots better and no problems.

There's some good news in all of this. You can't beat a G19, even if it is a little bigger.

In dedication to the recently departed Senator from NJ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2V6v6Xa-BI  

I wonder who he fought for?

WOW!!! Very nice.