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There's nothing wrong with the system except the poor quality of voters.

    ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [Battleship] > > During the 3-1/2 years of World War 2 that started > with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941 > and ended with the Surrender of Germany and Japan in 1945, > "We the People of the U.S.A." produced the > following: > 22 aircraft carriers, > 8 battleships, > 48 cruisers, > 349 destroyers, > 420 destroyer escorts, > 203 submarines, > 34 million tons of merchant ships, > 100,000 fighter aircraft, > 98,000 bombers, > 24,000 transport aircraft, > 58,000 training aircraft, > 93,000 tanks, > 257,000 artillery pieces, > 105,000 mortars, > 3,000,000 machine guns, and > 2,500,000 military trucks. > We put 16.1 million men > in uniform in the various armed services, invaded Africa, > invaded Sicily and Italy, won the battle for the Atlantic, > planned and executed D-Day, marched across the Pacific and > Europe, developed the atomic bomb, and ultimately conquered > Japan and Germany. > > > It's worth noting, that during the almost exact amount > of time, the Obama Administration couldn't even > build a web site that worked.  

Amazing what can be accomplished when there is a common goal. Today we have a two party system which only results in keeping us divided in order to enrich themselves.

I have long ago concluded the 2 party system just points the finger at the other party and they do pretty much the same sorry, greedy job if you can call it a job. I would much prefer no parties and if there were 20 men running for POTUS, let the man with the best ideas win. As for the the comments of Essone, my son and dil are going to start home schooling my 2 oldest grand children and teach them properly the things of history that needs to be learned and not forgotten. I don't know if any of you have seen Jesse Watters on Bill O'Reilly asking questions but it is ridiculous. He asked some college kids when did Columbus discover America and got answers like 1944. And we have to ask ourselves why we have stupid politicians, well we have stupid voters, or would that be ignorant voters?

That and a nation-wide conviction that the only important things in American life are what time the Mall opens and when the next version of the IPhone is coming out. A lot of folks today think Pearl Harbor was a singer on the Grand Ole Opry who wore a hat with a price tag hanging off of it and have utterly no idea that it could happen again. World War II should have taught us that ignorance can be a terminal affliction but didn't, at least not in the generations who didn't have to fight in it.

I am finally upright and mobile after two weeks with a NASTY viral respiratory infection.  The past three days I just slept... had to recoup my strength.   I'll be wearing my kahki TGO hat with color logo on it, kahki shorts, black polo and will be there with my wife and daughter.  I'll also have a stack of TGO decals with me.  If you find me and tell me who you are on the forum, I'll give you one.   :)

I noticed folks giving away NRA passes in TGO classifieds and I dont get it ,are you that cheap ?   The show is free to any NRA member,if your not a member and you want a free pass its counter productive Join the NRA and get on board ,fight the fight !!!!!!!!!

Actually, I have no idea who this fool is.....  apparently he is famus.   But the popo noticed him.   http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/Hip-hop-artist-Nelly-arrested-in-Tennessee-299472001.html

For a lot of these groups as of late it has to do with money, making it that is, and that includes pro gun groups. They seen an opportunity to make a buck and jumped on it.

As much as I think Bloomberg is a douche and don't agree with his viewpoint, I can't back the idea that a husband would give his wife an ultimatum based on not agreeing on guns.  I suspect anyone that into guns probably knew when they got married a general idea on their partners viewpoint on the matter, whether it be full on anti, indifferent, or pro.  People can also change their mind.     I would speculate any deadline is just an excuse to cover up a bigger issue in the relationship.  It's a partnership, not a dictatorship.   If you think what he is doing is ok, we will have to agree to disagree.  There are bigger things in life than guns.   If he believes in the constitution so much, he should also believe in his wife's right to express her opinion on the matter, even if they disagree. 

I hear a lot of horror stories lately about customer service. I'm not aiming this at you, but I think you'd be amazed at the current quality of the average customer today. If all a person deals with is idiots every day, they soon forget how to treat a genuine human being when they run across one.

My wife just got a call.....she entered the Remington ladies only giveaway today and won. She has to be at the Nashville Armory tomorrow to meet several female shooters, and won a new RM380. That will probably be a few hours so I am going to the NRA convention again I guess.

We went Friday and left at about 2p and went over to Pub 5 for lunch. I've been there several times and the food is great. Anyways, the 21 year old waitress was all bubbly and asked if we were in for the conference. I said yes and commented that everyone in the restaurant probably was. She said it had been busy and "all of your people have been really nice." LOL I just laughed. She was completely innocent and sincere, but it stuck me as really funny. What did she expect? Did she think it was a KKK rally?

I've had this Matrix Aerospace lower built for months, and actually built several rifles while saying "Gonna finish the pistol next" every time I finished another rifle. LukeE got a kick out of me telling him that several times :) I bought the buffer tube off a guy at work, so can't remember the name of it, but it's nice enough. Upper is 10.5" PSA upper, Radical Firearms BCG and BCM Mod4 CH. Grip is Magpul K2. I picked it because several people on here and other forums said they liked them on pistol setups. I'll figure out if it will stay after I shoot it a few times. Still needs a rear sight and I'm gonna figure out what kind of red dot to run. I imagine smaller the better. Any of y'all just run irons on the pistols? I assume without being able to brace it (if I had a Sig Brace when you could shoulder them) irons may be harder to shoot with on pistol setup. But I think someone said we are still okay legally speaking to shoulder the buffer tube as of now, that correct? To me it seems almost as short in my hands as I figured the 7.5" would have seemed. I really like it and can't wait to shoot it for the first time.

Well went down to Nashville to see the big show. Jeez never seen so many people in my life at one place. I hate crowds but wanted to see the exhibits more.   Got to talk to folks from Sig, Beretta (got to handle a new M9A3), EEA, Ruger and Armscor (the 2 main guys were there). Lots of nice folks and more brands than I mentioned but trying to see most anything took time to work your way toward it. So many vendors with interesting items.   Lots of give away stuff but I don't collect.   The guys from Armscor were really nice and we talked about the new 22 TCM ammo, pistols and rifle. They had all on display. I think that a 22 TCM may be in my future when components for reloading get more available. I want a rifle and pistol.   The crowd finally took its toll on me and I had to leave.   I found a place on 4th Avenue to park for $7.00 for the few hours I was there, better than some that was charging $11.00 per hour! I had fun but have had my nuff of people to last me 2 years.   Saw a lot of folks carrying today. Some were OWB and most IWB. Quite a few were printing pretty good, seems their method of carry was turning the grip of their firearm out away from their body. Wearing tight Tee shirts or other type shirt did not help. I expected to see some gun control folks but did not, guess they are too smart to get ignorant around that many firearms people.

  I kept talking to the lady at the Palmetto State booth. That said, a buddy of mine is a bartender downtown, apparently the palmetto state guys went out saturday night and when a guy at the bar bought some food for a vet, they gave the guy an AR.... Classy all around

The same fungus was found in our house during the home inspection. The rep for the company said this is very common in most parts of Tennessee, due to the humidity. The previous homeowner had the issue resolved before we purchased the home. She paid $400 to have it cleaned up.

The picture appears to be fungus IMO. When you wipe across the spores, if it smears it's active, if it brushes off it's inactive. Pest companies can spray to help kill the fungus that's active.

Every one of those officers deserve an award, promotion, and a raise for not killing every one of those dirtbags. 

If our government ever decides to disarm the populace and civil unrest or worse arises I expect we'll see a lot more than US Gov't troops in place to subjugate our populace. I won't try to predict the future and am suspicious of both Gov't and anti Gov't groups.

I almost got no.3 this morning about 8:00am. He came in to one of my wingbones. He was at about 50 yards and I couldn't see him. A smart guy would've not moved his head to look for him................Apparently, I'm not a smart guy.

  Unless you're in a canoe.

The ability to fondle so many different weapons is awesome. There are great prices on t shirts and hats. Lots of free swag too. I'll be there today for sure.

I was in Nashville several days last week but didn't get to the NRA event due to traffic and work.  The large number of people attending the event should send a message to the antigun liberals in Nashville and around the Country.

I note that the twinks over at the Tennessean are losing their mind over NRA.  This morning, they are blaming the NRA for sex-trafficking. (I refuse to link on their click-bait)

Literally what I saw... What is so hard about complying? Nothing good ever comes from fist fights with LEO... even if you win, you lose.

One of the police was shot in the leg as he fought to maintain control of his gun .  The police shot one of them and shot and killed another - looks like they didn't have a choice.   That could have taken a different turn - with multiple dead officers.  Funny that the perps were a family Christian band.   It's like those people were on one of those illegal drugs where nothing stops them.  Not tasers, not getting whacked in the head with a baton, not anything.  It looks to me like the police showed  much restraint.

If these young people would just speak English, us old people would know what they were saying.

Get pissed all you want but the second you do ANYTING intentionally to instigate the other person, other than honking the horn, you are the instigator. By law a horn is only to be used to avoid an accident. It is not there to tell the person in front of you that the light is green or because you think they are going to slow. Yes, I call people names when they do idiotic things on the road but that is as far as it goes. I know I would bear the majority of the responsibility of I did something to intentionally provoke another and something went real bad.   And as Cruel Hand Luke said you need to figure out if what you are going to do is worth it. My wife gets onto me all the time for automatically assuming the worst but that probably keeps me from doing stupid stuff.   I will say the one thing that really, really bothers me though is drivers who cross the center line in a curve and forces us off the edge of the road. We will hit the horn every time that happens if we can. I even told my wife I want to install a "panic" button attached to a 170dB air horn but my wife said it is not a good idea and she is probably right but I cannot imagine a more satisfying thing that scaring the living crap out of the driver that just scared the living crap out of us.

I had a near collision over on Old Hickory Blvd headed to Charlotte a few years ago.  THe guy was pretty pissed but HEY, not one hit anyone and poop happens.  He honked and flipped me off and then followed me for a long ways trying to get me to pull over.   Back then, there was a large Police department on that end of Charlotte.  I pulled right in there to see what he wanted.  Funny he didn't feel the need to follow me anymore.           Never, ever put yourself into a position of conflict.  Look like a puss, so what?  ALWAYS actively seek the path of least resistance.  

Proper thing to do? Probably not flip off someone over something so trivial.

Met Ted Nugent, James Yeager, Colion Noir and Hickock 45, Mas Ayoob and saw Donald  Trump JR in front of me 

  I talked to her as well. She was likely the most beautiful woman I've ever met in my life. Seemed sweet too.

We try not to meddle in our kids lives, but when I heard they were going to home school the grandkids I was beside myself with joy. I told my wife to tell my DIL who was on the phone that I was backing them 100%. Stop and think these kids will basically be tutored for their remainder of school. Who best to be your advocate than your mom and dad. They have committed to going on field trips to Washington or wherever to not just talk about but show these kids. My son is self employed and he said if it took 3 weeks to see what they were teaching then so be it. I think when they first discussed it with the kids ages 12 and 8 they were opposed, but after they see how  home schooled kids are ranked to enter college they changed their minds. I am proud that my son and DIL are going to take the time and effort to educate their kids.

Ok, so here is a suggestion as well as what we did.   I believe in having a home inspected before before putting it on the market so you don't get caught flat footed a week or two before closing.  I would ask the inspector to leave some things out of the written report so you can leave a couple of things for the buyer's inspector to find - gotta justify their cost you know.   The house I sold had whatever is on your floor joists.  I had an experienced realtor.  Here is how he handled it:   1. Got his handyman to put relatively thick plastic down over most of the part under the house.  There are some do's and don'ts with this - it has been twenty years so I don't remember everything.  As best I recall, everything was covered other than a foot or so around the foundation and foundation supports.   He put rocks or bricks along the plastic seams to keep things in place. 2. Some of the vents weren't clear and open.  He got his guy to clear any obstacles and open all of the vents completely. 3. There was water under that home when we had heavy rain.  So he had his guy put in a sump pump. 4. The realtor addressed this proactively - he told the other realtor up front and explained what we did to address it.  The old, "let them know potential bad news rather than let them discover it and freak out"   Hope this helps!

Monkeylizard enjoying the SIG brace(s). [ Censored ] I was more impressed by CZ-USA.

Don't worry - I have faced this exact situation and it wasn't a big deal.  I post again later and tell you how we handled it.

Nothing is foolproof, of course.    Even with the algorithm, they still have to get the seed for the individual account and, again, if it locks down after a few bad attempts...     its not perfect, but its a lot more trouble to break  than just installing a keylogger on someone's PC to lift the passwords, or using a packet sniffer, or the other basic hax that work on so many simple systems.  Or the end all of hax... just trick the person into telling you how to get in ... "hi, im from Microsoft and I need your account and password..." 

This thing is a complete mess from top to bottom.  Not sure if one of those guys shot the cop or if he was just reaching for his gun and a second cop came over top and shot the perp.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEnuSVQe8E4   Hope the cops are all ok

Just finished up this little guy, it's a 3 1/2" blade and 7 1/2" overall. 01 steel professionally heat treated to 60-61. Mirror polish. Brownish green and yellow Micarta scales with 1/4" brass pins. I am very pleased with how this turned out, it's really an "all-around" kinda knife. Now all I have to do is put the final edge on it. It is available! PM me if you are interested! LISTED IN GEAR CLASSIFIEDS! And with my mark, I love Dragons!

Bloomberg. What that a hole has pissed away w his anti gun shenanigans could probably pay college tuition for every student in this state.

  Or use this one:   http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=amazon+hp+dash+cam     :cool:

  YES!!!! I realize not everyone can run with the big dogs in the gun world and own all the greatest toys, but for the cost of  2 to 3 boxes of ammo, you can join in and support on of the big dogs that fight those who want to take the right to have any gun and ammo away from you.    JMO

You might want to mention that in most states it is legal to carry in a park for people with licenses.  Tennessee is one of the few in this part of the country where it is illegal in some parks.  Crazy that you have to take a class to get a permit here, but can go to some of the neighboring states and basically buy a permit and can carry in more places legally than TN.  The House rejecting the Senate amendment on carry at the statehouse in addition to parks in proof enough to me that you don't have a very gun friendly legislature here.  Remember, this was not a vote on allowing anyone to carry in parks and the statehouse, this was a vote on the few people in this state who have paid for their permit to carry.

Women. Can't live with 'em....can't slap'em.

I came I conquered and I am back in Memphis now..... NRA show was def worth the ride ,I got to handle easily 100+ guns and accys Every MFG' staff was inviting and helpful showing off their guns and gear   Its great to get a first hand feel of guns you were thinking of buying ,some were over the  top impressive and some I thought I had to have before the show  turned out to be duds and I was glad I did not buy them after handling them at the show...   I am proud to be a lifetime member now of the NRA

I think in that case the Feds did underestimate just how much opposition they would encounter so quickly and be out gunned so quickly either. The oath Keepers Stepped up to the plate really fast. That was why the Feds backed down. It would have been a Ruby Ridge or Waco in Reverse. They did the smart thing and packed up and left. They used the old adage of run away this time and live to fight another day. They won't make that mistake twice!!!!  Next time they will have Troops with them to give them armed support. Now depending on what the situation is they better hope that their troops they bring with them better agree with their plans also. Other wise they may not have the support they think they have. My grandson has told me of many men he served with that have zero respect for politicians and many of their programs. Many of them have talked about not following orders that would mean moving against American people on American soil. I am glad he is out of the Service and I was able to talk him out of re-enlisting after his two tours in Afghanistan ..........................jmho

NRA should know how this game works in TN by now after not passing this bill the past several years.  The NRA needs to put pressure on these committee members that have stalled this stuff year after year.  I guarantee you a good chunk of these committee members do not want a bad NRA rating.  We also need an effective lobbyist that can communicate ideas to the capitol and be able to back them up with hard evidence from other states, such as local park carry is legal in about every surrounding state with a license.   This year not much has been passed.  The parking lot bill that became law is a joke (doesn't help people in at will jobs) and the NFA bill is just a token gesture that did not change much.  We got absolutely nothing as far as improvement in the handgun carry permit restrictions.

:rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl:  :rofl: You guys are just so sad. :rofl:  :rofl: :rofl:  :rofl:  

Welcome to the forum cousin and soon to be free territory. You'll find that most people here are pretty friendly.