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I just want to point out ONE small thing:   If you have ever complained about the police, or bitched that they shouldn't be allowed to carry certain types of firearms or wear certain types of body armor, or wondered loudly to anyone who would listen why that cop who pulled you over was gruff and didn't cut you the amount of slack that you thought they should...   Keep in mind that the assholes you see destroying Baltimore on TV are cut from the same cloth as those that the cops in your town have to deal with all day, every day.   YOU are the exception to their norm.  So when they encounter YOU, there was a line of "animals" ahead of you that spent up all the patience that cop writing your speeding ticket might have had for the day.       That's all.  :)

For the younger generation on August 11, 1965 the Watts riots broke out in LA. For 5 days, 144 hours the riots continued that left 34 people dead, 118 gunshot victims, 1032 injured. One fireman, one deputy and one policeman dead. 3438 people arrested, the national guard was called out and 14,000 with tanks arrived. There were 288 stores completely burned out, all of the white owned businesses never returned. There were many so called factors that started this, one was overcrowding but this statistic doesn't wash as there were 14,000 blacks per square mile as opposed to 69,000 whites per square mile in NYC. There was $40 million in damages which in today's money is close to $300 million. All of this was started when a black man told a California Highway patrolman that he suspected a man driving drunk and gave the description, soon afterwards the car was spotted and the driver and 2 others who jumped on the officer were arrested. According to the testimony of the man arrested the patrolman was polite. I thought as the 50th anniversary is approaching that some of you younger people would like to know that the rioting like is happening in Baltimore has been going on for a long time. In fact when Lyndon Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights on July 2, 1964 act it took only 16 days for the Harlem riots to break out. In 1964 there were also riots in Rochester, Ny., Dixmoor, IL., Patterson, NJ. Philadelphia, Pa. Do some investigating these riots and they all are very similar. From 1900 to July 2, 1964 there had only been 3 riots, 2 in Harlem and 1 in Jacksonville, Fl, but there were 5 in 1964. Just a history lesson to think about. History does repeat itself when no changes are made btw.

Fighting Sheep Dog is excited to announce it's next "FSD Range Day", coming up on May 17th from noon-5pm at Windrock Shooting Range in Oliver Springs. This event is FREE to the general public! We'll supply ALL of the guns. We usually bring between 6-8 ARs decked outh with some of the hottest accessories (JP Silent Capture springs, TacCon trigger, various muzzle brakes (Primary Weapons Systems' CQB, Strike Industries Cookie Cutter, Black Rain Ordnance Miculek-style brake, etc), Gibbz side charging handle billet upper, a variety of buttstocks, etc). You'll receive a handout with the accessories in each gun so you know what you're shooting and can document what you like, don't like, etc. All we ask is that you don't bring your own ammo, but rather get it from Windrock Shooting Range. This allows us to control the quality of the ammo being shot through our barrels. Come prepared for an AWESOME time, shoot some really cool ARs, see what's possible, and discover some accessories you may want for your next build! Looking forward to meeting you soon!

Here is a knife I finished up for a customer. The scales are a beautiful dyed stabilized Burl . I think He is gonna be very happy! What says ye?

#s***youwontseeonthenews

Yea well, I said it back when Obama got elected that he would take us back in time 50 years and it has proven my statement to be correct. All of the advancements made over the last 50 years were wiped out in one election..............jmho

Nugent posted this an hour ago. Language warning...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmpkLI-zDg

Picked up a little pocket 9 today. Stopped by my lgs looking for a summer carry pistol. Found this little PF-9. Not my first polymer pistol, but it is my smallest. I came home and grabbed a bite to eat and field stripped it and loved it up with some ballistol. Grabbed a box of 50 and went to the range a few miles up the road. I hate going to public ranges, to my surprise, not a soul in sight! Jackpot! So, I grabbed my box of ammo and went to shootin. Found some unused targets which was nice. Initial impressions: the little gun ran like a champ. Granted, more shooting will be needed before shorts season fully arrives. Another thing that I noticed is that the slide lock is STIFF and I do mean stiff. It's slowly starting to loosen up. But, I can live with that. One last thing, make sure to move your fingers away from the magazine well. Magazines hurt when they pinch the skin. That's some free advice [emoji6]

It doesn't matter if he had 24,000 arrests on his rap sheet. Seeing the police and running is suspicious, but not illegal. Don't get me wrong: a dirt-bag is a dirt-bag, and play stupid games; win stupid prizes and all: however, from the accounts posted so far the police had no cause to chase this cat down to begin with.

These people destroying their neighborhoods and small businesses are a disgrace to humanity. There is no excuse for this....none. I hope they all rot in hell.

Not what I thought this thread was about at all...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTDUuBWGtpU

It's definitely not safe for work (NSFW) or children's ears, but check this out if you have the chance.  Baltimore needs more mothers to smack their sons like this for their own good. https://instagram.com/p/1_suRjlEmh/?taken-by=simply.ish

Nice cartel! Here's a few more variants for you to acquire: Bulgarian Ak74 folder, Polish folder, Egyptian crutch folder and Yugo M72 Rpk

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I Glock blocked myself one night because I was reading the classifieds in bed and didn't notice that she was "putting off the vibe"....

I've been following this story today. Lots of peaceful protesters out and about. There are also lots of reports of citizens out cleaning their neighborhoods. I hope that these stories get looped as many times as the CVS fire.

His record may explain why he ran. It doesn't explain why he is dead.

  May I add my thanks to this as well, your service to the community was at a difficult time in our history. Glad you contributed and made it thru.

Well Essone thanks for your service and sacrifice. I was going to wait until August to post it, but at my age I felt I better do it while it was on my bwain!!

Thanks for remembering. I reported to the East LA office of the CHP on August 8, 1965, three days before the Watts Riot began. From that time on the CHP provided 85% of all the police manpower deployed to riots in California throughout the 60's, 70's, and on into the 80's and 90's. I made it to three more in the next few years, two as a officer and the last one as a Sergeant Squad Leader. Funny, I guess I'm guilty of unfounded optimism because I never thought they'd start again on this scale. Guess my eyeballs ought to be purple because I was sure full of prunes on that one.

To add a bit to the conversation, there are lots of companies that are having the "chinese" manufacture knives... Take a look at the Kershaw-Emerson stuff... They are very well made knives (...i've got several of 'em...)...  The "chinese" steel is as good as anyone else's mid range stuff... The main difference between the "chinese" stuff and the "american" stuff at the same steel type is zero for most people... Makin steel is alot like makin a cake... Put the right stuff in, the right cake comes out... As to the workmanship, it's first class... The only difference is the difference between $35 and about $100 for the "chinese" vs "american" build...   leroy

Good grief; a 1911 turning into a “paper weight” because Para was sold to Freedom Group? You would think if they found the 1911 forum they would know better than that.

  The company is Camillus. It was American, goes back to 1876, started with importing German made knives, then made its own,  went out in 2007. Was a competitor of Buck, but yes, also a collaborator on certain knives.   Acme International bought the Camillus holdings in bankrupt auction in 2009, cranked up the brand again. American company, but most if not all now made in China. They've got a Les Stroud line these days among other stuff.   http://www.camillusknives.com/   Buck's Chinese made blades are supposedly made in a Buck owned plant somewhere in China, but they've played that pretty close to the vest as to location and exact arrangement.   Camillus is perhaps most famous for developing the official military issue US Mark 2 Combat knife, which of course was later made by several companies and of course KA-BAR in very similar form to this day.   Here are beau coup BladeForum threads on the Buck 307: https://www.google.com/search?q=307+buck+knifes&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=307+buck+knives+site:www.bladeforums.com&newwindow=1   I carry a Buck Stockman 301. In Delrin yellow, though, which they've discontinued. Without my having to read up on it :), what's the big deal about the 307 compared to 301?   - OS

  Better stick to the cities, rural folk don't need no National Guard.

  I know a fair number of gay folks, and you're right. We're not all flaming liberals, in fact a lot of us just want to live our lives, protect our families, and be left alone the same as anyone else. I've introduced a number of gay friends to firearms and shooting because as they say, "armed gays don't get bashed". We're just like everyone else.    The right has traditionally bet on the hard line traditionalists to be a larger number of voters than right leaning gay folks, and by the numbers they're right. The most optimistic estimates say that gay/ trans people make up 10-14% of the US population, and some surveys are as low as 2-3%. When you break that group down further into active voters, then conservative active voters, the right has had a much larger well to tap by toeing the traditionalist line. They can bark about how 'the gays' are trying to destroy marriage and hate Jesus, and it's easy to motivate everyone that claims to be a Christian to the polls because they think Jesus may not love them as much if they extend some grace to the evil gays.    The left is just as bad- they scream about how the right is just out to get gay people at all costs, and they make it sound like we're about to be the victims of some type of horrible ethnic cleansing which drives every Subaru driving, tree hugging, granola munching liberal gay or not out to the polls to 'protect' us poor, stupid queers that can't stand up for ourselves. It's insulting, but this is the place modern gay people find themselves. We're a convenient political football that neither party really wants to take care of, they're both too busy kicking us back and forth to pump up their own fans. 

It's tribalism man...!!! Nothin else; and its fueled from the White House... The regime in power now would like for America to turn into South Africa... They have got a little bit of it in Baltimore... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I can sort of understand the Mayor's decision in this one.  Letting the rage burn itself out is a technique.  I'm not saying it's the right one, but I'm also not saying it's the wrong one.     I'm sure the Baltimore PD and other agencies are being stretched thin with the situation, and I wouldn't be surprised for them to conclude that they simply don't have the numbers to secure every place, and instead need to focus on key infrastructure in the city.  They may also want to keep LEO's from being spread out too much number wise, in light of the current threats being discussed.   I know we see these types of actions and think in terms of action/re-action, but you have to look at the whole board, including how much manpower you have available to meet the threat in the days to come events.       Doubt it.  The Supreme Court has already ruled that police don't have a Constitutional duty to protect individuals from harm, so I'm fairly sure property or business won't be able to carve out a case.

My latest. Is there any photographers in Nashville that doesn't have a similar picture?

no kidding!   Why even have a separate HCP?  Why not a citation on the DL that means the person has a HCP.  Now that might save some money.

... in package with new handguns is ending in October.   Maryland Ends Ballistics Imaging Program And Provides A Lesson   http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/17/maryland-ends-ballistics-imaging-program-and-provides-a-lesson/   - OS

...great movie, currently airing on Netflix.

I have found that sanding or scraping down casting flash on trigger and trigger guard makes these a lot more comfortable to shoot.

I do want to stay with all leather for my selections

That's sounds all nice and fine as long as you're not the one getting hit in the head with a stick. And before you say something along the lines of "don't do things that make you need to get hit" remember that for the poor and/or minorities in certain communities their existence was considered reason enough for the hickory shampoo.

  Yeah, I consider Kershaw's PRC line is one of the best values in knifedom.   - OS

I would prefer that if somebody needs to get hit in the head with a stick, they get hit in the head with a stick. I'm sure it got abused plenty, but the world was generally a more polite place.

  He sure shouldn't have died from a severed spinal cord. This one isn't the same as the Michael Brown thing at all.

That's because peaceful protests don't make for good ratings. There were actually many more peaceful protesters out in Bawlimore than rioters. Here's more from the files of s*** you won't see on the news.http://twitchy.com/2015/04/28/god-bless-him-more-than-1000-baltimore-residents-volunteer-to-help-clean-up-after-last-nights-riots-photos/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

  I understand it as a tactic. I just think telling the perpetrators that that is what you're going to do is just plain stupid.

  Sorry if I misunderstood. You just said the peaceful protesters message had been hijacked. While this is true, I was just trying to point out that I didn't see very many peaceful protesters. 

I'd be happy to buy a few of those Para paperweights if the price is right!

If you've not had the opportunity to meet Hickok45 then I recommend you do, he's as nice and personable in person as he is on his videos. According to his latest videos Bud's is providing some degree of sponsorship by providing him with sample guns they later sell. That's good marketing.

I'm just going to start pretending Maryland doesn't exist. They should just seal off Baltimore Escape From New York style and turn it into a prison.

This may be a minority opinion; but i don't care what happens in Baltimore... A quick check of the history of Baltimore will tell ya that it has been under Democrat control since 1967... That means that for 48 years the "best and brightest" including the one they have now have been in firm control of this cesspool... I think it's interestin that since 2007, they have had two black women mayors...   I thought that this bunch would have turned Baltimore into a paradise by now... I guess not...     There have always been two Baltimores; the one downtown around Fort McHenry and the harbor basin, and everywhere else... It looks pretty dangerous to me in both Baltimores...   Looks ta me like the citizens of Baltimore deserve better than this; but they are gonna have to change their attitudes and votin habits...   non carin leroy

I have always wanted to steal a Krispy-Kream donut truck and have the police chase me.

I got pulled over last week. The cop said, "Your eyes look red. Have you been drinking?" I said, "Your eyes look glazed. Have you been eating donuts?" :D

It's a little more expensive than the $500 you requested, but I've been very happy with my TiRant 9.  Quite pleasant to shoot.

Bruce (...or Brucetta...) is the ugliest white woman (...or whatever...) ive ever seen; and ive seen some real ugly...   sore eyed leroy

What, no more free spent case with your gun? Reloaders will be devistated. Some states wanted to have a fingerprint of your gun and from what I have heard it was too easy to change that fingerprint anyway.  

They still make some in the USA