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I would happily buy any one of them a one way ticket today to any foreign country of their choosing.  The only stipulation I would require is that they leave for two years, and at the end of that time should they want to repatriate, they repay me 150% of the original ticket price.

We're in the best place in the world right now - the southern US. I don't expect that to change any time soon. Certainly not within my lifetime.

Went to Walmart. Received poor service.  :-\   In other news, the sun came up this morning and the sky is blue.  :rofl:

I don't wish to leave the country, but the thought of hitting the reset button on our government sounds more appealing by the day.

if I feel the need to have a gun to go somewhere I don't go.   Go live life, it is not always about the damn gun.

We welcomed our 7th grand child into our little family this morning. Liam was born at 7:32am and weighed in at 6.12 pounds (I've actually caught bass bigger than him). I done went and bought him his first .22. I will save it for him! Paw Paw a happy man!!!! Dave

The only other country I'd consider moving to is the Republic of Texas.  And that's because their state bird is the middle finger.  :cool:

I'd travel to the point where it stops being worthwhile to me to make the deal.   Not hard to decide really.

The moment you strap on a weapon, you have to adopt the mindset of being the one to deescalate a situation - up to and even past the point of personal affront.     It's just not worth it.  

This is our son, and his lovely wife, winning not one but two awards during his recent Air Force leadership academy. We are so proud of our son. Only 2% win the Academic Excellence but on top of that he also won the Distinguished Graduate award. His Academic Excellence award was for having the highest academic scores of two training flights, 30 students. The Distiguished Graduate award is given to the Airman who displayed outstanding leadership during the course as voted by his peers. He is, and always will be, my hero.

Finished Alas Babylon by Pat Frank, last night.  It's an excellent read!  Second time through for me.  Might go on to Lucifer's Hammer next.

Water. Duck. Back. Never argue with a fool. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  Believe it or not, from a mathematical perspective having a sample size of 2000 and a population of 300,000,000 your margin of error is only 2.75% when claiming your RANDOM sample acts like the overall population with a 99% confidence level.   The real problem with most of these polls is that they don't truly get a random sample. Conduct the poll in a rural area of TN or TX and that number will drop like a rock, I'd bet my best pistol on it.

I drive all over the state every day of the week. I need to start a delivery service on the side here for yall that don't wanna get out and travel far.

Me personally , if they make it known my gun isn't welcome then I figure neither am I. I value my life more than their feelings. I realize that stance isn't for everyone though so yah got three options, go without, go with or ask them if they're cool with it ahead of time. As for the folks pooping their pants about people coming over armed without announcing they are... if you don't trust them to not be a criminal and potentially attack you, why the hell are you letting them in your house to begin with???

I need to find a Confederate flag decal to stick in that spot next to the "01."

  A significant part of good manners is tactful discreetness. :)   - OS

Glad to see this one turned out good for this couple. I remember when she was an anchor on CNN. https://www.yahoo.com/tv/robber-killed-in-shootout-with-ex-anchors-husband-123034699640.html    

The ammo is reported by cnn. The second link, although it's a fox affiliate, it is taken from a cnn writeup (credit at the bottom) I've read some local reports that questions the ammo report. The pic of him sitting on the ground against the wall shows him wearing civvies. My guess is he was just going for a picture to look cool and someone got scared of the scary black rifle.

  Heckuva cool story about these guys. The movie wasn't horrible either.

An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, 'Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building.' The Mexican opened his lunch box and exclaimed,'Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too.' The blonde guy opened his lunch and said, ' Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too.' The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death. The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too. The blonde guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well. At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping.She said, 'If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!' The Mexican's wife also wept and said, 'I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much.' (Oh this is GOOD!!)?   Everyone turned and stared at the blonde guy's wife. The blonde guy's wife said, 'Don't look at me. He makes his own lunch ..'  

Had I been walking with a little kid, I wouldn't expect ANYONE in a vehicle to see me. And I pay close attention in a parking lot. Even if you accidentally got close, he should have gotten out of the way. Yet another reason why I park at the back of the lot. Less traffic, easier to get in and out. Some people are just dicks.

I have a Specialist in the duty finish, and it's really nice.  I would have been OK with the Valor, but I'm left handed and like the standard ambi safeties on the Specialist.  Truth be told, I'm more of a Glock guy, but there's just something about a 1911.  After owning a few misc 1911s, I decided that I wanted one really nice 1911, without getting into the super high dollar models.  After a bunch of research, the Dan Wesson pistols seemed like just what I was looking for.  It's really amazing how smooth the action of the slide feels compared to other 1911s I've owned.  Sweet pistol!   Cheers, Rusty

I bought plenty of that too!

Yes he sure was. He even replaced Frank Sinatra in Tommy Dorsey's band for a time in 1941.

We're having a Kentucky mist - it mist Kentucky and got us.

Why am I not at all surprised by that?

First bottle of Dickel Barrel Select is down the tubes!  That stuff tastes like candy over ice... And even though I was informed it should be illegal to use it to make a whiskey & coke, it made the best one I've ever had.   Don't think I could go back to drinking the cheaper stuff any more.

I personally would not want to leave a handgun in my car and would carry it on me where it can't be stolen.  If you have the right sized gun with the right holster, no one should know that you are carrying.

Ok, well I stand corrected on the math aspect then. Your second part I'm in agreement with you.

You can get a 50 pound block of salt(white not the dark colored mineral blocks) from most feed stores or your local tractor supply store for $6-10. Very easy and convenient to store it and a clean rasp file to take what you need when you need it. While the labels say "not for human consumption" it is perfectly safe, it just has to be labeled as such for legal reasons. 

Doesn't "more than 2,000 people" seem like a rather small sample size to claim 35% of Americans want to leave?

  FIFY

And THAT is the issue.   Not everyone is a candy a$$ panzy who will pee their pants at the sight of a gun. Some people are card carrying badasses who you will have to internally disassemble if they attack you. The problem is they do not let you know in advance which they are and you won't find out until they start taking hits.   So is it better to err on the side of caution and train for shooting them multiple times in important places as fast as you can as a default response , or is it better to just try to hit 'em anywhere as fast as you can and hope they stop? Yet there are people out there who teach that shot placement is not as important as getting a quick hit ANYWHERE on them is...... The BG in the Motel 6 scored quick peripheral hits on DeCaro first.....but they didn't STOP DeCaro...........now the BG is dead. 

Congrats indeed. 

Bourbon. I have enough ammo to take anything else I might need.

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Congratulations! Awesome that you've got him his first .22, hopefully ammo becomes available by the time he walks! :rofl:

Congratulations! Sounds like you're planning on spoiling him just like any good grandparent should!

For those not familiar Lynne Russell not only was a long time anchor for CNN but at the same time worked as a private investigator, had a carry permit, and worked as a reserve deputy all while working at CNN. Not exactly the typical CNN anchor personality..... Her husband Chuck De Caro is a former SF soldier member 20th SF Group. These were the WRONG people to try to rob.....  For the rest of us, read the story of what happened....   How often do we consider getting in a gunfight right as we get out of the shower? With our wife in the room as potential backstop? Your gunfight might not be what you previously envisioned.....   And we see AGAIN, hits to the abdomen do NOT always stop people....De Caro took 1 to the leg, 2 to the abdomen and still killed the other guy and survived . Peripheral hits MIGHT stop someone but often do not. Plan accordingly. If your idea of marksmanship with a pistol is "minute of man" then you might want to rethink that .....

What about first aid kit, MRE packs, solar blankets, water jug, rope, needle and thread, alcohol.

Congratulations!

Honestly, I'm glad to see courtesy winning out here.  

I'm pretty sure all the updates have something to do with climate change. Let's ban guns.

Looks like the dukes boys just got themselves into a heapa trouble....   This is surprising, they were never meanin' no harm after all.

I am going to try to get Dave to make one of each, if he does I will post pictures of them on here at the opening of this thread, 

When out you have to let stuff like this roll off. Do not get into a yelling match or physical, stay calm and be the bigger person.

You no longer need a HCP to carry a loaded firearm in vehicle. Long gun or short Sent from the backwoods

Didn't take the quiz because I'm too tired to do basic arithmetic after a long day, but I found this part irrelevant: +1 point if you have at least $500 in cash on hand right now. +1 point if you own at least 100 oz. of silver or 5 oz. of gold and have it in your physical possession. +1 point if you have substantial savings in any currency other than U.S. dollars.   If there is truly a SHTF moment and a breakdown of economy and government services, I can't see US currency or any foreign currency holding value past kindling.  Also, I still wonder what you can trade gold or silver for when people need bullets water or food more than anything else.  I know I'm only going to listen to barter offers that include things I would need.

Good job Kenneth, you shot a good match. Stick with me and I'll show you how to do some really stupid sh@t at majors lol.