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way to go now I wont be able to find matches any where and if I do they will be 75 bucks for a box :stunned:

Yuup.   Big government control freak Republicans are no more a friend of the Constitution, or individual thought (or liberty) than a big government Democrat...they are all just progressives who think that the government is the answer to every problem (when in reality it's usually the cause of the problem).

Walk into the Murfreesboro PD at shift change time with the Glock in your hand and be sure to wave it around while asking them to run it for stolen.                           Just kidding! Better not do that.

In all honesty I never thought he was Presidential material....................jmho

hardknox, that is funny....   Thread creep.  Check this out.  Somebody with lots of time on their hands...lol     Is Gilligan the Devil? Years ago, CBS had a popular little series called "Gilligan's Island". There is, however, a dark secret about this "comedy" you may never have realized. The island is a direct representation of Hell. Nobody on the island wants to be there, yet none are able to leave. Each one of the characters represents one of the 7 deadly sins: Ginger represents LUST - she wears skimpy outfits, is obsessed with her looks, and is a borderline nymphomaniac. Mary Ann represents ENVY - she is jealous of Ginger's beauty. The Professor represents PRIDE - he is an annoying know-it-all. Mr. Howell represents GREED - no explanation needed. Mrs. Howell represents SLOTH - she has never lifted a finger to help on any of their escape plans. The Skipper represents two sins: GLUTTONY - again, no explanation needed and ANGER - he violently hits Gilligan on each show. This leaves Gilligan. Gilligan is the person who put them there. He prevents them from leaving by foiling all of their escape plots. Also, it is HIS island. Therefore, Gilligan is SATAN. Crazy? He does wear red in every episode.

Just wanted to update. The Great Dane rescue group was able to find Mr P.'s owners! We are so happy to hear it and were told they were extremely happy to have him back!

For what it's worth, I bought Glocks from dealers that were LE trade ins. They came as pistols with one mag in a padded envelope. There were tons of police trades that didn't have boxes with them. People move. People put stuff in the attic.   Trade based on the character of the man you're dealing with, not his lack of factory boxes.

Why is that a red flag? Lots of people don't save the factory stuff, or they lose it, or they buy guns used without it. If you ask to see his TN state ID and sign a bill of sale and he declines, or if you have some other reason to believe he is shady then by all means decline the deal, otherwise you should be good to go. But if you insist on running a check you can call your local PD and ask if they will run it for you. Or you can go to any ffl dealer and ask them to do a TICS transfer for you which includes a check for stolen.

Does anyone still seriously think he is Presidential material?

You buying? :)

My daughter has her own dog, my wife has her own, and I haven't really had my own "my dog" since I lost my pit bull Princess when I was a kid. She died from heartworms and it destroyed me! This little American Bulldog mix reminds me a lot of Princess minus the color scheme. I named him Roman and lemme tell ya, I LOVE him and he LOVES me! :) :) :) As you'll see, he loves to sleep right now at a tad over 5 weeks old. And he doesn't care if it's comfortable for me or not, I just have to deal with it LOL. Edit: The older he's gotten, I believe he's just a standard pit bull. Not really sure except for appearance on how to know for sure, but I am not going to get him tested, as it doesn't matter to me, I love him because he's my dog.

As of 8:00 PM this evening, I just completed my 11th day of being tobacco free.  It is all downhill at this point.   I gave up a 14 year smoking habit 11 years ago only to switch to a can to 1.5 cans per day of smokeless tobacco.  While I was going through some flu-like symptoms at the end of Feb, I told myself that there would be no better time to quit since I already felt like s***.  I finished my last dip on Feb 28 at 8:00 PM and haven't looked back since. 

I just wanted to take a second and suggest that anyone who can buy their ammo from David (dlm37015).  He is a great guy and usually has a posting in the classified section.  He sold me a brick of .22LR yesterday for $23.  You simply can't beat the price anywhere right now.  Go find him at the next show he's working and support a fellow forum member.    

  Yup ... Demoed and pulled carpet today.  Will be in about 9:30-10am tomorrow morning.  Mañana is a dry wall and patch day :)

My life hasn't been the same since Bandit came home. Technically Bandit and my daughter are supposed to be the pair, but there is no question about who Bandit accepts as master.   Good looking pup.

What a cute pup. There's nothing better than have dogs around! Rugerla, do you still have that walker you found a few months back? That was a good looking pooch.

Nice looking pup. Lots of love and exercise will make that the best friend you ever had!!!!!

Congrats!  There's nothing like the love of puppy.

Awesome! Congrats on the new addition to the family.

It's here. http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1407

This will be my third AR 15, and the second one I have build myself. If they still have this upper I was looking at, I might pick it up as well. Its just that I have had zero chances to go shooting lately. I still have yet to fire a FAL and a glock that I picked up a while ago.

Ryan Haynes already responded to me with a promise of his support for HB1883. 

those dogs are high strung anyway,but i almost have to say it was older racoon or something like a pet for it to have not killed the dog.thats my thoughts on it cause those things are mean.

But why would you want to patron a place that does not want you?  It seems a bit silly.

[quote name="McAllyn" post="1126886" timestamp="1395236459"]If it were my company, I'd have sold those 2 pallets at cost for a few reasons: 1) It'd sell quickly and I'd make my money back 2) Customers would realize there's better places to buy than the "armslist resellers" 3) I'd be stealing customers from the resellers 4) I'd be drawing in customers who would possibly buy other items with better profit margins 5) I'd generate positive attitudes about my business and potentially generate repeat customers Looks like what EW is doing is having the same effects... just exactly opposite. That's 2 stores in that area I'll never visit. Mac[/quote] This. But I would have limit 1 brick per customer, period. Show your DL and I would record the # on a log to make sure you don't buy more later. And I'd mark each box "Sold at cost for $X by Acme Guns, not for resale. Thanks for your business!"

No more then what Walmart sells it for. I don't understand the "need" for $70-$100 / brick of .22lr ammo.

I hardly ever bother reading these types of articles.   But I do enjoy reading the lambasting the author's get in the comment section.  I hope the girl who wrote it is the sensative type.

I was thinking we should send him some brass knuckles.

A man walks into a diner. He asks the owner behind the counter "How much for the soup?" "Two dollars" replies the owner. The man looks annoyed, "But soup is only a dollar over the road" he exclaims. "Why don't you go there then?" enquires the owner. "They're out" admits the man. Says the owner, "If I was out of soup, it would be a dollar too"

    The wire from a twist-tie works as well.  But be careful as some jets are quite delicate and simply passing a wire through the hole can change their size enough to affect performance. 

  You can interpret this as you want, but this was not a matter of exclusion.  You're attempting to attach and unrelated case of Lt Connor to the Medals issued to these men.  I get that you think Lt Connor's snub is bull####; I do too.  But it has nothing to do with race.  I've been reading up on it and am still confused by the judge's ruling as it relates to the law passed in the '60s on MoH criteria.  As far as I know his case could still be resubmitted to HRC/Sec of Army through Congress.  The article references a statute of limitations being reached in 2006, but gives no reference to where that statute is.  I can't find it.   But, to put that all into context as to what you're saying, you're actually very wrong about this having anything to do with Barack Obama or exclusionary racial bias in favor of non-whites.  You're saying it isn't fair that Connor was rejected on upgrading his DSC and these 24 weren't.  Okay, let's examine that for a second.  First, the statute of limitations was reached in 2006 and the wife of Connor submitted new evidence of eyewitness accounts in 2008.  It seems even then that it could have been waivered through, but the board found no new evidence versus the old stuff, so she was in the same position she would have been in 10 years before.  I'm not saying that's right, but I don't sit on that board.  It seems like the issue has nothing to do with laws and regulations, since it could still be given an exemption.  It appears, for whatever reason, the board just isn't going to reverse its past decisions.    Now, the 24 MoH recipients we're talking about here had their records investigated as a result of law passed in 2002, when Bush was in office and Obama was out community organizing.  Here is some text on that from the Post:   "Prompted by a law passed by Congress in 2002, the Pentagon conducted an extensive review to examine past discrimination in Medal of Honor decisions and concluded that 19 men did not receive the honor because of their racial or ethnic backgrounds. The group included 17 Latinos, one African American and one Jewish soldier, according to the military." http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/24-veterans-receive-the-medal-of-honor-from-president-obama/2014/03/18/f695f5ac-aeab-11e3-96dc-d6ea14c099f9_story.html   Here is the text from the "Valor 24" website that the Army manages:   "On Mar. 18, 2014, President Barack Obama presented 24 Army veterans with the Medal of Honor in one of the largest Medal of Honor ceremonies in history. Each of these Soldiers’ bravery was previously recognized by award of the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest award; that award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Congressional review and the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) prompted a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veteran war records from WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. During the review, records of several Soldiers of neither Jewish nor Hispanic descent were found to display criteria worthy of the Medal of Honor. The 2002 NDAA was amended to allow these Soldiers to be honored with the upgrade - in addition to the Jewish and Hispanic American Soldiers. The White House ceremony on Mar. 18 will recognized these 24 men for their gallantry, intrepidity and heroism above and beyond the call of duty. The United States Army is proud of these Soldiers and glad to see their professionalism, service and sacrifice being recognized again - in full view of a new generation." http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/valor24/   So it appears that while the majority of the recipients were originally downgraded from the MoH due to race, ethnicity or religious preference (19/24), the remaining 5 were individuals had theirs downgraded for reasons other than that, and were also awarded.  It appears that during the Congressional review they found at least 5 guys who were of no minority group who simply got screwed out of their original MoH, kinda like Connor.  You should be happy that they uncovered this, not trying to turn this into a reason to hate on Obama.  So at least 5 of the awardees were white, and only a few of them were black.  The majority were hispanic.    So, I'm having a hard time here understanding why you're making this about Obama, the left and "revisionist history".  Please, I'm curious.  These men were awarded yesterday after reviews into their cases were authorized in the 2002 NDAA.  They've been waiting on this to clear for over a decade, long before anyone outside Chicago knew the difference between Obama and Osama.   Let me also leave this here.  Here are the 4 other belated MoH recipients that Obama has presented the award to since he took office:   CPT Emil Kapaun (WHITE)   Born in Kansas to Czech immigrants in 1916.  As white as they come by modern day standards.  He served in WWII and Korea.  Obama presented this white person's NOK with the MoH on April 11, 2013.  He is also on the path to sainthood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun   SPC-4 Leslie H. Sabo, Jr (WHITE)   Born in Austria and drafted into service during the Vietnam War.  Killed a crapload of enemy, wounded several times and finally died by crawling into an enemy position with his own grenade, killing himself and several enemy.  Obama presented this white person's MoH to his NOK on May 16, 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_H._Sabo,_Jr.   PFC Henry Svehla (WHITE)   Born in New Jersey to immigrant parents.  Threw himself on a grenade to save his buddies.  He was only 20 years old. Obama presented this white person's MoH to his NOK on May 2, 2011.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Svehla   PFC Anthony T. KahoÊ»ohanohano (HAWAIAN ISLANDER... oh geez, this must be based solely on his race!)   Born in Hawaii before it was a state, and had 6 brothers.  Out of the 7 boys his parents had, all 7 of them served their country in wartime.  Not all of them made it back.  This guy served in Korea as a machine gun squad leader.  After being blown out of their position, he set up a new defensive with his men, then went back to the old position to retrieve more ammo.  He single handedly held back the enemy from that position before running out of ammo, then using an entreching tool to kill the dozen Chinese commie soldiers they found near his body.  But since he isn't white, I'm assuming the MoH is all bullcrap race related nonsense.  His NOK was presented the MoH in an obviously race related ceremony that Obama put on at the White House on May 2, 2011.  Oh wait, that was the same day as a white guy got one, so maybe this wasn't TOTALLY race related. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_T._Kaho%CA%BBohanohano     So let me leave you with this.  You're outrage is all your own racial hangups.  Yeah, I get it, the left love to make race an issue, but this ain't got nothing to do with that.  This is a case that has been going on for over a decade.  Obama has nothing to do with it.  The left have nothing to do with it.  Revisionist history have nothing to do with it.    You're upset about Lt Connor getting the snub.  Well here's the deal, after reading up on these it appears that every single last one of these MoH recipients were submitted for the MoH back during action.  They were all downgraded to DSC.  Lt Connor was not recommended for the MoH.  In 1997 his wife lobbied to make a case for it.  Does he deserve the MoH?  I dunno.  If you asked me I'd say "hell yes he does", but he is not in the same category as the rest of these heroes in regard to the regulations.  They were all submitted for MoHs during their respective conflicts.  They all had them denied at upper echelons due to discrimination of some kind, whether that be racial prejudice or just a crappy CoC.  Either way, upon later review the Army decided that the someone along the way got it wrong.  So no, this wasn't exclusionary based on race, it was exclusionary based on regulations.  I assume we'll see many more veterans over the next few decades who have their files reviewed.  There's a lot of folks out there recommended for MoHs who had them dismissed or downgraded.  I'm sure that Congress will have them looked at too.  Hell, look at CPT Swenson, and read the back story on his MoH track.  He got the Medal for the same engagement as a Marine who received his 3 years earlier.  Both cracker white as they come.  Guess what, there's a back story there and it has nothing to do with race.   But you can carry on and spread nonsense that this is a racially motivated event.  It isn't.  The only racial motivation here was when their awards were initially downgraded generations ago because the first GO in their command didn't think dark skinned people should be wearing an MoH.  I think it's great that we can finally correct that issue.  So what that Obama gets to parade on TV and get the credit for it?  I don't care.  This isn't for Obama, and other than simply sitting in the White House when these awards were FINALLY processed he had dick to do with it.  As a fellow veteran, I'm pretty upset that you look at this case like that.  The facts don't support anything you're saying.  I've laid them out here quite clearly.  You can choose to be ignorant about it, but I don't see how you could read this post and still feel good about your position.

If this were President Bush standing at the podium and saying that these men were being awarded the MoH due to the fact that when they performed their acts of heroism, they were overlooked for racial reasons, it couldn't see it being an issue.  It would be the same thing it is today- doing the right thing even if years later.  But, because of all the racial undertones real or imagined with President Obama, we have debates like this thread.  Never mind that this initiative was part of the 2002 Defense Appropriations bill.  Passed in 2001, a year when the President was a Republican, the House of Representatives was controlled by Republicans and the Senate was a 51/49 split between Democrats (including an independent that caucused with them) and Republicans.  The leading thoughts that this is some racially biased thing President Obama is doing don't pass the smell test.   The military is representative of society and back then, a sizable portion of our country was racist.  To think that those thoughts weren't part of the beliefs for Army leadership who were raised in that environment isn't realistic  I can absolutely believe that not being white or being Jewish instead of Christian made getting them the recognition they deserved more trouble than it was worth for some.  And by some I mean those who had to process these awards several echelons removed from the units these men served in while under fire.  If their race was enough to be a factor in denying them the award, it's enough of a factor to be mentioned when we correct that.  People should be proud that we looked back and publicly said said "this was wrong" and got these men the recognition they deserved.    I get that there are probably hundreds more of every race/ethnicity/skin color that aren't recognized when they should be.  Garlin Conners is hardly alone in this regard.  But I challenge anyone to look at this list, click through the names, read the stories and tell me who among them may have been awarded the MoH for their race, religion or skin color instead of their actions that day after looking at their heroism without the racism of the days they served in clouding peoples views.

It'll be fine.

With all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth in Knoxville today, I felt sure there would be at least a few pages already.

  There is no time limit for Congress to make the recommendation.  As to these awardees, I'm curious as to the process for their MoH.  Surely some of them were recommended by their Chain of Command during whatever the time limits were in WWII and Korea, only to be downgraded or dismissed due to race.  So I'm under the assumption that some, if not all, met that criteria.   Here's my deal though.  I know the awards system is screwed up, and it is personality driven.  Everyone who has been in the military and especially those who have fought in war know this.  I recall a buddy who left cover to pull a fellow soldier who was critically wounded behind cover and provide him treatment.  He was shot while pulling his buddy to cover, but was still able to not only render him livesaving aid to a severe wound, but he himself returned fire on the enemy and assisted in killing every attacker from a superior sized force.... all with a gunshot wound.   His Bronze Star V was downgraded to an ARCOM V.  WTF?  Yeah, it's upsetting.  Even more upsetting when you see POGs who sit on a FOB get Bronze Stars like candy.  So when I see that there are heroes from past conflicts that have displayed such valor to rise to the level of MoH status only to learn they were denied such valor because of skin pigment I become enraged.  So very effing enraged.  I don't care about the media or Obama.  Obama can try to take credit for righting the wrongs of the past, but I know better.  He had no more to do with this than if any other President was sitting in the White House.  He only got the honor of presenting the award and being in the same room as these last three survivors.    When I saw this thread before I wasn't going to comment on it, but it is upsetting.  You're saying that you agree they deserve the award, but in the same post you claim they only got it because of race.  Like I said before, the same could be said about every single white recipient of the Medal, if you're suggesting that the recent awards are exclusionary to potential white awardees (such as Lt Connor) and therefore the award is based on race.  Well I could say the same about white recipients during the WWII and Korean era if the award was exclusionary to potential black awardees.  That means the MoH back then was based on race.   I don't see it that way, however.  The way I see it, to draw that conclusion is taking away the focus of the sacrifice those brave folks made for our country.  I don't think there is a single MoH recipient who wouldn't want to see everyone who deserved a MoH get awarded, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or gender.  To make this a race issue takes something away from those awardees, and it is no different than the media making this a race issue.  You took the bait from CNN it seems. 

I moved here from CO and watched the state go from conservative/republican to a liberal/democrat majority.   The issue is more and more people do not have what it takes to go out in this world and do what ever it takes to become self sufficient. As the economy worsens, the number of people like this increases., as the standard of living decreases, those type of people increase.   Talk to young people today.    Lots of them have simply given up before they even got started. They had visions, taught by the older generations who raised them, of being able to make a great living etc.....All they talk about now is how life isn't fair, I was lied to, all I can find is a min. wage part time job, the older generations screwed up this country and stole my future etc... They want nothing more than to see wealth redistribution and most vote democrat. Around 65% and this generation is as big as the baby boomers.    Also, the younger generation are more diverse and socially liberal, so when republicans rant about conservative social issues, it turns the young away and they will not vote for them even if they like what else they have to say.    If the trend continues, there is no way to stop it as the old die off and the younger generation become a bigger percentage of the vote. They have the numbers. Some say we have already reached the tipping point. I don't think so personally.

As found on another forum I frequent......

This is "The Armadillo." He was my personal plush animal companion through three tours in Iraq. He has a scrapbook documenting his kidnap by terrorists and his escape in a pizza box. Of all the plush animals in the house, my wife insisted The Armadillo accompany me, as he was used to the heat and had his own body armor. After mutual adventures, we both survived unscathed.

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Ok so I've lost track here. This thing has been approved by a dozen committees so far, how many more till it is done and approved? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Fire = Bad   Fire at altitude = real bad..

This looks like a pretty good reason to me...

If you voted for Obama we don't want your business. You are too stupid to own a gun Sent from my XT1060 using Tapatalk

You tell me

[quote name="orientalexpress" post="1126077" timestamp="1395106758"]So your new car doesn't need a break period? Even Ferrari has a 1000km break in period.[/quote] Did you really just essentially compare a Remington pistol to a Ferrari? lol I've heard it all

Quick search on gun broker looks like $210 is a good price.  Looks like they have gone up quite a bit in the past couple of years.  More importantly, if you have given your word to pay an agreed upon price then you should complete the transaction, regardless of what it is actually worth. 

      I love this stereotype. Do many of us do ok finanically, sure.  I think you will find that many of us are as discriminating as anyone when it comes to guns and ammo.  The people that are buying the ammo at this price aren't "gun" people.  They are simply people who have a gun and may happen to have a little more money (or not).  It's the same in Franklin, Nashville, Knoxville, or anywhere else.     By this standard, everyone who lives in or near Memphis is a drug dealing murderer.

Well the burden of what to do with it is now off my shoulders. I gave it back to him after I learned that his youngest son Casey had been hoping someday his father would pass the rifle down to him. Butch called me this morning and asked if he could have it back because he found out that Casey wanted it but never would ask him straight out for it. I was more than glad to give it back to him so he could pass it down to Casey. I think he is going to take it over to Casey's home soon as he left here. Problem solved and no ones feelings hurt I hope. Thank all of you for your help in identifying the gun and it's origin. Now if I run into an opportunity to get another one I will at least have an idea what I would be getting...... :up:  :up: 

Mobility and comfort are my big things. A pistol is a defensive weapon. If I think I'm gonna need body armor, I'm probably gonna need a rifle. Tapatalk ate my spelling.

Nikon 2-7 P22. Great scope and it runs ~$170.   There are two versions, a BDC with 1/2" turrets and a duplex with BDC turrets.