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Sounds like an EDC load out for many here. lol

This is a long winded story but I just spent 3 days on a river without seeing another person except for my paddling partners. I just wanted to share it with someone. I just got back from Jasper Arkansas after doing a 5 day canoe trip down Missouri's Eleven Point River. Clear emerald green water moving rapidly through a rugged, remote area in the Ozarks. We saw some fishermen the first day and some John boats the last day and didn't see a soul for the rest of the time. We then went to a cabin near Jasper Arkansas and did two day trips down the Buffalo River. I left my truck at the put in on the Eleven Point River for 5 days with fishing rods in the back. Nothing was missing. Luckily my CC permit was honored in Missouri and Arkansas but I drove for 10 miles through Illinois. If I had gotten pulled and they found my handgun, I would have been sent to jail. Isn't that amazing? The photo below is of the Buffalo River near Ponca Arkansas. This river was very scenic but we saw dozens of people. My choice of handguns was my Glock 19. It was kept in a dry bag while paddling. The drive home was about 1000 miles and took me 18 hours. It was worth it. Here is how you do it. First get a canoe that will hold camping gear. It is a 16 hour drive from Durham NC, so split it in half and drive I-40 west until you get to Edgar Evins State Park. They have these wooden platforms that you can park your truck on and set up a tent for the night. The next day you drive through Nash Vegas and up I-24 into Kentucky. You have to go through Cairo Illinois, for 10 miles. They had a Zombie Apocalypse there a few decades ago and the once thriving town is now mostly deserted. Big old mansions over grown with vines and the roof caving in. Stores boarded up. Now that they have the highway repaired you may will miss Cairo. You then cross Big Muddy into Missouri. You will need to find Alton Missouri. That is the nearest town to get supplies. You will take hwy 160 east to get to the river. Cross the bridge over the Eleven Point and turn left into the boat launch area. You will leave one truck here to be waiting for you when you take off the river. I left my truck with two fishing rods in the back and no one messed with them. Now you pile everything onto and into the vehicle that will take you to the put in, upstream. Hwy 19 is the place many people put in. This is dependent on the water level. Park the put in vehicle load your boats and you are off! No fees, no problems. There are designated camping spots that have an outhouse, picnic tables and tent sights above the high water mark. They are first come first served but you can camp on a gravel bar, if the weather says no rain. The river has many springs that flow into the river. Greer Springs is one of the biggest in the state with 350 cubic feet per second of crystal clear water. Greer Springs is about a one mile hike to where it comes out of the ground. Go to the Eleven Point in the Spring before the ticks and skeeters come out. Also, put on the river on a Sunday so you can miss any weekend campers. You can buy a fishing license but after all the fees, you will be paying a dollar a cast. NOTE: I saw more Confederate flags in Southern Missouri than I have ever seen. Damned Missouri Ruffians! They are nice people though and very country. They remind me of my kin. Their fried chicken is off the charts. Paddling the Buffalo is much easier. Just go to Jasper Arkansas, they will help you with the canoes and then get a cabin at Bluff Dwellers Cabins. http://www.ozarkbluffdwellers.com/ This is a secret! These cabins are on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Buffalo River Valley. They face west into the sunset, which can be breath taking. The cabins are isolated, you can't see one cabin from the others and not very expensive for what you get. The put in for the Buffalo is at Ponca. Then you can take out at a number of places down stream. Don't pass the Low Gap Café without stopping in. It is a hidden gem with a great chef, a local guy. I asked him "where the heck did you learn to cook like that?" he said "In the kitchen......" (dumb question) The Buffalo is one of the most scenic places to paddle I have ever seen, with towering cliffs up towards 500 feet overhanging the river. This is a very clean river with clear water and no trash. They have some pretty strict rules about paddling the Buffalo. No glass, all canned beverages must be in a huggy that floats, all coolers must be have the lid secured and be tied to the boat, nothing should fall out of the boat if you tip over and you must carry a mesh bag for trash and there are no trash cans anywhere. You bring it in and you take it out., This is not me in the picture but that canoe is what yours will look like crammed with camping gear. Make sure your canoe is balance and not bow heavy or stern heavy. In a tandem canoe if one person is paddling it, turn the boat around backwards and sit in the front seat. This puts you closer to the center of the canoe and will give you better control. Always get on your knees when paddling through rough water, unless you want to swim with all you gear.

A friend bought the Shockwave in12 gauge and we had a great time at the range.I enjoyed it so much I sought out a 29 gauge. With No1 buck this little critter is my new home defender. It is a really cool shotty that is a breeze to wield around and is easy to shoot well with some familiarity. Tons of destruction with reduced recoil compared to the 12. Field loads, pew,pew,pew!!!!! LOVE IT!!! https://imgur.com/a/CAsOZHv

The Bersa problem is fairly common with smaller .22s copied from larger caliber pistols. Most will run just fine on high velocity .22 ammo.

top end Aquillas run more reliably than CCI minimags in the Sig Mosquito as well as in a couple of gun mag articles

I haven’t got a 2.0 Compact yet, but I will. For me, concealment is more dependent on width than length. Accuracy is absolutely dependent on length. There is only 1.3 Oz difference is the 3.6 and 4 inch models. I think I’ll probably go with the 4” since I see no advantage to the 3.6”. But I guess I’ll need to see them both.

I have wanted to give that Victory a try since I first saw it. But I really would like a longer barrel without having to buy a Volquartsen. I figure as soon as I buy one they’ll come out with a longer barrel the next week. I run CCI mini mags in all my .22’s and don’t have any issues.

About all the NRA President does is put a face on the organization and get people ginned up at rallies. Wayne LaPierre still calls the shots. There have been some big shoes to fill since Charleston Heston, none of them have been able to measure up to him since. I would have liked to see R Lee Ermey to have held the office before he passed.

Key part.......4.7Mil + 60 jobs lost. Safety had nothing to do with it. Try whittling down on the cost of a HCP here & see how that goes. Not happening. Once a state gets their greedy paws on some money ( tax ), it never lets go.

Back in the 80's my uncle had one of these. Not sure if it was a 4 cylinder or 6cyl. All I know is I could never talk him into letting me, when I was in high school, take it out for a drive. He would not let me drive his Delorean either. Never did like that uncle much. lol

This is the very thing the Germans did to the Jews in the late 30s. Made it illegal to deal with the Jews. Now the POS cuomo is doing it to us as firearm owners and dealers.

I carried a 16" ASP when I worked the door at a music club in college. If I carry an impact weapon now it is either a sap or blackjack. While the ASP looks bad ass while being deployed (and in my own experience that HAS stopped more than one fight before it got started) it does not hit nearly as hard as a sap or a jack when you actually have to use it. And a sap or a jack tends to work better in entangled fights where there is not much room to "wind up". And if you hit people where it will be effective then you are using that baton as a deadly force tool....and that brings up the simple truth that no one wants to hear.... In TN a civilian can only use equal force under the law. A police officer is NOT bound by that. So while a police officer can legally beat your ass with a metal rod (baton) to get control of you in order to cuff you , a civilian would have to be in legitimate fear of grave bodily injury or death to use a baton. IF you actually ARE in fear of grave bodily injury or death then your firearm is the better solution 95+% of the time. When is that 5% you ask? When I'm involved with a contact distance problem that would preclude me cleanly introducing the gun into the situation without it getting grabbed or getting my draw fouled. If I'm in a tangle (clinch) with dude or dudes trying to kill me then I need to be very careful about introducing the gun. Yes I know Zimmerman got his gun out under pressure but that was as much blind luck on his part as any real skill and he could just as easily have been disarmed and murdered. In this situation a baton would likely be just short of useless as you would be unlikely to get it opened and not have the distance to make the strikes hit hard enough to do enough damage to change their channel. At that distance interval the baton will likely have to be used in the closed position to strike with to then make enough space to fully deploy it...and good luck with that it it is 2 or 3 on one. We can make a good argument here that a blade (or any sharp pointy thing) would be better at less than 1 arms length at getting people to let go of you. So if we then accept that the baton (which under TN law is a "club" ) is a deadly force weapon, (just like a gun or knife) then we cannot legally employ it unless in reasonable fear of grave bodily injury or death.....and if we ARE in fact in reasonable fear of grave bodily injury or death then the gun you carry is probably a better option than the baton. Just like you can't "Shoot them just a little" and it not be deadly force, or "stab them just a little" and that not be deadly force the law says you can't "hit them just a little" with a club and it not be deadly force either. Now, we MIGHT be able to make the argument that if it was used 100% within the parameters that the certifying company or agency that certified you to use the baton (in my case Monadnok) teaches as less lethal usage to make them comply, without striking anywhere that might be viewed as potentially causing permanent injury (yellow zones ) or any lethal area (red zones), then you MIGHT be able to argue your way out of that epic beat down you put on someone with an impact weapon....as long as they were employing lethal force against you to begin with. Hope your attorney has some experience with this.... But again, the state views the mere interjection of your club as deadly force and unless the other guy was using lethal force against you, then it probably will not go well for you in court. Ok so what about multiple assailants? How about using a baton against them since that would be lethal force due to disparity of force ? Why would you pull a baton and try to fight multiple assailants with an impact weapon when you would already be justified to pull a gun, use it from distance so as to not get entangled with them and be more likely to survive unscathed? OK well what if I don't have a gun? What if I am somewhere that does not allow firearms? Tell me where you can legally carry an impact weapon that you could not legally carry a gun? Think about it....those "No weapons" signs mean NO WEAPONS not just no guns and whether you use a baton or a gun it is all the same. There is a reason "clubs" are prohibited from being carried under state law UNLESS you have been certified in their use. Carrying with a certification is an affirmative defense...not a "not get arrested" card. The only exception on this is if you pick up an improvised "club" and use it but we were discussing BYOC "bringing your own club". Having said that , if you want to avail yourself of your right to get certified and carry an impact weapon, do so, but just be aware that civilians operate under different rules than cops with regards to using impact weapons. No lethal force used against you, no club for you. Again, cops use 'em because under state law they can use ANY and ALL force required to take people into custody....civilians can only use a commensurate amount of force to the force being used against them to repel the unlawful attack. So if even legally using a club requires that lethal force is first being used against you, then the club might not be the most appropriate tool to employ......