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I've been considering getting a CRKT Minimalist. These are getting rave reviews over on BushcraftUSA. But I do like the looks of the Lawdog. http://www.amazon.co...ords=Minimalist

I don't think you are going to be disappointed. I bought the same knife 3 weeks ago with the Coyote Brown Scales, off EBAY for $22 plus shipping, which brought it to $27. Before that I carried a Kershaw Clash, which I loved. The Rat 1 has been in my pocket ever since. I do wish I had bought a plain edge though, but the serrations haven't bothered me at all. I'm a huge fan of the RAT 1 now! Best liner lock I have ever owned!

Is the Law Dog still in production?

I'd love to have a Civil War reproduction rifle, but man are they expensive!

I don't, but I do find Cathrine Bell quite fetching! Oh, and it's nice to see Hollywood going Pro Gun!

Now remember, this was from the late 80's though 2000. I'd say the Army has tightened up just what you can and can't do now. The reason we were allowed to take our competition weapons home, along with the ammunition, was because we were expected to practice on our own time. This was a reserve rifle team, not active. That was the reason given to me when I joined that program. And we had personel scattered all over the the states of Tennessee and Alabama. I was assigned four weapons, a NM M-14, a Winchester 52 .22 target rifle, a Ruger MkII target pistol with a bull barrel and a NM 1911A1. We were under orders for the Arkansas shooting competition, but we since we had no vehicles assigned to our unit, we were authorized to travel in POVs and carry our weapons with us. We were not authorized ammunition for the movement, expect for the one guard. However, that was not a group of civilian cars you would have wanted to stop and rob. I think there were probably 200+ shooters for that meet and I think just about all of them traveled POV with weapons. Those were fun days!

I consider the NG as a part of thw whole since they can be Federalized at the whim of the President. My experience was with the AR. Us Engineers tended to go to the field for AT just about the entire time and we drew our weapons for the field. They started bumping field time up for us in the mid 80's. When we deployed overseas, to Honderus, we drew our weapons as well. When in Panama, we did not though, since Noriega's PDF supplied our security, but we had them locked away in a CONEX box. And of course, during our time in Iraq, we always drew them prior to departing CONUS. Qualification was done local most of the time, since it was hard to get ranges coordinated at Campbell or Bragg during AT. Especially during the 90's with Units being sent to Bosnia, Panama, and Haiti. We would draw weapons at the center and ammunition at the range, wherever we were qualifing. Later on when I changed units to a Rifle Training Unit and Competition Shooting for the ARCOM, we were allowed to draw our weapons and keep them with us for practice, even through the Clinton years. We were required to store them in an approved lockable storage unit, like a safe at the house and we drew ammunition for whatever we were shooting. I once transported a rack of M16A2s and a box of M9's to Arkansas to take part in a Tactical Competition, in my POV, under orders, as well. So it's done a lot more than you think.

Green card holders should be allowed to get a HCP, if they want one. It's stupid to say otherwise, since they are here following the letter of the law. Sometimes people can't or won't see the difference in legal and illegal aliens and just lump them all together. Those people tend to be called bigots, in my book.

Not a bad post, except for saying that the Reserves are made up of mostly soft MOS's. In Tennessee, that is not the case. The 278th is an Armored Calvary Reg (NG), based over most of the state and comprised of several thousand members. The 844th Engr BN (CBT)(HV) (AR) is based in East Tennessee and is about 800 strong. There is also the 181st artillery battalion (NG)e early . All these units have seen active service in Iraq and in the case of the 278th and the 844th, multiple tours starting with Desert Storm. And all these units are combat arms units. I was a member of one of those units and while you are correct that we only drew our weapons for range time, we also drew them for our AT's. And our range times were usually local as well, and not held at Ft. Campbell or Tullahoma. As for the article. I don't think its anything to get all worked up about. And there have been many cases where the active duty military has been called in to restore order during national emergencies. The 82nd was called into New Orleans after Katrina. The 7th Infantry Division was ordered into LA after the Rodney King beating started riots there. And in Washington DC back in 1932, during what was called the "Bonus War", the Army was used to move some 20,000 veterans and their families, who were protesting the Governments refusal to pay bonuses the veterans had been promised. The troops were under the command of Douglas McArthur and included tanks and calvary, led by none other than George Patton. You can read about it here. http://www.historyne...-washington.htm

Not a thing! If anything we have a lot to gain, by doing so!!! First off look at all the money that we'd save by trimming the LE and Bureau of Prisons bugets! Second, look at all the money to be gained by taxing it! Third of all, Mexico would more than likely settle down, since in one fell swoop, we took all the money away from the cartels. At the very least they would all go legitimate. DING, DING, DING! We have a winner! Legalize them all! Take all the money out of the business and watch the crime rate drop. There will be overdose deaths, but you know what? I don't really give a damn anymore. Too much money has been siffoned out of our pockets for the War on Drugs that's been a total failure. I'd rather pay to clean the junkies up one time, than put them in prison. Then just let them OD, if they can't clean up.

Voted Liberatarian last time and would do so again, but I want to see another conservative on the Supreme Court, which we all know Obama won't do. So I will vote for Romny. But I see little difference between either the Democrats and the Republicans. They just trade around special interests from time to time and suck the rest of us dry.

It is too bad. They created a great design for OKC. It has me wanting an ESEE now, but I can't afford one.

I currently EDC a OKC RAT 1 and a Camillus U.S. knife. I bought the RAT 1 off EBay and I love it! Great lock up and feels wonderful in the hand for a "cheap" knife!

In a SHTF situation, I wouldn't hesitate to slap one on a wound. Makes a lot of sense. Never thought about tinder though. My wife would find it humorous if she found them in my BOB though.

Call me old school, but I'd rather have a Browning Hi Power than a Glock or a Beretta any day. But between the Glock and the Beretta, I'd go Glock. It's lighter and easier to carry than the Beretta. The M9 is a big pistol for the caliber. Too big for a CCW.

JAB, I have the same problem with my employer. They are very safety consious and very anti weapons. I've been questioned a couple of times about my posket knives. So I completely understand! I just picked up a very robust folder by Ontario Knife Company; the RAT 1. I've been very impressed with it! Very solid lockup!!! I think the Knife was designed for Ontario by the people that bring you ESEE knives. Mike Perrin, here in the Knoxville area, is one of them. I've been hugely impressed with mine! I would also pick up a multi-tool or a SAK of some sort. I perfer Leatherman, for the multi-tool and the SAK Farmer. It's not heavy on tools, but it's really all you need! That shelter I referenced, is actually pretty small and of minimal weight, too.

Hey great setup! You put a lot of thought into it. One thing I would add to it, though is some sort of shelter. You could pick up a silnylon tarp or repurpose a rain fly from an old tent. Or you could add one of these. http://www.amazon.co...y/dp/B003ZZY9CC You also might want to have a system to cook with. A popcan stove with a small bottle of HEET, would not add a lot of weight to your kit at all. And lastly, if it were me, I'd go with a sturdier knife like the new Mora Robust. http://www.ragweedfo...ifeCatalog.html (third knife down and only $15 and weights in at 4 3/4 oz with sheath) Fillet knives are great for fish, but just not stiff enough for any real hard use. A Mora Robust would clean those fish just as good and baton through a 3" limb too.

New York is an arm pit! I had it on my bucket list to visit when I retire. No way now. Not that Bloomberg and his cronies really give a damn. Sounded like the young missionary felt the same way I do.

Congrats on the pistols! They are fun to shoot! You need a couple of holsters... or you could go Hickock and tuck'em in a sash!

I have a SS Springfield Loaded and it's a great pistol!!! Eats everything I feed it, including Hydra-Shok 230 gr HP's. I also run Wilson mags in it too.

Well Ok Chris Hecker - http://www.huffingto..._n_1497327.html Joaquin Amador Serrapio - http://www.nbcmiami....-140636953.html Adam Albrett - http://www.ipwatchdo...obama/id=10784/ Johnny Logan Spencer - http://articles.busi...acists-pazienza Eric Allen Hirchert - http://bismarcktribu...1cc4c002e0.html Joseph Antonelli - http://www.greenwich...ning-663098.php Those are just a few. Most, if not all, are nut jobs. There are extremists are on both sides. There always has been and there always will be.

Hmmm... 6.8 AR, it seems to me that anyone that doesn't agree with your thinking seems to be a lefty. It must be a small world on your side. Actually, most of my family, friends and co-workers see me as being conservative. If anything I have a Liberatarian bent. I see myself as not being beholding to either party. In fact I think that there isn't a whole lot of difference between the Republicans and the Democrats. In my mind both just want power for themselves and their group and could give a rat's butt what happens to the rest of us. Both have shown a wellingness to trample all over the constitation whenever they feel like it. As for the topic at hand, if you aren't willing to acknowledge the examples I've sited, then there isn't much to talk about, now is there. We'll just have to agree to disagree on that point.

Tim McVeigh comes to mind when I think of right wing extremists and threats. Unfortunately he carried his threat out. There was a lot of the militia talk crap going on after Clinton took office, A LOT OF IT. And all of it from the Right Wing. The Michigan Militia comes to mind from that time period. There have also been militias prosecuted during Obama's term. All of them right wing extremists. Currently there the leader is the Alaskan Peacetime Militia is on trial in Anchorage along with some of his cronies for varies charges. Then there are the Hutaree in the Midwest. There were arrests down in Georgia back last fall that were connected to Right Wingers as well. My point is neither side is "innocent" and should not be protreyed as such.

I perfer to shake theuir hands and then smack them on the butt. Something about my football days...

Truer words were never written!