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Since I stopped carrying my G19 a couple years ago, I felt comfortable messing around with the innards. After going through 3 different brand connectors, I went "Full Haley" and installed the Skimmer: http://shop.glocktriggers.com/The-SKIMMER-Enhanced-Carry-Trigger-System-GT-13.htm While it's not even close to being like my 1911 (as advertised), it is definitely the best feeling trigger I've felt in my Glock right out of the package. No break-in or polishing needed.

  I've been wondering that too.  McD's would be the lowest of low hanging fruit and would quickly fall like Micheal Jordan's baseball career.  Unlike Chipotle and Target, they've actually had the lion's share of armed robberies over the years.  And if Bloomberg is right, a gun-buster sign or 20 will stop that in short order. :rofl:

  I agree.  Walmart would be their biggest victory ever because it would likely lead to them no longer selling firearms and ammo.  I'm betting they're saving them for last.  That way they can shame them by giving the MSM a huge list of Walmart's competitor's who "care about the kids" and force WallyWorld's hand.  Walmart's numbers are down just like the rest of the retail industry, so it might not take much prodding to do this.    All it'll take is one iPhone pic of OCT strolling through a Walmart with their Bushmasters and the Mom's Demand. . . I mean Everytown For. . . or whatever the heck they'll be called then will snap into action to save us from dudes buying Oreos.

And it's a wrap: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/07/02/target-no-guns-policy/12014451/   Who's with me in the betting pool?   Next will be:   1. McDonalds 2. Publix 3. Kohls 4. *gasp* Walmart

This is a good time to remember that the Prime Minister who orchestrated this in Australia basically:   1.  Tricked gun owners into eating their own by turning gun clubs against each other after promising to save a few if they gave him public support. 2.  Convinced them to pay for the confiscation through taxation. 3.  Enjoyed the fact that a Bill of Rights & orgs like the NRA have no place in Australia. 4.  Was perfectly willing to spend whatever amount of money it took to do this. 5.  Had no problem with dividing the country to get it done. 6.  Won't talk about crime rate or the fact that the black market has returned most, if not all, of the confiscated guns back to his country. 7.  Won't talk about the country's police chiefs complaining that gangs are still getting their guns and being unable to stop them.   He wrote an op-ed last year bragging about it:   http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/opinion/australia-banned-assault-weapons-america-can-too.html?_r=0   "To make this plan work, there had to be a federally financed gun buyback scheme. Ultimately, the cost of the buyback was met by a special one-off tax imposed on all Australians. This required new legislation and was widely accepted across the political spectrum. Almost 700,000 guns were bought back and destroyed — the equivalent of 40 million guns in the United States."   " Our gun lobby isn’t as powerful or well-financed as the National Rifle Association in the United States. Australia, correctly in my view, does not have a Bill of Rights, so our legislatures have more say than America’s over many issues of individual rights, and our courts have less control. Also, we have no constitutional right to bear arms. (After all, the British granted us nationhood peacefully; the United States had to fight for it.)"   "Many farmers resented being told to surrender weapons they had used safely all of their lives. Penalizing decent, law-abiding citizens because of the criminal behavior of others seemed unfair. Many of them had been lifelong supporters of my coalition and felt bewildered and betrayed by these new laws. I understood their misgivings. Yet I felt there was no alternative."   "The leaders of the National Party, as well as the premier of Queensland, courageously supported my government’s decision, despite the electoral pain it caused them. Within a year, a new populist and conservative political party, the One Nation Party, emerged and took many votes from our coalition in subsequent state and federal elections; one of its key policies was the reversal of the gun laws. For a time, it seemed that certain states might refuse to enact the ban. But I made clear that my government was willing to hold a nationwide referendum to alter the Australian Constitution and give the federal government constitutional power over guns. Such a referendum would have been expensive and divisive, but it would have passed. And all state governments knew this."

Love the way he falsly suggests (for the umpteenth time) that the "most basic" background checks don't even exist and that firearm homicides are increasing.  And nobody in the MSM will ever challenge him on this.    Just once, I wish someone would point out to his lying face how demonstrably wrong this is.    Not that it would matter.  Lie, Rinse, Repeat.

Done :up:

Shannon Watts (former PR gal) and the "Moms Hate Us" Crew are doing exactly what any PR strategist would do.  When you have a few small victories under your belt, then it's time to move to the big leagues.  Target will be a major victory, if they get it, because Bloomberg's astroturf gang will then turn to every other big box retailer and say, "Don't you want to be like Target or do you want us to tell the nation that you hate the children?"    Last I heard, profits have been down lately.    Walmart will fall next.  They might even stop selling guns & ammo if Bloomberg puts them on blast loud enough.

  I also think that's where this is heading.  Along with public statements that we "don't bring our guns" from Target, Walmart, Publix, Krogers, Big Lots, Home Depot, Lowes, McDonalds, Burger King, . . . Pretty much every place Moms Demand Action snaps a pic of somebody sporting an AK/AR variant in the check-out line.  Which seems to be fashionable these days.  I'm getting my AR duracoated in purple tiger stripe for this very purpose since I'm a Prince fan and all. :cool:   A public relations expert would probably label this "Nightmare Scenario # 243."  With Nightmare Scenario # 242 having been the Catholic Church's handling of child molestation charges.   It's a good way to lose political support on a national level while, simultaneously, making an excellent point about 2nd Amendment rights. 

And the reversal: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/us/nra-backs-away-from-criticism-of-open-carry-advocates.html?_r=0   "The article remained on the group’s Institute for Legislative Action website on Wednesday, although the byline, "By the National Rifle Association," had been dropped. Its unsparing language prompted criticism from some N.R.A. members, which led the group to back away from the comments. “The truth is, an alert went out that referred to this type of behavior as ‘weird’ or somehow not normal, and that was a mistake. It shouldn’t have happened,” Chris W. Cox, the group’s chief lobbyist said in an interview Tuesday on an N.R.A.-hosted program that was posted on the group’s website Wednesday.  â€œThe National R.A. supports open carry,” Mr. Cox said. “We support concealed carry. We have led the charge across the county, to not only protect our members’ rights to self-defense, but to expand it.”  The association referred phone calls Wednesday to Mr. Cox’s remarks."   Personally, I think the original comments were spot-on.  Our strategy has to be a winning one.  Not one that just makes a visual impact.  I can petition my employer for better bathrooms without taking a dump on the CEO's desk.

I've been telling people this for years.  Yes, Obama gets a lot of black voters.  Yes, I know quite a few black people who voted for him.  But, it is VERY rare that I hear any of them saying anything positive about Obama.  Actually, most of them have told me that they're not falling for the finger pointing.     The Dems only court them when they need votes, promising jobs and opportunity, and then promptly abandon them. Even worse, when Dems return for those votes, Obama just gives them a speech in his best MLK voice basically saying, "Sorry I've done nothing for ya, but hang with me folks because, who ELSE you gonna vote for?  Republicans?"   And when they give millions of illegals amnesty and any hope of finding employment goes bye-bye, you're going to see a mass exodus the likes of which would haunt any ancient pharoah's nightmares.

Not quite as nasty as the title, but definitely dirty politics at its best.   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/9/miller-how-a-senator-got-her-guns-for-a-dc-show-an/?page=all#pagebreak   Roll the highlights:   1. Feinstein wanted guns for a public display to help her cause to hurt us, but she's missing the scary ones. 2. Oops, assault-looking-type-stuff is illegal to possess in DC (ask David Gregory about his extended AR mag), so what to do? 3. Feinstein's people call DC Chief's people for some show-and-tell material and the Chief doesn't want to be the next David Gregory so.... 4. Chief gives Feinstein the heaters, but says, "Let's keep this on the down-low. Wink Wink" 5. When Republicans wanted the same treatment, they were told to pound sand and then mocked for only having pictures. 6. FOIA exposes the Chief, who is pissed at Feinstein's thugs, and those thugs call the Chief a punk for letting a reporter...well...report stuff.   Emily Miller is no joke!

Breaking news!  CNN to fire journalist for lies, lies, more lies, and agreeing with Second Amendment advocates:   http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/opinion/granderson-gun-control-fail/?hpt=us_mid   Yeah, Yeah,  he takes a small pot shot at Wayne LaPierre, but who hasn't?

Remember earlier when they were saying, "We see no evidence that this is terrorism."???   "No piece of information is too small," said Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the office. "We are looking to learn everything we can about his recent movements, his contacts and associates."   It's unclear whether another gunman also opened fire at the headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command -- and why the shooting occurred, Washington Mayor Vincent Gray told reporters. "We'll continue to seek information about what the motive is. We don't have any reason at this stage to suspect terrorism," he said, "but certainly it has not been ruled out."   The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent a team of about 20 special agents to the scene, a law enforcement official said. The team was the same group that helped apprehend Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the official said.   Security was stepped up at the Pentagon. At least eight schools were on lockdown as a precaution, the Washington public schools said. Air traffic to Reagan National Airport in northern Virginia, the closest airport to downtown Washington, was suspended but later resumed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.   http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/dc-navy-yard-gunshots/   Ummm, yeah. . . this is very bad.

Jay "The" Carney is running from talks of gun control faster than Bin Laden running from a Cracker Barrel Breakfast Sampler.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/jay-carney-gun-control_n_3936666.html?1379363388   I'm more scared than ever now!  They're. . . learning. :ugh:   This can't be good.   Or, they know something about this attack that they're not sharing yet. And if the early reports are true, this ain't no garden variety "workplace violence" incident.   And THAT'S not good either.

The tears of the antis are delicious.  All over the web, libs are crying in comments sections, Bloomberg is trying his best to downplay it (even though his org spent $3 million on it), and, though symbolic, the NRA has a pretty big victory on its hands.  NRA clout = still intact.   Like McDonalds. . . I'm Lovin' It!   Buying a Big Gulp Icee today to celebrate.

  The life lessons in this video are timeless:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8   But the most important one in this case is: DON'T RIDE WITH A MAD WOMAN!

Shellie said it best, "She says she believes the not guilty verdict has left her husband feeling "invincible" and since then has been "making some reckless decisions."   He refuses to lay low and just let the hate blow over. OJ went throught the same thing post not-guilty verdict and look at where he is now.  Care to place bets on how long before Zimm actually lands a conviction for . . . something?   I'm just waiting for her to flat-out say George lied about everything.  That he pulled the gun first.  That he tried to physically detain Trayvon.  That he started the fight.    IF that happens, sit back and watch CCW restrictions rise, Stand Your Ground Laws fall, and the NRA excoriated like never before.  This could get very ugly.

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf   "Guns are just one among numerous available deadly instruments. Thus, banning guns cannot reduce the amount of suicides. Such measures only reduce the number of suicides by firearms. Suicides committed in other ways increase to make up the difference. People do not commit suicide because they have guns available. They kill themselves for reasons they deem sufficient, and in the absence of firearms they just kill themselves in some other way."   "Nevertheless, the burden of proof rests on the proponents of the more guns equal more death and fewer guns equal less death mantra, especially since they argue public policy ought to be based on that mantra.   149 To bear that burden would at the very least require showing that a large number of nations with more guns have more death and that nations that have imposed stringent gun controls have achieved substantial reductions in criminal violence (or suicide). But those correlations are not observed when a large number of nations are compared across the world."   I'm sure this will make headlines nationwide any day now. . .  

Just another thing we'll need to smack down when they bring it up next session.  Ain't happening unless we let it.

I agree with Obama.  20 years ago, I could've been Trayvon.    Except, at 17 I focused on school, sports, my part-time job, family and friends.  And I didn't pretend to be a gangsta, smoke weed, participate in street fights, try to buy/sell guns, attack people who may have been following me, etc.   I think that contributed directly to my life expectancy.  Like Ice Cube once rapped, "Shotgun bullets is bad for ya health."   I did love Skittles though.    Still do. 

There is a male alternate that had an interview with his local Fox news station recently.  You might be thinking of him.

She was Puerto Rican.  And yes, she was on the "infamous 6" jury.   BTW, she is getting murdered on social media right now.  It doesn't matter how much you say you hate Zimmerman, the haters will NEVER forgive you.  I've said it so many times in conversations, if you're on that jury, you should hide. . .for a long time.

Can anyone explain why they would put her face-down on hot pavement anyway just for being unresponsive?  Why not just put her in the back of the crusier like I've seen them do to people who were clearly off their meds and hurling every curse word in the book.  She was in a car accident and doesn't look like a professional athlete.  It doesn't take an EMT to think, "Hey, she might be hurt."   While I won't call it abusive, it certainly appears to be uncaring.  Adds to that us vs. them perception that I thought police forces around the nation are trying to repair.  I guess these guys didn't get the memo.

“I think Mr. Barkley certainly has a right to his opinion of what he perceives the evidence to be,” Skolnik said. “However, there is absolutely no medical evidence that Trayvon was ‘beating the hell out of Mr. Zimmerman,’ as he received minor and insignificant injuries. WOW!  Basically, he just said Dr. Vincent Di Maio is either a liar or an idiot.  They will just say anything at this point to discredit anyone who doesn't fall in line with their agenda.  As Barkley said, "A lot of these people have a hidden agenda. They want to have their racist views, whether they are white or black … Their biases definitely come out. It was a bad situation. We all lost.”   I agree.  We all lost.