Whisper

Count me in. Venmo forthcoming.

Trump could in fact do something like this amnesty if he cared about the RKBA. But he's never shown any sign that he does, and I doubt he's going to start now.

HK VP9, Olight, and a Swiss Army knife, because if you don't own either a Swiss Army or a Boy Scout knife, you're probably a communist.

16" Rossi 92 in .357 is indeed a magnificent gun. First centerfire rifle my children ever shot. They will probably fight over it when I'm dead. Cheers, Whisper

It's Fernando Lamas, who often appeared as a Latin lover but was also in a large number of Western TV shows and movies. He later moved into directing; mainly TV shows, I think. And he's the father of Lorenzo Lamas.

NAGR -- Much talk, much demonizing of other RKBA groups, much claiming credit for work done by state-level groups, little genuine action. My opinion, and worth what you paid for it, Whisper

I shot a little more than 7,700 rounds in 2019. This year I'm just slightly over 2,000 due to an illness (not CV) that restricted my shooting for several months.

I saw this yesterday myself. Woman behind the checkout counter was defending the price to a customer who commented that it seemed mighty high. As a defender of the free enterprise system and the open marketplace, I don't hate gougers for taking advantage of the law of supply and demand when it's in their favor. Neither do I have sympathy for them when the tide turns and customers remember their friends.... Cheers, Whisper

I had one 10/22 that I bought mainly for the receiver, and I put on a new stock and ultralight barrel and had the bolt and trigger worked over. I think bought another used one that came with two stocks, and I gave that one to my youngest son some years ago and still had one stock left over. But I may be misremembering; I've worked on a lot of guns over the years and keep finding parts turn up in various places.

My cleanup is continuing and I've found another 10/22 stock. Can't imagine where I got it. Wish I had found it before I sent those others out your way.

Buying a handgun from a resident of another state requires transfer through an FFL. As with all laws, enforceability depends on the awareness of relevant officials.

My prediction: If Biden is elected, no one will ever see ammo prices lower than they are today.

I'm in the third season now, and I'm really liking it. The subplot about the Phantom, the masked murderer at the film studio, is highly melodramatic, but that mirrors the actual cinematic world of the 1920s -- films then were intentionally melodramatic. I think it's a clever bit of writing. Rath's fight with the Phantom in about episode 6 is...remarkable.

In case you're looking for some TV with interesting firearms content, I'd highly recommend Babylon Berlin, the German detective show now streaming on Netflix (first three seasons are available; fourth season is in production now). It starts out a little convoluted but the various threads start coming together in a fascinating way. It's set in 1929 so you get some of the Cabaret nightclub vibe, plus some of the noir sensitivities of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. There's also an interesting look at Weimar Republic society and politics. And 1920s-style psychotherapy and PTSD treatment. Plus blazing shootouts with .25s and .32s, communist agitators, Nazi scum, German-style riot control, political intrigue and assassination, etc. Equal-opportunity male and female nudity. This is the most expensive TV show in German history, and it shows -- the sets, costumes, props (especially the guns, cars, and trains) are fantastic, and there's little CGI. Most of the guns are European, so you'll see things that are uncommon here. The main character carries a Dreyse, and you'll also see Ortgies, Tokarev, Lignose, Sauer, and Nagant handguns, plus Mauser, Mosin, and Steyr rifles. And some I didn't recognize. But of course like all crime shows set in this period, there's a Thompson 1928 (used effectively to hose down some commies) and a Colt 1911. For music fans, the nightclub scenes have some elaborate productions, and there's even a guest appearance by Bryan Ferry as one of the performers. Some of the other performers are apparently European music stars not known to me. My main criticism - the show is in German, but the dialogue is dubbed. If you want to hear the original sound and watch English subtitles, you can, but the subtitles are somewhat simplified from what characters are actually saying, and metaphors aren't always conveyed accurately. I recommend watching with both the dubbed dialogue and the English subtitles...unless you speak German, in which case you should just watch with original sound. Cheers, Whisper

Man, if I had known that flu shots contained pork, I would have asked for seconds.

Dirtshooter, it looks like it was the hospital that had extra people stand in the line for testing. https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-cbs-news-stage-a-fake-testing

I see a lot of news, and this story has been everywhere. It's even getting some coverage in the UK. But the cops treated it seriously, were on the case full-force immediately, and made an arrest within 24 hours. The murder is terrible, but this is exactly the way the system should handle homicides. This does a lot to reduce public outrage.

GOA will have problems with reaching NRA-levels of political clout. First is that the NRA has an extensive organization at the state level, and conducts highly visible lobbying of every state legislature. GOA has nothing like that, and doesn't indicate that it even intends to try. Second is that the GOA has some significant leadership problems of its own -- it's not governed by its members, and its hereditary leadership is not focused on the gun rights issue, but on various other political topics that will limit GOA's appeal to other potential gun rights allies.

The SAF is eager to drop lawsuits on deserving targets, as is the FPC. More power to them.

Answer the phone and tell them you're not giving until Wayne is gone and the bylaws are amended. They'll stop calling after hearing that a couple of times.

GOA and the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition are all doing useful work. Unfortunately, they each have about 200 members, none of them is doing any lobbying at the state level, and none of them has the networking strength to put on rallies or to mobilize voters in large groups. Only the NRA can do that. But until the NRA cleans house and becomes an organization of which gun owners can be proud, it doesn't deserve our support any more. Let's build up the other organizations and hope that they'll someday have the strength to do what the NRA should be doing. And try to rebuild the NRA, minus the corruption and compromising.

I'm a member of GOA and FPC. Probably should renew my JPFO membership.

I've been a Life member since the 1970s and a regular ILA donor for decades. I don't favor giving them another dollar until Wayne is gone and the bylaws are amended to prevent the corruption that's going on now.

Looking from the first post up to where we are at this point, I think we have a clear nominee for Thread Drift of the Year.

The NRA needs to reincorporate in another state where there's an attorney general interested in something other than politically motivated prosecutions. It also needs different leadership and a board of directors of about 25 members, and strong bylaws against self-dealing. I'd upgrade my Endowment membership and resume regular donations to the ILA if that happened.