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  1. Bumping this up to see if anybody has recommendations for engraving in the Murfreesboro area.  I could do Nashville Armory if they could do it while I wait, but would rather stay local.
  2. Any beer is always in the cab with me.  Looks like you've had a nice lesson learned without any bad results.  Good choice of brew, by the way.
  3.   33 days for me.  Just got my Form 1 back today.
  4.   Some of you are going to hate me...Form 1 approved and sent to me via email today. :D   33 days from submission to finish. 
  5.   I'd say keep shooting your S&W until you feel that it isn't a thrill anymore and you want something a bit higher end.  If you are using it for home defense, your training and maintenance of the weapon will matter more than the brand it was sold under should worst case come to pass.  It's on you to make sure that gun can be put on target properly, go bang when required and not put anybody else in danger except the bad guy while doing so.   The day may well come where you feel you have outgrown your first AR.  You'll know when that time comes.  I wouldn't recommend an impulse purchase that could set you back like a high name brand AR can unless you have that much disposable income.  There is nothing wrong with buying a Colt, Daniel Defense or BCM to just go with three off the top of my head, but if you are comfortable shooting your S&W, have at it until you are ready to change brands.
  6. So, I finally knocked out the Handgun Carry Permit class today. I didn't want to be out there with a class of 20+ on a weekend, so I waited for my break from school to do it on a weekday. I went with Dennis Mankin since his classroom was about 5 min from my house and he had good reviews. It was a professional classroom setting and Dennis took the time to make sure even the most novice shooter we had felt comfortable out on the range before we went hot. There was even a father/daughter pair in our class, very cool I thought. He has guns for rental if you need them and we shoot out at OK Corral Range. I'd recommend his carry class for anybody wanting to take it. He charges $50 for class & range fees and has eyes and ears if you need to borrow some at no extra charge and has guns and ammo available for use should you need them for a fee. Since I didn't need his guns or ammo, I didn't know how much he charges for that. He also runs other handgun classes and mentioned he does a ladies only HCP class from time to time. If you want to look at his website and check out his schedule, here it is. The class was good as a refresher and any chance you get behind a gun with live rounds is worth it if you take it seriously. I know this "qualification" isn't very rigorous, but remember, it's on the individual to continue their training to improve & maintain their skills. I think it's good that it isn't a competition like standard, because I think it would scare people away from getting out to do it. We all know that once you shoot that first time, you tend to want to do it again, and again, and again... So getting those who are on the fence about this to give it a chance with a very obtainable standard is a win in my book. My own shooting was so-so for my personal standards, but I didn't want to wait until it cools down in the fall to get this done and it was a hot one today. I obviously didn't have great discipline on my breathing, but even what you see below gets you a 97% for a score, and 70% is passing. So tomorrow, I'll be at the DMV to keep the process moving forward. At least I have a book I need to start on my tablet to help with the wait.
  7. Condolences to his family and friends.  He'll be missed, that's for sure.   His talent was so multilayerd, I think the general public took it for granted.  He put a lot into his work and it showed when you saw him on the screen.  Great actor.
  8.   I don't think the Kurds aren't as well supplied as you think.  Take into account what they are up against with how much territory they have to defend, and they could run out fast enough if nobody steps in.  We haven't been supplying them for a bit since the administration decided that might undermine the government in Baghdad.    The Kurds need heavier stuff like artillery rounds, RPG's and anti-armor weapons, not just small arms ammo if they are going to hold the line.  If they were good to go, we wouldn't have to drop bombs to help protect our consulate in Erbil, they wouldn't have lost control of the Mosul Dam, and airlines wouldn't be canceling flights into Erbil for security concerns.   The Peshmerga are the best troops I saw over there, but even the best troops need a decent supply chain to feed their heavy weapons with the kind of fighting that is going on right now.     I signed up for any lawful order given to me.  I didn't agree with our need to invade Iraq in 2003, but I was there and crossed the border when the order to move out was given to my unit.    There isn't a Soldier past, present or future who agrees with every order they get.  But if it's a legit order, they carry it out anyway because that's what professionals do.
  9. Just my rotten luck.  I go off the net for half a weekend to attend a kids birthday party and I miss an asshat getting shown the door.    I wish TGO had a Hall of Shame forum to show how you can screw up and get tossed from a great online community.
  10.   Actually, the Kurds have expended a lot of their munitions while holding their own.  Their stocks are so low, the Iraqi government gave them a resupply, which never would have happened if they weren't all but guaranteed to use it on a mutual enemy- ISIS.  The Peshmerga is the only military force in Iraq that will stand and fight under pressure.  It's a shame we haven't been giving the Kurds what they need since this started.        You've heard correct.  Kurds, as a generality, are the most western-like in their live and let live relations with other sects, religions and ethnic minorities than anybody else in that region.  Kurdistan was always a quiet AO.  The difference in driving from a city like Mosul to a Kurdish one was night and day.
  11.   Here is my checklist to see if something should be accessible on the open market...   1) Do police officers have it for individual use? 2) Do Soldiers have it for individual use?   If the answer is yes to either question, then it needs to be available to the public as well.  Nothing should be exclusive for LE/MIL use only and no police officer or Soldier should have a quantitative arms edge over the public with their individual kit.
  12. I learned how to use a sling for stability at some point in the Army (I can't remember if I managed to pick up the lesson in basic), but it was never stressed as any kind of fundamental like keeping my elbows on the ground while shooting prone or how to keep a sight picture the same every time like touching the tip of my nose to the charging handle.   Slings becoming a "cool guy" factor entered into things before long.  I was guilty of it myself, scumming to the three-point tacti-cool and putting it on my M4 during my 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 Iraq deployments.  They looked high-speed while snagging on my mag pouches, but I never felt like I could use it for stability.  On my last deployment in 2007-2008 and now on my personal AR, I only attach a two point from the buttstock to a mounted sling adapter on the side of a rail or the underside attachment point with some 550 cord to offset it to the side.  Sometimes it's quick adjust length, sometimes not, but it's really all you need.   They also issues those Grip Pod's Army-wide now (not sure about the Marine Corps, but I'd wager they use them as well).  Before I got out, there were only a handful in rotation, and of course, the supply folks managed to get some so they could put their M4's on a bipod in the chow hall.  But now, every troop in pretty much every combat brigade I worked with as a contractor in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan had one on the bottom rail of their M4's and some M249's.  Using a sling for stability isn't much of a concern when you can press a button and have a good enough bipod pop out for use.
  13. I posted this on another forum...it applies to this discussion so I'll just pop it here as well.       Also, as bad as ISIS/ISIL is, I'm not opposed to having them around to keep Iran occupied.  The biggest strategic effect of us invading and overthrowing Saddam in '03 was that Iran no longer had a major nation on their border they had to account for in decisions.  Israel is too far away and only effective in their own backyard to be any legit counterbalance to Iran and the other Arab states don't practice any type of direct confrontation -a side effect of us doing the heavy lifting on their behalf for too long.  It's time we let them have a problem to deal with again.   I remember hearing about the Yezidi on top of Sinjar mountain from a friend who interacted with them in '03 on missions.  He likened them to the Amish, just wanting to be left alone to run their own lives and not bother anybody else.  What they have and will go through sucks, but life is often cruel in that part of the world. I would support most humanitarian efforts, but would need to look at the whole picture to see what we could or should do for them militarily.  Their location in Iraq leaves them at the mercy of whoever is in control of it since they don't have anywhere near the numbers or resources to defend any territory like the Kurds do.
  14. I'm just starting to learn the basics of Android OS security after having a Nexus 7 for a year, but I'm slowly getting spun-up on it since I will have to ditch my current BlackBerry for an Android mobile phone at some point.  This is the kind of article people should read if they are worried about apps and the permissions they need. http://www.julianevansblog.com/2014/06/how-to-use-android-privacy-guard-on-cyanogenmod-11.html   iOS users are probably out of luck.  I don't own or use iAnythingâ„¢.
  15. Only hit the upper thigh...I didn't know Darwin gave warning shots.
  16.   That's the biggest threat to Bitcoin, IMO.  If/when they decide to clamp down on Bitcoin, they will say it's due to terrorists using them or something, but really, it will be because no central bank has control over Bitcoin as a regulating authority. 
  17. Call me a doubter, but I have trouble believing the story went down exactly as described, if at all. 
  18. It's Facebook's business to know your business.  How do you think they can keep a site that big running for free?  They sell information taken from users for advertising purposes.  Do some searching and see just how in depth Facebook goes at storing and analyzing information, it's amazing.  Ditto for Google.
  19. Bill Maher made fun of it in his "New Rules" segment on Friday.  Ironically, that's helped sales.   New Rule:  The illustrator of this children's book, My Parents Open Carry - has to tell me what the dad in this picture - Freddie Mercury, apparently -is doing with his hand. Also, if mom and dad are both safe because they're packing, why are they using their daughter as a human shield?
  20.   I've rented all my life.  I've never been anywhere in the U.S. for longer than a year and a half my adult life.  I was coming and going a lot on deployments, then doing contract work overseas, now I'm a college student and who knows where I'll be after I finish.  I never had a good situation to buy a house, so renting works for me perfectly.   It's also refreshing to not be tied to a property financially.  I had the option to rent a place, or just buy a small apartment/townhouse outright when I moved here.  I chose to rent, so I can not be locked into an area and also to have that money on hand for if/when there is an emergency or it's time to go.  I wouldn't have that flexibility with a mortgage or having paid cash for a place and decimated my savings.     When I have some certainty I'll be in an area for a good bit, I'll buy.  But until then, renting is the way to go for flexibility.         For small stuff like the leaky faucet, I'll handle it.  But big items that have a hefty price tag or are in areas I'm not damn sure I can handle, like a water heater or any electrical work, I make the landlord take care of it.  I don't want to be liable for anything and I know enough to know what I don't know about home repair and upkeep.  If they take care of it and screw up, I won't get a bill, but if I try it and screw up, that's coming out of my pocket.   There is also the principle about them earn the overhead costs they build into my rent.  If I'm paying for the on-call services of the landlord's repairman, I'm going to use him when needs arise.
  21. Growing up, I wasn't exactly the best behaved young lad.  I'm living proof that kids do stupid things.   During the summer, when people would drive with the window down, I would hide behind a mailbox at the end of our street ready to ambush people with a super-soaker as they hit the stop sign.  One person, got pissed off enough at me to put his car in park at the stop sign, and get out.  I ran and he give chase.  I cut through peoples backyards and up the small hill in the middle of our block to hide in the wood line, climbing fences as fast as only a preteen can to get away.  I was done with my super-soaker ambushes after that.       In what world would that be a proportionate response?  I can't think of a more useful event for anti-gun types to propagandize than what you lay out above.  We just got vehicle carry approved without a permit, let's not cock it up the first year in.   This would be the headline if that happened; Gun-Owner Shoots Kids In Response to a Prank   No good would come from it.
  22.   It could have been real.  Most of my direct mailings from the 2nd Amendment Foundation come with some stupid "ballot" asking if I support their actions in court to protect 2nd Amendment freedoms.  I would have thought my lifetime membership would answer that, but I guess not.   Two bucks says you hadn't flustered her scripted lines, there would have been a hard ask to pitch in some money.
  23. You should also need the trust certification documents that certify your trust IAW state law.  It looks like an extra notarized section separate from your actual trust.  Not sure if you included them when you said you submitted your trust.   I submitted on 10 July, and I'll post a rundown of how my process went as well as soon as I get the stamp.
  24.   Two of these should do you then; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CP3SvMrL-r8CFSMV7AodbBUA6A&Item=N82E16820159020&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Memory-_-N82E16820159020&ef_id=U@AAFgAAAdyh3RQl:20140804215014:s   Your upgrade cannot come fast enough.
  25.   ECC/non-ECC isn't a big deal for home use.   Are you sure you don't have DDR2 chips in there now?  That's what the specs from HP are saying.   You should have two more slots for RAM to go in, I'd recommend buying and popping in two more of these if you do indeed have DDR2- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=Cj0KEQjw3vyeBRDt673h5ZTYrdQBEiQAzhkf8p-qZCY-YyhNrPFLz3AbLRVQad3kOK2JTw5jZWxBIrEaAtg58P8HAQ&Item=N82E16820134045&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Memory-_-N82E16820134045&ef_id=U9-5@gAAAKCI7L0V:20140804212410:s   The system you have now actually limits what you can do to upgrade it.  You'll notice light years of difference when you make your upgrade.

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