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Correct. It's also supposed to come with some hefty reorganizing, so we'll see if Remington is committed to making wholesale changes, or just hoping to kick the can down the road.

Maybe that would get less complaints than my summer default of a banana hammock with a light coat of oil.

The benefit to low fee index funds from Vanguard (my personal investment firm), and Fidelity (where my work Roth 401k is) is you don't have to manage it yourself (beyond fund selection) and the paying is minimal. Unless someone has time to do research and get a grasp of the risk (you could lose money) and volatility (it'll go up and down), while understanding they're not the same thing, I'll always say get a total stock market or S&P 500 fund, and a bond fund, then tilt it as heavily towards the stocks as you can stomach to sleep at night (I go 80/20 stock to bond, but a more prudent investor might use their age, or their age minus a number to decide the % of bonds). I'm not a pro investor, but I've opined on some threads here, and in PMs because I flatter myself in that I think I know enough to pass on. My rate of return is 9.7% from April 2013 when I started investing for real after clearing debts run up in stupidity (with a lot of swings in that short time)...so I feel confident saying I'm doing okay for myself and want to help people demystify investing because it really is something they can take charge of if they're committed to saving what would otherwise be disposable income. Folks work hard for their money, and I feel they should be able to grow it for their old age or misfortune. Then buy a few guns for their enjoyment of course.

Pants are less government in crisis mode (where they often enough seize power beyond the immediate need), and more standards of public decency. I think the biggest point of contention is the lack of trust in government that their course of action is right. We went from Dr. Fauci on 60 Minutes (I think it was there) telling us that masks weren't needed, then not terribly long after, having the Surgeon General show us how to make one from a sock or old t-shirt because we all needed them riki tik, to confirming Dr. Fauci was misleading with a purpose to prevent panic buying that would leave medical practitioners without. All that on top of the usual government statistics that people don't trust, an election year making this another issue, Fox News and CNN having opposing views of what's good for us, ect...and people just stopped caring beyond their bubble because they don't know what to believe. I say this as someone who agrees masks are a prudent measure and has my own, but has issues with government mandates around them.

I think shut down will get some tweaks from what we saw in March/April if it happens. States are facing some serious shortfalls, and we're pretty much at the point where it'll be just closing the low hanging fruit to prevent spreading (bars and small concert venues being the most obvious), and realizing people are going to be sick, or too cautious to engage in commerce. Unless the data points change, sooner or later we'll just have to admit our country isn't able/willing to deal with it like others have, and just accept the fate of letting the virus run its course until a vaccine gets into the mix.

Texas (not exactly a liberal run state) having to pump the brakes and even dial back reopening in some areas in response to unpleasant data. Hopefully not something that replicates across the country, but I'm going to take my default position and not be overly optimistic. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/06/26/texas-gov-greg-abbott-closes-bars-dials-back-restaurants-to-half-capacity-shuts-river-rafting/

You should go up and visit...you'll be amazed at how much Fort Campbell, and especially the area around it has changed.

Just takes some innovation...bar in a soap dish and a bottle of water. Low rent, but effective in a pinch, and better overall than sanitizer.

This whole time I found it sad that people were bonkers on hand sanitizer for this, all the while bars of antibacterial soap were easy enough to find wherever I went and hot water still came out or the faucets. Dependencies on consumer products of convenience like that come with risk.

I'm jelly...that gun has always struck me as the perfect blend of fun and practical. One site you might think of trying is the Primary Arms micro dot. Very competitive price point on a fun gun, and what I'm currently planning if I ever get myself to blow some money on the CZ Scorpion I've wanted forever.

Roberts isn't flaky at all, he's who he's always presented himself to be...a government first protectionist. As such, he doesn't want to put a broad scope on the 2nd amendment, because then government doesn't have the option to clamp down if that's the desired course.

Those of us without a political "home" are eagerly awaiting the implosion of the Republican or Democratic party. We're ready to jump onboard the first "center of whatever" party that rises from the ashes.

Have you asked your company about working remotely 3-4 days a week? Then you could move an hour plus away and not have it be a big issue.

Balls that clanked on the men who jumped in behind, and stormed the beaches that day. Coupled with an awe inspiring effort all to support it logistically.

There's a marked difference between "the best" and a "good quality" pistol. The former is an opinion of skeptical validity, and the latter is a wide ranging choice of options that meet the criteria. The right gun is one you're comfortable with (grip, weight, maintenance), will stay proficient with, and will carry with you. That could be any number of options, so you need to shoot different guns until you find one that strikes your fancy.

The writing is on the wall, really. We're slipping further and further away from having guns as part of our collective culture. Once the frontier was tamed and society put in its place, we went from absolutely needing guns for substance and protection to wanting them for the same reasons. Gun enthusiasm has shown itself to have roughly a half life in successive generations since about the end of World War II, and the further populations tilt towards urbanization, it's just that much more irreversible as kids aren't growing up in a world where firearms represent more than a sport or an emergency against a statically unlikely event. I'm not saying that nobody will have pistols, rifles, shotguns in the house or out at the range, but the notion we hold to now of it being a right and a need will be gone. It'll be a full fledged by permission only where allowed structure by the time my life runs a natural course.

I think it's more like "2A supporters are a silent minority". Most people just don't care one way or the other what happens to gun rights. They're fine with people owning guns and doing as they like so long as it's lawful and peaceful, but it doesn't manifest into anything we could consider "support". On the flipside wouldn't truly be bothered if a full scale confiscation came about.

I keep telling myself I'm going to get a Scorpion someday. I'm just too cheap to pull the trigger when I know I won't shoot it enough to enjoy the purchase...maybe that will change sooner or later. But it's an awesome gun all around. CZ hit a home run with this one.

It's kind of an apples to oranges thing. While I applaud Knoxville for their actions, Nashville is too dependent on tourism, events, and restaurants that the impact of COVID-19 was drastically different between the two cities. There was just no way for Nashville to avoid the standing 8 count they'll soon be facing. That's not to say I approve of how Metro was running the budget from the Barry/Briley issues that made things bad before they got worse. It's just a tale of two cities in how CornonMania messed up the revenue streams.

I'm not 100% sure he's taking it. Lying about something to push a result (further research in this case) while not increasing his risk profile is well within his historical pattern. And if he is taking it, it's hard to quantify that it's working as a preventative measure. He's not exactly in a clinical trial, despite how well monitored his health is by the White House Medical Unit.

Don't get me wrong, I get why this makes sense on the concept...but it's also a matter of trust in government to do the right thing with that information, and that's where things take a dive for me.

I meant in the performance of their jobs. Same as when people say cops have rights...they don't. They have authority society has codified on them for the performance of their duties, but those aren't rights, and we should never conflate the two. Since it's pandemic time, we seem to be venturing into this debate for paramedics. Same principles in my mind.

Paramedics don't have any rights beyond what you or I have. That term is used far too loosely, and often enough to describe an encroachment on actual rights of the individual for the benefit of someone else. It's also a very singular thing to say paramedics when you could easily lump in police officers, grocery store cashiers, and ER nurses. Just how many people will claim a right to know, just because their job involves interaction with the public? I get that it would make their jobs safer and easier in some respects, but to what degree? They already wear gloves, and for the current time being, should be wearing surgical or N95 masks as part of their jobs. Past that, what does knowing if someone has tested positive for COVID-19 do for them? It doesn't relieve them of caring for that person, or any other aspect of how they would do the job, so "good to know" really isn't relevant to the performance of their duties, and it surely isn't a right.

One of the biggest fallacies of the gun owning community is forgetting that we've (well, some of us, many here on TGO) taken the time to learn these laws. We should think on this one as if the person asking the question didn't know squat about handgun carry laws, because most people don't.

This is the kind of story that ends up on the evening news six months later. Good luck, Capt.