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I know I'm in the minority on this site, but I really don't have an issue with this law. If it's changed, I won't be upset or even care too much...but there are way more important things to give priority and political capital towards achieving.

I'm in the big boy club and have no issues. If you're feeling tight, you may need slightly bigger pants to account for an IWB carry. So, if you're a 42, get some pants in 44 and you'll be fine. As far as belts, check out this brand. https://www.daltechforce.com They make belts strong as you need them, and they look perfectly normal for everyday wear. I've been wearing their Rich Brown Stitched Bull Hide Leather Gun Belt for 6+ years for everything from grocery store trips and business meetings where I have to wear a coat and tucked in shirt.

Aside from knowing how to play a piano and guitar, being able to golf is one thing I wish I'd have picked up over life. I've tried, but I'm just hapless at it. I'd need retire in my 40s money to have the time and cost of lessons. But I enjoy watching it on TV, when others think it's boring as can be.

If you're ever at a steakhouse, scan the menu for lamb. They get fantastic cuts, and they're done really great. I have to think the kitchen realizes they just aren't slinging another the same steaks, and need to be more deliberate...not unlike those that serve venison where you can tell the difference. I was at a business event and found myself in Jean Georges Steakhouse at Aria in Las Vegas. Having the lamb chops with a smoked chill paste was an amazing meal. The chance to have subtle but fantastic differences in flavor profiles opens up with lamb.

For those who aren't familiar with TGO History...

This is probably on target...pun intended. I went in there a few times while moving in Murfreesboro for 3.5 years. It was a decent setup and I didn't have the staff issues others talked about, but I also came in and out with a purpose. I didn't buy much of anything I can remember. Outpost Armory however was rock solid on customer service. I took a friend there who was interested in guns, but still new to it all. She was so well taken care of by the patient and friendly staff she walked out with a Glock 19 and some accessories.

War, huh. Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely noth...oh wait, yeah, I see it now.

Gents, I would hope we can discuss and share info about one of the most significant events in a generation without getting this thread locked...but at this rate we're heading for the crash. One of the Mods will check in on their lunch break, lament about how this is why we can't have nice things, and shut it down.

I'm expecting more American citizens in this count before it's final. Not only is it a beautiful time of year over there that makes tourism appealing, but I'm sure this number will count dual citizens who divide the year back and forth.

I'm gonna preface this with I hope for no mercy on the Jihadists who made their strikes against civilians in contravention of every standard of decency the civilized world holds. But this is a situation coming to a head. You can't pen up a generation into an open air prison and not expect something. The only thing shocking is the surprise and scope. Palestinians have no hope beyond a bleak existence, and that's been weaponized by external and internal extremists. When someone doesn't have a future, fighting or dying for one is an attractive enough option. The current Israeli government wanted nothing to do with a peaceful solution because it has wasn't good politically. Well, now they've lost their status quo and are being baited into an impossible position of having to prepetuiate as haunting a result as they received. This part will be indirect as war often is to civilians as opposed to how Hamas went direct...but the end result will be civilians with no hope in the crossfire. Even a military as well trained and well equipped as Israel has can't prevent the collateral damage coming while protecting their forces.

Dude was the spirit of football. What a life to celebrate.

Are we talking about a real digital currency or just a form of virtualization for the USD? There's also a program FedNow that recently went online...which is confusing some folks who think it's a digital dollar. It's not, just a way to make bank payments as fast as the computers that process them. https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230720a.htm I fully expect to see a digital currency for the US in my expected lifetime. It may happen concurrently alongside paper currency still being legal tender, but it's a matter of if, not when a digital USD is official. I'm sure among all the reasons you listed, there just aren't many folks who are insisting on using cash these days as a condition of doing business. Some may want the option, but won't go elsewhere if it isn't available. So all the hassle, risk, and costs you outlined...just ain't worth it for a really small fraction of revenue. Probably a net negative on analysis.

That's good because I'd imagine this side gig only pays you in that love you mentioned. And grief, lots of grief.

A lot of the polling that helped support the special session was done very close to the Covenant shooting. Those feelings have cooled off a good bit for the general public. So, there might not be the support for red flag laws as you might think, and I'm be shocked if assault weapons got serious traction beyond some discussion under formal rules of order. But please remember, those who post here and have feelings like you and I are the underwhelming minority. Even those who aren't ardent anti-gun types likely have no loyalties or sympathies for gun rights, so don't expect them to take up the cause for us. Just have to hope those elected hold a line when it comes time to vote for legislation.

I think they know how effective it will be. And they probably believe enough people will comply for the risk/reward result if nothing else to call it a win. But they also understand others won't. So, that just becomes a tack-on charge that can convict someone if you don't think a jury would agree to something else. Federal prosecutors love to have a stack of charges to pile on, especially sticky ones that still have real teeth to entice a plea.

He's just keeping his name floating around. Easy enough to do with donor money. And while I would never want this amendment to come into existence, it's at least the most Constitutionally sound way they ever could do it. Usually they just pass something and cross their fingers the courts don't strike it down.

Hoping for the best outcome.

And they're down on 12th South, not West End by Centennial Park. Good pizza. There or the Franklin location which is a pretty chill spot as well.

Mac is right about these just being political games. But don't think funding for veterans programs will be safe from cuts. Just hope they are logical ones as time changes the mission. Everything in federal programs comes back to head counts. The VA Healthcare system is still supporting a lot of Vietnam Era Veterans, but eventually that generation will reduce in VA Healthcare enrollees through natural passing (hopefully after long and happy post-military lives). So, when the VA is around to serve the numbers from the all-volunteer era which had a huge drop-off from the Vietnam years, there will be tough choices about how much infrastructure to keep around in terms of hospitals and clinics...especially in distance between facilities. The cuts may look huge on paper, and will be harder for some locations than others. It would also be a decent time for the government to start thinking about how to use the healthcare system at-large for veterans services through a Medicare/Medicaid/TriCare type program where they just reimburse physicians and facilities in a fee for service model. They started this with Veteran's Choice, but that was for delays and to a lesser extent distance, not a going forward transition. It can certainly be done for a lot of things veterans deal with. For those more specialized disabilities, I would think opening military hospitals is an avenue to explore. I've never seen a Wounded Warriors Project effort in action that wasn't fundraising. That may just be my lack of visibility, however. Their CEO since 2016 who came in to help clean things up after the issues surfaced was the Brigade Commander of 3 BCT; 101st ABN DIV while I was supporting that unit off and on in Afghan and Iraq. He was an alright guy back then, hopefully he still is. I do know that if you want to make sure your charity dollars to veterans causes has a good impact, The Fisher House Foundation is still doing important work, as is the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. So if you want to consider any of those, your money will be well spent. Way less advertising from both, so the impact of every dollar into their programs and not their marketing is more. WWP https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/202370934 Fisher House https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/113158401 SOWF https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/521183585

Once the initial craze and price gouging died down... The would be a forgone conclusion auto version of the CZ Scorpion and an SBR with suppressor in .300BLK for subsonic shooting. I already have a SBR for 5.56mm with a Tax Stamp. Aside from that, don't see the prudence in cost of more full auto and certainly not a belt fed. Not unless I win the Powerball or Mega Millions.

Initials of my nickname and the MOS of first and best job in the army.

Hoping for the best outcome.

The inflation of recent times has shown us people want their food cost back down, quickly. That means migrant workers in the fields. Nowhere close to even half of Americans are willing and able to meet the productivity to pay ratio of migrant. Also, the news is queueing up their summer stories to fill time when Congress takes summer vacations once the debt ceiling is in the rear view. See y'all back here in this thread or a new one in a few years.

I heard from a friend that Clarksville is getting one too? I suppose I'll check it out when visiting my goddaughters and their parents after it opens.