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The huge upswing was in response to their Q1 earnings, only one month of which encompassed their anti-gun actions...and it isn't a new high or anything. You can see from their 5y chart they are will below where they were trending for the last few years. That said, I don't think their gun policies will either sink or buoy them. If their Q2 numbers aren't good, it won't be because of gun boycotts, it will be the challenges retail outlets face in general in this day and age.

I will be shocked not one bit if his being off-duty negates any agency discipline via union pressure.

Wanted to start a thread to mark Memorial Day. Our country is far from perfect, and we have a long way to go in our quest for that more perfect union, but we are safe and secure in our own lands, able to write our own destiny. That's in no small part to those who have given their lives in its defense. I don't expect people to give up their whole weekend, or even the day itself, but I think we as a nation need to do something other than take a three-day and forget what brought it about. Memorial Day is much less festive when you have people to remember. Below I wanted to share the stories and photos of three comrades in arms I had the honor of serving with before their lives were cut short. SSG Jeremy Brown. He died in a vehicle rollover on the road from Mosul to Tal Afar, having taken the spot of one of his soldiers in the gunners hatch. Anyone who knew Jeremy wouldn't have been shocked for one moment that he did that for his soldier. I still think of him as the experienced vet who I would go to with problems, even though I'm now 10 years older than he was when he died. He was in my unit for my first Iraq deployment, and almost as soon as we got back, the army sent him to another post to join another unit deploying. He had to say goodbye to a wife he barley saw since they married, and a son he had from his first marriage he never saw often enough between his time in Iraq and Korea. SFC Clarance McSwain. I won't claim to know "Sergeant Mac" well, but when I was attached to his company at an outpost so destitute it was called Patrol Base Swamp, he embraced me with open arms, and had my gut busting at the seams with laughter the whole time I was there. I still remember how wide his smile was talking about his family, and he even had the hospital bracelet that was starting to fade from a few months before when he took his mid-tour leave to be home for the birth of I think his fourth kid. I'm sure that bracelet was still on when he died in an IED blast about a month and a half after I met him. SPC Jessica Ellis. Say what you will about women in combat, but on the course of two deployments, Ellis had the courage to join combat engineers as their medic on route clearance patrols to look for IEDs in and around Baghdad. A goofy kid who grew up fast over two deployments, and was just coming into her own, she always put the needs of others above hers. I still remember how she would try to cheer up everyone who she met, especially when I had to visit the docs one day for sick call back in garrison. Enjoy the day tomorrow, but if it pleases, take a moment to have a thought about those who truly paid the price for us to prosper in this day, and all our days as a country.

Never have I understood why murder, and attempted murder, are treated so differently in the eyes of the law. The intent is the exact same in both cases, but it seems we grade on a curve when it comes to sentencing based on the skill of the criminal.

Bingo. This is a civil budgeting lesson for anyone paying attention. Politicians don't carry too many personal opinions, they carry the water for monetary interests, political and private. I'd imagine like Tennessee, the carry permit fees are a decent net positive into the coffers above their actual cost to the state. Statements from the Governor and others are just fluff for the local news to report before they move on to the weather and sports.

Their business record with the state is still active (their annual report seems to be late), so the company still legally exists, even if the shop is closed.

I have a Surefire sitting here on my desk that I picked up back in mid 2007. It's been to Iraq & Afghanistan, and is a constant in my bag on any travels. They last long enough to make the purchase fiscally prudent...unless you lose it, which I'm actually kind of surprised I haven't done yet.

UPS proper and your local UPS Store often have a different set of policies. Since the UPS Stores are franchises, they're allowed to set some restrictions. I had one in Murfreesboro tell me I couldn't ship magazines...so I just took it down to the post office instead.

A lot of it will depend on how complicated the settlement of your estate would be. Everything going to one or two people, easy enough for something like Legal Zoom, but if you have a lot or multiple things to bequeath among family and friends, it would probably best be served by a lawyer you can talk through options with a probate lawyer.

That's a lot of appetizers for the table and steak dinners for those with expense privileging at NRA HQ.

I doubt many people with an HCP are at Waffle House come 3am on a Sat night/Sun morning.

I had this in mind as I first read the thread. Despite the gravity of the moment (which he very much rose up to), Kiss Guy probably practiced those riffs for a long time beforehand. The guy who got put into a live NHL game had no way to prepare himself for that level of competition.

Agree. I'm of the mind that a burial plot at Arlington should only be for those who die in combat for our country. That will exclude many worthy people from having their remains interned in the ground there, but they could build at least one more mausoleum for cremated remains if their last wishes or families are willing to go that route. Hey, OS...this post was sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk.

Aimpoint PRO is probably the best quality/value optic out there at the moment. The Vortex Sparc is good for a normal shooters needs, but won't hold up like the Aimpoint will. For scopes, any Vortex scope is good, and they have a few budget friendly models like the Strike Eagle from the right vendors. I've heard good things about the Primary Arms ones, but haven't gotten to see them up close.

Vermont has some truly beautiful areas, and to think this kind of gun control will be seeded across their great land is disappointing. They were never as a state truly in favor of guns, but their dedication to liberties was consistent in how they treated the 2nd Amendment the same as the others. Sad times if this is signed by their Governor.

What Stevens is suggesting is exactly how the Constitution allows us to amend it, a process which has happened multiple times. We for sure don't agree with it, but we can't deny that it's the process by which we've consented to being governed. Also, it's the one permissible avenue I've seen for what gun control advocates actually want. Stevens just has the candor to voice it aloud where the rest dance around it as some kind of unmentionable...preferring to just ignore the laws applications. As someone who has taken up arms in service to the country, I'd say you're quite wrong. I couldn't even imagine who the enemy of the United States would be in your scenario, besides the mythical "them" or "the left", but voicing an opinion in a democracy is as opposite to treason as I can imagine.

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So, why is this something only the anti-gun crowd can do? The NRA's IRS Form 990 filed last September showed $36 million on hand after expenses. What's stopping them from doing the same thing and getting pro-gun people walking the streets of DC and in swing states with adequate funding to support? They manage to get an annual convention/trade show organized year after year, so you can't say they don't have the needed resources.

The above is why I became a lifetime member of the Second Amendment Foundation a while back. Hey, OS...this post was sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk.

You take their money, you take their rules.

Not just AR sales, but more or less the firearms online retail sector. Can you see Palmetto State Armory, or Primary Arms running their sites by ACH transactions? The only winners would be local gun shops who can do great local marketing campaigns to a population of shooters needing supplies.

Wow, great luck there. Can't say I'm in love with the paint job, but a rifle that good for free is amazing. Seriously, the build is wish list worthy. What BCG is in there?

Buying an AR is the gun owning equivalent to hitting puberty in biological development. Welcome to the next phase of your life.

The kid was told to go to study hall if he wasn't joining the protest. That is well within the school's authority to make such an edict, and suspend the kid when he refused to follow instructions. I get that he was trying to find the happy middle ground, but administrators and teachers get to tell students where to be on school grounds, so the kid deserved his suspension.

Meh, people can look it up. No reason against increasing general knowledge while lamenting the erosion of civil liberties. Hey, OS...this post was sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk.