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Randall, I wish you hadn't needed to make this post. I wish I could have done more to help. I should have just told you to take him to Nashville, or Atlanta to try there after he was blown off at the local level. I know there are those who are claiming PTSD to game the system, to get benefits and monthly cash...damn them for taking away the resources needed, and numbing the doctors to the signs of danger when men in real need like your stepson ask for help. In the midst of your grief, I can only hope your family can find joy from the time you had with him. As far as I'm concerned, he's a casualty of the war he fought, just the same as those who died over there, Our nation, is stronger for having men like your stepson answer the call to service, and I'm sorry that noble service took him away from you and your family before his time.

Yeah, it's called inflation. It's going to happen, but I don't think it will necessarily be rampant unless the entire economy is dealing with it. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

I think we need to look at our economy and take stock of it. We have population increases, free trade eating our lunch, and more automation doing the jobs that used to be held by the middle class. None of this is new, it's been going on for at least a generation now. Even if all the manufacturing jobs came back from overseas and free trade went away (not happening), the amount of work that used to employ 20 people is done by a few machines and maybe five people now. We have to face the truth that the economy as we knew it when things were better in this country (that's speculative, but I'm generalizing) is gone, and it's time to adapt. What that adaption looks like I'm not sure, but I do think that if someone puts in the equivalent of a full time job, than their wages shouldn't be below the poverty line, even if that job is low skill, service industry position that used to be for teenagers. I use the full time benchmark because if someone is willing to work the 36-40 hours a week, then they're doing something positive to society, as I trust the market to cull the herd on jobs that aren't serving a purpose. As to the food stamp part of all that...in theory if we index wages to the poverty line, anyone willing to work should be able to not need food stamps. Maybe there would need to be some kind of sliding scale for working mothers based on the ages and needs of the children, but we'll always have slackers, so at best we can mitigate it to some extent.

I think the 21st century economy is challenging that paradigm.

Guess it's the near annual food stamp rant thread time. Time flies. I grew up free lunch and food stamp poor. After they divorced, my parents spent my childhood sitting on their asses. Difference being my father was sitting behind the wheel of a truck driving all over America, and my mother just sat in the house doing nothing. She wasn't quite a welfare queen, but she sure wasn't chipping in as we know it. She was one of those parents that spent food stamps on junk at times, and as such I had chips, soda, and candy bought with food stamps. I'm sure if the internet had been invented back then, someone could have gotten on and posted about some punk kid getting junk food with food stamps after seeing me. But we also bought a lot of bread, milk, orange juice, and eggs from that same corner store with food stamps. LINKS2K is right when he tries to get you to think about the overall context and not just enjoy confirmation bias. Does abuse happen in the system...sure. Welcome to human behavior 101. But as mentioned, it's on both the abuser and the system. There is a Kroger just over a mile away from my house, and I intentionally avoid shopping there. I hate seeing their "EBT Eligible" stickers on items to make a lazy choice even easier. I also loathe how Walmart is so dependent on food stamp customers that their revenue can take a measurable hit from any negative changes it. I'd be quite fine with SNAP being limited in what can be bought, so long as it didn't get too draconian, but do you really think all those sugar food stuff companies will sit still for it? It's been tried, and coca-cola among others come knocking on legislators doors to nix it riki tik. The abusers are getting over and since that's what we see standing behind them in the queue at the store, that's what we tend to focus on. But just remember it's the companies getting rich off of it all and they're laughing at both the people making the purchases, and the taxpayers giving them the funds to do so.

LINKS2K is a man of few words.

So, this happened today, and I’d like some opinions, good, bad, and ugly. What I’d like to hear is what did I do right, what did I do wrong, and what is in that fuzzy grey area that I need to think about in the future? Legally is my primary concern, but mentally and otherwise is also a concern. Here’s the story: While out walking late this morning, out of nowhere comes a dog to a stop about 5-7 feet away. It came up on me so fast that out of sheer instinct, my gun comes out even faster than I do it at “combat speed” while practicing at the range, and it’s at the “low ready” which is just lower in my sight than where the dog is, so maybe a “dog high ready (?).” I start to slowly walk away from the dog, and while it’s matching my movements, I notice that the dog isn’t behaving aggressively at that point so I relax, even if it’s just a little to an outward glance. At almost the same time, someone from the other side of the street yells (attention loud, not shrieking loud) that the dog isn’t going to hurt me and calls the dog over to her, then proceeds to lead the dog back to its home. With that, I relax a good bit more and bring the gun to my side, as another person (the owner I’m presuming) comes from the home the dog came from to collect it, as the lady makes the comment that I “almost shot the dog.” As I’m re-holstering, they mention something about how I was never in danger. I mutter a quick thanks and go on my way. They didn’t say anything in return, and I didn’t stick around to have a chat about it. The totality of everything that I just described was probably about 45 seconds. After being able to get a look around, I realized the dog was obscured by a parked car in the driveway, which is how it managed to appear so suddenly. Once I drew, my finger never touched the trigger; it was pressed against the guard as I held the gun. I never had any intention to shoot unless the dog had started to bite me hard. Once the situation developed, I stood down as safely as possible (mostly taking time in the act of re-holstering to ensure I did it safely). The gun was never orientated towards a human at any angle of raised readiness, only towards the dog until I felt it wasn’t a threat. I like to think I did well enough legally and otherwise, letting my brain have time to think as the situation allowed. However, I can’t shake the feeling that I may have overlooked something. Please…critique away.

Granted I only have some limited experience here and there at the range, but for my hands, the 17 is easier to manipulate and shoot well with. As to the size...I carry a VP9, and I'm not sure where it falls within the size comparison, but I find it just about right all things considered.

I'm opening up to the post-modern evolution of AK options we're starting to see. Some are still ugly as can be, but the understated ones are looking good to me. If I was limited to one, I think I'd still want it to be "pure" with a fixed or underfolding stock, but I could see myself having one of each if conditions permitted it.

While I'm sure The Guardian, not to mention the universities that did this survey aren't what we would call gun friendly, they do seem to have laid out an objective summary for someone to make their on conclusions about, and as interesting a read as this was, I look forward for the full survey data set to examine. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/us-gun-ownership-survey Bottom line up front takeaways: Gun ownership is growing in raw numbers, but not faster than growth in the population, leading to a net percentage decrease Women are a growing demographic of gun ownership, but not to the point of statistical relevance Pistols are still far more prolific than rifles Fair point at the end about how some gun owners are reluctant to talk about their firearms to a survey, but I don't see anything too far out of wack when you realize that this is a national snapshot. As to the "super owner" aspect, I think we have enough people here with multiple guns to give the idea credence. Even though I'm one guy shy of that "super owner" metric, my list of firearms is well above the average of my real life friends, most of whom only have one or two guns, if they even have one at all. I think that's important to remember on a site like this where the average amount of firearms owned is well, well above the average.

I have an email into the fantasy help desk on that. When we drafted, the system retroactively scored week 1 with our lineups. I thought adjusting all the scores to 0-0 would take care of it, but alas no. Worst case, I think i can manually adjust the playoff order if needed to compensate for week 1 wins & losses as the system sees them. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Try a vehicle mount...

Naa, it's pretty much like an Special Operations guy on an ATV. Especially when you take into account that this guy considers Walmart a threat environment.

An AK in 7.62x39 is a damn fine gun if you aren't expecting to drive nails with it. Plenty of punch for what I would call "combat distances" once you get used to the iron sight system (for those who grew up with peep sights), a blast to shoot, and very friendly when it comes to maintenance needs if you have one built to proper specs. If anyone is scared about ammo, both Remington and Winchester make 7.62x39, so American manufacturers can come through if demand is high enough. I'm an AR guy through and through, but my local FFL/pawn shop has some nice and worn in AK's for sale, and I'm quite tempted to get one once I have a more consistent cash flow.

Too many people think about cost first, not what they want their AR to actually do. The role you envision the gun for should determine your build list. If things are getting pricey for the parts you want/need, saving up should be method over going for something cheaper. Buy once, cry once.

Say what you will, but it's the dipstick slinging an AR for a trip to Walmart that gives them a story in the first place. Long guns are for imminent threats, pistols are for defensive carry. If he needs his long gun, his pistol is the primary means to fight his way to it.

I see the media is a part existence in the market, not an artificial entity. That would be like calling the weather an artificial means of manipulation when people panic buy before a storm. Both are uncontrollable risk factors that can exacerbate supply and demand. Also both subside sooner or later. So it is. Good catch.

Check item one where it says "This state of emergency is being declared for the limited purpose of..." and only goes on to address the applicable regulations regarding hours-of-limitation for drivers of commercial drivers. That may complicate things from a legal side if they need to enforce it in court, and I honestly think that if the governor wanted to, he could have added it in like the neighboring states did. Unless he wants to let the family business make a quick buck. There are also issues defining just what grossly excessive means (percentage vs. actual amount?). I think we'll be okay as long as three days from now, gas stations are still getting fuel deliveries on a normal'ish schedule.

Actually, in the executive order signed by Gov. Haslam, all he did was raise the amount of hours allowed on the road for truckers so that fuel trucks can increase their delivery timetables. There was no mention of pricing. There was talk about not allowing "unconscionable prices" from one of the other states though, so that's maybe what you're thinking of. http://lmgcorporate.com/wsmv/documents/ExecutiveOrder56.pdf

Gas stations in Murfreesboro are getting crowded, lol. Good thing I live about a mile from the center of campus where I work and go to school. Even when gas prices are cheap, I walk for the exercise more often than not. Unless I'm driving to Nashville for some reason, I can make a full take last about three weeks with normal trips to the grocery store and out to eat a bit.

Gents...we're drafted. May the best man (me) win!

It doesn't take an advanced degree in business to know there are plenty of buyers who would jump on those here in the US. The import ban is an annoyance, but quite circumventable with a US based company under the current laws. If they can make a product as quality built as the good old AK, they'll have customers.

Something got messed up with the Draft settings...not sure what, Occam's razor would suggest I accidentally let it scroll to Friday after thinking I hit Thursday, or it was pushed back because of a snafu with analog_kid joining. As soon as analog joins, I'm going to set up a right quick online draft, which will work like an autodraft if you aren't logged in. My goal is for everyone to have their team by later in the day, so that if you have one of the few studs on the Jets or Bills, you can start them if you like in tonight's game. Please don't join the draft and make picks, even though you'll get an email. Thanks.

Tennessee, the patron state of shooting ourselves and each other on accident.

This is the apex of my long term strategy in dealing with Comcast. After my promo deal time frame ended, I negotiated to a $10 raise for the same services (they wanted much more). A few more negotiations and almost three years later, I'm still at that same price, give or take the changes in fees and taxes that come from the government. I simply tell them that I have a budget for internet/cable services, that I can't go over it, and ask them to find me a deal that meets that budget, while still beating AT&T's advertised prices, because that's where I'm going if they can't help me. It takes 40-60 minutes being passed along the chain of customer service people, but the hassle is worth it. The actual delivery of their service is top notch.