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  I took the class this week.  It was 20 rounds at 3 yards  20 rounds at 5 yards 10 rounds at 7 yards   Thanks Robert

  Some people have suggested that using hand reloads could be used against you in a self defence trial.  Their concern was the prosecutor could make a big deal about how you created a custom made round that was more deadly to kill not just for self defense.  The facts are no prosecutor has made those claims to date.  The argument is logical enough that if I did reloads I would still buy "self defense" rounds for my carrying.  I mean you might be in 1 self defense shooting in your life you will train / plink 1000's of times in your life.  Buying a few boxes of SD ammo to shoot a few times a year isn't worth taking the tiny change it would introduce.   Thanks Robert

  Most of those local Solar array require a power grid to function.  Just ask people in NJ after sandy came thought how well there local solar systems worked.   Thanks Robert 

  I doubt it America would be in rough shape but most of our really big bad weapons would survive since much of our military command and control is generally EMP harden.  In a sense we would be a hurt bear even more dangerous as we couldn't depends on our conventional forces we would be more likely to depend on the use of Nukes to defend ourselves.   Thanks Robert

  Security camera with motion sensors they can alert you when someone or something comes around when you are asleep.  You get an alert when someone approaches.  That allows you to manage 24/7 without actually having to be awake the entire time.   Thanks Robert

  4 years ago there were what a good 6 front runners for the republican's before Mitt Romney surged at just the right time to take the nomination someone who was regularly in the middle of the pack hell even well he was winning he wasn't hitting more than 50% in the polls.   Thanks Robert

  First it is way to early to make any calls.  I expect the top spot to change more then once before the primaries start to happen.  At this point it is all about the money.  Who can raise the most and who has the best name reconnection.  Polls at this point are only good for 1 one thing to tell who is going up and who is going down.  You can also get a feel for tiers those that have a chance vs those that just aren't getting traction nothing more.   Thanks Robert

The base separated from the charcoal filter. It wasn't from abuse or anything like that. When I called in regarding the issue they reported there was an issue with a batch and sent me replacements. The problem is the replacements did the same exact thing. Thanks Robert

  My mother can shoot a 9m and .45 but a .40 will just about jump out of her hands.  Women generally are weaker then men.  There are many women who can shot anything out there and there are men out there that will have trouble shooting a .40 or a .45.    Personally I work on computers all day and am not very strong.  I can shoot a 9m and get a kill shot 99% of the time with a .45 it is about 95% and with a .40 is drops down to below 50% and that is with practicing for a while.  In the end I found shooting a .40 cal to not be fun so I stopped shooting it.  Someday I might pick up a .40 just to have a sample in my collection but when it comes to carrying I carry a 9m so I have plenty of rounds to put someone down.   Thanks Robert

  7" Portable LCD TV/DVD Player $89.37 & FREE Shipping   http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032Z8KH0/   Cheap will run off battery's as well as using either an AC plug or DC car plug.  Fits the bill and under a hundred bucks.   Here is a 9" version http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003XU7JSK/ at $114.90.   Granted not 15" but the prices is right.     Thanks Robert   Update:   Found a 15" for $139.95 but the 7" / 9" modules looks a lot nicer to me.  All 3 include a DVD player.   http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B005Z44QSI/   Thanks Robert

I bought a Berkey filter nice enough thing.  The big problem I had is the first set of filter broken in a few months.  Called and they said they had a bad batch and sent me a replacements and they lasted only a few months.  People keep saying they last years but I don't know how they lasted so long for them.   Thanks Robert

  Digital Currency is still pretty young and it really excels when you are working with people in other countries.  Personally I am not so sure that the NSA isn't behind bitcoin's myself.  When it was up over $1600 a bitcoin it was pretty clear to anyone watching it was a bubble and at some point was going to fall the real question was how far it would fall and if it would fall bad enough that it took the bitcoin network with it.  It didn't infact fall but at $300 it is still higher that it was before the bubble.  It is kinda like buying gold.  Sometime it is way above market value sometime it is below the trick to not losing your shirt is knowing the difference.  If you don't know the difference then it is best to limit the amount you put in either until you are sure you know the difference.   As for the tech behind it is solid and isn't going anywhere and even if bitcoin were to fail something would likely replace it using very similar tech.   Thanks Robert

  Misplaced the period.  27.99 / 525 = .0533 not .53.  PS.  5.3 cents per round isn't bad.  53 cents per round is really pretty high for .22 lr.   Thanks Robert

There have been several laws like that have been passed and although they haven't been challenged in court yet most are likely going to pass muster since they aren't saying that state or federal can't be enforced instead they are saying that local resources can't be used to enforce a state or federal law.  In other words if the state want to come in and enforce a state law they have to use State Troupers and can't use county resource to do so.  As a rule that means the law will rarely be enforced since there are a much smaller number of State Troupers, FBI, or ATF agents for an area then compared to local LEO's.   Now this law may be a little to vague that is might not pass a court challenge.  If it fails or get put on hold then a new one can be created that is less vague.   Thanks Robert      

  He plead not guilty didn't he.  There is a lot more paper work involved with no guilty so the judges tend to come down harder on people who plead it.  Unless you have something that can be considered solid proof  pleading not guilty is generally a bad idea.  Now if you can show something was wrong with the car and fixed that can help but if you were speeding and you know it don't plead not guilty it never goes well.   Thanks Robert

  It is not just the $133.75 ticket cost it is the increase in insurance rates that come with it.  I have gotten 2 tickets in my entire life.  That is in part because I have just plain been lucky but both times I went to court.  In both cases I plead guilty (I was guilty and knew it).  In both cause the points went away and even with court cost the total fine was less than the face value of the ticket.  For me getting the points to go away was the important part as they can really effect you car insurance rates.  Even if you have to take a day off work it will still be cheaper than paying $$$ in increase car insurance for year to come.   Thanks Robert   PS.  What part of Cleveland do you live in?

I can't justify cutting the cord.  Cable TV rates aren't that bad when you compare the cost vs just paying for straight internet.  Now is it right that the internet gets 30% to 40% cheap because I also get my land line phone and Cable TV from that same provider.  Than again they call those discounts a volume discount.   Thanks Robert

  Because he wasn't in fear for his life when he fired.  If he was truly in fear he would have shot to kill.  The law is pretty clear you can only fire your weapon if you feel your life IS in danger.  If you are firing a warning shot your life is clearly not in danger.   Thanks Robert

  Personally I would walk into and out of my hot tub nude.  One look at my naked body would prevent them from ever looking my direction again :)   Thanks Robert

I got mine last week.  I get them every year.   Thanks Robert

  They reason this study has largely been baried is they didn't get the results they were looking for.  I am sure the study was start to prove that lowing gun ownership would make people safer a grant was done to prove it and in the end they disproved their theory but since they took a grant to do the review they had no choice but to publish.

  Laziness and ineptitude.  My mother use to work for the Army Corp of Engineers.  She had files that had retention dates meaning some she need to keep for 7 years and other they were never suppose to be destroyed.  When a file she couldn't destroy was no longer needed they sent it a warehouse where they were supposed to be stored so she could retrieve them later.  The only time she asked for one of those files back they couldn't find it.   Thanks Robert

  Off topic a little but when I worked at Comcast I had to sign a letter that I was getting a Vorable Warning.  If I am signing something how can it be a Vorable Warning?  Corporate HR can be fun at times.   Thanks Robert

  My uncle worked for the Correction department at a prison in PA he was forced to retire because he could no long meet the firearm qualifications requirement for his job.  Now I have no idea how tough a requirement it was but he did have to qualify every year.   Thanks Robert

  Permanent unlikely but if it was bad enough to take out a large percentage of the infrastructure it would take a lot of time to repair it.  Just look at the events of 2003 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 ).  Power was out for at least a week for some people and it was a software glitch that cause that.   Think about what happens if something blow out 50% of the transformers in the US how long will it take to rebuild the grid and that is assuming that large areas of the county don't turn into war zones that requires the power company to work around those areas.       Most of the major cities without power would be burning in under a week of the power going down.  With so many hot zones the military is the only one who could be called in to stop the bleeding in the largest cities.  Even the military isn't large enough to handle everywhere that means many smaller areas would be left to their own devices.     Many smaller areas wouldn't get power restored for months maybe even years and the grid wouldn't be stable for a least a decade.     All this assumes we can come up with the huge amount of money that would be required to get the grid back up.  Money that the government doesn't have.   Thanks Robert