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Just watched a news conference on the Church shooting, on Jan 3, in Texas. The pastor was killed and another wounded. The Sherriff said there were 2 members in attendance, carrying, and the suspect disarmed the pastor and shot him with his own gun. When asked by a reporter what he what advice he would give others, concerning church safety and security the Sherriff stated he didn't want to second guess anyone in this church shooting, but he said, "If your going to pack a gun you had better be ready to use it." Good advice, IMO. I will add, do it with as much determination as one can bring himself too. You are in a fight for your life when you present your weapon guys.

I am so fed up with what is going on in this country, I have just quit watching the NEW any more. Politics turns my stomach. always has. All it does is depress me so I just don't watch it anymore. I voted and lost. So be it. The sun will rise in the morning and life will go on. I am glad I am not dependent on Washington and Just am not interested any more. Turn off the tube and read and study your Bibles. Train yourself to live like God wants you too. That is what really counts guys. What happens in Washington is minimal in life.

We received the Dakota 4000 driveway monitor yesterday and installed it this morning. Berried the magnetic sensor in the middle of the driveway about 45' from the end of the drive. Works great. The wireless receiver is in my dining room and loud enough that we can clearly hear it in the bedroom. The receiver is set on a 6 gong chime. The transmitter runs on 3 C123 Batteries and supposed to last 12 months. It is mounted in a shrub tree about 50" from the magnetic sensor, and to the side of the driveway. The sensor is about 275' down the drive. Wife just left to go to the store and it works great. "Hopefully" we will hear when late night visitors decide to come visiting, like they did just before Christmas.

I would like to purchase a 9MM EZ but going to wait for a while. My arthritis, in my hands, is getting worse and I am going to need one in the future, I am almost certain. Waiting for SW to get the bugs worked out.

Audi Murphy, and my cousin. Jack was the most decorated Kentuckian of WWII. He won ever medal the U S gives "except" for the MOH. He has the equivalent MOH form Italy and France. He had 9 purple hearts from WWII. He fought against Rommel in N Africa. He did all this by the time he was 19. Lied about his age and went into the Army at 15. Was in all theaters of the great war, the world calls it. He disliked the Japanese soldiers because he said they would kill and mutilate. I spoke at his funeral 4 years ago. Darnell, his wife told me war was H for him. Said he never got a full nights sleep, after he came home, unless he was drugged. He would not take the drugs, and set up nights drinking coffee and listening to country music on the radio. He died at 84. He was my childhood hero because he did cool things, I thought. I never knew his war record, just he had a lot of metals, until I went to his funeral. He never discussed his war time. There were 11 WWII vets that attended his funeral. It was a moving experience. The Bible talks about "Mighty Men." Audie Murphy and Claude Jack Reed were mighty men, IMO. I am sure you have heard the story an old Army sergeant penned, "Of Wolves and Sheep Dogs." Men like these old warriors are true "Sheep Dogs" in the truest sense of the word. They fought to stop a "madman" and "rouge nation." Just causes, IMO. Much unlike my war, Vietnam. Edited to add; Cousin Jack loved Patton. He fought under him in N Africa and Italy and until Patton slapped the kid and lost his command.

Just ordered the Dakota 4000 magnetic driveway monitor kit from Amazon. Not cheap. Hope it does what I want it too. According to the testimonials it must be paired up prior to burial. Thanks for the heads up RED333. If anyone has this unit did you bury the magnetic bar beside, or under the middle of the driveway? Edited to add; Johnny Rotten, my 3 acers yard is fenced on 3, sides but not beside the roadway. The roadway floods a couple times per year and can't keep the fence up along the front.

On our neighborhood watch board, last night, a lady posted her ring door bell went off, at 9:00 PM and a silver car was parked in her driveway with the motor running. She called Police. After a few moments she witnessed two other young guys run from the house across the street, and jumped in the car with bags in their hands, with Coved mask on, and sped away before Police got there. She did not get tag number. Ordering a magnetic driveway alarm this morning after worship. Our daughter just installed a very good camera system(1800.00), at their home, after one of their 4 wheelers was stolen. That system sends message to their phones instantly. Guys, I know you can't shoot someone over stealing property, nor do I want too, but I want to "possibly" keep them out of my house, WHILE WE ARE HERE. I figure the driveway monitor will "Hopefully" alert us if someone enters into our property like the thugs did last week. By the way, our driveway entrance is the only way into our property for cars. Can't pull off side of road because roadway is 8 feet above our property level. Only 30' driveway in. Of course they could walk in, but not good parking along the raised roadway for several 100 feet to the bridge over the creek in front of our home. I don't like electronic devices because they work fairly well for a few years then go south, however that is a price one has to pay for having a chance of knowing if someone comes onto your property. It is a sad state that we have arrived at this point in this country. Seems a segment of society has no respect for law or people any more. I guess it has been this way all along but seems to be getting much worse around here. We can not have a watch dog running loose any more. My last German Shephard was picked up by Dog Cop and I had a hard time getting him back. Had to get rid of him. Now only have an inside dog. County Leash law.

I would like to have one in 20 Ga with wood furniture.

Yes, thanks for the post. We should all think about this and make a plan if it happens to you. There are a lot of frustrated people now and ready to take (road rage) action against anyone they think wronged them with a traffic violation. My wife was flipped off and blown the horn at , last week, for taking her right of way, which she had. I guess the other lady thought my wife should have let her go first, even though my wife was at the intersection first, and turning right, with no light, and the other was turning left across in front of my wife. Serious times and sometimes hard to turn the other cheek, but one simply must do it to stay our of harms way this day-in-time.

I belong to the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Net. 360-978-5200. They have a good program (IMO the best benefit for the money)for those who join and the cost is much more likeable. Call and talk to them. It is not insurance but they do the same as others insurance companies. I pay 85.00 per year and I think the first year is a little higher. I been a member for years, and consider it just like homeowners insurance. My advice on your incident, forget the one finger salute next time. You did well except for that one item. glad it turned out for the best. A lot of hotheads out there who are wearing a chip on their shoulders this-day-in-time. "Best to turn the other cheek", if possible, then go on your way. Edited to ADD; Call ACLDN 360-978-5200 and ask them for a copy of a short booklet, "What Every Gun Owner Needs to Know About Self-Defense Law." They will send it to you at NO charge to you, and with NO obligation. The book is one of the best I have seen to be a short education on self defense law. ITS FREE GUYS. 20 pages of great info. MarkS, you can weigh your incident with true knowledge on the S D Law. You can see why your salute could be detrimental to your case. Get the book guys. FREE

I have 3 22 rifles, and gave a 4th new 10 22 to my youngest grandson in 2020. Also have 2 22magnums, although the magnum ammo is much more expensive if you can find it. Don't shoot the mags much because of the cost and availability. One mag is a Marlin bolt rifle with a 3X9X40 cheap Tasco scope on it. The other is a Taurus 8 shot mdl 917 with a 3"brl K frame size revolver. I have 2 22LR handguns, one a S W mdl 317 9 shot 3" ultra ight revolver and a Sig Mosquito semi-auto pistol. I use these tow to introduce new shooters into the shooting game. I find they work much better starting women shooting because the of the reduced recoil and sound. One can never have too many 22's on hand. Cheap to shoot, and much fun for cheap shooting and practice. I agree with most here unless you need a specific gun to add to your brace. My bucket list still has a 22 on it, a S W victory, or the latest model of the Ruger Mark's. The last model Ruger is much easier to take apart and put back together. I have always had a love affair with 22's.

Light dusting here in Lascassas Dave. Lofton road is white with a thin lawyer of snow. A brisk 17 at my house this morning.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas to all also.

Turns out these guys are hunting for unlocked cars and what they can steal out of them. I have seen this in subdivisions and in town where houses are close together and lots of them, but not in the county before. Sherriff has several reports of car looting in our area now. They found all my vehicles locked, with nothing of value visible, as well as the locked RV. Just don't understand why one would not lock their cars, most times by just pushing a button, in their driveways. Why help these thieves out? Just seems simple to me!

Red333 really interested in the driveway sensor. Where did you purchase yours, or where can I get one? Is yours battery operated? If so, how often do you replace the batteries. My neighbor has one. He is a retired Policeman. Got a visit a few years back from a thug he helped to send up. Came to take revenge on him. Neighbor knew when the thug pulled into his driveway. I need one because my drive ls long.

Had a strange car in our driveway last evening. Must have come in with lights off because where I sit I can see any car coming in after dark with lights on. I only noticed his tail lights leaving our drive. We have a neighborhood message board on Facebook and apparently others had visitors last evening also. One guy posted they were in his drive at 1:30 AM. none of us has a description of the vehicle. They were in our drive at 9:15 PM last evening. Been on the lookout tonight, but been quiet so far. Outside lights are on and all cars and truck locked. Also have doors locked and deadbolted. Will leave more lights on, than usual tonight. Be careful guys. Make sure everything is secure as possible.

I got new phones, for my land line, and it has the call scanning feature. I have had no Robo calls since. Love-it.

I have a Sig Mosquito and it runs good after I learned how to use it. It came with 2 different sets of springs. After I put the right spring in it it has run without any problem. If I understood it correctly one of the springs was for low powered ammo(shorts) and one for full power (Stinger) type ammo. Wont run with the wrong spring ammo combo. Like I said the one I have has run for 12 years and I have used it numerous times to show new shooters the difference in Pistols and Revolvers, and how both operate. I also have a S W 8 shot mdl 317 air lite revolver that I use for the same purpose. I will say a lot of people have said they had problems with the Mosquito. Makes me wonder if they had the spring and ammo wrong. Like I said the one I have is still running fine. I use it to practice with, all the time, to save heavier caliber ammo and to get in some trigger time. Today 500 rounds of 22 cost around 50.00 + and 500 rounds of 9 MM practice ammo is around 500.00, if you can find it. Makes sense to me. I will say since so many people have had much problems I would go another way, if I were buying a new one today. There is not much resale value in the Mosquitos.

Great news. Prayer for continued improvement, even with boredom Robin. Get back to normal soon.

I would purchase a LC9S if I could find one, however I have gone to the SW MP 9 C with the 4" brl and 15 round mags. I have 2 of these MPs. Really like them and the trigger is great on them. The more I shoot the better each gun gets. First one I purchased has never failed to shoot and the second one had 3 FTE until I took it apart and cleaned and lubed it real good. I have around 200 more rounds through the second one and have had no failures since cleaning. I got 600 rounds through the first purchased MP 9. With ammo shortage, I have slacked off on firing a lot of rounds. I can carry either gun in OWB in a belt slide Aherns holster with athumb strap, or IWB in a Crossbread holster. I would pocket carry the LC9 S.

A Kentucky boys song. John Prine Performs ‘Paradise’ with Marty Stuart - YouTube Edited to add; I lived in E KY at the time John was talking about. Where I was born. I remember the picture of "Pebody's Worlds Largest Shovel" john talks about in this song. They called it a Steam Shovel in the newspaper article. It could load a heavy off road dump truck with one scoop, so they reported. Peabody Coal Co actually tried to block the recording of this song. It told of what they were doing to the land in Muhlenberg county. KY, later, forced Peabody to reclaim the desolate land. Now everyone hunts large deer on some of those lands. John died from Coved this year. This is a good example of real life depicted in art.

I really like good lever guns, and would purchase another if found. Coved is keeping me out of the gun stores for now.

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all.

Said prayer for you Robin. Hope you recover soon.