Chucktshoes
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If anybody happens to be waiting on a stamp and filed it through e-forms, you should probably login and check. There were a lot of folks that weren’t notified that their stamps came through. Buddy of mine had a stamp approved in three weeks, but didn’t find out for three months.
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SOLD Took this in trade, don’t need. $350 Jackson, TN
S&W Shield .45 and a set of new in package night sights. No box. Flush and extended mag included. I was told that ~500 rds had been fired through it. Looks to be in excellent shape.
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2 minutes ago, btq96r said:
While I wouldn't put it past Chicago, I don't think they're trying to get some nationwide win here. More like just seeking some easy PR by throwing a case in the courts to say they're "doing something". Like any other battlefield, once the winter fades away, action picks up. March-October is shooting season in the Windy City.
Everytown is part of this action.
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This is a direct shot at the heart of the 2A and all gun manufacturers. If they win here it clears the way to declare all semiauto guns as machine guns because they are readily convertible. That would instantly render them all illegal.
I’m confident it won’t work, but that’s the aim here.
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34 minutes ago, BigK said:
I despise the mere existence of the ATF and think almost everything they do is illegitimate, however I'll let my hypocrisy show a little on these points:
- It's none of the AFT's business if I buy a gun for someone as a gift, but I do want it to be illegal to make straw purchases.
- I don't think every felony should keep someone from buying a gun, but I do want it to be illegal for violent felons to buy guns.
- I don't think smoking pot should keep you from buying a gun when people who drink alcohol are free to do so.
- I believe in "shall not be infringed", but I do want it to be illegal for crazy people, stalkers, and people with restraining orders against them to buy guns.
- I don't think illegals are entitled to any inalienable rights under our Constitution.
Well, I understand the reasoning on some of them, and number three is slightly different in that it doesn’t have any inconsistency so we will set that one aside. that said, by the Bruen standard 1, 2 and 4, all face an extremely uphill battle to survive court testing.
I strongly suspect that it is going to force the hand of the government to make it easier to forcibly confine folks who cannot be trusted in public with a firearm.
The the amusing thing to me is that the anti-gun crowd defending these laws has consistently reached back to laws from the founding era, prohibiting groups, such as black folks, and native Americans from purchasing or possessing firearms. Those laws, all have one thing in common, they were exclusions, based upon certain folks not being included in “the people”. Thus far, the court has not found any merit to that position. The folks in point number five are the only ones for whom that delineation could apply.
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1 hour ago, krunchnik said:
I am referring to the 2ND only-
If the 2ND does then why is the question of legal residency even on the 4473 questionnaire-
That’s the subject of debate being decided in the litigation. The 4473 questionnaire has been having a real rough go of it since Bruen. Question after question has been struck down by district courts.
It’s there because the ATF decided it wanted it there, but should it be there?Many folks, myself included, have long been of the opinion that the entire premise of the 4473 is illegitimate. Piece by piece, it appears that the courts are finding that to be the case in a post Bruen world.
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Our kids aren’t old enough to venture out any further than the neighborhood independently, but we do not utilize any sort of personal tracking software at all. Of course the kids (12&7) don’t have any personal electronic devices either.) Have no plans to as of now. I have a pretty immediate and intense visceral repulsion to the idea to be honest.
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Saw Dune part 2 with the wife last night. It’s a visually stunning film. If you don’t have connection to the original work, then I’m sure it will be quite enjoyable. If you are a long time fan of the books, written by Frank Herbert, then there is a good chance, that like me, this will fall significantly short of expectation. The more I think about particular changes the madder I get about it.
Not a fan.
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I just listed to the entire oral arguments.
I don’t think we win this one. The lawyer arguing for the bumpstocks got his ass kicked.
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57 minutes ago, HKfanTN said:
It is not rocket science. The NFA definition is: "Section 5845(b) of the NFA defines “machinegun” as “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger." So if a firearm requires more than a single function of the trigger, it is not a machine gun. In the bump stock ruling they argued the firearm moved and the trigger did not which is irrelevant. That is nothing more than a matter of perspective whether the trigger is being made to function by moving a finger or the firearm is moving while the trigger and finger are fixed. It is still the function of the trigger moving back and forth that makes the weapon fire. Rate of fire has absolutely nothing to do with it or every firearm Jerry Miculek operated could be deemed a machine gun.
The danger in the bump stock ruling is indeed the slippery slope which is real. Look at their action on braces.
Exactly. The fight has never been about the bumpstocks themselves. It was and is about the actions taken by the ATF (as instructed by the President at that time) in re-interpreting the law to fit a political end.
It isn’t what they did, but how they did it.
The only reason the mechanism by which the bumpstock functions matters is that it isn’t in line with the definitions in the text of the statute. It’s a much bigger deal than just these particular accessories. This case combined with Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 will hopefully be death of the imperial executive through Chevron Deference.
The words in the statute mean specific things and the executive agencies have to be told that they can’t just decide that they mean whatever they want just because they feel like it.
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2 minutes ago, Garufa said:
Movie tickets like a theater? I assumed this was yet another epic that is only going to be available with some type of streaming subscription. Cool.
Two parter. June and August.
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This trailer gave me chills. I’m 1000% in for them.
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3 hours ago, btq96r said:
Because with Wayne and some of his cronies gone, the board can finally be reset. @Chucktshoeshas the right if it that the size of the board needs to be shrunk. They also have to have the right people to oversee what will be a very important selection of new management.
Bingo. It isn’t that it definitely will lead to positive changes, but unlike when WLP had an iron grip on things, they can change. I still believe the NRA could be a massive force for good if managed effectively. Imagine if the FPC or GOA had the resources and name recognition of the NRA? How much could get done then?
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6 minutes ago, mikegideon said:
Yep. Instead of destroying it, she may have fixed it. The NRA lost my support because of ole Wayne. Now, they have a chance to regain it. They need some new rules first.
If they don’t take action to shrink that board to a size that effective for governance, then nothing can/will change. That’s the key to everything right there.
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Today is my Sea Quartz 30. This one is made by Momentum, a follow on company from the long defunct Chronosport, makers of the original.
Sharp eyed fans would recognize it at the watch worn by Thomas Magnum in the first 3 seasons of Magnum P.I. Before he got his Rolex Pepsi GMT Master 16750 from his father in season 4. (Tom Selleck still wears that very Rolex to this day.)
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2 minutes ago, Capbyrd said:
way too much going on.
It’s as close as I’ll ever get to a smart watch.
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This week’s watch is my Citizen Promaster world time chrono.
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34 minutes ago, Choatecav said:
They are referring to it now as "museum grade."
New For 2024: Tisas Museum-Grade 1911A1 | An Official Journal Of The NRA (americanrifleman.org)
I don’t know if they’re saying what I am hearing when they call it that. To me, calling a gun “museum grade“ would infer, that while it’s great to look at, you probably shouldn’t shoot it.
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8 hours ago, Erich said:
I'd agree with that last statement. The controls that are / will be added are meant to prevent it.
Want to be clear I am not promoting "porn", rather I am curious what some will do and what they will do despite the best efforts of the developers. Its how it evolves going forward. This idea of what is porn is too easy to trip over and there is a great deal of subjectivity to it. There will be mis-steps, but in the end it will end in a better place.
I think the problem many have is how realistic some of these may look. It does not matter its fake, its just to close. In my mind I know its fake so I don't weight it heavily. Not to the point of having an impact on mankind. But I can respect some will see that differently.
Photoshop is an example of something that has been around that allows this kind of thing, worse with real images. It has no bounds except the skill of the user. I bring that up as an example of the limited damage it has done.
There is a parallel here. Tool vs person
Bad actors taking something and doing a bad thing to have it censored or banned. Sound a little familiar.
I apologize for misconstruing what it was you were referring to. I don’t ARFCOM, and hadn’t seen the thread that you referred to. I made my assumptions based upon the stories about the subject that bubbled up into the more mainstream outlets.
I am quite happy that my point doesn’t apply to you directly. It doesn’t change my basic position that the dangers here far outweigh the possible benefits. For example, from this day on there is no such thing as video evidence. It’s all suspect. There’s just as much, if not more, danger from folks not believing videos that are real than from folks believing videos are fake.
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3 minutes ago, Erich said:
It really wasn’t the exercise in misogyny that you’re casting it as.
The point of those posts in that thread was how the controls and censorship in AI platforms can be defeated. Exactly what I was alluding to.
Think you are running with it a bit seriously and missed the point. I’d suggest take the comment in the spirit it was intended maybe. It was a joke.
Not sure on the moral superiority play. I’d bet no one forced you to look at that stuff to end up offended and blowing it out of proportion. Your choosing censorship over free will is not a choice I’d make either.
I’m actually with NBS here. The ability to use AI to create sexualized images of folks isn’t so much an exercise in misogyny as an affront to human dignity. It’s immaterial to whether the subject is male or female, creating p*rn of someone without their consent is wrong. Full stop.
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3 hours ago, NoBanStan said:
No! just No! Dune... *shudders*
I tried to read the first one... it was SOOOO slow. so i switched to the audio book... even the narrator was slow.
ITS EVEN PLOT THAT YOU HAVE TO STAB SOMEONE SLOW!!I’m less that half joking here. I’ve become increasingly convinced that when it comes to the internet, the juice is not worth the squeeze.
Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
-The Orange Catholic Bible
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ATF raid in Little Rock
in 2A Legislation and Politics
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This wasn’t about serving a warrant or preserving evidence. This was about sending a message.