jlautiger

I'll take #1.

You'll need to call.  The canneries have changed due to gov't intervention.  I think most, except for a couple in Utah, are no longer are allowed to have folks can there.  They may sell pre-canned items; that's where I'm not sure.  We recently ordered a few cases of items we use regularly directly from the LDS website and only paid $3 shipping.  No wrapping though; stuff came clearly labeled as LDS Home Storage (or something like that). 

I like the Scepter Military Fuel Cans.  They are not CARB compliant so they aren't sold directly to public in the US.  You can easily find new ones that are pricey or used ones that aren't pretty.  I've found them in surplus stores on a back shelf for $20.  There's a guy on Ebay from College Station that selling used ones 2/$40 without a gasket or $2/50 with a gasket.  For gas use, you want the Viton gasket.  You can buy gaskets and lids from DS Tactical out of Canada.  Don't buy too much or you end up paying duties. 

.. sidecar that happened to have...

Was finally able to order. Thanks David for running a great site.

Woo hoo!! Welcome to the club.  Congrats!!

My mother in law has arthritis and doesn't have the hand strength to hold the slide and push the frame. So, sadly, semi-autos are out for her. We have tried other ways too but doesn't work for her. So, pump shotgun and revolver style are her only options. I could leave her a racked semi but she practices on her own. So, best to use what she practices with.

Check the history on the seller too.  There's a lot of new sellers on gunbroker as on TGO.  So, apply the same judgement as you would here.   The private seller comment is valid - some private sellers are hard to deal with so some FFL's don't deal with them at all. I've had some pains in the past.  So, I don't like dealing with them either unless it's something I really want.   Otherwise, payment is likely by Money Order for private seller or by credit card for business.  Some charge extra (3-4%) to use a credit card and should have it listed in the sale description but some don't.  So, try to verify how to pay, shipping amount, and overall condition before the sale.    As for the FFL, the other comments apply.  I use email to contact my FFL and have him send his information to the seller.  They swap info and I have the seller send me confirmation numbers for shipping.  After that, it's just like picking up something locally - fill out the paperwork and pay the transfer fee.

For the house, you don't have to go smaller.  The smaller frames are harder to control and get comfortable with if you're not practicing a lot.   If it's just for around the house, then I'd suggest something more full size.  If she can handle racking the slide, a 1911 or full size Glock (or similar) works.  The Taurus PT92, mentioned earlier, is a nice pistol at a lower cost.  We have a compact stainless steel one and it is our best shooter.  Nicely balanced too.  If she can't handle the slide, then a DA revolver or even a pump shotgun would work.   In my situation, I have a little of both.   My wife can handle the slide so a full size Glock 17 with laser works for her.  The laser is for point and shoot and works for her.  She actually prefers the Springfield TRP 1911 but I'm not strapping a laser on that.    My mother-in-law couldn't handle the slide, so I started her with a 410 pump shotgun.  She has a Judge now and like's it better.

For canned goods, look at http://canorganizer.com/can-organizers/ For bulk goods, you can do caster's food saver sealing and put into buckets with gamma lids. Gamma lids are must haves. Some items are long-term, don't eat until SHTF.

Death by slow drip, huh!! You need some form of stress release with how busy you are.

Bunch of hoarders.!! I'll now need to spend endless hours searching for 1 or 2 used ones that someone found stuck to the bottom of a rifle case. They'll probably be duct taped together and I'll need to trade my last AR to get it. But, it'll be worth it.

The holster requirement was removed in the 2009-2010 session.  See http://www.georgiapacking.org/bills0910.php

  My initial reaction - keep driving and find a different place to go to than Atlanta.  :pleased:   Nashville's nice.  Go to Ashville, NC, horseback riding in Smokies, camping at one of the Army Corp lakes (nice actually), something...  I lived in Atlanta area for almost 8 years and am there 1-2 times per month now with my job, so I've had enough of it...   If you still plan on going, then the links peejman provided tell you most everything.  Not too much difference than TN.

Sweet!! Probably got some great deals too.

It was hard to buy a complete DDM4 for $1200 before the madness.  About $1300-$1500 was about right.  Everything, I've seen lately have been at list pricing.     Now uppers were cheaper about mid $800's to $1000 depending on which version.  From your OP, I think you're just talking about an upper.  So, your total value depends on the quality of the other components too.   As for pricing is going to be basic supply and demand.  Now, it's low supply, high demand, so high prices.  If AWB fails, then demand will subside but what happens to supply. I think some folks will sell because they put the purchase on a credit card, but these are probably the same folks selling on gunbroker today.  I think others are just buying what they should have bought before and will hold.  So, it's a crap shoot to me.  I will say there were less DD products out there while others were everywhere, like Walmart.  I rarely saw DD rifles or uppers at a local shop and never at a big box store.     Ultimately, depends on your preference and financial situation.     Here's a link where someone compared DD to DPMS (some differences in age and use on the rifles, carbine vs mid length gas, and rail type, so account for those differences in your situation too):  http://www.survivalistboards.com/showthread.php?t=222444 

Daniel Defense makes a good product as you've probably found out in your searches.  New uppers, which you can't find right now, are in the $1000-$1200 range (basically list).  New rifles are in the $1600-$1700 range, again good luck finding them.  I'm talking about business prices, not Gunbroker pricing (pushing $3000 for a new rifle).  The debate a few months ago boiled down to - do you have the extra money to spend on better quality?  Today, it's can you find what you want at a reasonable price?  The old "bird in hand" argument.     So, if you can buy one at a reasonable price, I'd recommend you do.  You shouldn't be disappointed and you can always sell it later.  This assumes the upper is a complete DD upper and is in good condition. Shoot, I'd probably buy it for a reasonable price.   I've had a DDM4V3 for a few years and got a couple V5 300 Blackouts this past year (traded 1 for an M14 Scout).  I'm not an expert in the platform and was more comfortable going with quality at the higher price (and the recommendation of a couple military folks who swore by them).     Which version upper is it? Daniel Defense makes several configurations: carbine vs midlength, different DD rails, with or without fixed sites, etc.  Make sure it's a configuration you like (or try it out and sell it / trade it later).  

A compromise is defined as "an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions" (from Google).  This implies there's a win-win or a reasonable middle ground for the two parties in dispute.  It also says the compromise is "a settlement of a dispute".  The matter is resolved.   I think our key issue, as TMF points out, is when we talk of "our side" compromising is that the matter is not settled.  The other side will start pushing again with our last compromise being the starting point for any discussions while their side has not moved one inch.  We continually lose ground and have.     So, to me, we need to restore our liberties before we start talking about further compromises.  

In reading my original post, I was too general and the other posts have highlighted this fact.   I should have asked "where do you draw the line at being patient and trusting the business?".  In my case, I'm talking about orders placed before the madness for in-stock product, charged my credit card, show "complete", but nothing has shipped, and that now have reached the point of having to decide to dispute the credit card charge.  In one case, the business is still selling the product at a higher price and, in another case, the order value is so high that my trust meter is ringing in my ears.   Otherwise, I agree with the comments:  - Times have changed  - Good businesses continue to be good businesses  - Businesses that weren't run the most efficiently are being exasperated now  - Need to decide what is worth fighting for and what is not and support those who are fighting for the right things   So, I'm not being too negative in the above, I'll give a counter example to my above dilemma - there's one well known gentleman that sells stocks and misc. parts for older rifles.  Everyone knows, if you look around a little, that his response time can be very, very slow (even before the madness).  You can place an order, forget you placed an order, and, then, magically your order shows up and what you've ordered exceeds your expectations in either condition of the stock or parts or in the extras he's added in.  I don't worry too much about him and actually recommend him.  He has another distraction he supports that I wholeheartedly believe in and support and any delay from him is entirely forgiven.  That's Fred of Fred's M14 Stocks and his other distraction is Appleseed.

Is anyone else annoyed by the new practice of customer service by some "overwhelmed" businesses who sell firearms, ammo, or anything else firearms related?  So many sites now don't answer phone calls, don't answer email, ship when they get to it, reduce order quantity, and, generally, have forgotten of any resemblance of basic customer service.  And, I'm talking about after they have taken your order and, in some cases, after they've taken your money.   In some cases, I'm now scrambling to find alternative sources, at higher pricing, to fill the gaps in orders that were cancelled this week but placed weeks ago.  Uggh!!  Really??  It took this long?? Makes me wonder if they'd rather sell to others at today's pricing rather than fulfill my order at last month's pricing.   At least, there are some businesses that only take orders for what they have in stock, ship relatively quickly, and still know how to run a business.  We should start a "good guy" or "good gal" list for those businesses.    

It's hard to beat the GunVault Minivault safes with the finger combination for storing loaded handguns with relatively easy access.  They can sit next to your bed or in a drawer or cabinet. Once you've programmed it and practiced a few times, you can open it in the dark and very quickly.  It locks itself if the kids play with it (and get the combo wrong).  They also make a biometric one if you don't trust yourself to remember the combination under stress.    I actually carried one with me on family vacation before I realized they made a smaller one (a Microvault).  My wife gave me they eye but didn't say anything.  She knew what is was for.  We had the kids with us and it was easier for me to have a safe place to put my pistol without having to sleep with it (on it really). 

I have a bunch of kids that range from 2 months to 16.  Those over 6 have shot with me and enjoy shooting, particularly Ruger 10/22 rifles.   I have tried to take a balanced approach of training, respect, and understanding real vs fake.  Whenever I can, I take kids shooting so they can know the difference between real and imaginary guns and the true damage real guns can do.  We reinforce gun safety, even with their "toy" guns, particularly pointing (only at what you are willing to destroy) and trigger control.  We limit violent video games and time on video games to try and keep them in the real world; for us, we see the differences in our kids based on too much time on games.  On a side note, I do think there's an issue with some kids today that don't live in a "real" world and, therefore, don't know how to respond, interact, react, etc. to conflict and issues in the real world.  But, that's another topic for another day...   Even with the above, though, kids are kids and boys, in particular, are boys.  There's only so much reinforcement and training we can give them.  They will push the limits as we did and some of them will lie about what they did or didn't do.    So with all the above, besides a Glock I keep near me and a couple shotguns that are being worked on, we keep all firearms locked up.  The Gunvault safes are great for locking up handguns and providing quick access in case of need.  I still haven't solved how to get to a loaded shotgun or rifle fast, but, thankfully, haven't need to yet.  That's on my list to solve.

I watched a Gunbroker listing a couple weeks ago for 100 PMags go for $4700 and thought Wow!  That's almost a 400% increase in less than 1 month.  We could have bought them from Brownells during their 10 for $99 sale before Christmas.

Forgot to mention, these are Glock mags and not KCI ones.

I ordered some Glock 21 and Glock 17 mags before Christmas when they showed as available.  About a week later, I got the dreaded out-of-stock email.    However, good news, I got an email that said something shipped (was hard to tell what) last week and received my G21 mags today.  They only charged me for what shipped and only when they shipped.    Reading the posts above, it's strange that everyone's experience is a little different.