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I'm not without compassion for the store and their losses but my word...awfully lackluster security for a store that carries firearms! The firearms in my home are much better protected than what they had.
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Here's my rain catchment setup... :)
I like this setup!
Do you have any filtration on the water and if so, what do you use? I ask because I've been considering doing something like this (albeit on a smaller scale) and have been looking at barrels designed for catching rain water off the roof that have filters included that, among other things, filter out the granules that come off the shingles. My intent would be to use for both drinking (after passing through my Big Berky) and perhaps other uses where filtering wouldn't be as big of a concern.
Thanks in advance for any info!
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They have a shorter lifespan. You may get 10k rounds but there are a few that say they have worked loose in a lot less. Besides they are pricey.
My first 10MM was a Cold Double Eagle and I've owned a few 1911s in 10MM since then.
I love 1911s and I love 10MM Auto as a cartridge but my experience with the combination is that the 1911 is just not well suited for the 10MM; this seems to be especially true with Colt's offerings (my Dan Wesson is an exception). Even considering some very expensive 1911s in 10MM, the best 10MM handgun I've owned for overall shooting is my G20.
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Sorry, my OP was too short and not info filled enough. I was at work this morning and had to cut it short because customers came in.
I have, in fact, already verified it. I know Tom personally, and the email I got was from him, however, just to be sure it wasn't fake, I called the range and talked to a friend who works there and verified that it is true. Tomorrow is the last day they will be open.
A few weeks ago, they advertised a sale. "Absolutely everything in the shop half price..." I figured that's what was about to happen.
ETA: here is the email (or at least most of it)...
Thanks for taking the time to respond in more detail (even though I hate the news). After reading his email I can understand the business reasons for closing including the shift in how most of us buy our stuff, the neighborhood the facility is in and I've wondered for some time if they would move and build a new, state-of-the art training facility as their current building is very much showing its age but I never thought they would close down.
There are many places to train but few trainers of the qualifications of Tom Givens or most of his trainers for that matter. I've shifted my training $$$ between Tactical Response and Rangemaster (and they seem to have a symbiotic relationship anyway) so I've managed to take several classes at RM including Massad Ayoob's MAG20 course. Even thought I don't get there often I feel like I'm losing an old friend (which seems to be a reoccurring theme as I get older). :sadwave:
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I wonder if my Berky would take care of the toxin they were worried about?
I can probably get by about two weeks with the water I have on hand (assuming no rain during that time).
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Rangemaster is a great place to train and Tom is a great instructor. As to the story, I think someone is pulling your leg (or at least I hope so).
Tom and Lynn already travel extensively to do training all over the country; they couldn't be gone much more than they already are so this story doesn't make a lot of sense. Also, neither their website nor their Facebook page says anything about them closing.
All that to say...I'm finding this story doubtful and I hope it turns out to be false.
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Well, according to Jesse it's not about the money, ya know. ;)
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Well then he should have sued for an apology rather than $! LOL
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Watch it, he might sue ya for that....
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Yes but he would be disappointed in what he would get out of my estate! LOL
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So the Court of Public Opinion should carry more weight than the Court of Law? I'm not defending JV for being an asshole, but I do think we need to remember that Justice is supposed to be blind to the public opinion. What people think about you shouldn't override what the Law says you are entitled to, whether it is compensation for damages, freedom from wrongful prosecution, or the right to bear arms.
I generally trust jury decisions but this decision was quite a departure from the norm.
No one can deny that Ventura is a public figure and as such has very little protection from defamation, slander and libel - the bar for these has been pretty high when it comes to public figures and a lot of what is said about politicians and celebrities on public forums like TGO would probably be actionable if that bar wasn't as high as it was. ;)
I'll trust the jury/court in this case but nothing is going to change my opinion of Ventura; I, like a lot of people, thought he was a pile of crap long before Kyle ever said anything about him and Venture continuing a lawsuit against Kyle's widow just makes the pile bigger but doesn't change the substance.
Edit: Fixed it for myself! LOL
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It is another form of registration. I think all physicians and most other healthcare providers are supposed to be compliant with electronic records per Non affordable care act by Oct of this year. This question has never made it to my intake forms, it is not applicable unless maybe you are seeing a shrink. So when you type N/A in appropriate box it only takes the "N" for some reason.
Actually, the mover to electronic medical records began many years before Obummer and his Obamacare although I don't know when the "firearm" question was first introduced. In any case, I'm not answering the question if I'm asked...what my Dr puts down in his record is up to her. ;)
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For whatever service Jesee Venture did for the country he has my thanks as does Chris Kyle as do all who have taken the oath and worn the uniform but I suggest looking at what each has done after their service...
When I look at what Venture has done after that service I see a no-talent actor, narcissistic conspiracy theory nutcase of a man who seems to enjoy filing lawsuits (this one was not his first)…a man who has said that he has lost his patriotism and that "I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist". He has also vowed to apply for Mexican citizenship so that he can live there more months of the year. Apparently his loss of patriotism and disgust with America does not prevent him from trying to profit from America’s court system
When I look at Chris Kyle after his service I see a man who poured his live (and lost his life) trying to help other veterans. His book, in which Venture claims he was slandered, was written to fund Kyle’s charity (and as I understand it, that is where all the profits have gone). A man who, at least outwardly, exhibited true concern for others rather than how to enrich himself.
Even if everything Venture said was true and he was slandered, only an asshole of ponderous proportions takes it out on the widow and child Chris Kyle left behind - continuing the lawsuit after Kyle’s death was a childish and reprehensible thing to do no matter what Kyle may or may not have done/said.
I’m not suggesting that Kyle is perfect; I’m not even saying Venture wasn’t slandered (although I will always think it childish of him to file a lawsuit) but from my perspective, one is a little boy in an old man’s body who cares little for anyone or anything but himself and the other is a man, perhaps a man with many flaws, who tried to live a life of service to those who needed it.Unfortunately, it’s only the dirt bag America-hating narcissist that is still with us which is pretty sad.
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Neither of us are paying rent we both live with my grandparents while I am searching for work she makes some money but not enough and I make a little bit aswell but only enough for my car loan, we are going to try counciling for the month of August and if don't work out or if things don't get better we are done and she's going home hurts me to do it but it needs to be done for now I will reply to her at the end of August and let you all know how it goes, I am also contacting police etc about the threat once I have more info
Well, let me put on my grandpa hat here a moment and just tell you what I'd tell my own grandson if he came to me with this situation...
From everything you've said here I know that there is no damn way either of you is remotely ready for marriage, to each other or anyone else. Further, that you would could come onto a public forum, ask a question like this and explain the details and after all the (surprisingly :) ) good advice you've received think that "counseling" is in any way a reasonable response to what has happened I find pretty incredible and sad.I'm not trying to be mean here but damn...you asked for advice and got some really good advice; do yourself a favor and take the advice to heart.
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.40 is wayyyyy better than 9mm! :lol:
and 45 is WAY better than 40 but 10MM is better than all of them.
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Is it just me or has the internet greatly contributed to apathy in the gun community? Between the in-fighting, misinformation, and general bitching in lieu of doing something constructive against the antis, I'm kinda losing hope with the "community". Seems that between FB and other sites there has been a sharp increase in laziness over the last decade. The Kenyan banned importation of cheap 5.45x39 ammo under fraudulent means (more details here http://www.kingarmory.com/7N6_ban.html) and besides bitching on the internet no one did much to contest it. As a matter of fact I got berated by "gunnies" about going to Congress about it because they didn't want me to incite the wrath of the big bad gov't and would rather curl up and lick their nuts like a beaten dog. The Kenyan banned importation of Saigas and besides bitching on the internet no one did much to contest it. Where did the spine in the gun community go? Has it been taken over by Fudds or is society as a whole that apathetic to what the gov't is doing to us?
Just takes the wind out of my sails lately, makes me worry about what will happen the next time they pass an AWB against our approval. Will Americans stand up and hold the line or will they flock to Gunbroker to buy up "soon to be banned" crap at a premium then go to ARFCOM to bitch and compare notes about what this is going to do to "pre-ban" magazine prices? This country is on the fast track to hell and all that most of the "gunnies" out there can seem to bother doing is giving the gov't a bad feedback rating online :(
I contribute time and money to pro-firearm organizations...I VOTE...I have gone to DC more than once and my local state rep, senator as well as my U.S. Rep hear from me regularly (they even call me back sometimes)...unless I become independently wealthy and no longer need to work a job I doubt that I can do much more.
So....my question to you is what exactly do you think folks should be doing?
As has been stated already, I think we've see some significant gains both nationally and in TN. That said, I'm as tired of the incrementalism we see from the current worthless Republican establishment in TN as anyone and the stuff we've gotten out of Haslam and company since he took office has been pretty pathetic but at least we are moving in the right direction and I have no reason to think we won't continue to do so. -
See... I see it from the healthcare side. Now on all physicals, especially Medicare physicals, healthcare providers are "supposed to" ask those questions. Now, I never have and never will simply because it's none of my business. But, I don't want to run the risk of someone's annual wellness physical not being accepted by their insurance provider because I skipped over that section as either, causing the patient trouble. So it's sort of a catch 22 to anyone in the medical field. That's why I've never liked it. I agree with you though about not caring if they ask me as a patient. I'll either tell them what they want to hear or simply tell them it's none of their business
I see your point.
I suppose that if I'm ever asked I'll probably just lie. I don't like to lie but if someone is going to ask me a question, the answer to which is none of their business, I'm not going to lose any sleep over lying to them. ;)
If I had could hold character long enough I'd love to do something like this to someone who asks me a question that they have no damn business asking; enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cpzLxYnpG4-
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Ok here is what I know, she started to talk to this guy a long time ago in a online game and at the time as far as I know nothing happend, then she started buying and selling bitcoins and she got other people she knew into it which included this guy,
She got him into another game we both play were you can earn money, well they started Talking and from what she has told me is that they just made a connection
According to her a connection that is stronger than what we have, now we have talked about this and she says she does not want to leave me
But she says I need to fight for her as in get a job and change myself in certain ways, before anyone says anything I am and have been searching for a job for a long while now,
After the threat was made I begged her to block him and stop talking to him but she will not do it, I am trying to save as much stuff as I can but the only things I can't get anything from is her skype and Facebook,
So for now we are still together but I have a feeling that will changeThanks for the update...if you haven't left her already WHY THE HELL NOT???
I'm not going to pontificate about who is most at fault here as frankly, I don't care and it's immaterial anyway because it's abundantly clear to me (and I think just about the rest of the forum) that your relationship with this girl needs to end immediately. Let her and her bitcoin boyfriend have at it...it sounds like they are perfect for each other.
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Maybe your fiancée is complicit and maybe not; that is something that obviously needs to be considered and acted on if necessary. That said, my gut tells me she is the cause of the problem and I'd consider finding this out while she is your fiancée to be a blessing in that at least you aren't married to her yet.
Moving on, whether she is or isn’t complicit, I would suggest that you absolutely cannot assume that this guy won’t follow through on his threat. In my opinion, anyone who is willing to make such threats is mentally off kilter enough to act on the threats even if your fiancée dumps you or you her and he knows it...you have to take him seriously and prepare.
As others have said above, report this guy to police, both your local agency and the agency closest to where he lives (assuming you can nail that down). Keep detailed records and gather evidence. That may all be a waste of time but if this guy every tries to make good on his threats such evidence/records will be worth its weight in gold.
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You know...while I think the decision was a good one, I've never quite understood why this issue (doctors asking patients about their firearm ownership) cause so many so much irritation. My doctor has never asked me but if he/she ever did I simply wouldn't answer.
Anybody can "ask" anything they want...I can answer or not as I chose...therefore I don't really see a problem. Or am I missing something??? :shrug:
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Regardless of the issue they proclaim to be doing it for, I have absolutely no sympathy for "agitators" or "activists" who, in the name of a "cause", are purposely provocative when it's really done only for their own self-aggrandizement (or financial enrichment). The only reason I care at all about this case and about Voldemort at all is that it wastes my and your tax money every time a law enforcement officer or court has to deal with him.
One of these days he is going to screw-up and either significantly break the law and face the consequences or he will be shot by a LEO or armed citizen who believe they have to protect themselves.
"In-your-face" tactics are almost never appropriate and are seldom effective...more often than not such tactics as those employed by Voldemort and his ilk only serve to harm the very cause they claim to be supportive of.
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This is a topic I've been considering for a while now; not for "grandpa" or an elderly parent because they are already gone...I've been thinking about it for myself.
I know from dealing with my mom who passed just over a year ago just how difficult it is to even take keys away from a parent who has no business driving, let alone taking their firearms (not that my mom had any). We finally convinced my mom that she should no longer drive but where we had the most difficulty was with regards to her finances - she exhibited signs of dementia for several years but we had no legal way to stop her. Her banks, etc. would not talk to us, of course, and when we went to court her doctor was absolutely unwilling to say that she was in any way incompetent to handle her own affairs (we assumed over fear of being sued but we'll never know). Anyway, taking legal guardianship proved impossible so, over a period of 10 years or so, we watched as my mom fell victim to scam after scam squandering tens of thousands of dollars until she all she had left was her SS necessitating myself, my sister and my brother stepping in to take care of her both financially and, eventually, physically. Of course by then, she was so ill that even she realized that she needed us to to that for her.
In the case of firearms and the elderly; tell me who most NEEDS the protection of a firearm if not those who are in their later years? If two or three (or even one) thugs break into your home and you are in your 60s or 70s or 80s are you going to survive a physical confrontation with them? I'd say likely not...the firearm, to borrow a phrase, is the great equalizer in those situations. Reality tells me that for personal protection, I need my firearm now, at nearly 60, more than I did when I was 30.
Anyway, dealing with these issues are, as was noted above, almost without an answer - you just do what you can do when it's right to do it. I trust my much younger sister and brother to have that conversation with me when the time comes (assuming I don't check out before I get that bad).
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I'm really, really glad for the happy ending here!
My hound was a rescue and I'm sure he was someone's beloved pet before he came into my life as he is well trained, fixed, etc. The rescue organization and I assumed he got away from his owners following some interesting scent (as bassets are want to do) and may have traveled so far that he didn't know how to get back home. In any case, he is now part of my family.He was not microchipped and if he had been he would likely have had a very different outcome (as would I)...I had him chipped within his first week in my care as was my other hound. Microchipping is not expensive; around $75 which I consider to be among my least expensive and potentially most rewarding investment.
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Not to hijack my own thread...Is that an English Springer?
Here's mine... :)
No; a slightly less than 2 year old Basset Hound (a rescue)!
Funny you should ask thought...many years ago I had an English Springer Spaniel; I lived in Washington at the time (stationed at the Trident submarine base in Bangor, WA.) -
I know I am not well off. I am pretty sure I am not poor. I am blessed with a great job and know I am overpaid. I work for the best man in the world. I assume I give him value in what I do. Or surely he would replace me. Or at least not pay me what he does, I never have asked for money. Hired on and had no clue what my pay rate was. Like I said I work for a great man. There is no one I have ever known I think more of than Bob.
So I read I should not pay more than thirty% of my income for housing. I damn well pay more than that for my mortgage and all that comes with it.
I cannot pay my mortgage with one pay check. I have a 100K house (when I bought it), more than three acres wooded. I have some debt but I manage. Great credit rating. Banks want my business. I contribute 8% to a 401K. Got a few K in the bank.
I really thought I was solidly middle class, Now from what i read I am pretty much considered poor
WTF?
what is middle class anymore?
The percentage of income that goes toward housing is not a magic figure. The point is that if you are spending more than 25-30% of your net income toward housing then you likely won't have enough left over for other necessities; especially the necessity of saving (both for emergencies and for retirement). Whether you are middle class or not is not really the point, in my opinion...for me the question is if you are happy where you are financially (note; "happy" in this context doesn't mean complacent). If you are comfortable where you are (even if you want to do better), meeting your basic needs and a few "wants" and are saving enough then what difference does a label make?
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With proper documentation that it was used, and where and by whom it might be worth $800 to someone...without that documentation it's about $10 worth of metal and paint and maybe a few dollars for the work of making it into a sign. ;)
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LGS Burglarized
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There are also internal screens that can be pretty effective and not detract from the exterior look of the building...at the very least, considering the apparently small size of their inventory; a couple of good gun safes and decent security system should have been enough to stop a smash and grab robbery like this one appears to be.