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I'd argue that anyone who shoots innocent children has to be mentally ill, right?

They (MNPD) just confirmed live that the shooter, Audrey Hale is a 28 yr old transgender and was a former student. Also, the shooter shot out glass to gain entry...the door was NOT unlocked.

How do letting perverts near our kids and exposing kids to porn in the school library have any bearing on this conversation?

I'm very proud of MNPD's response time and selflessness to rush toward the gunfire to save lives. I'm so glad more lives weren't lost thanks to their bravery and quick actions.

Prayers for peace, comfort, and loss

so darn true

Very neat!! GLWS

A few years ago, we lost our whole house due to a fire. We were in a rental for about a year and it sucked. So, I'm really glad this story wasn't worse for you and thank the Lord nobody got hurt.

I see that same trend in what my company pays/approves in claims too. Telehealth is a blessing and it helps a LOT, but it cannot possibly grow fast enough to make up for the shortage of therapists, counselors, and psychiatrists that you mentioned. By the time someone decides on their own or is coaxed by someone else to finally seek help, waiting another 3-6 months for a first appointment makes people less likely to get help too. I'm also seeing alcoholism be easier to hide as vast sections of the workforce are still working from home. Imagine having to be sober enough to make it to/from work and collaborate all day before going home to tie one on. Then suddenly you don't have to be fully sober at all anymore to keep your job.

I respectfully disagree. Based on my experience, I see more of what @Chucktshoes points out. I feel American society is more accommodating toward mental disorders than ever before. I also see the problem growing as it is becoming more normalized. Maybe "sucking it up" isn't the answer, but whatever is causing it to grow so fast also isn't the answer.

TGO is the ONLY way I'd arrange to meet a stranger to buy or sell a gun. If there's not a lot of witnesses, I get leery when I see trash in the parking lot, oil stains at EVERY parking spot, and if the MSRP on all the cars looks lower than average.

The difficulty seating a mag aside, that is one sweet shooting handgun. It's WAY WAY more comfy to shoot than my compact P365 is. That longer grip will help a lot with consistency and accuracy since the trigger guard won't be digging into your middle finger so badly. The difference in felt recoil is much better due to a full paw on the grip too. One of the things the Europeans do that I don't like is they seem to put oversized trigger guards on everything. I get it, they think we all live in the Alps and wear ski gloves when we shoot, but I think I've worn a glove one time in my whole life for maybe one mag. It wasn't for me. I'd rather have the grip space back. I ain't gonna lie, I liked shooting your P-01 better, but I'm always gonna be partial to a good SA/DA trigger. Made me wish I'd brought my P-01 instead of my P365. LOL

Careful torquing that screw down. I know this one guy that broke a hex wrench off into his CZ Scorpion recently. I'm sure you're smarter than him though.

I use my credit card instead of my debit card every chance I get. If I had my way I'd never use my debit card. IMHO, it's way better to cancel my credit card and get a refund for those charges than for a thief to drain my checking account and me have to wait for that to be reversed.

Anybody else like chopped up onions in their cornbread?

At that speed, even if the miracle gloves actually work, that'll be the only part of you still working.

Lots of sit-down restaurants don't give me that option. Do you just avoid restaurants where you can't pay at the register?

I found an unrecognized charge on my credit card yesterday. Oddly, it was from last week and it turned out to be fraud. The weird thing is that whoever got my card number only used it ONCE and that was a week ago. I've only had this happen one other time and they made a lot of big attempts in rapid succession. This person bought themselves an e-book on Amazon's Kindle site and that's all. Amazon wouldn't tell me who it was or do anything about it, but the bank reversed the charge immediately and said they'd investigate. It was only $9.99, but I hope they prosecute. I hate thievery with every ounce of my being. The target device that downloaded the e-book will be easy to find and I gave them the Amazon order number, but I won't hold my breath. Mostly I want them punished for making me cancel my card and get a new number.

that's fair

One of the forums I frequent (I think it was an ADV motorcycle forum) had a good recipe thread going for a long time. One day we were talking about squirrel dumplins and venison recipes and what not and this one fella asked if we'd every had crawdad cornbread. I am a sucker for some cajun/creole food, so I begged the recipe off of him and tried it. My kids begged me to make it every week for months after we tried it, but crawdads are hard to come by here, so started using mini cocktail shrimp instead. If you like cornbread and you like cajun food, I'd be surprised if you don't like cajun crawfish cornbread casserole. Don't it look good?

reloading supplies are so high I can only afford to shoot store bought ammo

Isn't it ironic that the same crooks we elected and sent to DC are the same ones that created the laws to regulate the shady bankers? Then the shady bankers outsmart them and taxpayers are left holding the bag for the cost of the flawed regulations. If the headsman's ax is coming out for one single shady banker it better be coming out for all the complicit .gov bureaucrats too.

The anti-gun crowd sees the armed criminal hiding behind laws that protect you and I too. I don't want them to throw the good out with the bad, so I also don't want the good capitalists to be punished with the robber barons.

Looks sharp, nicely done

Welcome, glad to have ya.