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blocked m1 garand imports? Claimed to be working on gun control under the radar. probably behind fast and furious which was likely an attempt to make the gun industry look bad before it backfired. Multiple times apologised/commented to supporters that he wanted to do more but it was too unpopular at this time, waiting for a better moment.

there are a lot of ways someone who knows what is what could fubar such a project from afar without a lot of trouble. There was a team that showed how to bring down a fighter jet with just household electronics a couple of years back. You can jam its coms. You can bork the gps signal. You can poke a hole in it. You can hack into it and take control. You can EMP it. Physical damage as you noted. And so forth. If prepared and in place, no one would be the wiser except NK, who no one would believe.

where did this rumor start? I swear there are gremlins on the web that make up stuff just to start dumb rumors. Recently heard one that gangstas were putting a hand behind the slide so the brass wouldnt eject (no evidence that way, lol). I hope they are doing that, so they only shoot once and get a busted hand for their troubles.... but I doubt its more than just internet spew.

same story, different link, it looks like. But yea, at least he is on the record as pro gun for a few months.

http://www.reuters.c...E83C1B320120413 What I got out of it: A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday showed that 68 percent, or two out of three respondents, had a favorable opinion of the NRA, which lobbies against limits on gun ownership. When a liberal operation like reuters says this, its not good for the brady bunch. Oh, and of course: During his unsuccessful 2008 run for the nomination, Romney said he did not walk in lockstep with the NRA.... well duh. He is one of those that gracefully acknowledges that we might be able to own one bolt action hunting rifle or a double barreled shotgun.

I am also more like spock than most folks. I do have my faith, but *whatever* people want to say, any contemplation of the beginning of the universe takes faith. Same for evolution, atheism, any religion, and more. Sure, we see evolution all the time --- its not junk science nor bunk, its pretty clear for example that some animals have bred useful traits and the ones without died off, producing a changed species. That does not mean that it makes sense to trace from amoebas to monkeys --- there are gaps in the science, fossil records, etc that require... a certain amount of faith to believe. An atheist must reject all miracles --- someone on the brink of death who recovers and the doctors cannot explain it, the atheist must have "faith" that there is a rational answer even if none can be found. There is a bit of faith in all belief systems, in other words, pure logic does not suffice to answer many things. But if there is a logical answer, I am all over it. In the child situation, for example, my logic says I should shoot the pursuing terrorists in hopes that someone else can intercept the child and toss the bomb away or something. If the bus terminal is crowded, there has to be at least a couple of heros in there who can help a brother out, else let em get blown to bits, its all the same to me

I also do not like rob. He is an idiot. Sissy does not fit, but idiot is a perfect match.

Ned was not a sissy, just an idiot. He was too blinded by friendship to the king and the king's family to see until it was too late. He figured it out, and was going to act, about the time everything blew up. Brandon is no sissy. Crippled, but he will be of great interest soon. John snow is pretty tough. Just takes a while for his story to kick in, hes in limbo for the first half of the series. the other little girl may yet learn some reality of the world and change her ways. Time will tell. She is not very likable for quite a while.

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ccw, if you are serious, you should read up on the comments posted by the folks that carry full sized 1911s for ideas. People do manage to haul around big weapons, but its going to take some effort in how you dress. I suggest becoming used to a trenchcoat in the summer as a starting point.... congrats on the new purchase! The 44 is much easier to find ammo for (expensive, but its on the shelves) than the oddball big stuff, making it my favorite of the bigger calibers. The desert eagle in 44 is great if you ever get the chance, but as noted they are pricy. Its the shape. To build anything that is similar to a 1911, it just costs twice as much, apparently

I look at it a different way. People have always been more or less "immoral" --- swearing, humping, petty crimes (taking pens from the work supply room, etc), selfish, and so on. What is different about america is that for a short period of history, a bunch of religious zelots got together and formed a country .... the puritans. Their legacy influenced our culture, so back in 1700 (while pirates were doing the rape and pillage thing, slaves were acceptable, and so on....!!!) america formed a bubble that had a bunch of people who behaved somewhat decently (mostly by threat of force: the puritan leaders were very harsh with even mild offenses!!!). This is what is eroding: our puritan heritage has degraded over time until we are just like everyone else, and what is really happening is america is now a lot more "normal" (for better or worse) than it used to be. Think about it.

I remain in the minority but I have managed quite well without a book, much less a rack of them. Whoever made your bullets and whoever makes your powders will likely have basic data online, and if you bought lee dies those come with a page or 2 of load data as well. If I did have to buy one, I would look for a general purpose book rather than one produced by a particular bullet maker.

if its just the slide, you can ship that without any troubles. Or most of the other parts, except for the serial numbered frame, the frame is the "gun".

I like plastic, heavy glass is why I struggled to wear them as a kid, they bothered me and contacts were the best thing to come along when I got old enough for those. It would be cool if you could get glass, but the modern plastics are a big deal. My new set is amazing. Its really just the plastic lenses + a couple of microscopic screws that hold the nose bridge in place, and more of the same hold some light thin legs on it for the ears. There is no frame. I wouldnt want to sit on them, but they do not weigh anything, super sweet design. There were a ton of frames when I got these, 99% for women. There were almost no mens frames, a few gender neutrals, and anythign that was a cool color or shape or anything was feminine. It was like a jewelry store, a token item or 2 for the men and everything else for the women.

heh, he seemed rational to me. Pretty orderly spree: steal a gun, rob someone, hit up wallyworld for some ammo, rob someone else, better change your look so you can't be ID'd by anyone, and so on. Its amazing to me that here in TN someone could do all that and not one victim was armed, to be sure. We have a pretty good rate, nearly 10%. He was due to encounter an armed victim. They did not say but I suspect some good drugs may have been a factor. I am not all that amazed he evaded capture for a bit. I can't see how anyone is ever caught unless its red handed, to be honest. Most video/camera of the suspects is of the lowest quality. Often the vehicles involved do not belong to the thug at hand. DNA and fingerprints are tested against a small database (compared to the size of the population of the USA). That we ever catch anyone except the most idiotic criminals is truly amazing to me.

the class I had was exclusively on Kant and some book he wrote that used the word paradigm like 8000 times. It was supposed to be intro and overview but the professor decided that the one guy was sufficient to study and of the utmost importance. That is how you ruin the subject, I guess I disagree that global warming is due to a philosophy problem. Science is pretty pure --- you observe something, and you figure out why whatever you saw happened via a model or theory, then you test that to see if you were right, and so on. This process broke down with the global warming and other modern bad science because the science is funded. The sponsor has a foregone conclusion and the scientists must prove it or lose funding. So they create a model that matches the forgone conclusion instead of what is observed via experiment. The only philosophy here is the eternal debate over ethics, not related to the bad science. The same thing happens over and over again with funded science. A company is hired to prove that eating nothing except red food coloring causes cancer, and they prove it. Another group is hired to show that eating realistic amounts of the same does not cause cancer. So the first sponser hires another group to show that the second group was wrong. Back and forth it goes, and whoever spends the most money on it gets the news blurb that shows their side of the story. Science this is not, its economics, really, pure economics combined with the standard lack of ethics that many people have whenever money is on the line.

Those are great tips Dolomite, ty. And the most useful one you did not say directly --- but it sounds like I need to seperate out some decent brass for longer range work, and keep the "day after a 3 gun" pile for zombie blastin'

Its funny, but its not at the same time. This is quite a story and thankfully no one was hurt very badly before he was caught (else it wouldnt be funny). http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/weird/NATL-Epic-Crime-Spree-Racks-Up-11-Felony-Charges-in-9-Hours-146811725.html

I prefer back pocket to small of back, its faster, its less risky if you fall on your backside, and less prone to sticking out or up, and easier to sit on (though not for extended periods, it will ruin your back over time to sit on a lump).

yes, about the time they started making 380 and other wimpy "desert eagle" guns and stopped making any new magnum designs. Its been a while... Nice setup! Whats the old iron on the side, wwII rifle of some sort? The presentation matched derringers are cool lookin too

thats hard to top, wow. Would loved to have had dinner with larry, he was very talented in many areas for sure. I have met a few but only because they were doing an event; met some star wars and star trek actors at cons for example --- mostly extras. Pretty rare around here, most of that was during my teen & college years and mostly in atlanta, which draws the occasional big name.

welcome, good choices to start with, I love my M&P AR. I agree with the glock recoil comment, they can be brutal due to their light weight and funky design.

I had other classes that were not related to my major that I enjoied a lot. Professional writing has served me well to this day. I enjoied the music class, though it was of zero use to me, it was not part of the brain wash program either. Let me be clear about that: there are plenty of non major courses that are fun and broaden ones education. There are also a number of them that are required AND are nothing more than brain washing for political correctness (at the least) and liberalism (at the worst). I was only aggravated with the brainwash stuff, which is a combination of the books, the school's program director (for whatever major teaches the class in question) and the professor who actually teaches it. One semester of this does not sound so bad, but there were ZERO semesters of an opposing view. That is not well rounded, or broadened, that is narrow and focused and brain washing, period. I think I might enjoy classical philosophy in a general sense. The classes are not always taught that way, mine was pure and simple liberal thought school for dummies.

Accuracy and cheap ammo do not mix unless you load your own. Either blast away at shortish ranges and be happy with low cost stuff, or load your own match grade to take it on out to 300+ yards. The 223 is a little annoying to reload, have to trim the cases and deal with dented cases, different thickness cases, and other stuff. Unless you DO want high quality ammo or have a reloader that moves the process right along in quantity, buying bulk is a good idea. Honestly, if accuracy is a big deal, get a different caliber. 223 can do OK but its not one of the top performers at say 500 yards. There are dozens of better calibers for that. At 200 yards the bulk cheap ammo will start to fail you for precision shooting at an increasing rate.

Oh, I see, misunderstood "Bring a Glock 19. If you don't, they will make fun of whatever gun you have" to mean they were picking on everything including the smaller glocks.