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The Glock mat is kinda like keeping pics of the ex girlfriend ain't it?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.   -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,   --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.     The Declaration of Independence, in part.

Typical gun grabber - "don't touch my First Amendment rights while I'm doing my best to remove your Second Amendment rights".

YOUR country, at least a faction of it, is trying to flush the whole thing down the crapper. Like it or not (some HATE it), the Second Amendment is a cornerstone of YOUR country. The Feinstein bill, if left intact, literally destroys the second.   I will fight that in some way. That doesn't mean that I will start shooting commies. It means that I won't stand by and pretend that the United States is still intact. I won't comply in the way they expect. I won't comply.

My mother-in-law doesn't bow my floors. Your safe will be fine.

I went wandering into my local LGS this morning. Nice little mom and pop up here that my wife found for me not long after we moved to town. Since I have been here, I have lost count of the money I have spent in there, but it has been a lot.   The gentleman and his wife that own and run the place are good salt of the earth folks. Nice as can be and always friendly.    The day after the Newtown tragedy I went in to see Larry, and look at a pistol for the wife. While I was there I bought the last two PMags he had, at $15 a piece. We talked for a bit and I went on.   I am not one to fall into the whole pricing war lately, I see both side's points, though I firmly fall to another, though it doesn't make my stomach easy. I guess since I am not selling, or buying, it is easier for me to stand on the outside and be glad I don't have a horse in the race. I had everything I wanted before this all went down. Don't plan on selling any of it either.   So I went into Larry's shop today to see how things were going and I couldn't help but notice, his prices were only up about 10% from two weeks ago. Sure, he was wiped out of anything that didn't have a bolt or a revolving cylinder, but his prices were well within reason of what they should have been.    I bought a couple of boxes of ammo, .223 flavored, at a 10% markup. Smiled the whole time. His wife rang me up, and the total came to about half of what it should have. So I asked her, did you forget to ring up the other box? We all got a good laugh out of it, and it reminded me why I like shopping there.   The point is, there are still good people out there trying to do business. And like Larry told me, shipments are few and far between now. Doesn't really matter what price you put on it, it is gonna sell.

Hit it. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/12/29/should-the-assault-weapons-ban-be-reinstated

Lawrence Hunter, Contributor December 28, 2012   It is time the critics of the Second Amendment put up and repeal it, or shut up about violating it.  Their efforts to disarm and short-arm Americans violate the U.S. Constitution in Merriam Webster’s first sense of the term—to “disregard” it.   Hard cases make bad law, which is why they are reserved for the Constitution, not left to the caprice of legislatures, the sophistry and casuistry of judges or the despotic rule making of the chief executive and his bureaucracy.  And make no mistake, guns pose one of the hardest cases a free people confronts in the 21st century, a test of whether that people cherishes liberty above tyranny, values individual sovereignty above dependency on the state, and whether they dare any longer to live free.   A people cannot simultaneously live free and be bound to any human master or man-made institution, especially to politicians, judges, bureaucrats and faceless government agencies.  The Second Amendment along with the other nine amendments of the Bill of Rights was designed to prevent individuals’ enslavement to government, not just to guarantee people the right to hunt squirrels or sport shoot at targets, nor was it included in the Bill of Rights just to guarantee individuals the right to defend themselves against robbers, rapers and lunatics, or to make sure the states could raise a militia quick, on the cheap to defend against a foreign invader or domestic unrest.   The Second Amendment was designed to ensure that individuals retained the right and means to defend themselves against any illegitimate attempt to do them harm, be it an attempt by a private outlaw or government agents violating their trust under the color of law.  The Second Amendment was meant to guarantee individuals the right to protect themselves against government as much as against private bad guys and gangs.   That is why the gun grabbers’ assault on firearms is not only, not even primarily an attack merely on the means of self-defense but more fundamentally, the gun grabbers are engaged in a blatant attack on the very legitimacy of self-defense itself.  It’s not really about the guns; it is about the government’s ability to demand submission of the people.  Gun control is part and parcel of the ongoing collectivist effort to eviscerate individual sovereignty and replace it with dependence upon and allegiance to the state.   Americans provisionally delegated a limited amount of power over themselves to government, retaining their individual sovereignty in every respect and reserving to themselves the power not delegated to government, most importantly the right and power to abolish or replace any government that becomes destructive of the ends for which it was created.  The Bill of Rights, especially the Second and Ninth Amendments, can only be properly understood and rightly interpreted in this context.   Politicians who insist on despoiling the Constitution just a little bit for some greater good (gun control for “collective security”) are like a blackguard who lies to an innocent that she can yield to his advances, retain her virtue and risk getting only just a little bit pregnant—a seducer’s lie. The people either have the right to own and bear arms, or they don’t, and to the extent legislators, judges and bureaucrats disparage that right, they are violating the U.S. Constitution as it was originally conceived, and as it is currently amended. To those who would pretend the Second Amendment doesn’t exist or insist it doesn’t mean what it says, there is only one legitimate response:  “If you don’t like the Second Amendment, you may try to repeal it but short of that you may not disparage and usurp it, even a little bit, as long as it remains a part of the Constitution, no exceptions, no conniving revisions, no fabricated judicial balancing acts.”   Gun control advocates attempt to avoid the real issue of gun rights—why the Founders felt so strongly about gun rights that they singled them out for special protection in the Bill of Rights—by demanding that individual rights be balanced against a counterfeit collective right to “security” from things that go bump in the night.  But, the Bill of Rights was not a Bill of Entitlements that people had a right to demand from government; it was a Bill of Protections against the government itself.  The Founders understood that the right to own and bear laws is as fundamental and as essential to maintaining liberty as are the rights of free speech, a free press, freedom of religion and the other protections against government encroachments on liberty delineated in the Bill of Rights.   That is why the most egregious of the fallacious arguments used to justify gun control are designed to short-arm the citizenry (e.g., banning so-called “assault rifles”) by restricting the application of the Second Amendment to apply only to arms that do not pose a threat to the government’s self-proclaimed monopoly on the use of force.  To that end, the gun grabbers first must bamboozle people into believing the Second Amendment does not really protect an individual’s right to own and bear firearms.   They do that by insisting on a tortured construction of the Second Amendment that converts individual rights into states rights.  The short-arm artists assert that the Second Amendment’s reference to the necessity of a “well-regulated militia” proves the amendment is all about state’s rights, not individuals rights; it was written into the Bill of Rights simply to guarantee that state governments could assemble a fighting force quick, on the cheap to defend against foreign invasion and domestic disturbance.  Consequently, Second-Amendment revisionists would have us believe the Second Amendment does little more than guarantee the right of states to maintain militias; and, since the state militias were replaced by the National Guard in the early twentieth century, the Second Amendment has virtually no contemporary significance.  Gun controllers would, in effect, do to the Second Amendment what earlier collectivizers and centralizers did to the Tenth Amendment, namely render it a dead letter.   The truth is, the Founders understood a “well regulated” militia to mean a militia “functioning/operating properly,” not a militia “controlled or managed by the government.” This is clearly evidenced by Alexander Hamilton’s discussion of militias in Federalist #29 and by one of the Oxford Dictionary’s archaic definitions of “regulate;” “( b ) Of troops: Properly disciplined.”   The Founders intended that a well-regulated militia was to be the first, not the last line of defense against a foreign invader or social unrest.  But, they also intended militias to be the last, not the first line of defense against tyrannical government.  In other words, the Second Amendment was meant to be the constitutional protection for a person’s musket behind the door, later the shotgun behind the door and today the M4 behind the door—a constitutional guarantee of the right of individuals to defend themselves against any and all miscreants, private or government, seeking to do them harm.   The unfettered right to own and bear arms consecrates individual sovereignty and ordains the right of self-defense.  The Second Amendment symbolizes and proclaims individuals’ right to defend themselves personally against any and all threatened deprivations of life, liberty or property, including attempted deprivations by the government. The symbolism of a heavily armed citizenry says loudly and unequivocally to the government, “Don’t Tread On Me.”   Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence said, “When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”   Both Jefferson and James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, also knew that their government would never fear a people without guns, and they understood as well that the greatest threat to liberty was not foreign invasion or domestic unrest but rather a standing army and a militarized police force without fear of the people and capable of inflicting tyranny upon the people.   That is what prompted Madison to contrast the new national government he had helped create to the kingdoms of Europe, which he characterized as “afraid to trust the people with arms.”  Madison assured his fellow Americans that under the new Constitution as amended by the Bill of Rights, they need never fear their government because of “the advantage of being armed.”   But, Noah Webster said it most succinctly and most eloquently:   “Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States.”   That is why the Founders looked to local militias as much to provide a check—in modern parlance, a “deterrent”—against government tyranny as against an invading foreign power. Guns are individuals’ own personal nuclear deterrent against their own government gone rogue. Therefore, a heavily armed citizenry is the ultimate deterrent against tyranny.   A heavily armed citizenry is not about armed revolt; it is about defending oneself against armed government oppression.  A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government.   Link  

Sounds like a win-win to me.

What a joke and worthless! A majority of the vendors were rude. A small percentage of the patrons be they toothless and un bathed were rude and they all just seem to be able to find my feet or rub up against me and I amost most puked on the wife from this fat hillbillys body odor. 

One nice aspect of going .40 is when there is an ammo run (such as is now showing its ugly head) .40 dissappears more slowly than 9mm.

Better pick up some silica gel while you're at it :). You know what they say... "If it's time to bury your guns in the back yard, it's probably time to dig them up."

    All they would have to do is leave the building and it would be cleaned.

The "sheeple" of the United States of Amerika voted in the incumbent that promises entitlements paid for by working people like me. They have voted in an anti-colonial, anti-American exceptionalism, anti capitalist, anti-military, socialist, income redistributionist to the most powerful position on earth. The man is a protege of Frank Marshal Davis(communist), son of a card carrying member of the communist party(mother) and son of polygamist, radical revolutionary against British colonialism(father). The Amerikan people that voted for this marxist are fools and yes, stupid. Last I checked no one on my side of the fence has done one thing to oppress the govt. It is the other way around. We are being taxed, disarmed, zoned, regulated, silenced and stripped of a rich culture. A traditional America with values and freedom that no longer exists. We the American People are getting strangled to death by an overreaching and ever expanding monster lurking in the dc septic tank. 

The Dems are going to do their best to divide gun owners. They will do their best to make the hunters feel safe. It's up to us to hang together, and make sure it's known that they are the enemy of all gun owners.

I'm willing to bet the expression on his face right now backs it up. :) This AIN'T about black rifles, folks. It's about every competent defensive weapon in existence.

Let's see...a person illegally completes a federal form and then breaks the law by giving the guns to a felon, not just any felon but one who brutally beat his mother to death.  But somehow it's the guns fault.     In CT an underaged person illegally carries firearms (one which is illegal in CT) onto school property (illegal), then illegally enters (breaks in), and kills people (again illegal).  But it's the gun's fault.   Before you pounce on me, I have as much sympathy for the people who lost loveones as anyone, but we as a society need to use reason, not emotions.   Murderers will find a way--see my signature.   As a society we need to be better at identifying the mentally ill and isolate them from opportunities to injure others,  and treat violent people accordingly--separate them permanently from the rest of society.   We need to make people take responsibility for their actions, not blame "tools"

Refund issued.  Account terminated.  Wish granted.   Have a nice life.

NOT A COMBAT STYLE FLASH SUPPRESSOR!!!!!!! THE HORROR! :eek:

  Rebeldrummer's giftee has been taken care of.   Dolomite

I make no concessions.

Last month I went to Tactical Response Fighting Shotgun course. Its a two day class from 8an to 5pm. Loved the staff and instructors there. My wife was able to get a little footage and so did I with a HD Contour POV camera on the shotgun. The shotgun I used was my Saiga-12 seeing as its a semi auto magazine fed shotgun to make it a little easier on my 1 armed ass lol.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0L5tinuAI

Look at the AR shortage and compare.  What if that had been the SHTF moment.  Compare AR's to other readily available food items.   Sure there was AR's on the shelves but not enough for everyone that wanted.  Had this been a food shortage you know your local stores would have been out just as fast.   Say only 30 percent of Americans actually tried to obtain an AR in the last week and supply is gone.  Had it been a food storage 100 percent of Americans would have been going after food supplies.   Were you ready?   Myself a little short but certainly ahead of the curve I believe. Still behind in some key areas.

Anyone else enjoy a good game of bowling? I'm on a Sunday night league for fun and really enjoy it. Grabs pitcher of brew and I'm good to go. Anyway, got myself a new ball yesterday that I really like, now I know some of you will appreciate it and some of you may not think that these images don't belong on something like a bowling ball. Know in advance that I am a proud American and choose to show that wherever I can. Well here she is, one side And the other Lets see yours.

Last month I went to Tactical Response Fighting Shotgun course. Its a two day class from 8an to 5pm. Loved the staff and instructors there. My wife was able to get a little footage and so did I with a HD Contour POV camera on the shotgun. The shotgun I used was my Saiga-12 seeing as its a semi auto magazine fed shotgun to make it a little easier on my 1 armed ass lol.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0L5tinuAI

Just saw this on FB.  Thought it was funny so I figured I'd share.   Everyone should start carrying $2 bills! I'm STILL laughing!! ♥ Like & Share ♥ READ THIS... I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public. The younger generation doesn't even know they exist! STORY: On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. I have a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure with the $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about irritating anyone for trying to break a $50 bill. Me: 'Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go.' Server: 'That'll be $1.04. Eat in?' Me: 'No, it's to go.' At this point, I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny. Server: 'Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back.' He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot. The following conversation occurs between the two of them: Server: 'Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?' Manager: 'No. A what?' Server: 'A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me...' Manager: 'Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill.' Server: 'Yeah, thought so.' He comes back to me and says, 'We don't take these. Do you have anything else?' Me: 'Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why? Server: 'I don't know.' Me: 'See here where it says legal tender?' Server: 'Yeah.' Me: 'So, why won't you take it?' Server: 'Well, hang on a sec.' He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a shoplifter, and says to him, 'He says I have to take it.' Manager: 'Doesn't he have anything else?' Server: 'Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change. Manager: 'I'm not opening the safe with him in here.' Server: 'What should I do?' Manager: 'Tell him to come back later when he has real money.' Server: 'I can't tell him that! You tell him.' Manager: 'Just tell him.' Server: 'No way! This is weird. I'm going in back. The manager approaches me and says, 'I'm sorry, but we don't take big bills this time of night.' Me: 'It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill.' Manager: 'We don't take those, either.' Me: 'Why not?' Manager: 'I think you know why.' Me: 'No really, tell me why.' Manager 'Please leave before I call mall security.' Me: 'Excuse me?' Manager: 'Please leave before I call mall security.' Me: 'What on earth for?' Manager: 'Please, sir..' Me: 'Uh, go ahead, call them.' Manager: 'Would you please just leave?' Me: 'No.' Manager: 'Fine -- have it your way then.' Me: 'Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?' At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45-year-oldish guy comes in. Guard: 'Yeah, Mike, what's up?' Manager (whispering): 'This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money.' Guard: 'No kidding! What?' Manager: 'Get this. A two dollar bill.' Guard (incredulous): 'Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?' Manager: 'I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he has is a fifty.' Guard: 'Oh, so the fifty's fake!' Manager: 'No, the two dollar bill is.' Guard: 'Why would he fake a two dollar bill?' Manager : 'I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?' Guard: 'Yeah.' Security Guard walks over to me and...... Guard: 'Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use.' Me: 'Uh, no.' Guard: 'Lemme see 'em.' Me: 'Why?' Guard: 'Do you want me to get the cops in here?' At this point I'm ready to say, 'Sure, please!' but I want to eat, so I say, 'I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill. I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at him. He takes the bill turns it over a few times in his hands, and he says, Guard: 'Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?' Manager: 'It's fake.' Guard: 'It doesn't look fake to me.' Manager: 'But it's a two dollar bill.' Guard: 'Yeah? ' Manager: 'Well, there's no such thing, is there?' The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot and it dawns on the guy that he has no clue and is an idiot. So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too. Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. Just think... those two will be voting soon!!?! YIKES!!! Too late, we already have a nation full of them.

I picked up bourbon. Does that count?

I would gladly hand over one of my ARs for Peirce Morgan to destroy if he let me punch him in the face as hard as I can.

So how do you do it?  I see the nail polish remover there, I think.  Please explain!

  I did it with a .50BMG! (but it just barely got me on bridge of nose).   Btw, some folks say a .30-30 lever doesn't kick much. I put a slip-on nancy pad on mine and I don't care who knows it, obviously.  :)   - OS

It'll never pass.

I emailed my representatives. Please be sure to thank them for their support of our gun rights.

[quote name="Sam1" post="871353" timestamp="1356797827"]He hit his own grandmother 13 times in the head with a hammer, and this loon was not given the death penalty? Not only that, he was released into the public again??? Sweet baby jesus [/quote] Let us not forget that we can't blame the system for failing. Instead, we must blame an inanimate object like the Bushwhacker super assault machine gun and the high capacity hammer he committed his original crime with.

  Saw that coming. Proves that sometimes you really DO get what you ask for lol. You think after that long being here he woulda read the FAQ's and kinda know the drill..

  Then why would you have a Linkedin profile in the first place? Just curious. 

sell your stuff for what you can get for it.  Bothers me not in the least, though I do think gun owners are our own worst enemy in this deal.   And I won't be participating in the craziness.   AR's are not worth one penny more now than they were a year ago, they just cost more.

[quote name='Will H' timestamp='1356759692' post='871165']I would actually be willing to give the liberals their 10 round deal... So long as the law would also say that the issue of gun control could never again be legislated, dictated, mentioned on the floor of the house, senate, could not be addressed by the executive branch or even mentioned in an official capacity. I don't see that happening, so no, I have no plans on abiding by what they decide. My only hope is in organized state level defiance of what the feds say. Many people say that a state cannot stand against the feds, but as we have seen with Colorado's approval of weed for recreational use the feds will back down when pushed. Liberal politicians lack the courage of their convictions.[/quote] Laws like this are prohibited. One Congress cannot bind a future Congresd

  Amen.  And, if I don't have you on my contact list, don't expect me to answer the phone.  Leave a damn message for crying out loud -- that's what the answering machine is for!

I get them all the time. I hit delete weather or not I know them. I figure if you want to keep in contact with me. Just pick up the dang phone.

Wasn't looking for one so soon, but Academy Sports had the Walther PPS in stock. As I was pondering my decision (which took about 30 minutes walking around the store and weighing pros and cons) it hit me. I doubt I will find a Shield within the next few months. And as it stands, my Glock 19 spends most of its time in my bedside table because it is so thick. Better to have my second place gun with me, than none at all. In addition, this is a BB coded date stamp, so it is the updated PPS. It feels a lot different than my Glock. Much tighter and makes more clicking noises when I rack the slide (the Glock is butter smooth). But I noticed those clicks on other guns on Youtube, so I am not worried about it. Hope to make it to the range tomorrow to start breaking it in. Man, this thing was covered in cosmoline! Here it is. I think it's a very nice looking firearm. I just hope I don't run across a Shield anytime soon, because I will snatch it up as well.

May not have a choice if the house refuses to play. Ending private sales wouldn't bother me, personally. It would have almost zero impact on me, and I would never hear "gun show loophole" again. Not saying I'm for it.   All the rest of the crap, including a magazine ban is ugly. I will write off a politician for life over that. I'm thinking there are others that will do the same.

I REALLY like my nano. I was in the market for a little 'pocket' 9mm and first bought a keltec pf9. Had nothing but trouble out of it so I traded it in and bought a Ruger LC9. The LC9 was 100% reliable and used it for a car gun and pocket gun for 6 months or so. The ONLY reason I traded the LC9 for the nano was the trigger pull. The LC9 trigger pull is CRAZY long for my taste. After all of this I finally ended up with the Nano.   In my experience with those 3 guns, I definitely think the nano feels the most 'solid'. Probably has the best fit and finish of these guns. Another reason I like the nano is the trigger. It is a LOT shorter than the LC9 and feels more 'glockish' to me (I mainly carry a glock 26). Recoil is not bad at all with the gun. Easily controllable to say the least. The nano is a little blockier than say the LC9, but I can still easily put it in my pocket or wear it in a belt holster.    The sights on the nano are good too. I just got a set of the night sights from beretta and like both the day time sight picture and night time sight picture.   The flush mags are great for pocket carry. I just got 3 of the extended mags and they make the gun feel like a legitimate option as a gun more suited for a belt holster. Definitely worth the purchase price in my opinion. Two guns that are kind of in the same category that I have no experience with are the S&W Shield and the small Kahr pistols. People seem to like those too.

A well-articulated and timely article. This "national conversation" shouldn't be about whether gun ownership is permissive or politically correct, but why gun ownership was so highly regarded by our founding fathers and is still very relevant today. This should be required reading by anyone who enters the political fray. Thanks to the OP for sharing.

Well at least it appears it was empty when it hit the floor so you didn't waste a serving of cereal too.   

This is definately their favorite killing of all times. The Republicans should know better.

Great story. I've been saying it for years, the TSA wound up with all the good fast food workers.

[quote name="Garufa" post="870815" timestamp="1356734576"]I might start using $2 bills at Taco Bell just to confound the morons working there who are seemingly incapable of providing me with the correct number and types of sauces I request.[/quote] I'm confounded that adults still eat at Taco Bell. That stuff is deadly to folks above the age of 21.

My guns were so bad and evil that i forces them into the safe for a time out.

I agree. I would rather just hit him upside the head with my 1911... just because he really needs it.

Like this? I also did some alternates with different text, including my new avatar. Which one(s) do ya'll like best? (Sorry about the watermarks, I didn't realize that would transfer with the link.)