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Saw this from TN state rep Jeremy Faison today: "I am proud to have introduced legislation today, along with Sen. Frank Niceley, that no state funds or resources will be expended to confiscate firearms should the federal government order such confiscation or limitation. I agree that it is past time for the state governments to reaffirm their parental responsibilities envisioned by our founding fathers over an out of control federal government."   I cant link to a bill yet - GA website doesn't have any house bills posted yet, and the Senate version isn't up either.

I really wish we could just not cheapen the unfortunate death of one of the industry's brightest by hanging a bunch of tinfoil tinsel off of it.  Just once.    No offense meant toward you, but I've seen this theory and the theory that he was killed because of the metallurgical patent he had just registered for long life machine gun barrels, etc. both posted elsewhere.  The conspiracy stuff ramped up almost as quickly as the news of his untimely death began to spread on the Internet.   Folks, if I die anytime soon it's probably because I didn't lead the healthiest of lifestyles.  Too many cheese burgers, too much bourbon, not enough salads or herbal teas.  It's not because I run a large pro-gun forum for the residents of Tennessee.  Please remember that.

Haha, Chicago. They think they're people.

A dearly dense friend of mine asked me to explain the logic behind my opposition to the so-called Assault Weapons ban to him.  Because of his stance on guns the argument was going nowhere, so I changed tactics and did some quick research to present the Assault Weapons Ban logic in a slightly different light.  I thought you'd get a kick out of it:     Facts: In 2011 there were 32,267 automotive-related deaths in the United States. To put that into perspective - that's roughly 89 people dying in motor vehicle accidents each and every day or just over 10 motor vehicle deaths for every 100,000 people in the United States according to the handy chart on Wikipedia.   57% of motor vehicle accidents are caused soley by human/driver factors.  Again, thanks Wikipedia. (Note: This doesn't mean that human factors weren't involved in other wrecks - many were a combination of human and environmental factor that this % DOES NOT INCLUDE) 41 Million speeding tickets are issued each year in the United States.  These numbers came from the Department of Motor Vehicles website. According to a study at Monash University - driver/human reaction times (a leading accident-causing factor) reduce significantly as speed increases.  It was a boring read, at 60 pages long but that was the long and short of it. The dictionary (remember those?) defines a Sports Car as "a low-built car designed for performance at high speeds".   Conclusions: High speed causes reduced reaction time which causes accidents, which cause motor vehicle deaths.  In short: High Speed causes Motor Vehicle Deaths Posted speed limits are not enough to stop this threat - signs do not stop people from speeding or there would not be 41 million speeding tickets issued each year. There is no reason to own a sports car EXCEPT to drive at high speeds.  Their low passenger- and cargo- capacities make them unsuitable for daily driving or commuting.  They are literally designed to travel at high speed. If High Speed = Reduced Reaction Time = Motor Vehicle Accidents = Motor Vehicle Death then Sports Cars are designed for death. Additional Facts:   Roughly 50% of the US owns guns (between 45% and 55% depending on the study I looked at).   Roughly 75% of the US own cars (between 70% and 80% depending on what study I read) Cars were involved in 32,267 deaths in 2011. Guns were involved in 8,775 deaths in 2011 Guns were used to save 2.5 million lives in the US in 2011 I could find no data on how many lives cars had saved in 2011 Only 50% more people own cars than than in 2011 yet cars killed 367% more people than guns. Even if the numbers I found are wrong and 100% of Americans own cars - that's a 100% increase in ownership for a 367% increase in fatalities - yet I don't see anyone lobbying for Sports Car Control.  I realize there are HUGE holes in this logic - and I'm not presenting it as a serious argument to ban sports cars - but instead intended to put the argument in perspective (glaring logic holes and all).   Hopefully I got a smile out of at least someone.

Excellent article.  Napolitano is one of the few good things about Fox.  It is too bad his show didn't last, but I guess people prefer egotistical jerkweeds like Bill O'Whiney over someone who might actually teach them something.

  While we do have that law, it has no criminal penalties for violation...  So if a police officer illegally confiscates your firearm the police officer will not face any charges.   The best thing we can do is add stiff criminal penalties to these laws, to include a felony with a minimum 5 year sentence for any government official that violates the law.

Talking about visits. There is a "guy" who has a table at the shows. He takes stripped lowers and makes complete rifles for resale. He has been doing it for the last 4-5 shows now. I am 99.9% positive he doesn't have a manufacturers license much less an FFL. Play stupid games and you win stupid prizes. There are a lot of people who sit in their house and build AR's for resale that don't know it is against the law to do that. I am sure the ATF is aware because those guys are buying dozens of stripped lowers a year.   As far as the supply and demand thing it is true for AR's right now and I feel a little uneasy about it but not overly concerned with it. I view it like predatory lenders in that you need to be informed before making the leep. But on the same token there are people who are taking advantage of people who are not as familiar as they should be. And if anyone has a question about a gun they might be buying feel free to PM me. I won't comment on whether a price is fair but I will tell you if the gun is what they say it is.   Now the ammo thing pisses me off and if I could do something I would. I have watched dealers buy all the ammo at Walmart. I asked the clerk, after the dealer cleared the shelves, how often it happens. And she said that every day they get ammo in between 8am and 10am and that everyday that same dealer is standing their waiting to buy it all. So rather than go through his supply chain to get what he needs he destroys my supply chain. The unscrupulous dealers are creating a false supply shortage by buying up everything then sitting on it.   Not this shortage but a previous shortage I was at another big box store and a dealer had a cart full of all the 22 ammo. I asked if I could get a box and he said give him $20. This was before he had paid for it so I would have had to hand him a $20 bill then pay $15 for the box. I chuckled and he said fine I sell it for $37 a brick in my store. I asked what store it was and he told me. I then blasted what he did all over the web. Within a year he had to close his doors and this was during a boom time. We all forget those who do this but I don't. My supply chain gets smaller every time something like this happens.   I have a store that I frequent. He has not raised prices on ANYTHING. He still has plenty of ammo and plenty of guns. Just a few weeks ago he was selling AK's for ~600 and AR's for ~$800. He will get every red cent I can spend now to ensure he stays open. And he said he would be selling everything for the same prices as before this craziness hit.   Dolomite  

Haha, he and his merry band of lunatics were to overthrow the government, then assume control of it when it collapses? Hahaha, with zero military experience amongst them or even enough business experience to settle their income taxes. At least our Fore Fathers were veterans, lawyers, businessmen and educated. I'll start taking revolutionaries seriously when they start absorbing folks like that into their organization. Dumbasses.

An un-Constitutional law is NOT a law. They can kiss my ass.

We got it Sheldon.

I didn't see this posted anywhere, so please delete if this is a repost You will have to view the video from one of these sites, since James took the video off his YouTube channel http://soldiersystems.net/2013/01/10/james-yaeger-speaks-out-on-possible-executive-orders-restricting-firearms/ http://thegunwire.com/blog/youtube-video-james-yeager-pack-your-bags/

You tell em Oscar!

I'm boycotting CTD for life. They can kiss my old flabby butt :)

There are many types of gun owners : Just like there are many types of Labs

Biden shouldn't be underestimated. He's a holdover from an older generation of Congress, of whom there aren't many left. He's not afraid to negotiate with the gloves off, and he knows more about procedure than most new congressmen combined. He uses the buffoon image to his advantage. Most people are so caught up with "idiot Joe Biden" that they don't notice him getting the upper hand. Dislike him all you want, but don't discount him because of it.

With all the hoopla of the publishing of the permit owners in those NY counties and wherever else right now, maybe it will finally pass.   - OS

[quote name="BimmerFreak" post="880624" timestamp="1357839640"]Well, if they did, it would certainly give him the opportunity to validate that "line in the sand"[/quote] Ha, the only sand he should be worrying about is the sand in his vagina. It seems to make him quite agitated.

I know it's a shame that we have to make additional laws to protect constitutional rights but that's the reality of the times.

Realistically that law is already in place, it's the 2A, but I see your point. I think at this point alot of this is posturing, so to speak. it's the states starting to draw little lines in the sand.

Reading the article the key quote is this: [quote]“I don’t care if they’re licensed legal firearms, people who are not highly trained… putting guns in their hands is a recipe for disaster. So I’ll train our officers that there is a concealed carry law, [b]but when somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we’re going to have tragedies as a result of that.[/b] I’m telling you right up front.”[/quote] How is that different from anywhere else right now? If you turn towards a cop holding a gun in your hand there's a very good chance you're going to get shot. I don't care if you're in Chicago or Tennessee, I've always been told that even if you're completely and legally in the right, when the police show up your gun better be holstered.

[quote name="daddyo" post="880404" timestamp="1357817238"]What do you expect from Ms. Gail "Spoons made me fat" Kerr?   She's the same one who screeched "Blood in the streets!" and "Shootouts in bars!" when the restaurant carry bill was going through the legislature. When I tried to hold her feet to the fire a year later and get her to retract some of the things she said would happen (and didn't), she ignored me.   She's an ignoramus of the highest order.[/quote] The first step in fixing a case of liberalism is for them to admit they're wrong when they are proven so. Of course, folks like her are such ego maniacal narcissists that they can't face it when they are wrong, they just ignore it. There is no cure for that kind of liberalism....not a legal cure anyway. Some right wing conservative dude musta left her at the altar back in the day before her panties were occupied by mainly cobwebs and yeast. I can't think of any other reason that she writes with such willful ignorance and venom.

This "administration" should have more respect for their predecessors.   From George Washington's address to the second session of Congress: "Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow, the prairie wagon and citizens' firearms are indelibly related. From the hour the pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that, to ensure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable. Every corner of this land knows firearms, and more than 99 and 99/100 percent of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil influence. They deserve a place of honor with all that's good. When firearms go, all goes. We need them every hour."

Raoul mentioned impeachment, I'm 100% behind that. Both these a$$holes need to GTFO!

  TF is that page trying to accomplish?  I can't even read it.  Is there a requirement somewhere that fringe lunatics have to suck at web page design?  This guy might completely be on the right track but I'm never going to get to the end of what he's shoveling because trying to read that jumbled mess of columns and colors and fonts and pictures makes my whole face hurt.

I love this quote "It is unknown if the intruder possessed any weapons or if he further threatened the family in any way". Really?? An intruder breaks in a home and the mother is home alone with kids, and she questioned if he posed a threat? Where do they breed these idiots?

My 165 lb ball of fur. Great Pyrenese, we got him from free, he was chained in a backyard, now he roams 185 acres

The class has pretty much the same information as his book The Total Money Makeover without as many example stories but with more detail. In class you can ask questions. There are guides in the book to help you build a budget, but the class will help you do it in more detail for example. It also helps to keep you honest by making you do the materials for class, rather than buying the book, reading chapter 1, then burying it on the coffee table under the newspaper. The class materials can be worked on together with your wife and you'll have conversations as you work through it. Reading the book doesn't generate that interaction.    Personal finance is mostly about behavior, not math. Remember that you're trying to change behavior, not learn something you already know. If the class will help force you to do it, then take the class. Money well spent.   We're on Step 6 and I'm really looking forward to Step 7. It's a great way to live and I'll never go back if I can help it.     As far as credit score goes, if you're on the Dave plan, you'll only be financing your first home, and then on a 15yr fixed with at least 10% down (preferrably 20%) and NO OTHER DEBT. If you show up at a bank with 20% in cash, a steady income, and no other debt, they'll do a manual underwriting to get that loan approved. You don't need a FICO score for that.

I'm not nearly as high dollar here. I love the Brahma blackirontough boots. Steeltoe with thinsulate. Under $50 at walmart. I spend up to 16 hours a day in these working out in the elements and they have yet to fail me.

I like my Danner's. Merrell's are also good, but may not meet your requirements of being tacticool.

  Well he started off on the right foot with saying he was just angry and upset, but then went right back into "GFY" mode because he's mad at the folks who think he's a complete tool.  And that's a lot of people so that's a lot of being angry he has to accomplish in one day.   Don't judge him... you don't pour his cereal.  You don't know his pain.

  I liked it for you. You owe me one :)

Write them and tell them. I know I did.   Dolomite

  That's about .0001 % of TN population.  What exactly would such a pitiful turnout like that really convey? Overwhelming 2A patriotism or lunatic fringe?     Right. That'll happen.   - OS

  I'm way ahead of you man, you should see the vein popping out of my forehead.

And there we go.  The reason they initially declined  - already up Bloomberg's butt.   and my reply to them    

I can't tell if you are being serious, but I will say there is no way a real father would conduct himself in front of the podium that way the DAY or week after his daughter had been killed. If that video of him "getting into character" doesn't raise a few brows, I don't know what will. As for govt officials, no one knows what the hell is going on. Police are sayin one thing, swat saying another, principle saying another, eye witnesses saying something else. Even the media stories have contradicted eachother since the whole thing happened. They are tools, they all say something different until the "official word" comes down and then they all say "yea that's how it happened". Idiotic indeed.

I'm not worried about Walmart bending to Obama's will nor do I think Walmart cares on my opinion of anti-gun legislation. The folks that run Walmart aren't stupid. Their bread is buttered in the heartland. They're despised in the liberal states. I don't see them trying to win points with the liberals, since they will hate Walmart no matter what, and I don't see them pissing off those in the red states by buddying up with Obama.

They've been video taping them for years. They have cameras everywhere and if you have been in a Walmart then they have you on tape.

Like I've been sayin'. If you show your pecker on the internet, it's there forever :)

Lighten up Francis. Let's see what they try to pull off first. Joe is an idiot.

An XO requiring confiscation would put the Union at risk. Anything lesser will cause some serious political doodoo and could start a call for impeachment.

I look at the profit people are making off of selling their personal ARs and such the same way I do the winnings most people get from the lottery.  Here today, gone tomorrow... and gone very quickly.   There's no way I am selling any of what I own just to make a quick buck, especially given that there's no guarantee I would ever be able to replace it.

My Christmas present. AKC Shepherd and the owners dropped him off at the pound in Auburn, AL. Drove down last Friday and picked him up. 4 months old, 40 lbs. Named him Independence, Indy for short.

Folks, I am working on having a "multigenerational NFA trust" product. However, I will tell you that it is a much more complicated issue than just making the trust last longer. Just think how things change from one generation to the next. If you create a trust that is intended to last 100 years (for example), what would it look like? A 100 year old house (without significant changes over time) would likely not be livable. No updated electrical system, no heat and air, small closets, no updated plumbing, etc. Creating a trust that will still work 2 or 3 generations down the road is equally difficult. No way to guess what the legal landscape (taxes, gun laws, etc) will look like. Also, I have gotten numerous questions about whether a trust would protect guns from any upcoming law changes. The answer is, no one knows. Until the legislation is passed, there is absolutely NO WAY to know if a trust would fix any perceived problems. If semi-automatic weapons become subject to the NFA, then maybe an NFA trust is the way to go. But maybe they also do away with the trust option altogether. The multigenerational trust is intriguing, but not sure it would make a lot of sense for most people. Not to mention that it would be much more expensive.

[quote name="TGO David" post="878015" timestamp="1357572632"]Milspec has been the "new cool" for the past few years and there are some so-called training outfits that have benefited from it by providing "Dude Ranch" experiences for the milspec fanboys.  Like I said, it's an out of the box [i]Band of Brothers[/i] experience for folks who never served but want cool war stories to tell when they get back to their mundane jobs.   [/quote] To be candid, I do have this fantasy about coming into a large sum of money and building a force on force training center and market it as a corporate retreat of sorts where you spend a week learning how to be a door kicker, then spend the last day doing several culex type missions where you go force on force with opfor. Places like this already exist for gov customers, but I always thought it'd be neat to thrust office types in that scenario for a team building and leadership building retreat. As many here know, when you go force on force it makes folks assume those roles quickly out of necessity. Much better than some hippy sweat lodge or vision quest.

As I reload 40 I am never out.

Been noticing the signs for a while. Only live 2.4 mi from there. Have to check 'em out.

I only use my Bank of America credit card for firearm related purchases. It's gets paid off every month. I enjoy using the card seeing as they are anti gun folk.