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I just got the phone call this evening that I got the job blacksmithing at Falling Creek boys camp from May-Aug. It was a job I was really hoping for, pays decent and lets me teach the next generation blacksmithing on a larger scale. Just wanted to share the info.

  TMF, anti-gun politicians don't care about the accuracy of their statistics or whether or not their "advice" is realistic (see just about everything Joe Biden has said about guns for a perfect example). If they did they would acknowledge the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' word on this.    Percent of people injured during a robbery and resisting with a knife: 40.3% Percent of people injured during an assault and resisting with a knife: 29.5% Percent of people injured using non-violent resistance during a robbery: 35.9% Percent of people injured using non-violent resistance during an assault: 25.5% Percent of people injured doing nothing during a robbery: 24.7% Percent of people injured doing nothing during an assault: 27.3% Percent of people injured resisting with a gun during a robbery: 17.4% Percent of people injured resisting with a gun during an assault: 12.1%

Trebuchet slinging flaming pigs should work.

Spot em with a lazer ,let them know they are in range LOL

  See there.... It's Bush's fault :lol:

It appears to me Feinstein exhibits paranoid delusional behavior.  I would suggest she is the one suffering from mental illness and should be prohibited from holding any public office and certainly should be banned from participating in the introduction of any legislation.  She also may be affected by PTSD.  Practically Total Stupidity Disorder.

  War Hero. Old Indian term for bad pilot :rofl:

Taking a friend to the Fighting Pistol class at Tactical Response on the 18-19 of March. My second time, his first. I highly recommend saving for a course like this instead of a 6-8 hour class indoors elsewhere. Not implying the training is any less valuable with a different company. I think that environment really adds to the training when you aren't restricted to what you may only be "allowed" to do indoors.

Rifle or Shotgun, 39-17-1307 (e)  (1) It is an exception to the application of subsection (a) that a person authorized to carry a handgun pursuant to § 39-17-1351 is transporting a rifle or shotgun in or on a privately-owned motor vehicle and the rifle or shotgun does not have ammunition in the chamber. However, the person does not violate this section by inserting ammunition into the chamber if the ammunition is inserted for purposes of justifiable self-defense pursuant to § 39-11-611 or § 39-11-612. Joe W.

Protecting your daughter is priority #1 and you made a good choice. 

Good for you. Often confrontation is the most effective. I had a guy across the street selling drugs last year. Some crazy mf started confronting his customers and taking pictures.

1: contact local law enforcement and ask them for increased patrol in your area 2: game camera; even if you cannot get plates, you can see more than you are seeing at 120 yards 3: confront anyone parked in your driveway (I have done this before); just be safe

as some of you know, last year i broke my neck last year. i hope to continue in the action shooting sports hoping for my 1st try in May. any way Blade-Tech told me to try there TMMS and see what i thought. i already had the black ice holster and have it working nicely. still need need a idea for placing mag pouches. the first pic the female piece is mounted to the chair and the male is on the holster. and yes i have some extra weight on

Just ordered two of these. Pretty good deal! Most bags are around or over $100! Also picked up some of that Oral IV. If you have one of these bags in your cart and add Oral IV it will give you $2 off! http://www.lapolicegear.com/diplomat-3-day-backpack1.html

Ah, the Duffel Blog strikes again!

Some of the map info is incorrect though.   Alabama is technically a "may issue" state, and has been for some time. Permits are issued at the discretion of each county sheriff. Even so, most counties just take your money and give you a permit if you dont' have a "record" or rap sheet.

  I can't help but think that changing a felony to legal behavior is a positive step. (loaded weapon in vehicle on school property).   - OS

Well this is exactly gossip central. That's why we post articles and then speculates as to their events. I just told my wife as she read the story to me. I said "he is married and she is married, what was he doing at her house at 10pm?" As a married man I try to keep a hedge around myself to prevent any misconduct whether real or perceived by others. That would include being at a married woman's house alone.

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this is the reason obahma involved the cdc in gun legislation. it will get to the point that nobody is mentally stable enough to own a gun. they will say the very fact a person wants a gun is proof they are mentally unstable. i feel this is the greatest danger to our second amendment.

MONEY.   Clarksville, and I imagine any other town that hosts a military base, is full of ignorant young smart-asses from all over the county.  Just like every college town.  They like to go out, raise hell and have a good time.   It's alot easier for them to just pay the fine than fight it.

GONE Deviating from this thread a bit as I am not willing to ship this ammo, but I felt my offering fit best in this pay it forward thread rather than starting a new thread. So, without further delay, I offer 50 rounds of 7.62x54R FTF in Franklin (just south of Nashville). PM if interested. TC

Well my week has basically been an inglorius PITA. So this morning I slapped the old Kimber .22 adapter on my SR1911 and snuck off to make some noise.

Is the gun new? 1911's generally need a new recoil spring every 1K rounds. Also, make sure to grease the rails and lugs. Do not use oil.   I would check a few things. First, make sure the comp isn't dragging on the barrel. Might want to remove it to troubleshoot. Next I would check the extractor. It looks like it is hanging up as the rim tries to slide under it. Remove the slide and make sure the rim of a loaded round will easily slide up under the extractor. It should have a chamfer to it and if it is square it could be causing the problems.   If you are going to do a fluff and buff on the ramp I would also do the breechface. Take a very fine ceramic stone and polish the middle 1/2 of the breechface. I would not do any fluff and buff until I have eliminated all other causes.   Here is good illustration of what a extractor should look like: http://www.m1911.org/images/extractor.gif Image from here: http://www.m1911.org/technic2.htm   Dolomite

Peyton lives for two things: 1) my approval, and 2) a good round of fetch.

Great. If it works, I'll buy a breeding pair from you.

A lot of this is post Civil War, when the recently mustered-out United States Colored Troops (USCT) began returning to their states with .58 caliber rifle-muskets and the skill to use them. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas outlines the process in detail in a well-footnoted, scholarly concurring statement in one of the high profile Supreme Court Second Amendment Cases. It is available online, and I might be able to dig it out later.   I think it's in:   http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf     Edit:   Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' Concurrence in McDonald v. Chicago is here starting on page 67 of the pdf):   http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf

Aulaqi - Show me the proof, just because a politician who has been proven to lie to the American people about the threat of terrorism says so doesn't count in my book.  Or do you still believe the attack in Libya was all about an Internet video?  The simple fact is he was never even charged with a crime, never even given the opportunity to turn himself in, and when his family filed suit in federal court the US government wouldn't even confirm if he was being targeted for death.    The son was not collateral damage in the strike on al-Banna, there were 3 strikes on Yemen that day, the strike that killed al-Banna was 11 or 12 miles from the strike that killed Abdulrahman.  Also, the first press release from the government indicated he was targeted as a "21 year old military aged male", until his US birth certificate surfaced proving he had just turned 16, then they started feeding the 'collateral' damage story.  Go back and re-read the news accounts at no time has the Government publicly stated he was killed in the al-Banna strike, only that they happened on the same day in the same "area".   Also, if he wasn't targeted and just happened to be killed as collateral damage, why did it the government announced his death in a drone strike just hours after the attack?  It sure seems like they knew he was there and he was the intended target.   As for Samir Khan, there was no claim by the government he was "operational", or an "immediate threat", he also had not even been charged with a crime.  It's likely everything he did was covered by the 1st Amendment protections since it appears all he did was publish a anti-american magazine.  If that is a crime why haven't we bombed the Washington Post yet? :)   Until this day the government still refuses to even release the legal memo that outlines exactly how these targeted killings of Americans work, the public is left in the dark on what constitutes an imminent threat, or what "engaged in combat" means exactly.  How can we had a program that at the very least targeted two american citizens for death, and the legal justification for the program is still secret after the fact?  What could be in that memo that requires that it be kept hidden from public view?   And we're now almost two years after the killings, why can't the government release the intelligence that proves any of these citizens were "operationally" involved in terrorism?  Redact the sources and methods from the reports and let us see the raw intelligence.  

  Yes...let us pretend for a moment that there was no "negligence" here at all. Lets pretend that this guy had the baby in a crib in the living room, went to get a glass of water, and then came back into the darkened living room. Since the baby had got out of the crib and crawled across the floor, he didn't see her. Glass of water in one hand and chips in the other, he cannot catch himself as he trips onto the baby. Unarguably 100% tragic, arguably 100% accident.   How do you go from that to "I don't really know what's wrong with her but she hasn't moved in a while. Here she is. Gotta go!". Any caring person would be calling the emergency services immediately.

First off..  how  do you "fall" on a child? Dont buy that one.. and then take the lifeless body to a different house?     IF what happend really did happend the way he said it.. why would you not call 911 right aways?  instead of taken the kid down the road.? Something  smells  here..

Saying that UAV’s are going to open fire on innocent American citizens is as ridiculous as the anti-gun people saying that just because we have “assault rifles” we are going to start killing people. The obvious difference is the latter has actually happened.... a lot. I love technology and think it’s a great thing. In war, Armed UAV’s are “smart weapons” that don’t have to kill everyone in the area when they have a target. In civilian use do I care that they may be used to find pot growers that are committing criminal acts right out in the open, or that they may be “Patrol vehicles” that have the ability to fly? Absolutely not, use those type flights for training operators. As far as the President using drones to execute innocent Americans on American soil…. Let me know when that happens. As far as a drone being used to take out an active shooter or a barricaded suspect… more power to them.

Good for you soapy, keeping the place safe is about the only way as LEO are busy. Might get a few days of stepped up patrol in the area and for a few weeks, keep up the good work.

    I honestly do.   I've taken 4 hr and 8 hr classes and I've definitely found them worthwhile, more so dependent on the instructor and venue. I've taken 2-3 and 6 day classes as well. Fatigue can be a factor in prolonged classes, but it's dependent on the structure as to how that may impact your learning.   A multi day class scenario allows you the time to begin to develop skills to practice, but more importantly allows the instructor an honest chance to observe, monitor, and give the appropriate feedback and correction to subtleties they may notice. Perfect practice makes perfect, and it's very difficult, if not impossible, to view ourselves through unbiased lens. imho, that viewing and feedback is why we pay the instructors.   But whatever your choice, take the plunge into professional training. I think you'll honestly appreciate the true value in it.   Good Luck to you.

  I hate that I agree with this.

Just said a prayer for you and yours jcj ... God Bless, and I pray God comforts your grandmother, you & your family.

A barking dog couldn't hurt either.

I will put BSL on my short list.  I ordered some bullets from Missouri Bullet Company and they are about the same price.  But MBC is not as fast.

Wal-Mart at walker springs was bone dry today.    But they are selling mountain house food now so I bought that instead.

^ This. This will show anyone casing your place that you're not the easiest target around. You don't even have to be confrontational, it will show them you are observant and that's one of the things they don't like in a target.

Keep an eye out and you can always report it as suspicious activity to the PD or SD. You'd be surprised the information that you think is nothing that could end up helping catch someone.

ETP, I just want to say thank you for a great, intelligent and insightful take on this situation. It, to me, is obvious what this teacher was doing. She was doing lessons on different religions. How that became evil liberals forcing our poor children to dress up like terrorists is beyond me.

Zombie theme park:   the only thing i would like to see other than whats been listed- 3 to 1 girl to guy ratio (look someone had to say it)

My question is why would you even want a knife that small on an airplane anyways. Doesn't sound like it would serve any good defensive purpose (had a case toothpick close on my finger one time) and I don't think they let you whittle. I mean I don't have a problem with it by any means and don't want to sound like a liberal by saying "why do you need this,that,etc".   As others have said though I wouldn't go spend any money on it. But if I were I'd get on ebay and get a cheap one.

I would urge you to consider training with Randy/Suarez in Chattanooga.   Seeking professional training such as he offers can be a paradigm shift...quite literally. And well worth the time and money.   There is a huge difference between shooting and learning to think outside the box as it relates to defensive skills (as I'm sure you already know). Randy will move you in the right direction.   Careful though...it can be addictive. :pleased:   As a disclaimer: I've trained with Gabe, and I've trained beside Randy and shot with him (been a while unfortunately), but definitely plan on taking a course from him...hopefully this year.   :2cents:

i am running a little short on 50 bmg but other than that i got plenty

Tactical Response has a fantastic pistol course.  They're not far from Nashville.   Mike

Seems like their grading system has some stuff that would be unconstitutional. Leave it to liberals to come up with a grading system where a "F" is the highest obtainable grade.

Well, I guess I'll be the lone dissenter and take on the collective rage of everyone else.    First, we don't actually know what was taught in that classroom and it's far too easy to take the word of a pissed off parent who wasn't there and may be extremely intolerant of any exposure to other religions and cultures.  It's not like it would be the first time when someone would exercise selective judgement and over-emphasize specific details in order to reflect their pre-existing worldview.  Second, I have no problem with this exercise as long as it is taught in the proper context, and by that, I mean that they should show that for many in the Middle East, the social norms are considered sexist and intolerant.  However, allowing students to voluntarily wear another culture's dress is not an issue to me at all.  I also have no problem with them discussing the Islamic faith as long as it is taught in the proper context, which is to acknowledge that there are many variations of the Islamic faith and the Wahhabi perspective that has gained influence in the Middle East is quite intolerant of other religious and cultural ideas. I would hope that my children would be taught the importance of being tolerant and open to other ideas and cultures. Third, I strongly disagree that blaming US foreign policy for the rise of Wahhabism in the Middle East is "rewriting history,"  Rather, not acknowledging how the influence of western Europe and the United States has directly contributed to the rise of the Wahhabi faction and the Muslim Brotherhood is simply inaccurate and an act of collective denial.  The West has dominated Middle Eastern politics and economics since WWI, and our desire for cheap oil led to decades of policy where we ignored human rights violations in the region committed by the ruling elites.  The people there largely resent western influence, and have been subjected to the influence of Wahhabi Islam, which has been taught in schools and churches and written into their legal code.  In that region, the population definitely sees the Muslim Brotherhood as freedom fighters because they are trying to break free from the influence of western society.  I don't see this as a good thing, because the underlying philosophy of that movement is intolerance rather than democracy.  Whether we like it or not, the US foreign policy is partly to blame for what we are dealing with in the Middle East. And finally, there's this:   OK, and?  We live in a country that is dominated by Christianity.  If they didn't talk "in-depth" about Islam during that class, where exactly would they get any sort of outside perspective on the religion?  Why is it a bad thing to discuss other religions in the world, especially when we have so many people who believe that terrorism and our nation's security is the result of religion-based conflict?  This statement smacks of pure closed-mindedness and is exactly what education is supposed to combat.

I can't believe that REPUBLICAN State Sen Ted Harvey actually said that "what we are trying to do here tonight is protect students and teachers from feeling uncomfortable by you carrying a gun to protect yourself".   I no longer have any patience with idiotic statements like this.

By this logic, we should declare the general populous crazy for continuing to elect these idiots!