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I hate to say I told you so, but...

Had Obama said “take their guns first and worry about due process later” violence might have erupted and the GOP would have tripped over one another trying to vote for articles of impeachment.

It's awfully early for Trump to have begun campaigning for whichever actual conservative runs against him for 2020.

I wish you could still kick someone's asz when they've earned it. That would take care of a lot of our social ills.

Made me think of this. The whole series was great.

You know what I would find real supportive in an animal? A monkey that will fling poo on command. I need to work on getting one.

Other than 4 special interest message boards, I eliminated my social media presence this past year and I literally feel healthier. I’m much less stressed out and I almost completely miss the latest outrage of the hour. I strongly encourage anyone and everyone to kill Facebook, instagram, Twitter, etc. and if you’re worried about losing touch with family or friends that live elsewhere, I have a simple suggestion to overcome that. Take your smartphone and make a phone call with it!

I keep telling myself we only had 2 choices, we still made the right one.

Nope. The first time I see a leashed cat at WM, or any store that sells folding chairs and beer, some quick purchases will be made and I’ll start live streaming.

At least she wasn't walking around with a support peacock, ferret or some other such nonsense.

Thanks for posting this, I hadn't read the whole thing. Gee, with "2nd Amendment Supporting Friends" such as this, who even needs enemies? To me, the icing on the cake baked mostly with irony, the statement "If even one life is saved, it will have been worth it" regarding gun restrictions has always infuriated me the most. Does that mean that if by allowing "assault rifles sales" saves even one life nationwide, it would be worth it? What if by legalizing machine-guns nationwide it saves one life, would that be worth it? I guarantee you if every state in the nation allowed for concealed carry it would save "At least one life" (not an endorsement for national reciprocity). And then I go down the rabbit hole of thinking about all the things they could ban and it would actually save thousands of lives (cars, swimming pools, hammers, , cell phones, marbles, etc). Would anyone consider banning those to save "even one life" and consider it worth it? No, people would consider that preposterous and a violation of freedom. But careful manipulation and now loads of people jump on board with "even one life" regarding firearms. Bullarky!

Boys, there's a reason it's named Dicks. This has happened before...

I find this very troubling.

I have a dope sniffing service dog. Thanks to him I've " confiscated" some extraordinary pot......

I've been watching lots of gun shows lately with bullistics gel test so it seemed like allot of fun to do some testing myself. Made it myself and I have been remelting it and using it for more tests. Here are my first test results. Each block is 12 inches thick. Left top is a 9mm Hornady Critical Defense hollow point. (i don't remember the weight or speed). Threw the box away. It stopped 6 inches into the second block. Shot from a Kahr PM9 3 inch barrel. Left bottom is American Eagle 9mm 147 grain FMJ. Velocity is 1000 FPS subsonic. (normally I shot these suppressed). It went all the way through all three blocks. Shot from a Sig P290 3 inch barrel. Center top is a Federal 44 Mag. 240 grain JHP. Velocity is 1230 FPS. It stopped at the back of the second block. Shot from a S&W 29 with a 4 inch barrel. Right is a Federal 357 Mag 158 grain JSP. Velocity is 1240 FPS. It went through all three blocks. Shot from a S&W 19 with a 4 inch barrel. The 44 Mag is awesome!!! 44 Mag on top. Hornady 9mm

Noble beasts they are.

Here's something to make with your well-expanded hollow points. Send them to your favorite snowflakes

I've said that "service animals" are now becoming a fashion accessory, and most don't have them for any other reason than just to have. Don't have an issue with ones people have for a legitimate issue like diabetes or strokes. But knock it off with the German Shepard or Malinois with tac vest on.

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/feb/28/police-responding-report-shots-fired-dalton-high-school/464838/ By all accounts, no-one was shot but perhaps a few injuries from trampling in the hallways. It will be very interesting to see where this goes, but I could very much see an anti-gun teacher thinking "They think it's a good idea to arm teachers? I'll show them how horrible that idea is!". That, of course, is just a theory.

A spare mag or two is always a good plan, not just from the spare round point of view but also a mechanical failure of the magazine.

The real enemy here CZ is the Social Media and the Cable news. Mass killings like these are not new. The ability to make sure every person on earth knows about them at light speed!!! Then every one has an opinion and a comment about it, good bad or indifferent. Charles Whitman was a mass murderer and killed people from the Clock Tower in Austin. He began by killng his family and then just killing strangers 14 in all and wounding 31 until they finally killed him. I would be willing to bet 1/2 or more of the people in the country 3 days after it was over could not tell you who Charles Whitman even was. If that happened today Social Media and Cable news would have it for weeks and everyone would know who he was. The only reason you don't hear more about the Vegas massacure is because no one can find out anything about the shooter or a motive. All that is mentioned now is the Bump-Stocks. Take away Social media and cable news and about 90% of all of the sinsational reporting would be a blip on your computer or TV screen...........jmho

I would describe it exactly like that, perfect middle ground on bourbon and scotch. Bourbon up front, scotch on the back

You can alternatively do this with the "Gun Owners of America" by selecting "Gun Owners Foundation" instead.

I can think of some folks I'd send a box of poo to.

Went to my local Dick's this evening. Spoke with the store manger. Told him this is not personally directed towards him. Handed him a copy of their corporate leadership anti Second Amendment announcement from today and my Dick's Score Card, and told him I am offended, they have lost me as a customer, and I will tell others why I no longer shop there.

To going to it’s new owner, one of these days I’m gonna make a nice one for myself Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No, you have a medical need. It's the people who have no need for them but still want to bring their animal of choice with them everywhere. Or the dude who has the working dog in tac vest talking about how much of a hard-ass he is, but apparently go 5 minutes in public without his dog for "support."

I wish we could look back at some of those threads from 2016. You really did warn us, repeatedly.

I would guess you are about to see everything go to 21.

That's what you get for going to WallieWorld.

Edearl, Fulton Armory makes good stuff, but they're mighty proud of them. I'd say your prices are fair for Fulton rifles, but Its actually cheaper to buy an original M1 Carbine. I pretty sure most people would rather do that. Its as much about owning a piece of history as anything else. Why don't you just keep them and enjoy them?

I saw a guy at Home Depot with a monkey the other day.

This is the kind of outside the box I’m talking about!

Not an expert, but I had to learn a little about ADA and service animals a while back, and was quite surprised at the lack of regulation. While Dolomite_supafly is correct that emotional support is not a valid function of a service animal, there are some qualifying reasons that are related to mental disabilities, like PTSD. And, sadly strict limitations as to requiring any documentation (none required) and also limitations as to what one can even ask the person with the alleged service animal...specifically, one can ask if the animal is required because of a disability, and also what work or task is the dog trained to perform. I am disabled in that i am not physically able to protect myself from bad guys with guns, so I need an ADA accommodation to be armed by my service gun to perform that task for me. So can I carry beyond posted areas because of the ADA? :-)

I HATE when people bring animals into stores. Leave your dog, cat or parrot at the house and shop. Most I see are not service animals just dumb asses who have to have the pet at Lowe's or Academy.

Good idea! Or a llama that will spit on command. Could even ride around on it

I also heard a story on the radio this morning about a custodian that reported a box of ammo in a (Chattanooga, I think) high school bathroom. Turns out he put it there! I thought the same thing... anti-gunner looking for social media or news hype.

That I am getting tired of the BS.

Dick’s: “We support and respect the Second Amendment”.... uh, no Dick’s, no you don’t.

Just over 2 weeks to go!!!!!

Facebook recently admitted there are negative consequeces to social media. I zapped it a few months ago but kept the messenger feature so I can reach out to a few friends if I need to. I'm thinking about killing Instagram. Anyways, I think in the next decade or two more studies will show how much social media has screwed us up.

Need to start with politicians, especially for the mental ill part!

There's something to be said for the mature male "voice of God" news announcer that's missing today. As bad as it was in the 60's when you listened to Walter or Huntley and Brinkley you got the bad news from what was perceived as a calm and reasonable voice of reason.

I have been of the opinion that technology / society has evolved much faster and more complex than the human capacity to adapt to those changes for a lot of people. Most of the problems are self inflicted by social pressures by media. The portrayal of lifestyle by the rich and famous as normal may invoke the mental stresses of those not well grounded. Feelings of failure, insufficieny, etc exceed coping skills as we now feel our wants become sometimes unreachable needs. It is an increasingly complex world that has no easy answer for the masses.

I have been sitting back reading some of the generalized comments on this thread that are painting LEOs with a very broad brush as a result of the despicable actions of this Officer. There may have been some extenuating circumstance driving his inaction, but I cannot honestly imagine what it would have been. I retired from my Law Enforcement career after 25 years and yes, I have run to the gunfire on many occasions...and still do today as demonstrated last year in my community. I entered my career in LE as a public servant, I swore to Serve and Protect the citizens, and did to the best of my ability. I don't care what some court may have determined, it was my duty and I readily accepted such as do 99% of the Officers wearing a badge. Yes, there is the 1% still out there that were hired and should not have been, and then retained through negligent retention. Some of that 1% may well be "good people" but not cut out to be Officers for they are not of the "Sheepdog" mentality. Let's take care and condemn the actions of the individual when warranted, not the profession. Do not let the actions of a few soil the reputation of the whole. We as gun owners in general fall prey to this every time some nimrod skins his ignorance with a firearm and anti-gunners lump all into the same pot. Much as though some of the comments have done regarding LEOs. With the information available, the Officer disgraced himself and the profession at a insurmountable cost. Prayers for those lost and their families, prayers for the 99% to endure and prevail, and the 1% to find another profession.

I am not an NRA member for the discounts.

I know the anti-2nd amendment media is always touting the "Powerful NRA" lobby and the "Big Gun" industry. There is no such thing. The power of the NRA is from it's members who vote. The biggest lobby in the swamp are the pharmaceutical industry at 3.5 billion dollars. Next is the insurance industry at 3.4 billion or so, then come the utility industry. The NRA ranks 488th. The liberal media is just plain lying and their coolaid drinking disciples are buying it. I told the whitewater paddlers of their forum that I was a member of the NRA and some of them told me that I was responsible for 17 deaths. I didn't back down but doubled down and finally a few gun owners spoke up on my behalf. I am going to encourage all the gun owners I know that the time to join the NRA is not when they are knocking at your door, to take your guns.....

I'd say if they want the age raised to 21 then lets also get the voting age raised to 21. After all the overwhelming majority of 18-20 year olds vote for the Dems anyway......that's what compromise is.....both sides get something and both sides lose something..... are they willing to trade 18-20 year old voters to get these "guns off the streets" ????

Kilchoman is an Islay distillery and most, if not all of their scotch is peated. If you haven’t worked your way up to liking peat smoke, you may not like any of their stuff. Caol Ila is a bit milder peated scotch that you might like better, but you may just want to give Johnnie Walker Black a try to see if you like lightly peated whisky. JWB is a blended scotch, so it’s not the same as a single malt scotch, but I believe it has a small amount of Caol Ila in it to give you a sense of peat without it dominating the taste profile. I believe all of the scotches that you indicated that you’ve had and liked are not always aged in sherry, wine etc. I’m pretty sure that the entry level scotches (10 and 12 year olds) for those brands are all just aged in used bourbon casks. However, those brands do all have older or specialty bottles that are finished in other spirit or wine casks. For instance, Glenmorangie Lasanta is the original 10 yr Glenmorangie that was matured in ex-bourbon casks that has been further finished in sherry casks...can’t remember how long it stays in the sherry cask after it’s dumped from the bourbon cask.