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I’ll take a radical right winger over a commie any day.

Actually, yes. It took a sick SOB to find a practical use for them. The moment he did, they were doomed.

So our firearm freedoms are based on "practicality"? Hell, even when a law is passed, ie the NFA of 1934, it means nothing if ATF is allowed to simply change it via a completely bogus "interpretation". - OS

If I express my true feelings here, I might not be allowed back around these parts, much less remain a mod.

That was....tactful

Done by a fatherless child. Book it. Guys, of you're gonna go out and make babies, hang around and teach "em something. If ya can't commit to that, get a vasectomy.

Used Leupold Vari-X II on ebay.

The general public's knowledge of machine guns is gained from what they've seen on TV or from Hollywood. They've been conditioned to believe all machine guns run endlessly on a 30 round magazine. Same as the general populous knowledge of suppressor / silencers, they think all of them are quiet as James Bonds suppressed Walther.

Fun Facts... FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WAS AT RISK OF BEING FIRED DURING PRODUCTION. Francis Ford Coppola (who got the job because of his previous movie, The Rain People) wasn’t the first director Paramount Pictures had in mind for The Godfather. Elia Kazan, Arthur Penn, Richard Brooks, and Costa-Gavras all turned the job down. And after filming began, executives didn’t like the brooding, talky drama that Coppola was shooting. The studio wanted a more salacious gangster movie, so it constantly threatened to fire Coppola (even going so far as to have stand-in directors waiting on set). Coppola was reportedly getting the ax until he shot the scene where Michael kills Sollozzo and McCluskey, which the executives saw and loved. PARAMOUNT DIDN’T WANT MARLON BRANDO FOR THE ROLE. When Coppola initially mentioned Brando as a possibility for Vito Corleone, the head of Paramount, Charles Bluhdorn, told Coppola the actor would “never appear in a Paramount picture.” The studio pushed the director to cast Laurence Olivier as Vito, before eventually agreeing to pursue Brando under three stringent conditions: 1) Brando had to do a screen test; 2) if cast, Brando would have to do the movie for free; and 3) Brando would have to personally put up a bond to make up for potential losses caused by his infamously bad on-set behavior. Coppola surreptitiously lured the famously cagey Brando into what he called a “makeup test,” which in reality was the screen test the studio demanded. When Coppola showed the studio the test they liked it so much they dropped the second and third stipulations and agreed to let Brando be in the movie. PACINO WASN’T THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY MICHAEL, EITHER. The studio wanted Robert Redford or Ryan O’Neal to play Michael Corleone, but Coppola always wanted Al Pacino. Other actors, like Martin Sheen and James Caan (who would go on to play Sonny), screen tested for Michael. THE GODFATHER’S CAT WAS A STRAY. During his daily walks to the set, Coppola would often see a stray cat, and on the day of shooting the scenes in Vito’s study, Coppola took the cat and told Brando to improvise with it. The cat loved Brando so much that it sat in his lap during takes for the whole day. THE INFAMOUS HORSE’S HEAD WAS REAL. The horse head in the movie producer’s bed wasn’t a prop. The production got a real horse’s head from a local dog food company. ROBERT DE NIRO AUDITIONED FOR SONNY. Robert De Niro auditioned for the role of Sonny, but Coppola thought his personality was too violent for the role. De Niro would later appear as the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II, and win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work.

They are already doing that and I doubt the rate of home burglaries has declined since more people started leaving guns in their cars.

I left a loaded gun in my squad car when I was a cop. Had it been stolen from by locked squad would it have been my fault? Of course not. And as a private citizen it won’t be my fault if one is stolen from locked vehicle. Many people leave their guns in their cars because they go into work or places that don’t allow guns. But if something happens they still have a chance if they can get to their car. Asking or requiring me to lock it in a safe in my locked vehicle is asking too much.

Will the Police Director make sure the Police are there when innocent Citizens get mugged or car jacked and need protection from being killed? Of course not. If he could he would make sure they catch the car burglars he’s whining about. The law was passed to extend your right to protect yourself to your vehicle. The fact that he can’t control the burglaries doesn’t trump that. I have an idea… put them in jail after they tell you that….and keep them there for awhile.

I hear what you're saying, but anyone who thinks a car is a safe place to leave a firearm is delusional.

Well that’s what you get when you allow a Federal Agency to decide what’s legal and what’s not. They decided they made a mistake and changed it. The legislature should decide what’s legal and what’s not; not the ATF. The ATF are idiots. If you think the reason for outlawing machine guns was because they could fire more than one round with each trigger pull; the ATF opinion makes sense. If you think the reason for outlawing machine guns was because of their rate of fire; the ATF opinion makes absolutely no sense. For the record I believe machine guns should be legal, and I believe the 2nd amendment gives us the right to own them. However, the government does not agree with me and I know that unless I meet all their requirements to own one; I will go to prison. No one respects the ATF…. No one. But let some idiot occupying a chair in an ATF office somewhere issue a letter some gun owner agrees with and all of a sudden they are the legit shot callers. It’s ridiculous.

Depends what you consider 'old'. Every couple of years, I exercise my old 1865 Spencer carbine. More often, I put a few rounds through a 1903 Springfield. A Garand often gets some range time as do a Marlin 39 and Remington 12. Most commonly taken to the range are my old FN FAL and Remington 66. Every now and again, the M1917 Lewis and original AR10 get some exercise.

Not to mention, no matter how poorly the Republicans treat gun owners by paying lip service and then not following through, what are their other options? They’re not voting for a Democrat who is openly hostile to them. The R’s have gunowners as a captive voting block just like the Democrats have many minority groups. They get all of the benefits without having to do any actual work. Welcome to the plantation.

I used to shoot my military stuff a lot but, dont have a whole lot of time now.

There won’t be a buyback. They’ll give a date by which they’re to be turned in or destroyed, after which possession will be prosecuted as a felony. Compliance will likely be similar to Connecticut’s ban on assault weapons. Maybe a little higher - but still low double digits. I’d expect the feds will gather as many sales records as they can. They’ve likely already issued document preservation orders. Many of the companies - who are looking to avoid liability or who find themselves in receivership after bankruptcy will willingly comply. There are certainly paths to persue legal remedies to all of the above, but it’ll take deep pockets. And, since the NRA has already abandoned this issue, you’d risk financial ruin fighting it. Pay attention. This won’t be the last you see of this.

Vortex Crossfire II, $149 regular price.

Seems to have saved him from a pain in his ass...or I guess hip.

there are a lots of dirt bags in this world. most get off because the courts don't do their jobs. we need to bring back the chain gang. back in the 60's i use to watch the chain gang cutting the right of way by sling blade in the hot august sun. i knew that i did not want to break the law and end up on the chain gang.

I leave a G21 in my truck. It's not ideal but I've found a pretty good hiding spot for it. I also work in a place that's very unlikely to have people breaking into cars. I can't carry at work and I don't want to drive around unarmed so what should I do? When I go someplace more risky I don't leave it in the truck. At night, I park in my garage(this is that room attached to most houses with the roll up door. Most people use it for junk).

#### him. Sideways. Twice. With a rabid cat.

Well find a tactful way to express it. We want to hear it.

A lower priced Leupold would be my choice as well.

I've got a technique I use for insomnia. I have an old mp3 player I load up with semi interesting documentaries or even better, lectures I swipe from youtube. Biographies, history, war, book discussions etc. The more boring the narrator or lecturer the better. Impossible to stress over problems while listening to a guy lecture about submarine warfare in WWII. On the Godfather..... Like broccoli or brustle sprouts, Never liked them as a young person but have since acquired a taste for them. Those movies are darn entertaining to me now.

When I get in my car my gun gets in my car. When I get out of my car my gun gets out with me. If you don't have a carry permit buy a gun safe for the car and when you get out of the car anyplace but at home lock gun in safe. When you come home gun goes in house. Not to much to ask I don't think.

He's probably right in that if guns aren't in cars anymore, the number of car burglaries will go down. But I'd guess the number of home burglaries will go up, and the potential collateral damage of a home burglary is MUCH higher than a car.

So he'd prefer they start breaking into houses to get guns instead of unoccupied cars?

That’s the new Trijicon “Dust Bunny” front sight.

Don’t think I’m a right wing extremist. I love Jesus, my wife, guns for all legal purposes, fan of Dave Ramsey (changed our financial lives), enjoy nature, boating, motorcycles, and want to live in peace. Tired of the racism over here too. I’ve worked at the same company for 29 years and look forward to working for a good employer in TN. Checking prices in TN for a home with 10 acres and seems to be around 200k. Less than areas in Michigan.

Making a billion dollars is not the issue. People should be free to make as many billions as they want. Just don't be hypocritical and tell everyone that at a certain point that you make too much money. There is no certain point to make too much money. The free enterprise system should allow us to make as much as we are capable of making.

I am not an insomniac per say but for about 3 months now I have began laying awake at night and after getting relaxed after the days activities I wil begin to lay and think about things in my childhood that was part of my life growing up. At first it was jst short thoughts bouncing all over the place. Then I began learning to focus on events going as far back as I could remember and trying to put them in some kind of order according to time in my life. I try to put them in the order and year in which the memory took place. I know it sounds crazy but I have been able to remember things in my life that were more or less not important things but they would fit into place like a jigsaw puzzle. In the beginning it was just things like my first dog when I was either 6 or 7 years old and he was a dog someone had dropped off which a lot of people would come out of the city and do. My dad told me I could keep him and he went everywhere with me except school. He was a terrier mix I gave him the name Bearcat and he was very fast and could keep up with me on my bike. He lived a long life as we brought him to Tennessee and he lived about 2 more years down here. It is amazing what you can remember when you just lay down and clear your mind from that days activities and then begin to think back. You can remember the most trivial items that you would never think of otherwise. I think last night I reached age 10.

I have my good nights and bad ones. This one wasn't in the top ten.

Oh, you can screw it up and still be just fine as an ex-President. https://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/on-talk-circuit-george-bush-makes-millions-but-few-waves-118697

Elections do have consequences... Don’t screw it up to bad, and being an ex-President is usually a pretty good deal. Even Nixon made decent money in his later years.

Well in fairness a billion doesn't buy what it used to.....

Not as much as I used to and would like to. I did take my US M1917 out for it’s 100th birthday last week and it was thoroughly enjoyable.

I finally joined an outdoor range, but I haven't got to go yet. I would love to go shoot the Mosin Nagants I have more than I do. Time and wear her are my enemy.

I love the LCP 380 because it can be pocket carried and is also small enough to ankle carry. I know that ankle carry isn't the most efficient draw but on long road trips for the holidays it is nice to have it on my person without the bulk in my pockets. I liked the term I heard in a Paul Harrell video recently, "Program Compliance". I know I would be better off with my Glock 22 but sometimes it is just too much of a hassle and I would be unarmed if it weren't for the LCP. You made the right call to keep the 380 IMHO.

Same here. I don't have a convienent place to shoot rifles, which makes it even harder to find the time.

A little Bird and Trout variation outta CPMS35VN. No rust here and AWESOME steel properties! I’ll post some finished pics when it comes back from heat treat!! https://imgur.com/a/1muM6f3 https://imgur.com/a/PbKGrW0

Actually not the point. The point is that they keep moving the goal posts; if they rule something legal, then how are we to know otherwise. As far as I'm concerned, if they "change" their minds, the onus is on them to make current owners whole, not make them destroy their property or go to jail. This is not the first time they have pulled this BS, they should not be allowed to do it again.

Your post made me laugh! As far as bump stocks are concerned, when I first saw one at a gun show, I thought, "How in the world is this not classified as a fully automatic weapon, semantics about pulling the trigger aside. It fires like a full auto." I could see it being banned way back then. The handwriting was on the wall. It was a loophole that would eventually be closed. My second thought was how often would I want to expend $30-$50 worth of ammo in 3 seconds? My answer was never, so I passed on buying one.

Calculate the percentage of gun owners that want those things to the rest of the population that either couldn't care less or would be absolutely against it and you have your answer. BTW: Remove the SBR and can from NFA and forget about the stamp is where I'd go.

The HPA will have to be re-introduced in the next Congress. Any bill pending expires after the two year term ends. Simple enough, just a re-filing by staffers, and updated co-sponsors if they want. You can talk about the Democrats killing it in the House, but as of today with 23 months of Republican controlled Congress, it's in the exact spot a Democratic block would keep it at, so really, there is no difference in how each party is treating it. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367

Yep. I pointed this out recently that we were all excited about HPA, NFA repeal, etc. To my knowledge, not a single bill was brought to a vote. You can't blame the RINO's when no one even attempts to pass anything.

You guys getting tired of all the winning on gun rights yet? Two years of consolidated power to pass whatever could have come through a Congress that has a lot of favors to repay the gun lobby, and all we got was zip.

Fixed that for you. Parties change. Things happen. I would not be surprised if the GOP flips on this issue in my lifetime.

The original LCP is a knockoff of the P3AT. It did have better fit and finish. But they ripped off the design from Keltec