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This has caused significant telcom (voice, data, 9-11) issues for not just the immediate area but the Southeast from what I am hearing. We've been on a call at work because of this for a few hours now, but my business unit relented and told my team to disengage since it doesn't affect us directly. Consider the facts as we know them: 1. The area where this bomb was detonated only has a few things of significance when outside of business/tourist hours. The biggest asset is the major AT&T routing and switching point of presence which was real near this. 2. The timing (very early Christmas morning) and the fact that the RV was broadcasting a recording over loudspeaker to warn people to evacuate both seem to support the notion that whoever did it was trying to minimize human casualties and instead do major damage to property or infrastructure. 3. Reportedly the "gunshots" heard before the explosion might have been flash-bangs or fireworks or some other noise making device meant to bring the police nearby to evac people. It was successful in doin gthat. This doesn't look like a terrorist act, to me. It sounds more like a really pissed-off employee or former employee of AT&T or some other neighboring business. The automated recording and the efforts to clear the area of innocent people support the idea that property damage was the intent. Terrorists don't normally do that.

Let's remember... Let's remember that we're all fundamentally good people here as far as history suggests. I don't understand why a topic like this would inspire arguments between members, but I suspect that tensions are just running high and everyone is on edge. Treat each other kindly. Disagree with tact. Step away from the keyboard for a little bit when you feel the urge to snap at someone. These are skills that we are probably going to need frequently in the year ahead. We might as well start practicing them.

This all feels quite probitive - response times, tactics, etc. Y’all keep your heads down.

On the subject of wearing cloth masks... They aren't the cure. They are a mitigating mechanism. They aren't perfect. Owners of private property are within their rights to require them. You are within your right to go somewhere else if you don't like it. You aren't within your right to violate their rights as property owners. Oh, one last bullet point that should appeal to gun owners... Wearing a mask makes you the Gray Man. You blend. Not wearing a mask makes you stand out. It draws attention to you. People assume you're a dick. They might confront you over it. It's not worth the headache. "When In Rome, Do As The Romans"

What amazes me is that with all the crap going on, we still can't step back from our hardened rhetoric and attitudes to come together for even a brief moment as a unified nation to deal with the unimaginable shxtstorm that's falling down on our heads.

Maybe it’s just supposed to look like terrorism? You might laugh at me, but I wonder how many places of high monetary value are now with disrupted monitoring? Maybe I’ve got too much Nakatomi Plaza on the brain?

Wishing all a Very Merry Christmas with family & friends.

Unless it was used solely as “I don’t want to kill people but I’m trying to get my message heard nationwide”. Then it makes perfect sense.

Luke 2:8-14 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!” God bless my TGO friends, and may God bless America.

Now I found it. Been searching for it in this thread, but now I found it. I question whether you know what that word means or if you're using a straw-man argument to drag the Biden election sham into the discussion of COVID. To be clear: I don't think Trump seriously mishandled COVID. I do think that he should have hyped less, but that's like asking rain to not be wet. I do think that the establishment is scared as hell of Trump and weren't going to let him have Term #2 at any cost. I do think we saw that play out in broad daylight. I do think so many people hate Trump that they don't care what crimes were committed to keep him from being re-elected. I do think dark times are ahead of us. I don't think this has any bearing on the medical treatment of COVID.

I really don’t see what this thread has to do with @Daniel telling you are wrong. You took a serious question and needlessly brought him into it. Consider this a dose of scrutinization.

We're screwed, man. Really we are. People are too selfish and self-centered these days. There is no sense of community anymore. We live in neighborhoods surrounded by people we don't know and in many cases have never really spoken with. We might wave at the neighbor who walks the dog, but we know nothing else about them other than "they have a dog". Without a sense of community, there is no sense of a greater good. Lacking that, it's every man for himself. Lord Of The Flies becomes a way to live, not a cautionary tale.

Auctions are the purest form of the free market.

Just picked this up last Friday at Goodlettsville Gun Shop, they handled the Transfer for me. I purchased this one off of another site I belong to. Came with orginal bag, owners manual, and one Mag. I found another orginal Mag. and bought it, man the original Mags. are expensive if you can find them. As soon as I feel well enough I'm going to take it out and run some rnds. through it. I've always wanted one of these for some reason.

AT&T is a major carrier that provides infrastructure to many smaller providers. It is highly likely your phone co. leases their lines from them and is switched through Nashville at “gound zero”.

Sad thing on HVAC, is there is really not that much to a heat pump but the parts always seem to be stupidly expensive. I replaced interior blower motor a few weeks back for less than $150 when a HVAC guy wanted $400. It was some bolts and 2 wires. Took some calling to find a local place that sold to the public though. Most only sell to the hvac companies. I have found that from cars to fridges and everything in between it is less about repair nowadays and more about part swapping.

No matter what or who this, to me, is a terriost attack. Just glad no one reported dead, yet.

Ha, ha, ha that’s ridiculous. Just kidding, that’s what I thought when I heard it was the AT&T building.

Yes Sir, the wife and myself looked at each other asking what was that.

Push comes to shove use a 1/32 or 3/64 drill bit shank.

News 4 is reporting that what was suspicious about the RV was that it was announcing that it had a bomb and then started a countdown before it exploded.

They are saying the building the bomb was in front of was a communication building for att

Very similar to the Oklahoma bombing of the FBI building.....JMHO

About 4" in murvul. Power was out for about 2 hrs last night and then blinked off several more times until about 3am. Very thankful for the guys out working in the snow early Christmas morning to fix it.

Sweet find on PPK James! Ran across this Interarms 32 PPKs years ago at a Nashville area gun show. It’s one of my two main carry guns. Carry in a JM4 tactical holster. I know....it’s a small caliber. But the best gun you have is the one you have with you. LoL

Amen, I'm in your choir! About 5-6 inches in Seymour

That’s a great picture Greyfox. I had people at work ask “How do people up North drive in all that snow?” I usually replied “Well you know, there are speeds besides 5 and 70.” Light dusting here in Murfreesboro this morning. One thing great about when it snows here; I take the stand “God put it there, and God will take it away”. My snow shoveling days are behind me.

Been out all day, and saw that email a hour or so ago. Wow! I think I sold that case of PMC too cheap! lol If this keeps up, I might break out some 124 Gr. Winchester! That ought to bring 1.2+ a round! lol! Not likely though. Not from me.

My PSA AK was languishing in some terrible OD polymer furniture from the factory. Found some proper Russian furniture to make it a proper AK.

As stated above, target pistols are designed around standard velocity ammunition. Since .22 pistols are all blowback operated, the only thing keeping parts from slamming together during operation is a little spring. Overpower that spring and bad things happen as metal parts hammer against each other. Rugers are built like tanks and a little .22 is not going to damage them. Most target pistols are not as strongly built. Another piece of advice; any .22 pistol designed prior to ww2 will also probably not do well with anything more than standard velocity. Keep your prized Colt Woodsman or Target fed on Standard Velocity only. Finally, the reason target pistols are currently designed around standard velocity ammunition has to do with the inherent accuracy of bullets that do not exceed the speed of sound. When a bullet travels past the 'sound barrier', it goes through a shock wave. If it loses velocity before reaching the target, it goes through that wave again. Depending on muzzle velocity, and other factors, that second passage can happen in as few as 25 yards. Passing through the shock wave can disturb the path of the bullet slightly. Bullet design has a huge factor on how much this occurs. Typical round-nose .22 bullets tend to be more affected than sharp spitzer bullets.

And why would at&t be chosen to audit the dominion voting machines? They can’t even keep the billing for their customers correct.

I saw that too, thought it was some kinda joke, like having dirt on Hillary.

Congrats!! That brings back memories of reading Jerry Ahern's The Survivalist Books. Always loved that that Double Alessi Rig with the Twin Detonics Combat Masters!

Depending on motive...that person may have been inside.

David, this is pretty much exactly what I said to my wife this morning. The whole scenerio just doesn't add up. I was telling Susan that it did seem like an ex ATT person with a little explosives knowledge. Just enough to do a lot of damage to the entire area. Seemed to me that a major portion of the blast went up and outward, not like a Shaped charge. Had it been better planned, I think that ATT switching building might have been leveled. As it is now, that still could have been successful attack. Looks like some pretty serious damage to the lower floors of the building. Not trying to steal your comments, David. I just am in total agreement with your assessment of the situation.

Looking at the pictures, that was a serious bomb. I'm so thankful no one was killed. I fully expect them to catch this person(s) quickly. I'm sure the person was captured on security cameras.

My employer just sent out alerts that our main number is down. Of course we use ATT as our phone system. This could be bad for weeks to come. Maybe more. I seriously doubt the location was coincidental.

It’s a shame that Apple has always dismissed the gaming market. I’ve got the wife a new MacBook with that new M1 chip on order. I’m looking forward to seeing what it can do. It’s supposed to be a crazy powerful chip.

While there’s a conversation to be had about future proofing on the i7 vs i9, if you’re looking at price differentials - most of the performance that a gamer would probably care about would come from spending that money upgrading the graphics card. Memory and processing power offloaded to that discrete card are likely to net him a lot more than just the CPU itself.

Seems like you’re in a pretty good mood as well. Did she share a toke?

Merry Christmas to you all.

I have one and it is a great shooter. It has one of the best triggers I have ever seen on a stock revolver. I have shot with several competitive revolver shooters and the trigger on the Python is as good as any of the trigger jobs done on their revolvers.

I bet that sign doesn't say $499 anymore.

I agree. But the logic behind why we're being asked to wear them is the same. I don't really feel like debating masks. If people don't want to wear one by now then nothing is going to change their mind. The entire world is behind mask usage so if it were really just a scam to make us fall into submission you would think it would be limited to only the USA. Personally, I've enjoyed wearing them when it's cold out as it keeps my face warm. Maybe I'll wear a mask the rest of my life just to trigger some folks.

Randall, you are correct. The issue with the S&W 41 is the extractor and ejector. High velocity ammo can damage them. The Model 41 was built around CCI standard velocity target ammo. That's all I shoot in mine. However, some people have shot a bunch of the hyper velocity ammo, such as Stingers, through them and actually managed to crack the slide. Its rare, but can happen.

Thanks for the replies and info. After making my post (shortly after leaving the store) I also read a bunch of negative reviews. I have handled the M&P and liked it also. I have 3 M&P pistols. I am on a Sig and Beretta kick at the moment which is why the Mosquito jumped out a me in the store. Looked good and felt good. But Looks and Feel don't make it shoot.

Not all .22 pistols are the same. High velocity ammo will not hurt a Ruger Mark n pistol in any way, but it is a definitely a no-go in old High Standards as they had a design flaw in the frame. It all depends on the pistol, but your Ruger should be able to fire anything as they are very well built. Here is a handy reference on barrel length & velocity for a variety of ammo types. You can make any further inferences from this data. http://ballisticsbytheinch.com/22.html

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