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They have forced the Owner Operators out of the ports. They are not allowing any truck over a certain age on the port property (typically anything older than 5 years old). The only people who maintain a fleet with an age of less than 5 years are the company owned trucks and guess who drives them... Union drivers. This keeps the independents and owner operators nearly locked out of the market. Since a chunk of the port is an official Foreign-Trade Zone there are and will continue to be issues limiting the ability to send in National Guard in a support capacity. They may be able to be used in some support capacities but Foreign-Trade Zones are considered to be outside the US commerce and Customs territory.

I know what ya mean. BIG difference between the two. Absolutely IMMEASURABLE difference between cheap, easy women who are expensive (use their bodies for financial gain) and a real woman who is truly priceless. My dry humor in this case is meant to make a mockery of such cheap/expensive/high maintenance women. A real woman on the other hand is a treasure, and becoming more and more of a rarity it seems.

We are under government contract so we have to maintain both ITAR compliance and source domestically (or from allied nations) as much as possible. Honestly I wish we were not so restricted to domestic sources due to supply chain issues. Especially raw materials since so much is not made in the US or North America. Titanium is a big one. No domestic sources period. They do not exist. China, Russia, and Japan are the three biggest producers of Ti raw product so we have to source from Japan. Even Canada got out of the Ti game. One of the other significant struggles is polymers. Since our volumes are considerably less than that of the automotive industry it can be tough to find domestic injection molding places that will take on our work.

World Series champions Atlanta Braves! It has a nice ring to it, no?

You know you want to see at night. TNVC/Night Goggles PVS-14 with a Photonis Echo tube. ~2hrs use. Size M/L Team Wendy Exfil bump. 2 Norotos mounts, 3 J-arms, spare eye cup. Tactical Tailor MNVD padded bag. Spec sheet available and included. $2900$2700 for everything. Not looking to split the package at this time. Here a link to the photo gallery. https://imgur.com/a/MXLNLUK SOLD

$25 per gun purchase is bad enough, but 5 cents a round is lunacy... https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cookcounty-illinois-gunrights-secondamendmen/2021/10/23/id/1041716/

My bet is that the court ultimately strikes down at least part of the New York law, perhaps insisting that NY become a "shall" rather than a "may" issue state. It would surprise me if the SCOTUS rules against permit laws entirely, or extends their ruling beyond the case at hand. The SCOTUS has been very reticent in the past about issuing sweeping judgements in cases of this type, I don't think that changes with this one ...

I gave up on all pro sports and the over paid cry babies a few years ago after all the BS. I'll watch a little college, if it's on somewhere that I'm at but not much at home. RP

I wont say all because there is some that are really down to earth but a majority of those NFL players are like that not to mention the controversy they bring to the games. I E kneeling while the national anthem is played. I dont care for it so I dont watch much. I like college ball better

What I make of all that is a first class chinese fire drill. Reminds me of the Pedo Biden administration: no organizational skills, no plan, piss poor execution and deflecting blame onto others. I still ask why the guns weren't locked up & under the total control of the armorer? If she wasn't on-set, the guns shouldn't have been available, IMO. Libtards are always lamblasting gun owners when a firearm is stolen: "Why wasn't it locked away?" Well, right back at them, IMO.

Oral arguments were today. I do not see the Sullivan law survivor. The only question is how narrow or how broadly will the ruling be. After listening to the entire proceeding, I almost feel bad for the New York State Solicitor General. She got her ass handed to her. And considering how poorly I view her position, that should tell you just how badly, and how brutal, it was for her in court today. here is a good summation of today’s proceeding from the SCOTUSblog. https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/majority-of-court-appears-dubious-of-new-york-gun-control-law-but-justices-mull-narrow-ruling/

ED MIRELES - NOV 8 Ed Mireles, the agent who ended the FBI shootout in Miami in 1986, will be at the Westwood Baptist Church in Cleveland TN on MONDAY NOVEMBER 8 from 7:00- 9:00PM . Ed will be doing a presentation on that gunfight which is still studied to this day. It was the 20th century equivalent of the OK Corral gunfight. The event requires pre-registration and a $10 fee. Go to http://www.westwoodlife.org and follow prompts on the Security Event page. He wrote a book about it that can be found here.... If you are a serious student of the art you should have a copy of this. https://www.amazon.com/Miami-Firefight-Minutes-Changed-Bureau/dp/0999510304/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1BPH2RB9QXLBT&dchild=1&keywords=fbi+miami+firefight&qid=1629462784&sprefix=firefight+miami%2Caps%2C228&sr=8-1

I plan on being there

The NY Solicitor General got beat up pretty brutally.

FYI.... https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx

If my kid decides to go, he’ll use it. Then, I’ll drag out my old left handed Thompson Renegade 50 cal.

Yall are SO CORRECT, mine is PRICELESS, and I AM SURE some of yall have a priceless one as well!

What I really want to see out of them is something that nobody else has done before. A light rail.

I can't wait to see what Springfield Custom Shop starts doing with these.

Thank you for your replies to my post. I have accepted that the rifle is a wall hanger. It’s a good decoration, anyway.

I'm fortunate to have all I need until biden gets out of office, but I am on the list for 2k 125 accubonds. Come on seconds

Portable Gunsmith

I had just started shortly before all this mess hit so I don't have a stock if powder or primers so I am stuck. I have powder and bullets but primers as we know are scarce and very expensive. Since primers are the most time consuming component to make, the ammo manufacturers are going to get the bulk of what are produced. I only have dies for .45 acp and 30-30 so I haven't been loading. I have enough to load up about 1000 rounds of 45 but I only have a few LRP. 30-30 loaded ammo is near $2 per round so my Marlin has not been fired in two years. Very sad but I will sit on the 80 rounds I have and shoot my .300 BO for now. my recently purchased .357 mag is in the same boat but .38/.357 is starting to become available again!

Some of y’all are going to run out of places to buy Made in the USA based on politics and now irrelevant comments of long dead people.

Trucking for over 40 years. I have driven them local and over the road. Ive worked on them and dispatched them. Im past the avg age of a truck driver so I must be on borrowed time. Biggest problem I see with the supply chain is one word. California. You talk to any over the road driver and the last place he wants to go is the Port of LA. To many rules and regulations in and out of there. Theres talk of the Guard going in there I think they should get them in there.

Machinist in stamping die shop. Mostly do changeovers but, sharpen parts and make a lot of parts too. I've done different things over the years. I started in a garment company, worked for a transformer company, worked for Dana Corp., and even a bait company. Been in machining for the last 10 years or so.

I have attended this presentation. It's well done.

Mechanical Engineer by training. Became a Machinist by trade. Made everything from tools for brain surgery to M2 Brownings. 12 hour days on concrete floors turning vise handles had their way with my joints and I got put on light duty for a while. That got me sucked into the world of ISO 9001/13485, MDSAP, and FDA CFR Title 21 part 820. Took roles from Quality Engineer to Quality Manager for a few organizations. Spent several years in Med Device and several years more in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Automotive. Current role is in the firearms industry dealing with our suppliers in both a product engineering and quality engineering capacity.

I'll take the Matech. PM sent.

This year I’ll be using Hornady 180gr XTP’s. I have to do some research on using cast or hard cast on smaller game but will probably venture into hand loads next year assuming I can find components. I’ll also probably upgrade the barrel as well.

If they made voting as hard as buying a gun in NY/CA/IL, etc, the liberals would be rioting in the streets 7/24, IMO. I miss shows like Point/Counterpoint where they allowed two different perspectives to be defended as well as attacked. I'm betting libtards got weary of having their ass handed to them in debate.

Well, like Greg, I can lay a hand on one fairly easy. And believe it or not I've added 3 since the pic was taken. RP

I joined the Navy the day after my 18th birthday in '62. Put in 21 years, 15 of which were sea duty, working in an electrical/mechanical field. After I retired, I went to work for the Postal Service and worked as an Electronics Tech maintaining and repairing the mail sorting equipment at the Mail Distribution Center in Memphis. I retired from there after 26 years in 2009. I've had more hobbies than I care to count. Most were doing things with my hands and didn't require my traveling too far from home, wooden ship models, leather work, oil painting, photography, gun kits, reloading... etc. I would stay with a hobby until I felt competent, then move on to something else. My wife used to say "The only consistent hobby I've had was collecting hobbies"

.62 French Fusil. 90gn Ffg Goex & a 342gn soft cast ball.

I work in radiation oncology as a medical dosimetrist. I create treatment plans for people who need radiation therapy treatments.

That’s some good parenting right there! I wish we had more of it.

Rulings like this give me hope that there is still some sanity in the courts. It a RIGHT to keep & bear arms. Not a privilege to be granted to those with enough money to exercise said right.

Thanks to Hipower, I am now the proud owner of a Henry Classic 22LR lever action rifle. Can’t wait to get it out and do some plinking. Good to meet another great TGO member.

I could probably lay hands on a lever rifle if needed.

Libtards were aghast when pics of Trump & Melania showed them doing the tomahawk chop at the game in Atlanta.

These guys are funny. *Language warning*

This tangent reminds me of an old South Park episode when Chef gets seduced by a succubus. Mr. Garrison gives the boys some advice on women.....classic! Fair warning: NSFW.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQqqHuV-6g8

I did not know Russia had a laser weapon back then.

I’ll kick in some $ if you video it.

Bill Ruger's been dead for almost 20 years, so his political views aren't really a serious concern. Though, like many dead people, he's probably a Biden voter.

Welder 10 years. Construction laborer 10 years. Heavy equipment operator 10 years. Semi truck, quad axel dump trucks 10 years. Stripper in a Senior Living Center 5 years. Hunting and fishing have taken another 5 years of living. Drinking and chasing woman took its toll.