QuietDan

As far as I'm concerned one of the primary responsibilities at a wedding, in an ancient sense, is to protect the Bride. That's what the Groomsmen especially and the Ushers are for. Being armed in defense of the Bride is . . . well, noble.    If the guy was noticing the threat scenario and bringing it to the attention of the families involved in the marriage, then his goal was also to protect the Bride.   IMO

  The concept is called "agent provocateur"   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur   From the article:    "At the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa, police and security services infiltrated black blocs with agents provocateurs. Allegations first surfaced after video footage in which "men in black were seen getting out of police vans near protest marches" [7][8]"   Pretend to be your adversary and do something outrageous to bring the law down on their heads.    It's like the guy who wears a Klu Klux Klan hood to a Tea Party Rally. 

Ok, the guy doesn't want them and was kinda rude about it.   Does that mean they are still available?

Galco.

"I forgot my ear plugs!"   Moron.

I carry every day.   Each of our vehicles has secure firearms storage for the post office and etcetera.

Had been a windows laptop user for years and years, and have almost completely switched over to apple products.   I'm typing on a 15 inch MacBook which I use like a desktop. I do also have the Parallels desktop software on it so I can keep using Adobe products and some other Windows applications. It also supports Final Cut Pro X video editor which syncs up well with my 1080 HD video camera. Very well integrated and very very handy.   Also have an iPad Air (Retina) and also carry it in my Maxpedition EDC bag. Fits perfect. The rollover to the iPad Air: my 82 year old father is in assisted living near my house, and the other family members are scattered across the country from the East Coast to the West Coast. He was always griping about how his four other kids and the grandkids never come to visit, but really -- it is just not cost effective. However . . . all of the family groups now have an iPad Air, and they Face Tiime him in turn on a weekly schedule. Now he gets to see the grandkids in their native habitat in their homes instead of all stressed out from a road trip and camping out in hotels. It was a lot less expensive this way. And, the grandkids are very familiar with the technology and mug for the camera and show off their artwork and all that stuff. He loves it, they love it, it's part of the culture for our geographically separated family. That single Face Time application more than justified the cost of the devices and they do a whole lot more as well. My ipad Air is a constant companion in my EDC bag, and with the various applications really helps keep my life in order. The calendar application syncs up with my iPhone as well. Also use Amazon and Amazon Prime a lot, and watch movies on the iPad, and have a pigtail connector to tie it into the LCD television. Very handy.    Also use an iPhone 5, and it can serve for a quick google search and camera and etc. The alarm wakes me up in the morning to Harp music, and it chirps at me during the day to remind me of appointments and such. Also have it set up to give me severe weather alerts, and breaking news alerts. Very handy.   If there is one difference between the Apple, Android and Windows products -- I would say that the Apple products are just better thought out and integrated. The applications dovetail into each other, and they really do seem to be more intuitive to use than Windows products. There may be more innovative and cutting edge stuff in the Windows and Android world, but the Apple human interface considerations just seem so much better thought out and more fully integrated.    I do use a Kindle Paperwhite to read myself to sleep, it doesn't wake up my spouse. I held off on getting it, but Amazon had a $75 bonus situation, and I had rewards points from my Amex card, so it was like . . . $35. I've also got the Kindle app on the Apple Laptop, the iPad, and the iPhone, and . . . well, it all integrates pretty well and picks up on another device where I left off in the various books I'm reading.    I vote for getting the iPad Air, and get it with expanded memory so you can load more apps on it. Don't worry about getting the 3G version, there are plenty of wifi hotspots out and around, and for the time when there isn't, there is a "Hotspot" function on the iPhone and you can get Wifi off your iPhone for a fee.    Sorry for going long. Sorry for sounding like a gadget geek. My 25 cents.

Perhaps add an "In Memoriam" tab underneath so there is no doubt that you are not impersonating an officer.

  Ahh, yes -- the self-correcting problem . . .

May be that they don't have sidewalks where they come from. . . .

Used to own a 1951 CJ-3A Willys Flatfender jeep. Loved it. And a Wrangler. And a succession of Cherokees. Here's the current fleet, the 1999, the 2001, and the 2000: [url=http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/eprightd/media/jeeps.jpg.html][/URL]

No comment section on the Chicago Sun Times story, probably because the author of the screed doesn't want any comment-posters to shoot her inanity out of the water.

  I eat it with a spoon. Yummmmmm!

From the article:   "Her opposition that summer was a campaign novice whose only previous involvement in politics had been leading prayers and role-playing historical figures at tea party events."   This statement is patently dishonest, as even the most cursory google search would prove for the most casual reader. Can this ERROR be explained by the reporters naive and dishonest ideological bent? Or by current or former employ by the Maggart campaign?   "Her opposition" and now successor is Lieutenant Colonel Courtney Rogers, United States Air Force, Retired, a 28-year veteran with all the interpersonal and political skills you would expect of such an experienced person.    Representative Rogers holds a B.A., University of Southern California in International Relations, Certification in Soviet Studies; an M.S., University of Central Michigan in Administration; has attended U.S.A.F. Squadron Officers School, Maxwell AFB Alabama; the U.S.A.F. Air Command and Staff College; and the U.S.A.F. Air War College. This is hardly the academic credentials of a "Novice." I daresay she has more knowledge and experience than her predecessor or the child that wrote this report.   "Campaign novice" might not get you convicted in a court of law, but the court of public opinon where we all reside on a daily basis knows this is dishonest. Unfortunately, the truth of Roger's experience does not jive with an ideological ridicule of Second Amendment supporters.    This demonstrated and serious ideological bent of a reporter, not an opinionist, in a news story, not an editorial, is such a serious misrepresentation that it should effect Chas Sisk's continued employment, a call his editor should make, if he even has an editor.

Gun activists again take aim at GOP Chas Sisk, csisk@tennessean.com3:33 p.m. CDT April 28, 2014 (Photo: Shelley Mays) Debra Maggart knows what it’s like to be targeted by gun rights groups. Two years ago, the Hendersonville Republican chaired her party’s caucus in the state House of Representatives, a job that placed her below only House Speaker Beth Harwell and Majority Leader Gerald McCormick in their hierarchy. Her opposition that summer was a campaign novice whose only previous involvement in politics had been leading prayers and role-playing historical figures at tea party events. The National Rifle Association shook up what could have been an easy road to re-election. Through an onslaught of advertising and campaign workers, the gun rights organization transformed that newcomer, Courtney Rogers, into a serious contender. When the tallies came in on election night, Rogers had taken 57 percent of the vote and Maggart was out of a job. “They came after me, and now the seem to be coming after Charles Sargent,” Maggart said last week. “Charles doesn’t deserve it. Charles hasn’t done anything to warrant it.” There are unmistakeable parallels between Maggart’s defeat in 2012 and the nascent campaign to defeat state Rep. Charles Sargent, the Franklin Republican who chairs the House Finance Committee. Enough that senior Republicans should take the threat seriously. But just as in 2012, gun rights activists will need to show a high-level of organization — in the form of dollars and boots on the ground — to pull off an upset of Sargent. Until those materialize, there’s not much reason to expect they’ll claim another scalp this summer. Last week’s gathering at a Mexican restaurant in Cool Springs might have been a small step in that direction. About three dozen people turned out for the formation of a “Williamson County chapter” of the Tennessee Firearms Association, the organization led by Nashville attorney John Harris that long has been among the most vocal proponents of gun legislation in Tennessee. Steve Gawrys, Sargent’s Republican challenger this summer, was invited to speak. So was Dudley Brown, a gun lobbyist out of Colorado. They blamed Sargent for the failure of a bill that would have let Tennesseans carry openly without a permit. Sponsored by two of the most ardent gun proponents in the General Assembly, the bill had won a surprise victory in the state Senate, only to be defeated on a 10-1 vote in a House Finance subcommittee in the legislative session’s final week. Sargent said he had nothing to do with the bill’s defeat. He noted that he had made the motion to have the bill heard and said his absence when the subcommittee vote was taken made no difference to its fate. (Sargent said he was called away to Harwell’s office to work on another legislative matter.) “If I was there, it would have been 11-1 or 10-2,” he said. “John Harris, no matter what I do, he’s not going to like what I do.” Harris and three dozen supporters are unlikely to tip the election by themselves. The NRA spent more than $100,000 to defeat Maggart in 2012, a sum that local gun rights activists are unlikely to pull together. They’ll also need more people knocking on doors if they hope to shake up Sargent’s re-election bid. But Maggart thinks winning the election may be secondary to another goal — demonstrating that the TFA remains relevant. Since her defeat, many Republican lawmakers have been harsh in their criticism of Harris. Some openly describe Harris as an extremist, more interested in agitating than in supporting conservative lawmakers. “I think these groups do these things to raise money,” said Maggart. “You’ve got to have a villain to raise money against.” With a district close to Nashville, a powerful position in the House and a Republican opponent on the ballot, Sargent is a convenient figure to take on. Gun rights groups’ credibility may rest on whether they succeed. Reach Chas Sisk at 615-259-8283 and on Twitter @chassisk. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/28/gun-activists-take-aim-gop/8422297/

  It's merely redundant . . .

  Do you prefer rainwater and grain alcohol??

  It's a lovely bum, and we're glad you like it, but we're just not going to pay $100 for it. . . . and besides, this is a thread about coffeemakers. :)

Up in Arms: Georgia Governor To Sign Controversial Gun Bill Wednesday   April 22, 2014   BY GABE GUTIERREZ   ATLANTA – Its official name is the “Safe Carry Protection Act.”   But critics are calling it the “Guns Everywhere Bill.”   At noon Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is scheduled to sign the sweeping legislation into law. One of the most permissive state gun laws in the nation, it will allow licensed owners to carry firearms into more public places than at any time in the past century, including bars and government buildings that don't have security checkpoints.   The law also authorizes school districts to appoint staffers to carry firearms. It allows churches to "opt-in" if they want to allow weapons. Bars could already “opt-in” to allow weapons, but under the new law they must opt out if they want to bar weapons. Permit-holders who accidentally bring a gun to an airport security checkpoint will now be allowed to pick up their weapon and leave with no criminal penalty. (At Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, a record 111 guns were found at TSA screening areas last year.)   (more)     http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/arms-georgia-governor-sign-controversial-gun-bill-wednesday-n86941

From the article:   "Along with the original charge of driving on a suspended license, Archer was charged with introduction of contraband into a penal facility, a Class C felony."     Well, that would have to be TWO charges of ". . . contraband into a penal facility . . . "   One, the prison;  Two, her bodily orifice.        What??     Ohhhhh . . . it would have to be spelled penile facility?? . . . I stand corrected. . . .

What's a posted business? I'm looking it up in my copy of the Second Amendment. Nope, don't see it there . . .    (in a perfect world)

delete?    delighted!

If semi-auto .308, aren't you going to want "small base" dies for your reloading? Simplistic enough start . . .

Currently, a 1999, 2000, and 2001 Jeep Cherokee.   Still miss my 1951 CJ-3a, passed to my son who passed it to his then-"fiancé" and is now behind a barn in a cornfield in Nebraska (sigh!).

Prayers for your wife and your family, prayers for health, prayers to minimize suffering, prayers for answers for her condition.