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[quote name="enfield" post="897244" timestamp="1359294890"]Due to lack of demand, I'd say.  If there was a roaring, pent up demand for double-stack 1911's, someone would fill it.[/quote] There are a couple companies that already do. Too fat.

[quote name="nightrunner" post="897195" timestamp="1359285287"]That is the only reason I dont have Sigs now is because of this. I would be happy to own some of the fine firearms that Sig produces but not without a manual safety for "cocked and locked" carry.[/quote] They have P226 and P220 single action only pistols. They are just like a 1911; you carry cocked and on safe. I fired the 226 (XFive) and it was, by far, the best pistol I have ever fired.

[quote name="jughead" post="897187" timestamp="1359279372"]from experience. DO NOT trust the de-cocker on a cz- 52 even when new many years ago they were known to sometimes go bang[/quote] Known by who? Internet rumor?

[quote name="gjohnsoniv" post="897180" timestamp="1359275656"]   Least with any of the above you get a nice double tap. You make both PETA AND Feinstein/Obama. 'Cause those grenade and rocket launchers just get them all up in a knot.[/quote] I'm the type of guy who would drive a Hummer that ran on baby seals and included twin mini-14s in the front grill, a la the A-Team van. I feel bad for the thread drift, but I don't think we're gonna find 40mm hollow point manufacturers here at this point, and once you make the claim your penis won't fit down the barrel of a 40mm launcher.... well, let's say all bets are off. Here I thought I was the only one hung like a PBR tall boy can.

[quote name="gjohnsoniv" post="897177" timestamp="1359273581"]Did you not know that you could own a 40mm?[/quote] I was referring to the use of puppy jacketed ammo. Even if it was legal, not very aerodynamic. Maybe spotted owls would be a better choice.

[quote name="TrickyNicky" post="897167" timestamp="1359272003"]The best advise I think anyone can offer.[/quote] Always, regardless of decockers/no decockers, safeties/no safeties, loaded/unloaded. Pretty much rule one of gun handling.

[quote name="mikegideon" post="897135" timestamp="1359265303"]Mr. Beam, chasing with heineken[/quote] Chaser? Heineken? Crazy talk man.

[quote name="knox" post="896965" timestamp="1359248408"]   What are the chances of a Decocker failing and the hammer striking the cartridge?     [/quote] Never heard of this happening, ever. Perhaps a person might blame the decocker for an ND, but if the failure can't be replicated it's BS. You are safe. If decockers didn't work they wouldn't be on tens of millions of handguns.

I'll have to check the NFA on that. Seriously, this is the funniest post I've read in a while.

[quote name="6.8 AR" post="896695" timestamp="1359223457"]It shouldn't have any change in importation until the Senate ratifies it, but we know the State Department will do whatever they can get away with without advise and consent from Congress. [/quote] Yeah, I was just thinking that it may have an effect on countries who sign it and their abilities to export to us. Speaking in regard to whatever restrictions those foreign governments decide to put on themselves. Maybe no more Croatian made pistols, ya know? [quote name="DaveTN" post="896698" timestamp="1359223667"]If they can I think the Feds will try to block the importation of firearms and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything the UN does.[/quote] Yeah, this is the most probable course of action.

[quote name="6.8 AR" post="896687" timestamp="1359223293"]"Incidentally, I recently spoke with a high-ranking member of the Department of Justice who agreed to talk on promise of anonymity...". How's that any different from what another said on a website? Otherwise, I agree with you, ET. :D[/quote] I think he just got you good, or else you just doubled down on the parody.

Chuck, you served in the military before and I'll make the assumption you have combat experience since we've been in the fight for 12 years. You should know there is a difference between an assassination and kinetic targeting. We do it all the time, from HVIs like Zarqawi down to IED manufacturers. I saw a JDAM mission during the surge get approved on a bed down location for low level hole diggers, just to send a message that we will absolutely kill the lowest level guys and make no attempt to capture. There is a difference between ROE and the law of land warfare. The enemy doesn't have to be armed to kill, and you have zero obligation to capture him. The only time it is illegal to kill is when it is obvious the enemy is trying to surrender. Al Qaeda is a foreign military. There is no way around that. They attacked the highest headquarters of our military and blew up two of the largest buildings in our country. We declared war on the Spanish once over a boat that they didn't even blow up! The point I'm making is that when an American citizen joins a foreign military that we are at war with, we can kill them. We did it in WWII to Americans who joined the German army and Jap army. What is different now?

I was referring specifically to the OP's article posted. Napolitano is talking about something different. I disagree with his assessment of targeting enemy militants abroad. Joining a foreign military that is at war with the US makes you a soldier of that military. BTW, this is probably the only time I have disagreed with an opinion of Napolitano. I understand what he is saying about due process, but being in a foreign military is a different animal. To put this in perspective, we do not have "shoot to kill" orders on our soil for enemy combatants. That is to say, on our soil a cop can't identify a foreign soldier and just shoot him in the face. However, in combat that is a different story. We can shoot an enemy combatant while he is unarmed and taking a dump and it is still legal.

[quote name="ted" post="896656" timestamp="1359220910"]What no comments . What do you think true or not true[/quote] It will have zero effect on your rights to own a firearm. Not sure how it would effect imports though from countries signing this treaty.

I'm gonna write this one off as false until the source is named and there is something to back it up. When wild accusations are made the onus is on the accuser to provide evidence. Saying "I heard it from a guy who is a super good source and is a high ranking official" doesn't cut the mustard.

Awlaki was in a foreign military which had declared war on our government. Had he joined the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and we went to war with Iran, would we be careful not to engage the unit he was serving in simply because he is an American? No. We shot John Walker Lindh on the battlefield in Afghanistan when he was a member of the Taliban. We would have killed him had he not surrendered before we had the chance. He got his due process. Had he not survived the gunshot wound his rights would not have been violated.

Southwest Texas. Boom. *Drops microphone, walks off stage*

[quote name="DaveTN" post="896599" timestamp="1359216255"]Neither side is willing to negotiate. Bills will be presented and they will pass or fail. Obama will hand down whatever executive orders he wants and they will be tested in the courts. I don’t think you will lose the ability to own an AR or the 30 round mags you have. I suspect you will lose the ability to buy anymore 30 round mags and will lose private sales. That’s how I think the legislators will see “compromise”.[/quote] For now.

[quote name="Raoul" post="896095" timestamp="1359158375"]I would say this. If there are unsecured loaded firearms in the house with children, and no adult supervision, I believe that's irresponsible parenting. I'm glad you were a bright kid and didn't do something stupid. However that's no way to treat children. Children cannot be trusted, they are not adults and do not always make rational decisions.[/quote] He turned out fine, so it must be okay. All these stories of kids accidentally shooting themselves and other kids is just made up propaganda. It has never happened before, ever.

[quote name="LagerHead" post="896542" timestamp="1359213321"]I don't believe this would ever even get to court. The school system doesn't have the power to assess fines, with the possible exception of lost books. In that case all they can really do is withhold a report card or something. [/quote] I assumed their course of action would be to notify law enforcement of lack of compliance. Similar to places that have truancy laws which parents can be fined or jailed for.

[quote name="Runco" post="896550" timestamp="1359213665"]I don't want to compromise, but I also don't want to lose the war. The old saying you can win the battle, but the lose the war mentality. These are new times, and the old stand my ground "may" not work. As a last line in the sand, I would accept having a to qualify to own a gun like my hcp process, before I lose the ability to own AR15, 30 round magainze, etc. Compromise is not a bad word, if done intelligently and strategically![/quote] Okay, but if we keep compromising, at what point have we lost the fight? When we can't have high capacity magazines? When we have to register assault weapons? When assault weapons are illegal? When we have to register ALL guns? When handguns are illegal? When all guns are illegal? Make no mistake, that is the path we're on right now. We keep losing ground at increments of 10 years. With the accelerated push from the media we could be all the way down to all guns being illegal inside of 20 years. Doesn't set the next generation up very well, and sets the following generation up for a complete loss of liberty with no way to defend against it.

If you leave a firearm out and your kid ignores it, good for you. If you leave a firearm out and your kid shoots himself, someone else or uses it in a crime you are CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT. It's not out of line. Kids shoot each other and themselves all the time with firearms that their dumbass parents leave out because they don't think their kids are capable of misbehaving. It happened in Clarksville half a dozen times just last year. Parents were charged, as they should be, and I hope their kids were taken away (the ones that survived) and the parents lost their right to own a firearm. I own several dozen firearms and have two children. They listen to me, mostly. I don't want to find out the hard way what rules they decide not to follow, so I take measures to prevent them from accessing dangerous things. Firearms are on that list. It is called responsible parenting. I had good parents and was raised in a relatively strict household. I was told not to drink, smoke pot or have sex. My high school years were defined by those three actions. Kids don't listen sometimes. Responsible parents aren't going to bet their child's life on how well they listen.

[quote name="Razz" post="896492" timestamp="1359210470"]Yep. I see that look everyday. It's the look of moral superiority. It's the look of self righteousness. It's the look of self entitlement. [/quote] I see it too... Every time I go to shave.

Emotion. Playschool brand toys killed more kids this year than AR-15s. Once again, I just don't understand the emotion here toward an inanimate object.

Isn't this old news? Did anything ever come of it? I'm assuming not, since just about everyone that is in that building (Rs and Ds) are doing the same thing. They're all crooked in the same way, so I don't see them eating their own. It would open the doors to their own corruption.