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I don't have thin skin, but I don't like the "rib jabbing" coming from a position of an instructor unless they are fully prepared to get it back. There are a lot of folks out there with extremely abrasive personalities that have a lot of knowledge to share. With that said, most people don't have the patience to put up with that type of personality. I went to a week long pistol/carbine course with some of the best instructors on the planet. Although I learned a lot during that week, I nearly came to blows with one of the instructors because he was a smartass and couldn't take his own medicine. That distracts from the task at hand. I would let most things roll off, but I'm also a grown man, and when another grown man decides to make any degrading or insulting comments with the expectation that he will not receive them back because he is protected by his instructor status is going to be disappointed in my response. I think that is why the "ribbing" statement invited itself to folks being averse to it. If some female decides that she is going to insinuate a small pecker comment due to the caliber of my pistol, then she should also be prepared for an invitation to test her gag reflex. In my experience women tend to find that offensive so I would assume that such "ribbing" back at the instructors would be frowned upon. This is why I don't care for that behavior, I just want to shoot and learn without the drama or BS posturing.

Crozier was before my time in Clarksville, but am familiar with him due to his activity in the community. I thought it was pretty funny that he just removed his endorsement from Steward's campaign because he flip-flopped on the recent charter vote at the last minute.

I could care less about how corrupt Mexico is or how they intend to control it. Legalizing the activity of the cartels may lower violence in Mexico towards citizens and government, but it will not slow the violence between the cartels. It will also speed up trafficking over our borders and increase violence on our side when state and federal law enforcement interdict the traffickers. This just shows that Mexico will not be cooperating with us the way they have in the past to target the traffickers. Drug trafficking doesn't cause violence in Mexico because of the drug trade in Mexico; it is because of the drug trade in the US. Even if Mexico legalized all narcs and weed tomorrow it wouldn't have an impact on the border violence. Even if private industry moved in to handle shipments from S. America, refinement and growing of marijuana there would still be the traffickers fighting over who gets what shipping lanes to bring it over the border. By legalizing it the industry on the border will grow, causing more violence on both sides making it very dangerous for our LE to target traffickers, and it will lower the street value of drugs as the market is flooded. No, I don't think this will have any positive impact at all on either side of the border. It wouldn't be such a problem if we used our available assets to close the border off and to engage traffickers on sight. Since that will not happen at least we can enjoy a drop in weed prices.

Let 'em have them. If they use them during class it is on the teacher to enforce the rules. When I was a kid we passed notes; got in trouble when we got caught. Yeah, we didn't have cell phones when we were kids and somehow we survived. However, I endorse every tool at my disposal to keep my kids safe within reason. Having a turned off cell phone is not unreasonable, as it has a negative effect on nobody. I'm not overly concerned about my child needing it in school, but more concerned about when they walk home from the bus stop. Kids get snatched up all the time. I might sound crazy, but I plan on having an on demand global tracking device sewn into my kids' backpack. Crazy? Maybe, but gone are the days where you could feel safe about your kids when they're out of your sight.

I think that Clarksville is okay, but does a poor job planning for the worst. With post being there we enjoy the benefits of loose spending of folks with a steady source of income in a demographic that really likes to spend money (18-40). Even when things slowed down a few years ago they were quick to pick back up again. Homes are being built again and businesses are popping up the way they were in 2005-2006. The problem is Clarksville likes to blow that fresh wad of cash on stuff that is better spent elsewhere. Although I like the new Liberty Park, I'm not sure it was worth all that money spent on destroying the old one and building this one for a few people that are going to park their boats there. That money is better suited going into our school system which is at the bottom of the list in the nation. The problem I guess is that Piper couldn't splash his name all over the schools?

Been to the one in Chicago a couple of times. The second time I tried to banter back and forth at their insults and quips. I was defeated.... them girls are quick and sharp.

It would only take 10% of the population to send a message to the two parties by voting out incumbents in every seat. If we did this for a decade eventually it would weed out most of the career politicians and give rise to real leaders in he parties. I'll vote for Romney this time, but in 4 years I'm voting Democrat if the economy isn't back on track.

Fix it! First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women.

Definitely not halal... such a thing to do during the holy month of Carbombadan. I'm not allowed to cook with lard in the house anymore. I was trying to teach my yankee wife how to make fried chicken a few years ago and used lard. The smell made her sick and she claimed it made the house smell. I was like "yeah it makes the house smell... awesome."

Right? My passport stays in the safe... losing that thing is a much bigger deal than losing a license. I'd never carry that around with me all the time.

Plus the government would need willing participants to drive those tanks, fly those birds and lead those troops. Considering our Servicemembers come from every corner of the country you're gonna have a hard time finding at 100% loyal force, or even a 30% loyal force. Plus the POTUS would have to fire every General Officer and appoint civilian leadership to buffer between himself and the Military leaders.... just about every ring knocker that sits in those high seats at the Pentagon or the JCS would put a bullet in the head of any President/Dictator that would pull something like that. We gotta lot of checks and balances compared to those places that use their armies against their people.

That's one of the reasons why I love the way our country is set up. Even though we don't have access to heavy weaponry, our military could never stand up to it's citizens on a large scale. If our military attempted to pull the same crap that Assad is pulling right now it wouldn't be possible, and that is assuming that the entire military would be complicit in such an event, which we know it wouldn't. It really does keep the government honest to a certain degree. I don't think this is something to worry about now, but if we disarmed ourselves as a society tomorrow it leaves the door open for something to happen later on down the road. But if you look at the Syrian uprising and how it came to be, the civilians didn't have access to the mass store of weaponry and ammo that American citizens have. This started out as protesters being gunned down in the streets, which led to small defections of troops and weapons. The domino effect created what they have today which is a pretty well armed militia. What it shows is that no matter what, governments are still accountable to their people. Lucky for us (for now) if something like that happened we wouldn't have to wait for mass defections. We could go at any time... goes back to the theory of keeping the gov honest.

That wasn't the opposition on the tank. That was a regular Syrian Army tanker who was up in the cupola trying to get the f**k outa dodge after getting firebombed around the corner. And Caster, you're right about A-stan. The only difference is that the tactics of the US are nowhere near the total warfare that Assad is carrying out. However, the results are similar. Funny huh? Goes back to what I always say about insurgencies relying on the people, not the number of fighters you have. Our troops are the best in the world in regard to closing with and destroying the enemy, and they are also the best at integrating technology into the fight. That isn't the problem. The problem is that Afghanis are cavemen and simply don't care enough to do the hard things it takes to build a country that rejects oppression. They don't like the Taliban, but when the Taliban comes to their village they roll over and show their belly. They know that the US is gonna leave eventually and they're gonna be stuck with a loose affiliation of warlords that will change their loyalties based off what they can get or what they stand to lose. It ain't because Hadj is a super-soldier. Hadj is a sheep-raping inbred. For some reason folks thought we could somehow change that. I think that Assad's regime is doomed. He should have made concessions a long time ago. Now he is left with few options. If he tries to flee the country no one will give him quarter except for maybe Iran. Even the Shia gov in Iraq ain't gonna want him there. So he has few options for exile that won't leave him being tried by the UN. There is already a precedent set for that and Assad knows it. It is too late for him to broker a deal with the opposition. He has done too much to the civilian population. Any ceding of power he does now will probably end with him being ripped apart in the streets. It's a shame because I'm not so sure we want to see Assad fail. He was a pretty innocuous leader despite his anti-Western babble, but at least he kept it to himself mostly. If the opposition takes over I think we'll see an Islamic fundamentalist government form like the one in Egypt, especially since al Qaeda affiliated groups have flocked to this fight and are embedding themselves into the FSA. This will be bad for the region in a lot of ways once the dust settles.

Wow, I haven't seen one any where near that price before. It's been a while since I priced them on Gunbroker, but I see them on Armslist for 600+ all the time.

I got to use my Uncle's last year when I was visiting. It's a neat concept but I would not pay that much for a pistol almost completely made out of plastic. It's like a water gun... looks like one too. Neat and fun, and 22 mag has some skip to it... but for what they go for? Nope. I think around $300-400 would be reasonable. I ain't buyin' one 'til it gets down around that price.

A novelty kinda like the PMR 30. I'm still waiting for them to come down in price. It's good to see that this is dropping in price too. The amount they were going for was just silly.

Know your operational environment. I think an earlier poster got it right though, it was probably only one guy that was OCing and the other two probably were CCing and "turned" themselves in when there was an announcement.

They had one of these guys in Clarksville get pushy with the homeowner and wouldn't leave. Homeowner came out with a shotgun and fired a round into the ground. Homeowner charged with aggravated assault.

I submit to you Sir: Thailand. Plus I've seen a few Flips that were hard to tell... had girl hands and everything. At least in America it's obvious. Asians are hard to tell.

The difference? One has a strong background in business and one has a background in community organizing.... whatever that is. There is nothing more important than our economy in this election. That includes the threat of an AWB ban. I believe one candidate is more qualified to be the CEO of this country at a time when we need economic/fiscal reforms that put us back on track, or at least get us in the right direction. Another thing that is different, one candidate has nothing to lose if elected, whereas the other still has to worry about being elected in 2016.

Could very well be; I don't know who manufactures those parts for the mil contract. There is a stamping on the locking block that ain't on my civi locking block. Beyond that I'd have to break my civi locking block to see what kind of candy is inside.

Let me know when the drones have hellfires on them.

I think in this case there were likely no good options, even if someone were armed. I can't imagine how quick and how chaotically it happened. I figure most people were shot before they realized what was going on.

We have three choices in a "victim" scenario: fight, flight or submit. I'm familiar enough with myself to know that the choice between the three will not be made on much ponderence. It will be made quick and instinctively, and likely will not give me a chance to weigh the pros and cons of whether the person has body armor, exploding bullets, tear gas or the ability to slow time like Keanau Reeves. If I'm choosing flight or submit it is because I have used the valuable split second I've been allowed to weigh my options and calculate a rough estimate in my head of the most survivable course of action and determined that I am more likely to get killed trying to defend myself than picking the other options. Now, if it is determined that my greatest survivability would be to take the fight to the bad guy it is because fleeing or submitting is perceived to have a better chance ending in my demise. At this time whether or not the individual has body armor will probably not enter into the decision matrix for a variety of reasons: 1. I probably won't have time or focus to even notice. 2. It is moot because my other two options have been determined untenable.

That is really the mystery man. I never solved that one. I recall that I replaced 6 blocks out of 12 guns over the span of a 5 day intensive pistol/rifle training. Off the top of my head I would say that averaged around 500 rds a day. That would lead me to believe that it could be a combination of heat and repetitive force that caused one of the lugs to break. Then again, I've personally had 3 break on me and at least one of them was day 1 at a shooting course. Perhaps that one had just been weakened from a previous spendex, I dunno. My educated guess would be that it has more to do with pushing the lugs to the limit vs round count. If it were the latter then I suppose 92/96 owners on the civilian market would be having this problem all the time, and the internet would be full of folks saying that Berettas are cheap pieces of garbage, but how many gun owners do you know that put 500-1000 rds a day through their pistols, or 15k-30k through them in a year? It just ain't the norm. Personally, my father carried a 92F as an LEO for over 20 years and he claims he's never heard of them breaking. So I'm thinking the common denominator is the acute abuse. Then again, I've only come by a few folks that have ever seen a lug break off the bolt face of an AR/M16/M4 and I've broken two! Maybe I'm just bad luck!