GlockSpock

About two weeks ago, we lost @Ratfink. I don't want to disclose any of his personal details, anything he had relayed to me over the previous few months, or any suspected causes of his demise. I simply want to honor him. He was only 35. He had served in the Navy on the USS Spruance and USS The Sullivans. He was an Electronics Warfare Specialist and Cryptologist with three tours of duty. He was actually the sole reason I joined TGO back in 2012. Somehow, via Google, I found a classifieds ad on TGO created by him advertising a Ruger Security Six. I ended up meeting him that time and a few other times. Overall, for the previous ~7 years, I considered him a standup guy and a friend. I didn't really know him very well. However, due to complications regarding a recent transaction on TGO, I spent a lot of time talking to him via text and phone. It saddens me deeply to have found this out this morning. I wish I could have gotten to know him better over the years. Never take for granted what you have and when you have it. You never know when you might not have it anymore.

I'd feel comfortable betting a year's salary that he isn't the entire cop in the entire state that thought that.

A very good friend of mine, and a LEO, argued with me substantially one day because he told me that me carrying (with a permit) a pistol with a round chambered was illegal. I tried to educate him; I'm not sure whether it stuck.

https://www.military.com/kitup/2012/07/back-up-iron-sight-drop-test.html

Sometimes the NRA calls me to ask about what their "priorities" should be, then they ask for money (I am not a member). For about two years now I've simply been politely telling the nice person on the phone I will donate to and support the NRA when they become a pro-gun organization again, until then I will be supporting the GOA. They simply tell me that's not on the list of acceptable responses, apologize, and then essentially hang the phone up.

I was wrong. Here it is:

Maybe that's it.

I remember a thread by @Dolomite_supafly on this exact topic. Let me see if I can find it.

As soon as the FED lowered the rate a few weeks ago, I put some money into a few 12 month CD's at Ally. I got 2.5%. Not a huge amount of money, not a killer interest rate, but it's something. Something to mention is that even though the money is "locked in", the penalty is 60 days worth of interest. Which means, if you can make it 60 days into the CD, if you absolutely, 100% had to get that money out, you'd break even at the 60 day mark and come out ahead any point after that.

Hey, I was just going off of memory.

Oh yes, a sign of an epic weekend coming up? I think so.

Thanks for this. I caught the tail end of this on the radio this morning and had zero idea what they were talking about.

There's been one in Chattanooga for years and years. Probably close to maybe 15 years at this point? Maybe more. I like it. Personally, I like it more than Cabela's or Bass Pro, but we didn't have those in the area until about 2-4 years ago.

Ok everyone, I think you probably know who you are and I think you might benefit from a simple warning, but let's keep it civil here.

Ok. That last part isn't true. If a Democrat runs with an (R) next to their name, then it's fair game.

Two links worth looking at: https://gunowners.org/action-alert-your-senators-need-to-hear-from-you/ https://gunowners.org/action-alert-trump-needs-to-hear-from-you/

Trump was just on tv...voicing support for "some really cool background checks that was can do cool things with". That's my paraphrase off his thought process, perhaps not word for word. Said he thought he could get the NRA on board...and if not...maybe they'll just be neutral (not fight it)....either would be ok.

Well...at least they are "trying" a little. https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/nra-warns-trump-on-background-check-support/

Fixed that one for you.

Yes! If that's how you choose to see it. Or, I view it as the following. Is death by firearm somehow worse or more tragic than any other death? In my opinion, it falls into the narrative of "gun violence" as if somehow the victims of murder by firearm are somehow worse off than any other form. I thought about your two scenarios a lot last night. I came up with a simpler answer. As a cop, I would do whatever I would do in those situations if firearms were not present. In other words, what would you do in those situations if the two husbands didn't own guns? As a cop, would you guilt yourself for removing all firearms from the location and then finding out the next day that the husband killed his wife with a butcher knife or strangled her with his belt? Because if all you do is remove the firearms and nothing else, he can still kill her.

Me? 100% In support of the GOA, currently at least.

I hope so. It would have been tragic if they didn’t.

I am against laws that restrict the rights of citizens. First scenario. If there is sufficient evidence to support that her husband has threatened to kill her, arrest him. Leave the guns in the house. Help her find a safe house to stay at in the meantime. Send him to trial for making a threat to kill her. Second scenario. Leave the guns in the house. Help her find a safe house to stay at if she wants. Let's be honest, even if you take guns away from both of those husbands, there are other means. Knives. Fires. Poisons. Cars. Is taking away the husband's firearms in either of those cases truly going to stop anything? For the record, I respect most LEO's but would not want their job. As you've stated before, people will take months and years to decide whether they act reasonably when in truth they have to make a decision in seconds...or even less. And...often-time their decisions are only shown to be "wrong" with the added benefit of hindsight. I personally believe that if a person is free (not incarcerated), they should be able to own and possess a firearm. If someone has evil on their mind, a law forbidding them from owning a firearm isn't going to stop them. If they are truly bad enough to not be trusted with a firearm, perhaps they should still be in prison.

I personally have not looked at any proposed Red Flag laws. I admit, I am just against them in general. I also believe convicted felons should be able to own guns, so I personally may be a bit biased towards the Shall Not Be Infringed law on the books.