GlockSpock

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What frustrates me most about all of this is that the very people that do not trust anyone with a firearm suddenly fully trust that same person when you hand them a LEO badge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Perhaps. But regarding bump stocks, the NRA helped get us to where we are today in my opinion. I’m not one that particularly buys that the NRA asked the ATF to review bump stocks because they thought the ATF would uphold existing interpretations and law. I am also of the opinion that the NRA has compromised or worse on most of the anti-gun legislation over the last 30 years. Thus it is my opinion that overall the NRA exists simply to make money off of political uncertainty and turmoil. With an NRA “Endorsed” President and a majority in the house and Senate, you’d think it wouldn’t even be necessary to worry about Anti-Gun Legislation. I wish I could love and support the NRA more, but ultimately I just don’t feel that they represent me. Remember when Wayne Lapierre promised to reverse the Hughes Amendment legislation? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You know, if I had lots of money, enough to burn, I’d make a YouTube video showing me destroying a vehicle while reading facts about how many people per year are killed by automobiles. One thing that I have noticed is it seams “this time around” a lot of “gun people” are basically renouncing their gun ownership. Truthfully, most of the people were probably nonchalant about it anyways and never truly cared, but it is interesting and worth noting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I myself just joined GOA as a lifetime member. It's $500 but can be split up into payments quarterly. It was only $50 tonight. I'll get around to paying the rest over the next few months. It's easy to do and probably took me about five minutes. http://gunowners.co/life-membership $500 is the cost of a gun, but I signed up so that hopefully my kids will someday have the right to buy a gun as well.

Sure. Fine. Whatever. However, if before that time the ATF either reinterprets current law or legislation gets spearheaded, you might change your mind on 3/24. Personally, I hope you are right in being that optimistic. I myself just joined GOA as a lifetime member. It's $500 but can be split up into payments quarterly. It was only $50 tonight. I'll get around to paying the rest over the next few months. It's easy to do and probably took me about five minutes. http://gunowners.co/life-membership

I understand the theory behind doing this on 3/24, but that's over a month away. It might be more beneficial to do it sooner rather than later...

I am curious about the following things: 1) Hearing how many of the Pro Trump people "justify" this stance from the standpoint that since they don't own anything like a bump stock it's ok to them, and as long as they can still own their hunting rifles Trump is the best. 2) Seeing just how many voters Trump loses upcoming election due to this and any possible further opinions/decisions. 3) Seeing if this goes anywhere. It is possible that either legislation fails or the ATF refuses to reinterpret everything. Which, thinking critically, is a problem within itself; That the ATF or other agency can reinterpret existing laws and essentially change the meaning and thus enforcement of the current law without legislation. Me personally, if it were just bump stocks, I'd never miss them. But since I know it won't stop there, I know that four ight is currently there (bump stocks and "gun modifiers". I'll probably get around to writing our politicians some letters to go unread and throw some money to GOA. In a way I think the worst thing last election for gun owners was that Trump was elected. I think of it this way: Obama was president for 8 years. He had basically event after event (shooting after shooting) to rally everyone behind. He effectively accomplished zero regarding firearm legislation. If a Democratic President couldn't effectively do anything after Sandy Hook, why should we allow a Republican President with Republican House and Senate to do anything now? It's preposterous. Now, since Trump is President, the majority of your gun owners are sailing smoothly since they don't have to oppose "The big bad Obama" any longer. As such, everyone is complacent. Which means, fewer people donating to GOA/NRA, fewer people writing letters to politicians, fewer people caring generally. I think I'm more concerned that something negative is coming down the tubes for us gun owners under Trump than I was under Obama. Under Obama, most gun owners united together and attempted to protect each other's rights instead of just the rights they personally cared about. Now we will have too many gun owners giving in and giving up since they personally do not own any of these "gun modifiers". However, I do have a few questions for those slightly older than I. What was the deal about the hellfire triggers and the like from the 80's or 90's? I wasn't alive or was too young to remember most of those years, but wasn't there a multitude of "machine gun like" firing devices at one point that were in some form or fashion banned? Also, why is the Street Sweeper a Destructive Device when there are many equal shotguns on the market today.

I’d say sounds good, but donate to the Gun Owners of America instead. Much better organization. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Exactly. To anyone wondering how he "Made it into the school with firearms", I think the answer lies within the question:)

When I was his age (19), I had about 2-3 times as many guns as I do now. I went on a sort of "splurge" until I realized other priorities in life. I wish I had realized those priorities earlier in life, and simply dumped $100/week into the stock market. To me, it was purely the ability to purchase things I had wanted for a number of years. With a job paying ~$300/week and lesser expenses (living at home, going to college), it did not take long to accumulate quite the collection. Since then I've consolidated down to what I consider "standards" and have much less than then. My point, and only point, is that if a priority it is not a mystery at all to me that he had 7+ guns at that age.

Yes, but generally speaking raising prices rarely directly increases profits. When demand is lowered, raising prices generally would lead to even lower demand, thus decreasing profits even more. It simply depends on how elastic or inelastic goods are. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Since business leaders that make decisions have zero understanding of markets in general. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very nice. Had not seen one Cerakoted. Something about that Cerakote/Photo combination makes it look straight up fake, as in something you'd see in a video game or something (CGI model, etc). I need to shoot one of these, never done so but I don't know anyone personally that owns one...

Whenever doing typical computer/photo work at home, I usually rock it out to anything Monstercat: https://www.monstercat.com/search?term=best of For those unfamiliar, Monstercat is to some extent a "record company" that artists publish music to. It's typically all EDM/Techo/Dubstep, but it's generally all really great if that's your thing. The best part? You can "Join" their website for I think $5.00 per month and then download their entire catalog either MP3, FLAC, etc, all DRM free. You can get a lot of music for $5.00 I usually listen to a playlist I created consisting of all of the "Best of" albums by year.

Not quite "Middle Tennessee" but Lula Lake Land Trust on Lookout Mountain is very nice. To my knowledge you cannot camp there but it is a very nice place to spend the day. They are only open certain weekends of the month and have fairly strict rules pertaining to activities and times spent on the property, but it is very nice. @conn_air7 Can attest to probably nearly any hiking within a few hours of Chattanooga. He's the one that led me onto Lula Lake. https://lulalake.org

If you also gets Bud’s emails, then their mailing list could have been stolen. Or sold. Or someone could have an email list from some other “gun source” (firearm blog, other web store, etc) and simply connecting dots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn’t open the attachment, especially on a windows computer without proper antivirus software. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Either a scam or malware attempt. Likely either from Bud’s email server (hacked), or simply spoofed entirely. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In a nutshell, if anyone did this and has one of the Dropbox codes, PM me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did this supposedly come with a Dropbox code for 5GB? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree. It I understand his (the son) excitement, it wasn’t that long ago that I was there too (but that was before the law changed regarding a loaded handgun in your vehicle). Chances are everything over the next eight months will be ok, but there is also a chance that it will cause him an issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s even more simple than that, the father is old enough to be my father and over twice my age. I gently suggested that, but eight months seems like forever and I don’t think that’s what they’re going to do! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I already mentioned this to the father. He thinks his son is mature enough to do so responsibly and I told him that it is simply legal. We talked about how a lot of cops might not be aware of the legalities of doing so. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I figured that I would bump this instead of starting a new thread. A coworker has a son that is 20, turning 21 in eight months. He is wondering whether he can keep his handgun in his car over the next months and then get his permit. I believe this to be the case, and seem to remember this very discussion here. My understanding is that as long as a person is not prohibited from possessing a firearm and is in lawful control of the vehicle, they may keep a rifle, shotgun, or pistol in their vehicle with round chambered.