GlockSpock

A while back I purchased amongst many, many knives about 3-4 of the Buck conversions. They were really near. Sold them as I had no use for them and it was before the TN knife laws changed. Now I wish I had kept them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And it has been mentioned and covered time after time, but I question the sanity of anyone who ever questioned how he got 400lbs up to the room. Even if you pretend that bellhops don't exist, how much is 400lbs? Sure, he was a slightly older feller so maybe he wasn't as strong as ever, but even if he had to he could have carried 50lbs in a shoulder bag 8 times. In a large hotel, that would draw exactly zero attention. But like others have said, with bellhops and room/service carts, he probably never had to carry the first heavy bag up to the room unless he wanted to. And even if, by the slimmest of chances and I don't believe it did or would have happened, hotel staff of any kind discovered the contents of any of the bags, do you know what would have happened? Probably nothing. All he had to do was state that he was in town for some sort of shoot/training and didn't want to keep the contents in his car in concern of theft. Hotels/casinos don't exactly have a history of pushing away people that have and spend money like it is nothing.

I agree. The brother is likely sleep deprived, horrified, possibly burdened with guilt (as in, "I should have realized something was wrong. If only I had called him more,"), and also just downright annoyed with the media pestering him so much. He doesn't know when or how to shut-up, so that gives the media lots of awkward comments and clips, which makes the media want to go any him some more questions. He is also probably quite concerned that some of this will stick to him, not only legally but also just socially. He was already known as the guy whose father was a bank robber, now he will forever be known as the guy whose brother was a mass murderer. So he is trying to paint his brother as a "great, ok guy that had to have had something wrong with him" all the while distancing himself enough so that he doesn't bring suspicion towards himself.

There is something about the smoothness of a 92FS that I will always love fondly. I sold mine years ago to fund a CZ purchase. I had to reevaluate my tastes this morning when I saw you could pick up a 92FS for $450 shipped. http://palmettostatearmory.com/beretta-92fs-9mm-js92f300m.html I think I'm going to stay away from this one, but it is a great deal for something usually $100-$150 more.

I had the hand warmer once. It was pretty nice but I never really used it much. I was just about to get the "Candle Lighter" but then saw that it runs on butane. I thought it would be great to have a lighter like that filled with typical lighter fluid.

Amazon.com Some good prices on all things "Zippos". I don't know exactly why, but I've always had a fondness for various methods for starting fires.

Supposedly he retired when his actual job was too stressful. All because of his brother being very well off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not at all. She runs a “Patreon” where if you subscribe, you can “recommend” videos for her to “dissect”. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That guy is a bit off his rails. With that said, some people don’t know when to keep their mouth shut. Also, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was alcohol he was drinking. As off as he is, I wouldn’t necessarily put much stock in the lady that made that video. In my opinion, she is grasping for straws and attempting to get an uproar out of her audience, all the whole painting her biased narrative on the whole thing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Where is that amongst mostly dead and dead dead? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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But, with a "Pro-Gun" President and a "Pro-Gun" House and a "Pro-Gun" Senate, explain to me why anything "needs" to be "compromised"? Seems to me if anyone truly was "Pro-Gun" and anyone truly hand any backbone and truly represented We The People, then absolutely, literally, nothing could be done and we could just go forward. As tragic as it was, after Sandy Hook a lot of pro gun people fought and fought and fought, because "Obama!". I thought an AWB was coming down the pipe but it never did. Now this has happened and a lot of those very same "pro gun people" are saying "Look, this is reasonable, lets do this, it doesn't affect me,". It's easy to keep things out of Congress when you control both the House and the Senate in terms of political parties. I think this is a decent litmus test to determine exactly how "Pro-Gun" many Republicans that advertise themselves as such are.

Let’s not forget the GOPA that Reagan signed. It was supposed to be “good” but think for a bit about the Hughes Amendment. I’d hate to go into session attempting to “trade” bump fire stocks for reciprocity, and then “accidentally” lose semi-auto rifles, drum magazines, or anything else. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But, “they” are “we” and in this case the “we” is “them” and not “us”. Reagan signed in the last major AWB. Let’s not become complacent just because we pretend to want to trust Trump with the 2nd. For years people dug up quotes from Obama’s books insinuating support of Islam. Shall we do the same regarding some of Trump’s older books regarding the 2nd? I’m not convinced. Sure, he hopefully is better than Hillary would have been, but I don’t consider him a strong ally either regarding that right. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well, for one, with a “Republican” president and Congress, we don’t have to toss them the bait. Let’s not forget what happens when you start feeding animals. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will state this, I personally would give up “bump fire stocks” to remove SBR’s from the NFA. I’d be so interested in a factory CZ Scorpion with folding stock, the short version not the carbine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's frustrating because for years the ATF has upheld that 1 trigger pull = 1 bullet fired = not a machine gun. Now, I will admit that it could be argued that devices like this violate the spirit of the law, it isn't technically in violation of the law itself according to the ATF. Now, you have people on the GOP side proposing this stuff, which supposedly goes against what everyone likes the GOP for anyways. Will it affect me if they ban these stocks in any way? No, I don't plan on getting one. Would it affect me if they banned $100 Saturday night specials or $10,000 custom rifles? Not at this point in my life, but I don't want them banning anything that the constitution guarantees us in the first place. Luckily to most in this world, my opinion matters very little. If we/anyone caves into this right now, then next time someone with any clue/skill and tactical planning commits another atrocity, then we as a collective whole will have to ban something else that gave the shooter in that scenario an advantage. Next time it might be high cap magazines, detachable magazines, or combat optics (red dot, etc).

Police mention the note, but not specifically what was on it: https://splinternews.com/police-reveal-that-las-vegas-gunman-stephen-paddock-lef-1819168967 It is my understanding that he was only firing for about 10 minutes. It was a good bit before responders arrived on scene. I wonder...purely hypothetical, if he had planned on shooting a bit and then disappear whenever he could, if he could. However, what he did not account for was the fire alarm going off from the smoke. The alarm may have caused him to panic and as such derailed any plans he had.

Current supply and current demand vs theoretical future supply. Simple really. Also keep in mind, most of the assaults on the 2nd have included some form or fashion of a grandfather clause. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What’s more interesting to me from that article are the supposed plans for him to survive and escape. Wish we could hear more about that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

But it doesn’t matter. Even if you showed every security camera to someone dedicated to conspiracy, they can always fall back to MK Ultra. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Grassy mound? It’s going over my head. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Overall I was satisfied enough. The issue ended up being relatively minor so I believe it was addressed correctly. I have 30 days to have them come back out for the same service call, so if I see dripping anytime over that period, calling them is the first thing I'm going to do. I wasn't sure how big the thing could have turned into so I wanted a "cap" it at a theoretical $75 even if that truly isn't how it works. The plumber was exactly on time and very professional/helpful. Satisfied enough with that. I appreciate your input, there are many like you in the field but the people that are dirty, rotten, downright crooked take most of the attention in your field. Yeah, they definitely want to to make as large a profit as possible, so it doesn't take much imagining to determine how much they will fight any claim worth any notable amount of money.

Here are some observations that I find interesting, nothing more. I find it interesting that he "offed" himself. I suppose he was truly terrified of being taken in alive or painfully taken out. He set up cameras to watch for the police's arrival. He shot through a door and hit a security guard. He surely would have known he would have died when the police showed up if he showed them resistance/force. I suppose I would have just assumed he would have fought it out with police until they killed him. His attire. I didn't look through all the images, only the less gruesome ones. It looked like he was wearing slacks and loafers. He did not plan on getting into any conflict at all. Even if he wanted to "blend in" with the typical Vegas scene, he could have easily put on some quality boots and more useful pants. He could have bundled them in with the weapons. So this reinforces that he truly had no interest in escaping or fighting. Referring to the theory that he was a patsy, I can see why many people are quick to gravitate towards that. Look at all the movies we have to insinuate that exact thing happens all the time! Shooter is the first and foremost that comes to mind. Create a movie about a guy that uses a precision rifle to assassinate a single target in the crowd and then sprays hundreds of bullets into the crowd immediately afterwards to mask the true goal of the thing, all the while setting someone innocent up and escaping themselves, you'd have an instant blockbuster! Unfortunately, some of these things are hard to prove/disprove due to the amount of evidence provided to us the citizenry. Can any of use analyze every camera at the hotel to determine whether anyone left the scene before police arrived? I don't think so. So anyone that wants to believe "it could have happened" can very well do just that, without any solid concrete evident directly available to contradict that theory. That is, assuming that this same person does not take the official story at its word. With that being said, assuming that a person believes the shooter and his girlfriend were actually a couple, and that he actually sent her away beforehand, that seems to indicate he foresaw something.

Emphasize (How does Flightaware and aircraft registration work)? I skimmed the articles. It was sort of funny. One of them claimed that the transcript on one of the UK sites revealed that the "FBI hostage rescue" team killed the shooter. So I click the link, read the transcript, and see nothing of the sort.