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I keep a KelTec Sub2ooo (Glock, .40) locked away in the truck just in case. It fits neatly into a backpack - essentially disappears. It's literally never had a single FTFeed, FTFire, or FTE. The extra mags I keep will work in my daily carry gun (G27) or the rifle, and it gives me not only increased power, but more importantly far more accurate firepower if needed. I can easily hit stuff at 50 yards with the S2k that I would struggle to hit with my G27.

I'm with Mike - I haven't thrown my vote away by voting 'for the lesser of two evils' for the last several elections, and I won't start now. Unless someone better comes along (and considering there hasn't been a candidate this honest and logical, imo, in my lifetime) RP will likely get my vote.

Yah, the scales are awesome, as are the lines both closed and open. Very slick, artistic design.

Is this a joke? China has had nukes for almost 50 years... 596 (nuclear test) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Next she'll tell us there are 57 states.

Yep, I love most everything he writes. Thanks for posting.

No real need unless yo plan on storing it in very humid conditions. Just stick it in an ammo can with a good seal and it will last longer than you will.

Who said anything about death row and appeals? That's one crime if you're found guilty of, especially in a case like this, I'd not care if the sentence was carried out the day he was found guilty. Or you could give me a day or so with the aforementioned tools.

Kill 'em all, I don't want my tax dollars supporting those animals. Heck, if it were up to me I'd not even charge the father if he'd spent a few hours with some pliers and blowtorch before finishing the sack of crap of.

Sorry to hear, sounds like she was a special lady. Prayers for you and your family.

Stats are great but they rarely tell the whole story. The crime that spikes Memphis up the chart happens primarily in a couple of zip codes - I live in Shelby county and out where I live people still leave the cars unlocked, etc. Twenty miles makes a significant difference. IOW, yah, there are areas of Memphidishu that are as bad as anywhere in the country, but they are generally fairly isolated. Where brooksjr is talking about has virtually NO crime rate of any kind, but that doesn't show up in stats...

Very low. We kept our old house in Memphis as a rental, it's ~1/3rd the size of our house in Arlington and the property taxes are roughly the same.

It does, no question. We live in Arlington, it's one of the reasons we moved out here. It's a great town.

Lakeland and Arlington are both nice. Nothing wrong with Gallaway wrt crime or anything, just pretty run down overall. There's actually a little gun shop there I've been meaning to drop in and check out... (ETA - no matter what, in the Gallaway area you're far enough from Memphidishu you won't have ANY issues. The reality is unless you visit one or two zip codes you're fine in Memphis, but don't tell anyone as most seem to think it's Somalia there...)

I'm right down the road from Gallaway - you won't want to live there, but most anywhere around there is fine. Let me know when you get here.

No, the surge will follow the path of least resistance, which will be the MOV - this is why the whole house breaker panel surge protectors work...

Depends on who makes your breaker panel(s): BREAKER TYPE SURGE PROTECTOR (note, I'm not advocating the retailer, it was just the first one I found with my google search to let you know what I'm talking about)

Why not just get a panel MOV (surge suppressor0 and protect the whole house? They're only about $100.

Yah, MikeGideon has told me about these, he loves them. I need to grab one to try out...

Hahahaha, win.

Whatever. When we bought both our Hondas, ONLY they and Toyota had 5* crash test ratings from the NHSTA and the highest ratings from the IIHS in the vehicle type we wanted - the domestic brands weren't as safe. You can prattle on about US cars being as good - and there likely are some that would qualify today - but in 2003 and 2007 (when we purchased ours), NO domestic brand vehicles in the type we bought were as safe as the Japanese vehicles. That's not opinion.

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Not that they're the end-all source of knowledge, but FEMA recommends 2L soda bottles: FEMA: Water I'd like to see someone who works with plastics weigh in on this one.

Maybe, maybe not. hehehe Well, most people do want to save money. No question. But framing it as 'selling out your country' isn't going to change anyone's mind, even if it's true - it'll just put them on the defensive. The reality is nothing has changed - people went out of their way to save a buck 50 years ago just like today (heck, most people I know from that era are far more frugal than most people of today) - the difference is there weren't many foreign goods then, and they were crap - the US made stuff was much better quality. Until we are consistently manufacturing things of that quality level again, we can't expect people to pay more based on where it's made. I certainly won't support any company who simply goes through the motions and expects me to buy a (/an often inferior) product just because it was made here. I know autos are a hot-button of yours, but they are the perfect example - I have two Hondas, both of which were made in the US of >75% US sourced parts, which were each ~$5k more than their US counterparts. The difference is the Hondas are better built than the US made products we compared them to - it wasn't even close. Can the US manufacturers compete with the Japanese and build high quality cars? Of course they can - but they have to stay on their toes and avoid the complacency we saw in the late 80's and most of the 90's. The problem isn't a simple one, nor is the solution. Blindly supporting a company building an inferior product just because it's US made helps no one.

Then we may as well give up, because: isn't gonna happen. Not as long as the cheap Chinese crap isn't massively inferior (few products - US made or Chinese - are made to a high standard any more). I'll happily pay more for a superior American made product, but buying stuff that's made like crap just because it's 'made in the USA' doesn't do anything but encourage complacency. America lost it's manufacturing edge because we couldn't compete price-wise and we stopped building superior products (generally speaking). It's not just a consumer problem.