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Err, probably a year or so...

Everything I've ever bought from Botach came quickly and well-packaged. No complaints.

For the record, my agent (a long-time friend) informed my wife to simply pay her ticket - to date they've not run her license in over seven years. That was over a year ago and still no increases.

Beat me to it.

This story has to be a lie - there's zero chance she lived after being hit with the death-ray-like .45. In fact, my understanding is they wouldn't have even been able to identify the body.

Holy crap - that's gorgeous!

Based on the OP alone, I'd say 'flaming' has already begun.

I don't think there's any way to predict what it would look like. I suspect we'd be a lot closer to the Argentinian collapse of earlier this decade, though we're in uncharted waters - never has any entity as large as the US collapsed. That in and of itself adds tons of complexity - on the surface it could be MUCH worse, as both the numbers are far more dramatic but also as the people of the US are far less acclimated to any real discomfort. Then again, are we too big for the world to let us fail? A collapse of the US economy would surely resonate dramatically throughout the economies of the first world every where, even greater than it did during the great Depression of the early 20th century... No way anyone can tell you what would happen in that sort of scenario, but I fear we're close to finding out. Sure hope not.

Yep. At this point, any number of things can push us over the edge, but really, with our national debt now equaling GDP, we're likely to see our credit rating drop from AAA soon, which means all the FedGov's continued borrowing of money will come at higher interest rates. All it takes it is one or two relatively small thing to make the deck of cards come crashing down, but this MERS decision is a HUGE one. Like I said, we do live in interesting times. If you recall what the world was like just 25 years ago, who would have ever dreamt we would be where we are today?

Well, TARP def kept quite a few banks above water, though it didn't do anything to fix the underlying issues. Problem is, even with the TARP cash in their coffers, they weren't liquid enough to move money around like the Fed had hoped. If this stands, which I'm cynical enough to doubt it will, some BIG banks are going to fail without another TARP, which is likely political suicide at this point. interesting times, indeed...

Seriously, if this stands, there will be TONS of folks who will purposely default on their loans, and when foreclosure starts, simply ask the mortgage holder for the note, which they will not be able to produce a legal copy of... I'm telling you, this will make the bank collapse of 2008 look like a walk in the park. Also, notice how the mainstream media isn't touching this one...

Merscorp Lacks Right to Transfer Mortgages, Judge Says - Bloomberg If this stands, watch the banks fall like never before...

I wish they offered the BG without the laser. As for the LCP-sized Sig 9mm, sounds interesting!

Hey guys, I read an article a while back (which I can longer locate, grr) that referenced an FBI report which said something along the lines of the following: - 60 % of reported home invasions were perpetrated by armed criminals - nearly half of all armed home invasions utilized firearms. First - I can't vouch for the veracity of the numbers as I never saw the FBI report but it did make me think: assuming the numbers above are correct, that would mean only roughly 25% of home invasions were committed using firearms - a number that seems awfully low to me. But that brings me to my second train of thought / question - what percentage (estimates are fine) of violent crimes are carried out utilizing firearms? I know that in close-quarters a bladed weapon is absolutely devastating, but I guess I've always assumed that in most violent crimes (car-jackings, robberies, etc), firearms were utilized. Again, estimates and rough guesses are happily accepted - I'd just like to hear from folks who have actively studied criminal behavior or have experience with law enforcement to help me out here. TIA,

That's flippin' awesome.

Kinda surprised to see the WH acting on this, but glad to see it.

I wish I could take credit for that as a conscious decision, but I'll take credit for it regardless and claim it as a subconscious thought...

Yah, he's talking about arfcom - a ginormous ar15 forum quite literally dripping with tactical mall ninjas.

I think they'd have to insure laws were in place in each state that allow the kind of private property postings that TN has. I know several surrounding states where posting makes no difference, it's legal to carry if you have a permit.

I'll read over there on occasion but have never understood the draw of that place - it's like going to the mall in December...

Man, that first shot is cool!

Awesome, keep us updated - I'm planning on starting it on 3/1 as well...

It's equally clear that you don't realize that if al you want it facts, do your own research. It's simple enough to find factual data, discussion boards typically revolve around, err, discussions... Have fun.

I don't have anything tactical (aka 'Nutnfancy approved ®') and don't really understand why people are into it...