Ted S.

Are there any machine shops in your area? They may be able to machine one that is almost a facsimile of the original if the machinist is good enough. Don't know how much something like that would cost though.

The fallacy of government solipotence. Need is an extremely subjective term, and varies from person to person. Just because you think everyone needs something does not mean the person living down the road thinks the same way and has the same subjective metrics to determine their concept of "need". There are people all over this country who believe everyone "needs" free health care and that only the government is able to provide this service in any efficient manner.

Just pretend the dog is a goat! :up:

Because I realize post 148 is a wee bit long: ISIS is a great example of how government doesn't prevent people from killing, raping, stealing, etc. These things/people exist regardless of the existence of a government.

The OD green slides you're doing look nice on black frames. I can't hate the tiffany blue Ruger, but I wouldn't be caught dead owning it! :whistle:

The cerakoting and new grips really does something to that 1911. Looks great, that would be an awesome open carry piece.

Wow, didn't think it could be done, but I think you successfully cut the Glocks fugliness factor by at least 11! Looks great.

  Pretty much just described every government to ever exist. :rock:

  Language. NSFW   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZRcIGnaqE

  Touché

You're quite right. All examples of real world Anarchism that I am aware of fall under Anarcho-Socialism, or Anarcho-Communism; from the start they were based on an idealistically flawed model.  Often they are overthrown or dissolve within a few years. However, there are a few communes that have lasted for a notable amount of time, and have been very successful according to their own ideals.   Most industrialized nations in todays world are largely socialist, and America is the same, but in a different flavor. Socialism has been a large part of our economic model since the 1930's, but has been around on a limited scale in this country for even longer. To think that a government can be successful in todays world is really a measure of whether or not it can sustain more debt, more unfunded liabilities or get through another war, or just hang on for that much longer than the previous model. Socialism is a bad model, but it's most effectively displays the consequences of government interventianalism relating to economic affairs. The middle east has been a very explicit display of government interventianalism into foreign affairs.   Totalitarianism is the only reality statists...or really people in general, have in their future if current trends of government expansion and interventionalism continues. The more that people legitimize government, and centralized planning, the more everyone loses. The trend I'm seeing in the world is a mindset of "because this government hasn't worked for us in the past, we should just make it bigger this time, with more rules and more mandated (though various subjective concepts of) equality, and more mandated (though various subjective concepts of) justice" (and much less freedom).   And I'm over here thinking....maybe we should all just try something completely different. Something that hasn't been tried before.   Anarcho-Capitalism is what I advocate; it's a newer model of Anarchism, but there are quite a lot of other newer factions of Anarchism out there (just as all other ideologies). Anarcho-Capitalism is an eleutherophobes nightmare; it's the free-est natural point a person could theoretically be if they are conscious and responsible enough to live with that freedom. It's purely conjecture just as any other ideal is, but so is a functioning government that  works to the benefit of all people, or to the least, a functioning government that coerces its citizens as little as possible. It's as fanciful to think that that utopian standard such as this may exist,  as it is to think that a government in todays world can last for more than a couple hundred years (or even decades at this point) without massive failures, total regime changes, or some other major social/ideological schism that for all intensive purpose marks distinguishably new government.       Or just for government to leave them alone like intended. But government will always have the interest of serving itself at the cost of others. Non-violence, individual rights, and private property are too much to ask for, and are incompatible with government. As long as one government exists on this planet, real freedom will be theoretical.     I will save this thread from my excessive ramblings about how the government is essentially a made up fairytale/nonexistent/nonphysical entity that its followers/worshippers act out to make "real", because this thread is bit off topic.   ****Moderators, please feel free to modify/remove this if needed. I've worded it as carefully as a could without scrambling my train of thought, but I realize Anarchy is also an extremely unpopular concept and that I do not own this site. :)   And now back to the other thread twist about the gay ISIS members carrying what kind of handgun, at what popular caliber, and whether they would do so open or concealed.

  Here is a decent list that allows you to expand and get more information about quite a few Anarchist communities.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anarchist_communities

  There have been and there are several small anarchist communities all over the world. On a larger scale Anarchism has been mostly conjectural. Most mass Anarchist movements have generally been attacked and defeated by surrounding governments. It never helped that serious Anarchist movements are dependent on non-aggression and non-violence.

Downward spiral.

  1st question: Who knows?   2nd question: 45, Glock because they are cheap,.   3rd question: concealed because they are fugly!   Full edit because I'm dumb tonight!

Damn you Nick, three replies in a row involving gay stuff. Now four!   :taser:   EDIT; RC3's last was in before me, so five.

  A free market will always develop solutions to real problems and demands. If people honestly demand all of those things, someone will profit by making them available for use.

Got to sleep in today. :snore:

Statism does have a pretty good record of starting every war in the history of man, coercing the support of its followers in the name of expansion, religion, hate, freedom, this, that, and whatever else. Statism also has a history of monopolizing violence, theft, oppresion, enslavement, coercion, etc. etc.

  Please tell me you recorded this! That last one was great.

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...just make TN a Constitutional-carry state....show them all we're number one! :koolaid:

Nashville: Five Points or Joey's   Clarksville: Blackhorse

  That would explain the smell.

Hmmm, entered, but I don't really like the conditions. Either way, still nothing to complain about for whoever does win.