Oh Shoot

  Marlin 336 W (non-walnut) remains quite inexpensive and available, still sells new well under MSRP at $375 or less at Wally, Academy, etc. Even the .44 isn't gouged too badly for the most part. But the .357 is far and away more in demand than any other lever gun caliber, has been for a long time now.   - OS

  To hopefully forestall any budgetary committee nuke, by showing there's no financial burden with enacting it. Same clause that was in the original statute that allowed carry in state parks and etc.   - OS

  Yep, demand has overridden MSRP by far on those .357 lever guns for many years now.   By sheer luck, I scored my Marlin at a WalMart for $485 about 4 years ago.   - OS

  I don't know either, probably something in some class or other is. Hey, they're all referred to as "her" and "she" after all.   - OS

Sounds like she mixed and matched pieces of the M855 proposal and FCC vote on net neutrality regs.   - OS

Just save up a few more shekels and get a new $500-600 AR or AK and be done with that part sooner rather than later. Seriously.   - OS

  Looking at the models onsite there, looks like only the compact and youth models have iron sights in .223 caliber anymore.   - OS

  Was actually about to suggest same. Use with open sites and/or scope it.   - OS

  Same price as finished ones. But of course the 80%ers are "off the books", yawn. ;)   - OS

  You can blame Mr. Oswald for that section of the USC. Or whoever set him up for it, whatever.   - OS

  Took me longer than that. I kept thinking was just a generic sky shot representing heaven or whatever, and wondered why such a poor one.   - OS

  Yeah, as far as ally assets against the Zeds and Bad Humans, sexual orientation would be pretty far down the consideration list for me at this point of the struggle.   I'd even be giving any surviving pinko leftists a bye by then. Probably.  ;)   - OS

  If that's a BATF "faq", like any number of them, it's not precisely correct. Read the referenced laws therein yourself:   The CFR, simplified from the USC:   "No person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, shall transport into or receive in the State where the person resides (or if a corporation or other business entity, where it maintains a place of business) any firearm purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State."   So, federally, a sale between same state residents is not illegal no matter where it occurs. The buyer commits the crime only when he transports or has delivered into his own state a firearm acquired outside of it.   Of course, for most practical purposes, the buyer would indeed want the firearm with him in his home state,  so the difference may be largely pedantic, but nonetheless it exists. For example, you might want to leave the firearm in the other state for purposes of hunting, sports shooting, or even as a loan, all of which would be lawful federally.   Again, it's a reason sellers are mainly targeted for stings rather than buyers. As even if say, a Tennessean buys a firearm knowingly from an Alabamian in Alabama, he's not federally culpable until he crosses the TN line with it. Of course, if the Alabamian knows the feller is a Tennessean, he is guilty of an illegal sale right then and there.   Course, as Dave mentions, there may be state laws in the one where the transaction occurs that are stricter than federal, but none exist in this regard in TN AFAIK for example.   - OS

That's a real hoot, thanks for posting!   - OS

Why have they singled out NFA possession only?   We have many "defense to prosecution" clauses in the weapons code here. Including the HCP or even possessing firearms on your own property.   Oddly, possessing them in your vehicle is a stronger statement of innocence than possessing them at home, since it is an "exception" rather than a "defense".   - OS

Please paste the part of federal USC where the sale itself would be a violation for either party.     That's true, always.   - OS

  Usually "1 year" sentences are actually 11/29 misdemeanors.   - OS

  Additional irony: way federal law is written, is not actually illegal per se for resident in his own state to buy a firearm from seller he knows is resident of another state, unless he has reason to believe the firearm is stolen. That and previous example is why stings generally target sellers rather than buyers.   - OS

  Federally, the transaction is not illegal in and of itself for seller or buyer, but it is illegal to bring a firearm back into one's home state that was received in another state in private transaction period.  If the buyer never brought the firearm back into TN, no federal law broken.   Go figure, eh?   - OS

My empathetic condolences.   Not as bad a result, but about year and a half ago took a nasty feet out from under splat onto keister due to a perfectly muddied sidewalk. Caught most the weight on left outstretched arm, which dislocated the elbow badly (elbow already had previous history of breaks/dislocation). That's hard on a geezer, but not nearly as hard as your injury.   Hoping you heal up quickly and well ...   - OS

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http://handgunlaw.us/states/georgia.pdf   GA is like TN, with permit open carry is okay:   http://www.georgiacarry.org/cms/georgias-carry-laws-explained/frequently-asked-questions/   - OS

  I did not glean from that, or anywhere else, that "SS109" had anything to do with NATO designation, only the original Belgian one?   - OS

I don't get the whole thing. Adds no charge for product in cart, but charges shipping, looks like will actually go through.   A scam for the particularly stupid, or what?   - OS

So this weather is your fault, eh?