Oh Shoot

  You could have loaded mag on your person, just not in gun. Doesn't matter now cause it's no longer legal in populated areas anywhere in the state.   - OS

  Fact is that all 50 states do indeed now issue permits, however limited some of them are in that regard. Hawaii is apparently the most limited of all, btw.   You can bet that at least 10 states would join in lawsuit, maybe even half or more -- definitely would be decided by SCOTUS eventually. And if SCOTUS grants the fed that power, would surely be a Bad Thing.   - OS

  I repeat:     Anything the fed can set a precedent for control of, they can control completely. Just takes a different Congress to change a previous decision 180 degrees the other way. Absolutely best to keep their damn mitts off what is purely a state's right issue.   - OS

Don't they still state the turn around time on the item page?   Yep, just looked at one:   "*Please allow up to 15 business days for your Complete Assembled Upper to ship from our facility.  Holiday and special lead times can be longer*"   And note, that's "business days" and that's to "ship", not receive.   If you were allowed to order it, you'll get it.   - OS

  Yeah, this almost passed some years ago. Was scary.   It would of course have been appealed by any number of states. I assure you Kali and NY and CT and etc do NOT want you to be able to carry heat in their states. If SCOTUS allowed it, it would indeed be a huge precedent for federal control over a states right issue not to mention a 2nd Amendment one. And it's a small step from allowing carry in every state to allowing carry only in one's resident state, and hence as precedent to carry in no states.   - OS

  Well, technically, yes it can in TN. But not in every state -- BATF has the say as to which ones are allowed to substitute permit for NICS check.   - OS

First time I've ever heard of that kind of prob with Taurus repair.  <BIG wink goes here>   Seriously, seems half of them go pretty well and half are indeed "forever" and may or may not fix the prob the first try either.   - OS

No worries with our tentative plans, they're ongoing whenever you feel up to it. Find out what's going on and get it fixed, that's the main thing.   - OS

  I had State Farm on autos since I was 16 (I'm 65). Also renter's for the last 15 years, a supplemental health policy, and a separate personal items policy for guns.   Too long a story, but whole bunch of crap happened recently with them, and I canceled everything.   Went to independent agency, they got me SAFECO policies for cars and renter's that far exceeded State Farm's coverage on both, AND it was significantly cheaper,  PLUS the renter's includes firearms, no different than any other household item. Turns out SAFECO is known for being firearms friendly in that regard.   - OS

Make sure it's "Charter Arms" and not "Chartco" or "Charter 2000", and it should be solid enough. I've got one from the late 60's or early 70's I believe, nice little concealable heater (actually at my Mom's for a few years now): I wouldn't run +P loads in older ones, btw -- even the current ones aren't recommended to do that as steady diet. Not sure I'd value this at more than three bills, tops, though. - OS

  Far as I understand it, the appeal is the only way to get them to tell you what the problem is. You know, because they're here to help you and all.   - OS

  On that point, I don't know either. I know that if you go through my TaxAct step by step it has you enter everything, but then it simply doesn't use some of it for actual taxable income totals if it's not actually taxable.. Or your program is actually in error, couldn't say.   But anyway, glad you seem to have found the handle however you go about it, that's the main thing.   - OS

  I'm assuming it won't even have "sides", just anarchy. Maybe regional war lord factions might eventually square off I guess.   - OS

  I let TaxAct tell me those things, don't know them off top of head. :)   Quick glance at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p525.pdf seems to indicate SS and military are not, but unclear about "private" disability payments, like from railroad?     Sorry to inform you that you can only do amended federal returns for refunds for last three years (same for most state returns too, seems). Matter of fact it's three years from when taxes were due, so do it before April deadline this year or you  could only go back two.   The decent 'puter tax proggies won't really let you put in income that shouldn't be included,  if you go step by step through them, so you must have just been winging the returns on paper all this time, or using a less than stellar tax person?   Can tell you the latter happened to me as far as TN state income taxes, and once I was on my own (retired, no more complicated biz stuff), got hip that I had way overpaid them, and did indeed file 3 years of state amended returns -- wasn't huge, but I did get back something like 1500 clams. But lost maybe double that from previous ones.   - OS

  I don't know the ins and outs of all that Lester, just looked up the brackets for 2012-13. IRS "announces" them first of the tax year, so they are obviously set beforehand, but admit I don't know the congressional procedure for that, or how far ahead they are "enacted" or whatever.   Sure seems clear to me though that folks with taxable incomes of $36,251 to $125,451 got slammed. And yeah, how that could be anything but overall more detrimental to the economy seems rather obvious to me.   Seems the liberal socialistic "income redistribution" and "income inequality" thangs would make Marx and Engels blush in their poor implementation. Then again, even in total communism, there are still the untouchable "haves" I guess, who don't have to kick in much to support all the "have-nots".   Then again, to be fair, BHO has wanted to "tax the rich" disproportionally, and the GOP has thwarted that, and here's the outcome, perfectly suited to the elitist view of those in power from either party, eh?   We can just eat cake, after all.   - OS

  I did not say you had to be in the top 33% of income earners to have your taxes go up. Quite the opposite. Look at the frigging tables.   I said that everyone who was in the top third or so of any the first four 2012 brackets will have their taxes go up in 2013. This includes anyone making $203,150 or less, which includes all brackets in the < 33% tax brackets.   In short, yes, anyone making the same income this year who was in the upper third of their tax bracket last year will pay more taxes on the same income this year -- but not anywhere near 30% more.   The biggest hit are the working stiffs who were paying 15% last year and now will pay 25%. And the cut off is only $36,250. If you made $36,250 - $48,600,  last year, you paid 15%, this year 25%. Wow, instant 10% increase!. So much for "everyone paying their fair share", since the tables for upper incomers was barely tweaked.   No, I haven't done my taxes this year, but have paid quarterly estimated taxes figured on the same income as 2012, and they are almost exactly the same. But my taxable income was below the 15% bracket's change, so didn't get kicked into the 25% bracket this year. Also, none of my income was from wages or self-employment, so no Medicare taxes at all, let alone the increase,  and of course didn't hit anywhere in the same universe of having to pay the additional 3.8% investment income tax.   - OS

  Here are the codes for all of them onsite:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/index.php?s=91c96ac4aa311d6f4f8c03fb4aeb60d7&&app=forums&module=extras&section=legends   - OS

  EDIT: I got the wrong tax brackets for 2012, so everything else I based that on is just wrong.     Tax rates have bumped some due to first four brackets being squeezed downwardly, but just quick look doesn't seem to  account for anywhere near 30% more on same income? Just using single filing status as comparison (and quick comparison seems to show married jointly/separately about the same proportion):   2012: 10% on taxable income from $0 to $12,750, plus 15% on taxable income over $12,750 to $48,600, plus 25% on taxable income over $48,600 to $125,450, plus 28% on taxable income over $125,450 to $203,150, plus 33% on taxable income over $203,150 to $398,350, plus 35% on taxable income over $398,350 to $425,000, plus 39.6% on taxable income over $425,000.   2013 10% on taxable income from $0 to $8,925, plus 15% on taxable income over $8,925 to $36,250, plus 25% on taxable income over $36,250 to $87,850, plus 28% on taxable income over $87,850 to $183,250, plus 33% on taxable income over $183,250 to $398,350, plus 35% on taxable income over $398,350 to $400,000, plus 39.6% on taxable income over $400,000. There is also a .9% bump in Medicare on wages and self employment and 3.8% bump on net investment income if you make over 200K single or 250K joint.   Everything else looks to be about the same, though. Perhaps you had some significant deductions last year you don't have this one?   But yeah, just the lowering of the maxes up to the 33% bracket means at least half the folks in the US will be paying more on same income as the year before, basically anyone who was in the top quarter of one of those 2012 brackets will be paying a higher rate  than last year. Of course this affects "most of us".   But I don't see anywhere near a third more overall. But then, math is not a forte of mine and there are likely other "gotchas" I'm not hip on.   - OS

  You don't see all the emoticons in editing interface, and then a  link for more?   By hand BB code is "colon devil colon" and "colon dirty colon" (without the quotes or spaces)   - OS

  Demo shows Sal Glesser just mainly using it normally for serrated knives to sharpen ends of teeth. I guess if the grooves are really messed up, you'd have to go in between them. Some are too narrow for any sharpener to get in there, though, depending on the knife and serration pattern.   I forget which of the 4 parts he does it in:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB0r6GvESGg   - OS

  Well, I thought what you did so far would have made it 100%. But at least you're obviously on the right track.   - OS

Plain here, as I generally need to slice, slit, shave, or cut, rather than saw. So plain sharp blade does about as well on stuff smaller than hawser sized rope and the like.   If you're not into keeping your blade sharp though, serrations bear up better over longer periods of neglect, at least for crude brute cutting. And also for loaf bread. :)   I have a pile of knives, but about the only serrated ones are a couple of kitchen ones for sawing through whole chickens, the occasional frozen thing or other and whatnot, steak knives which just come that way, and one long bread knife.   - OS

Perhaps the most significant change in demand, is that everyone who used to keep 500 rounds around at most now tries to keep at least 5,000 or more.   Once burned, twice shy, and all that.   - OS

Well, you weren't denied, but FFL can either sell it to you or not, their choice, on a conditional proceed:   Here's procedure on your end from TBI to find out what's up:   http://www.tbi.tn.gov/firearm_check/firearm_docs/FFL_20Guidelines_pdf.pdf   See page 14, "Instructions for completing the APPEAL OF DENIAL form"   (cut and paste from it doesn't format worth a crap)   - OS

  Note: has changed to freebie Kindle buy for everyone now.   - OS