Oh Shoot

I still haven't found anything better than the Howard Leight Max ear plugs, wind up defaulting to them most of the time. Directions and free sample: http://www.howardleight.com/earplugs/max Squeeze/rotate them down thing, stick 'em in and hold for about 30 seconds till they swell back up. My AR pistol sounds about like a subsonic pellet gun with them in. And no earphone bulges to interfere with stocks, which even my thin Howard Leight ones do. Drawback: you can't hear normal conversation. Hardly at all. - OS

  His "reform" seems pretty good to me. Has been a leader in the idea of verification of border security before any other action can take place, etc.   - OS

My word, so glad you both came through it, seems almost supernatural y'all walked away from that, seat belts or not!   - OS

  Columbine and Bowling for Columbine was impetus for them dropping the guns and rifle/pistol ammo.   - OS

  Catch me up with Lindsey, I've been under the impression over the last 4 years that he's among the most conservative fellers there for the most part.   Has been a burr under Obama's saddle consistently, has fought against ObamaCare, has been the strongest voice regarding Benghazi investigation, hard line on immigration, now gun rights, etc.?   I know he got a bit too "eco-green" there for a while, but has now reversed that stand too?   - OS

  Yep, two full auto weapons, hitting nothing. Again.   There was mention later at the road confrontation of only one person having been killed?   - OS

  Actually, just noticed, "Calderwood" is misspelled, they'll have to get the graphics guy involved again. :)   - OS

Beeyootiful heater!

Yes. I have original Planet of Apes model, and I love it like ya love an ugly ole dawg. - OS

  And they're right, if the stock has no other useful purpose than making a NFA firearm.   The SCOTUS ruling, by the way, nor the ATF public ruling, mentions "readily" either, which is why I say that a pistol-type extension tube is not necessarily a perfect out, if you had a stock with you with no other demonstrable legal use. And at home, if you had a stock and also had a spare carbine extension in your parts, but no rifle config, seems could easily be trouble.   All of those finer points of course reasonably would never likely come into play unless you were already on their hit list for some other reason.   But even though I believe in availing oneself of all legal actions in life, I still would use an abundance of caution with firearms stuff especially, as the worst case scenario stakes could be pretty damn high just for having a $20 part or two laying around that either individually or in combination would constitute making an illegal firearm.   - OS

  Folks will be saying this forever I guess, it's become internet lore, even though it hasn't been relevant since the Thompson case in SCOTUS in 1992.   See response below, Dolomite's link in post 42, and also if you haven't, read the BATF public ruling, which clarifies both pistol to rife to pistol, and "constructive possession".   http://www.atf.gov/files/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-2011-4.pdf   Also, having a pistol-type receiver extension is not necessarily a free pass either, if you also had a stock with you and no other clear legal use for it. The decision goes on to include "attachable" in the test, but "attachable" is not defined. Taping it on or whatever could be "attachable" too, if they had a hard on for ya, who knows.     "Extra" isn't  really the test, which is whether anything you have has a "useful purpose" other than making a NFA weapon. Multiples of parts are simply spare parts, if one has a legal useful purpose, then they all do.   However, I agree you'd be foolish to bait the bear to have an "extra spare-part stock" with you out and about with both a AR rifle and pistol, but ultimately the test is the same one that would be applied to items in your home, where of course you might have any number of extra stocks, just like firing pins, bolts, whatever.     Yep, but I'd err on the side of caution as to what "close proximity" is. Certainly, out and about, I'd say having such a "collection of parts" would include your car too. At home, to cover all bases, I'd consider my whole home to be "close enough proximity". Put it this way: if all I owned was an AR pistol, regardless of receiver extension type, I wouldn't have an AR stock, period, anywhere on my property. - OS  

  Yeah, and I got hung up on a transfer from PSA for two weeks because their new address didn't match their FFL, so had to wait till they worked that out and got the right one to PSA.   Wasn't that big a deal, was just a lower and didn't much care exactly when I got it.   The address shown on site is now correct, took them a while to get it changed, since it's a graphic and not text.   I also transferred another one about two weeks ago, no probs, so they have all that straightened out. Still willing to pay the $25 and pop over to Alcoa, as they are great folks, call you within minutes of the shipment coming in, always friendly, etc, and except for the one glitch during their move, everything always goes smoothly.   They also have been able to keep a surprisingly good supply of various guns since the panic, and their prices are excellent for the most part, compete with online ones. They're my go-to shop.   - OS

  House.   Likely it'll get by there?   This is outstanding news!   - OS

  Yeah my Browning Leverage has actual Weaver rail, so no backing off of the scope. Something I can't say for my Marlin 60.   - OS

  You could see about having it threaded for a long enough muzzle device to get 16" or a tad longer and have it welded/soldered.   The approved method is: "Permanent methods of attachment include full-fusion gas or electric steel-seam welding, high-temperature (1100°F) silver soldering, or blind pinning with the pin head welded over."   - OS

Same biz model as in 2008-9. Must've worked okay, so will probably work okay this time too.   Old joke:   Guy asks street vendor, "how much are your hotdogs?" Vendor: "$250,000 dollars" Guy: "Jeez, just how many do you expect to sell at that price?" Vendor: "Dunno, but don't need to sell very many".   - OS

After Kel-Tec 3-AT and Kahr MK and PM 9s pretty much being the vanguard, there are now many small long pull striker fired pistols without external safeties on the market, and of course they should have one in the pipe, as that's a basic tenet of defensive carry.   It would take extraordinary circumstances for one to discharge if just carried in a pocket alone, but of course using a decent holster that entirely covers the trigger removes that risk.   - OS

  Serious charges, good that he got off light, but this part is funny: "Childs stated that he had detonated 100 lbs of Tannerite in a 10 yard dump box ... When asked if Sgt. Blue could see the dump box, Childs states that it was gone.   Sgt. Blue asked Childs if he had already moved it out of the field and Childs replied that is it was just gone, that the force of the explosion had scattered pieces over a large area."   I mean, it's just GONE, man! :)   - OS

Perhaps his most lucid moment in years, I'll give him that. But that ain't saying very much.   - OS

  That's why the pistol/rifle/pistol and "constructive possession"  thangs are pretty much rock solid, being handed down by the Supremes, and not some regional director or something.   - OS

  All "official interpretations" of the actual law, which is not specific in many cases.   The whole pistol/rifle/pistol thing only came about because SCOTUS "explained" their own frigging rules to them way back in '92. But it wasn't until other firearm manufacturers put pressure on them for configs they wanted to make that BATF finally put out their ruling for the general public in July of '11. Just scuzzy behavior, really.   The US Justice Dept. does bait and switch crap that even corrupt small burgs in the South wouldn't try. I mean, Eric Holder is just the epitome of partisan selective enforcement. Of course, his boss, that esteemed Constitutional scholar Hussein is even worse.   - OS

  No. Seems people were killed in at least two classrooms, an office, hallways, and meeting room.   - OS

  Nope. It's a "handgun" regardless of overall length; there is no federal barrel length or overall length in definition for handgun or pistol. Just that if 26" or more, can add a VFG so it then becomes a "firearm".   Read the ATF letter to Franklin Armory:   "The addition of a vertical forward grip would result in this firearm no longer qualifying as a "handgun" or "pistol".   It is only the VFG that changes its status from "handgun" to "firearm". And without the VFG, it's a "handgun" again.   Had Franklin configured the weapon exactly the same but without the VFG, it would just be another 26" or greater handgun/pistol.   - OS

  The "media" has opined the same, that his tactical vid game habit taught him to enter a new room with a full mag.   - OS

  Due to thread revival,  just noticed was left hanging.   When you add a VFG it becomes a "firearm", when you take it off it's a "handgun" again. There has been no ruling about it needing to "begin life" as a "firearm" first, or having to "stay a firearm" once you're added it since it was last discussed here.   - OS