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I'm with you on that. If they had interviewed any of the pastors I know, including myself, that worm would have turned.

"You know the Germans always make good stuff!"

Man those are ugly. Like B-movie sci-fi props.

I'd say that's manning up! Nice to see that around here sometimes.

why don't you bring some to a shoot and let us try one out! I'm sure there is an immigration/ATF loophole somewhere!

I really like the CRKT M-16 line (not the zytel handle ones though). Lost my good one in my motorcycle wreck. I just got a S&W for $10 off amazon and I really like it. Here are a few of the others I have and I'll post some of the ones my dad had custom made and he engraved later. the S&W CRKT: CRKT I don't have but want: Gerber:

Uh, you can hang up the Reds. Early season luck for them, but in the end it will be the Cubs!:D

Excellent videos. I haven't thought about Gun Control origins from that point of view, but it absolutely seems plausible.

I'm pretty sure you can run it on Carfax and it will tell you a simple yea or nay, but you have to pay to see the details of the flags.

So you are saying you ARE un-American? Seriously, relatively little is one Presidents fault (Carter/FDR the exception). All that is going on is the culmination of leftist movement over a period of years with the crowning of the uber liberal Obama, which is driving one of the final nails. He is the face of the movement that is in the shadows no longer in America. He is not the beggining and may not be the end, but he sure is trying to bring it! Haliburton was a Clinton company BTW. contracts were extended under Bush because there are only two companies that can do what they do and the other is French (enough said). There is also economic downturns roughly every 7-9 years (end of 2 terms?). The question is how quiclky we start the recvory or do we make it worse. Obama is making it much worse now and in the long run. Triple national debt in one month, growth of government, unsolvency of SS moved up several years, devaluation of currency and on and on. No he didn't start it, but taking the mole hill and making it a Mt. Everst is his responsibility. Also don't forget that under Bush the stock market hit record highs daily for nearly 3 years consecutivley and prosperity was at record levels. All that coming out of a recession and 911. Anyone with half a brain should have seen a correction coming that had to go down. Mitigating it is what we needed, eploiting it not si much. Like I've said, the numbers and time will show the reality that some refuse to see.

on the FNP9, CDNN had them for $429 when i got mine with 3 mags and the accessory kit. i don't know how current that is anymore.

I've had two XD9's and I loved them both. the difference would be the XD's are blocky and heavy feeling compared to the M&P. Triggers can be very good on both with minimal work and after market parts (sears, transfer bars mainly). The XD also has a higher bore axis which I don't care for. They are both great. Mainly it's prefernce. You can't go wrong either way. The FNP9 is also a great gun if you like DA/SA. I loved mine but just couldn't get used to the DA pull. That being said it was one of the best stock DA pulls I've ever felt. Negatives for me on the FNP was holster availability (still slim), magazine cost ($50), and the rather large mag base pad (although I'm told there is an easy cure for that).

Mainly trigger, size, available accessories, feel, customer support, resale value, and it's a better gun all around. The 250 was designed for PD as an easy and economical way to fit as many needs as possible. The compromise they had to make was in function. The 250 isn't bad, but all things being equal I think the 250 fits some large departments needs but not the vast majority of the general public.

The P250 is not akin to the 226 except they are made by the same company. It's not bad but is' just not a 226. I would highly recommend the M&P. I think in the long run he would enjoy it a lot more. Not to mention it is much easier to sale if he so desires something different down the road.

Wow! I didn't see that coming. Should be interesting.

I've got a Millet DMS-1 and love it. I can use it as a two eye open red dot or turn it up to x4 and use like a regular scope. I have heard nothing but good things about them. Run under $200. Millett 1-4x24 DMS Tactical 30mm Riflescope

I've seen your post. All I was saying is maybe you got mixed up in his mind and he mistook you with some of the jerks over there. I never saw anything negative from you.

I think you are an anomaly. I've had exceptional service both time I've dealt with Kevin. I will say on the XD forums he was getting a lot of grief over the wait times and some folks were making some uncalled statements about Kevin personally. He had did finally respond to some of those folks and cancelled their orders since all they did was bad mouth and complain him and his company. Maybe you got taken out of context with some of the jerks over there.

I'll be the silent "right" on this.

You are obviously single! Haha, just kidding nice guns!

What you don't like having to read someone else's endless drivel of semantics and philosophical debate! Just kidding I read most of your stuff.

Which model is that and how is the cant?

If that is true then, we as gun owners would never have gotten 2a opened up like it has recently, the USA would not exist, no empire that has fallen would have fallen. Think about it. It is the small ground swells of justice rooted in these "rights" that have led revolutions and nation building. It is moral relativism that has brought them down.

Jamie, your assertion just isn't true. While there can be a temporary swing in moral relativism, every society that has ever existed has always swung back to a set of universal principles that hold true throughout the world. Murder is an example. Think of it like the free market. There are absolutes in control that dictate flow. While folks can try to alter them and "regulate" them out they will eventually self correct. Why? they are universal truth principals. and that is my point. The framers were not deciding some new "truths" that hadn't been seen before but that they were simply recognizing as a society that these extensional universal truths of life would be our governing force. I'm not at odds with you as much as you may think.

That's moral relativism and is at philosophical odds with the framers understanding of "rights." The framers and many here believe that there are absolutes of right and wrong that exist regardless of personal consent. For instance, even if a society decides that murder is legal it is irrelevant to the fact it is always wrong. Just because a majority rules does not make them right. That is Fascism - might is right. True democracy is flawed because of this issue and exactly why we wanted a republic instead of pure democracy. When man becomes morally relativist, society will fail. In fact I heard Michale Savage discussing this very thing tonight concerning the summer of '69 and the fall of American morality. There has to be an extensional rule of law that is not subject to consent. However you are correct in your frustration that these "rights" can become subjective when a large enough group of individuals are willing to rebel against absolutes and force their hedonistic will on others. This is what is known as persecution. Get ready.