Whisper

I was just on the verge of looking for a plastic one and now this comes out. Might have to see if there's one I can handle at the Murfreesboro gun show later this month.

I agree with this. Unfortunately, most Demos have decided to ally themselves with the disarm-America movement, which makes it difficult for the NRA or any pro-freedom organization to endorse any of them. The NRA does seem willing to give high ratings (A-minus and above) to those Demos like Manchin and Heitkamp who have the courage to oppose the rest of their party on the gun issue. But they are few in number.

Since all of the Democratic presidential candidates made clear that they wanted more gun control, and since their party platform condemns candidates who accept support from the NRA, exactly which Democratic presidential candidate did you want the NRA to endorse? Seriously -- name the candidate.

https://www.ammoland.com/2019/01/pro-2a-nra-haters-fyi-for-you/#axzz5cPDspQQk This is an interesting article with some valuable background info on the current situation between the NRA and Trump: "And…love Trump or hate him, regardless of anything else he has done, if it were Hillary putting 2, possibly 3 judges on the USSC bench, the 2A would be dead in 10 years. That’s why NRA went all in with him. Not because he was a philosophically pure candidate on all of 2A, but because he was willing to put pro 2A judges on the bench, and because he could win. No one else on our side could, and the alternative—a Hillary presidency—would have been disastrous." The author of the article also offers some useful elaboration in the comments section. Yes, there are some idiotic remarks in the comments section...because it's the comments section. His most valuable point: RKBA organizations and supporters needs to find ways to work together instead of fighting among themselves. The anti-freedom groups are totally willing to collaborate with each other. Worthwhile reading. Cheers, Whisper

Selling them to someone in a state with a 10-round limit would pose some difficulties that you could perhaps surmount, depending on the state. But wouldn't it be much easier just to sell them in a free state?

Agreed. There's mighty few people left today that can milk a cow. Doesn't mean they are morons. (I haven't milked one myself in nearly 50 years.) Times change, technologies change, routine daily tasks change.

The Blaze isn't exactly a fake news site, in that they don't totally manufacture all their stories, but they selectively report and omit facts that skew their stories. Media Bias Fact Check (medibiasfactcheck.com) is a great source for checking the reliability of various information sources. They call it pretty much as they see it, right or left, and they explain their reasons so you can decide if you agree they are valid. They rate the Blaze as "extreme right" with a "mixed" record on factual reporting.

This will be helpful. It provides a useful list of people to vote against for all eternity.

As I believe TGO David is suggesting, this and all other activities by the Enemies of Freedom should be vigorously opposed. Just because their efforts have failed in the past doesn't mean they always will. Remember that the first "assault" weapons ban passed, and its supporters would love to see it back in place. Remember also that the administration of our current president, who was once a gun-grabbing Democrat, has already imposed the bump stock ban. They are not our friends.

Well deserved. There are others from the department who should also be unemployed.

Funk is wrong. The US Supreme Court ruled back in the 1980s (in Tennessee v Garner, a case involving Memphis PD) that a fleeing felon can be stopped with lethal force, although only if there is probable cause to believe there's a threat to the life of the officer or others. I expect the officer's attorney will argue that he had probable cause because he could see the suspect was armed.

In its current form the bill won't pass the Senate. In the House, it will perform a useful function -- all Republicans who vote for it can be added to the list of those to be vigorously opposed in the 2020 primaries.

Thanks for the lead, bud -- holy smoke, it has 314 pages of discussion, and I never found this in my reading on the 1301. Since I'd plan to use this as a HD gun and I'm not a fan of slugs for that purpose, a fixed cylinder choke would be my choice anyway. Thanks again, Whisper

Welcome to freedom. There are so many good AR options out there these days that it's hard to go wrong, and you regularly see good deals show up in the classified ads here at TGO. If you want to buy new, the S&W M&P15 Optic Ready is a great starting point, although there are plenty of others. Enjoy life in the American South. It's not heaven, but it's mighty close. Cheers, Whisper

Biggest problem with Kahr handguns: They have Kahr triggers.

Best of luck to you and your business. Our best hope for preserving RKBA lies in involving more people into the shooting sports and the study of self defense skills. Cheers, Whisper

This is not exactly what you asked, but let me throw it out there as an alternative: I've built three AR pistols. All of them just use a pistol buffer tube with no brace. They work perfectly well. The braces offer no benefit that I can identify, and they pose potential problems for owners because their legality relies on shifting and nebulous statements from a federal agency with a disgraceful history of trying to jam up honest citizens. Plus there's the additional risk of having uninformed law enforcement officers mistakenly perceive the weapon as an illegal SBR. I wonder how many bump stock owners would have said last month, "My bump stock is legal; I have a copy of the letter here to prove it." In my opinion, which is worth precisely what you paid for it, a cost-benefit analysis doesn't favor the AR pistol brace. Cheers, Whisper

Please point out the text in the directive that specifies this.

What Erik88 wrote. The directive says the stocks must be destroyed or turned in to the government. It doesn't give a third option for modifying the stocks in some way and then keeping them. Cheers, Whisper

Most likely a Spanish Civil War import. Not sure it actually brings much of a premium. I have a brother who collects Mosins and I will ask him. https://scwmosin.weebly.com/the-ldquomade-in-ussrurrsrdquo-stamp.html Cheers, Whisper

Oh, man. I was planning to buy another shotgun as my next new heater, but this Beretta is making me reconsider.

The directive says the stocks must be destroyed or turned over to the government. Even if the government plans to destroy the stocks, that is still a "use." When the government takes land from owners (one of the primary types of cases for which you usually see Fifth Amendment lawsuits), even if the government is going to turn the land over to a developer, that's still a "use." I expect the BATFE will try various lame arguments for not paying for the confiscated property, but claiming that destruction is not a "use" will not be one of their tactics.

In fact, the Fifth Amendment does say clearly and specifically that you must be paid a fair price. The actual wording is "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

Banning bump stocks the way the administration did it is probably unconstitutional because it violates the Fifth Amendment, not the Second. The government can't legally steal personal property; if they take away something you own, they have to pay you for it.

Liars gonna lie.... The best thing that could come out of this would be if the NRA were to decide it would support candidates solely on the basis of their willingness to support RKBA, and with no regard for party affiliation. Tying the NRA to the Republican Party of today, which seems undecided on whether it wants to destroy the nation or just the party itself, is not a winning plan for the future.