Whisper

Interesting news here; the normally anti-freedom Ninth Circuit has upheld an lower court's injunction against enforcing California's ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds. http://reason.com/volokh/2018/07/17/second-amendment-injunction-against-cali Plus there's this -- But the deciding vote on the panel, in favor of upholding the lower court's decision protecting Second Amendment rights, was cast by a judge who sits in Manhattan, was appointed by President Clinton, and is said to have been "the nation's first openly LGBT, African-American federal judge." Hope springs eternal, Whisper

My experience: Some do, but you have to test them carefully. Also, if you find a Promag that works well in your gun, that doesn't mean that another Promag for the same gun purchased two years later will be dependable. I think there may be considerable variation between production lots.

If there was a misunderstanding of what you intended to write, the classy way to handle it would have been a private message and a calm expression of what you had meant to convey. That could conceivably have led to a better mutual understanding between you two, and perhaps a reinstatement on the forum. Calling a a man a liar on a public forum probably won't accomplish either of those things. I'll continue to hope things can be resolved without hard feelings. There's enough alienation and friction in the world already. Whisper

He's not perfect, as has been mentioned in other threads about the SC, but he also believes the Constitution means what it says, which is refreshing enough to make me think he'll be a fine justice if a few jelly-spined RINOs can be persuaded to do the right thing. Cheers, Whisper

Yeah, the Dems would be locked in bitter partisan conflict over whether they should exhume and nominate Lenin or Stalin to join Hillary's first appointee, Karl Marx, on the bench.

I'm with hipower. I was very interested in the P365 when it was first announced, and I remained interested throughout the gun's early problems that still don't seem to be quite sorted out. Then I actually got to handle one, and I quickly decided the grip angle doesn't fit my hand. Plus new stories of problems show up on the forums nearly every day. I'm confident Sig will make the guns right eventually, but I'm sticking with my Shields. Cheers, Whisper

No 686, not even the no-dash models, was ever pinned and recessed. S&W stopped pinning barrels before the first L-frame was made. People can ask whatever insane amounts they want for their guns, but selling them for that price is another matter. If you have the box and original grips, I think $650 would be a good deal for someone. If you have only the aftermarket grips, I think $650 will be an optimistic but perhaps not impossible figure. Hope this helps, Whisper

I don't foresee it getting held up. Even on NPR this evening they were predicting a confirmation vote in time for the new justice to be seated before the next Supreme Court session begins in October.

I cannot believe that Trump doesn't already have the names of at least three Supreme Court nominees ready to go. I expect we'll see them test-marketing candidates before the weekend. The smart move will be to track this promptly through the approval process in the Senate so that we can have a vote before the November elections. No Demos will vote for Trump's nominee, which means that all available pressure must be brought to bear on every Republican to secure a vote for confirmation. It's unlikely that any of us living today will ever see a better chance to create a Supreme Court that believes the Constitution means something. The Demos know this also, which is why they will oppose this harder than anything thus far in the Trump presidency. I'd say street riots are a likelihood. It's going to be an interesting summer. Cheers, Whisper

The confirmation fight over this one is really going to be something. We may see a couple of senators fight it out in the Thunderdome.... Cheers, Whisper

I know a couple of people who have fired the new Cobra and say they work well. But everyone I've talked to has remarked about the poor quality finish. I know Colt can't afford to finish them like the Cobras of the 1970s, but for the money they are charging its inexcusable for the guns to look like they do. Cheers, Whisper

I took the Rangemaster instructor certification course last year, and Aqil was one of the assistant instructors. He's a squared away guy who knows what he is doing. Cheers, Whisper

TurboTax and Quicken, two highly popular software programs, are Intuit products. I wonder how they're going to like the nationwide boycott that gun owners are about to unleash on them....

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Been a while since there's been a show in Murfreesboro. Guess I'll go check this one out and see if I can do some trades with those Walthers that aren't selling over in the classifieds. Anyone else going? Cheers, Whisper

If you want to help North Carolina fight people like Verla Insko, who is a long-time and well-known enemy of freedom, donate to Grass Roots North Carolina, which is one of the nation's most active state-level RKBA organizations. I've been a member for years. Probably time to renew my membership, even though I now live in TN. Cheers, Whisper

I don't know anything about Illinois gun laws, but it seems to me likely that there's a process for having the FOID restored after it is cancelled. In this guy's case I'd think a mental evaluation would be a condition for getting his FOID back. So far there's no evidence that any process was followed; the cops just gave the guns back to the father (Why? It wasn't his property) and the father, despite saying he wouldn't give them to his son, did exactly that. Seems like the father should face some criminal and civil charges in Illinois, and whoever decided to return the guns to the father should be fired and permanently ineligible to work in law enforcement.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article209619234.html While the enemies of freedom had their special snowflakes marching and whining in Washington last month, the NRA was raising a record $2.14 million -- $1.9 million of it from small donors. The NRA makes mistakes sometimes, but results like this are why left-wing authoritarians hate and fear the organization so much. I'm proud to have made my modest donation on March 24, and I am pleased that so many here at TGO did the same. Cheers, Whisper

Only two choices? What about the large number of handguns that are suitable for plinking but not durable enough for serious use, and aren't works of art? As for the 20-ounce limit, that will be tough or an all-metal gun, but there are the Kimber and Sig mini-1911s. Also the aluminum J frames. Hard to get more classic than a 1911 or an S&W revolver.

I don't believe any of them are talking about taking Rick out. I think they're talking about showing Rick he was wrong, and killing Negan themselves (not necessarily in that order).

We listened to the Mercury missions on the radio in my first grade class with Miss Brogden, who was keen on all things related to science. I was living in west Texas when JFK was killed, so of course it was big news there (also Governor Connally being shot was significant). But I was in the fourth grade then, meaning I'm a young guy, and not an ornery old geezer like bersaguy. Cheers, Whisper

I had just about given up on FTWD but this first episode of the new season brings new hope -- it's better than the original TWD now. And yes, Negan needs to be dead, and I fully support Maggie and Darryl in making that happen.

I imagine if Eugene had filled those .223 cases with Bullseye it would have been pretty hard on the rifles firing them -- and hard on the faces of those shooters. That scene was pretty much what I had expected we'd see. Now, as for Negan and his 1911 -- no matter what powder had been loaded into his .45 ACP cases, I think the bullet would have traveled quickly into Gabriel's head. Again, realism is not what you should anticipate if you're watching TWD.

Go to an auto parts store and get a small tub of molybdenum grease. It will cost you only a few dollars and will last you for many years. I've used it for probably the last two decades on every one of my guns. Cheers, Whisper

NC also.