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The reported level of accuracy with a pistol is way too good to have been learned from military training.

What a validation of the change in law. Hate that it happened, but this vignette has a clear takeaway that the new law is a good one.

Market economics will correct this eventually as EVs become more widespread. It's hard to see why battery failure in an EV isn't under some kind of warranty. Maybe it was declined, or just isn't standard in purchasing contracts yet. But if this becomes widespread enough in fact or story, it'll have to happen or people will gravitate towards brands that it's not a factor from. To be sure, there is going to be some planned obsolescence with these things. I think it'll come more from firmware upgrades and the computer parts of the car having a lifecycle than the mechanics. The proprietary nature of all that is where the maker will keep a firm grip on things. But I also have to assume that battery replacements as a comparison to a new car purchase are part of the financial model of the production lines.

We can debate tactics, gear, and spend countless hours on 9mm vs. 40 S&W vs. .45 ACP...all that is just filler. Nothing determines an outcome more than the mindset of an individual who acts when human instinct is to freeze or flee.

Third story in on the sliding headline picture thing for me.

This is my leading contender after a hefty bit of research. https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-40wp95c-w#

Great points. Especially since I'm replacing a 28" monitor at home I've had since 2013. The more work I do from home, the more it hits me that I need to upgrade the hardware to keep productivity. It's not improper at all to look at this as a buy once, cry once situation.

I've been impressed with what I'm reading on the BenQ offerings. Hadn't heard of them until I started this search. Does your work benefit from the design type monitor, or was it just the best option with some compromise? I have this model on my list of possibilities, but feel like just to get the size I'm looking for, I'd also be paying for a lot of graphics support and built-in speakers I won't necessarily use. https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/entertainment/ew3880r-38-inch/reviews.html#expert Good idea, I'd forgotten that one. Will see if it's still around. More spreadsheets than documents, but I occasionally have to proof, or help draft shared documents. I'm also (finally) getting plugged into a PowerBI resource, and will have a folder based system to view a real-time work list for my organization. So, something that can handle all that at various times is needed.

Does anyone know a store where large computer monitors are on display, with an actual variety of inventory in the Middle Tennessee area? I spent part of this last weekend at Best Buy and Electronic Express in Mt. Juliet and Hendersonville, only to be severely disappointed in options. I know that brick and mortar retail isn't all the rage at the moment, especially for obscure items like this...but I was expecting more. I'm generally looking for a large curved monitor for my home setup (and if I like it, I'll ask my boss if I can expense one for the office). Hard to explain exactly what I want, more of a when I see it, I'll know. I do know I want some decent height which seems to be the lacking feature on most of the floor models. They have some length to them, but height isn't wowing me. I just want to see something in person before dropping some decent money on it. Things like this are hard to gauge via online retail.

@Omegaand I don't agree on much, but his earlier post and the one above this are spot on. The Asherman style chest seal is super quick, and trauma scissors are a cheat code. Here's an older thread that still holds up and can compliment this one. https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/105661-med-kit/

Yeah, aside from things that involve money benefiting someone, most issues fall into the category of neither party wants to actually solve. Guns are certainly in that camp.

It's amazing that no matter how high speed we try to get, the basics still work just fine at a faction of the price. Give me that cheapest in the aisle toothbrush, CLP or Rem Oil, a basic bore brush, a cloth or old t-shirt, some qtips, pipe cleaners, and a dental pick...I'll get any gun clean enough to take back to the range, or keep ready to go.

The state likely should be taking the lead on these kinds of cases, but they can very logically be done at a county level as well. Where Funk may have made an error was going for the PR win with what he said. He would have a lot of cover if he said something akin to he would consider any legal action available, but as a DA, he has to prioritize based on how he assesses the best use of resources in serving the community. That would be a read between the lines way to signal that he wasn't going to push an abortion prosecution, but plausible enough since Metro Nashville has way bigger fish to fry in the courts given the crime. That kind of discretion is easy to second guess, but the authority for it is clear. This is a self-correcting issue if the political will exists, however. District Attorney's who are elected can be recalled (if the mechanism exists), and lose their next election. In this case, Funk is very likely aligned with the majority of voters who have him on their ballots, so in this example, the political will is absent. But recourse being in and through the people is a lot better than the alternatives. The state can leverage resources to prompt action as well. I'm sure there is some grant money, or something that can be taken off the table if they tweak the laws that authorize it enough. But that would mean the state legislature would want the fight. They always seem more interested in early adjournments than principled stands like that, so don't get your hopes up.

Well, you didn't have me in mind, but I had similar prognostications in another thread. My crystal ball is cloudy. The red flag laws are always going to be a worry spot. They have good intent, especially if suicide is something we wish to have an open debate about...but you're right in thinking there is a lot of room for abuse. The benefit of this package is there's no real definition of them at a federal level, just more grant money for the states to use.

But I also don't see anything that is a cause for concern. The language of the Red Flag laws is vague, and as I understand it, only having grant money for states that want to set it up. It's no more of a potential mess than it was before. I'm actually okay with a few of the provisions in it (the mental health funding and boyfriend loophole being addressed), agnostic on others (18-21yr olds potentially having juvenile records reviewed, and the tighter FFL requirements that will grab private sellers clearly running a business), and not threatened by the rest. This is a great vignette of the Washington "do something" legislative thinking. It's kind of surprising Democrats went along with just this...they didn't even fight for universal background checks as to not derail things. I would think trying to celebrate this as gun control opens them up to a primary challenge from an absolutist on gun control. Republicans will get some mummers of betraying gun owners, but not enough to change anything other than the tightest primary.

I'm legit torn on if this one should get challenged all the way to SCOTUS. It's not a huge loss to have Delaware off the map for AR ownership, as repugnant as the idea is, and a loss would embolden further bans. But if the verdict in favor of assault rifles...that would be at least a generation, maybe two of some widely recognized freedom. Kind of a no risk it, no biscuit scenario. Even without this, the only good reasons to go there were setting up an LLC, and to attend arbitration proceedings. Not really. They're just liberal on guns. It's actually one of the most attractive and active states for setting up a Limited Liability Company due to their very favorable corporate laws.

"Everybody wants to be a gangster until it's time to do gangster ####." I knew there were Shaq sized clown shoes on everyone the first time I heard "key" and "breach" in the same sentence. If they want to have equipment and training like soldiers, they need to be ready to move out like soldiers. Three Privates and a Specialist for a team leader could have handled this situation. It's pretty clear they had all the tools in hand to deal with the situation. Maybe there is some allowance for confusion over the active shooter vs. hostage belief...but even then with kids the rules change as I understand it. This is an abject failure all around, and if there is no accountability, that will make it all the worse.

So, you're not going all in on the ARK funds anymore?

Me watching the market news today...

Not knowing you as well as Daniel apparently I'll just offer this. Being constantly alert and aware does take a toll, even if it's not upfront and easy to tell like fear is. At the minimum, you're engaging a portion of your brain to process threat detection in a deliberate manner, which shuts it off to at least some other things. It's incremental, but you're denying yourself some measure of relaxation while taking on the stress that comes with vigilance. That adds up over time. You also are changing (or have changed) the way your brain maps out a situation, going in with suspicion as the default as it becomes a habit. That turns any activity into an assessment of danger before you do anything else. This can even happen on a subconscious level, so you might not fully recognize it all the time. Now, to be sure, that's the kind of thing that evolution has historically rewarded in matters of survival. But it doesn't do you any favors in modern life. I know this because I have the same mental roadblocks. Anytime I'm out shopping, or at a concert, or even on a drive, my first thought is to see what could be wrong with what I encounter. It's made things harder to embrace and enjoy, especially in areas with a lot of people. I don't particularly like that part of myself, I just don't know how to change it at this point in my life. So, ask yourself whenever you preemptively look for exits to know where they are, or check out someone's hip to see if there is a bulge from a concealed weapon, or even alter your path of movement in response to a group that isn't all about letting you pass by with respectful distance...is this truly healthy in the long term for your mind and body from the mini stress it keeps turned on? Not trying to psychoanalyze you...just sharing some thoughts for consideration from my experiences.

I'm not worried about a registry. I'm also not volunteering for one either. But if it was on the table in trade for a repeal of the NFA to allow SBRs and suppressors the same status as any other FFL item...I'd probably want to make that trade. It could allow responsibility for guns to be traced if part of a crime, which is a good thing for cracking down on the straw purchases. It could also help shift civil liability to the individual level for a misused firearm, which would go a ways towards keeping the manufacturers out of the debate like we're seeing come back to the debate. Plus, I think there are so many guns out there, that the fear of confiscation that comes with a registry isn't practical as a government action. I sometimes joke, let them get a registry...that'll show them how bad an idea confiscation actually is when they see what they'd be up against beyond some academic estimate. That's if the government can actually do it. Setting up, integrating, and maintaining a database like that is easier said than done.

I agree with you that the chances of prevention in this are low...but I'd support it anyway for consistencies sake if nothing else. Just helps tighten things up a bit without infringing. But I admit, I may be the rare one on here that doesn't see a background check in it's current state as an infringement as the 2nd Amendment protects from. The voting and military comparisons are a bit hard for me to equate. I think 18 for voting is fair since that's when (or used to be) when most folks went into the workforce in full or part time after high school was finished. The age may be off for the current era, but the basic principle of having a say in how your tax dollars are allocated through elected representation is important. The military is a different story. Firearm usage in the military is hella controlled. Anyone who was in can laugh at how much "Army fun" came with anything involving a weapon. There is plenty of training, all kinds of supervision, plus the easy and instant option to remove a weapon from someone unstable by simple order and not due process (happens more often than you think). Those conditions are different in deployed environment, but still present to a large degree. It's just a different concept than letting someone walk out of a store with a long gun at 18 because they passed a background check. For kids today, 18-21 is still very much an emotional development period. It always was, but it's just worse lately given how things are structured. So, acknowledging mine is likely a minority opinion here, I'm fine with raising the age for rifle purchases to 21 as well. You can stop struggling, you have it spot on. We're just not willing to say out loud what we're willing to endure as a risk/consequence to keep the liberty the 2A protects. Don't get me wrong, I've been shaken to the core at the thought of kids being shot at close distance in a school. It's as vile a thing as I can imagine, and I don't blame anyone for asking the question of "is it worth it?" when it comes to the 2A compared to that. We shouldn't be afraid, or shut down the debate when this happens, because I think it's never a bad thing to reaffirm our commitment to the Bill of Rights. My default will always be to have citizens capable of owning weapons that match our potential oppressors at an individual level. That doesn't mean I have to castigate someone who thinks the risk we're seeing come to pass is too high.

There are shootings in the news at about the time it's primary season for all of the House, and a 1/3rds chunk of the Senate. Democrats are going to make sure they aren't giving room on their left flank. As such, we're going to see stupider than usual things get proposed, introduced to committees, and they'll maybe spend a few months actually arguing over expanded background checks up to, but of course not interpreting the summer recess...just like always.

This is a big point. It's not the instant explanation to high gas prices, but it's something that won't shake off anytime soon. The gas companies are going to keep trying to make up for the hit they took two years ago. And then they're going to build a pad for capital expenses or dividends. After that, well...when was the last time you saw a market rate just drop after it's been established enough people will pay it? The only hope for less cost at the pump will be for the companies to try and shiv each other with price drops to pick up market share. But even that would be gradual. Also...while it's early, the EV trend is probably starting to creep into their operating model. Right now, every Tesla that hits the road is a lost customer for them, but the losses aren't big enough for them to scale back operations. So, the gas drivers are going to be absorbing the pass thru cost on that. Right now it's minor, but it's only trending one direction. At some point over the next 10-20 years (my estimation), EVs will be common enough, gas stations will stop growing in locations, or start closing some.

Plenty of kids are struggling with mental issues, get bullied, feel ostracized, and would at first glance be considered discontents. I certainly went through all that as kid throughout a lot of my time in school. I acted out a lot, got into plenty of fights (which wasn't a red flag event back then as long as it wasn't done with a weapon), and had a disregard for authority at times. I like to think I turned out okay in spite of, and in some small ways, through it. One individual, out of the thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) in a similar situation acted out with tragic and horrific results this week. The singular event is almost too much to deep think into the results on, but it's also not enough of an occurrence to think we need some kind of mass religious doctrine put back into society for behavior control. That's not too far different from wanting to ban a certain type of guns every time someone uses them for evil or criminal purposes. I'm honestly more likely to say access to firearms was the biggest enabling cause of this event, not a lack of religious backed morality. If all this person had was a blade, or baseball bat...I doubt he has the determination or ability to kill like he did. But I'll not for a moment think that taking away my right to own an *assault rifle* is the appropriate response for the morally reprehensible actions of another. Just as I would hope the lack of moral center in that individual wouldn't inspire a religious imprint that society feels necessary to impose. Some folks are going to take this as a religion bashing post...it's not. It's an expression that I see forcing religion through society as incongruent with personal liberty. I may be agnostic, but I respect the individual right of religious liberty to an enormous degree. I just don't want a majority's religious choices seeping into my right to embrace agnosticism and be left out of it.