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  The FAQ on the NFA site said that in 2013 they had to process 163,691 applications.  At $200 a pop, that comes out to $32.7 million dollars in revenue.    Concur that there is no way any administration- from either party- is going to give up that money

  So then why the "I'm a 2%'r.  98% of my wages go to taxes." comment?  Did I miss something that didn't translate over the internet?       I'm more liberal than the average member of this site, but even I know that you have to work to get ahead.  The last 8 1/2 months I've been unemployed while getting ready for and going to school represent the first time I've been without a job since I was 14 years old.  It still feels weird, but I wanted to make sure I had every chance to get used to being a student since my savings could cover me in the interim.  I have an internship now and will probably get a part time job sometime in the fall or winter for the extra cash.     To me, if someone is willing to put in full time work (40 hours a week), that should not equal a salary below the poverty line.  If they hold up their end of the bargain and give an honest day on the job, I truly believe they have kept up their part of the societal bargain.  If they aren't willing to work to earn their keep, then you can talk about those who thrive on the tit of the almighty .gov.   I remember when I had movers come to pack up my apartment and take everything into storage before I went to Afghanistan for a year as a contractor.  It was the day after the 2012 election and all three of them were jubilant that President Obama had won re-election.  In conversation they flat out admitted they were afraid a Romney administration would gut things they needed to survive, like food stamps, and that decided their vote.  If anybody thinks that movers don't work hard enough, or aren't willing to do things most will not, I don't know what to tell you.  They still needed help to keep their heads above water in these times.   There are plenty of people who are working and willing to work out there.  Our economy just isn't able to give all of them the work they need to survive without some help the way it is today.  It's a shame that we've let it get way, but globalization is a bitch.

A plain cheese pizza from Mafiaoza's.  My three toppings are three beers, but those don't get added until they mix in my stomach. :yum:

  It was designed to give "the people" a way to request things from the government.  One of the things the current administration put into place as a PR thing mostly.  At first, you only needed 5,000 signatures to equate an official response from the the appropriate government agency.  Then it increased to 25,000, and finally 100,000 once they started having to comment on some absolutely stupid things.    It will probably leave a cookie on your computer, who knows, maybe from the NSA.  It will also result in zero happening on changing NFA items...no matter how many signatures you get.

  Nailed it, graycrait.   I got out in '09 and there wasn't anything I'd call "training" with the M9.  The ranges were either a paper target at 25 meters or pop-up targets from about 5 to 30 meters.  We called the pop-up range an "officers qualification" since you were issued more rounds than targets.  For more detail about it, you can read the Army FM about it- http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/fm3_23x35c3.pdf. Everything I knew about pistol shooting, one of our NCO's taught me at a private range with our own pistols.   And yeah, no matter what pistol the Army has, it will get worn down fast.  That PFC or Specialist who sits in the arms room all day will be dicking around with them out of boredom, it will be issued to people who won't care for it properly and only see it as a way to get out of carrying an M4 on the FOB, and all other kinds of neglect since nobody has to buy them out of pocket.

I swung my first club as a teenager sneaking onto the local golf course with some friends to play two holes before closing.  I had a few clubs I got at a yard sale and carried them in a baseball bag since I didn't have a full set of clubs with a bag.  I've loved golf ever since.  I've just never had the time for it.   Played some in the Army, but never anything consistent.  Working as a contractor overseas it was a non-starter.  I took Beginning Golf as a PE elective last month through MTSU.  Four days a week at the practice area at Old Fort Golf Course with a few days at the Go USA Fun Park driving range.  I saw decent improvement in practice, but I was never able to get in on the side games of nine holes some in the class organized with other class commitments taking up my time.  It's been a long time since I was able to get in a full round, or even nine holes.   It's very enjoyable and good exercise if you walk the course.  Though I do use the push carts for my bag instead of carrying them when I walk.  If I had the time, money and enough days under 75-80 degrees, I'd be out on the golf course all a good bit.

As others have stated, you can't define middle class nationally.  In some places, you can't even define it by state.  The underlying factors that determine poor, middle class and rich are highly speculative and I'm sure not everybody will agree with them.  I really think there could be more levels to determine things, but this is America, and more than three choices on a sliding scale is pushing our attention span.  It also helps the politicians from all parties say they want to protect the middle class and help those who are poor reach the middle class.   Tennessee is a good place as any to make what's left in the value of your dollar go as far as it can without being in a place that is depressing to live in.  I chose to settle here while I go to school (on the GI Bill, so I guess I'm one the 47% leaches living from Uncle Sugar :rolleyes: ) and I chose Tennessee to keep my out of pocket costs as reasonable as can be while I work on earning a degree.       Are you saying that out of ever $100 you get you only are keeping $2? 

  Pretty smooth, all things considered.  It was a little slow, but I doubt ATF has the whiz kids doing web development on the back end.  Also, I was working on it at about 2:30am EST, which is a legitimate time for server updates and general maintenance.   If you have the required info jotted down in front of you, or on an open document to read from as you type, it took me about 10-15 minutes.  Make sure an updated copy of your trust is ready since you have to upload it as an attachment.   This guide from ar15.com helped a lot.  Just take it box by box and you'll be fine.

Used eforms to submit Form 1 for my future SBR.  Confirmation email received & $200 tax stamp payment shows as pending in my trust's checking account.

The M9 isn't as bad as everybody makes it out to be.  I've heard every rumor under the sun as to why the U.S. Army uses it, but at the end of the day, troops aren't assaulting the objective with only a pistol in hand.  Most infantry Soldiers never even get issued one until they become a senior NCO or company commander.  It's main uses are for tankers, MP's, SOF units, and all the field grade staff officers who never leave the FOB (no joke, a pistol has become one of those 'rank has its privileges' item).   As to the which rifle round is best sidebar...a big thing that isn't being discussed is military shooting is different than civilian shooting.  Suppressive fire is used so units can maneuver into place and that means you use a lot of ammo to keep the bad guys heads down while your buddy is exposed and moving.  Loading out 5.56mm rounds means every rifleman can carry more rounds than if they have 7.62mm and the trade off in performance isn't worth the risk of having less ammo on hand, IMO.       Even earlier than 2010.  We saw the first M14's come to our arms room in mid 2005 while I was in 2d BCT at Fort Campbell.  They were in vacuum sealed plastic and still had the wood stock on them.  I was there helping my armorer when we opened them up and it felt like we were curators handling a relic.  Units were issued a great 10x scope that we mounted onto them with a kit and about three months into our Iraq deployment (early 2006 time frame), the first polymer kit came out to give it modern options like adding an IR laser and other trinkets.    It's a great weapon when you have a guy trained how to use it correctly.  The layout of one or two marksmen per squad we had works well, IMO.

  That was a procedural vote.  It allows him to bring up the same bill for a vote again without it having to start from scratch and through the committee process until the next Congress is sworn in and seated. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/18/harry-reid-had-a-good-reason-to-vote-against-the-gun-bill/

Islam is living rent free in the heads of many it seems. :rolleyes:

Stay away from ebay and check this site; www.watchrecon.com If you're married, it has the potential to start a fight :D I picked up this bad boy from there. My BlackBerry camera didn't do it justice.

I'm think that the cop knew full well there is no legal requirement for a citizen to inform them if they have a HCP and/or are armed during a stop.  But since there is no consequence for a police officer to lie to a citizen, he may just be trying to get compliance one person at a time with what he thinks is best.  He seems like the "respect my authoritah" type of LEO. 

  Form 1 is back up on eFile. https://www.atfonline.gov/EForms/faces/userProfile/login.jspx?_afrWindowMode=0&_afrLoop=35031225066636291&_adf.ctrl-state=dqpmf9txp_4

A snub nose is on the "when I have more money to waste" list.  I figure it will be a nice way to round out the collection and very practical for carry if I ever decide to use it for that.  I always figured I would just pick one up at a pawn shop or off the trading post here, but that one is beautiful enough to make me consider one new out of the box. 

  Same here, hope the software can handle what is bound to be a helluva rush of submissions. 

A bill of sale should cover you legally in a face to face transaction, I'd imagine.  Unless you suspect that someone isn't eligible to own a firearm, ask them to show you a drivers license or carry permit to verify they are a TN resident, then have them sign a bill of sale that lists the firearm with manufacturer, model and serial number.  Keep it in the filing cabinet as a just in case.  If someone is unwilling to take those two simple steps, I'd question the sale to them in the first place.

  I just played around with this code on the side, and it does take $400 off the MK18...amazing that you can buy one of, if not the best, SBR's out there for under $1,500 complete.  The downside is they only have the brown one, not the black one.

My condolences to all of you who knew Hunter.  He sounded like a helluva guy based on the words you have in praise of him.  Agree with all that 37 is too early for it all to end.

  How is this "proof that O is tied with the islamists"?  If we're hoping to keep Iraq intact as the borders legally stand now, any democratic government has to inclulde and address the needs of the Sunni minority.  Even as a minority, they're too big to ignore or suppress unless the Shia were willing to keep them under heel like Saddam kept the Shia at bay.  Likewise with the Kurds.   I wouldn't be willing to bomb anybody on behalf of al-Malaki's government as it is today.  For my money, the only group worth U.S. intervention to support over there are the Kurds.

  Not for nothing, but I wouldn't depend on Israel to do anything for us "just because."  Their interests and ours don't always align and they are not opposed to doing things that we disagree with or things that could be considered breaches of our alliance with them.  They will spy on us without shame (we do it too admittedly) and will sell to China the mil tech we share with them to maintain their quantitative military edge over any other state in the region.  I wouldn't depend on them for anything critical and would treat them with an entire shaker of salt in dealings.     As far as the current mess in Iraq goes, this is all on Nouri al-Malaki.  He openly went after Sunni members of the government (Vice President, Finance MInister) and pretty much refused to integrate Sunni interests into the political process of Iraq.  He's reaping what he sowed in the traditional style of the Middle East; through violent action.  The only way to avoid this would have been to keep tens of thousands of our troops in Iraq for at least a generation or two, and that just isn't worth it to me.  At this point, breaking up Iraq into three states (Sunni, Shia and Kurdish) may be the best option for stability.  I'd support it for a Kurdish region tomorrow and give a hard look at two other states popping up form new Sunni and Shia countries, even knowing the Shia one would be under de-facto Iranian control by the end of the week.

Well, if you ever wanted to give it a trial run, let me know and I'd be willing to donate time to help out in a few of the forums.   Thanks for the reply.

Great post.  Thanks for sharing.   If I wasn't flush with USGI mags and trying to watch how much goes out for gun stuff at the moment, I'd get these in a heartbeat.  I'll bookmark the site and check back, though.

  This may be the most realistic assessment of the entire mess.  The Kurds should seize this chance, it might not come again soon.