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Not surprising that many who've died had underlining conditions...plenty of American's do. Just using myself, I'm hypertensive and overweight. The devil is in the details, though. My blood pressure is kept well in norms with proper medication and physician visits every six months, and while I've got a belly to show how well fed I am, I can also walk three miles in an hour without keeling over for breath, and then go about my day after a shower. If I get sick from COVID and kick the bucket, neither of those conditions will have killed me, the COVID did because without it, I was living an ordinary life with proper medical treatment and exercise. But I'm a-okay not having to prove that point.

"The norm" is interpretative, but as long as the principal of gun ownership still exists, we'll make it through. Trying to let history be my guide here. I just keep thinking back to 1968...it was a bad year that brought on some very different, and even bad times for gun rights in retrospect, but not a fatal transition away from guns being in citizens hands. I do understand how the volatility of everything going on at once can paint a bleak picture, however.

Gun cycles tend to have very high peaks, and very low valleys, but there is a cycle if you can pick it out afford to be patient with your purchases. This too shall pass, but I get the nerves given all things happening at once. Really anything other than equipping yourself with the core three (pistol, rifle, shotgun) and enough SD ammo are luxuries you can wait for a good price point to present itself on. While I would love to have a nice PDW, it's not something I feel that I need before I keep funding my way to a down payment on a home, so I don't have one. For your standard AR shooter, get ten mags (aluminum or polymer) and you'll be set for 10 years if you don't abuse them. It's ammo I'm way more worried about long term. David pointed out some very good macroeconomic conditions in play, and those are things to keep a watch on. Since it's very much an expendable item, price can move like, well, precious metals on a financial market (irony), so you really need to understand the dollar cost average of how much you shoot, and learn when to buy even though your inventory tells you otherwise to keep it from rising if you're on a budget. That's not to say I endorse panic buying, I certainly don't. But I tend to look at my ammo like an emergency fund. While you try to shoot from an expendable pile you rotate around, you need to keep a certain level, and anything more isn't a bad thing if you worry about the future. On the flip side, times like these should reinforce how ammo is for a serious purpose first and foremost, so while piling up brass at the range is fun, it could come with a cost.

I've been adding 2x PMags to every order from PSA or Primary Arms since 2014. But a new trigger, get two mags...rifle case, add two mags...ect. While some may say there's no such thing as enough, I'm not worried about my own supply in the least. All these people buying mags in California before the court order goes into effect (which isn't simultaneous with the ruling) are running the risk of having their sales records subpoenaed by the state.

Doh! Yes, that's what I meant. So edited in my post.

I think the time is right for GOA to try and put the NRA out of business by saying in a campaign, "give us your membership dollars, and as we reach the NRA's membership levels, we'll wield that power more responsibly both politically and fiscally". Clearly the NRA didn't prioritize the money they raised to be effective as a gun rights organization, they needed it to fund cronyism and lifestyle perks. I very much believe under the right leadership with built in oversight and transparency from the beginning, GOA can reach the same level of political clout the NRA uses as their only legit defense. From there, they money will come in from the industry, and they can fund the safety and range standard programs the non-legislative wing of the NRA does pretty well (I admit to not know if/how GOA may already try to do this). Yes, it will be a public and brutal fight as the NRA will not go gentle into that good night. But for the next few generations of gun rights, I'm willing to trade some short term disharmony to have the group politicians actually do business with hold values a better aligned to the core of gun ownership is supposed to be about (hint: it ain't hunting and sports).

They very much punch above their weight. A good part of that is they tend to be very strategic with regards to the cases they take on.

Like @TGO David said, no...but if you're thinking of this as a potential carry gun at any point, it can't hurt to shoot it until you're confident.

Hoping for the best for your grandmother and all the other residents/staff there.

Show them some material from one of the good orgs out there (GOA, SAF come to mind), and see if they'll amend their rules to allow one of those to suffice.

https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/1291537690635239425?s=19 The guy writing the tweets in the thread I linked above is not an ally of gun owners, but he's basically parsing the juicy details of the lawsuit. The avarice of WLP and friends is just amazing.

That's a bit out past intended use to say the irons failed.

How would irons fail?

Both sides of Congress love letting the government agencies have a wide operating latitude. It lets them rail for or against their administrative moves, all while sidestepping the burden of actual oversight and responsibility, because that's hard, plus it cuts into time better spent fundraising or developing relationships that will land someone a sweet lobbying job after they retire from the legislature.

Damn it, Dr. Fauci...six more weeks of CoronaVirus thanks to that wild pitch! Their work product is highly specialized in some very competitive industuries, and responsible for bringing in some huge revenues. Their pay is just commensurate to that revenue as they negotiate it with their employer.

I don't know how much revenue US tourism represents to the Bahamas...but it has to be of some significance. To their government, our risk of being COVID carriers outweighs the economic benefits of our pumping local money into the economy, and that's an embarrassment. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article244340147.html

Especially when you think about how completely opposite life is in depending on where you live in Georgia. Atlanta is pretty much a world unto itself, and some of their smaller cities are still so drastically different than the rural areas, that you really can't put a statewide block on anything if you're trying to be prudent.

I'm sure there are widespread testing inaccuracies...this is after all something the labs aren't used to dealing with. The science is also still very much being developed as we go along, because again, this isn't something we're used to dealing with. The flu has been around and studied so long, it's got a level of predictability to it from diagnostic to the immediate and long term impacts. With COVID-19, we're learning as we go, so it's going to be chaotic. The tinfoil crowds on all sides are having a field day with this one, but I'm just hoping to not get sick because I have a feeling it would suck.

Sent off a check earlier this month. Didn't really bother me any, just a different month this year.

Does this Mossberg 500 have a stock? Without a stock, I can see the allure of shooting from the hip with certain loads.

It makes sense as a business move in theory, just not sure how much it'll move the needle on sales. I'm guessing there is no small percentage of people being into both guns and fishing.

Reading the orders helps... From the Wilson County order And the Sumner County one... So enjoy that fumey money smell mask free if you can keep 6' away from someone else. Just wear a mask when you go buy groceries, please.

A legend for sure. He also lent his celebrity to help do a lot of good things in support of the student-veteran community at MTSU. Condolences to his family & friends.

I support wearing masks in public, and do so myself in public spots with the exception of my morning walks where I can just avoid people by getting out of the way. While I have legit reservations about if/should government be able to mandate it aside from an enforcement of health codes for businesses, but at the same time, we should be doing the right thing, so the debate should be unnecessary. Other counties are getting this thing under control, but here we are, seemingly destined to 'Merica this up.

I know it was a hard task to be the bearer of such grim news, hipower. But at least they got it from someone in the family. Condolences to the family on your loss. May his memory be a blessing.