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Patriotism can be shown by both the disabled boy who stands, and the NFL player who kneels. They're not mutually exclusive in my book.

Letting the Chicago PD "do their job"...hmm, what could go wrong? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/19/homan-square-chicago-police-disappeared-thousands

There are a couple work around routes if Linux isn't robust enough for you. 1) Dual boot drive. Most LinuxOS flavors will let you install a dual boot, where you partition your hard drive. I tried this on a Win7 box a while back, but not sure how it would work with Windows10. 2) Make Linux the primary OS, and run a version of Windows in a VM. Virtual Box works well enough, but I'm sure there are others. Not saying it's the be all, end all...just that you have options outside of what large corporations think is best for you (when it's really best for them).

Not all. But it does well with videos, music (I use VLC), internet browsers are good, and their version of office is good enough for the house. Yeah, Linux for work isn't practical. But, at work I have an IT section to keep everything patched up, direct any issues to, and can get a new computer the same day if needs be. At home, it's just me, and Linux makes management of everything quite easy.

Last time Chicago was under some semi-balance of order was in the era before Capone. Since then it's been some variation of criminal element running amuck. It's still a safe enough place to visit, just keep to the tourist spots and don't wander into a bad area.

They just want to see how much hair is growing in your ears nowadays.

Meh, back when hands came off for thievery, we still had plenty of thieves taking the risk anyway. Crime is a constant. Do what you can to mitigate it (locked doors, keeping valuable items out of eyeshot, ect.) and punish it- reasonably- when you catch the perpetrators. Not much else to be done unless we want to get into dystopia mode over it. There is plenty of God all over the country no reintroduction required. Nobody is in a bind if they want to find religion. If they want to push it on others through government, however, they'll find resistance...which I'm all for.

Naa, I just renewed mine today. I suppose it stems from them already having your fingerprints on record. Had to re-answer all the proforma questions, and list any addresses for the past five years. Logic suggests they'll run a fresh TBI check and since I expect nothing unfavorable, hope they'll get my permit in the mail before too long.

The NRA may have a case here...partly. I doubt they have a case in proving they have a right that NY State is interfering with regarding Carry Guard, or other optional items that would be defined as a perk or service, but not part of their core mission that gives them non-profit status. Where they do have a case (and I think a decent one) is in trying to show how NY State is blocking their ability to receive financial services essential to operate from banks and insurance companies, a reasonable point to be made that so many are based in , and do business in NY State, and that NY State is denying them essential support services for their protected speech needed as part of their core mission by pressuring those businesses into compliance. The stick in this case being a loss of their ability to operate in NY State, which isn't an option for companies like that. Big legal hurdle for the NRA to prove, but not impossible if you get enough company reps under oath to testify. Also, this may seem a soft spoken letter, and there is no specified threat, but in NY State politics, it's easy enough to riddle the meaning behind the cordial tone in this letter from the state's Department of Financial Services. Still, as the plaintiff, it's on the NRA to establish malice, and the politicians in NY State have decades of experience at how to skirt the edges of the law without going over the cliff. https://www.dfs.ny.gov/legal/dfs/DFS_Guidance_Risk_Management_NRA_Gun_Manufacturers-Insurance.pdf I'm a bit skeptical about their financial claims because it's the NRA and they always try to make it seem like they need money now to beat back the anti-gun machine. Making those claims seems a mistake, as it opens the full scope of their books up for discovery, not just their publicly disclosable requirements. This lawsuit may give NY State license to take a lice comb to their financial records. Finally, whoever wrote the motion must also be with the ILA. The snarky language would have been best left out of a legal document like this, it does no good, and could dilute the message of law and fact they're trying to establish.

Random thought... If the pro 2A side is trying to push the opinion that a magazine is an part of the weapon much like any other, and large capacity bans are invalid because of that, what happens if 3D printing of guns are banned....the .gov just took away a (soon enough to be) capacity for citizens to make their own magazines in time of need.

The gun industry has a vested interest to get this issue under thumb rather than letting open source material mature alongside 3D printing capabilities. Try to keep that in mind when you hear President Trump consulted with the NRA. Also, think about how this will matter for firearms in 50 years, not today.

C'mon SMOD! Better late than never.

@TGO David you're telling me you'd pass up on this if I cooked it for you? *Filet I pan/oven cooked for a friend a few months back.

In 2004 I saw Metallica at Bridgestone, with Godsmack as their opening act. Both bands met my expectations, which were pretty damn high to begin with.

It's an injunction. That's not a true win, it's just a pause until things are sorted out.

Anything by Merrells are good to go. My only complaint is they don't have half sizes past 11, and I tend to run a 12.5 for optimal fit in most brands. I can do a 13, but still, I'd rather the best fit when I can get it.

We may well come to see this as a tactical withdrawal when hindsight is able to guide us. If Congress finds a way to put what the DoJ argued was their interpretation of 3D printing of weapons into the USC or CFR, the .gov has a much stronger case in court because they're fairly skeptical of overturning legislation that lives in the wide void of government authority. I hope I'm wrong about that, and truly like the concession about what isn't inherently military. Though I'd like to read the settlement language on that part if it's ever public info.

I got my renewal notice back in late May for a permit that doesn't expire until mid-August. I've left it alone and don't plan on getting to it until the beginning of August out of worry for that very reason. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

I'm still weaning myself down to 2-3 times a year, but yeah...life is so much better when you start cutting Walmart out of it. The reduced wait time for a cashier at my local Publix alone is worth the extra cost. The internet. And I get cheap Korean made ammo. PMC for the win.

Kel-Tec has upped their game in response to market feedback, which is refreshingly awesome. Looks like a fun rifle to shoot.

Well, he was an MP.

I'm taking next week off of work, so I'll pick some time and listen to the podcast with a clear head, hoping to be exposed to a new viewpoint, or learn something I didn't know before pressing play. Just from the debate it's provoked here, I think it will be time spent well. Now, I get that whenever anyone mentions "diversity and inclusion" it's almost an instinctual response for many to think that you're being asked to feel sorry for being white, or having privilege (however it's defined in context), or anything else that you feel chips you down to raise up someone else. It doesn't have to be unless you're committed to feeling such. I'm white, well off, fat & happy, and I'm not apologizing for a damn thing. But I'm also cognizant that my experiences (good and bad), are mine alone, and I know only what I can assume about others until I take the time to learn and explore, or simply listen to their stories. Even then, I'll never have the full effect that being anything other than a white male brings, so I'll only ever be able to know so much. One thing I'm sure of though, is any prejudices applied to me were few and far between, enabling my journey to where I'm at today to be smoother than it would be for someone else of the same skill level, drive, and education in a different skin or gender. It doesn't cost me anything I've earned to acknowledge that, and try to make sure I'm not perpetuating it when I have the chance to influence anything. I see it, and not just at gun shops. It's hard for me to expect anyone to be enthusiastic about 2A culture, when they're ostracized from the time they walk in the door, or would be view suspiciously from the get-go for simply having a firearm...even within the gun community, never mind society and government at large.

I've never been into motorcycles, but that thing is a work of art

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