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I'll just make note that when things need done in real life, the Barret is left on the range toy list. In seriousness...when I was in Afghanistan in 2002, my platoon did a lot of work with the Canadian battalion that was deployed with us, even being tasked under them for bits at a time. We were blown away by the skillset and capabilities of 3PPCLI as the unit was known. The recce platoon in particular, where a few of the guys on the top 5 list came from stood out as being packed with studs across the formation. To hear this record shot was made by a Canadian Soldier is no shock, but I'm still awed by the ability.
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I get it...there is no such thing as a "routine" traffic stop and each one has an automatic risk associated by potential alone. But LEO's concurrently need to get that citizens have a right to be armed as well, and that shouldn't take the situation from 0-60 absent any other cause. Myriad examples exist where lawfully armed citizens are treated as a threat without any proximate cause to justify such. The tread line on citizen carry is going up, and that's a good thing overall. LEO training needs to get officers in a mindset where not being the only one in a situation with a firearm is a condition of the job. Philando Castille died because his right to carry was feared instead of being respected.
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Combat deaths are one thing...deaths in preventable accidents are something I hate hearing when it comes to our military. The end result is something tragic in how it turned out the way it did, but at least their families have the closure instead of a lost at sea scenario to confuse their grief.
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Hard for me to be anything but completely happy with my VP9 for carry and car packing.
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Hear, hear. I was thinking that too after processing the information. Being shot at out in the open from someone who got to pick their shooting position and the engagement area is very similar to a common way US troops in the Iraq and Afghan wars came under small arms fire while out on patrol. Big difference was US troops had their own weapons and support assets to use.
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The SHARE Act is something that's languished in the last Congress, and the one before that with some differences in the legislation. The suppressor part is new, but let's not get too excited yet. Politically, the best times to push that bit of business are the window that closed (President Trump's first 100 days) and one about 9-12 months away...making Democrats in red states up for re-election in the Senate have to take a vote on it before their primaries. I also think the NRA could have cashed in its markers with the President and Congress had they wanted to by now...so there's that to think about.
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Considering the bad PR and liability that would open up if the story on the news was someone used the free Wi-Fi at a local Pizza Hut to arrange a gun buy (say via Facebook) then commit a crime...yeah you can see why "gun" "firearms" "gun+sales" ect would be put into the web filter. Yes, I know that doesn't prevent it 100%, but it does let the company say they tried to prevent it or some such. @Garufa, be interesting to know from a a tech standpoint if you were using a mobile web browser and/or TapaTalk to try.
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Americans need more sheriffs like this one
btq96r replied to Randall53's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
Simple enough concept...if anything happens, you have responsibility for your own safety and security until help arrives. It's the norm for those on this site, but a very outside of the box line of thinking for the population at large. Also like how the Sheriff mentioned being trained, as well as alternates to a gun if you just aren't comfortable with it. I think the actual threat level generates the response. Americans stood up after 9/11 because there was a threat out there in the Al-Qaeda network that hit us as hard as they did. So, we were united in our response and resolve to attack them and knock down their ability to attack America like that again. It's when we got into the occupation business in Afghanistan and Iraq that people found themselves divided, and that's fair I think. Today we do have terrorism, but the threat does not rise to a level where national unity is natural response. And there is the legitimate question of how do we prevent the alienation of the non-extremist Islam when being watchful to the extremist version. That's a political question, but I'm not going to sacrifice anyones rights just because they happen to be the same ethnicity or religion (with conflicting beliefs) as the attacker. -
If Europe relaxes gun restrictions, will it hurt gun prices?
btq96r replied to Ronald_55's topic in General Chat
Bersaguy & Ugly voting democrat is more likely to happen...but if Europe ever relaxed even handgun laws, US manufacturers would be the immediate beneficiaries until European brands spun up to meet market demand. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk. OhShoot very much likes to know when we're using Tapatalk. -
I think the community trying to keep a modicum of standards is a good thing. While TGO is David's baby and property, he's gone out of his way in time and resources to make it a home for us all, and having that home a little less cluttered is a good thing, IMO. I doubt he took the time to organize and set up all the different forums for naught. As for Bersa and his type size...no issues for me. While the search function isn't super user friendly, it is there, and I've often found myself better learned from using it to find something already here and then segueing into other stuff it brings up. Filled many a boring night by randomly diving into TGO threads from yesteryear.
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I'm fine with all that, and I'm not saying people need to check the entrance like it's got a tripwire. But a deliberate look at whether or not you're in violation of the law is something I think is a burden of responsible carrying. I've had times where I've walked away and took my business elsewhere, and times when I went back to the truck and stowed my carry gun. That's the individual decision to make depending on needs.
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I get a lot more annoyed and infinitely more insulted when it's the government, the same government that made me jump through said hoops to pay for vetting, tells me I still can't carry a weapon into property paid for and maintained by tax dollars. At least with a private business they have some inherent property rights that enter into the equation. It's annoying, but the hypocrisy of the same entity declaring me safe to carry a weapon then barring me from doing so in their footprint isn't in play. I'm of the mind that as law abiding carriers, that's very much what we're supposed to do at each and every place we find ourselves entering. I find the concept that we're too dumb to notice a posting, not situationally aware enough to spot one at a decent enough glance insulting to our intelligence as a demographic, and worry that doing so intentionally opens us up to a line of political attack from those who are already against our carrying in the first place.
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Or put it into the proper area for such. I saw something in the introduction thread that was easily the topic for a specific sub-forum.
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On their websites Nashville page it specifically states "No OPEN CARRY of firearms permitted except by sworn law enforcement personnel." Now, that may be superseded by a sign on the door or Opry Mills policy, so it's still on you to be situationally aware enough to look at the entrance you use for a posting.
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Man saves 2 babies from being drowned. By their father.
btq96r replied to Randall53's topic in 2A Legislation and Politics
The article is in the opinion section, not within some news category...so be on the lookout for such and if seen take that as your first clue when reading. That said, it one lines up with how the local news is reporting the important details. Oklahoma's Justifiable Homicide law is quite covering for how this is laid out. If the story holds to be true I'm sure it will be, but that's the DA's call. As mentioned, every time someone kills someone there is an investigation. It's only proper for comment to be withheld by those investigating or those with direct influence or oversight on the process. -
Ehh, at least they were outside getting some fresh air and exercise instead of being glued to videos online. My friends and I used to mimick pro wrestlers in the local parks, and once in a while we got into some friendly matches to see who was actually stronger when we weren't acting around. So maybe they were just messing around.
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At my place of work in the West End, I've already brought up asking our building manager if we can get onto the roof of our 12 floor building. Hoping to make that happen.
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Opinions Wanted: Go Back to the Old Trading Post Forums?
btq96r replied to TGO David's topic in Feedback and Support
I think a big part of the equation is how the reworked classifieds looks and works much differently than the rest of TGO, whereas the old system was TGO as normal, just for selling things. I've had far less interest in pursing the new classifieds to window shop and even less inclination to post anything for sale under the new system. -
Apparently I'm the only one who's got anything new since the end of January. And I thought I was slacking. Picked up a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-6x24 with two mounting rings (not a fan of the QD mounts). Got it through their MIL/LEO discount program that lets you complete an order form and email it straight to your rep. Been working on this 16" AR in bits and pieces over the few years I've had it. Next step, once I set some duckets aside, it a Geissele SD-E trigger.
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I remember scanning this thread a bit ago, so seeing this article made me want to post it for others to read and think about. I think it's quite well done, and goes into appropriate depth considering that Politico's audience isn't as attuned to gun issues as we are. "The NRA Would Like to Insure You Now" http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/27/the-nra-would-like-to-insure-you-now-215196 I can't escape the line of thought that Carry Guard is the NRA diversifying revenue streams for their own financial well being. Membership pushes and cash drives will be lackluster with President Trump and a Republican Congress in power. So, with that, I'd look at Carry Guard as I would any other insurance product...designed to collect money and pay out as little as possible if/when claims are submitted. YMMV.
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I was an active duty Private First Class stationed at Fort Campbell. Still remember getting ready to go to breakfast with my barracks roommate after morning PT when my platoon sergeant came barreling into our room to tell us to put on CNN. Things got very real, very fast, and a little over four months later, I was in Afghanistan. That day changed the trajectory of my life in so many ways.
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Folks...the idea that there was no concept of limiting who could be in possession of arms is just not panned out by history. I'll enter into this debate an excerpt from when Massachusetts was debating on ratifying the Constitution. Page 111 in the .pdf: https://archive.org/stream/debatesandproce00peirgoog#page/n109/mode/2up Now, up front, I'll recognize that this was voted down by the state convention on ratification as something for inclusion to their final report...but reading the rest of it, we recognize that our interpretation of the Constitution is in line with how we view those topics, so we can infer that how they viewed the 2nd in this statement is valid by association. The specificity of "peaceable citizens" allows for denial of 2nd Amendment rights to those who do not meet its qualifications (which I would assume requires a conviction), and in my mind, it coincides with well-regulated as a measure of discipline needed in a militia, and those not meeting that standard would not be fit for service in a militia. Unless someone thinks that the criminals of the day were considered "the right stuff" for militia service if needed.
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Not sure if I'd call it biased...we tend to look at anything that isn't pro-gun as biased. I do think it might be used as a survey to gauge of the impact from the articles (AP and Politifact) moreso than a gun rights/restrictions survey.
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I may have made a post similar to this in years past, but I think TGO will indulge me in reminiscing about some lost comrades... SSG Jeremy Brown- Killed in a vehicle rollover during his 2nd Iraq tour on 3 Jul 2005 (very somber 4th of July that year as we all got the news). Not too long after the 101st came home from OIF 1, he came down on PCS orders to 3rd ACR because they needed to fill the unit for their deployment. He was in the gunners hatch when the vehicle rolled over, and we found that he had put himself up there to give one of his Soldier's a break on a long convoy mission. SFC Clarance McSwain- Killed in an IED explosion while on a dismounted patrol 8 Jun 2006. "Sergeant Mac" was as generous in spirit a man as I've ever met. I was OPCON to the company he was a PSG in, and even though I was just an attached MI guy, he treated me and the guy I had with me as if we were in his platoon the whole time he had been in charge of it. I remember thinking how lucky I was to be with a guy so great and funny while stuck in a place so austere it's name was Patrol Base Swamp. CPL Jessica Ellis- Killed in an IED explosion while assigned as the medic for a route clearance team. Jess was the "kid sister" type you'll have in a unit with females, but she busted her ass in contributing to the effort. She was a great medic and you could see how dedicated she was each and every time she treated someone, as well as when she would be involved in training folks in our battalion run combat lifesaver classes. Her death was on Mother's Day in 2008, and I hate that her family has to associate it with her passing. Every year around this time, the thoughts of them are vivid in my mind. I'm thankful to have known them and thankful our country had such fine individuals willing to serve it.
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Another terrorist attack- rhetoric remains the same
btq96r replied to White Goodman's topic in General Chat
Soft targets made up of large crowds, an area with more than can be secured with too little security resources (mostly because security is expensive), and we have the initiative given to the bad guys just by living our lives. While it's statistically insignificant, you have to acknowledge the risk for the age we live in when it comes to terrorism. But I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I'll accept with the risk that comes with the freedoms we have. The alternative is much less pleasant.