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Wasn't there an incident like this somewhere else a while ago? I feeling some sense of deja vu over this.

En Banc results released today...sorry to say gun rights lost. I'm still unpacking this, and it'll take a bit with all I have going on this week, but this part near the begining says it all. Basically, they said assault weapons (as the government defines them), & magazines are not protected by the 2nd Amendment because they're weapons of war, and that intermediate scrutiny, not strict scrutiny was good enough even if they were when cases like this come up. I hope that this is appealed, that SCOTUS takes it up, and puts commonly used/produced assault weapons under 2A via the Heller standard. Sad day, friends.

That will take time, and even then, it will need to be something so big it forces the House of Representatives to vote for it. That's not happening until the approval polls for President Trump are low and the GAF factor about it starts changing in their districts.

Don't worry, President Trump will move on. Maybe he'll watch The Walking Dead tonight and start Tweeting about the zombie apocalypse.

I take it as a sign they have no meaningful counterargument, and accept that their resorting to a pejorative is just another way of offering their concession.

Sorry for your loss, Bersa. I know friends like that are something that makes life great. While I hope there wasn't any great amount of pain, out on the water with a friend and a rod is as decent a place to spend your last moments as any I suppose.

Just have her leave Skype up and running so all she has to do is click on the accept call button when you call, or click a few buttons to call you. Seems like she won't be using the computer for much else, and you can even set the screen saver to show an album of family pictures for her.

I think the majority of the problem is the pirate ship mentality of organization where there are sections that are in conflict. In theory, Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff should be controlling the nuts and bolts of everything, with a strong Communications Director to craft and guide the messaging through a Press Secretary who is the primary conduit for the message. The Trump White House has nothing approaching a level of organization from what I can tell. Between Priebus, Bannon, Kellyanne, and Vice President Pence, I have no idea who's in charge of what. Spicer pulling double duty as Communications Director and Press Secretary isn't working, and not for nothing, the last time any White House sort of even tried dual hatting those positions was with George Stephanopoulos getting in front of what Dee Dee Myers was doing, and that was a bad idea. This isn't a lack of sea legs, it's a lack of organizational discipline and delineated roles. Every White House has some bumps in the transition from campaigning to administrating, but the current gang doesn't look halfway thought out.

I would never insinuate she's a dumbass...that's why I think all these gaffes she's had in such a short timespan could be deliberate. These kinds of mistakes aren't anywhere near her competence level, which I actually think is through the roof. That gal did a job with the way she kept Trump above water to survive until the end of the campaign. Even Bill Maher got nervous when she became his campaign manager since he knew how skilled she was.

Kellyanne is probably getting a bit tired of her new job. It was one thing to work a campaign where you could count on the other side making mistakes and having to play defense over their myriad email scandals to ease the pressure on, but this is her taking the full brunt of having to be the face and answer for all things Trump, and it's not going to stop. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if her gaffes/misspeaks are her way of trying to push the limits and get fired. She's already said a few times that her biggest priority is being around home for her kids given their ages, and I'm sure the working hours aren't as friendly as she might like for that. Also, for a campaign/pollster expert, December until about June about as close to an off-season as they have, so she's not getting any of the break she was accustomed to. Plus, she gave up who knows how much money to take a .gov salary of $179,700/yr.

Taking Ken's interpretation of MI law as accurate, all this proves is that clearly legally and clearly stupid aren't mutually exclusive.

So he's dropping truth at you on multiple fronts.

Pfft...Erik is just reminding you that there are different acoustics outside the echo chamber.

Even a small caliber can hit someone harder than I can punch or kick.

Just trying to make sure gun owners don't turn themselves into a special snowflake class to save a buck.

There is no legitimate reason for a tax holiday on only guns and ammo.

My birthday is May 4th...their parents were just celebrating how awesome I am. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Do me a favor when you get it, please... Post a pic of the two side by side and tag me with an @ so I see it. I don't want my keychain to get too clunky, but this one looks intriguing. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Primary Arms is in on the $399 AR fad. Link is for Anderson brand, which is good for range use or a starter AR. They also have Del Ton for the same price...but yeah. http://www.primaryarms.com/anderson-manufacturing-am15-with-fixed-front-sight-am15 Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk just to give Oh Shoot something to be grumpy about.

Here's the only rule the Patriots broke in this game...

While I'll not say the M9 (Beretta 92F) failed to do its job, I think its high time for a change given recent innovations in firearms. The SIG 320 seems like a good pick, but like any other weapon carried into combat, it will come down to the user maintaining the gun as much as anything else. Training will play a big part, but the military never really gives good handgun training to conventional units, only Special Operations.

I consider the Walther P99 a double action striker-fired handgun, as does Walther in the specs. It may not have a hammer, but it can be decocked, and the trigger pull weight and length are cut in half when it's in single action. The patent paperwork clearly shows it's supposed to be over.

If you can sign a petition that at best will be answered by a junior staffer...you can email your representative in Congress if they aren't listed as a co-sponsor of the HPA, and email our two Senators with the same inquiry while they're at it. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367/cosponsors?q={"search"%3A["hearing+protection"]}&r=2 https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/59/cosponsors?q={"search"%3A["hearing+protection"]}&r=1

I know. He should be using a scalpel, but this is President Trump and we all know he isn't a details guy at this stage in life. So the minigun it is with Steve Bannon and friends working the T&E mechanism. The minimum wage is a half assed solution as it stands. Unless you want to argue that $15,080 ($7.25 minimum wage * 2080 hours) is enough of an annual salary to live on where the federal standard is the floor. There are regional cost of living variables, and while some states and cities are active in managing this, others aren't at all. I get that changing the minimum wage will have 2nd and 3rd order effects in the economy, but I'm not too sad about the possibility of super sized meals getting pricier or people not being able to get a new TV or cell phone on a whim. Might get people out of the service industry and needing to find another job where the economy needs more hands. It would also put more disposable income into the economy for business to compete over. Another pillar of this is re-looking any and all free trade deals...one of the few items on the Trump Administration agenda I agree with and hope happens sooner rather than later. I guess you tell me when I'm close enough to the real world for your liking. Till then, I'll just go to my job M-F and do what's expected (and more as I'm able) to justify the pay and benefits I'm fortunate to have.

It can't be pegged to a specific number, because each company will be different. But there should be a minimum wage that puts full time work at a good middle class level, and a benefits package that is at least partially funded by the company for full time workers, and a government administered option that people who have to work 2 or more jobs to get full time equivalence can buy into. Companies should continue to chip into that government benefits system based on how many part time workers they employ, because we know that some companies will cut hours to avoid having workers classified as full time and qualifying for benefits...the ACA proved this. After taking care of workers so we have a strong and sustained middle class, and of course paying taxes, then the company can enjoy profits, distributing to shareholders and partners as they see fit. You can keep saying I want it to be socialist all you want, that's just you applying the word as you see fit. I want private industry to be regulated, strongly, but I don't want government owning the means of industry which is a core tenet of socialism. All the govt should determine is a flat minimum wage and benefits to make sure full time work is properly compensated. Free industry would cull any unneeded jobs because as we both agree, unneeded positions wouldn't be worth the cost. Then, you can index the welfare payments below what a full time job would provide as a means to incentivize work over welfare. I don't see a way the reverse order fixes both problems.