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Loved the original video game on PlayStation, and I've enjoyed the series a good bit. Probably will wait for it to come out on video, though.

A while back, I saw a can't pass up (to me) deal, and from that, I have an Geissele SD3G in my SBR. I don't shoot 3-gun or any other competition, don't shoot it for distance past 100yds, but I love having that trigger. In my mind, it's just better for what I want out of the gun. I'm not chiding anyone who doesn't have something other than the standard trigger, I know it works just fine, and I'm quite sure there are plenty of people who could out shoot me on my best day with my SD3G while using only a mil-spec trigger for themselves. But that SD3G isn't coming out of my SBR unless I need some quick cash to pay a bill. I think that highly of it.

FYI, this bill has 43 co-sponsors and only one- Rep. DesJarlais- is from Tennessee. All you folks who live in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, & 8th districts (I think we all know the 5th and 9th reps aren't in favor) and want this to get put on a committee schedule should fire off an email (yes an email, letters take up to two months to be screened because of the anthrax scare) and politely ask your member of Congress to help.

Yup. With a fully in control Republican Congress and a President-elect who ran on one of the most pro-gun platforms in modern history, there is zero excuse material to not see a lot of very good things come from Washington regarding gun rights. We'll see how much actually gets done before sometime around June or July of next year, which is when Congress will take a nice fat break to tend to their own re-election matters. If they don't have results to show, and the 2A orgs aren't supporting primary candidates, we'll know the deal.

H.R.367 - To provide that silencers be treated the same as long guns. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367?r=21 The full text will come as it gets uploaded to the site. The House alone almost hit almost 400 bills filed in just a week since the new Congress convened, so they'll understandably need a few days to update the website.

Mr. Groover handled that pretty damn good. Seems like a decent fellow to boot based on this local news interview about the incident.

Even if it passes, it will probably be tied up in court for at least a few years. There is also no identified mechanism to react to what I see as the inevitable circumstance when California, Connecticut, and New York decide to willfully ignore the law until the court verdicts are decided under some obscure public safety reasoning.

With a few "red state" Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2018, there is an outside chance they would at least not vote against a cloture motion, which would then bring it up for a straight up or down vote only needing 51 votes, or 50+the VP to pass.

Washington Post posted an article on this. Nothing groundbreaking, though I didn't know the Congressman who introduced it retired. No big deal, someone else can just dust it off and start over since the new Congress is in session. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gun-silencers-are-hard-to-buy-donald-trump-jr-and-silencer-makers-want-to-change-that/2017/01/07/0764ab4c-d2d2-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?utm_term=.81fa810f6511

The HD box is either an honest error or them sneaking something in. The rental charge uptick seems like a new year thing, not pleasant, but not unprecedented either. The increases in the sports package and bundle are your promo rate expiring, or the prices for that package going up with the new year. Compare the current bill to your last one (should still be online in an accessible format) and see what's changed. Usually they charge the normal amount, then put in a rebate for the promo on the bill that gets it to the discount number. When you call, set aside about an hour, and just be a polite but intractable force until the first or second tier customer service rep has to farm you off to the department that has the authority to change your rates. When I do it, I tell them I have a fixed budget, and only have $xx.xx allocated for cable and internet, so they need to find me something in that rate. We go back and forth with them proposing "deals" and my rejecting them until there is something I can work with. Also, with AT&T in my area, I cal tell them that I also have a minimum services need and I'll have to switch providers if they can't meet that. Not sure if you have that bargaining chip. Either way, just be the person who won't hang up until you have an answer from someone, even if that means getting another number to call or being transfered. Also, might have to wait until normal hours on Monday to get a resolution, but you can start today to feel your way out.

Sounds like your promo rate expired. They give you no warning when that's coming up, but if you look at it, it should be for services in the future you're pre-paying for. I'd decide if it's worth it, and at least call to re-negotiate the rate.

Why would my insurance company (USAA- based in San Antonio, TX) take the time to even think about notifying anyone here if my insurance lapses?

@MacGyver I grieve with thee. Always hard to lose a member of the family like that.

Well, once her career was a decent bit surefooted, she started speaking her mind, and that was that with the far right crowd. I don't have cable, but I couldn't see myself getting worked up one way or the other about her career moves.

With nobody up for re-election in 2017, I wouldn't get too excited for a robust pro-gun legislative push.

Yeah, it ebbs and flows based on operational needs, specifically in your case for what I imagine was the Reagan era buildup. Honestly, the 2-yr enlistment folks by themselves were usually decent enough, if a bit riper with the FNG smell since you had to take them OCONUS sometimes without even the benefit of a JRTC rotation. The ones that came to the military on the also creatively named "moral waivers" were a different story on average. We had some that made us wonder if that was like what dealing with disgruntled draftees was like. The legislature wanted to pass some feel good legislation because of the Chattanooga shootings, but this one is more fluff than thought out, IMO.

A "two year enlistment" option was expanded by the Army to help fill units in the deployment cycles during the heyday of the Iraq war. You could enlist, and after graduating basic and AIT, you only had 15 months left on active duty once you signed into your duty station, so the total time varied by MOS. It actually started in 2003 under the name "National Call to Service" which they kept around because "We need warm bodies for Iraq" didn't sound so great. The open positions were mostly limited to combat jobs and support jobs that the Army had trouble filling, but they threw in some enlistment bonus money or a partial student-loan repayment as incentive. Pretty sure it's still an enlistment option for all the services.

This came out great... Here's how I did it: 1) Grated a potato, drained the excess water from the shreds in a colander, added a pinch of salt, and a good bit of cracked black pepper, along with some cayenne pepper for flavoring. 2) Used an 8" frying pan and some olive oil to make a large hash brown patty getting both sides crisp on the outside. 3) Since my frying pan isn't oven safe (some are on the way), I transfered the hash brown to a baking tray, then cracked two eggs on top (one yolk broke, but that was a happy accident so I could try the over easy and over hard styles), added a bit of pepper and some hot sauce for a kick. 4) Baked at 375 for 15 min, then garnished with bacon, along with sides of salsa and sour cream. That was just for me, but you can use more potato, more egg in a bigger pan to make a family breakfast that can come right to the table for portioning.

So, how does this work with online renewals?

I've never needed more than some basic CLP, just too simple for me to want to mess around with different oil. I have been using some grease on the action of my pistols lately and liking that, however.

Same. But it looks sharp just from what I can see on Oh Shoot's post.

The HBO special she did, "Wishful Drinking" was a hilarious and crazy insight into the troubles she went through, and her struggle to get things straight. As she quipped, "I don’t have a problem with drugs so much as I have a problem with sobriety." Takes a lot to put yourself out there like that, and I hope in the time she had that some people might have been helped. Condolences to her family on their loss.

A nice song for the non-religious who still celebrate their version of the holiday. FYI: Minchin is from Australia, which being in the early part of their summer season during Christmas explains why a family would celebrate with "wine in the sun."

Last ammo shipment I got from PSA wasn't that bad as seen here, but the packing job had me shaking my head. Very much at the mercy of the elements like you seemingly were @KahrMan. They literally just slapped a shipping label on a box from the manufacturer and sent it to me. No extra protection, padding, nothing. Seemingly, they took a box off of a palet and sent it on to me. The box itself had printed on it clear in big bold lettering "Small Arms Ammunition, 1000 Centerfire Pistol Cartridges." Not exactly the advertisement I wanted to have sitting on the front porch of my townhouse for however much time lapsed in between delivery and my coming home.

If I'm actually going somewhere, it's more than likely a need versus a whim, so their posting a sign prohibiting firearms isn't likely to dissuade me from going in, or taking my pistol back to the truck. I get it, for a lot of them, it's a business decision sometimes imposed by insurance policies, or if they're a franchise just part of the overall agreement. I also agree with the law making it a crime to carry past the signs. To me, carrying a weapon after knowing the business doesn't want you to is more than a simple trespass as the argument is made. And yes, as carry permit holders and responsible firearms owners, we need to be on the lookout for signs on the way in. If you can't see them, your situational awareness is probably lacking all around. If you see them and ignore them, then you're the reason the signs have penalty of law behind them. Make all the protests if it makes you feel better. That's how free markets work. Though I doubt there are enough people who carry to keep open or shut any single place of business with their patronage other than the aforementioned gun stores.