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Awesome album. Pay No Mind was my favorite song off of it, along with Soul Sucking Jerk. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk, because I felt that Oh Shoot wanted to know that particular bit of information.

  To turn it off: Within Tapatalk go to Me> Settings> Edit Signature> None

This thread made me want to try Tapatalk as well. So far, meh...but I do get to do this: Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk, because I felt that Oh Shoot wanted to know that particular bit of information.

I'm predicting a flood posts will end with "Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk just to annoy Oh Shoot" for a bit.  :P

Welcome to a real measure of inflation.  I'm dreading having to get a new vehicle sometime in the hopefully far away future.

Two is the minimum I'll accept at time of purchase unless were talking a very good deal or special gun. Idealy, there would be three so you can carry a backup with you and have a spare at home to replace any that break. But let's not kid ourselves, gun companies want us buying spare mags at their prices, so we may not see more than 2-3 come with a gun ever.

Some fair points all around here, but like most things I believe there is a common ground.    Gun owners have become quite whinny about wanting things both fast and cheap.  The later may not be very possible in a brick and mortar store.  It doesn't help that here in Tennessee, any LGS is at a disadvantage against the internet due to inventory volume and our state sales tax.  As to the fast part, I agree that any gun shop should have a dedicated employee to a register for non-firearm purchases.  Even a "ring the bell for service" system will suffice, just have someone that can break away from floor sales, or re-stocking, and come ring up items for someone wanting to check out and be on their way.  If a LGS wants us to buy ammo and other supplies at their price, they need to make the experience much easier and friendlier than say, Walmart or PSA's read a book and wait shipping time to get us to spend that extra money.   Customer service is a fine line for sure.  I've been into gun shops where I've all but been ignored after a "hello" unless I got their attention and I've had others where I felt like I was being pressured to make a purchase as if the salesman's next meal depended on it.  Honestly, I just want someone to be there if I need assistance or have a question, but not be in "my space" until then.    As to how it matters to TGO...I'd hate to ever feel like I have to bite my tongue on giving an honest opinion on a business just because they are a sponsor.  I feel like our community feedback matters too much to be filtered.  With that, the members should want to make sure when they log on to scathe a business with their keyboard, they should have good reason, through a progression of dissatisfaction.  A one time experience should not be worthy complaint about unless it is something that cost them money or was personally insulting (and not just to your pride).  Attempts should also have been made to speak with the manager or supervisor on duty and allow the business a chance to fix the problem.  Mistakes happen, we make them, and so do employees & managers..  A good business will apologize and do what they can to fix it, and thank you for bringing it to their attention.  Now, if you go a few times, get ignored by staff and the management, come here and let the community know there are better places to take their business.  But I think we need to police ourselves and make the guidelines clear before we crusade against every shortcoming of a business.

  I do it quite differently, usually only bringing a few magazines for each weapon to the range.  I use the reloading time to relax, think about my shooting fundamentals, then go back to it.   Your method sounds more fun, though. ;)

Most times, unless I'm expecting a package I don't answer a knock at the door.  When I do answer, and the person isn't wearing a UPS/FedEx/USPS uniform, I simply say "No thanks, not interested" and close the door. 

I know why cell phones are a big deal, but they aren’t a bigger deal than anything else that can transmit and receive radio signals, which can also be used as IED initiator. Walkie talkies, garage door opener, doesn't take something running Android 5.1.1 to make it happen. I get it, cell phones are a logical choice since they are so common they can be acquired easily, and then used by the attacker without any suspicion being aroused. They worked for the Madrid bombings, why not here. Look at this purchase. 60 phones...why 60? Even if half of those were used for testing/training, do we still think they are going to make 30 IEDs? That would require a lot of homemade explosive, and more critically, a lot of people to put them in place so there isn’t time for anyone to discover them. This is assuming a spectacular attack where one phone sends a message to dozens of pre-placed bombs detonating them at the same time. So the number purchased alone makes me shrug on this one since terrorist groups operate in cells too small to make use of 60 phones, and don’t coordinate with other cells outside of their own for attacks. Also, bombings haven’t been their way of doing things here in the US. Like us, they like guns. I think profiling people based on those purchases is a non-starter. In 25 years, we’ve only seen two bombings that I can recall from Muslim terrorists, the WTC in 1993, and the Boston Marathon in 2013 and that bomb was on a timer, not set off with a cell phone. So, why would they change what’s an easy attack to set up and execute (mass shootings) for something that is very complicated and nowhere near as easy (explosive material availability mainly) to pull off in the US as it is overseas? When ISIS uses a text message to execute someone like that on American soil, call me. That’s a propaganda video used in a controlled environment, and I’m not sweating it, or getting too wrapped up in what if’s that have no pattern of operational employment to support them.

  I don't think fudging milspec and fraud are mutually exclusive in this case.  Certainly once they knew of the flaws, they had a duty to inform the government contracting agent.  But instead, they were willing to risk compromising Soldiers lives instead of telling the truth.  I get it, they wanted those contract vehicles, but it's unacceptable to me going forward if they are unable to right this wrong.   Now when you look at where/when the identified failures can creep up, those temps (-40 degrees to 122 degrees) are not out of the norm for the mission set the US is facing, especially when you consider that EOTech's are used by Special Operations Forces more than anyone else in the US Military.  The standards the military wanted were for good reasons.   120 degree temps are normal for the desert in the summer months, and with a weapon sitting in a container, or some other area where heat gets trapped you'll get up even higher.  Surely a weapon with an EOTech has to have its zero verified instead of a normal test fire before setting out on a mission because of that.  Not very practical.  In a semi or non-permissive environment, I wouldn't be comfortable carrying one on mission if I was having to stay in bad guy land for an extended period.   The colder side, while much more of an extreme, is still especially relevant in looking at potential special reconnaissance or unconventional warfare missions in the Arctic Circle against Russian aggression, a role SOF could have if things keep going the way they are.  Out in the cold there, a team moving with snowshoes or snowmobiles and laying low in hide sights won't have the chance to test fire their weapons and readjust their zero's.  Would you want an EOTech on your rifle if you had to react to enemy contact after knowing the company hid the truth to protect their contract?    I'll acknowledge my bit of hypocrisy and say I'm not giving up my EOTech, since the whole refund process seems like a hassle compared to its performance, and the resale market for them is still settling.  I love their ring style reticle a lot more than a simple red dot alone, and it works fine for what limited uses I need it for.  But I can say that unless they fix this, when I have to decide what red dot sight to spend a good chunk of money on for my next purchase, it won't be for their products. 

While I don't partake in Christmas as a holiday, I am not opposed to taking advantage of deals offered during the season. The SD-3G Trigger was on sale for $182, so I was able to justify the add on purchase of the AXTS Raptor Ambi Charging Handle as the two together cost what the SD-3G would normally. So, the charging handle was free putting it in woman terms. The VP9 was picked up used from another site at a very good price, and is in beautiful condition, needing only a cleaning by my standards. Not sure if the seller had any Xmas related reasons for making the sale, but why pass up a chance to show it off. Obviously, I'm single.

  I was making more of a commentary about the reactions to the story than the event itself, except my personal cell being a tool of terror joke.  We're conditioned to see a threat to anything and everything now.  DHS has done its job and there is a helluva slippery slope here.  The authorities (feds especially) are going to stretch things in their investigation.  I wonder how calmly this would have gone down if those buying the phones had refused to say anything to the police other than "am I being detained or am I free to go?"   Refusing to talk to a LEO isn't probable cause, but how fast do you think they wouldn't have cared in that situation?  I worry about the same justification being used for other things.   If this was Iraq, completely different context, but in America aren't we supposed to wait for some kind of illegal activity before jumping the gun on things?  If this was someone being reported for buying guns and ammo, and the local police, as well as the feds were tracking it for no legitimate reason, we'd be having convulsions over it. 

  Since it's coming up on midnight, I hereby award you the best of the internet award for the 9th of September, 2015.    Completely agree that allowing too much latitude on this issue will come back to haunt all of us in the future.

Maybe we need laws against bulk cell phone purchases.  :rolleyes:   They could be selling them in some kind of black market/underground.  Small side business where going to a distributor isn't needed, or wanted since that purchase would create a record that can be traced for tax purposes.   I love how everything is snapped back to terrorism by default.  Sad how scared we've become.  Tell me more about the event...what kind of phones (smartphones vs. early 2000s style), did they buy SIM Cards and/or minutes to go with the phones, are there incoming refugees or any other already in place population that could be a market for these phones (even a prison to smuggle them into qualifies)...things like that can put a bulk purchase in context and push terrorism as the instant answer easily enough.   Oh, and in 2015, I guess my cellphone is a "potential tool" of terror, especially since I have it encrypted.  Oh the threat to freedom I am.

  If you're gonna do that, might as well make it look like the Clampett's and use that as the next theme for your emerging YouTube career!

They'll grasp at straws and use whatever they can, throwing in page after page, knowing most people are far too lazy to read past a headline and the first two paragraphs. Bury them with statistics and studies is a political move that's been perfected over time.   Also, as we've talked about in other threads, the land grab is the primary objective.  Barry and cadre are probably giddy that they get to score a win against guns in the process, but that's just an added benefit.  The true goal is to get the land, hand out crony capital contracts, and set up housing that eventually brings in more federal money from all the usual sources to Nashville.

  Ahh yes, there are those people out there.  I'll stop now before I offend you and violate your safe space. :P       Agreed, but I always see an unattended car as a easier target.  I know a more than a few people who have had their care broken into, and only one or two who ever said their house was broken into.  So I suppose my view of this is tinted by that preconception.  A guitar case just seems like too tempting a target for someone looking to make an easy score to buy their next high, though it would make for a great rifle bag as you mention.

  Good idea for storage and being low vis...but you think that might make a vehicle breakin more attractive to someone who wants to do a smash & grab, then take it to a pawn shop for a quick payday?

This has happened before, a few times actually.  Start the search at the local strip clubs and go from there.

  Ditto.  Disposable income rocks. 

  I never saw an M60, but I know the 113 made a bit of a comeback in Iraq.  We sent a few guys to get trained up to drive them as a stopgap between having soft skin and uparmored HMMWV's.   Jordan might want old A10's, but I doubt Israel is too interested since they aren't fighting much armor or open formations these days, and they wouldn't make much money selling the specs of the plane to the Chinese.

Just like any other week, tomorrow morning lineups will unfreeze and you can set it how you like until the individual game times.

  As OS mentioned, states that want an AWB more or less have it already since nothing was stopping them before.  This decision simply refused to rule on their constitutionality at the SCOTUS level.   A big shift in current states that allow assault weapons would need a push from the public, and I don't see any states that don't already have bans meeting that criteria anytime soon.

Barter will be king in the event of any breakdown of services.  Doesn't have to be SHTF or anything, just enough to throw our current economic standards into chaos.  In that situation, I won't care at all how valuable you think gold or silver is, but I'll want to hear about what you have excess of and might be willing to trade.    While setting up a shop might not be the way to go, knowing what's in your inventory, what others need, and are willing to trade will become very common should said breakdown of services occur.  There were plenty of examples of in the 30s during the Great Depression, even if it was just neighbors trading sugar and bread.