EssOne

  Great analogy.

A lot more of this goes on than folks know, mainly because the guys who do it don't talk about it. They aren't doing it for commendation.    I don't know of many Highway Patrolmen of my generation who didn't at some time or another buy some meals or some gas or a tire or a cab ride or a rebuilt water pump, or.................. We just considered it a part of the job. But we got it back - I can recall a lot of Thanksgivings and Chrismas's when I got up from my table and went to pay for my meal only to be told that a family that had driven off twenty minutes earlier had paid for it.

Here's another article absent any agenda. It actually mentions the cost of disposal, which makes the loss of public funds even more grievous.  http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/29721656/exclusive-hpd-will-destroy-2300-old-guns-worth-500k   One thing that really hits me in the face is the absence of an administrative procedures manual that provides mandatory disposal procedures for public property. It sounds like the rule for Hawaii is :shrug:

It's for personal use, one computer only, protection of ordinary family files. I don't need much online space.

  That's what gripes me to death. He'll throw away $575K and then expect the public to make up the deficit when his guys need gear. Just flat irresponsible.

Felony stupid with a prior. Doesn't the public have anything to say about bureaucrats throwing away $575K that could have been used to purchase new equipment? Crap. This is the height of irresponsible mismanagement of public funds masquerading as public safety.

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  Durn, first they took the props off of planes, then they put electric starters on motorcycles, now it's plastic CZ's. OK Lord, I'm ready now. :pleased:

  I agree with a lot of this. The idea of a drivers license goes back to the early 20th century and was predicated on the idea that people would obey the laws, thus when the state revoked or suspended the license, the errant driver would obey and they could, they thought, keep dangerous drivers off the road simply by taking his drivers license away from him. Well, that's no longer true by a darn sight!  We know that literally nobody who gets his license taken away actually stops driving. It's common for drivers appearing in court on a charge of driving on a revoked license to simply pay the fine then go get in their car and drive off, and they do it again and again. But having said that, I believe that as long as public safety is at such terrible risk at the hands of bad or drunk or physically unfit drivers, I don't ever expect to see driving become a full right under the law instead of a "qualified right."

Great joke!! Got a big laugh out of it.

  If the wrong people see your avatar you're gonna need one. :rofl:

Then to muddy the waters further, there are privileges that for all intents and purposes are what I call "qualified rights." Like a drivers license in a state like California where, if you don't drive, you don't work or eat. The drivers privilege there has an immense number of safeguards and can be taken away from you only under the strictest of circumstances enumerated in statutory and case law. I call it a "qualified right" because it is extended to you on condition that your personal conduct while driving, vision, etc., facilitate safe driving, and as long as you meet those requirements, the government can't touch your driving privilege.

If I was the Sheriff, I would announce a press conference out in front of the station, and when the news media got there they would see the entire uniformed strength of the department standing there in formation in their dress uniforms observing a moment of silence for the slain Deputy - with their hands raised high. Let's see them explain that away!

Beautiful little rifle sir.   Repairing the butt stock will largely depend on how much oil damage there is in the grip area. The old timers would pump in some 3 in 1 oil come winter, then stand the gun up on its butt for all the oil to drain into the wood. I see some blackish color in the wood around the tang, which is oil damage, so it may break easily at that point. If it's sound and doesn't flake away when you remove it from the tang, I'd also repair and refinish it.

  Well I was only partly kidding about having a Windows 95 program. We have two modern computers with Windows 7 on them, but we also have our first computer, a Quantex from 1995, and it reposes in the kitchen where it faithfully regurgitates recipes on demand. My wife used it for 9 years to do medical transcription. It had 4 megs of RAM which we upped to its max of 16, and we had to replace the hard drive and monitor in the 9 years it made us a good living. My wife has used every computer known to man and still, believe it or not, prefers the ol' tried and true Windows 95. Go figger. :up:

Windows 10? Boy you guys are really obsolete. My Windows program says Windows 95. You're 85 editions behind me. :rofl:

Here's one for $95 and free shipping from a reliable vendor:   http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=XAIMBCGNIBBDG&name=AIM+AR%2fM16+.223%2f5.56+NiB+9310+MPI+Bolt+Carrier+Group&groupid=723     FWIW.

Last year I got to build a gun I had been hankering after for a long time. The idea was basically to hook up a mid-length upper with the government contour .750" barrel with an A2 lower to arrive at what I called a "short rifle" instead of a carbine of the classic order. Since it really wasn't a true A3, being a bit shorter, I called it an "A2.5" just for grins. I wrote about it here at http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/87560-the-a25/. But to refresh everybody's memory, here are a couple of photos of that little peach of a rifle. And here's how she shot at 100 yards off the bench with irons and some Outback 69 grain target hollow points. Well, after shooting it quite a bit and realizing what a sweet handling, accurate rifle it is, sonofagun if I didn't start hurting to do it all over again, except this time I wanted to set it up with an ultra light or "pencil barrel." Mmmmmmboy was that gonna stretch my SDI (Sudden Divorce Index), but I thought it still had a little stretch left in it so I got up my nerve and put the new gun together last month. Here's a photo of the two rifles together, showing the earlier heavy barrel gun on the bottom and the new pencil barrel gun on top. When I built the first one, parts availability was a little sporadic, so I used a Spikes assembled upper, Spikes stripped lower, Armalite LPK, Geissele SSA trigger, BCM charging handle, and RRA rear sight and buttstock assembly. But on the new one parts availability was a lot better so it is all Palmetto State Armory except for the an Anderson stripped lower, Geissele SSA trigger, BCM charging handle, and RRA rear sight. I used Palmetto's premium parts and assemblies throughout the gun, and they were nice enough to throw in a $40 upgraded NiB bolt carrier group without charging me for it. Shhhhhhhhhhhh. Oh yeah, I used the MagPul pistol grip on both rifles. Here are some photos of the gun and some of its features: First, here are three photos showing the difference between a .750" diameter government contour barrel and the .650" pencil barrel Here's the Nib bolt carrier group in the new rifle. Another subtle difference between the two rifles is the safety selector markings on the two lower receivers. The right side of the Anderson receiver is completely blank while the Spike's lower has bullet buttons on the right side. Here is my favorite of all favorite iron sights, the RRA Stand Alone Rear Sight. The allen wrench is in the butt trap. Well, I got the new rifle built and have had time to do a small amount of shooting with it. Boy if I thought the earlier gun handled like a dream, the new one with the pencil barrel swings even better than that. I haven't had time to bench rest it with target ammo, but I zeroed it at 25 yards with XM193 55 grain loads and immediately started banging the 240 yard steel plate dingers up at the club, a few offhand even, so I have no doubt that this little rifle will be a good, accurate rifle.The pencil barrel, as you might expect, heats up faster than the heavier barrel, but I use these guns mainly for target work and I have time to let them cool off, so barrel heat really isn't a big factor with me. So if you want a rifle that will tickle yer heart, try one of these next time you get a hankerin' to build another AR. You'll love it. EssOne

Yep. Exactly.

OK here is the text of the interview I was talking about. It's on Fox News Insider and the part I'm referring to appears in the paragraphs just above the shooter's photo.  I firmly believe the drive-by liberal media outlets will ignore the story.   http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/08/28/air-shooting-survivor-vicki-gardner-dodged-bullets-during-wdbj7-attack

No they do it on many of the gun forums. I'm a mod on another forum and we have a rule over there requiring 25 meaningful posts before a member can post in the commercial section - and we get the one-post-member-trying-to-sell-something all the time. They just don't read the rules. We send them a polite PM informing them of the rule and that we have to delete their post and most of them apologize and stick around.  Monkeylizard's reply to him is similar to what we do.

I think we may have caught a break on this one.   I saw an interview of Vicki Gardner's husband this morning in which he described her condition and stated in response to reporters' questions that he does not blame the shooter's gun - he blames the shooter. I can't find the interview to post the link, but as memory serves me, he said that if the shooter hadn't had a gun he would have used another weapon (and Mr. Gardner named a few), because he was so eager to make a name for himself to make up for his lifetime of failure to do so. Mrs. Gardner is the Chamber of Commerce executive who was shot while being interviewed by Alison Parker. She has lost a kidney and part of her colon, the bullet just missing her spine. Obviously her husband isn't a politically correct type.   If any of you sharpies out there can find the video of this interview with Mr. Gardner, please post it. I think it was Fox News but can't say for sure.   EssOne   PS - Later note - Found the link. See reply #3 below.

  That which once was is no more. Some folks just didn't get the memo.

One time a grizzled old cowboy walked into a drugstore.   He had a long, matted beard in dire need of a trim.    What teeth he had left bore evidence of a great liking for chaw.     His hat was sweat stained and it's brim was torn - heck, it would make Gabby Hayes' worst hat look good.   His plaid cowboy shirt was threadbare and had buttons missing, and the butt of his jeans were durn near worn through.   He looked a mess.   When he got to the pharmacy the druggist asked: "Can I help you, cowboy?"   The old cowboy replied: "Yeah, I think I wont me some Viagra."   The druggist said: "OK, how many tabs would you like?"   "Oh just one." the old cowboy replied.   "Only one?" asked the druggist.   "Yessir, I break 'em into eighths and take an eighth at a time." said the old cowboy.   The druggist looked a little puzzled and said: "An eighth? That isn't much of a dose."   "Oh I don't wont it for sex," said the old cowboy "I jes wont to quit peein' on my new boots."    

Well, as far as I'm concerned..........................