56FordGuy

  I love the looks I get from people when I say "Oh, we're moving to ****".   "But why would you want to do that, there's nothing there?"   Yup. :)

As long as your vehicle is legal where it's registered, you're good. Otherwise we would all have to have our vehicles inspected and get front license plates to go to Virginia.

There are any number of ways she could have not served those individuals, but she didn't. She chose for the loudest, most attention grabbing, really least effective method; all the more reason I'm convinced this is a publicity stunt.

So you're implying that every Muslim owned business only allows non-Muslim customers because the government requires it? Wow. Okay. I guess it's okay to use the force of law to bulky others as long as the bully is on our side. If they think they can ban white folks and have enough business from other people to keep the doors open, go for it! I wish them all the success in the world. I don't want to force myself, by use of law or societal pressure, into places that don't want me any more than those places want me to do that. I'd rather spend my money with places and people that appreciate my business regardless of race/ religion/ gender/ etc... I don't say this "intellectually", its not some abstract idea. I've been discriminated against by some organizations that one would never think would. While I think it was wrong of them to do, I certainly support their right to do it. The closer we can inch back toward freedom and respect of individual rights, the better off we all will be.

If a person owns their own business, they should be able to discriminate against anyone they wish. The only "slippery slope" is back toward property owners being in control if their own property instead of the government deciding for them.

1: This range is a private entity, not the government. I believe private property owners or the operators of private clubs should be allowed to discriminate against whomever they choose for whatever reason, no matter how disagreeable it may be. If enough folks don't like that business' stance on things they will not patronize it and the place will close. Yay for free market choices! 2: See 1. She wants to ban Muslims/ gays/ tall people/ gun owners/ poodle owners, etc...go for it! 3: The right to own a firearm is spelled out in the foundational documents of our country. A lot of gun owners see our right to have firearms as "more equal" than my right to determine how my property is used. Harsh, but true. Overall, I really don't care what that lady does. This entire thing reeks of a publicity stunt to me, it's designed to get a handful of people in the doors because it's "YeehawNascarbarbecuefourwheeldrive'Murica!! They're gonna show them there Muslims! Yeah!" I seriously doubt there's a large Muslim community in the area that will be affected by this, and if there is I would suggest they take their business to a range that actually wants them as customers. I'm not a fan of using the law to force myself in where I'm not wanted just because I can.

You've got that right. The LG 101 I have listed in the trading post now is probably one of the finest knives I've ever handled, I'm excited to see more folks getting to try these really great knives.

:lol: I have a buddy that's been after my welding bench with two vises on it for months now. Sold the welder today, so the table may not be long after. Going to keep the vises though. :)

Regardless of personal opinion, it's a piece of history that can't be replicated. Someone who appreciates history, regardless of intent or what side of "right" an item was on, would love to have that. I'd be willing to bet that rifle hits six figures before its all said and done.

Yeah, that darn freedom of speech always seems to get in the way of locking up the people who say things we may not like...

Curious minds want to know, have you gotten a job and are now striking out to make your own life like every young man should, or are you still tagging along with immature Internet girl trying to make a living off some bit coin scheme?

Even if it can't be made "food safe" again it should still be serviceable as a dry van, assuming it was roadworthy to begin with.

Do not buy a new vise unless you just want to donate money to China.    The vast majority of modern vises are cast iron, which does not hold up well to the pressures and forces exerted on a vise; not to mention almost all of them are imported. Look used, as most older vises are made of cast steel which is a completely different animal and performs exceptionally well. Not to mention, you can get a much nicer USA built vise used for less than what a modern import equivalent would cost. Reed, Yost, Holland, Columbian and old Wilton are some great names to look for. Modern Wilton vises are cheap import garbage until you get into the $2-300 price range, but you can pick up a similarly sized Reed or Columbian for $100 or less most of the time. 

If you're willing to drive to Gallatin I've got a bunch of vises in my shop, and a few torque wrenches. :)

  Do note, we've had two knife group buys in fairly recent succession. With a small group of 'knife people' compared to the majority of the forum, seems like a lot of folks that jumped on the first one are going for this one as well. Not too much new interest.    While I certainly appreciate Willis' work on these efforts, unfortunately group buys often end up being a whole lot of trouble for relatively little return. 

I would be concerned that the amount of heat required to cause the slide to expand microscopically and ease its grip on the sight might cause warping as it cooled.

Only if it's brought in by a logger who drove down and "picked" it along the ice road on a motorcycle built by the custom shop that has a show now.

If there is no frame or receiver with a serial number, then legally it is not a gun. Simple as that. It may be 'machine parts' or 'spare parts', but the serialized part is the firearm.    UPS guidelines differ from UPS Store guidelines. You can ship firearms and ammo from a UPS Hub, but the UPS Store policy doesn't allow it. 

That is without question, one of them there these here. 

  I don't want to defend David Koresh, but we have to focus on the law. If a person wants to claim they're the Messiah, that is not illegal. If people choose to follow that person, that is also not illegal. If consenting adults want to be deemed "wives" of someone and engage in intercourse, that is also not a violation of the law. Weird? Yes. Creepy? Yup. A crime? No.    With regard to the child sex abuse allegations, there are two factors. Factor one, it is not the role of the federal government (much less the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) to investigate such matters. It falls into the hands of local and state law enforcement.    Factor Two is what actually happened; At the end of February, 1992 an investigation was opened by the State of Texas Child Protective Services. The affidavit by ex-Davidian Jeannine Bunds stated that Koresh had sex with girls as young as 11 years old, and had fathered children with girls as young as 12.    That investigation was closed in April 1992. The department's summary stated "None of the allegations could be verified. The children denied being abused in any way by adults in the compound. They denied knowledge of any other children being abused. The adults consistently denied participation in or knowledge of any abuse of children. Examinations of the children produced no indication of current or previous injuries." (Cite: Wattenburg. 'Gunning for Karesh', p. 37)   I can't say either way what was or wasn't happening in the Branch Davidian compound, but the fact is the State of Texas did not find any evidence of abuse.      The warrant brought against Koresh that resulted in the massacre was for having and manufacturing machine guns without paying the $200 tax; a tax law violation.      The siege at Waco is a very interesting moment in American history and one that is not talked about much; likely because the facts of the situation reflect very poorly on the government. Multiple books, articles, and films have been made about it. Thanks to FOIA, we have access to a lot of information now and numerous people have done a good job of breaking it down. There are so many different ways that this operation was botched from the word go that we could sit here all night discussing it and barely scratch the surface.   For anyone who wants to start digging into what really happened, I highly recommend picking up the book "No More Wacos" by David Kopel and Paul Blackman. It's a fair look at what happened, backed up with pages upon pages of cites including information from Senate hearings and other documents.  

Martin Luther King, Jr.- "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."

[quote name="JAB" post="1188849" timestamp="1410451848"]What always got me is that I think David Koresh probably needed to be arrested, etc. However, he apparently went jogging outside the complex on a daily basis. He could have been easily and quietly arrested while on one of those jogs. I guess, however, that doing so wouldn't have allowed federal authorities to flex their muscles and 'make an example' out of any group that chose to live other than the way the Feds thought they should be living.[/quote] Koresh was accused of failing to properly register a fully automatic weapon by having illegal "conversion kits" to make ARs automatic. The "conversion kits" were nothing more than spare parts kits not unlike what a lot of us may have today. Nothing automatic about them. In the days/ weeks leading up the the raid, Koresh regularly went into town, dined at a local restaurant, and even invited the ATF officers out. He had always willingly complied with local LEO, and there was no reason to believe he would not comply with the ATF. However, just as you said the ATF was in a spot because the future funding of their organization was being debated in Congress at the time. They needed a show, they needed to "prove" their necessity. Hell, they even nicknamed the raid "showtime" and broke a laundry list of laws during the execution of the raid before murdering innocent people.

I'm still trying to "get" this. Two days before 9-11, a day when Americans mourn the largest scale terrorist assault on US soil in recent history, the most dangerous terrorist group in the country declares they are putting up a monument to celebrate their bloodiest, most heinous operation in history. Welcome to America?

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