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  Probably about as well as always voting 'R' has worked out for you and has likely helped things just about as much.

  Oh, really?  You might want to reconsider that line of thinking.   http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/12/calif-gun-owner-who-says-she-admitted-herself-to-mental-hospital-for-medication-adjustment-has-guns-confiscated/   It seems that Commiefornia eventually returned the husband's firearms but not the ammo they stole 'confiscated'.  Not yet, anyhow.   http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/06/calif-returns-husbands-guns-that-were-confiscated-after-wifes-voluntary-mental-health-visit-but-they-still-havent-returned-one-important-thing/   Maybe others don't see a problem with such 'programs' being used to harass legal firearms owners and steal legally owned firearms/ammo but I do.  See, the trouble with the attitude that, "Well, if they can no longer legally own guns then I don't see the problem," is that all of us are only one, stupid new law (or even a misuse of current law) away from no longer being able to legally own firearms.  I, personally, see that as a problem.

  It frustrates me to see people anywhere who will vote for a candidate who doesn't really match their way of thinking, at all - and expect others to do the same - simply because that candidate has an 'R' or a 'D' by their name.  They are not holding the candidate to as high a standard as they would their freakin' dog.

  I am under the impression that the Charter version uses a cylinder that is designed so that moon clips are not used.  Still, though, I see your point.

  An employer or business owner has the right to tell me that I can or cannot park my car on their property.  Beyond that, it is none of the employers/owner's business what legally held items are contained within the confines of my private property.  Just because you think that my private property rights are 'BS' simply because my car happens to be occupying space in someone else's parking lot doesn't make it so.

  And that is precisely BECAUSE the rank and file are willing to shut up, hold their nose and vote for a slightly retarted canary if you put an 'R' by its name rather than even consider other, possible options.

I've never seen the mouse thing, either.  I have, however, seen a big hog swallow a (live) chick whole.

  FIFY.   I like the idea of a 9mm revolver and could easily understand why someone wouldn't want to add another caliber to stock.  That said, while I have multiple revolvers in different chamberings, I personally believe that if someone has only one revolver then it should be a .357 of some type.   Oh, and to keep it sort of related to the question in the OP, the Taurus Model 66 that I bought used works just fine - and is currently my only .357 revolver.  Mine is the older (six shot) model.  In fact, a serial number search on the Taurus site indicated it was made in 1987.  I have heard of a few issues with Taurus revolvers, here and there, but then I have heard of a few issues with Ruger and Smith revolvers, here and there.  I think it is mostly the Taurus semiautos that are responsible for something of a bad rep.

IIRC, isn't the Charter version also capable of firing .380 as well as 9mm? Might be useful if there were ever a time when ammo is difficult to find or if one actually saw .380 ammo on shelves more often than 9mm. Hey, that would never happen, though, right? What? It's happening right now? Well, okay, then. A Blackhawk 9mm/.357 convertible is one of my "one of these days" guns.

  I don't think I fully comprehend what you are saying.  As people don't seem to care what type of .22LR ammo they buy as long as they can find some to buy, what would be the difference, to the end market, in turning out (just for example) 50,000 Auto Match, 50,000 standard HP and 50,000 standard RN per hour or turning out 150,000 standard RN rounds per hour?  In the current market, 150,000 LR rounds is 150,000 LR rounds.  As you pointed out, it doesn't really matter what type they are and I would have to doubt that it takes any longer to make a 'premium' round than it does to make a basic one when it comes to .22LR.

Sounds like a hoot.  Not sure about the best flight attendant, ever, though.  I saw this movie, once, where there was this pretty, brunette female flight attendant who might have been the best flight attendant, ever.  At one point, some cheesy music started playing and she...ah, never mind.

Mmmmm...peach fried pies.

  I don't know.  If it was O.C. spray (oleoresin capsicum) and ONLY O.C. spray (not a mix of O.C. and chemical spray like Sabre or something) and didn't contain a die, etc. then I really don't see how it could be 'poison'.  Heck, technically it could even be considered a 'food item'.  Pure cap (pure capsaicin, which is the 'heat' in capsicum, in a vegetable oil 'base') is available for purchase as a food additive (my understanding is that they technically have to call it a 'food additive' an not a 'hot sauce' because it is an extract, not a sauce - although some places still slip 'hot sauce' in the description/name sometimes.)  Here is one example:   http://www.hotsauceworld.com/purecap.html   So, as long as there wasn't an otherwise harmful chemical in the mix, the cop could probably skirt 'poisoning' charges.  Other than lighting someone up at both ends, I doubt there would be lasting, negative effects unless a person had a pre-existing ulcer or maybe it was so hot that it became difficult to breathe.  Surely one bite of the pizza wouldn't have any real, dangerous effects - and if the teens kept eating it after the first bite then they probably aren't all that bright, anyhow (or they are lying.)  Heck, I'll be honest - as a chile head who has been known to eat sliced, raw ghost chiles, as long as he didn't spray too much on the pizza, I'd probably be like, "Thanks, dude!  From now on, I'm pepper spraying every danged pizza I eat!"

  Yeah, but if the law just passed, it could well be the panic du jour for them, locally.

  My first spring assist was a Kershaw - a Chive, I think it is called.  Great little knife but the lock would disengage extremely easily and accidentally in my pocket.  It happened more than once.  I kind of came to the conclusion that, for pocket carry, I'd just as soon have a good, one-hand-opening non-spring assisted knife.  Between the risk of injury from the lock failing/accidentally disengaging and the time it takes to disengage the lock before opening (meaning I can get some non-assisted knives open faster) it just didn't seem worth it for pocket carry.  Now, if I were going to sheath carry a larger one then that might be another story as, in a sheath, I probably wouldn't even need to use the lock.  I can't really sheath carry a knife in my day to day life, though.

  I don't know - I think they will be torn as to whether to blame it on the 'parking lot' law or 'stand your ground' laws.  Decisions, decisions.

We don't need legislation to, "create a right of employees to carry their gun in a car."  What we need is legislation stating that my, personal vehicle is my, personal property and it is none of an employer's, or anyone else's, damn business what personal property I choose to keep in the confines of my personal property - no matter where said personal property (vehicle) happens to be parked at the time - unless that person is a cop who has a search warrant.  It doesn't need to be about guns, specifically.  Instead, it needs to be about an employee's private property remaining private and clearly stating that no employer has the right to search an employee's private property nor to make consent to such a search a condition of employment.

Never mind.

  Once such candidates get 'the nod' does the entire party (or, at least, most of the party) rally behind 'their guy' to win the election?  Does the entire party (or, at least, most of the party) start telling everyone why 'their guy' is the best choice?  If yes then, functionally, he and his ilk do represent the entire Republican party.  Sure, some members may bitch and moan a bit but if, in the end, they end up voting for candidates like McCain then they must, on some level, believe that he deserves their support, in the form of their vote, if only because they happen to have that 'R' by their name.  Otherwise, logically, they wouldn't vote for him or his ilk - and as long as the rank and file are willing to shut up and support whoever the party 'leaders' choose then nothing is going to change - at least not for the better.

  Okay, I bookmarked their site.  Not really in my neck of the woods but I can see checking it out the next time we head up to Muddy Pond.

  That may well be part of it, probably is in fact, but I was in the Madisonville Walmart about a week or so ago and the lady at the counter said, "We had some .22 Magnums up until about 45 minutes ago.  We got quite a few boxes but they went quick."       I am wondering if that may not be part of the issue, as well.  My mom has been around guns and shooting them for most of her life.  When her father passed last year, he had quite a few boxes of .22 Magnum in his stash.  I had to explain to her that she couldn't shoot those rounds in her .22LR guns.  To make matters even more confusing, she recently showed me a box of CCI Mini-Mags she got from his stash and asked, "I can't shoot those in mine, can I?"  When I told her that she could, she said, "I thought you said I couldn't shoot magnums in mine."  So I had to explain to her that the so-called 'mini mags' are slightly souped up .22LR, not really mags (I told her that, IMO, the name is more of a marketing gimmick than anything and I could see why it would be confusing.)

  I haven't seen much .38 of any kind around in my area in months - well, except for the ones I have loaded, myself.   As for .22LR, the only real amount of ammo I saw for sale on the 127 (we went on Saturday and did the Crossville/Jamestown area) was at the hotel in Jamestown where quite a few folks set up every year.  That dealer had some Hornady .38s and a few, other brands but I felt that they were priced about double what they should have been.  He also had one box of Winchester Super X .22LR in the 100 round pack (normal price somewhere around $8) and had a $15 price tag on it.  No, thanks.  Then I saw a stack of about ten or so Federal boxes of 50 .22LR with (iirc) a $10 price tag on them - and then realized that they were rat shot!  That was when I decided not to even look any further.   People selling firearms had insane prices on them, too - as in prices so high that even if they were willing to 'deal' they weren't going to be even approaching reasonable.  Of course, I have gotten used to that at flea markets, etc. even before the current insanity.  A lot of folks seem to think that the utility grade, non-collectible, single barrel shotgun they have for sale has gold lining the barrel or something.  I guess they get their pricing info from pawn shops.  I literally saw a shotgun that looked just like the old Stevens I bought a couple of years ago (at a gun show, no less) for $79 and the guy had a $175 price tag on it.  Well, I said 'just like' but that isn't true - the Stevens I have is in a lot better condition.   I know ammo is a bit hard to come by, right now but I have to say I didn't see nearly as much in the way of ammo and so on last year as I saw in previous years, either.  I wonder if the gun show that was also last weekend (I think last year was the first year they did it - sponsored by Crossville unless I am mistaken) drew off a lot of the guns/ammo for sale in that area.

  Yeah, I really don't understand why .22 WMR is so hard to find.  I mean, I think highly of the round but didn't realize so many others apparently do, as well. 

  Unfortunately, in today's political world it appears not to really matter what the 'rank and file' might want.  It is the 'leaders' who choose what candidates will actually get the nod to grab for the big prize and (as evidenced by the discussions/disagreements I had with some folks on here during the last election) even if the leaders choose a piss-poor candidate that doesn't really reflect the values and beliefs of the average Republican, the rank and file will shut up, rally behind 'their guy', hold their nose and vote for him because - even though there may be very little, practical difference between him and the Democrat candidate - they just can't have the Dems winning the Super Bowl winning the World Series winning Wrestlemania winning the election.  So, then, the supposedly 'conservative' rank and file will rally behind the 'progressive' candidate chosen by the leadership and even go so far as to act like anyone who questions the conservative chops of said progressive candidate is crazy (despite the fact that they, themselves, held just as low an opinion of that candidate during the primaries.)  Hence, those so-called conservatives go all gung ho in support of the McCains and Romneys of the world instead of showing any dissent.  Beyond that, they will even go so far as to tell folks like me that I am wasting my vote if I don't support their piss-poor, RINO candidate (as if voting for one of two poor choices, neither of whom I want to win, isn't wasting my vote.)  Therefore, I stand by my statement and hold that, in a practical sense, it is absolutely true that McCain and his ilk represent the Republican party in its current form.

Well, I now have no chickens, for the moment.  Found my last hen dead in the fenced-in 'run' area attached to the coop.  I did notice something, however.  There is a tree growing in that portion of the coop that I didn't want to cut down so the fencing on the top of the coop had to be placed around it.  I noticed that, where the tree goes through that fencing, there was a bunch of feathers stuck in the wire.  It didn't look as if the wire had been disturbed but I figured that was how the marauder was getting in and out.   Suffice to say that I left the hen's carcass on the ground where it was, figuring whatever killed it would be back for the rest, and last night was able to verify that this was how the critter got in as it returned to the scene of the crime for the rest of the carcass.  Suffice also to say that there is now one less marauding, livestock destroying (chicken killing) raccoon in the world - and what remains of the carcass of my little hen is now draped across a branch about twenty feet up that tree (that is actually how I located the killer in the first place - my flashlight picked up its white feathers pretty easily and then I saw two, beady eyes reflecting the light back at me so the chicken got revenge from beyond the dead.)  Hopefully, when I get more chickens (after better securing the fencing around the tree trunk), getting rid of that, particular threat will help make things safer for them.