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How about this 21L bag? SERT, PENUMBRA 2.0 Backpack – Alpha One Niner Or the Go-Ruck GR1 comes in 21L also. GR1 | GORUCK Vertx also just released a 20L Urban Ghost backpack. Urban Ghost 20L Minimalist Backpack

A good friend of mine who I would say has more professional experience with guns than I do switched to LTT spaghetti shooters a few years ago and seems to have completely sworn-off Glocks as a result. I keep telling myself to stay away from them. Nice piece!

My second-generation Walther PDP Compact is my usual EDC. There just isn't anything not to like about it.

There are no laws against gifting a firearm to a family member who lives in your home state. If they live in another state, you are legally required to transfer it to them via an FFL in their home state. Whether people actually do that or not is anyone's guess. I'm just telling you what the law is.

I've been traveling for work a lot lately and it has given me some opportunities to see what works, what doesn't, what is important, and what isn't. My first observation is that I think the ideal backpack size for travel or commuting is between 20L and 26L. Depending on the length of my trip and the amount of clothing I have to take with me, I am pairing-up my backpack with a carry-on roller suitcase or a larger checked-back. The backpack itself is for my laptop, water bottle, medicines and toiletries I absolutely wouldn't want to be separated from, and sometimes a sweatshirt or light jacket. Obviously, the bigger the bag, the less room you have for your feet under the airline seat in front of you. This matters more on longer flights. The bag I've been using most, lately, is my Mystery Ranch 2-Day bag. (Note: That's an affiliate link that helps TGO) The bad news is that there's nothing subtle about this bag and it's on the larger end of the spectrum. The good news, however, is that it is insanely versatile, very adjustable, extremely comfortable, and has proven to be quite rugged. Plus it does fit under the seat on Southwest Airlines. The three-way zipper closure on this and several of their Catalyst bags has turned out to be a feature I had no idea how much I'd appreciate until I tried it. Being able to either unzip the top flap for quick access to things, or split the bag wide open has been super convenient. I'm also fond of the two side pockets that will either tote 32oz water bottles or a bottle and umbrella with ease. You don't realize how important easy access to a water bottle is until you're parched, inside the TSA security gate, and ready to fill up at one of the filtered water stations. Having to sort through a bag of stuff just to get your water bottle is a huge pain. Another plus is that this bag has a flat bottom and does not tip over easily so long as you load it properly and keep the heavier items at the bottom of the bag. Having a bag that doesn't constantly flop over into the aisle while you're sitting at the airport gate is a small luxury. Of course it also plays well at the office. Whether or not this thing is perfect is yet to be seen. Other bags keep catching my eye, particularly those with a more slim, slick, or sleek external appearance, but I keep talking myself out of them because they lack things that I've come to really like about this Mystery Ranch 2-Day bag. The load-lifters at the top of this bag's shoulder straps where the meet the body of the bag itself really do make a big difference in comfort and adjustability. And the shoulder straps themselves are very well padded and have quick adjust buckles so that you can loosen it for easier on/off, and cinch it down fast once it's on. I am surprised at how few bags incorporate load lifters or have thin, flimsy shoulder straps without quick adjustment. I am also a fan of the fact that there are two additional deep pockets inside the bag that can either be used to stow things like travel umbrella, water bottles, coffee tumblers, etc. That's in addition to the two outside, so you can run it a little more slick by keeping things inside rather than outside the bag. Anyway... just thoughts from recent travels. This thread caught my eye because I keep looking at other bags coming up on Black Friday sales and just can't talk myself into any of them yet.

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I've used Total Boat with success. I'd stop by Woodcraft in Franklin and talk to the folks there about what you're doing and let them make some recommendations. They are good folks to know and very knowledgable.

Dust off your most suave 1990's sweater and pleated chinos.

@tcampbell you're showing as a Benefactor member.

Oh man. Death comes for all of us, but we sure could have used James Earl Jones for a while longer it seems.

You're talking about laser pointers, not dot optics.

I've helped a lot of people over that mental hump in the past 6-8 years. Once they saw what they could do with a dot, and how it improved their shooting with iron sights, they all admitted that their previous apprehension was unfounded. I shoot faster and more accurate with a dot than I ever did with irons, and I wasn't shabby with irons in the first place. I hope that we all can agree that speed with accuracy, or improved accuracy alone, are what we want from our defensive shooting abilities. You can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight, but you also literally have the rest of your life to get shots on target when the fight begins.

I realize there is a difference between intent and ability, but politicians have expressed the intent to "come for our guns" repeatedly. I believe them when they say they want to disarm us. Don't you?

It's all about revenge and control. Revenge is exacted through the legal system, but doesn't do anything to bring back the dead or heal the wounded. Punishing parents for the acts of their kids is something that shouldn't happen, in my opinion, but it is embraced by our society because people want to believe that harming someone is the reasonable recompense for being harmed. Eye for an eye. Punishing the perp is fine with me. Punishing a perp's family? Rarely is that justified. Control comes into the mix because there is a coordinated agenda at play to eventually disarm the American people. The risk any of us carries by owning firearms is that we must lock them up so securely that not even the most driven, committed thief can get them. The people driving the agenda want you to be so burdened by the consideration of risk that you choose not to own guns. They fuel that fear by crucifying parents when their kids do something like this. Ask yourself if a parent would be specifically attacked for making a fork or butter knife carelessly available to their kid if said kid took one to school and stabbed other kids with it. Of course not. Because it's about the tool and not about the person using it for a crime.