TGO David

We're sitting here debating whether it's an R or a K and the bottom line is this picture got picked up by the media and run with because this jackass was there with that sign and it says exactly what the media wants people to think about gun owners.  That we're itching to mow down a bunch of fascists.

Warning: Constructive Criticism Ahead   So... what's the point of the video or subscriptions?  I'm trying to figure out what your angle is here because this video itself just seems like a "Hey come look at this girl shooting a gun".  The target audience for that is what exactly?  Creepy dudes who aren't legally allowed within 100 yards of a real woman?   Even the way you promoted the video seems almost exploitative.   Are you guys going somewhere with this or just hoping to become the next Hickock45?  Why not do something productive and use it as a channel to draw more females into shooting?  This video just seems like simple voyeurism.

  Nein.  Stella is good but there are so many craft beers that are so much better.  Do you prefer lighter or darker beers?  Any particular style?

  Yep - it is indeed better than regular Guinness.   I'm a major beer snob and typically the darker and higher ABV, the better.  I'll have to start a list of things I think people should try and compare notes with my fellow hopheads.  Dark beer and small batch bourbons are my thing.

Welcome to TGO!

We've got 1000 more coming!  :)

  Nah, I'm just a guy who thinks too much and has spent a lot of time observing people in the wild.  The psychology of why people do things fascinates me and irritates me at the same time.  I'd never be a good therapist as the result of the latter.  I'd probably be like the Gunny in that GEICO commercial.   What I wish were the case is if open carry didn't raise an eyebrow.  If society would get past it's retarded view of firearms as being "scary" and not even pay that person a second thought.  Unfortunately society has relegated the wearing of arms to a time past and feels that we are so civilized now that it's just not necessary.  That whole "thin veneer of civility" thing keeps people from noticing just how uncivilized this world is and how needed the implements of self defense really are.  People want to believe that guns aren't necessary because they want to feel safe.  Those people have their collective head in the sand because they don't want to feel like they can't walk into a convenience store at night without the risk of getting held up in an armed robbery.  They don't want to believe that there's a certain danger in walking down Printer's Alley in Nashville at 11pm because they might get mugged.  They don't want to see the world as it really is because then they'd have to worry.   Like I said in another post, there's a reason why so many anti-gun leftists suddenly change their mind after they've been beaten half to death in a mugging, or sexually assaulted in a parking garage late at night.  Suddenly they see the world for what it is and realize that the only person who can keep them from ever being a victim again is them.   Until their eyes are opened to the truth of things, seeing guns on people's hips is a reminder that they don't want.  A reminder that there are bad people in the world that want to do bad things to the rest of us, and sometimes a gun is what it takes to keep that from happening.

Let's get back to the basics...   Deprived (adj)   1. Marked by deprivation, especially of economic or social necessities. 2. Lacking in advantage, opportunity, or experience:     The OP and the article quoted insinuate that DHS is somehow nefariously depriving local police departments of ammunition.  How exactly is that the case?  Because DHS bought so much of it that local agencies couldn't source any?  Local agencies get their ammunition from retail suppliers, albeit generally on contract.  DHS contracted to receive the ammo that it did; they didn't go out and horde it up all of a sudden.  Their suppliers produced and allocated that ammo for DHS.   If anyone has made it tough for local agencies to obtain ammo right now, it's the retail customer.  You.  Me.  Everyone else who has been buying up ammo as fast as the supply houses can get it out there.  If a local police department is finding it hard to locate ammo right now, it's probably because they didn't plan ahead or because they didn't have budget allocated to purchase it until after the start of the 2013 fiscal year.  Like anyone else who suddenly has the money in their pockets to go and buy ammo right now, they're finding out that there isn't much to buy.   I don't blame the DHS for this.  And you have to keep in mind that the DHS is a sprawling organization now with a lot of child organizations beneath it.  For them to order a million or more rounds of ammo as large as they are probably isn't such an odd thing.   Or you can hunker down in your basement bunker and convince yourself that some shady shit is up.

Why not post the facts substantiating your opinion that TICS is unconstitutional rather than just claiming it is?   If you're right, you're right.

  It looks like the letter "R" to me.  Just badly drawn.

  Good counter point and definitely thought provoking.  However I maintain that the unfortunate fact is that the opposition will use, at every opportunity, a picture of a person carrying a firearm at a rally like this to divert the public's attention away from the substance of the issue and toward the sensational, "scary" gun.  The media is intent on painting a picture of firearms owners and carry permit holders as armed radicals who aren't like the rest of society.    Frankly I'm surprised that the only picture the Tennessean could get at this rally was of a normal looking guy legally carrying a common-place, mainstream Glock rather than a guy dressed in camo with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder.  I guess they (The Tennessean) had to make do with what presented itself.  Or maybe they planted the guy.  Hell, I wouldn't put that past the media either to be honest.         My opinion is that the only way we are going to alter perceptions is to do it individually with people we already know where a civil conversation can be had and eyes can be opened in a non-threatening manner.  You and I spot a guy open carrying and we might not think too much of it.  Or we might cautiously keep half an eye on the guy while he's in our immediate vicinity just because we've conditioned ourselves to be vigilant.   But Suzie Homemaker with her 2.5 kids standing in line at McDonalds is going to see that guy who is open carrying in a different light.  She's probably going to be scared by the inanimate object on his hip, pull her kids in a little closer, or -- if she's a belligerent type -- make a fuss about it.  That firearm on the guy's hip likely won't persuade her of anything but will somehow, illogically, reaffirm her believe that guns are scary and people who carry guns are scary, and that he, you and I shouldn't be allowed to carry them around her and her 2.5 kids.   Then she'll run home, blog about it, Facebook about it, and post a dozen angry things on The Tennessean's comment sections about it because she didn't like it.  Think I'm blowing this out of proportion?  Have you read comments in those places?  It's enough to make you wonder how some people rationalize themselves out of bed in the morning.   Anyway, my firearm is not a political statement.  It's there for my protection and I prefer to keep it that way.  I've got a box of crayons and some poster board if I want to make a political statement at a rally.

  One of those things is not like the other.  Better go tackle her and find out who she really works for.   (please don't)

      Might want to look outside and make sure there's not a government ninja working atop your utility pole.  :stare:

  The "left wing hippy commies" you're talking about fighting against won't be doing the fighting.  When it comes to that, they'll be sending in the troops to put down the rebellion.

And in other news, morons are still helping us LOSE the Public Relations War... 0

Reformatted it.  Kinda wish people would do that on their own, but whatever... back to the subject at hand.   Our forefathers didn't just up and decide one day that they were going to pick up their rifles and start firing.  They exhausted every other option first, realizing that once they crossed that line there was no going back.   Currently I do not believe we have exhausted every other option.  The battle can still be fought and won in the political space without anyone having to shed blood or give up their life to preserve the Second Amendment and keep the government in check.  Do I think that it will always be this way?  Sadly, no.  History has taught us that governments and societies can only last so long before something causes them to fall apart.  Our Republic has done pretty good for itself over time, but the past 60 years have indeed shown that the twin cancers of Big Government and Entitlement Society are spreading.  In the past 20 years that spread has been largely un-checked, un-restrained, and outpaces the ability of conservatives or constitutionalists to stave it off.   Eventually there will likely come a day when the people who value what our ancestors fought and died for will answer the challenge of those in elected office of "...OR ELSE WHAT?" with another shot heard around the world.   God help us when that happens.  God help us avoid it as long as we can by winning the fight on the battlefield of politics.

A few carriage returns in that first post would make it infinitely more readable.

Short answer:  No   If you wear one of the paper crowns from Burger King, am I supposed to assume you're royalty?  People are just dumb.  When dumb people ask dumb questions, and you tell them the honest truth, that's not impersonation.  Impersonation would be accepting the military discount or telling them you were a SEAL in 'Nam.

  They pretty well screwed you on this.  Wow.

I tried some Guiness Black Lager on a whim tonight.  Thin, no mouth feel, watery, no after taste.  A dark beer should have body to it.  Regular Guiness is a bit too thin and watery for me as well, so I guess I shouldn't have been shocked that their Black Lager would be disappointing as well.   Just thought I'd pass that along.  Skip it and save your money.

You just need to let me have that and I'll worry with the conversion.  It sounds stressful, and I don't want you to have to go through that.

I had this crazy idea that folks there were enough folks who cared about firearms and the Second Amendment in Tennessee that a forum might actually get off the ground.  Who knew!  :D

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qomGpsUyDrw     In my opinion you will never get them to listen en masse. When you get a bunch of leftists together they create a "reality distortion bubble" and support each other's nitwittery like a bunch of seagulls squawking.  When that happens, their co-supportive squawking absolutely drowns out any common sense ideas you might be putting forth.   The only way you can open their eyes is to engage them privately, one on one, and lead them to the conclusion that they need to make.  As long as it's their idea and they experience an orgasmic epiphany, you stand a reasonable chance of success.  If you try to bludgeon them with the truth, you close their ears and support the prejudice they already harbor against you as a damned conservative.    This is why so many leftists suddenly see the need for firearms ownership after they've been beaten almost to death in an alley-way robbery, or left sobbing in a heap after a vicious rape.  Suddenly they understand that it's not about the gun, it's about never being made a victim again.

  Yeah, that wouldn't end well.

  Love the avatar, BTW.  Got one of those in our house.