TGO David

I've spent all of my fun money, so I'm safe this weekend. The rest of you guys are screwed.

It's going to be a long weekend full of lots of quiet time for me this weekend while I cram for an work-related certification exam that I have to take next Friday. As a result, I'm spending a lot of time reading and thinking... and not necessarily about my studies. As I was sipping on my coffee, reading one of my texts and keeping an eye on TGO periodically, my Glock 19 caught my eye. It's sitting on the table in arm's reach, as always, snugly snapped into its RCS kydex holster. I couldn't help but pick it up, pop it out of the holster, wipe off the layer of lint and crud that have gathered on it from the past week of carry, and admire the ugly simplicity of it. That's when it struck me again, as it often does, that my Glock 19 is seriously my favorite handgun. It's my "go to" piece time after time after time. Considering that I have handguns that are more expensive, more ergonomic, more refined... why do I keep going back to this squat, square, ugly, pig-nosed piece of Austrian-American plastic? I think it's because I trust it implicitly. I know it inside and out. I've run it hard, packed full of dirt and crud and thick nasty soot from cheap Russian ammo. I've not necessarily abused it, but I've not given it any quarter either. There have been day-long training sessions where it never saw a drop of oil added to it, has had mud caked into it, has been thrown, dropped, kicked, dragged and never complained. It's always fired when I pulled the trigger. It's the AK-47 of the handgun world. It's the cockroach of 9mm's. It's not pretty, it's not the most accurate for shooting 1/2 inch groups, it doesn't have interchangeable back straps or lasers or stippling, but it never has let me down. It's compact but not too small. It balances perfectly in my hand. It points naturally for me and makes me feel like a 9mm Jedi when I see the sights coming into perfect alignment every time I bring it to bear on my target. My fingers know where the trigger resets and my split times are narrow as a result. My hands know where all of the controls are and I have no problems manipulating it with both or impeded with just one. Mag changes are quick and easy and often happen without me even thinking about looking at the gun while I'm performing them. I know this gun. I trust this gun. I don't love it; it's too ugly and cheap for that. But I do respect it. And if the day comes that it falls completely apart and can't be rebuilt... I'll buy another and treat it just as badly. So, what's your favorite and why?

It's an odd sign of the times when Taurus is producing nicer weapons than Ruger. That's not a ding on Taurus... it's a ding on Ruger.

What... Congress has said this is OK.

Mosin Nagant.

Guys, the problem isn't our server. It's clearly sending out emails. Sorry.

I think what's causing it is that they have loaded up some new advertisements today. Until the GIF files for those get cached in our browsers, it may be a bit slow on that first load or two. I noticed it very briefly earlier this evening but have had no problems since. YMMV.

I swear I've got a day job for some of you guys. It involves noticing every annoying little thing that software does.

Check your filters. We're using an email host now that cost me several $$ a year so I know it's working. I get them all the time, especially with gmail. For that matter, they're going through to Comcast users now and comcast gave us fits before. Ultimately though, if it's not working for a certain provider I'm just not going to try to fix it anymore. It's eaten up way too much of my time and money and it's like trying to hit a constantly moving, changing target.

You're raising them up like Spartans. Excellent.

It's time for me to renew my annual membership again and frankly I'm tired of having to remind myself of this each year. This time around I'd like to just get my Life Membership but I am also aware that there are $300 Life Member deals going on right now. Can someone hook me up? Thanks.

Here... let me link some pictures.... Just kidding.

How did you get a picture of my Norelco?

Great. They're surrounding the forum as we speak.

Jack Bauer would get arrested at least several times a week if he ran around Johnson City, it appears. But back to reality, this is why I don't advocate open carry the same way I don't advocate running around with your zipper down and your tally-whacker hanging out the front of your pants. Both of these things will probably get the police called on you, even though only one of them is truly illegal.

I wouldn't go to Hickory Hollow Mall without a gun. Major, major, major area for crimes of opportunity.

Caleb Sutton won't be joining us again on TGO ... ever. Slurs or other such attacks on a person's sexuality, belief system, race, color, creed, etc. will not be tolerated here and are absolutely despicable. Isn't there some psychological proof anyway that people who exhibit strong homophobic tendencies are insecure in their own sexuality? It seems that this is actually a character trait ecognized by the clinical psychology community. Just saying.

Nice! I recently picked up a Benchmade Mini Griptilian for both myself (in black) and for my wife (in pink) and am really taken in with the quality of the knives for the price you pay. I intend to pick up another larger Benchmade knife at some point now, and had been eying the exact one that you have.

I think we're close enough. I'm going to go ahead and place the order tomorrow. It looks like we might have a few extras, so if that turns out to be the case I'll let everyone know.

If Assange had done something like this to say, oh... I dunno... the Israelis... he'd already be dead by now. It's a shame that we've become a little too "civilized" in terms of how we allow our government to handle those that threaten our national security.

Checking into it for you now.

Guys, thanks. If you've already ordered let's see if we can get some of the fence sitters to kick in on this. There's no sense in only a few folks carrying the burden here.

I recently acquired a Kahr PM9 for pocket carry and love it. Great gun, does exactly what I wanted it to do. My wife is now interested in an alternative for her J-Frame revolver and has started considering the Kahr P380 as well as the Ruger LCP. I've read plenty of reviews of the LCP to know what to expect with it... but I've really not read many reviews of the P380. So these questions are for those of you here who own or have owned the Kahr P380: Likes or dislikes? Problems? Reliability? Thanks.

Just by way of an update: We are about 50 stickers short of being able to order. If you're wanting to have one of these please be sure to jump on this soon! It may be a while before we order more, and once this batch goes that's it until we do this again. Thanks!

I find it mildly ironic that there are so many traffic stops on Sam Ridley Parkway... which coincidentally is where the only Krispy Kreme in town is. You'd think you guys would be happy on that street.