TGO David

It's registered with a registrar in Switzerland who has a very good privacy rating.

It's an amazing piece of glass. I'll buy another from them in higher magnification for another build soon.

Eagle.

Hopefully we don't have to resort to that backup URL ever... but it's now ours if we have to.

Depends on how many times their testicles have been tazed, maybe.

I forgot to come back to this. I bought a Vortex Razor II-E in 1-6 with MRAD reticle. Totally pleased with it!

More on the Brownell family owning AR15.com can be found here: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/06/05/breaking-brownells-acquires-ar15-com/

That's all any of us know, or at least knew earlier today. Brownell's owns AR15.com now. I wonder if they were able to put some muscle behind getting the AR15.com name restored by GoDaddy since it seems the registration is still live with GoDaddy at this time. Brownell's hadn't issued a statement about it earlier either.

That headline appears to have evoked the reactions that they intended. Just like the actions of a bad apple among the overall community of "gun owners" shouldn't be used to paint the rest of us with a wide brush, I think we ought to try to give other groups of people the same benefit of the doubt.

I know this shouldn't have made me laugh, but it did.

https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000858.htm Or just write it down on a Post-It note and slap it on the fridge.

Damn. I forgot all about her!

I'll post this link but there are hundreds of other sites you can find it from. Go search it for yourself and pick your poison. https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/fbi-armed-protests-planned-at-all-50-state-capitals-u-s-capitol If I were you, I would think twice or more before participating in any of these things. At best it is a fundamentally bad idea with horrible timing and terrible Public Relations optics being promoted by overzealous but genuine lovers of freedom. At worst it is a giant PsyOp being spurred on by people who want to decimate the Second Amendment. Either way, it is going to be used to paint gun owners as a threat to civilized society the moment ANY of it goes wrong in ANY state. All it is going to take is for one armed group to clash with the police or National Guard or for a report that an innocent was harmed by an armed protestor, and it will be used to ramrod unconstitutional gun restrictions through the Legislature at lightning speed and with the backing of a frightened public. Let's be honest about an inconvenient truth: Guns scare people who don't own them and don't use them. Hard stop. Accept it. I have spoken numerous times here and on the Shooters Nation Podcast about the need to be good evangelists of the Second Amendment by making gun ownership normal and less scary to people on the fence about it. I have told anyone who would listen that a gun is not a public relations tool, and that open carry -- especially at protests and rallies -- does nothing but further polarize an already scared and skeptical voter base against the cause. Regardless of how many times I scream it from the rooftops, there are always the loud voices inside the gun community who want to holler about "MUH RIGHTS!" or "YoU AReNt A TrUE PaTRIoT ArE YoU, YoU PuSSY?!" and who want to shout me off the stage and tell me to go to hell for insinuating that God, Jesus and Moses don't really want them carrying their AR15 to picket a government building or elementary school. Well, allow me to scream it from the rooftop one more time: If you were thinking about going to one of those events, for the sake of everyone else if not for your own safety, stay the F home. Don't scare the sheep. Don't give the salivating media the photo-op that they are this very moment sitting at their desks with enormous boners hoping you'll give them. Don't freak out your neighbors. Don't give the rest of us a bad name. Don't put yourself on some [other] government watch list. Don't be a useful idiot playing into the hands of people who want to destroy the 2A! If you want to do an ill-advised armed protest, do it a few months from now. Don't do it this month. Don't do it on Inauguration Day. Don't be a dick. This has been my TED Talk.

Join as many of the orgs as you can. Asymmetrical warfare. NRA, FPC, TFA would be my recommendations at a bare minimum. GOA, maybe. I am not convinced of their effectiveness but I am a life member so... *shrug*

Add TGOBACKUP.COM to your Internet bookmarks immediately. If we lose our domain registration with GoDaddy as part of the ongoing assault against Free Speech, we will re-home to the domain name TGOBACKUP.COM as quickly as possible. Today, 11-JANUARY-2021, GoDaddy de-platformed AR15.com by cutting off their DNS registration. You can read more about that here: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/the-deplatforming-continues-godaddy-boots-ar15-com/ The new TGOBACKUP.COM domain is not active presently. It will go live if we get cancelled by GoDaddy.

Look, I am really sick of this crap. Everything we have done lately has been designed to keep TGO available for all of us. Read this story: https://rantingly.com/godaddy-cancels-ar15-com/ This could easily happen to us. I am working NOW to set up a contingency plan. If you can't work with us on this, then get the hell off of TGO and go somewhere else. I can't fight THEM and fight you guys here.

Rules Addendum: 2A Legislation and Politics Forum By now you should have read the general TGO Rules and Guidelines as part of the process to join TGO or perhaps because we reference them in quite a few places. I will point to two things within them, and make an additional statement about how we expect the 2A Legislation and Politics sub-forum to be handled. From the TGO Rules and Guidelines: Rule #1: Maintain good fellowship. There will be times that you do not agree with someone else, and times when no one else agrees with you. No matter what the case may be, you are expected to handle differences and disagreements with maturity and tact. Handled responsibly, debates are welcomed and even encouraged, however, name calling, slurs, flame posts, and other insulting remarks meant to cause conflict are not allowed. You don't have to agree, but you do have to try to get along. If someone is being abusive, report it to the TGO Staff. Rule #2: Do not engage in or promote illegal, unethical or threatening activities. You may not use this website to promote illegal, unethical, threatening or seditious activities, including but not limited to intentionally sharing private, semi-private or identifying information about people with malicious intent (aka "doxxing"), cyber bullying, fomenting sedition or calling for violent action against lawful government institutions, their employees, or elected representatives. You should carefully consider that what you say here today could haunt you elsewhere tomorrow. The Internet provides an almost indelible record of everything said or done on websites such as this and there are many eyes upon us. The fact that those are the first two rules is not by coincidence. They are the two most important things a member of TGO can do to help us keep this place civil, welcoming and in good standing with the community of gun owners at large and certainly with our own respective physical communities. The best way I can sum up those two rules is "Don't be a jerk and don't act like a criminal". Most of us probably heard some variation of that from the adults in our lives while we were growing up, so it should be old hat by now. Beyond those two things, I want to just make another simple appeal: Don't ruin this. There will be zero tolerance for anyone who can't handle mature conversations in the 2A Legislation and Politics sub-forum. This is the only place left on TGO where we care to have political matters discussed. We have forbidden politics anywhere else within this community because of how divisive and emotional it always becomes. But we aren't ignorant of the fact that politics and law are significant components of the world of firearms. It would be nice to believe that one day our country will stop trying to tear apart what the Founding Fathers codified in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but until that happens the matter of the right of the people to keep and bear arms will be a point of political focus. It is imperative that we are aware of this and stay engaged with elected representatives to preserve the Second Amendment. We won't be getting rid of this sub-forum just because a person can't handle the topics responsibly. We also will not be responding favorably, as moderators or members, when abuses occur. Be nice, follow the rules, or you will be shown to the door. Thanks.

It's only the best Star Wars made, ever. Not a big deal.

Some of you guys are making me question whether the Internet should even continue or not.

Friends, If you've read the TGO Rules and Guidelines like we hope that you have, you may recall that it begins with the statement that we believe that the majority of the members of this community are mature and self-guiding and that the majority what we ask of our community as far as "code of conduct" goes is really just common sense. We mean that. We really believe that you all are good people and that you don't need us or anyone else telling you how to treat one another or what is right and what is wrong. Despite that, I hope that you will indulge me and the rest of the Staff and tolerate us just for a moment while I remind everyone that TGO strives hard to be a place where law-abiding citizens can gather to discuss participation in, enjoyment of, preservation of, and advocacy for the Second Amendment and all that it entails. We have always asked our members to hold themselves to a higher standard than the general public, as ambassadors of the Second Amendment. We have updated our rules to reflect our continued commitment to being good citizens and good stewards of- and representatives of the Second Amendment. You can find the rules and terms by clicking the link at the bottom of each page of TGO, or by visiting the following location directly. https://www.tngunowners.com/forums/guidelines

This is really only easy on an Android (Google) device. In order to bypass the App Store on an iOS (Apple) device, you have to root the device and sideload the app. Even then, there are ways for Apple to revoke the app and keep you from running it on their hardware. Also bear in mind that rooting an Apple device voids its warranty.

Dangit. Here's to hoping it passes by quickly!

You can never have too much ammo unless you're swimming or on fire. Or if you're an ornery 90+ year old coot with two CONNEX trailers full of .22LR buried in your backyard.

Man I really need a sarcasm emoji behind like 90% of what I write.

I don't disagree. My original statement was maybe a little in jest and a little serious. There is a point where needs are met and continued compulsive acquisition of a thing just becomes "gluttony" though. In my opinion, at least. Edited to add: I don't think the government should keep you from doing it, but I do think you ought to feel bad for it.