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Our kids aren’t old enough to venture out any further than the neighborhood independently, but we do not utilize any sort of personal tracking software at all. Of course the kids (12&7) don’t have any personal electronic devices either.) Have no plans to as of now. I have a pretty immediate and intense visceral repulsion to the idea to be honest.

Saw Dune part 2 with the wife last night. It’s a visually stunning film. If you don’t have connection to the original work, then I’m sure it will be quite enjoyable. If you are a long time fan of the books, written by Frank Herbert, then there is a good chance, that like me, this will fall significantly short of expectation. The more I think about particular changes the madder I get about it. Not a fan.

I just listed to the entire oral arguments. I don’t think we win this one. The lawyer arguing for the bumpstocks got his ass kicked.

Exactly. The fight has never been about the bumpstocks themselves. It was and is about the actions taken by the ATF (as instructed by the President at that time) in re-interpreting the law to fit a political end. It isn’t what they did, but how they did it. The only reason the mechanism by which the bumpstock functions matters is that it isn’t in line with the definitions in the text of the statute. It’s a much bigger deal than just these particular accessories. This case combined with Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451 will hopefully be death of the imperial executive through Chevron Deference. The words in the statute mean specific things and the executive agencies have to be told that they can’t just decide that they mean whatever they want just because they feel like it.

Two parter. June and August.

This trailer gave me chills. I’m 1000% in for them.

Bingo. It isn’t that it definitely will lead to positive changes, but unlike when WLP had an iron grip on things, they can change. I still believe the NRA could be a massive force for good if managed effectively. Imagine if the FPC or GOA had the resources and name recognition of the NRA? How much could get done then?

If they don’t take action to shrink that board to a size that effective for governance, then nothing can/will change. That’s the key to everything right there.

Today is my Sea Quartz 30. This one is made by Momentum, a follow on company from the long defunct Chronosport, makers of the original. Sharp eyed fans would recognize it at the watch worn by Thomas Magnum in the first 3 seasons of Magnum P.I. Before he got his Rolex Pepsi GMT Master 16750 from his father in season 4. (Tom Selleck still wears that very Rolex to this day.)

It’s as close as I’ll ever get to a smart watch.

This week’s watch is my Citizen Promaster world time chrono.

I don’t know if they’re saying what I am hearing when they call it that. To me, calling a gun “museum grade“ would infer, that while it’s great to look at, you probably shouldn’t shoot it.

I apologize for misconstruing what it was you were referring to. I don’t ARFCOM, and hadn’t seen the thread that you referred to. I made my assumptions based upon the stories about the subject that bubbled up into the more mainstream outlets. I am quite happy that my point doesn’t apply to you directly. It doesn’t change my basic position that the dangers here far outweigh the possible benefits. For example, from this day on there is no such thing as video evidence. It’s all suspect. There’s just as much, if not more, danger from folks not believing videos that are real than from folks believing videos are fake.

I’m actually with NBS here. The ability to use AI to create sexualized images of folks isn’t so much an exercise in misogyny as an affront to human dignity. It’s immaterial to whether the subject is male or female, creating p*rn of someone without their consent is wrong. Full stop.

I’m less that half joking here. I’ve become increasingly convinced that when it comes to the internet, the juice is not worth the squeeze. Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. -The Orange Catholic Bible

Thank you for that detail.

This is correct. Even though century called their builds by the “L1A1” designator, almost all of the were built off of FAL “metric” receivers and used the corresponding magazines.

It’s time for the Butlerian Jihad.

I just stuff mags into the cheap harbor freight plastic ammo cans like this.

Wanna know what makes the panic reaction even worse? West Point to SF to Okaloosa Deputy doesn’t seem like an upward career trajectory to me. Here is the full report. https://www.sheriff-okaloosa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IA-2023-031-Final-Report-Jackson.pdf

Thats just kinda the deal with them. The MRO ain’t a great product. I think folks talk themselves into liking it because of it being a Trijicon.