Chucktshoes

This is not what I thought this thread was going to be about.

Regardless of one's idea of fairness, doing the right thing for the right reasons is its own reward. Regardless of the idiocy of their governments of folks's home states, allowing folks the ability to have the means to defend themselves is the right thing to do. Just because others act a fool, does not require us to act in kind.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/us/falcon-heights-shooting-minnesota/ These stories normally don't get posted about and discussed here for several reasons. This one I felt important to post here and I hope that a reasonable discussion can be had on it because this directly affects all of us here. The facts as they are known at this time. Philando Castille was pulled over for a broken tail light. He was reaching for his license and registration per officer request. At this time he informed the officer that he had a carry license and was armed. He was then shot by the officer and later died at the hospital. By all accounts Philando Castille was an upstanding and hardworking citizen with no record who worked as a nutritionist at a Montessori school. The kind of person we say we want to be armed. While I have my own thoughts on this shooting with regards to the roles played by race and LE in this shooting, I would like to focuse on the idea that many of us have that having a permit somehow makes us one of the "good guys" and that that fact will be instantly recognized by other "good guys". By all accounts Philando Castille did what many of us here stated we do, or have recommended others do when in that situation. Yet, he still ended up dead. What went wrong and what are the real root causes?

So, as soon as Jerry Brown signed the law banning bullet button devices, the maker of the original Bullet Button released a new product. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Haha. I see how that case could be made. It's wrong, but makes a certain kind of sense to those who refuse to see Lincoln as the monster he was.

It's always nice when folks as a community start to realize that...

"Why does anyone need _____!" "Because #### you. That's why."

Yep. They have essentially declared the exhanges a disaster by saying that even with the .gov kickbacks they can't make them profitable.

I got my letter from UHC letting me know that they weren't offering my plan next year. Of course I knew that because they are pulling out of the exhanges all together.

The answer to your query is "quite willing". The left is not the friend to free speech that they have portrayed themselves to be. As they have gained control of the public sphere (starting with academia) they have increasingly sought to prohibit or outright criminalize contrary or unpopular speech by classifying it as "hate speech". It has been easy to miss if one hasn't paid attention to what has been happening on college campuses and their love affair with "trigger warnings" and "safe spaces" but it is about the control of what is considered allowable speech. The battle on campus has been all but won and the full court press is on to spread it outward into the rest of the public sphere. Freedom of of expression for all is vital when you are in the minority. It's dangerous when you've claimed the majority.

I read that story myself this morning. That poor girl was failed by just about every adult involved in that situation.

Talk about ideas guaranteed to bring out folks's competitive natures.

If it helps, I got it.

I feel like I should be a part of this conversation somehow. Yet I'm not.

There are ways around things.

Ouch! I just moved onto the exchanges a month ago. I'm not looking forward to having to deal with that mess.

Hell, even I picked up a couple of lowers the other day. I'm considering ordering a case of mags.

Finally got home and got my Magic in hand (holy crap do I love this knife). I would like to match its serial number. So #10 it is for me.

I believe the NRA and the smaller orgs like GOA and the SAF to be indespensible to each other. The NRA is huge and has the influence to get things done whilst the smaller orgs keep the NRA honest and focused.

Just don't let anyone bring any semi tractors around and the new water line will be great.

Sounds like a random Tuesday night to me.

In general I do my best to ignore the existence of government at every turn. In the case of an arms registration I would view it as not just my baseline tendency, but a moral imperative. The government doesn't get a list of what arms I possess because #### you, that's why.

I'm in the "the existence of the NFA at all is BS" and the "I don't care what kind of registration they pass, I'll ignore it anyway and if they try confiscation it won't end well for anyone involved" camps.