Chucktshoes

That's not even mentioning prior service personnel who have the same skill sets.

That argument is brought up often by those who would dismiss an American insurgency. Here is the question I always ask in response. Who is it that sends their kids into the military? It isn't the upper class globalists in urban centers, it is mostly the urban poor or the rural folks. Like I said before, there is a significant amount of active duty personnel who take their oath seriously. Do you really think Johnboy is gonna go confiscate guns from his family and neighbors or people like them? Or maybe, he just might leave and take some tech with him. A group of college kids recently proved how easy it was to seize control of a drone with equipment bought at radio shack. Seize them if you can, crash them if you can't. And to be perfectly blunt, the last 11 years have explicitly demonstrated once again that insurgencies work. What we have in both Iraq and Afghanistan are political exits, not true military victories (admittedly, we never had solid objectives in either conflict, the goalposts kept moving).

Regardless of the nature the conflict takes, if you have a contingent of the population fighting against the government and it is hot enough to destabilize the government or the society at large, you have a state of civil war. Keep in mind also that currently the .mil makes up only about 8/10 of 1% of the population. How many would turn on the .gov if things go hot? Some, not all but enough, take that oath sworn to the constitution VERY seriously. So 3% of even just gun owners is a dangerously large number to those that are working to usurp our liberty.

Google the "doctrine of the 3%". 3% of the gun owning population is likely all we would get, but hopefully all we would need. We aren't talking about showing up for a rally somewhere or writing a strongly worded letter to your congresscitter. This is the subject of armed rebellion, how many people do you think are honestly prepared engage in civil war?

3%

That may be the best battle EVAR!

you win 3.14 internets for that one, fine sir.

I've dropped my gun a couple of times, I couldn't attempt to catch it as my hands were busy pulling up my pants. For some odd reason the bathroom is the only place I have dropped my gun.

I may be wrong, and I am sure I will be corrected if I am, but though the transfer for an AOW is $5, IIRC, the manufacture of an AOW is $200 unless you are an SOT.

You're not alone on that one.

Yes.

Awaiting the iPhone version.i see this app having the possibility for more uses than surreptitiously recording LEO encounters.

The folks I have sold these to seem to like them. I just use a standard pocket holster with my Elsie Pea.

I'd venture to say that it is a little more literal than political suicide. A vote for ratification of this treaty will mark you as a valid target in the eyes of certain folks.

I think the chops are almost more awesome than the chopped S12!

PBR as I am out of Lone Star and it will be a couple of weeks before my next delivery.

I don't know, I don't even live anywhere near CCA, but I doubt this was accidental. When someone goes into a gun range and rents a handgun and shoots themselves in the face, it usually isn't accidental. They shoot themselves in the leg, foot various other extremities, yeah, I'll buy it being an accident. Not when it is a headshot.

Not at all unheard of for a suicidal person to do this sort of thing.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/06/daniel-zimmerman/guns-save-life-uses-chicago-buyback-send-kids-nra-gun-camp/ Some good came out of this particular buy back event.

Whether you are here with the intent to become a citizen or not, if you have jumped through all of the legal hoops to be here legally, then you should be allowed to carry a gun for your protection. Being born somewhere other than on US soil won't protect you from the crapbags who were born on US soil and prey upon the defenseless.

Nope, those things probably won't decrease, I never said they would. But they aren't the majority of violent crimes related to narcotics. The majority of narcotic related crimes are committed by those in the distribution and retail end of the market. That is where I am looking for legalization to make a difference, just the same way it did with the repeal of alcohol prohibition. No matter what the vice is, if there is a demand for it, someone will find a way to meet and profit from it, legal or not. I'd rather corporate types make that profit than narco terrorists whose preferred method of increasing market share is beheading rival cartel members.

Interesting and informative article I read. http://www.luckygunner.com/labs/5-56-vs-223/

When was the last time that you heard about Miller Brewing Co. and Anheiser Busch having a shoot out over distribution routes?

I won't use PayPal for payment for firearms because it violates their TOS. That means that if the deal goes south then the PayPal buyer protections are not applicable and I can be out of money, product or both. No thanks.