Chucktshoes

This is a pretty good primer, but it’s a deep rabbit hole. There is also a lot of controversy in the industry over the use of different materials, but you have to weigh your needs vs costs.

I appreciate it. I do believe that often little things go a long way towards maintaining civility.

I’ve wagged my finger at folks for using derisive names for Trump, and I’ll hold to the same line here. Political discussion and debate is debased when we use unseemly names like “Black Jesus” or “Cheeto Jesus” (one I used and regret during the 16 campaign) to refer to public figures. Call folks whatever you want elsewhere, but here, please use their actual names. It’s a fine line, but one I’ve drawn here. Call Obama a liar, Trump a fascist, AOC and Bernie commies if you want, I don’t really care. But call them all by their names when you do.

Then you should say that. While it doesn’t doesn’t have the same punch as saying he called it a hoax, it’s also more accurate and less easily dismissible. On the flip side, if one were to look at my posts since this all began you would find my views on it have changed significantly as well. I started off believing it was every bit as serious and deadly as the most chicken little of the press would have folks believe. I’m decidedly less convinced of that being the case than I was 6 months ago.

I used to be. Until I wasn’t.

Folks in this country eschew a lot of blame for their actions. Individually and collectively as a nation nobody seems to want to accept responsibility for their own messes. Folks also make up a lot of stuff claiming Trump said it. Like calling COVID-19 a hoax. He never actually did that.

I would actually disagree with that. It comes off quite a bit like the guy leaned over the toilet throwing up his guts going on about how he “shouldn’t have had that last drink,” never mind the 11 before it. As someone who is 60+ lbs overweight and borderline hypertensive with signs of insulin resistance likely hurtling me towards Type 2 diabetes, if I catch COVID-19 and kick the bucket it wasn’t the ‘Rona that killed me. My diet and lifestyle did. If I have a heart attack tomorrow, they may put that on my death certificate, but it was my diet and lifestyle that did me in. It’s no different than if I did heroin and picked up a blood infection. Was it the blood infection that killed me, or my lifestyle and heroin addiction? The advanced ability of modern medicine to paper over our illnesses allows most of us to ignore the fact that we are killing ourselves with our diet and lifestyles. So what I see on that list is a lot of folks that wouldn’t have died if they hadn’t already spent decades pushing themselves to the edge of the cliff.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/08/31/glock-p80/

I love Irish whisky and Scotch. Bourbons are just nasty.

A friend of mine passed along to me a bit of that JD Angel’s Portion. I knew I was going to hate it but he insisted. I almost threw up. It was effing awful. Like an IPA, there’s a level of masochism that one must possess to drink that swill. I just don’t hate myself enough to drink it.

They’re really, really good.

Their parents must be so proud. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2020/08/27/6-ut-fraternities-and-sororities-have-been-placed-interim-suspension-breaking-covid-19-rules/5644227002/

Fair point.

Colt returned to the civilian market a month or two back.

Thanks for bringing that one up. I totally forgot about it. So yeah, bad ideas all around.

Then at this point I say do what you will, but I would HIGHLY recommend that you do not mix the vagaries of the ATF’s NFA rules with TN’s rules on carry permits. Carry a handgun that is undoubtedly a handgun where no argument can be made that it’s not a handgun. Not that it’s a handgun because you removed one part or it’s a day that starts with T. Attempting to walk a fine line of “just legal enough” doesn’t mix well with self defense laws. The game you’re attempting to play here doesn’t ever work out well for the folks without unlimited money for attorneys (the government). This is coming from a dude who generally is of the opinion of “do whatever you want, just understand that when you break stupid laws, the punishment doesn’t change because the law is stupid.” So decide what you want to do and put your big boy pants on because you decided to cross the line, or stay well clear of it because it only takes one politically motivated prosecutor to ruin your life. Good luck with whatever choice you make.

Yes. But remember, if it’s registered as an SBR, it is one regardless of whether or not you have the bits on it. It’s legally had its status changed. Once it gets on the registry, it is what it is unless you have it removed from the registry. So no work arounds here. If you want to have a loaded firearm on your person (not in a vehicle) in the state of TN for the purposes of self defense (hunting regs are different and not applicable here) it MUST meet the legal definition of a pistol. No way around that.

In TN having a firearm and ammo on your person at the same time is considered having a loaded firearm. There are no technicalities for the mag not being inserted like in other states. If you are wanting to carry a long arm equivalent, you’ll need to have an AR/AK/rifle caliber pistol to meet legal requirements.

Yes. They are the same as a long gun. No, they are not covered by your permit.

Damn son! Just digging around finding a $1k+. Nice humblebrag.

When was the last time you logged in? There was a recent purge of inactive accounts. Maybe it got caught up in that. Regardless of what caused it, glad to have you back.

That’s some serious NIMBYist BS right there. That sort of crap really chaps my ass. It reeks of elitist classism.

Radian Raptor is exactly what you’re looking for.