MacGyver

Isn't that why you have kids?

The party never ends...

Man, that's a pretty rifle!

Jeff is starting a new 1911 foundry down in Texas. Ill pm you the details when I get to the office in the morning. Shoot me a note if I forget.

We give both time and money to Room In The Inn and donate to the Siloam Family Health Center. Both here in Nashville.  Either one of those will turn 100% of any donation into help for folks who can use it.

Man, Gordon.  I'm so sorry for you guys.

  That's because Uncle Sam spent the longest time kicking them out of the military instead of teaching them how to run an AR-style weapon properly.

If anyone just felt a disturbance in the force, it's because I just posted the above comic with a G19 on my hip.    I'll probably get hit by a car on the way home or something.

All this debate on a .45 platform?   The best .45 for carry is the one that the good Lord handed to John Moses Browning and he passed onto us.   :)

Cool!

Face and B.A. are gonna love this.

Man I'm tired of these threads...

I wish someone would have done this a few years ago. As it stands, you'll be able to use it for about a year. When the EMV standard goes into effect in January 2015, merchants are finally going to move away from mag stripe technology, as the standard makes them fully liable for losses.

Tony Kidd does amazing stuff with his triggers. I have a 2-stage that has spoiled everyone that's shot it.

This will sound odd to those whose last conversation about hardness was in 4th grade science class, but the zirconium oxide variants that most ceramic knives are comprised of is actually harder than a natural diamond. Two hundred more strokes isn't going to help.

A few of the liberal states actually codify 'assault rifle' to suit their legislative agendas.

David does some great work!

I know it's a permissions thing, but I didn't see an obvious setting. I'm going to have to check with David.

You're a "southern white radical" who's an active member of a fringe hate group that whose members regularly traffic weapons. I mean have you seen how those people talk about gays? You may truly have nothing to hide, but you have plenty to fear when decisions about your freedom and in some cases your very existence can be targeted by an algorithm or bureaucrat with a particular worldview.

No go on the cheezits. You might make a graham cracker into a gun, but any improvised firearm he makes will turn a cheezit into a projectile. Someone commented the other Sunday that they can tell he prefers the AR over the AK because he leans towards pew...pew...pew over pow...pow...pow. At least we can be thankful for the small things. Pew...pew is at least semi-quiet. But we'll take the prayers. With two older sisters, he's going to need them. :)

We'll then I'm certainly hellbound, because my almost three year old shot up the whole church last Sunday morning with his graham cracker he bit into the shape of a gun...

This thread has me pretty lit up, and unfortunately it's not Phil Robertson or A&E that caused it. I'll point this finger at myself before I point it at anyone else, but I think as affluent American Christians, we need to take a good hard look at ourselves in the mirror before we go judging anyone else for anything. The prophetic voice is hard to hear, and I'm not terribly certain that any of us would particularly like to hear it today. It doesn't make me really comfortable, but as I type this and think about it, the gay person in America today is a heck of a lot more marginalized than I am. And, as I read it, Jesus spent most of his time with the marginalized - much to the consternation of folks like myself.

A few thoughts:   I've got a friend in a place where he keeps a family bible under the floorboards of his house.  I will remember the day he shared it with me until the day I die.  His wife smuggled it into the country, and it was considered a capital offense.  It's not a capital offense anymore, but being caught with it will result in your right hand being shredded.  So, I'm sorry.  I just can't see the Christian persecution thing so many people are screaming about.  There are places in this world where Christians are actively persecuted.  A&E isn't one of them.    Are the same people who are screaming persecution right now going to complain with as loud a voice if/when they realize that this was a publicity stunt by A&E.  I see this angle being less and less likely, but I hope people remember that they were played if that turns out to be the case.   In the more likely case that someone at A&E made a snap decision and/or made a statement and suspended the guy, it's interesting that by taking that action, they gave him a much louder voice and wider audience than he would have had otherwise.   As a Christian, I hope that I can have the courage to act out my belief that a gay person's sins don't put any more distance between them and God than do the sins I bring to the table.  If I really believe that, then it should be reflected both in my personal life, my voice and in my church.    Regardless, I just have a hard time seeing this whole brouhaha as something that I need to be outraged about. If I let my more cynical voice come to the surface, I would argue that this is a wonderful example of a manufactured crisis.  As I see it right now, in the short term both A&E and the Robertson Family benefit from this by selling a whole lot of product.  Good product on television only lasts so long.  What a way to move some merchandise and go out with a bang.

Speaking as an American engineer, I'm really pulling for Ford. They made a lot of poor decisions for a lot of years, and that cost them - especially on the car side of the business. But, they stepped up and made some tough decisions. Starting with the rebranded and relaunched Taurus, they showed they were serious about design. They're doing some cool stuff. I hope they pull it off.