MacGyver

I was thinking about this guy as you posted this. How incredible is that? A 36 year-old accountant goes out there when their goalies get injured - and blocks 7 for 7 in the net.

Monkey Wrench is on a few of my playlists that I listen to when I run. It's doubtful that I'll ever hear that song again without hearing, "come on Kiss Guy" in the back of my head.

I love it that the guy got up there looking like a frat guy from Abilene and just kills it.

This just made my Friday. Watching Dave Grohl's reactions after he pulled this guy onstage in Austin on Wednesday is just great. No way he was expecting that level of competence: Got other examples of people just shining when they get their moment in the light? Post it up.

I bet. Newton always demands his price.

You giving up on bruises in the shape of the Magpul logo, eh?

You were kind of late getting on the AR bus... plenty of time to catch up.

Fun exercise. The list of known Russian and IDC bot accounts is mostly public and available at this point. Cross reference the accounts promoting (not organizing) these events against that list. Draw your own conclusions accordingly.

I want to be very clear in this thread about damaging property. We don’t need gun owners talking about vandalism. We’ve got enough problems. As much as it sucks - at least Doug is getting plenty of notice. I expect when the time comes - if he needs it - he could negotiate a bit more time. Knock off the suggestions of this kind of behavior.

In the meantime, don't brush your teeth standing in any puddles. Seriously, we don't want you going the Thomas Merton route... If the dishwasher or washing machine is leaking - don't go anywhere near it. Get familiar with where the service disconnect is.

Agreed.

It's probably worth talking about kubatons and monkey fists briefly. I'm seeing an increasing number of "keychains" that are really fancy brass knuckles - like these: http://www.kochtools.us/product/the-solo-2-0-stainless-titanium I've got my own opinions - but I'd love to hear others.

We wanted really badly to send a bunch of them to jail in 2009-2010. Unfortunately there were also some folks who really didn’t want to see that happen who had a lot more political capital - and probably a few pictures to go along with it. Buying politicians isn’t cheap - but it sure is effective.

Private companies will take action long before Congress does. It’s silly to see BofA try to actually deign to have some moral compass, but they’re an 800 pound gorilla.

I had no idea that some of these pens were advertising “DNA collection” as a feature until a well meaning friend asked me how he should best employ it. I was at a loss. I just told him that if the need arose to go all stabby, the DNA would collect itself.

Those things take quarters, but I’ve ridden go karts that were more comfortable.

The F-701 may not be as “bulletproof” as all the cool kid pens. But, it’s $4.99 at the Walmarts, won’t ever get confiscated, will perform as well as any of them should you need it, and it writes pretty well to boot. It’s was my go to for years until I turned down a couple of nice titanium core, cocobolo skinned ones that will take my favorite Pilot Hi-Tec-C refills. I know plenty of folks who have expensive Chris Reeves or similar pens in their desks. All of them go for the Zebra when we’re in the field. I’d love to hear another pro’s thoughts on the personal survival gear you carry on your person.

I guess there’s always a decent portion of the population that is upset in any given decision. We gun owners aren’t the only ones I suppose. We've gotten some decent decisions in our favor over the last few years. At the same time the Court has signaled in multiple cases that they see reasonable restrictions are not in conflict with the individual right to bear arms. While I’d certainly prefer them (and the rest of the government) to stay off my porch, that’s clearly not going to happen. We’ve got a majority in our favor (in theory) right now. I know there’s some thought that they may take up Peruta vs. California. They didn’t take up a couple - one out of Florida and one out of Texas this year.

It’s such a good feeling when you’re indispensable to a company. I haven’t kept up with the news regarding them like I should have. Are their troubles finally behind them?

Unfortunately they’ve got to have the cases to take up before they can render an opinion. That really didn’t start happening until the Black Panthers started toting around weapons in the ‘60s causing a lot of state legislatures to freak out accordingly. While you can count the cases before Heller regarding the Second Amendment or mentioning the Second Amendment on two hands - some of the decisions are interesting in what they say. For example, while the Dred Scott decision regarded the descendants of slaves inferior when it came to standing with the Court, it did imply in its decision that all free men could "keep and carry arms wherever they went." You get a couple of post Civil War cases regarding the rights of former slaves. Interestingly Presser vs. Illinois in 1886 restricts the right to assemble as a militia while respecting the individual right to bear arms. You get a post-NFA case in 1939. But there's just not a lot before Heller. Here is a decent listing of the cases and summaries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_firearm_court_cases_in_the_United_States

An interesting feature of the Roberts Court is how often he drives to unanimous consensus. Last term, the court was unanimous in well over half of its decisions. It was only 5-4 or 6-3 in 14% of its cases. That is pretty damning to the ideological view through which many of us view the court. Yes, many hot button issues are divided along rough party lines - but far fewer than you might think. The Court’s job kind of is to decide issues fractionally in a lot of cases. They don’t write law - they only decide whether what has been written by the Legislative branch and what/how a law is being implemented by the Executive branch is Constitutional. This, they respond as legislatures do (or don’t do) their job. Ruth Bader Ginsburg has written and spoken at length about this - actually regarding the Roe vs. Wade case. Despite the fact that she’s a liberal vote on the court - she’s gone on record saying that she thinks it was a faulty decision - and that legislators would’ve taken it up gradually instead. It’s not to say that she didn’t support abortion rights - rather she thought the decision was “to sweeping.” So, to the thought of wanting the court to issue these giant black and white decisions is out of sync with the modern Court that very much prefers gradual, measured guidance to legislatures. More here for the interested: http://www.scotusblog.com/statistics/ https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-offers-critique-roe-v-wade-during-law-school-visit

A lot of the old .308 semiauto 760s got trashed from overtravel of the bolt peening the rails on the receiver. They were good for about 1000 rounds before he problem usually presented - more than most hunters would ever shoot. If I recall correctly, Remington eventually ended up recalling all of them. One of the fixes was to close of the gas block and trade out the semi parts for pump parts - I forget that model designation. It would be a project, but yeah. It seems like sleeving a .308 barrel and cutting a new chamber for .22 Hornet would be easy enough. Who knows if you could modify the magazine/feeding mechanism appropriately. It’s been a while since I’ve put my hands on a .22 Hornet round. Really this whole thought was predicated on the fact that there are a bunch of junked 760s out there that could probably be had cheap.

The modern car dealership is really three businesses under one roof. The first is the sales side where you go through this dance of selecting a car and agreeing on a price. It’s helpful to understand that he second business is the one that “helps” you find a way to pay for that vehicle. This second business is where a dealer typically makes its money before manufacturer incentives. The third business is the parts/service business. This model breaks down a little bit with Kia because they depend so heavily on manufacturer incentives. There are plenty of dealers that are actually underwater on sales pricing just to move product and make money on financing and incentives.

I agree with Greg on this, but I bet you could find one of the old 760s in 308 that was worn out from the over travel issues that affected most of those for next to nothing. Rebarrel it and trade out for the pump parts on it and you’d have a neat project gun. You could maybe even just close off the gas port on the original barrel and drill and resleeve it.

Once you decide to get over yourself they’re awesome. Playing jokes on your friends never gets old, either.