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Remember, NRA is not 'primarily' a gun rights organization. Their primary purpose is supporting marksmanship. They do an excellent job of that. The NRA-Institute for Legislative Action is the lobbying arm of the NRA. All they do is lobbying. And the reason other organizations exist is because the NRA has a history of compromise. The NRA signed off on EVERY Federal gun control law on the books. In some cases, they helped write the legislation. On the positive side, they have been helpful with some of the recent court cases (Heller & MacDonald). And they got the ten-year sunset provision written into the 1994 AWB. But they have yet to actually get a Federal Gun Control law repealed. And after the ten-year sunset was included on the 1994 AWB, they said "We can live with the Assault Weapons Bill and the Brady Act'. Tennessee Firearms Association is strictly a lobbying and educational group for the state of Tennessee. It got Concealed Carry passed, and has gotten the firearms rules modified to be less confusing. There is still a lot to do, and they are holding the Legislature's feet to the fire. I would recommend membership in NRA as the membership has forced them to be less likely to compromise away rights. Even if they do sometimes end up being an 800lb creampuff, they are still a force to deserve respect. The TFA does excellent work and has the immediate ear of may of our state elected officials. In TN, they are the only effective lobbying group for gun rights. I also belong to Jews for the Protection of Firearms Ownership, simply because they get liberals' panties in a wad! GOA, NAGR, CCRKBA, JPFO, and others exist to keep the NRA honest. Typically, the other groups are 'no-compromise' groups. Pick the ones which most closely match your own beliefs if you feel the NRA isn't being aggressive enough.

Call the Knox County Register of Deeds. They can tell you how to find out whether there are any liens on that property. In any case, I would request a guarantee from both the auctioneer and the property owner that transfer of title would be lien-free.

We split our joint expenses (house, utilities, food, etc). We each have a budget which includes our expenses, savings, maintenance of house and vehicles, clothes, vacations, etc. And we each have a discretionary budget. Mine usually goes towards guns and ammo. We have never had an argument about it. Avoid debt. If you have credit card or vehicle debt, pay it off before buying any more fun stuff. When you don't have that debt hanging over your head, you have a whole lot less to argue about.

Admission tickets can be paid for with a Credit Card. We went Saturday and it was a great time!

EVERY semi-auto .22 is picky about ammo. It's the nature of the beast when you use some of the energy of a low-powered cartridge to operate the action. Add in environmental factors such as dirt, weather, dust, temperature, etc, and you get a firearm that is amazing that they ever work somewhat reliably. If you want an accurate, reliable .22, that will work with the cheapest stuff on the shelf at WallyWorld, get one that is manually-operated. There are a lot of good bolt-actions, as well as pump and lever-actions. An added benefit is that .22 shorts are air-rifle quiet when shot from a rifle. It's fun to reduce the tree-rat population without having the neighbors notice. I've got a pump-action Remington 21 from the 1920's that is still as accurate and reliable as the day it was sold. Good ones can still be found for about $200-250. The Marlin 39 is regarded as the Rolls Royce of lever .22s. Avoid the ones with a cross-bolt safety. Prices are somewhat high at $350-500 for a good used one, but it's a rifle that your grand-kids will pass on to their kids.

WOW. Simply 'wow'. Thank you for posting that. Best smile I've had a ll week.

I have several. I have always appreciated the balance, ergonomics, reliability, and easy maintenance of the design. It's the best point-shooter of any full-power semi-auto rifle. Interestingly, it is a Browning Automatic Rifle action with the gas piston on top of the barrel instead of underneath. John Moses Browning's genius still lives!

Hmm, seems to me that the numbers are on the side of the .357Sig. These are numbers straight from Corbon's website for plain old JHP ammo. It looks to me like the .357Sig has a substantial improvement over the 9mm +P, and a bit of a benefit over .40S&W. It seems to me that a 25% increase in energy over 9mm +P is significant. 9mm 115gr +P JHP 1350fps 466ft/lbs 9mm 125gr +P JHP 1250fps 434ft/lbs .357S 115gr JHP 1500fps 575ft/lbs .357S 125gr JHP 1425fps 564ft/lbs .40S&W 135gr JHP 1325fps 526ft/lbs As far as ammo costs go, when you buy in lots of 10,000rds or more at a time, the difference between .40S&W and .357Sig is minimal. I found quotes for $327/1000 for 9mm JHP +P, $365/1000 for .40 S&W JHP, and $368/1000 for .357S JHP if bought in 10,000rd lots. All of that was from the same US major ammo manufacturer for self-defense ammo. I find it easier to reload a bottleneck pistol cartridge. Maybe that's just me. Lastly, most pistols can be changed to .357Sig from .40S&W with just a barrel (and sometimes recoil spring) change. Penetration is important. Particularly to those who may need to shoot through a car door or windshield. The .45acp and .40S&W have a poor reputation for delivering significant damage after penetrating a windshield or car door.

The shooter has theft and burglary charges on him. He and his family have not been seen since the incident. Stupid people doing stupid things.

Actually, the article is pretty good. Our Founders meant for the populace to have military-grade weapons. The debate has always been about restricting that right and changing the Constitution.

No plastic Witnesses in my house! Both are over 5 years old, so I'm not familiar with the new slide vs old. Neither has had any problems. I have a .38 Super and .45acp conversion kit that I use with both the full-size and compact. The .38 Super slide needed a bit of polishing at first, but works flawlessly now.

Umm, wouldn't that be true of ANY projectile that exceeds the speed of sound? In fact, even those that do NOT exceed the speed of sound won't give you enough time to react to move away from the point of impact. From a mile and a half, you would have a difficult time even seeing the muzzle blast of a cannon, much less a rifle.

We love our 99s. I also have one in .300 savage and my wife's is in .250 savage. The .300 Savage is ballistically just a hair less powerful than the .308 Win. Still an excellent all-around cartridge. Not too hard to find, either. Very easy to find good handload recipes as it uses all .308 components except the case. The 99 has been called the perfect hunting rifle as it is sleek, well-balanced, fast-handling, and powerful. If it was really made in 1935, it is more valuable in un-modified condition. There are many variations, and all are collectable.

Sorry, but it is. There is no such thing as Social Security 'insurance'. You paid a payroll tax, and your employer did as well. There has not been a 'trust fund' or any other account set aside for you. All you had was a set of IOUs from the Federal government, and they have the power to change the terms as they see fit. Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. It depended upon the contributions from those paying to always be larger than the distribution to those getting checks. In other words, Robbing Peter to pay Paul. The country has more debt to Paul than they are capable of robbing from Peter. So they write IOUs to themselves for the difference. It's like getting another credit card to pay the payments on the ones you have already maxed out! You younger guys need to LISTEN UP! Government promises are worthless. If you do not provide for yourself, and plan for your own retirement, you will end up as a WalMart greeter eating Ramen twice a day and a 'wish sandwich' for lunch.

Close. News people these days are generally incapable of coherent thought and writing. Quoting a MPD policeman who is ignorant does them no favors. That is, of course, if they accurately quoted the cop!

I have survived four rounds of layoffs in the past three years, and had two pay cuts. I count myself fortunate that I am still employed. Increased expenses and taxes are not a way to help increase employment. Increasing regulations and government interference in business do not encourage growth.

Hmm, I agree and disagree. In a video, you should do what you do in real life. In other words, you should check every firearm you pick up. But you do not have to make a big deal out of it. Remember, most of the folks who watch these videos are NOT people who actually shoot firearms. Many of them live in places where this is as close as they ever get to actually being able to shoot. Many more are kids who live in 'gun-free' homes. You should try to set a good example when making a video. And that means displaying proper safe habits. After all, "I am the only one in this room professional enough to handle a Glock Forty"!

Having been an FFL, I can tell you that a 'fair trade' is the one both parties agree to. An 'unfair trade' never occurs as one of the parties walks away. The thing I found out was that most people didn't like the uncertainty of not knowing how much trade value their gun would bring. That is where the Blue Book has been a great help. I would offer 80% of the Blue Book value as the trade value. Of course, then we got to argue about whether the gun was in 50% or Like New condition! A cash sale is a totally different proposition. When you want to sell for cash, you are asking the dealer to 'spend money'. At that point, with most small dealers the state of the cash drawer comes into play. The dealer has to ask himself whether he has made enough to pay the rent, employees, his house payment, bills, any note on his inventory, etc. Then he has to ask whether he can actually sell the gun you are offering. The internet has been great, as there are specialty boards where you can quickly figure out a good price to sell almost anything. When I had my FFL, you had to research past issues of Shotgun News to find a good price. Then put the gun in your monthly ad, and hope someone wanted it. That could take up to six months, during which time the gun sat in inventory collecting dust and tying up your money. So why don't YOU tell us what you consider to be a 'fair trade'?

I think that it's amazing that they ask for the public's help in identifying the robber, but the only description we have is 'a man'. How about some specifics? So, we are supposed to look for a tall, short, fat, skinny, bowlegged, pigeon-toed, bald, long-haired, bearded, clean-shaven, Asian, African, white, Hispanic dude who is either wearing any kind of clothes imaginable or naked? And if he had clothes on, 'he' might be cross-dressing 'she'. That really narrows down the list of suspects!

I've got to interject another point of view. Actions have consequences. An adult is responsible for their own actions. If you don't want a child, either abstain from sex or use birth control. As inexpensive and easy as most birth control is to use, there really is no excuse for not using it. And price is not the issue. Women can get free pills, condoms, and in some places they can also get free patches, shots, or implants. Pregnancy is self-inflicted. Aside from the rare instances of pregnancy through rape, nobody is forcing the woman to get pregnant. But when a woman DOES get pregnant through her own actions, it is not the act of an responsible adult to abort that child. And there is no logical way to argue otherwise.

It seems that being a journalist for MSM is one of the few jobs that does not require any skill or thought.

We as gun owners actually believed our elected politicians. Our bad. We need to remember that a politician only stays honest as long as we hold their feet to the fire. For this next legislative session, don't forget that!

I took away the fact that you have two distinct types of 'stops': 1) After being shot once, the person simply gives up. This is regardless of caliber. 2) For a determined attacker that doesn't fit into category '1', larger or more powerful is better. A third fact is that he said that most of the 9mm shootings used ball ammo. If you carry or use 9mm, get a quality hollowpoint cartridge for carry use!

Got out in '99. Back in again in 2004. Out again in 2008. Staying out until next year at the earliest.

The MAS 45/56 in 7.5mm French is an excellent, reliable, accurate, durable rifle. The cartridge is almost identical to 7.62NATO, but enough different that the cartridges are not interchangeable. The ones Century converted to .308 have had many issues from short chambers, long chambers, rough chambers, gas leaks, etc. If you get one in .308, test fire it first with several types of NATO-spec ammo. Sights seem a bit crude at first, but with practice, you will realize that they are pretty good for a military rifle. Target acquisition is quick, adjustments are easy and positive, and the front blade is a balance between accurate shooting and quick sight acquisition. If you can reload, get it in 7.5mm. If not, factory 7.5 ammo is not terribly expensive from FNM or Prvi. I would recommend one in 7.5 rather than taking a crapshoot against long odds that one in .308 will work well. Mine is in .308, and had a rough chamber and gas leaks from an improperly shortened gas tube. I got those resolved, and now it shoots fine. But it was a pain.