RobertNashville

I'm not a big believer in term limits...seems to me that we already have the power to limit a politician's term (voting) and if we chose not to use that power who's fault is that, especially given how few people actually vote? According to some studies, even among those who claim to be truly concerned and involved with the political process, only about 1 in three are even registered to vote. As far as U.S. Senators go, I prefer the Constitutional way of each State appointing their Senators.

There would be no point in spending the time doing so unless the one listening were truly listening and willing to be persuaded to support Romney. Moreover, it's unnecessary in any event since anything one wants to know about Romney, good and bad, is readily available to anyone who wants to find it.

Except in my above remark I was joking (which I thought would have been obvious); the ones I'm talking about berating me were most definitely not joking. In fact, one the most vile and abusive of the bunch I've personally had an encounter with this election cycle is in the video that is the subject of this thread, standing behind RP.

Well, eventually we'll all be implanted with a chip that will be the only way we can buy or sell anything and everything in existence will have a permanent RFID device that will identify what it is, SN, etc...at that point and by combining GPS technology the govt will be able to track exactly what we buy, where we buy it, and how much we paid for it and anything the government deems "bad" (those evil "guns", gasoline without ethanol or sugary drinks) will be flagged (or even the purchase denied by not allowing the transfer of funds from the purchaser to the seller). The best part is that these chips we have implanted will immediately alert authorities to our plans the moment it detects that we are planning to commit crime so that the mass shootings like the one that just happened won't have a chance to happen.

By "Stockholm syndrome" do you you mean that the RPBots have been held captive for so long by Paul and his never-ending quest for the Presidency that they now think the axis of the Earth runs through Pauls' rear end?

It doesn't piss me off but it does disappoint...surely we aren't going to vote or not vote for someone because of their religion (or lack of religion) are we? I would hope not. Personally, I would find making a voting choice based on "religion" just a disgusting as making that decision based on skin color.

Most, or at least the most vocal of Ron Paul's supporters are beyond "passionate" about the man...it's almost to the point of a religion for them. However, they try to present supporting/voting for their candidate as the logical position to take. Based on years of experience, I believe it's true to say that the easiest and quickest way to really piss off someone is to take their almost "religious" belief in something/someone and show them that their believe lacks any logic at all so, I'm not surprised that these RP supporters would get pissed off and just walk away. I mentioned in another thread that, because I am not voting for RP, I have personally been berated, denigrated and personally attacked by RP supporters this year. It's been so vehement that at this point and as much as I know Obama is a true and significant danger to our country, I think I'd have trouble pulling the lever for RP even if her were the R nominee. That's a shame really, because I agree with a LOT of RP's positions on issues but his supporters have truly been repulsive and reprehensible in their behavior this cycle.

Obviously you (the OP) can do as you think best but I'm not sure what the problem is with three owners and only 500 rounds? I do shoot my higher-end 1911s but even so, none of them have a high round count even though I've some a couple of them for quite a long time. I too would prefer to deal with someone local but I don't think that should be a deal breaker. Anyway, nothing is stopping you from selling the Sig you have and ordering a new Thunder Ranch...they are pricy but at least based on my experience, absolutely worth it.

No, you don't have it straight and you own words point to the only candidate that should be voted for if you are truly concerned about "spending China's money". Perhaps I suffer from selective hearing but all I seem to here from the Paul/Johnson/libertarian camp is how they don't like Romney but they have NOTHING to offer as an alternative (and no, a candidate that cannot win...cannot even win the Republican nomination is NOT an alternative nor is a little third-party can't win candidate). We have a true socialist/Marxist/collectivist in the oval office who truly wants and has made great progress toward turning our country into a socialist nation...who is spending TRILLIONS of dollars we don't have and who will absolutely ruin what is left of our pathetic economy and what he has done to erase personal liberty and wants to do to further degrade it is nothing short of traitorous. Respectfully, what should be "straight" is that... 1. Obama is as if not more dangerous to our country's future and personal liberty than any outside enemy we have ever faced. 2. The IS no other candidate that can beat Obama

Actually, that kind of thinking is not all that unusual among the gun owners. It's been my observation that there are many gun owners who have them as family mementos/history, or as investments or only because they hunt or go skeet shooting. In other words, for them firearms are mostly about entertainment and have nothing to do with protection or liberty or any of the other reasons for own a firearm - in that regard, they are just as clueless as any of the other sheep who think that in a polite society the police will always be there to protect you and that evil only happens to "someone else:. Plus a lot of people are just plain selfish and as long as their little corner of the world is not affected they don't really care what happens to anyone else.

You can't fix stupid and for some reason, both stupid and criminal thugs seem to hang out a lot at WalMart

I've got an FN FAR for sniping duty

Yet you sold me your SCAR (which I am very grateful to have)...I really enjoy shooting it and so has every person I've ever let use it including many returning combat vets at the Montgomery Countyr Shooting Complex near Fort Campbell. Both of my SCARs are 5.56; I have an ACOG on one and a Trijicon reflex sight on the other.

It could also be that particular theater was the only one in that area doing a midnight premier showing of the new Batman movie and he obviously was playing off a "Batman/Joker" theme.

I alternate between Netflix and Amazon (I'm an Amazon Prime member and get many movies free because of that) using my PS3 as the go between...it's not unusual to find a movie on Amazon that isn't available on Netflix and vice-versa. In both cases, however, these services are how I watch most of my movies these days. Of course, if something is "hot" and just out I do PPV through DirectTV

And I believe it was, at least in part, that lack of a clear definition of just what was a "bar" is one of the reasons the first law was overturned by the court. Although his intentions were otherwise, Rayburn did us a big favor...I laugh every time I drive by one of his restaurants on my way to eat somewhere else.

It was passed, Gov Bredesen vetoed it then his veto was overridden. Local idiot, I mean restauranteur Randy Rayburn challenged the law in court and a judge overturned the law. Next session, a much better law was passed, vetoed by Bredesen and his veto was one again overturned and now, HCP holders can legally carry in establishments where alcohol is being served provided THEY are not drinking themselves and provided the property is not posted against firearms. Since the law went into effect I'm not aware of any wild-west style shoot-outs in bar parking lots or any of the other doom and gloom predictions made by the law's opponents; even tourism, which they said would fall, has increased. Like virtually all of the anti-gun/gun-haters rhetoric then comes out anytime we try to restore our full rights to arms, experience has it's proven the rhetoric to be baseless

We won't have much of a country for long and especially not much of an economy either if Obama is allowed to continue in office.By the time Obama is done with us all the truly wealthy will have left the country and the rest of us will be taking inflatable rafts to Cuba and crossing the Rio Grand into Mexico to escape the horrible economy we are going to be left with.

And I resent it being insinuated that I'm a Republican, much less a Repub-bot, just because I'm not willing to let the socialists continue in office. If someone can provide me credible proof that Johnson or Paul can win this election without being the Republican nominee then bring it on...I'd vote for either of them if I thought they could win but unless Obama doesn't run and no else jumps in on the Democrat ticket then it WILL be a Democrat or a Republican who will be the next president. Even the beloved Ron Paul knows that; whey do you think he runs as a Republican when he is really a Libertarian?

You do have people who have simply lost the ability for critical thinking - such thinking needs to be modeled, taught and we seldom do that any more. This leads to people who really think that banning "assault weapons" and or that "non guns allowed" signs are effective because, in a lack of logic and critical thinking, emotions usually win the day in the minds of people (of course, I'm not talking about those who have an agenda to concentrate power and see individually owned weapons as an impediment to their agenda). No one who thinks through the issue logically would ever conclude that the problem is "the gun", be it an assault weapon or simply a weapon that looks like it's an assault weapon - no one tho thinks through the issue logically would ever believe that "No Guns Allowed" sign is going to stop someone who is intent on massacring innocent people. No one thinking logically would believe that taking firearms out of the hands of decent, law-abiding citizens is going to sole the problem...what gets me is that these people will claim that you can confiscate and ban ALL weapons in the U.S. (estimated to be somewhere around at lest 270 million firearms) and often will concurrently claim that it's impossible to find and send some 14 million illegal aliens back to wherever they came from because there are just too many of them. Last time I took a math course I'm pretty sure 270 million is a much bigger number than 14 million.

We support Romney or we lose the country...it's a very easy choice for me. Supporting one's candidate during the primary is a great thing; continuing to do so, after he/she has lost and to the exclusion of the obvious best choice after the primary is not a good thing. In this case, the alternative is further progress toward socialism, trillion dollar deficits, more and more gun control legislation, and a bankrupt country with a third-world economy. The only good ting I suppose that you won't have time to grieve over our lost liberty because it will take 24/7 focus just to subsist...or maybe good 'ol Uncle Sam will send me a welfare check every month (paid for by the suckers still actually working thank you very much) and I can just sit at home and play COD all day and occasionally march on DC now and then whenever I want more money...yeah...that sounds good.

I couldn't agree more. ArmyVeteran has actually been fairly unobtrusive compared to many I've dealt with - I have been beaten over the head, called names, put up with condescending attitudes, called ignorant and just plain insulted by Paulbots because I don't worship at the feet of Ron Paul that I'd have trouble voting for Ron Paul if he were the only candidate for office and running unopposed.I understand supporting one's candidate but some of these people have taken "support" to the level of a religious fervor.

Romney can't win without Ron Paul Supporters? Is that really supposed to be news? I dare say there are other special interest groups that Romney needs in order to win as is pretty much the case in every election and candidates on either said of the political spectrum. I guess all the Paul faithful have a choice to make; they are going to have to decide what's more important to them... 1. Promoting their candidate who is never going to be President, OR 2. Trying to save the country be getting the communist out of the oval office.

Nor have I but given what has happened to others I doubt I'll ever check another one.

Free? Did Obummer buy your tires for you?