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Wow. Looked like the daughter fired at least once while the BG was wrestling with her mom. I need to practice retention. I hope they get some training.

Yep. Try these... available lots of places. https://www.mountainhouse.com/m/category/buckets-and-kits.html or TOTM's, if you can get them.

The usual suspects... cash, first aid kit, knife, fire starter, fishing kit, sewing kit, snacks, water, sunscreen, bug spray, socks, sunglasses, hat, change of clothes?, emergency blanket, assorted zip lock bags, a couple grocery or kitchen bags, duct/gaffer tape, ...

So that if/when the red dot quits working, all you do is flip up the rear sight and keep going.

My understanding is that those "wait for the cavalry" tactics have changed. They've recognized that the longer you wait in such a situation, the more people die. Get in and engage the threat immediately with whatever you've got on hand. Most crumple at the first sign of real resistance.

Looks great! Wish they'd been small enough for me to haul, Dad would have loved them.

It's magazines vs clips. Gun people know the difference, most people don't. But I expect they'll revise it to cover "and anything else that violates he spirit of the law".

That was my expectation. Go peacock somewhere else, you're not helping.

I wouldn't do it either. But it's pretty clear that even though this guy has a gun on his hip, he's in condition white. If someone practiced and could do it super fast like the pros, you'd be walking away before he recovered from the shock of someone snatching it. Remember the video of the Lenior City cop snatching the gun from the guy on the motorcycle? It happens really fast when you don't expect it.

This is an interesting story that I think speaks to some of the issues (anger, isolation, ...) and relatively simple solutions (kindness, compassion, love, ...). The world has grown cold and hard. I feel like it's largely related to the slow decline of Christian values in this country. People have become afraid to give simple outward kindness for fear of being negatively judged or labelled. Everyone wants something tangible in return, when the intangible is the best reward. “If you see someone who looks like they need love, give it to them,” Aaron said. “Even a small hug, a word, or a smile could actually save lives. Compassion is the only real way we can stop this. Love people even when they don't deserve it.” http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/20/man-writes-open-letter-after-parkland-massacre-was-almost-school-shooter.html

Snatch it, drop the mag, lock the slide back, catch the ejected round out of the air, sit it all on a nearby shelf, tell him to have a nice day, and calmly walk away.

This high school is big at 44 acres. It more closely resembles a community colllege with about 10 separate buildings encompassing about 10 acres with 3 street entrances with open gates. Check it out on google maps. There's no way 1 cop could do anything if he didn't happen to be right there.

Clearly you know more about it than I do. I'd never heard of peated scotch before now. I've tried JWB and thought it was terrible. Now I know what to avoid.

So one could argue that in the case of this school (and likely many others) convenience is/was more important than security. That needs to change.

If you value the outbuilding and it's not easily moved, I'd talk to the neighbor about buying the property it's sitting on. Otherwise move it or scrap it.

Lots of municipalities already have "reserve officers" or similar programs. My local sheriffs office has a handful of retired cops and their friends who ride around in police cars and do things like visit shut-ins, deliver paperwork, and just be an extra set of eyes/ears in the community. To my knowledge they're not authorized to arrest anyone or other such things, but they do have radios and can call in what they see. Why not have them show up at the schools at arrival/dismissal times and simply be a presence. Instead of one cop on site during the most vulnerable hours, have one cop and 3-4 reserve officers, simply to be present and visible. Once school starts, they lock the gates behind them and go do whatever until dismissal time. It'd be 2-3 hours/day with all the holidays and breaks built into the school system. They local sheriff also had a citizen's academy years ago with the idea that graduated could become reserve officers, but for whatever reason they discontinued it. Could be a good time to bring that back.

I've said that for years. Gridlock is the best option when it concerns the federal government. No action is usually the best action, at least they can't make it worse. My guess is the NFA will have to be revised to include bump stocks and binary triggers to accomplish the "ban". I also won't be surprised to see a proposal to include "high capacity" magazines as well.

These are what I've had before... stuff aged in sherry, wine, or port casks. Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, Glenmorangie,... quite tasty. I've never had a scotch that tasted like Jaegermeister before this one. And for the record, the scotch was Kilchoman and the rye was Few.

One sample (a double shot essentially) of three different whiskys. I'm not aware that I can choose what they send. This one is 2 out of 3. "A" was Breckinridge, which was good. "B" was a rye that I can't recall the maker that was ok. "C" was a single malt scotch that was ... terrible. I don't know how they made scotch taste that bad. Bitter, biting, sour, nasty aftertaste, .... The first sip gave me that cold medicine full body shiver.

Why were the doors unlocked? A locked commercial door with a push bar is easy to open from the inside when it's locked. It's against fire code to have doors that won't let someone out when they're locked.

Sorry, a "please check in at the front desk before you walk through any of the unlocked doors" policy doesn't qualify as "so many security measures". Sounds just like the arguments for gun free zones... unenforceable "policies" that make people feel good instead of fixed requirements that cannot be avoided or bypassed.

My 4th grader brought home a fairly thorough and (IMO) age appropriate study guide for his test on the Revolutionary War. It covered the high points fairly well. The only thing we didn't care for was the characterization of Paul Revere's ride, which has been reasonably proven to not have occurred as portrayed by Longfellow. The nitty gritty details of such things can wait until high school or college.

Probably not. I might stick my head out the window and yell MOO! at some cows though.

My wife got me this for VD. Seems there's s "whisky of the month" club like the beer of the month. The one I've tried so far was pretty good.

Be sure to yell "FORE!" at the top of your lungs as well. We love that.