peejman

Indeed, happy Father's Day gentlemen!

Welcome!

I'd prefer thoroughly, meticulously, or comprehensively vetted instead of heavily....

Sounds like you have a fascinating collection. I have an M48 and 91/30 and my experience shooting them is the opposite with surplus ammo. The Mosin can bite if you're not paying attention, but the Mauser is a friggin cannon. It's fun, but I think I've got a lifetime supply of ammo for it.

I got the same "common sense" registration argument from a coworker the other day. He opined that registration would provide extra motivation for people to not leave guns laying around and make it easier for the cops to determine who owns guns used in crimes. He compared it to car registration. My response was ... so you're saying a car owner should have some liability if they leave their car unlocked and it gets stolen and used in a crime? No, I'm just talking about all these cases where kids pick up guns left laying about and shoot one another. How is registration going to fix that? It'll give people incentive to not leave guns laying around. So fear of liability? How's that any different from now? In most instances like that I'm aware of, the owner of the gun has been quite easy to find. And you think people who would otherwise leave a loaded gun laying around in the presence of small children will be motivated by knowing their gun is registered? Yes. Um... ok.

I have one of these... http://www.511tactical.com/push-pack.html It started life as daddy's diaper bag, but was promoted to get home bag duty once that phase ended. It's small and light enough that I can't over pack it and end up having to lug a 40lb bag around. It contains all the usual stuff... knife, cord, energy bars, water bottles, bug spray, sun screen, lighter, flashlight, first aid kit, etc. I've also got some MRE type meals and sterno cans that live elsewhere in the car. I also have a tool kit, fire extinguisher, tow strap, a couple old towels, more rope, and probably some other stuff that lives in the car. I keep extra warm clothes (boots, pull over, toboggan, wool socks) in the winter.

Wow. That'll get your attention for sure.

Yep. I'd push hard for this unless that dealer's body shop is much better than most.

Seems the FAA has tried to gather relevant info and put it in one place.... novel concept, right? https://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/ There's also an interesting article about flying the Global Hawk. I didn't know the Navy had any of them.

M134 BB gun. Never seen that before. Awesome.

Dig the cigar holster.

Double shoulder holster. You know you want to.

As mentioned, it's supposed to take a pretty serious whack to deploy an air bag. Just pushing or side-swiping past another car at 10 mph shouldn't set off a frontal airbag.

Wow.

Hmmmmmm.....

Wait, what?!? You have to pass through metal detectors to access a public street as a normal daily thing? Really?

And therein lies the rub. People who won't go to such an event because of signs or metal detectors represent such a small fraction of the total that they're of no consequence to event promoters.

Nana nana nana nana Batman! It doesn't get much better than that.

Colorized versions of Russian sniper photos... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4424682/Colourised-photos-Russia-s-female-snipers-WW2.html

I've heard "stagecoach Mary" but never researched the story. That's good stuff!

It could, but it won't happen. They're waaaay too entrenched at this point.

You mean all of them? There's still a bunch on my list, but kids and life in general always seem to suck up my discretionary cash. I'd really like a nice Garand. And a 1903. And an SVT40. And an Enfield. And a Sharps. And a Trapdoor. And a Spencer. And ....

Yep. An entire mower, from about 50 ft away. Because all that sheet metal certainly won't generate any shrapnel... There's a reason why the bottle says min safe distance is 100 yds per pound.

Lay on the horn and floor it, forwards or backwards. Push the other cars out of the way if necessary. If he's a foot or two from the door, open the door suddenly and knock him backwards, then floor it.

Interesting that the guy with the least powerful weapon is in the most exposed position.