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So if someone in the store pulls a gun puts the laser on his forehead (or worse, his kid's forehead), he won't care because he KNOWS it's unloaded? Nice.

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll try to remember to unplug it. Maybe I'll get lucky and that circuit has a GFCI. That way I can just hit the "test" button and not have to drag out my ladder to reach the plug every time. Or maybe they're on a separate circuit and I and trip the breaker.

I've done the same thing. Sadly, I wasn't much older than them. Yep. I recall learning which friends you could trust, and which you couldn't. I heard of this recently from a co-worker. The parents were essentially acting as agents for their kids, negotiating salary, benefits, etc. Unbelievable! I'd find that utterly humiliating. Give them periodic guidance, protect them when they don't know you are, but let kids be kids. That's the best thing for them.

From my past experience in the auto industry, the answer to your question is yes. It's a complicated situation with many, many variables. Whether we want to admit it or not, it all comes down to the bottom line. At the end of the day, settling a few lawsuits may cost the company less than fixing the root cause.

Good thread! I too trick-or-treated with a group of friends when I was elementary school aged. When we were a little younger, there would be 1 maybe 2 parents walking down the street while we ran from house to house. If someone's older sibling was there, likely no parents at all. Free to roam about. In the dark. I've also noticed all the kids waiting at the bus stop in Mom's car. Have you driven past a school at opening time lately (or more correctly, tried to)? The number of parents driving their kids to school is staggering. When I was in middle school, both my parents left for work about the same time I left to catch the bus. And they weren't home yet when it dropped me back off. However, we only trick-or-treated our own neighborhood. Lots of parents today seem to load the kids up in the van and haul them from subdivision to subdivision. I can understand that if they live out in the sticks, but seems a bit ridiculous for typical suburbanites like us. I do recall getting a few weird things in my candy bag, but either we threw it away or showed it to our parents and they threw it away. This will be my 2 yr old's first trick-or-treating experience. We're doing "trunks-n-treats" mainly because it'll involve less walking and is sponsored by our church. I assume he'll want to wander around the neighborhood in a year or two.

You know full well how observant most people are. Throw a cover over it and walk down the street. It'd get a few odd looks, but no one would know what it was. Minus the BDU's, of course.

Only if the ghouls show up during thunderstorms. Or when people hit power poles nearby.

This. Beltman. Not cheap but worth it.

I have a strange problem with one of my garage doors. When the power flickers (like a momentary brown-out), it'll open by itself. If the power goes completely off and back on, it doesn't do anything. It's been a while, but it happened again during the recent storms. Its a bit disconcerting, particularly when we're not home. When we're going to be gone for a while, I unplug the opener and mechanically lock the door. It's a craftsman door opener and about 15 yrs old, if that's useful. Thoughts? Suggestions?

True, but I think we tend to expect a bit too much from the guy making $7/hr behind the gun counter at such places. Any modern JHP ammo will perform adequately. Worry more about how it feeds in your gun and hitting your target.

Intimidation? This.

Wow. My son is almost 3. I definitely would've had a little discussion with that guy and the store manager. Depending on how that went, maybe a similar conversation with a cop shortly thereafter.

I'd guess that's what happened. The van's right front tire caught the dually's left rear. The tires grab one another and the van is on it's side in a blink. Common in open wheel racing.

What Mike said. Yes, it can be welded. But it would be easier to just drill holes and bolt it together, 3/16" bolts will work fine. It'll be far easier to take apart too.

Looks cool! Lots of ambient light from multiple sources, mind the shadows. No flash, slow-ish shutter speed (tri-pod if necessary). Change the background from the white sheet to a darker color (blue, burgundy, green, ...).

A friend made some out of 0.25" mild steel plate which have held up to several years of handgun shooting. Make sure you angle the plates so that splatter/ricochets aren't a problem. I'd guess it would take 0.5" to withstand high powered rifle rounds.

I haven't voted "for" anyone in a long time. I typically vote for the guy whom I think is most likely to not make things too much worse and has the best chance of beating the guy who I'm sure will make things a lot worse. I think voting for someone who has no chance of winning only strengthens the guy you most want to lose. YMMV.

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Yes. Think about the number of things and frequency with which a cop's gun bumps stuff during the course of a normal day.

Inquire with your landlord and find out if they permit door-to-door solicitors. If not, they're trespassing and a phone call to the landlord (or law enforcement) to run them off is in order.

Curious that this comes out less than 2 weeks from voting day....

In east TN, it's rare to get a shot at a deer much beyond 100 yds, most are 75 yds or closer. Hence the ballistic advantage of .30-06 and larger cartridges is basically useless. If you intend to hunt deer or larger critters in flat areas, then the larger cartridges have value. Don't sweat the "this bullet vs. that bullet" stuff. If you dig a little, darn near everything is available in darn near every caliber. Plus you can hand load whatever you want. As with pistol shooting, shot placement is key. Find a rifle you like, that fits your budget, and go kill some stuff.

Isn't there another thread here about "don't ask, don't tell"?

It appears from the video that the police sniper pulled the trigger but the rifle didn't discharge. When he touched the bolt, it fired. Sounds like a burr or something causing the firing pin to snag. I'd expect a police armorer to be able to figure that out and fix it, so maybe it's not that simple. Note that the video says there are "thousands of complaints" and "more than 75 lawsuits". I'd guess that total production of 700 series rifles numbers in the millions. While the consequences are dire, in reality that's not what I'd consider a big problem. Problems in the 200ppm or less range are incredibly difficult to identify and fix. At a previous employer, I spent 2 years trying to solve a 150ppm manufacturing defect problem. The consequences were significant, but the cause nearly impossible to isolate. We made over 1 million of these items per year. I doubt Remington makes that many rifles, so you can see the difficulty in studying the problem. The only true solution I found was far too expensive to implement cost effectively. At the end of the day, the management decided to put a couple bandaids on it and move on to the next problem. Business as usual. It'll be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of this.

By "mag extensions" do you mean a pinky rest or a higher capacity magazine? I've never seen a higher capacity extended mag. I have seen some pinky rests but as you found, they said "not for MILPRO".