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I'm for anything that cements our rights, even if it's redundant, watered-down, or toothless. Every little bit helps, but I agree it's silly.

They sent mine back to me after 4 weeks, b/c I forgot to include the County in the Chief LEO address. I corrected it and sent it back out the same day. My license arrived 2 weeks later, so aside from the week it languished in the hands of the USPS due to my mistake, it took about 5 weeks. It's been about a month since I got my license and I just got a package from BATF yesterday with all kinds of forms, brochures, manuals, etc...odd.

I am a big fan of the whole CZ lineup, myself. I think the original CZ 75 is one of the two best 9mm pistols ever made (Browning Hi-Power being the other). Along with the 1911, it's probably one of the most copied designs out there as well. My only 2 complaints are that it's hard to get a comfortable overhand grip on the slide for quickly clearing a malfunction and like you said... the DA trigger is heavy and gritty. Less than a month ago, I put almost 1800 rounds through my CZ P-01 (almost identical design, just smaller) in a single weekend. I believe that puts the total round count in mine somewhere in the neighborhood of 3500. FWIW the DA trigger is no longer gritty, but it's still fairly rough and uneven. As soon as I can afford it, I'm going to get it smoothed, but not lightened (decocker w/out safety).

My work has a no guns on company property rule. I'm not supposed to even have a gun in my locked car. Naturally, they'd have no reason to ever check, since I'd never tell anyone at work, but you never know for sure. I bought a small steel handgun safe that has piano-style hinges and a steel cable that I can loop around the seat posts. It seems fairly tough and secure, but nothing is 100%. I just wanted it to be tough enough to keep the average thug from getting my gun. Now, I'm wondering if it's worth the risk (theft and/or getting caught at work) to keep a gun in my car. Also, it's only 1.75" thick, so it slides out of sight, under the seat easily. The downside is that at that thickness, I had to take the laser grips off my pisol, b/c they made it too thick for the lid to close. I cannot find another safe with a cable lock that is thick enough to allow for the grips. I paid a lot more for the laser grips than the safe. With all the pros and cons of the safe vs the grips, what would you guys do?

Not a good time for me to be running low on 9mm ammo, huh? I guess that's what I get for taking the $9.97 price point for granted. It's just so hard to buy 200 rounds, shoot half and do it again until you get a decent stockpile. I tend to shoot way more when I have plenty.

She'll watch Animal Planet for 5 or 10 minutes at a whack. She goes absolutely crazy barking when she sees cows, deer, horses, etc. Lions, monkeys, and dogs (unless they bark) don't get her too wound up though. She also loves to watch kids play on TV. She'll see kids on a playground and just wag her tail and whine. Once she saw an antelope running from a cheetah on TV and ran up and bumped her nose on the screen. When she realized there was glass b/w her and the critter, she ran around the corner down the hall and into my son's room to bark at it. You should have seen her face when she finally realized the TV was NOT a window.

There's some great pics of pets so far. Here's my bulldogs: This is my American Bulldog, Lucille. She's named after B.B. King's guitar This is my Olde English Bulldog, Barkley. He's not real smart, but he makes up for it by being REAL lazy. This is what they do best: Homeward Bound is Lucille's favorite movie: She hates the part when the bear stands up an growls at them while they are fishing:

+1 +1 No kidding, I just got this one. It's the best I've ever had, hands down.

I heard about this from a caller on the radio that said they live in that area. If true, the rural residents voted down a thirteen cent property tax hike that would have funded rural fire service! Awesome point, I was thinking the same thing. Why aren't South Fulton's detractors blaming the FD in Union City or Martin or even Memphis? The term "out of our coverage area" extends from zero inches to infinity. Yeah, we all have emotions. So should Gene Crannick! Why didn't he get his poor pets out himself (he had 2 hours according his own statements). I would have gotten my pets out immediately after getting my family out!

Right or wrong, the exposure this story got may do some good for small FD's struggling to procure funds to protect their area. I mean, nobody wants to be the next guy whose house burns down and has no fire subscription. If the FD had put out the fire anyway in this case AND the same amount of exposure had been given to how he didn't pay and they provided service anyway, what would happen then? I'll tell you, most rural fire protection subscribers all over the country would do what Crannick did. They'd wait to offer payment until they needed service and the FD would have no funds in advance, when they need it the most.

Emotionally speaking, I hate to hear that the man's property burned down, really, I do. But, I also understand the legal ramifications of them not being able to do anything because he was not a subscriber. Afterall, what if my brother-in-law gets killed fighting a fire for a homeowner that didn't pay and now my sister's family gets life insurance money, since there was no "contract" to fight that particular fire. OTOH, if the FD sat idly watching a house burn, b/c the homeowner was late paying his $75, I'd say the system needs to be changed. The honest folks that paid their fair share (IN ADVANCE) shouldn't foot the bill to put out the blaze either, which is likely would happen when most dead-beats get a $10,000 invoice from the FD and won't pay.

This Crannick guy admitted: "I thought they'd come out and put it out, even if you hadn't paid your $75, but I was wrong." He gambled and lost. What makes me the most angry about all this is that most folks I know think he should have gotten service anyway. He set the fire himself with an illegal trash fire. His shed caught fire first and spread to his trailer 2 hours later. During those 2 hours, Crannick had time to get his pets out, but let them burn. By the time the FD got there it was too late anyway. All they could do is keep it from spreading. Trailers go up quick and are seldom salvageable even if you get the fire out. If people won't pay the "out of area" subscription fee, the city can't hire the extra people to serve the area or to buy the equipment. What if he says, OK I'll pay the $75 now that my house is on fire and they respond with "great, we'll go hire and train some firefighters, buy some gear and be right out"?

Have you tried Stones River Hunter Education Center on Hobson Pk? Their ranges are all supervised by RSO's. edit: Sorry, I just noticed you were lookong for a private range, not a public one.

What are you thoughts on this: DealExtreme: $19.41 Ultrafire C1 R2-WC 5-Mode Memory 250-LM LED Flashlight with 2*Assault Crowns (2*CR123A/1*18650)? It seems to have similar output, but I cannot find a comparison of the LED in the Streamlight to a Cree XR-E R2-WC LED. I'm sure there's a quality difference b/w the brands, afterall, one is a $19 light and the other is a $53. I was just hoping the cheapo would do until I can afford a better one. If not, I'll use my AA Mag Lite until I can afford the Streamlight. What would you recommend: use the Mag Lite until I get the Streamlight or get the Ultrafire now?

I was trying to keep it under $40, if possible. I don't know how possible that will be considering I want: an aluminum body that I can carry weak-side in the pocket of my jeans with a pocket clip, tail-cap button, bright enough to disorient an intruder/attacker, as long of a throw as possible (don't care as much about the spread). As long as it's bright, I don't mind springing for good batteries.I like this a LOT, but it's too dim for the price: Streamlight PT Professional Tactical Series 1AA LED Flashlight FREE S&H 88032. Streamlight Professional Tactical Flashlights, Streamlight Flashlights. This one seems ideal, but don't know about the brand: TerraLux LightStar100 Flashlight 100/50 Lumens + Strobe (Batteries Incl.). TLF-1C1AA. TerraLux Flashlights. This one is perfect, but out of my price range: Streamlight PT Professional Tactical Series 2L LED Flashlight FREE S&H 88031. Streamlight Professional Tactical Flashlights, Streamlight Flashlights. or this:

I've been looking for a good light, but the whole Dealtime Extreme and CandlePowerForums stuff seems overwhelming. There's just too much to consider, so I keep toting my AA Maglite. Since there seems to be a lot of knowledge here, would I be hijacking If I asked a few quick questions? Brightness: Xenon or LED? I don't care about battery life, since I will only use is ocassionally. Strobe: over-hyped or gotta-have? Crenelated bezel: do I need this or not?

You have a point, it might be fun enough to warrant the 2 hour drive. Depending on what the final date is, I may cowboy-up and make the drive too.

On the 2nd and 3rd we got to shoot steel targets. I was stoked, b/c I'd never shot steel before. It was everything I had hoped it would be. There's something about the instant gratification you get when you hear that ping that I really like. He had us do a drill where we get 2 shots to hit a 12" X 18" steel silhouette from 20 yards. If you miss, you join the losers' pool. If you hit, you join the winners' pool. The winners go back 20 more yards and take 2 more shots like before. Then 20 more yards etc. until we got out to 100 yards! On the first day the instructor and one other guy made it out to 100 yards, but only the istructor hit the target. On the third day only one guy didn't make the 100 yard shot! We also got to shoot in head-to-head competition on a dueling tree. If you haven't seen one, it looks like a wide support stand with 6 steel lollipops that swing from one side to the other when you shoot them. The circles are 3" and we shot at them from about 10 or 12 yards away. I got to go 4 times and only lost once, to Paul Scarlata, the show's writer. All of this was a little harder for me, b/c I was shooting my CZ P-01, which is DA first shot and Aaron instisted that I take ALL first shots in DA mode to simulate how I would be shooting for personal defense. All-in-all, I'm glad he made me do it like that, I'll be better off for it, but the 1911 and striker-fired shooters had a distinct advantage. I am DEFINITELY going to save up some cash, so I can afford to do this again. This class was a half day Friday, a full day Saturday, and another half day on Sunday, but Aaron 'gave' us 3 extra hours of his time the first day and 2 more hours the 3rd day. His regular combat handgun class is 5 full days for $750 and includes low-light trainging, clearing rooms/breaching doors, and friendly/hostile target shooting (all of which we didn't have time for). He told us, the full class is like a week of total immersion and they have a place to put you up. I don't know how long it will take me to save up, but as soon as I can, I'm doing it again.

Bubba, I have Comcast and I get the Outdoor Channel. The HD version is channel 289 and the regular version is 710. The Sportsman Channel is 709 in my area. I will say though, I had to call Comcast 4 freakin' times before somebody was smart enough to figure out why these 2 weren't coming in. It was because I had that crappy sports package a few years ago and decided it wasn't worth the money. There's some sort of glitch in their computer that made the rep have to remove some features and add them back.

March 2011 I couldn't believe that far out! The writer for the show, Paul Scarlata, participated in the class too. He's a competition shooter and writes for MANY magazines too. He said they haven't started filming for next season yet.

I'd like to meet too, but that's a bit far for me.

The first day was hard, but rewarding. There are so many "whys" about the fundamentals we alll learned. I was amazed how little I know about my own gun and the fundamentals. I'm not blowing smoke up you anyone's whazoo, this instructor, Aaron Roberts, is AMAZING! He knows how to walk you thru every step in the right order, so that all of a sudden you go...OH, I see. Mostly it's drills, drills, and more drills. It sounds like I'm whining about that, but I'm not. I "practice" at the range all the time, but now I know what to practice to get better and most importantly, why to paractice it.

you forgot one: 5) don't let the bed bugs bite.

I liked the first episode. I hope it winds up being better than Sopranos, but if it's only half as good, I'll be happy.

The class starts tomorrow, so I got to our hotel a day early to get settled in. On my way out for supper, I ran into Aaron Roberts in the elevator and introduced myself. He called my room later and invited me to his room to talk about the class. Wow, he is an impressive person. I learned a LOT in that hour alone, so I can only imagine how much I'll get out of the class. I cannot wait!