monkeylizard

  This. I don't care if it's there or not. I don't use it, but I won't skip a gun just because it has one.

I'll just leave this here.

A specific dog can run totally counter to this, but I do think that in general some breeds are simply more aggressive than others. If I have to be left alone in a room with 100 hungry pit bulls or 100 hungry golden retrievers, I know which one I'm picking. It's not just pits and chows though. Some of the meanest most aggressive dogs I've ever encountered were Chihuahas, but one of those is almost certainly not going to kill me.

  I've never thought that was a good idea. Signs like that can be used by a good prosecutor to paint the home owner as a crazed gun nut who was just looking to execute someone. They serve no purpose but to stroke one's own ego.

From the article   The facts disagree with that statement.

The 7 (upside down 2) emblem sounds familar but I can't place it, and my Google-fu didn't turn up anything.   The Washington Monument and Sword is for the Military District of Washington, one of the Army's 19 major commands (MAJCOMs). I know that Fort Belvoir (currently part of MDW, but I don't think it was in the Korea era) was used as a last stop for soldiers returning from Vietnam before being discharged. Perhaps there was something similar in the Korea era where he was officially assigned following his combat duty and prior to being discharged.

If you're willing to share, I know I'd like to see you post a synopsis of his service record if you get one from NPRC. I always think it's interesting to know where people have served and how they found their way from one theater of operations to another. If I understand it properly, him having both the American Campaign Medal and the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal means he served in both the Euro/North African theater and in the Pacific theater during WW2.

 I know some of them are out of order. They're supposed to be from "highest" to "lowest" for lack of a better term. If it were me, I'd leave them just as they are since that's clearly how he wore them.   I beleive that the "proper" order would be:   Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart Medal; Army Good Conduct Medal; American Defense Medal; American Campaign Medal; European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Army Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal; United Nations Korea Service Medal     If anyone wants more info on any particular medal, just search the name I provided on Wikipedia and you'll get a good description of the criteria for each.       :usa:

Let's see if I get this right:   The top badge is the Combat Infantryman's Badge. The star indicates that he earned 2 of them.   Starting with the ribbons and moving left to right:   Row 1: Bronze Star Medal (agree with Dolo that there was possibly a "V" pinned there that broke off) Row 2: Army Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal (3 stars = 3 campaign phases); United Nations Korea Service Medal Row 3: Purple Heart (silver oak leaf indicates 5 awards, plus the ribbon itself = 6 purple hearts); Army Good Conduct Medal (the double looped rope = 3 total awards); European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal  (3 stars = 3 campaign phases) <<Note that this ribbon is actually upside down>> Row 4: American Defense Medal; World War II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal   The bottom one on the pocket in the gold border is the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.   Conclusion: Your father was a certified badass!   ETA: updated based on additional info from Sidinman.   *A bronze oak leaf indicates an additional awarding of the same medal. 5 bronze oak leaves are replaced with 1 silver oak leaf.

Did you say Salvage Yard? Problem solved!

Watching Bob Barr react when he learns that the cheese he just ate came from Borat's wife's breast milk is worth that dollar you paid at the yard sale. Maybe the only part of the movie worth watching, but that was some funny stuff.           I still laugh when I think about Borat sitting on the urinal.

Maybe not SBR because it's not designed to be fired from the shoulder, but definitely NFA. As I recall, those are "Machinegun Jumblies". Since they're from the 1960s, they predate the 80's ban on new production, so they'd be grandfathered in once they're NFA registered.

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/shoot-sniper-scope-or-gun-barrel/   The original Mythbusters test was later shown to be inaccurate because they used modern scopes (ie more/harder/thicker/coated glass). Upon retesting with Vietnam-period optics, it was changed from "Busted" to "Plausible". I suspect that the PU scope is even less sophisticated than a 1960's era scope, but I'm no glass expert. If they tested with a PU scope they may have to revise it to "Confirmed".

Smith-Wesson did a warranty repair on a Walther P-22 for me in 2011. Shipped it to my door. Thompson-Center did the same last year following a safety recall.

  You mean when velcroed to your arm, right?

try "sexytime"

Then there's this guy... (Carl's Jr = Hardee's)

Remind me to NEVER buy any used firearms from Mike.

musicman is correct.

The difference with the M&P Sport then and now is that they no longer ship with the 5R barrel. That barrel is what made it such a steal. It's still a great entry point though and comes with the S&W lifetime warranty. I've seen them lately for as low as $514 shipped (plus TICS and Transfer).   The Sport does not have a forward assist or an ejection port dust cover. All other M&P-15 models do. Unless you plan to roll around in the dirt, you will never need a dust cover. The FA is likewise useless for most people. If a round doesn't seat properly when the bolt closes, do you really want to force it in there or would you rather eject that round and check to see what went wrong?   If you go for a Sport, make sure you get model# 811036. There are also 2 Commifornia and Friends compliant Sports that comes with either the bullet button or a fixed stock. What you're getting is not always clear in online listings, so check the model #. Models 811037 and 811038 are the ones you DON'T want.   I have an M&P-15 (not the Sport) and love it. One of the things I like about the M&P-15 line is that their uppers and lowers are both coated and match each other very well. It looks like a nice melonite coating. I just built a PSA lower yesterday and it has a much flatter finish that I don't like. S&W says it's a hard coat black anodized finish on theirs, but the PSA lowers said the same thing. I know my M&P-15 looks a LOT better than the PSA one. The PSA lower will be getting cerakoted once I pick out an upper. I should have done it prior to assembly, but I didn't realize just how different it looks until I finished it and put it next to my M&P.   The biggest downside to the M&P line is that you'll get the standard integrated front-sight-post/gas-block on all but the most expensive models. That means you can't put handguards on that extend over the gas block, limiting what you can do with the look of it unless you want to change out the gas block. If you like the front sight post, that becomes a non-issue.

  FIFY

Excellent! I'll be taking the whole family there in 2015 for my dad's 70th birthday. I went about 15 years ago and loved it. Great place for a clean and fun show.

If the commercials showed what they really look like, would you want to go buy one?

  Since when did McDonald's serve "food"?

This unnecessary act of gun violence would never have happened if McDonald's would put the safety of its customers ahead of corporate profits and post a gunbuster sticker on every door.