monkeylizard

This has been going on since yesterday afternoon. I'm surprised I'm not seeing more coverage on the national news.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/01/29/camden-county-man-arrested-for-allegedly-shooting-and-killing-another-man-with-bow-and-arrow/  

BLASPHEMER!!!!!     AMC makes The Walking Dead. Clearly you are mistaken....   :)

It's a cold war era setting for sure. I have it set on the DVR, but I'll let it grab a few episodes before I start watching to see if it's going to make it or not. A review/critic I heard made it sound like it has a bit of a pro-Soviet bent to it. We'll see.

I keep my Wii games and remotes in a Mosin ammo crate. Keeps 'em tidy.

And launch it while standing very very still and under a tree so Argus can't see you.

  I doubt it. There have been some amazing advancements in massive data storage technology. It's too expensive for people, or even most companies to afford, but the gov't doesn't play by those rules. I suspect there is some 3D optical storage stuff in use somewhere. We're talking about petabytes (a thousand terabytes) being stored on something the size of a CD, or smaller. IBM had something in their labs back in the 1980s that could store the library of congress on layers of Mylar (or silicon, I can't recall) the size of a sugar cube and barely be touching the capacity of the thing. Not so impressive today with 128GB of storage in our phones, but this was back when 512KB was considered a lot.   With nanotechnology, who knows what they're working with now. I expect us to soon be referring to terabytes the way we now refer to megabytes. Petabytes or exabytes will be the new "Big" storage number, to then be followed by zettabytes and yottabytes.   Make no mistake...they wouldn't have picked up a new camera with no place to store their vacation photos.

I expect that would depend on the local PD doing the buyback.   Metro Nashville shreds theirs, but the really special ones can find a new life as training items at the police academy. Especially ones with a unique action. They'll use them to train new officers how to safely handle/unload them in case they come across them in the field. Lots of officers are not gun people, and even if they are, they can't know everything.

I have a Thompson Center ICON in .308. Those are in your price range and have 5R barrels.

  My apologies. I thought that went wiithout saying.

    Fixed it for ya! :up:

  FIFY :up:

We might as well go ahead and get this thread started.   We now have a special guest star scheduled to appear. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/zombie-hines-ward-show-nightmares-erm-amc-walking-191534873--nfl.html

  I'm not so sure about that. I hear Memphis has had better luck with theirs.

According to a friend in Metro PD, nearly everything they get on their buybacks is junk. Every now and then something good shows up, but you'd have to be in the right place at the right time and hope against all odds that the one or two that show up that day would deal with you instead of turning it in to the cops.   Metro's recent buyback in November only netted them 91 guns.   But if an impromptu gun show broke out then word spreads pretty quickly that some people are down there paying cash instead of $25 Dollar General gift cards. Maybe that would make more show up.

Thanks for the tip. I ordered 2 that night and got the shipping conf. email this morning.   One more reason why TGO rocks!

    If a vendor has a physical presence (store, office, warehouse, etc.) in a state, they have to collect the sales tax from any buyer in that same state on behalf of the state and send it in. When you buy on the Interwebz/Mail Order from out of state, you still owe sales tax to your own state, but the vendor isn't required to collect it from you. You're supposed to fill out a form and send in the sales tax yourself. Shopping on line is often seen as tax free when It's actually tax evasion.   The deal Amazon made with TN delayed them collecting the sales tax until 2014, but they have to send out the form you saw in the meantime so that you can pay the tax to the state directly. That's something on-line shoppers should have been doing all along, but almost nobody does it. I suspect the state's thinking was that the form might prompt people to pay the tax out of fear that someone's watching. Collecting even a small part of what's owed is better than collecting nothing.

Nope. CTD can go out back and do things to themselves involving a rusted farm implement.

The news is reporting it now as official. I will be sending them one last message stating why I'm cancelling my account and why I'm "spreading the word".

I was in Chicago this summer for my 3rd trip. I like the place. Hate the politics, but the city can be pretty fun. I spend the extra money to stay at a nice place near the watertower (Sofitel Water Tower...awesome modern architecture by Mies Van Der Rohe). I always feel safe walking near there. It's busy with the Mag Mile 2 blocks away and part of Loyola Univ. a block south. I use the L train with no worries. I try to remain in the Loop except when going to a Cubs game. The red-line trains to Wrigleyville on game day are busy and full of Cubs fans. Don't ride them late at night or course. General safety things apply there like every where else. If the station is deserted and you don't feel safe, go back up to the street and get a cab.   Between the river near the Tribune building and over to Navy Pier, there's not much activity. I wouldn't walk that except on a sunny Saturday when all the people are out. Get a cab or take the "trolley" bus. Stick to The Mag Mile, Water Tower, John Hancock Bldg. Wrigleyville on game day, Theater district including a huge Macy's*, and the Willis (Sears) building during the week (dead on Sundays) and you'll have a great trip. The parks along the lake like Millenium park down the Field Museum are usually pretty dead this time of year. See "The Bean" and the giant Buckingham Fountain, then move on unless there's something happening like a concert or festival. I did NOT feel safe there one early Sunday morning.   The way some people on here sound, Chicago is Beirut circa 1984. It's not. I found the transitions from "safe" to dangerous much more rapid in Baltimore than Chicago. If you're super worried about it, take a bright flashlight and try to pick up some pepper spray once you're there. You may find some at a Walgreen's. They're everywhere up there. Mostly, relax and have fun. Just don't be stupid.   *Take her to a nice lunch at the Walnut Room in Macy's. Girls like that stuff :). You may need reservations. http://www.visitmacyschicago.com/pdfs/WalnutRoom_Menu.pdf

  Close. The media thinks we ARE a bunch of fascists.

We even checked inside air ducts. It's amazing what you can find that fell through a register in an older home. Equally amazing is how well sound travels from one room to another through those things. Instant spy-network!

Depends on what/how you carry.   Crossbreed Supertuck and CompTac Minotaur are both popular IWB (inside waist band) options. Most here tend to give Crossbreed the edge but CompTac is a fine choice. They're both good for guns ranging from little pocket pistols to full-sized.   I have a Remora that I like for IWB, but only for small guns like a Kahr PM9. I'll probably give it a try with a G26 too.   Safariland makes a molded series for OWB (outside waist band) that I like and will probably pick up some variant of it. They are offered with various levels of retention depending on how much or how little you want your holster to hold on tight.   Don Hume leather holsters are popular too, but can get expensive.

I knew where everything was in the house, including the revolver hidden under the mattress. Hiding things from kids doesn't work. Top shelf out of reach? Not for a kid with time, some dining room table chairs, and no fear of falling over.

David, I thought the same thing....           I liked a sign that you can only see part of in one of the pics. It says this is my sign there are and you just know it goes on with many like it but this one is mine.