monkeylizard

Ford avoided the bailouts by lots of dumb luck. they restructured their long term debt just before the credit markets dried up. Having more favorable labor relations than GM helped, but had their debt restructuring been delayed it would have been much more expensive and possibly resulted in needing bailout money. The BMW jab was just a joke, but I think you BMW drivers knew that ;)

If they weren't doing big business in China (which inherently means working with and paying kickbacks to the Communist party) they'd be stupid. China is building roads like crazy and the market demand for personal automobiles is incredible. All of the US (and some of the foreign-based) automakers have been somehow partially funded by our gov't. If not directly with bailouts then with grants and loans for improving fuel efficiency, battery technology, hybrids, safety, etc. It's important to know that certain brands are being burned into the Chinese collective psyche and it's critical that our companies get in there fast and establish themselves. Audi = government officials while VW = quality and Buick =luxury. BMW is apparently known to be driven by stuck up elitist, so that's one thing we have in common with China. :)     A wealthy woman ran over a peasant woman for scratching her BMW and did no time for the crime. It doesn't seem to have hurt BMW sales though. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/apr/08/china.jonathanwatts   See more stereotypes here: http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=314%20=13%20=86

  Yes.

You'll still need a pocket holster for pocket carry. I've found my PM9 (more or less the same as a CM9) works great in a Remora holster carried IWB. Super easy to take off/on. No clips or belt loops and it stays put all day. I can go bike riding and it stays in place. Infinite cant adjustment too. Most days I forget I have it.

That's nothing. The Brady Bunch dude that did his "undercover expose" on how easy it is to buy at gun shows with no ID or background checks is a Virginia resident and purchased handguns in Texas and Michigan. Then posted the evidence all over YouTube. Do you think the BATFE ever checked into that?

No, it's more like putting a kill switch in the car that turns it off every 10 miles of driving, but all you have to do to turn it back on again is turn the key. Won't stop someone from driving 30, 60 , or even 90 miles who shouldn't be driving in the first place while making it a pain in the butt for responsible drivers.

I hope it wasn't Regions.

I love my Kahr PM9.

  We must have bought our boats at the same place. Mine had a hole in it and sank. Sorry for your loss.

I though Metalhead confirmed that it was not GnL that bought the place. Am I misremembering?   Torrin, you also have CHMR not far from Franklin. It's all outdoors, but cheap. $60/year.

Spiffy is pointing out the grammar.   Like most other laws, nothing's actually stopping anyone from carrying in their vehicle w/o a permit. It's illegal, but you can do it. I wouldn't advise that as a wise course of action, and one certainly should not do it.

That was their Black Friday price. Great price on a solid firearm.

I have Peltor Tactical 7S muffs. I like them. Outdoors I use them by themselves. Indoors I sometimes add some 3M foam plugs from Home Depot.

I'm pretty sure a gift is the same as a sale. Person-to-person requires an FFL in the receiver's state.

With an army of paper pushers they could know what you bought through an FFL. They can't know if you still have it or not as private sales don't require a paper trail. They'd also not know what you bought from private sales. If the fed or a state did a registration requirement, there would be penalties for non compliance. They couldn't find the one you burie...."sold" but you couldn't do much with it. Similar to having a known stolen or banned gun today.

  Brian, you just got an offer from the resident king of the AR platform. If Dolomite doesn't know it, there's nothing to know.

  About 8:15am.

  This x 1 million     Plus Dalt's has some of the best chocolate malts in town.

  No, she doesn't.   http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/ny_deadly_dolls_00c8lg1GHjpMRiR0EpUIaJ

  Yes techincally you're breaking the law when the school kids are shooting at a school-sanctioned event at a gun range. Nobody but a total moron police officer would make an arrest. Nobody but a total moron DA would prosecute. Nobody but a total moron judge would hear that case.   If you live in a place with gun-hating bed-wetting the-sky-is-falling morons on the police force, in the DA's office,and on the bench, then maybe it could happen. One call to the local TV station's "investigative reporter" would generate so much bad press for all authorities involved in that chain that none of them would want to risk it. Then a call to Matt Drudge to get that story on the top of the national talking points and it gets even worse for them.       On second thought....that might be a good way to get that law changed. Any volunteers? :hiding:

The affectation doctrine gives them that power. Even intrastate commerce that effects interstate commerce can be regulated by the fed. If I buy a Glock from a TN resident that affects interstate commerce because I now won't buy one from a seller in Utah.

It's not forcing commerce, it's regulating commerce. Buyer and seller freely engage in the deal. The Fed would just be regulating it. That's not unusual.

It's as enforceable as 21 to buy liquor. Nothing really stops it except the possibility of it coming back to bite the seller and bite hard. How many of us would really risk federal felony charges to avoid an FFL transfer and to save a few bucks on an otherwise legal sale?

JayC, I think you're referring to being allowed to have a weapon on school property for school santioned events IF you're involved in the event as a participant or instructor.   I believe that razorback2003 is referring to the parts of TCA 39-17-1309 that I quoted above in post#5. It expressly states that grounds being used by a school are considered school property for the purposes of 1309. So if Central High is having a baseball practice at a city park that is not otherwise off-limits, it's off-limits while the practice is ongoing.   It's a two-way street there. You can have weapons on "school property" if you're involved in a school sanctioned event. You can't have weapons in an otherwise OK location if a school is operating there.   By the letter of the law, I'd say a shooting range being used by a school's shooting team would be off limits to anyone who is not a student or an instructor. The same could be said about a Wendy's when a school bus unloads some field-trippers.   In reality, that's asinine and everyone knows it.

The good ones don't see it that way. They see it as another revenue stream (albeit usually a small one) and the opportunity to get a future gun sale, a present accesory/ammo sale, and good word of mouth.