monkeylizard

Last weekend: http://www.wsmv.com/story/36989316/atf-offering-reward-in-mount-juliet-gun-store-robbery That's at least 4 time that I know of. January 2016, then two times in three days in April 2016, and now this one.

China's government isn't monolithic. They have people who think the way you described, but they also have plenty of hawks. So far, the business-minded have been winning out in most cases, but that could change.

I use Bud's as a general price guide for new guns. They're not always the very lowest, but they're usually pretty close to the price bottom. Find one at Bud's like your pawn shop has and check their price. https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=XD+.45

I thought it was going to be Gruden.

Never had any issues out of S&B. It's at least as accurate as I am.

Fixed it!

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/gunmaker-remington-faces-default-as-americans-buy-fewer-firearms-20171117.html Sounds pretty bad for them right now.

That's a whole lot a ugly! And the dog's not too pretty either! Just kidding!

Vandy's back to its old self and the James Franklin days are clearly in the past. UT, even in disarray, should be able to beat them. Then again Vandy did get thumped by Mizzou by 5 fewer points than UT did. #AnchorDown

I know I shouldn't laugh, but I just can't help it.

$470 is a solid price. They do bounce around a bit. About 3 months ago I was seeing them readily available in the 550'ish zone. Now Atlantic has them for 699 and Primary Arms has them for 845. I wonder if maybe they arrive in big bulk shipments and all the dealers get them at once, so the market gets flooded for a short period of time and they drop to the 550'ish range. Then that stock gets depleted and the prices rise until the next cargo ship arrives. It seems like either everyone has them, or only a few do. Right now I see several sites showing out of stock so we must be in one of the troughs of supply.

You might be a prepper if . . . You have a plan for raiding the local elementary school cafeteria and hauling off a heavy load of their industrial sized cans of green beans and chocolate pudding.

I thought it was "picking up the trash" orange.

The John Gruden speculations begin in 3 . . . 2 . . .

Once a church (or any organization or person) starts appointing people into a role, they become agents. AIUI, it doesn't have to be something formal. If it can be proven that the church knowingly allowed something to be in place like security by HCP holding members, then that's pretty much the same as if there was a written contract to provide security. IANAL, so that's not necessarily correct in all the nuances of the law, but generally speaking, CZ9MM is spot on about liability. I like to live by don't ask, don't tell.

It's the reason, not the feeling that has to be articulated. In Dolomite's case, the trooper may have been a scared rookie making his first night time solo stop and heard one too many stories about stops going wrong. Or he could have just heard a BOLO over the radio for a murdering bank robbing rapist with poor taste in music and driving a vehicle matching Dolo's. In the later case, the reason for feeling in danger during the stop is easy to articulate and is reasonable. In the former, it's not, and it isn't.

It's private property because it's not owned by the public (i.e. the government) but it is open to the public unlike a private residence. It's basically the same as a store or restaurant. If your church meets in a school, then that's a different kettle of fish and you're pretty much in a no-carry zone with very few exceptions. You're correct about long guns. An HCP does not give us the lawful ability to carry long guns. I can't say that I know what the laws are (if any) about the proprietor/owner or the employees of a business having a long gun. Whatever those are, they would probably equally apply to a church. But ownership gets sticky with a church. In many denominations, the local church doesn't actually own the church property. It's normally the district/diocese that actually owns the property and may also be considered the operator of the church, depending on how the church and district/diocese are incorporated. Then you'd have to figure out who might be considered the owner's legal agents. Obviously the pastor and any paid staff would be, but what about unpaid lay persons like deacons, ushers, Sunday School teachers and church council members? A church's legal structure really is an odd duck to me.

This. I watched a guy walk around in a CVS for about 10 minutes with a full cowboy holster setup. The only thing he was missing was a bandolier and he would have looked like he just walked out of central casting. I know none of the other customers noticed and either the clerk didn't either, or didn't care.

I've heard that most folks don't find them very comfortable at all. Please post back with your opinion on it. I'd like to hear it as I've considered it too.

No, the rules aren't different from a criminal perspective, but civil cases are a different pile of monkey fling. It can open up a huge liability issue if the church has tacitly (or openly) endorsed someone as "security". As for the armed citizen in TX going after the shooter, no that's not a big no-no in self defense laws. In that instance, the armed citizen would have reasonably thought that the attacker was an imminent threat to the lives of others so the armed citizen was justified in responding with lethal force. Nobody is turning a blind eye to a criminal act on his part because there was no criminal act.

I don't see it online at academy.com. Plus all of theirs are made in China.

Bass Pro had them $10/ea new Made in the USA for Black Friday last year. I'm hoping for more this year.

Post 'em when ya find 'em! Here's the Cabella's ad-scan. That's a good price on the Ruger 10/22 on page 7. https://www.bfads.net/stores/cabelas/ads/black-friday/page-1

If we're going to get a free-market solution to this problem then it will be in the form of something making low security cost more than reasonable security. Insurance policies that require reasonable and specific security measures or they won't pay for the loss might be one route. If they stop making it easy for the shops to file a claim and lose nothing but their deductible then suddenly a few $K in some security vs. losing a whole lot more in inventory sounds like a smart move to the owners. Either that, or civil lawsuits start flowing in when the stolen firearms are used in crimes and the victims can convince a jury that the gun shop was negligent by having no more security than a donut shop. That wouldn't be hard at all and I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. The cost of defending (much less losing) a suit would see most shops go under, and any other with low security making some changes toot sweet.

They can work a booster pay-off in different ways. Let's say they are about to spend $20 million on renovating the athletic center (or the library, or a dormitory, or whatever). The school has $20M to do the project, but a donor (or group of donors) comes along and offers $8.5M towards that project. That frees up $8.5M of the school's cash to go get rid of Jones and Co. They might work it out so the amounts aren't quite so on the nose, but you get the idea. It's kind of like how politicians raid school budgets to pay for something nobody wants to pay for, then cry that we need to raise taxes to fund the schools. IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!