c.a.willard

Or its not a hate crime because it wasn't motivated by race.  it was motivated by the victim snitching on one of the attackers for trying to sell him marijuana.  I really get tired of seeing every interracial crime claimed by one side or the other as a hate crime. 

I hope it didn't come off the wrong way.  I think the way the law is is complete BS.  I also think the stores could at least put a warning by the binary compounds to help prevent these incidents.   Seeing as there was no criminal intent and no public damage done i think there should be room to plead it down.  Unfortunately the criminal justice system in California doesn't try to make any sense.    Doing some more reading it appears that there's only one real charge that he needs to get rid of the 18710 offense is still a misdemeanor in itself.  It is the 18720 charge that's causing it to all be charged as felony offenses. 18720. Every person who possesses any substance, material, or any combination of substances or materials, with the intent to make any destructive device or any explosive without first obtaining a valid permit to make that destructive device or explosive, is guilty of a felony, and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for two, three, or four years. I hope for this guys sake and his family the DA uses their discretionary power and pleads it down to simple possession. 

Since it's binary when you buy it it is not an explosive and therefore legal to sell.  When you mix it it becomes an explosive and therefore a felony in in the PRK even before you make it blow up.     You can use tannerite if you file for the appropriate permit.  I believe that application process is done through the local fire department (may be wrong on issuing authority)   The problem is they made an explosive (mixed the tannerite) and exploded it without the permit.  Like i said before it sucks but by the letter of the law there guilty of a felony.      Seems to me if i lived in the PRK i would be extremely careful about researching stuff like that before doing it.  But i can also understand there view that they bought it in a store and made the assumption that it was legal to use.

It looks like under the penal codes for California even possessing unmixed tannerite without a permit can be construed as a felony, much less actually blowing it up.  I am really sorry for this guy and hope the court takes it easy on him (not likely).  If i were them right now id be doing my best to plead this down cause by the letter of the law he is guilty of a felony.

I could be completely wrong, wouldn't be the first time wont be the last.  My theory seems to pass the common sense test but when has the ATF ever actually made sense.

    I'd have to dig into their rules but it stands to reason that if you cant purchase a firearm if your currently under indictment for a felony then you wouldn't be able to process the sale of firearms while your under indictment either.

From reading the article it appears that they are letting them out of the lease with notice, but that would still leave you on the hook for the cost of moving.

http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-apartment-bans-guns-205839502.html   I know we've had no shortage of the debate regarding private property rights vs 2nd Amendment rights, but this one is a little different.  This is an apartment complex that has banned all possession of firearms on the premises.  Forcing individuals to choose between their rights and their home.    I know the courts have generally held that apartment complexes have the right to impose reasonable restrictions, and like everything else reasonable is never defined.  I cant see though how this would be considered a reasonable policy because it will effect people who already live there and force them to pay the cost of moving or get rid of there firearms.

sorry lost job, was poor wording.  Loss of income would have been more accurate.

He also lost his job, and i'm sure his FFL is at least put on some form of suspension temporary hold since he's charged with a felony.

The right shoots itself in the foot over real scandals in the administration.  They do it every time they say something like this is a scandal while talking simultaneous about real ones.    It causes people that we should be trying to sway to be alienated and makes the right look like a bunch of idiots.

Im sure Leonard has no intention of trying to get the dropped any earlier than his court date.  In my opinion he's going to let it go to the court date just to rack up more "damages"

I would think if absolutely necessary it would not be terribly difficult to convert an existing hot water heater into a still to distill water with. You should be able to salvage everything needed fro your own home.

Ok i see what your saying now and can duplicate it with my rifle.  Just to be sure it only rolls when the rifle isn't charged correct.  When you charge the rifle and dry fire it doesnt roll.  So that's your first indicator that its probably a non issue.    But if im correct what is happening is your practicing rapid trigger pull on a rifle that isnt charged.  When you pull with that trigger finger in a rapid succession your entire hand is moving.  This is caused by a couple of things but the biggest two parts of it is the amount of force your gripping the pistol grip with and how much force your pulling the trigger with.  If i am correct what you are basically doing is using your trigger finger to pull your entire hand slightly forward.  Since your hand (upper part of your palm at the index finger) is being pulled into the pistol grip by your finger it is causing the rifle to roll in the opposite direction.   I would only be concerned if it happens during actual dry fire.   these three things may help you.    First don't apply much pressure at all to the pistol grip.  Your body and non firing hand should be supporting the weight of your weapon.  Your firing hand exists for one purpose.  Pulling the trigger the same way every time.   Second, make sure you are puling the rifle tight into your body.  It makes for a more stable platform and will minimize any movement you may be seeing.  In addition to this it will allow your body to absorb more of the recoil during rapid fire, minimize muzzle climb and all around make follow up shots easier and faster   3rd is to stop your particular method of dry fire practice.  Dry fire is an amazing practice tool when done correctly, but rapid pulling on the trigger of an uncharged weapon isn't giving you any training value.  At most its giving you a finger work out, but it may be training your finger to operate faster than what you can accurately.  It also doesn't allow for releasing the trigger enough for it to reset.    I

Ive heard the same thing about grandpa's dont recall seeing it posted though.  Been in there a few times usually on my way back home from post so never bothered to look.  I live a few blocks away though so tomorrow ill swing by and look.

Just out of curiosity where are you noticing the movement at.  Upper receiver, lower receiver or both.  And just to make sure i got it right you said it does this during dry fire practice too right?   Does it happen just with this AR or does it happen when you shoot others.  Just trying to narrow down possibilities.     If you ever make it up to Clarksville I'd be glad to work with you one on one with it to figure out the issue.  If i look around my house I'm pretty sure I still have one of Dolomite's trigger kits to throw in there for ya.    Not saying that will fix your problem but if you have a stock trigger its worth doing anyways.

I think dental and vision both go into health readiness. And as with any type of survival situation the better your overall chances of survival will be.    That being said being the healthiest person is not necessary to survive in a community setting.  Frequently it is what value you can add to the group.  If your nearly blind but you can perform tasks that are necessary for community survival then you have a better shot at it than a guy thats healthy as a horse that cant do shite. 

can you have a buddy take a picture of your stance with the rifle and close ups of hand positioning and positioning of the stock on the shoulder.  We may be able to give you a better idea if we can actually see what your doing.

It got rolled up into the current events forum

I think it would be very difficult to spray someones pizza on a traffic stop without the people in the vehicle noticing.  Some of the spray is going to get into the air and there is a distinct smell and feeling to just being in the area of OC spray.  OC is also a pressurized canister and makes a sound when dispensed like any other aerosol can.      If the kid was out of the car i'd say its possible, if he was in the car at the time i dont think it could have been done without the teen noticing.

I think that this desn't pass the logic test.  For starters we have to consider that the 1.6 billion rounds is spread out over a period of several years.    Lake city alone manufactures over 1.4 billion rounds a year themselves even prior to the ammo madness.  The U.S. ammunition market is huge.  Even taking the lowest numbers of US produced ammunition and assuming all 1.6 billion rounds ordered are supplied in one year it is still around 10 percent of the total  ammunition market.   The last estimate i saw with all factories running full steam ahead is roughly 1 billion rounds a week total in which case the DHS purchase would be around 3 percent of the total market.   Even if it was done with the intention of limiting supply the most the could hope for would to be to limit the supply over the short term.  AS with anything in capitalism demand will drive the market to produce more.  So even if the government created a false shortage eventually that shortage would be overcome by additional manufacturing.    I think given that Americans were buying up roughly 1 gun every 1.5 seconds has more to do with the ammunition shortage.  That's nearly 395,000 new guns sold in the US in the last 12 months.  All these guns require ammunition along with every other gun we own.  we are creating our own ammunition shortage.  The manufacturers know it and are putting out rounds as fast as they can.  Some may even be considering using this as their opportunity to expand while others are probably reluctant to do so because eventually the ammo bubble must pop.

my votes for the  M&P shield 9mm, but there are so many good small 9mm pistols out now.  You really cant go wrong with any of the above

Well when it comes to NFA stuff until he proves that he was the legal possessor of the item its a criminal charge.   Whether that's morally right or wrong or should be that way is an entirely different conversation.  But with the way it is set up now with NFA stuff the burden of proof is pretty much on the person possessing the item to prove that they are legal.    For Tennessee the way i understand it is that the law starts with the premise that possession of a suppressor is illegal.  It is an affirmative defense if the item is properly registered under the NFA .  In cases of affirmative defense the defendant has the burden to prove that he legally possessed the item based upon a preponderant of evidence.  In the case of a trust.  I don't think the tax stamp alone would in fact be a preponderant of evidence he would additionally have to prove that he is a trustee on the trust the suppressor is registered to.

He does have the SOT to deal in class 3 items.  It seems more likely to me though that he would use his personal property for this type of thing.  I think it would be safer for him in the long run.      Either way if it was a trust or his FFL owned he would still require 2 different documents to show legal possession.  For the trust it would be the tax stamp and paperwork showing he is a trustee.   For the FFL he would have the document showing that the suppressor belongs to the FFL and then he would have to show that he holds the FFL that the suppressor belongs to.    From leonard's account of it it appears like there was one form in the case but likely not the other. 

I wonder if it has to do with his suppressor being in a trust.  So not only does he have to show the paperwork for the suppressor he has to show that he is a trustee in the trust that is listed on the form 4.  I'd be willing to be he had the tax stamp with the gun but not the trust information to prove that he could legally possess it.