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Hmmm, maybe I can pitch a show idea to History, Discovery, or Playboy channels... It's about hard-drinkin', hard-charging blue-collar good ol' boys who dredge the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for firearms. I'm thinking of calling it "The Deadliest Catch." Beats crabbing...

Until they report it to your chain... the AF has no problem punishing for stuff that you haven't been convicted of in civil court.

Why did you talk with the ATF at all? Were you just wanting to answer their questions because you wanted to help them?...even though they have no problem going after you if they see fit? You can just be polite and say that you don't feel comfortable discussing this with them, end of story. They'd have to detain/arrest you to further the discussion at that point, and then you lawyer up and go after their asses for wrongful arrest. I get that a lot of people want to 'talk' with officials when they are questioned, but if you have nothing to hide/did nothing wrong, then there's nothing they can do to you. Sure they can try to press charges anyway, but in this case, where is their proof that you were doing anything illegal with your firearms? I'm all about cooperating with LE, but not when they're looking to potentially charge you with a crime (hence why they were questioning you). At that point, it's better to get a lawyer. Just my $.02

If that isn't Casus Belli, I don't know what is.

I only shoot my Mosin after watching Enemy at the Gates. I will agree, though, the fun lasts for a few hours but the bruises last for days.

Just confirms what what the majority of us already knew--Rhode Island sucks balls.

You 'love' shooting the Mosin?? I guess I need to get to the gym more often.

Welcome to my post from page 1....

No, just a big pussy. Dick. *by the way, I'm not really calling you a dick. It's meant light hearted. Just trying to prevent any butt-hurt since there is no sarcasm font.

FYSA: - The numbers quoted were for Line Officers only - The data is from O-5 & O-6 boards starting in '89, meaning that the commissioning year groups we're talking about are from those starting in the mid-70s & early 60s, respectively--when females had fewer opportunities to enter career fields that should make one promotable to higher ranks - Makes sense to me that the oppressed female minorities from the early year groups that didn't have the same career opportunities as those entering today should have brought the average way down, but that didn't happen My conclusions: - If female line officers had higher promotion rates during a time when they were prevented from pursuing combat-oriented roles that they can now, then it reasonably follows that, given their greater career opportunities, we should see even greater disparities in promotion rates between genders going forward - Sure, the evidence is anecdotal . . . I'd love if someone on this forum with better knowledge, rather than counter-speculation, would chime in with better data to prove or disprove my general impression - The whole DUI/UIF thing wouldn't seem to influence the results that much for O-5 & O-6 boards. I might buy what you're selling if we were talking promo to O-2, O-3 or even O-4, but most morons/malcontents from both genders have been weeded out by the time the O-5 boards roll around - In my experience, I've not found females to be qualitatively, on average 20%, better than their male counterparts--at least in and around the communities I've served - Even after making allowance for "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns", it still seems to me that there's still an AF institutional bias that results in females being promoted at higher rates than males This isn't about my career; I'm just trying to figure out 1) Why (in my perception at least) Big Blue is favoring gender over mission accomplishment in promotion decisions, and if this is in fact intentional, and 2) Why Big Blue won't acknowledge that this is the policy Any true insights from A1 types/more senior folks on this forum would be much appreciated. Further counter-speculation is pointless. Edited for grammar