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No it's not; actually one of the easiest answers ever. The same thing that keeps me from going around killing people with my CCW is the same thing that keeps me from randomly doing hit and runs with my truck, the same thing that keeps me from turning my propane tank into a bomb, the same thing that keeps me from dropping live bombs on a city instead of going out to the range, the same thing that keeps me from shooting down civilian airliners when doing Noble Eagle caps. Firearms are tools and a fundamental right. Just like freedom of speech, some use it for good, some evil, and most don't use it at all. The fact that skinheads advocate ethnic cleansing does not mean free speech should be revoked. The solution to people abusing freedom of speech is more speech, not less. The same is true of firearms.

To quote Ron: "I'm not even mad, I'm just impressed." May have been the wrong runway, but that was impressive they stopped. In the grand scheme of things, it could have been much worse. Good advertising for the brakes and airframe.

Couldn't disagree more. Most of my family are lawyers and while that doesn't make me an expert in law, I've heard enough over the dinner table to know that the opposite is true. More experienced lawyers don't charge per hour because they don't need to spend as time on a case, thus they would actually make less as they get experienced. Get a lawyer if she does but don't hire one you see on a billboard or on TV (they have to advertise for a reason) and don't use a cut rate per hour lawyer, they'll cost you more in the long run. Check with the BBB and if you're really worried, try to befriend a worker at the county clerks office; they know all the lawyers in town. They may not give you advice, but it wouldn't hurt to try. Not all lawyers are crooked, but ignore this advice and you'll likely find one that is.

Sweet rifle. If you don't mind me asking, how much were all the parts and how long did the build take?

I agree with the idea, but we were talking about gear, not training. Good gear will compliment good training and needs to be considered. Bad gear will require much more training to overcome or it may not even be possible to overcome. For example, if for some crazy reason I decided to start carrying my Japanese Type 94 and trained with it everyday, my training will not overcome the fact that the POS fires if you bump it. And your statement applies as much to pistols with safetys as without, which is actually kind of what I was implying. I should have included practice in my previous statement, but I assumed that as a given and something that would not change based on what gun he got. Sent from my HP Desktop using Google Chrome.

I have a Kahr .380 Auto and I am sorry to say that I am not a fan. Had I known what I know now, I would have likely bought the Sig .380 for summer CC rather than the Kahr, or even better, wait for the SA single stack 45. The Sig has a manual safety if that is really a must have. Personally, I ruled that out as a must have because a good pistol design combined with a good holster should prevent any accidental firings. However, if your wife is going to CC in her purse, the thin profile I was looking for may not be a factor for her. On a related note, I have a Kahr .380 for sale with only ~300 rounds through it if anyone's interested...

From what I understand, the shortage of fighter pilots is due to the bottleneck of fighter B courses and TX courses. Cross-flowing guys could in theory help because a TX is only about 2 months for the Viper compared to the 6-9 month B course. However, big blue has gone full throttle on the B courses and almost stopped the TXs. Additionally, based on the near stoppage of TX courses, there are tons of non-current fighter guys in white jets, RPAs, staff, etc that could spin up into a more combat capable fighter pilot quicker than a previous cargo/tanker/whatever guy. As has been said, the shortage is not necessarily in fighter squadrons, although squadrons are starting to hurt in terms of manning as well as big blue just keeps dropping the number of pilots they consider to be a 'fully manned' squadron. A cross flow might still be possible, but the only pilot that I know who has gotten into the Viper from another MWS in the last 6-9 years was from the Eagle.

Short version: Dad finds some guy trying to molest his 4 year old daughter and beats him to death. Grand jury is investigating charges. Something tells me (and the article basically confirms) a jury of his peers would not take long to deliberate this one. https://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/12/texas-district-attorney-to-present-beating-death-case-to-grand-jury-after-probe/?test=latestnews

Not a chance. Congress might look to crush the "university" for taking undue advantage of military TA but there's no way they will encourage the education system that is leading to what some people are now calling subprime educations. While I'm not generally a fan of the NY Times, here's an interesting article. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/opinion/11sat2.html

Does anyone bother reading history anymore? Muslims took over the Holy Lands by force and the Crusades were a reactionary war to retake the lands conquered by the Muslims. The Muslims had the same motivations, yet somehow Crusader is the term that developed the negative interpretation.

I'm not so sure; how many times have you heard the new slogan of "people first, mission always"?

Free national park passes. Perfect timing, mine expires next month. We thought it was a steal at $80... https://store.usgs.gov/pass/military.html

On a related topic that's probably not worthy of an additional thread... Is there a reason we use the term IP talking about an isolated person when the same term will be used on the fight freq for initial points? I have seen this cause confusion when Sandy told someone "to stay 10 miles east of the IP" and the aircraft subsequently went back to their hold point when they could have continued to fight. Any chance someone here is going to the next rewrite and could maybe come up with a different term?

Interesting. I guess I just overlooked the 10/22 as a gateway gun you give your 8 year old once the BB gun gets boring but they can't handle a full sized rifle yet. Never would have thought it could be very accurate, but that was a preconceived notion on my part. I'm basically looking for a rifle that I can take to the range and shoot for a few hours without spending huge amounts on ammo. Additionally, I'm trying to get my better half into shooting. We used to watch biathlon when we were stationed in Europe, so I thought if I could convince her that the rifle was like the ones they shot, she'd be more interested. Maybe I'll have to take another look at the 10/22. Thanks for the input.

I've looked at them, I was just curious if anyone had a target .22 that they really liked.

Anyone have a suggestion for a mid-range .22 cal bolt action target rifle? I'm looking for a step up from the standard cheap .22s; probably around the $500 range.

Since we're bringing up old parts of the thread... I get what you are saying and agree to an extent, but it is still not legal. It is still the US government discriminating against people (theoretically) based on what they paid for their ticket. Most people would be pissed if they made a luxury car lane on the highway, but they paid more for it, so they should get special treatment, right? But for some reason everyone blindly accepts the first class line. If they could figure out a way to make an experienced traveler line, that would be far more legit. What we really need these days is an "I actually checked a bag and don't have a full sized suitcase I'm claiming is a carry on and I will actually remember to take my cell phone out of my pocket before walking trough the metal detector" line. But that's too much to fit on a sign, so I guess I'll be stuck behind the passenger who has to go through the metal detector 5 times because this whole airport security thing is brand new.

"Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, the committee chairman, said that given the country's fiscal crisis more savings must be found in the core defense budget, and that it would be impossible to address the nation's deficit without doing so." Bullshit. If you applied this logic to the average family, people would be selling their cars so they buy a new mansion. The nearly exponential increase in the big three entitlement programs are going to bankrupt our country, not defense spending. And your reference to the $850K per soldier per year is similarly illogical. Obviously war is expensive and when fly in Baskin Robins for 800 Chiefs who shouldn't be there in the first place, it doesn't get any cheaper. But they're not talking about cutting back on downrange spending, they're talking about taking away the entitlements of the military. Finally, if we're going to cut entitlements, we should start with those who have done little or nothing to earn them rather than those who have earned them with blood, sweat, and tears.

So, if person A told this story to person B, person B tells person C, and person C tells the same story back to person A, is it now corroborated from a secondary source? On a separate but related note, I heard that AFSOC has recently outfitted the CV-22 with laser equipped ill tempered sea bass. Anyone care to corroborate this story?

You have the right to not answer questions that could be self-incriminating, but I bet the state law allows for the cops to have detained him anyway if they thought he had been drinking. The supervisor likely realized he had not been drinking and was just looking for an altercation, so let him go. If he had slurred his words, I doubt they would have let him go like that.

It looked to me like the AIB danced around some of the important factors. Yes, the pilot was killed because he 'failed to initiate a dive recovery.' But if you think of the investigation like a debrief, it is difficult to believe the dive recovery was the root cause. If he couldn't take a breath and was hypoxic, it is hard to recognize, confirm, and recover.

That's great, but why just in uniform? Seems to me if the govt trusts me to fly over major US cities with live bombs and fly with live missiles to defend POTUS, I should be trustworthy in civies as well. On a side note, I always get upset about the First Class line at TSA checkpoints. Not to encourage or bring back a certain Constitutional freak, but how can the US government legally discriminate based on how much you paid for your ticket? It is perfectly natural and expected for the airlines to do it, but TSA is federal government. It amazes me that the ACLU or a similar org hasn't cried foul over that one yet.

Just keeps getting worse. Not only did they fuck up big time, but they apparently fired the dudes who called them out. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/31/air-force-officials-retaliated-against-dover-whistleblowers-report-finds/?test=latestnews

I have a 26 gun fire safe that I actually bought with PCSing in mind so the movers couldn't steal my guns. It's heavy, but manageable by two people. I've moved it twice and movers have moved it once. The movers had no problem with it even though it was full of my guns. I emptied it before loading on and off the truck (to include the fire-proofing sheet rock-- I wouldn't do that again - not worth the 50lbs it saves), but still needed a friend to help. The only problem I have had is that with my current house, I couldn't get it down the stairs due to a tight turn, so its sitting in a corner of the garage instead of the basement. I would buy it; not only do you protect the guns you own from fire/crime, but think how bad you would feel if you found out some dirtbag stole one of your guns and used it to kill some family. The few hundred bucks and trouble moving it every three years is well worth it to me. Edit: Agreed with Nunya on buy bigger. It may say its a 26 or whatever gun safe, but you'll fill it up. And even if you don't load it to capacity, it's a lot easier to get to your 10th gun in a 26 gun safe than your 10th gun in your 12 gun safe.

Anyone considered the 1% chance that the dude wrote an over the top bio on purpose? Ah, screw it, I'm going over to the boob, I mean Tebow thread.