HeloDude

Interesting story about the recent shooting in CA: https://news.yahoo.co...-032651838.html https://www.thetrutha...fb_source=pubv1 Not picking on Stoleit, just using what he said as a way to show that what happened in Santa Monica is going to give the politicians/ATF more ammunition (somewhat pun intended) to push for more laws and regulations that won't change a damn thing... I wonder if they will try to change the '80% rule'. Even if they do, it's not like guys can't mill their own lowers, or even more easily, print their own. Once again, universal background checks wouldn't have stopped this from happening. Allow myself to quote...myself... I don't see this causing another huge run on AR's, but I do expect the issue to be brought up in the next gun control vote in the Senate.

PSA is offering a $100 Father's Day gift card for $90...and there doesn't seem to be a limit on how many you can buy. So essentially you're investing in a future 10% discount. Not bad when you think about it, especially in terms of bulk purchases. I'm thinking BQZip should buy me a couple for Father's Day. https://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/fathers-day-palmetto-state-armory-100-gift-card.html

What are you talking about?? He personally gave the order for Seal Team Six to go get OBL...you must have not been watching the news a couple of years ago. You do bring up some interesting points. I'm not a lawyer, but I have hear that guys use other judge rulings to further the same/similar argument in other cases. So now that the precedent has been set, I'm assuming that all defense attorneys will make this same argument?

Obama exerted 'unlawful command influence' in speaking on military sexual assault, judge says ...some of you folks on here mentioned this could be the case, well, you were right.

Japan attacked our country, and there was reason to believe that they could definitely attack her again (and they did...again). Germany declared war on the US on 11 Dec 1941, and I'm sure would have attacked us had we done nothing about it (we were shooting at them even before the war, which is another discussion in itself)...I'll let you history geeks correct me as necessary and go back and forth on the details. So yes, it was definitely a worthwhile fight because of those issues. Do I believe there should have been a draft for it?...no, I don't. A quick google search shows that nearly 40% (about 6.3 million) of those who served were volunteers. Was that enough to win the war has we not had the draft?...I don't know, and I'm not going to search to see if someone wrote a book or paper discussing the question (I'm sure they're out there). But I know one thing--a war definitely could have been waged with that many volunteers. Who knows, maybe we would have gotten more volunteers if the war wasn't going as well with only the current volunteers we had? Maybe they could have offered more of an incentive/bonus to entice more volunteers?...and on and on. The bottom line is that I think The Constitution is worth fighting for, and hence why I serve, and even if after retirement I will pick up a gun and defend the homeland if needed...I don't need a stinkin' draft to tell my heart what I should do. If you have to force an able man to take up arms then their heart just obviously isn't in it, regardless if the reason is out of religious reasons, selfish reasons, fear, whatever. Those people IMO would rather be slaves than be free...and that's their choice. What you guys fail to realize is that you'll only be defeated/slaves if you allow yourself to be (and I'm referring to defending your lives on the homeland). Grant it, the other option is probably death, but as someone said one day.... "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death"

Haha my bad man--thanks for the help! I was buying this same kind from sgammo for around $210/1Kish last summer, so all things considering, not a bad price at all! Wonder how much lower it will go...

Good deal on 7.62 x 39 on sgammo.com...1k for $250, $22 shipping...great price these days.

Here's a picture of this douchebag who went on the rampage the other day. His name is 'John Zawahri'...from his appearance it definitely seems as if he's another one of those crazy Christian, Right Wing, Tea Party guys.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338250/Pictured-Santa-Monica-college-gunman-John-Zawahri-23-went-shooting-rampage-killing-angry-parents-divorce.html?ito=feeds-videoxml

Doubt it. Besides, this administration and the left have screwed themselves with the recent scandals such that the 'don't worry, you can trust us' line isn't working too well with a majority of independents. Even if the background check bill could get through the Senate it's not going anywhere in the House.

At $859 a piece, I don't really consider this a 'good deal' anymore. I have seen the MP-15 OR go for around $870 on KyGunCo and some other places. Bud's Police Supply is supposed to be a lot better than non-LE prices that other businesses offer. Since AR prices are getting close to the same way they were before the scare, I'd wait for Bud's LE to sell these around $750 again. Just my opinion for those interested in one of these AR's.

IIRC, ACP can't be more than $25K/year per the latest signed budget/authorization act.

I could care less if a person no longer in the military wants to get a aex change, as long as my tax dollars don't pay for it. It's not a valid argument though insupport of wanting to allow women into the SEAL community...unless the doctors missed something, she was a he while serving in the Navy. But to be fair, I appreciate his/her service.

The base doesn't have one/several underground storm shelters spread around the base that everybody can go to?

Because everyone who has ever moved (for whatever reason) goes to live in a hotel for the rest of their lives. It's a fair question to ask--does an event such as these storms cause people to reexamine whether they want to continue to live in a certain location, regardless if they lost their house or not? I'm willing to bet at least one person in the greater OKC area is now deciding to move away due to the recent storms.

You could have said the same thing back several months ago concerning the summer assignments. I agree that it will most likely be out in the next month or two, but given the government these days, who the hell knows. Very little surprises me these days.

In other news, rain is wet.

I hate the idea of a draft. If our Republic was ever threatened to the point that it didn't have enough people to defend herself, then that is when the country will fall. If it's worth saving, then enough people will volunteer to stand up and fight for her, and if not enough people do, well then there's your answer to how people feel about their homeland and Freedom.

I think it's a fair question to ask. The way I see it about tornadoes is that they can definitely be devastating, but the odds of one of them taking out your house or hurting you is extremely low when compared to other natural disasters. Hurricanes seem to be much more devastating to property as it can affect much larger areas, though you have the health benefit of knowing when they are coming so you can get the fvck out of dodge. I personally don't want to live where there's any higher than average chance of natural disasters. Hopefully tonight's storms and tornadoes didn't kill anybody.

Just keep on calling and leaving them messages...I'm sure that will do the trick.

This just in... It turns out this guy was actually saving this woman's life. They should award him the Airman's Medal or something.

Thanks for sharing man, I appreciate it. Only you can decide what's best for you and your family, and if you're comfortable with your decision, then good on you man...and more importantly, I thank you very much for your service. As for the actual assignments, in terms of promotion ability, I totally get it (doesn't sounds like you'll have an in resident IDE or equivalent credit). The O-5 promotion rate for non IDE guys is tough (around 47% with the ACSC correspondence and masters checked), and I'm sure if you were to break it down to the Squadron ADO type guys it gets even worse. So if you're not going be one of the top guys at Wing Safety or something, then then the chances aren't that great unfortunately. Would you have taken a staff job to a MAJCOM, or better if they had offered it, as those assignments offer much better promotional chances? The white jet/T-6 gig doesn't seem like it would be all that enjoyable (regardless of whether your a fixed wing guy or a rotor wing guy). You fly a lot, but you don't really to get 'fly'. Plus it seems like those guys put in some crazy long days and always have to be in that 'UPT mindset'. I'd much rather be an MWS school house IP as you get to do a lot of different types of flying, and IP upgrades are actually fun sorties when you get to play the student, plus you get to actually fly on those. As for the RPA assignments, meh, it has its pros and cons--but if you wouldn't at all enjoy it, then it's probably a good call. Let us know how it plays out! ETA: Changed PME to masters

I almost debated on starting a new thread for this one, but I guess this is as good of place as any... Making a sex tape a crime for troops, court rules Apparently you can have sex with whoever you want (ie dudes can bang other dudes), but videotaping it, even for your own personal use, is “both prejudicial to good order and discipline and service discrediting.”...even though it's legal as a civilian. And here I was hoping that additional benefits from the repeal of DADT was that the military finally didn't care what we did in our bedrooms as long as it wasn't illegal...in the sense that as long as you don't break civilian laws (just like the argument for the repeal of DADT), nobody cares what you do in your own bedroom. Guess not. ...this is the only part of the article that confuses me: Does this mean that it's only in violation if somebody else, ie a 3rd person views/films the act, as in the case with this former NCO? Or did the court refer to the 'film' being made as the non-existant 3rd person? The later is what I'm thinking. Either way, one thing is clear: Think twice about turning on the camera when banging BQZip's mom.

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Care to share the list of the '5 shitty assignments'...either on here of send me a PM? Not questioning your your personal desires, just curious as to why all 5 are shitty? (I may even agree).

Ahh...such a beautifully written piece by a liberal hack who is a poor substitute for a real journalist. My favorite line: Glad to know I've been wasting my time doing those stupid CBT's, attending 'bystander intervention training classes', getting continuous briefs that the military will not accept any form of sexual harassment and assault...on and on. What we 'really' needed all this time was more 'serious re-education'. You know, the education that tells us how to be a good wingman, not assault anybody, what happens if we do....oh wait, that sounds a lot like what we've already been doing. What do people expect? We have a lot of shitty citizens in this country (it's only getting worse as the country further declines) and that's where we recruit from--shouldn't be a surprise that we have the same problems as the rest of the country, though fortunately on a much lesser scale. If all we needed was to be 're-educated' then we wouldn't have any random drug tests, Article 15's for DUI's, toxicology tests after mishaps, etc.