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Author Topic: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!  (Read 17430 times)

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #225 on: December 22, 2020, 12:11:09 PM »
Shark, have you ever read anything by Jim Cirillo? He was an NYPD detective with the 'Stakeout Squad' for years, and possibly one of the few modern-era guys who could honestly claim the title of 'gunfighter'. His book 'Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights' has some interesting (and dark) tales of his time there.


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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #226 on: January 01, 2021, 01:57:41 AM »
Greetings!

Here is an interesting video on the Recce and related field tactics, and his set up and gear for the AR-15 rifle.

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #227 on: January 01, 2021, 02:00:06 AM »
Shark, have you ever read anything by Jim Cirillo? He was an NYPD detective with the 'Stakeout Squad' for years, and possibly one of the few modern-era guys who could honestly claim the title of 'gunfighter'. His book 'Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights' has some interesting (and dark) tales of his time there.

Greetings!

Gosh, you know that name sounds familiar, Ghostmaker! I must have heard of him--or that book, it too ounds familiar, but I can't say I have read it. It sounds interesting, though. Definitely a good book to get, I imagine!

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #228 on: January 05, 2021, 04:13:44 PM »
I've been trying to get a custom semi-auto rifle for 3 months now.  All he recommended manufacturers aren't taking any orders because they are backed up.




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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #229 on: February 15, 2021, 08:19:12 AM »
"nO oNe WaNtS tO tAkE yOuR gUnS!"

Bidenharris recently made this statement to Congress:

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Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever.

For three years now, the Parkland families have spent birthdays and holidays without their loved ones. They’ve missed out on the experience of sending their children off to college or seeing them on their first job after high school. Like far too many families, they’ve had to bury pieces of their soul deep within the Earth. Like far too many families — and, indeed, like our nation — they’ve been left to wonder whether things would ever be okay.

These families are not alone. In big cities and small towns. In schools and shopping malls. In churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples. In movie theaters and concert halls. On city street corners that will never get a mention on the evening news. All across our nation, parents, spouses, children, siblings, and friends have known the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. And in this season of so much loss, last year’s historic increase in homicides across America, including the gun violence disproportionately devastating Black and Brown individuals in our cities, has added to the number of empty seats at our kitchen tables. Today, as we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence.

Over these three years, the Parkland families have taught all of us something profound. Time and again, they have showed us how we can turn our grief into purpose – to march, organize, and build a strong, inclusive, and durable movement for change.

The Parkland students and so many other young people across the country who have experienced gun violence are carrying forward the history of the American journey. It is a history written by young people in each generation who challenged prevailing dogma to demand a simple truth: we can do better. And we will.

This Administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call. We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer. Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets. We owe it to all those we’ve lost and to all those left behind to grieve to make a change. The time to act is now.

No mention of actually punishing people who commit crimes with guns. No mention of how Cruz conveniently slipped through the system again and again thanks to the 'Promise Program'. Nope, it's all about banning 'weapons of war' and turning law abiding citizens into criminals through fiat.

But nobody wants to take our guns, right?

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #230 on: February 17, 2021, 02:27:40 AM »
"nO oNe WaNtS tO tAkE yOuR gUnS!"

Bidenharris recently made this statement to Congress:

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Three years ago today, a lone gunman took the lives of 14 students and three educators at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In seconds, the lives of dozens of families, and the life of an American community, were changed forever.

For three years now, the Parkland families have spent birthdays and holidays without their loved ones. They’ve missed out on the experience of sending their children off to college or seeing them on their first job after high school. Like far too many families, they’ve had to bury pieces of their soul deep within the Earth. Like far too many families — and, indeed, like our nation — they’ve been left to wonder whether things would ever be okay.

These families are not alone. In big cities and small towns. In schools and shopping malls. In churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples. In movie theaters and concert halls. On city street corners that will never get a mention on the evening news. All across our nation, parents, spouses, children, siblings, and friends have known the pain of losing a loved one to gun violence. And in this season of so much loss, last year’s historic increase in homicides across America, including the gun violence disproportionately devastating Black and Brown individuals in our cities, has added to the number of empty seats at our kitchen tables. Today, as we mourn with the Parkland community, we mourn for all who have lost loved ones to gun violence.

Over these three years, the Parkland families have taught all of us something profound. Time and again, they have showed us how we can turn our grief into purpose – to march, organize, and build a strong, inclusive, and durable movement for change.

The Parkland students and so many other young people across the country who have experienced gun violence are carrying forward the history of the American journey. It is a history written by young people in each generation who challenged prevailing dogma to demand a simple truth: we can do better. And we will.

This Administration will not wait for the next mass shooting to heed that call. We will take action to end our epidemic of gun violence and make our schools and communities safer. Today, I am calling on Congress to enact commonsense gun law reforms, including requiring background checks on all gun sales, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and eliminating immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets. We owe it to all those we’ve lost and to all those left behind to grieve to make a change. The time to act is now.

No mention of actually punishing people who commit crimes with guns. No mention of how Cruz conveniently slipped through the system again and again thanks to the 'Promise Program'. Nope, it's all about banning 'weapons of war' and turning law abiding citizens into criminals through fiat.

But nobody wants to take our guns, right?

"Gun control is the assertion that a woman raped and strangled in an alley is somehow morally superior to one who shoots her attacker stone dead."

Just be glad you don't have Justin Castreau for a leader. We'll be lucky if we can even own pictures of firearms soon.

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #231 on: February 17, 2021, 02:42:20 AM »
Man... going back through this thread is depressing. I remember watching many of the things being discussed live as they happened and remembering how we all thought things couldn't get worse only to be proven wrong again and again until where we are now. Very sad.

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #232 on: February 17, 2021, 02:59:24 PM »
Man... going back through this thread is depressing. I remember watching many of the things being discussed live as they happened and remembering how we all thought things couldn't get worse only to be proven wrong again and again until where we are now. Very sad.

Greetings!

Hey there, my friend! Well, there is always hope that people and leaders in different states will embrace and protect the Constitution, and in particular, the 2A, even against the Marxist tyranny imposed from the junta in Washington, DC.

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« Reply #233 on: February 18, 2021, 02:15:32 PM »
Man... going back through this thread is depressing. I remember watching many of the things being discussed live as they happened and remembering how we all thought things couldn't get worse only to be proven wrong again and again until where we are now. Very sad.

Greetings!

Hey there, my friend! Well, there is always hope that people and leaders in different states will embrace and protect the Constitution, and in particular, the 2A, even against the Marxist tyranny imposed from the junta in Washington, DC.

Semper Fidelis,

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Let's hope so, brother!

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #234 on: February 24, 2021, 01:59:35 PM »
I've been trying to get a custom semi-auto rifle for 3 months now.  All he recommended manufacturers aren't taking any orders because they are backed up.

What about a local gunsmith?

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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #235 on: March 24, 2021, 08:23:53 AM »
"nO oNe WaNtS tO tAkE yOuR gUnS!"

https://twitter.com/GeoffWSYX6/status/1374428234272493574

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1374407853998415877

But hey, nobody talks about how the narrative for the Boulder shooter was 'must be an evil white man, hu hu!' before it came out he was an ISIS-sympathizing, Trump hating Syrian refugee. Whoops. Quick! Shift the narrative!


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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #237 on: March 24, 2021, 09:40:26 AM »
I don't own any firearms, just Nerf guns.

https://breaking911.com/north-carolina-police-seize-glock-pistol-disguised-as-nerf-gun-during-drug-raid/
Yeah, those crop up occasionally. I don't blame law enforcement, since it's essentially concealing the firearm.

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« Reply #238 on: March 24, 2021, 10:25:54 AM »
"nO oNe WaNtS tO tAkE yOuR gUnS!"

https://twitter.com/GeoffWSYX6/status/1374428234272493574

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1374407853998415877

But hey, nobody talks about how the narrative for the Boulder shooter was 'must be an evil white man, hu hu!' before it came out he was an ISIS-sympathizing, Trump hating Syrian refugee. Whoops. Quick! Shift the narrative!

CoMmOn sEnSe GuN cOnTrolS

I have yet to hear one of these 'activists' say what's the basic difference between an AR-15 and any other semi-auto rifle. And lots of calls to repeal the 2nd Amendment and simply make guns illegal.

Considering how many Americans joined the ranks of legal gun owners this past year, I think this is the hill that Biden is going to die on. Unless he's just posturing for his voter base, and doesn't atually plan to try and ram any executive orders through, which is a distinct possibility.
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Re: A Discussion of The 2nd Amendment, Weapons, and Cool Gun Stuff!
« Reply #239 on: March 24, 2021, 10:32:42 AM »
I have yet to hear one of these 'activists' say what's the basic difference between an AR-15 and any other semi-auto rifle. And lots of calls to repeal the 2nd Amendment and simply make guns illegal.

My AR-15 looks scary, while my 30-06 is just a hunting rifle! I know which one is actually more deadly, but gun control retards can only parrot MSM bullshit.
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