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Why was it flagged?

Whose face did he put on the back of the bill?

I have more guns in my house than that police station my brother works at. Although he's in England, so that doesn't count for much. I was going through the gun licensing process in the UK back when they announced the complete ban of all handguns. That was a scary time to be a believer in the power of the people to be free from an oppressive government. Not that banning handguns is the end of the world, but it does make the government disproportionately powerful compared to the people at large.

Just picked up a NIB S&W AR15 for $600. Nice. Added a couple of extra mags, 300 rounds of 5.56 and a sling and I'm ready. The place was HOT. Too hot, like 80F or something. Dang. In a panic situation my wife gets the Mossy 500 and I use the Bersa to fight my way to the AR. Over penetration is less of an issue for me because I live in the middle of nowhere. One hit from that AR is gonna do more damage than a full mag from the Bersa. I'm pretty confident that an AR is going to take the BG down much quicker than a pistol. Pistols are pistols, rifles are rifles. The Mossy is nice and powerful but very slow to reload.

Does the GoPro have high enough resolution to see the officer yell "Oh shit!", drop his donut, spill his hot coffee all over his nutty buddies, fumble with his seatbelt, then give up when he sees how far past him you are already...? And then the rest of us wonder why he's so pissed when we trundle past a 5-over, and then we get tazed 6 times out of spite.

Excuse me... That's "Jockstrap o' Death". Get your terminology right.

HD? I understand the piston concept. Heck, what I really want is an SA80. Nice bullpup rifle that is easier to swing around a corridor.

Last gun show I went to (years ago in Cinci) was no-ccw too. No metal detectors but the organisers were dead serious about no loaded guns inside. One sign said "If you don't understand what we mean by no-loaded-guns then ask for Bill and I'll draw you a picture." No metal detectors.

I'm not looking to put together a huge rig with all the toys and crap. I'm really just looking for a good solid home-defense rifle that will serve me better than the Bersa 380 squirt gun (that I got for it's concealability, not power). I'm thinking about someone kicking in the front door and I need to defend the top of the stairs type thing. I'm talking about a Katrina-style defend the homestead thing. I mean a home-invasion stopper. (My wife gets the pistol-grip Mossy 500) Only needs to be accurate out to about 50 yards - I'm not looking for sub-minute accuracy at 600 yards. I DO want to be able to send 60 rounds downrange with only a single mag change - and I do want to be able to stop the BG with as few shots as possible - not tickle him into submission with the Bersa. I'll take a look round. I can always check prices online with my phone to make sure I'm not overpaying. I have a budget that I won't exceed, and I know I can get something. Used is fine.

So is this show a good place to try to get a deal on an AR? Or would I be better sticking with a brick/mortar store?

Do you have a state/county/name? We can find news reports.

Yes. Every once in a while I come across someone who isn't an asshole. Been a while though.

Don't forget to read this in a non-threatening English accent, like Dave Prowe, the man behind the Darth Vader mask. Then again, it wouldn't be scary at all... "You are in big trouble young man. Big BIG trouble."

Do you have a case cite we can look up, maybe understand what he did wrong and avoid making the same mistake?

You can't use deadly force to protect property. The barn shooting would depend on a couple of things. Did he shoot them from a distance where they were no threat to him? Did they have the means, motive and opportunity to use deadly force? And did the shooter try to flee? The barn is not protected by any kind of castle doctrine or anything else like that. You must flee if you can do so safely. The barn thing could have gone down either like this: "I heard a sound coming from the barn so I went to check on it, took my gun for protection. When I saw there were people breaking in I tried to run back to the house but they cornered me, one of them had a crowbar and lunged at me. I shot him and his friend fled." Innocent. or like this: "I heard a sound coming from the barn so I went to check on it, took my gun for protection. When I saw there were people breaking in I saw I could take a long shot from where I was, though an open door and hit the guy 100' away as he was loading my stuff into his truck. I shot him and his friend ran off." Guilty. Or somewhere in the middle.

I ordered a package and paid via paypal. I cancelled it about an hour later. (Turned out it was an older model and parts were impossible to find) 2 business days later I finally got a shipping notification, then a "You can't cancel, we shipped already" email. I b*tched them out about ignoring my cancellation email for 2 days and they finaly agreed that they'd refund me in full if I refused the package when it arrived and it went back unopened. I refused the package, and it started its way back to the seller. Then something weird happened... It was redirected back to me again... Nobody knows why. It was halfway back to the seller and it suddenly turned around and headed back towards Ohio. When my mailman saw the same package again, he refused it again for me, and sent it back towards the seller again. Two problems: 1) The package was lost during second transit back to the seller. 2) The second time the mailman saw that same package he fatfingered his computer and accidentally listed the package as "delivery attemped", not as "refused" This is the bind it got me into: - The seller wouldn't refund until it came back to them. - Paypal wouldn't refund because "The package is still in transit towards you, delivery attempted" - USPS said; "Lost? Have the sender file a claim - you have no standing." Seller flat out refused to refund until they got it back, falsely claiming that I am responsible for it during return shipping because it was refused and I became the new "sender". USPS said the seller was still the sender, and stopped talking to me. Paypal ruled against me on my refund request FOUR TIMES because; "The package is in transit towards you, status is [Delivery Attempted], wait for next delivery attempt." Each time Paypal ruled against me I went through the horrible process of getting access to a human on the phone (have to get a special phone number and rotating code that is only good for a few minutes - even if you call the number, no code or invalid code = call dropped by the automated system. After getting onto a human, EACH TIME they agreed that the seller is responsible for the USPS claim and I should get a refund. "Let me add that not to your accound and I'll submit it as an appeal". DENIED again, each time. Finally I sent them a notarized letter from the USPS saying; "This package was refused and lost during return transit. If found, it will be returned to sender. The delivery-attempt status is incorrect but we cannot fix it in the computer." FINALLY, after another denial, I spoke with a manager who admitted that the disputes are not determined by people, they are determined by a computer. The computer takes the tracking number, looks at the online status and will automatically deny any claim where the package is pending a delivery attempt. And they have no way to stop that automatic denial. They credited me the full amount of the sale as a "Gesture of goodwill, sorry we couldn't make it right for you but we can't change how the dispute software works. The appeal will still show you lost, and the seller will keep the money you send them - this is free money coming from paypal as an apology." About a week later I got as refund from the seller. I called paypal again, let them know I got my refund and they could take their "goodwill" money back. They did, and told me that they had explained the seller's shipping responsibility to them and the seller was told they HAD to refund me. This was all done by humans behind the computer's back. What a crock. SKYNet is real.

More details? They have Castle Doctrine in FL too, so seems to me like he shouldn't be subhect to being sued for a case like the once cited.

We all like different things. No need to make a scene.

I think it does a great job of bringing that style of Indian music closer to western style music, gaining it some fans in the West. I like it. I give it 3 weeks before some famous DJ does a dance mix for the Euro dance scene. It has great potential in that respect. Consider P!nk's "Sober" and how it became explosive on the UK dance scene about 3 years ago once Bimbo Jones remixed it... Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ3ZM8FDBlg Bimbo Jones remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7eaXZXsSu4 OH, and INCIDENTALLY. If the have autotune in India, then how about they autotune their tech support people so you can understand them? huh?? "Thanks for calling Dell, this is Billy-Joe-Jim-Bob. Sorry for the delay but there was a cow lying in the street during my commute and they are sacred so I couldn't move it so I had to leave my Tuk-Tuk and ride the roof of an overcrowded train instead. What is being your name and how being are spelled?" /RascistRant

Wait, UPS? As in Untrained Package Slingers?

Opinion noted.

And I'm a troll who lives under bridges...

Please rename thread to "Central Ohio Couple Upset after Son Is Stupid Enough To Force A Cop To Draw On Him. Thanks.

I once drove from Edinburgh to Yorkshire at triple-digit speeds. My average speed for the 260 mile journey was about 100. When I was alone on the freeway I was doing 130. BUT when there were ANY other cars in sight I slowed down to 10-20 over. I don't have a problem with speed in and of itself - it's speed in traffic that I think is insane. You cannot predict or prevent what normal road users will do, and you're going to fast to do anything about it anyway. That's why I say do it when nobody else is around if you must. Or go up to Mid-Ohio. Get your jollies on there. Lots of fun.