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- I'm the enemy who demonstrates in support of 2a rights at pro-gun events - I'm the enemy that gives speeches in support of expanded ccw rights to the criminal justice committee at the Ohio Statehouse. - I'm the enemy who is a member of OhioCCW and the NRA With enemies like me, who needs friends?

So you think that me open-carrying at a pro-gun rally does nothing to prove where my bias is? Of course your boot camp comment reminds me of my first time on exercise at Leek in the UK. Five of us were getting ready to go on a fighting patrol when we were attacked by another squad. We all dropped to the floor and returned fire. The guy to my left, for whatever reason, wound up with the muzzle of his rifle about 1' from my ear. When he fired that first shot I swear it felt like he jammed a freakin' bayonet in my ear. I also remember my first rifle handing test. The Colour Sergeant had trained a small group of us and we were being tested by Lieutenant Banner. One by one, everyone failed on stupid crap like finger-on-trigger or not putting the safety on. I don't know if Banner had it out for me, or the Colour, but he ran me through the test elements several times, loading, unloading, field stripping, NSPs and the like. Finally he passed me, but the way he said it made it sound like he hated having to pass me. He never liked me after I got in a fight in the back of a tonner.

Incidentally, I didn't see you at the Guns Across America Rally.

"Introduced legislation" is key here. They WERE working on a mandatory buyback in late december. They saw the massive uproar and shut that crap down sharpish. http://washingtonexaminer.com/sen.-feinstein-suggests-national-buyback-of-guns/article/2516648 And if you think they're gonna stop at the AWB then you're naive. If you think that Feinstein and her ilk are not gunning for confiscation then you're deluding yourself. http://www.therightscoop.com/dianne-feinstein-in-1995-i-would-have-confiscated-guns-if-i-could-have-gotten-the-votes/

Cheech and who?

I lost 35lbs last year using this new thing called "stop eating crap and exercise".

Do you get money if people order from the link you provided?

If only real helicopters could invert their collectives to that extent.

What is false? Are you saying that no lives are ever saved by armed victims? What does that even mean? You don't know me.

"The 2nd amendment covers musket"

Hold up - a victim's mother just argued that the gun is not the problem... Hmmm.... "I see guns like sports cars, in the hands of a trained expert they are safe, in the hands of a mentally disturbed or reckless person it is a death machine."

OK, forget it. It's not a school safety meeting - it's a gun-bashing meeting. They are only listening to victim's families - so you can imagine how emotionally charged the speeches are.

They are really pushing the "If it saves just one life" thing - without considering the lives that will be lost when future victims are disarmed.

I'm watching the Newtown School Safety meeting. They are calling for an annual re-registration of all firearms (except "military" style weapons, which should be confiscated) http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/cvplive/cvpstream3&hpt=hp_t2#/video/cvplive/cvpstream4 "The right of any person to own a gun is secondary to my son's right to live."

Chill. I was just addressing the empowerment of victims to defend themselves. That isn't every single facet of my opinion in one post.

Obama's reelection was never in doubt. This bill needs a ton of republican support in both houses, so I don't see it happening unless the dems can cut a deal on something the repubs really want. e.g. AWB + gay marriage ban.

The magnetic hub idea is interesting, but I wonder how that would work on a drive wheel.

How many attendees will be cute young couples versus fat ugly old men?

Something has to be done, we can't just walk away. The only think that I know of that has a real chance of success is empowering the victims to create effective resistance. - Remove all state CPZs (except for places that the police cannot even carry) - Nationwide CCW (not just reciprocity) - If school employees want to carry, let them. Define standards for training, low-ricochet ammo etc. - Every school should review their lockdown plans to ensure that once a lockdown is declared that no shooter can enter any classroom (or just shoot through the walls into the area where the kids are hiding). - Go to the tax base for each school district for a levy that will pay for school resource officers. If the tax base refuses, then it's on their own heads. - Work with neighbors who live near school (training, background checks) to create a trusted group of Volunteer School Marshals. These would be locals who will be able to respond faster than the police. Almost like volunteer firefighters. When there is a threat, lockdown or other event these people can be called on to provide security. These people will be given active shooter training, force-on-force, decision-making and take part in realistic drills. There needs to be a trust between these people, the school and the police. This would not just be for actual shootings, but for any lockdown. Armed suspect on the loose in the area? Gun found on campus? Threats of violence on campus? Send for the volunteer school marshals who will stand guard as an extra layer of protection.

Usually helps. You can deduct the interest for your primary mortgage, some second mortgages and also your property taxes. You get a standard deduction of about $7k-ish. If you can list more that that through deductions (also includes state taxes, unreimbursed business expenses etc) that you can get a big break on your taxes. If you itemize deductions you cannot use the 1040EZ and have to use the standard 1040.

Tax Cut. Boycott Turbo tax until they give all the gun companies their merchant accounts back and compensate them for the several days of lost sales while finding a new merchant account.

Every veterans day I buy lunch for every team member who is a veteran. Some years that's 0 or 1, some years it's 3 or 4. I do it every year, not one of them *expects* it though. If anyone was to give me crap for NOT doing it one year because I'm short on money or because they're not on my team, then I'd tell them to kiss my hiney. Military service does not entitle you to a lifetime of freebies and handouts. If some companies give a military discount then great. If they don't don't call them out.

Have used TurboTax and TaxCut over the last few years. Boycotting TurboTax this year because Intuit has a policy now where they won't allow credit card merchant accounts for firearms accessories companies (cut a bunch of them off with no notice) I'll be using TaxCut again this year.

I just bought a keyfob garage door opener. $20, attached to my keyring.

The cab of that truck must have been made of aluminum foil. Folded right up light a chipotle lid.