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Do people have fun at anti-gun ranges?
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The night is young, but we have enough NVG batteries
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YHM Black Diamond carbine, Aimpoint CompM4, ATN NVM14 night vision monocular. Quite an accurate combination
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Did Livejournal just start adding random people into the news feed?
Suddenly, I see entries from journals to which I do not recall subscribing.
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Pay Attention!
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Drones in Nashville, success!
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Earlier, I asked how to learn all about drones. Today, I met with Snap Roll Media and it was a very friendly event. Looks like we will be striving to be mutually helpful. And my cat might gain airborne overwatch for his prowls outside.
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Be very, verrry quiet…
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…I’m hunting heffalumps. Or wabbits. Subsonic birdshot would work rather better on them.
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Midwest Industries Light Carbine: new AllOutdoor
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How can I ban/block random journals from showing up in the news feed?
I seem to have a bunch of completely unrelated feeds (like Russian fashion gossip columns) all over my news feed. I am still not finding the controls for blocking all but friends from the news feed. Please advise.
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How long does it take for a cell phone to connect?
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A thought exercise for the unarmed: how long does it take for a phone to connect your 911 call? I’ve seen times ranging from about three seconds to nearly fifteen. Let’s assume three seconds and being able to hit speed dial — much harder on a smart phone than on an older flip phone for lack of tactile reference — before the attacker starts on you. Can a motivated thug with a gun, knife, stick or just strong hand and hard-soled shoes on his feet shoot, stab, beat, strangle or kick you into incapacity within those three seconds?
Violence can happen very quickly. Drawing a weapon is quicker than calling for help, much less waiting for the help to arrive, find you and stop the attack. The most obvious alternative is flight, but that’s only a viable option if you are not the specific target but just at the wrong place at the wrong time. In that case, huddling in place makes it more likely that you would see the threat — and have a chance to shoot it — before it sees you.
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The most serious threats are not always obvious
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Terrorism gets a lot of attention. It doesn’t produce many casualties relative to the population size, and would produce even fewer if governments didn’t insist on disarming their own residents. The various government shenanigans with health care, restraints of trade and taxes don’t get quite as much headline space. And yet, “obamacare” all by itself messes with the availability of medical services, viability of research, and reduces the amount of resources available for other purposes. The cumulative effect of these impositions in terms of earlier deaths, more illness, longer working hours to pay for it all, will be far greater than the occasional public murder by deranged psychopaths.
It’s the old story of Eastasian aggression and victory gin rations being bigger news than the actual events and trends of importance, a sleight of hand to distract. The most obvious question with any newsworthy calamity is: “what’s happening in the shadows while we are squinting at the limelight?”
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Trijicon MRO in use
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Smith & Wesson MP15-22 with cut down Plinker Tactical magazines (35 rounds down to 20, for shooting prone). The sight is Trijicon MRO provided to Alexis by the maker. I was quite impressed with it — the controls are simple and do not intrude into the field of view, the lens is wide and only slightly tinted. Steve Fisher, well known for destructive testing of optics, hasn’t broken his MRO yet.
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OD Green Kel-Tec PMR30
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A year or more ago, one of my friends lend me a brand new PMR30 for use in photos. I thought I knew who it was, but the person I asked declined any knowledge of it. I am done with the photos and would like to return it. Would the true PMR owner please call or email me to claim it.
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7.62x54R proved a bit much for the eight year old girl
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A little while ago, Alexis tried SVD sniper rifle, found the recoil excessive. The slanted stock shape contributed to the problem. 6.5 Grendel, a mild cartridge with high ballistic coefficient bullets, may be the reasonable solution for her long-range use. This is one of Fighting Sheepdog custom rifles, not hers to keep. For the sake of her family’s ammo budget, she’s staying with 22LR and 5.56mm for now.
(The lower is a Spike’s Tactical “Jack”)
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Don’t judge!
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I don’t judge people for having one or more imaginary friends different from mine. I don’t judge them for eating or drinking something I wouldn’t touch. When they listen to strange music, watch TV shows or wear goofy outfits, I don’t judge. Same for having intimacy with one sex or the other or with an abstract idea instead. People can do pretty much anything that doesn’t harm me or mine — it’s not my privilege to judge them.
People who try to rob or rape me or mine get judged. People who advocate robbing or raping me or mine get judged. So do those who try to do it through proxies. With judgment comes the sentencing.
Those who are all talk, get sentenced to living their lives without my company. Those who would actively trespass against me or mine, might get a chance to reincarnate as something better. For in-between actions, my responses vary — sometimes, it is not expedient or practical to apply the penalty merited for a specific evil, but the record of the judgment is kept for the future.
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Grand Power
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Rotary breech, very low felt recoil and good accuracy. The X-Calibur model needs a slightly shorter safety paddle (could be taken from the standard K100) and a less goofy font on the slide.
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A speeding bullet
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Hazards of modeling: the hungry beasts
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So you are just standing in a meadow, trying to look properly angsty…and this big beast comes up and tries to nibble on you!
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Sphinx Origins: new book by Amie Gibbons
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Just finished the cover for another witch story by Amie, one in a new series. I read it, recommend it to people who like urban fantasy genre. CQB with electrical effects shown on the cover is present in the text.
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Pretty sharp
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If .223 is for poodle-shooting…
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…the .308 must be for hellhounds?
Aero Precision 308 carbine with Viridian V300 power zoom laser illuminator and Vortex 1-6x scope.
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