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Ah, you have all missed the big change SEC. 5. NEW TERMINOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in each of subsections (d)(4) and (g)(4) by striking “adjudicated as a mental defective” and inserting “adjudicated with mental illness, severe developmental disability, or severe emotional instability”. Now you may think the change is in the form of political correctness in the terminology, but it is most definitely not! Under the new definition, everyone receiving disability benefits for mental health would be instantly barred from legal gun purchase, and the very broad definition change would make it very easy to deny people rights. Anorexic- no gun for you Bulemic, no gun for you either, binge eater-nope, that is a mental health disorder. Think I am overreacting? Understand that when it changes in this statute, the definition can be carried over to future legislation without specifically being included. Mental defective is a very narrow term mentally defective adjective Referring to a person who has been determined by a court, board, commissioner other lawful authority—as a result of marked subnormal intelligence, or mental illness, incompetency, condition or disease—as one who: (1) Is a danger to him- or herself, or to others; or (2) Lacks the mental capacity to contract or manage his or her own affairs. noun (1) A finding of insanity by a court in a criminal case; (2) A person found to be incompetent to stand trial, or found not guilty, by reason of lack of mental responsibility pursuant to articles 50a and 72b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. 850a, 876b. Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved. We should all be screaming bloody murder about this if we want to legally keep our guns.

My wife said she read something about a dyslexic gentleman who went to Area 15. Nothing much happened.

This is my latest gun cart build. Some will call it the Snake gun cart, I’m sure. While at EOT and on the way back I was thinking about what I’d build next as I had just finished Buck Garrett’s Buffalo Hunter cart and Creek County Kids LOCAS cart, which I delivered to EOT. Double Diamond the leather worker who has done all of the leather work on all of the carts that I’ve built except for the first four or five has a daughter that has turned into a very good CAS participant. I knew she had a birthday coming up and on the refrigerator at home she has the ticket stub to my latest LOCAS Gun Cart benefit raffle posted. DD told me before I went to EOT that every time she goes into the kitchen she stops and looks at the ticket and says “I’m going to win that”. A couple of days after I got back from EOT I stopped by to see DD and I suggested that we, him and me, build his daughter, Diamondback Dree a Gun Cart for her birthday. He wondered if we’d have enough time and I thought we would so we came up with a plan. The hardest part was keeping it a secret because she’s home for the summer from college and is around quite a bit during the day. Well I got the cart built with some time to spare and then last week I delivered it to him to do all of the leatherwork. I had an out of town family wedding to attend for three days last week and couldn’t be there on her actual birthday day and DD wasn’t quite finished with his part so we moved the presentation party up to tomorrow evening. She doesn’t frequent the Wire so it ought to still be a big surprise. I built the cart out of African Black Limba, a lightweight hardwood that really has a lot of character. I used the ebony diamond pegs on Buck Garrett’s cart and liked them so much I used a whole bunch more on this cart. Some may think I went a little overboard but there’s no mistaking the diamond theme. I utilized through dovetail, sliding dovetail and mortise and tenon joinery throughout the cart including the trays. The wheels are the 20” Marathon garden cart wheel with the 1 3/8” x1/2” Xike high tech bearings installed. You’ll notice that the tires instead of being flat on top are much more rounded like bicycle tires and the cart is very easy to push. DD built the leather medallions that fit in the pockets that I routed into the cabinet, chest and carriage. On the back of the upper cabinet you’ll notice a round patch at the top of the crest and that is removable and if she wishes she can attach her clean match pins or whatever because there is Velcro attached to the cart that will hold the patch in place. On the front of the cabinet there is a belt buckle with a genuine rattlesnake head. DD made the black surrounding leather resemble wood and it really does look like wood. The medallion on the front of the chest and the sides of the cabinet are all raised and really resemble rattlesnakes. Enlarge your pictures if you can and check out the incredible detail. This cart was very enjoyable to build and I can’t wait to see her face tomorrow evening when she unwraps it. Our next Escondido Bandidos match is September 7th and it will be her first opportunity to use it.

I tend to not post my bad news and complaints here, but I've had my share this summer. But I finally have some good news. I've been back into Kenpo for some time now, and I have been sparring successfully at with other black belts and a very accomplished 3rd Degree Brown Belt (As in has one grand championship at a well respected, well attended tournament, beating out noted black belts). I've demonstrated my ability to perform the necessary kicks, punches, blocks, checks and parries. I've written a thesis. Today I performed two empty hand katas and two weapon katas (Spear and sword). I demonstrated a kata I had created myself, then demonstrated the techniques within the kata, before performing it again. The net result: Shodan, or First Degree Black Belt.

A neighbor of ours. Cut the front yard. Stopped the lawn mower to go in the house to pee. His wife drove up to find some people busily stuffing the lawn mower in the trunk of their car. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING WITH MY LAWNMOWER?!?!??!!! well it was sitting at the street, so we thought it had been thrown away. Freshly cut lawn, mower engine still hot, clipping bag still full of grass. "we thought it had been thrown away" That's what appears to have happened here. The wheelbarrow was too close to the trash pile, and both these ragpickers decided it had been thrown out.

Here’s a pretty happy young cowgirl.

Well that is one way to keep peoples feet off the dash.

My favorite shotgun load is Primer of choice Federal Top Gun Hull (Remington Gun Club also works.) 35 grains by weight of 3F APP Claybuster CB0178-12 wad. I use moderate compression to seat the wad. About 7/8 oz of #8 shot. ( I have an adjustable charge bar and adjust the shot to give me a good crimp. Has taken down every KD that I have come across.

Once I saw a comedy where somebody had been stabbed with a knife, and his buddy pulled it out of him. The victim screamed in pain and said "never pull a knife out!" so his buddy apologized and stuck it back in him again.

One thing to keep in mind here is that the “local gun shop” is much less likely to survive municipal or government pressure than the box stores that sell guns and ammunition!! I like most local gun stores for their personal service and the ability to special order, but those big businesses add another layer of credibility and more weight to the legitimate gun sales/manufacturer/ownership position we desperately need in continuing to protect our Second Amendment rights. Any of them that we can count in our number are distinctly in our favor!!

It will be whatever the anti-gunners think is necessary to prevent anyone from getting a firearm.

It's also caused from crud build-up back in the primer tube housing and plastic plunger. A drop or 2 of oil on the primer slide really helps. OLG

Okay, a man comes towards me with a sword / machete and wants the cart I just dug out of the trash swinging a machete...I think I will let go of the flippin’ cart. And it appears a neighbor retrieved the cart so it was all over nothing.

Just give us your password Pat. We'll fix it for ya. Trust us.

Phantom we can always trust you to get straight to the nub of the matter. God I pray if I ever get terminally sick you are the one to explain it to me. MC- So whats the prognosis Phantom? P- Your F^$%&d

I'll throw my battered felt hat into the ring for Stirrup Trouble!! Life threw a mean ride of adversity the last few years that would throw most of us off the bronc an' into a rocking chair. But not Stirrup he got back into the saddle and is riding the rough string for all he's worth. To me he's a prime example of what Classic's should be. Also he has the best mustache in SASS.

In my experience I have preferred Sigs to Kimbers. Just my opinion.

My dad always told me to “just rub dirt on it”.....

Thank you all for the insights. I do appreciate them. I am seriously leaning towards letting it go. He will be someone else's problem soon enough. He did chap my hide today when I stopped by my desk between meetings, well into the afternoon and I hadn't eaten yet and he's sitting on another personal phone call with his feet up on his desk. REALLY???? I kind of scowled at him and split. I didn't get to see what, if any effect that had on him. Oh well. I'll check into bringing in a good pair of headphones and see if that helps. We aren't allowed noise cancelling or bluetooth but there should still be some good ones out there. Thanks again.

Tough crowd! But then, CAS is the sport where the guys talk about clothes!

If you wore pants and underwear under your chaps you wouldn't need a butt cover!

1957, the year I started high school. Three years later I was in college. Three years after that I had my own TV show. Two years on down the road I graduated from college and I was an Army officer and with a wife. One year beyond that I was living on Okinawa with my wife and son. Soon I was a Commanding Officer and was shortly promoted to Captain . 1968 put me in Vietnam. In 1969, just twelve years after this narrative began, we were on the moon, I was teaching school, we were the people in this movie, living "The American Dream", owning two cars, had a TV, clothes dryer, and all the rest of the marvels of science And, as the old slogan said, "Time Marches On". Sometime it seems like only a few days ago, other times it seems so far back I can't believe it. The last 80 years have seen the rise of the US to the greatest power on earth, with the most productive people ever with the greatest individual wealth of any nation, and freedoms that most of the planet has never known. I'm glad I was there to see it..... and I'm glad that I will not likely live to see it all torn down.

1759 hours, tv running in the other room, suddenly three long blasts from the EAS, Emergency Alert System, the thing that usually wakes me up around three am when I’ve left the tv on. “A tornado warning has been issued for the following areas (now 6pm) blah blah blah “until 6 pm. This alert was issued at 5:45 pm by the NWS” If that’s the way EAS works I am glad it was never activated as ICBMs we’re coming over the North Pole.

As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating." In the first recorded instance of fire being used by animals other than humans, three Australian birds of prey species have been seen carrying burning twigs to set new blazes. John Pickrell reports.

There's a lot of citizens in this country. But when they commit a crime, should their being citizens prevent them from paying for the crime? If a citizen kicks in my front door in the middle of the night, I'm going to blow him back out into the front yard. If a citizen steps out of an alley with a knife and says give me your wallet, I feel that he needs to have two or three holes put in him quickly. If a bunch of citizens cut through the fence at the SAC base, and head over toward the BUFFs, the guards are supposed to shoot them dead. Back during the Cold War, if a bunch of citizens had broken into an ICBM site, the guards were supposed to shoot them dead. So if these citizens break into a restricted government base that has "LETHAL FORCE AUTHORIZED", the guards are supposed to shoot them dead. If you do not wish to get shot by a military guard, it might be a wise idea to not attempt to break into a military reservation.

Don't know if this a true story or not..... Years ago, a wife asked her husband to pick up some Tampax on his way home from work. He stopped at a mom and pop store on the way home but could not find the Tampax. He went to the cashier in the front and asked for directions. The cashier, being new, didn't know either so she got on the store intercom and paged "There is a customer up front who is trying to find the Tampax and needs assistance". The stockroom man hears it as thumbtacks and not Tampax. The reply comes back over the intercom "We have two kinds, the kind you push in with your thumb and the kind you pound in with a hammer, which kind do they want?"

Tyrel, his expertise is in Ice Cream and Nanner Splits. The only mistake he usually makes is ordering ONLY 1 Nanner Split..... instead of 2. ..........Widder

Slater has already sold 3 of them, including yours. I hope he brings enough. He's placing a second order this week for a few more. Looks like I'm gonna be busy for the next couple weeks getting them all ready. Thanks. ..........Widder

I confess that for the first time in recent memory, I watched this video and did not watch any of the twelve additional videos suggested by Youtube

Ah, but see, Rambo didn’t drink!

Just pour some gunpowder in and light it. It worked for Rambo and he went on to kick butt with zero down time.

Instead of C-O-W what about ground un-popped popcorn? In the fiery explosion I could get popcorn out of the barrel. Of course I'm kidding and wouldn't do it. Besides how'd you get the butter on it?

I bought a Mac.

Kimber's QC is 'spotty' at best-Go with SIG. OLG

Bandsaws burn through wood instead of cutting if you put the blade on with the teeth in the wrong direction

I've handled two. Both were screaming for a spring kit and some smoothing out. Both really nice guns. I WILL own two.

I have an Israeli Bandage and Tourniquet along with some other bits and pieces in the car at all times. When you shoot 45/70 you need to be prepared. The advantage of having a Daughter who is a Defence Force medic. I have known some who carry other multi use items as above but these days the Defence Forces have access to some very good emeergency items and so they dont need the home grown variety.

How can you encourage someone who is obviously anti/gun? The CEO of Dicks and their board obviously don’t care about us! The OP is all about Dicks and I say the heck with them! I understand what you’re saying and I don’t disagree but as far as Dicks is concerned their not even a pimple on a hog’s butt!

The key to that article is "Life-Threatening Hemorrhage" A tampon and holding pressure will slow down bleeding from a less-than-life-threatening injury and allow time for a clot to form, which in the long run may save someone in combat from the loss of concentration, dizziness, and light-headed effects of blood loss. Sanitary napkins would be a quick form of abdominal dressing (called ABD's) that are good for a multitude of injuries. That and duct tape will give you a dandy pressure bandage.

Fox News just reported that Trump and LaPierre talked and background checks are off the table!

I heard it said that shooting Hardin from the front would've been honorable, but shooting him from behind was smart!

Law of Conservation of Intelligence. The amount of Intelligence in the Universe is a Constant but the population is expanding.

Huh? Never said I didn't like the gun, only that I found the add on Gunbroker amusing. I think it's a fine looking pistol and would greatly enjoy owning and shooting one of them. I even said so. Generically, I think it's overpriced, but even if I didn't, I can't buy one based on where I live. Where the negativity?

Take a $500 pistol plus $1,000 of silver = $1500 selling price? Isn't that like putting racing fuel in your push lawn mower?