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I don't blame the company, why should they stick their necks out for a few hundred dollars profit? Just because it might be legal in CA doesn't mean a state can't sue the company.. A good attorney is probably bill $500/hour or more.

Just because Federal law allows for the shipping of cap & ball revolvers does NOT mean it is legal in the destination state. A useful tip is to check the website of a company that sells cap & ball revolvers to the public and see which states they will and will not ship to.

It's bad and getting worse. Part of the problem is the lack of consequences for these people, probably starting in school. It's all about "Me, me, me". “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless in .32 ACP. 122 years later and all the various firearm designs since, it's still one of the best shooting guns I've fired.

Good Riddance. Maybe some people will learn some manners from this incident. “A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

The song might sound familiar....

I thought this was going to be about flush toilets and air conditioning....

DS9 was a great show.

A Paypal link will soon be added so that for a small fee I will not continue to post things like this.

Maybe here too, depending on what our idiots in Congress do.

No. Especially when there is snow and ice on the roads and the inbreds don't how to drive their cars or SUV's in such weather. And it was Christmas so staying home really wasn't an option.

I don't find him remotely funny, but enough people, including other actors, find him funny enough to the point that his movies make money and major stars are willing to work with him.

A remarkable actor and human being.

Sorry, I don't find that remotely fair to France, they lost 4.3 % of their entire population during WWI, twice as much as Great Britain. The United States lost 0.1 %. We were and are fortunate to have two large oceans between us and our enemies, preventing us from dealing with the horrors of what our European allies went through. As for WWII the real failure was in their civilian and military leadership and being just as unprepared as every other Allied country. I've come across references to French soldiers fighting the Germans and not retreating, knowing they would lose, to cover the evacuation from Dunkirk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties

Sigh. I know what author and series this came from.

Too bad cruel & unusual punishment is illegal

Shorten the firing pin

Even without aircraft and overwhelming numbers, the Yamato would have had her hands full. American radar directed fire control was so good that the Iowa class could reasonably expect to start scoring hits at almost the maximum range of the 16" 50 caliber main guns. At 40,000+ yards the AP shells would have gone through the Yamato's deck armor (8" to 9") without a problem. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk7.php Yamato's 18" 45 caliber guns did not quite have the penetration of the 16" 50 caliber main gun, although they would have penetrated the deck armor of any American battleship at the same range. What Yamato did not have was a fire control system anywhere near as good as American fire control. Somethng else to consider is that an Iowa class could match Yamato's top speed at 50% of engine power, so the American commander could dictate the range of the engagement at will.

Depends on the source. The US Navy's pre-war doctrine was based around the battleship, with the aircraft carrier for scouting and support. Pearl Harbor changed that, with most of the Pacific battleship fleet damaged, lacking enough oilers to re-fuel the battleships and keeping the undamaged battleships close to the West Coast against a possible invasion.* It fell to the aircraft carriers to take the fight to the Japanese while the old battleships were re-built and the new battleships entered service. Before Pearl Harbor, the battleship faction thought their ships and a major surface action would be the deciding factor. The aviation faction thought they were the future, but the the battleship faction had more influence. *There was no chance of an invasion, but we didn't know that at the time. As far as I can tell, no Western country took Japan and it's military seriously before WWII.