Pat Riot

Often people remain blind until someone opens their eyes. Especially when they visit someplace and don’t have to pay for anything because they are visiting and staying with family. Perhaps she needs to go visit, but rent a hotel room, eat at restaurants, rent a car and pay for gas. Then she needs to go look at real estate, both rentals and homes for sale. Maybe if she saw the money flowing from between her fingers she might not have this snow globe view of what things will be like living there. But in the end it is their lives to do with as they see fit. Trying to hold her back will only make her bitter. Let her see for herself what an expensive sh**hole CA has become. She has memories from 20 years ago there, right? Have her go and see what it’s like now. It’ll be a shocker after the sunshine glitter wears off.

Trust me when I say the whackos are not in the majority. Though Conservatives are a minority, but a large minority, especially outside of LA, Marin, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties. The problem is those counties are the most populated. A house like the one you describe would cost $4000-$5000 per month depending on which city it’s in. A beach city would be more money, lots more. Food is nearly double the price. Gasoline is double the price. Heck, many things are double the price since Covid. The taxes and fees on cars, cell phones and utilities are atrocious. It is very expensive to live there. My wife and I had a combined salary of about $150k per year. Hear we live on a little over half of that yet have the same quality of life…a better quality of life. No traffic stress. No “people everywhere” stress. No police helicopters overhead 24/7 No constant droning of traffic noise from the freeways. I couldn’t and wouldn’t ever live there again.

Thank you, Marshal.

We moved there so my wife could be closer to our grandson. We usually only saw him 2-4 weeks a year. We were there 3 1/2 years and we got to be around him, our daughter and son-in-law a lot before leaving CA again. Our grandson was in the high school stage and marching bands as was my wife when she was in high school. She was a band volunteer and got to be the band “Nana” and she enjoyed every moment of it. Well worth the cost and hassle of living in California for 3.5 years. For me it was torture, but not for my wife. Well, year round riding my motorcycle was a plus… Edit: Why is it you see your grammatical errors as you hit the send button but not before?

Thordson. I don’t recall what generation stock it was.

Moving into CA with guns one is required by the State Dept of Justice (DOJ) to register ALL guns within 60 days on form 4010A. It will cost $19. Handguns DO NOT need to be approved on Roster guns. Anythibg they consider an ASSAULT RIFLE is not allowed, BUT if you do as Joe said and make it California compliant you can bring an AR-15 into the state. Here are the web pages you need to have your family members look at and refer to. https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/ab991 One must fill out these forms. If you have more than 2 guns just use more forms. The fee is $19 for the submission of all forms, not $19 per form. https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/firearms/forms/ab991frm.pdf This link has contact phone numbers for the DOJ Bureau of Firearms https://oag.ca.gov/firearms/contact Calling them with questions usually results in a call back within 24 hours if you couldn’t speak to an agent when you call. They won’t trace your whereabouts and hunt you down if you call. That’s an old wive’s tale told by people that actually don’t know crap about California laws… like many answers above. When I moved back to California in 2018 I had several handguns that weren’t on the roster. It was no big deal at except I lied and told them I had purchased 10 round mags for my off roster Glocks. I had a stripped AR lower that they wanted me to assemble into a firearm, take photos then they would approve or disapprove it. I thought it was hilarious that CA wanted me to build an AR-15 then register it. Freakin hilarious. Even the agents thought it was silly. Compliant ARs have no pistol grip, no flash hider, no bayonet lug and a couple things I can’t remember. This was the photo I sent the DOJ and they approved my AR-15. I thought it looked like a ray gun so I had rent Cerakoted to look like this. I gave it to my son-in-law when we left CA. YES you can even give or sell your compliant AR-15s to people if you wish. Believe it or not that goofy stock is actually really nice to shoot with especially from a prone or bench shooting position. It’s also nice when shooting off-hand. It just looks ridiculous. You’ll have to use 10 round mags though, which are nice for bench and prone shooting as well. DO NOT GET CAUGHT WITH “”ASSAULT WEAPON” MAGS LARGER THAN 10 ROUNDS IN CAPACITY. Each one is a felony. Have a nice day

I’ll take reliable over looks any day. As to Alpo’s original question; I would not let someone buy a garbage gun like a Davis, Cobra, etc. I wouldn’t consider a Hi-Point garbage. They are uglier than heck, but reliable according to lots of people. I would go so far as to help them out with some cash if they need it.

I think that happened in every service when I was in. The scum that prays on military folks deserves a taste of what the military has to offer in the way of physical and small arms training. I saw many guys, me included, get scheistered by businesses just off base. In my case it was a gold pendant I bought my Mom on credit, not an automobile.

In CA, NC & OR you had to remove glasses and hats. Here in WV glasses are okay if you have a “Corrective lenses needed” on your paperwork. In California I was at the DMV for 2 episodes at the photo station in one visit. I was there to pay vehicle registrations. 1. Some dude refused to remove his ball cap for the photo. He was adamant that he wouldn’t remove it. Security was adamant they were going to remove him. The whole fuss was the guy was going bald and he didn’t want anyone to know. 2. A Muslim woman would not remove her Niqab (veil that covers her face, but not the eyes). She insisted it was her religious prerogative. The DMV had a Muslim employee that explained that the DMV would not interfere with the practice of her religion. He also explained she wouldn’t get a license if she didn’t show her face. The lady that was helping me told me that they would offer to take her picture in a private room. I don’t know if that is what happened as my task there was done and I left.

Good one! Big thumbs up!!!

When I used stones I learned to lay the stone flat on a bench or table sitting perpendicular to me. To sharpen the right side the knife is pointed away from me and drawn to the left across the stone. To sharpen the left side do the opposite. You may need to set the stone at a slight angle for sharpening each side. Now I use the Lansky sharpening system.

They were professionals. I knew some guys that worked in those plants. One in particular had hands that were scarred from many cuts. Though he wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Pun intended. My comment was more toward the occasional user. Anyone that frequently uses a knife will cut themselves. I can’t tell you how many dozens of times that I have cut myself, but why risk it by sharpening a knife you use a couple times a year and a sharpening method more designed for show at the table where you are about to serve meat? It seems absolutely ridiculous to me. One slip and you’re cut and your blood may have just ruined dinner. I have seen it twice in my life.

I need to learn logic? Perhaps you need to learn to read…or copy and paste the correct post.

No thanks