Pat Riot

It’s hard to find a reliable safe because of what I said above. They don’t do it as a public service. They do it to make money on YouTube.

I went with platinum for the extra training. I was going to switch to gold this year but they offered me platinum at gold’s price without me going a thing. I’m happy with it.

I found it on a meme site, so it’s a meme.

Before you buy any safe do a search on reviews for that safe or lock box but also look up the safe on YouTube to see if any dipsh**s have made videos on how to easily defeat them. Guys that do this crap need to be (this portion censored due it’s graphic and violent nature) Insurance: I use USCCA. I think I hVe the Platinum plan.

As did I. Some kids weren’t savvy in fighting and / or weren’t strong, fast or didn’t have the nerve to fight. These kids did what they needed to so they could get by.

As a kid in numerous towns if Main Street or the main business district was at a higher elevation it was considered “Up Town”. If st s lower elevation it was “Down Town”. As an adult I have found many cities run by the same party for decades frowned on the term “Down Town” as it portrays a negative connotation and they encourage their brainwashed minions to use the term “Up Town” and to also remind others to use the term. Me being me, I continued to use my learned terminologies. Especially when I knew it was frowned upon, therefore all city business districts in certain cities became down town regardless of their elevation.

Today is Constitution Day here in the USA. https://www.constitutionday.com/ https://www.usconstitution.net/constitution-day-2025-date/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_and_Citizenship_Day

Not sure I would like to be the test dummy for either one. Ammonia might cause permanent damage. When I was a kid a buddy of mine was being picked on by a bigger kid. I voted we go kick his butt. My buddy said “No! I’ll handle it.” He ground up onions mixed with cayenne pepper and squeezed the juice out into a his favorite squirt pistol. After school he walked up to the kid and blasted him with his squirt gun. 3 or 4 squirts right in the eyes. The kid screamed, grabbed his eyes and Joe kicked that kid square in the cajones. That kid never picked on my buddy Joe again. The funny thing is a couple of days later that squirt gun was worthless. The only thing we could figure is onion juice can gum up the works of your squirt gun. That’s when we tested vinegar to see how long it lasts in a squirt gun. It lasted until we forgot about it. Just don’t use a leaky squirt gun.

One thing I forgot to say is I still carry a lighter after quitting smoking over 8 years ago. I look at having a lighter the same way as I look at having a good knife or carrying a gun. You may never need it, but if you ever do you’ll be happy you have it.

A squirt gun full of vinegar works.

Now that’s pretty darn nifty. Thank you.

I would only carry a Zippo if there were film crew cameras on me and I needed to start a fire by lighting my very nice Zippo then tossing it into the accelerant to start the fire. Then I could join the Idiot Club of America…I think it’s called SAG. I carried Zippos in the Navy and for a few years after. Like @Cypress Sun, I smoked a pack a day for over 40 years. Around age 28 I switched to butane lighters but always kept a Zippo or two on hand with fluid and extra flints, just in case. I have a Zippo in my gun room standing by if I need it. I still carry a butane lighter with me nearly everywhere I go. You never know if you might need it. I also carry at least one mini flashlight and 2 or 3 knives.

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Just across the river from Morgantown. At some point, if we decide to buy a home, we have one heckuva decision to make on where to live. Every area around here and all the way south is just great! Love it here.

It’s all true…except for the Silverback Gorillas. Those were just drunk Mountaineers dressed in old bear skins.

My Marlin was also a straight stocked model. I have never liked lever guns with the so-called “pistol grip” stock.

I had a Winchester 94 Carbine and a Marlin 336 in 30-30 and I preferred the Marlin over the Winchester. It was easier to load. The action was smooth with no hitches. This make cycling the action and loading a new cartridge with the gun mounted to my shoulder a breeze. With my hand loads the Marlin was more precise and accurate at 100 yards. With Federal and Winchester factory ammo the Marlin was more accurate than the Winchester. The only thing I couldn’t do with the Marlin that I could with the Winchester is fire lead bullets. Marlin 336 = Winner Oh, the Winchester looked sexier, but looks aren’t everything.

I would love to see a torture test between SureFire, Streamlight, Maglite & Olight models. I’d bet money Olights would prevail or at worst be 2nd place. I have taken them over SureFire and Streamlight for years. Maglite hasn’t impressed me in 35 years, though I still have a 3 C cell light near my front door. My wife likes using that one at night for some reason.

I have had this image for a long time. Not sure where I got it.

Back in the 90’s I bought the most impressive flashlights I had found at the time. A Streamlight Scorpion and. Streamlight Stinger. Both were very impressive in the amount of light they put out. I still have them and they work as well as they did new. From that time up to 2015 I tried lights from numerous manufacturers and became a big fan of SureFire lights. I had several. The one thing that I did not like about them was the cost and life of the CR 123 batteries. In 2015 I bought an Olight Baton flashlight. “Baton” is the name, not the use. I also bought a small pocket light. I still have both plus about a dozen other various Olights. Olight is a Chinese company. They have distribution centers in Virginia, Minnesota and Arizona. They are innovative. They have the best and most accommodating Customer Service I have ever encountered. Their light products are the best I have found. I love to buy American, but unfortunately there isn’t an American company that holds a candle to them. Their lights do not have the stupid process of turning it on then cycling through pushing the button to get high, low then flashing before turning it off. I hate that crap! Most Olights when received are set at the medium light level. The pushbutton turns it on then turns it off. If you want to change the brightness push and hold the on pushbutton. The light will cycle through its brightness levels. When you get to the level you like let go of the pushbutton. On many of the lights a quick double press of the ON pushbutton gives you what they call “Turbo” lighting which is typically double the brightness of the highest normal light setting. Most Olights are rechargeable by a magnetic USB cable or a USB-C cable. Olight also makes tactical rifle and pistol mounted lights and lasers. They recently started manufacturing Red Dot Sights that get very good reviews. Check out their stuff. They’re a good company to deal with. Their products are also on Amazon. https://www.olight.com/store

Absolutely! Most canisters that say “Sprays 20 ft”, don’t. Canisters that say “15 - 2 second shots”, don’t. Often the length of the direct stream is about 1/2 to 2/3 of the advertised distance. Years ago I had a homeless guy try to accost me at an ATM. I hosed him down with pepper spray. I didn’t play the 2 second game. He got the Full Monty. It worked! He made more noise than mating bobcats. The police were literally 50 yards away (weird coincidence) drove over to find out why the homeless guy was lying in the parking lot screaming. I explained what happened and one officer said “You don’t need to empty the can, just hit them with a short blast.” I said “Why?” ”It’s what we were taught.” “I prefer to make sure I get my money’s worth and stop the crime.” In reality I had committed a crime. I didn’t have a Pepper Spray Permit. (Yes, California). The officers let me slide. After that I bought the larger size. The little one I used sprayed for al of 7 seconds of the advertised “10 - 2 second bursts” I was using the smallest canister of Sabre mace & pepper spray. This was in 2001, I think.

I lost a Colt 1991-A1 to my daughter in similar fashion. One day we’re in the desert shooting with friends and she says “Dad, I really like this Colt 1191-A1. It’s fun and accurate.” Later we’re wrapping things up and she says “I think my Colt needs a nicer gun case.” And that was that!