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John Kloehr started following Colorado: Do Not Sell registry , Buying a new gun is... , I'm coming out, I identify as Trans and 6 others
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Buying a new gun is...
John Kloehr replied to Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I see the waiting periods more about reducing the number of FFLs than controlling some heat of passion. I can stop at small FFLs when on a trip just to check out what is in the used section. But will I buy if I have to come back a second time? Probably not, especially if some hours from home. The paperless 4473s are due to the ATF/Biden zero tolerance policy, is that a 7 or a 1? And checked by multiple staff members. -
One benefit I can see extending to long-time members, even with reduced (or possibly even no fee) is continued privilege of selling in the classifieds. After years of paying into the sport and collecting gear, running into life challenges and limiting activity should still allow a path to selling gear to those who will appreciate it.
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I'm coming out, I identify as Trans
John Kloehr replied to Buckshot Bear's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
I always wanted to be trans-wealthy but could never get enough money for the change. -
I volunteered at a scouting event some time back. I was with a group introducing shooters to the .22 rifle. There was also a group helping attendees cast a bullet and then go over to shoot it out of a muzzle loader. Many other non-firearms activities too. Rather than trying to get people to a SASS event, take SASS to a wider audience. In the case of scouting, it might be restricted to 22s, but can introduce the sport and single-action or lever firearms.
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And you do get a magazine every couple months.
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seems to be a lot of plane crashes lately Toronto this time
John Kloehr replied to watab kid's topic in SASS Wire Saloon
20 knot crosswinds, threshold is up to 29. It looks like there was a big gust. I'll skip posting the video which is on foreign feeds. One knot is a little more than one mile per hour, Prayers for the injured, particularly the baby. -
Native Americans tended the forests on the east coast, they cut brush, took weak trees for firewood, and even burned out the brush over time. They also moved from place to place as they hunted out game, leaving the area to recover. They also planted crops in clearings and returned later for harvest. Early diaries from the first colonies reflect this. They found beautiful virgin forests. They also found bountiful planted crops which they harvested. What they did not know was that it was not God clearing out the natives from the land, it was Smallpox. The next fall, those same diaries contained questions of what they (the settlers) might have done to fail God. The forests were choking with thorny brambles and when they went got through that to take the next bountiful harvest, there was nothing there for them. On edit: The plains Indians burned out the Aspen forests entirely to have more buffalo. This was a different approach to stewardship of the land. It took many generations to accomplish and likely took place about 10,000 years ago. Both of these are examples of terraforming, In neither case was the forest in a natural state.
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Blackwater is further behind the curve than I am. Was that for him maybe? My big challenge right now is temperature, just can't be in cold for hours. And running out of ammo soon, working on that as I have time and warmth. And avoiding unscheduled priorities. But other than that, I need trigger time as soon as possible.
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How do you mark your empty chamber for reload
John Kloehr replied to R. R. Ranger's topic in SASS Wire
I am liking the "shoot one, open loading gate, and fill the empty chamber." Just got out one of my revolvers, a Taylor 1873 .44 Special. Do need to half cock to inert a round as the chamber is not quite in the right place. -
Any contact related to Todd German is fake and scam. That does not mean Sagebrush is Todd German. While I do not know Sagebrush personally, he has over 500 posts on the forum. You expressed an interest in an item publicly. You got an email from a scammer and you had your address as public information. That is not Sagebrushes fault. Key questions though: Did you contact Sagebrush by PM (good thing). Did you ask Sagebrush to contact you by email (shame on you)? Do all the business only by PM. In this case, rather than asking for shipping information on the public thread (which gave the scammer a legitimate question to answer), just post "PM sent" publicly. Ask the shipping question in the PM. I'm not saying Sagebrush's powder is dry, but in this case your's looks to be a bit damp.
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I don't see a rule on this specifically. What I do see is modern shooting gloves are outlawed, but otherwise B Western costuming does allow gloves as an optional item. Considering wraps on trigger guards or levers, they must be of leather or faux leather. I can't see a modern bandaid on actual blister being a problem, but I have no definitive answer.
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The shells and handling are vectors for transmission, as is the general care of chickens for the handlers and the coop. Refrigeration and normal washing do not address the shells for consumers. I'm getting my eggs from a local keeper at this time. Not a fear for store-bought, but happy to leave this limited supply of clean mass-produced eggs for those who do not have ties to the local black egg (or chicken, beef, pork, veal, cheese, fruits, vegetable and other greens, and baked goods) market. These events are common over the last few decades, intensive farming (monoculture) sets the stage for various outbreaks, we no longer have the wonderful Gros Michel banana which got attacked by a disease in the 1950s and is generally extinct today. The Cavendish is a poor second in comparison. The beef I am switching to requires some adjustment in cooking technique, I have to pay more attention to the heat. Beef from the grocery store has so much water (pink slime) it is almost impossible to burn. Just made a chili and got well over a cup of liquid (not fat) from the three pounds I cooked up. The beef and Bison from my local sources is much dryer. Need to add more oil to the skillet and watch the heat or it will burn and stick, like it used to be. My next chili will be from three pounds of beef "stew meat" from a local cow. Will use a well-oiled cast iron skillet to brown it before building more fond with a bunch of vegetables, then deglaze to capture all that essence before adding real Ancho and Chipotle chili, cumin, and other spices; not so-called "chili powder." A future enhancement will be to soak dry beans in advance rather than using seven varied cans of them. Not that Bush's are bad, but they do have a lot of sodium and I need to rinse them anyway. I think it is better to go back to basics and to buy locally, the big problem with it is it costs both time and money to do so. On edit: With respect to eggs, I make a traditional corned beef (modernized 1860s recipe) every now and then. The recipe requires a salt brine "sufficient to float a raw egg." I have a modernized procedure I follow to sterilize the egg for the brine preparation. Besides the modern increased risk of Salmonella, there are a lot of other contaminants we no longer have the intestinal flora to combat. It is no longer the same world our ancestors could deal with.
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Back when I was young man in the late '70s, a summer movie came out called "Tentacles." Whoever put up the sign on the theater (theatre?) marquee misspelled it,
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California background checks contain provisions that if a buyer ever was on a list elsewhere, even if no longer on it, can not ever again purchase a firearm in California. This includes those with full rights restoration in the original jurisdiction. For Colorado, next up would be "voluntary" registration as part of "choosing" to agree to some court proceeding/resolution, then making removal from the list subject to some "evaluation" and judicial approval. As presented, without reading the bill, it might be OK as far as it goes; but looks like it can be easily bent to go so much further. And while firearms are associated with suicide, so are tall bridges, buildings, cars, drugs, knives, ropes, and more. The best it could do is to skew suicide numbers away from firearms as a choice with likely minimal to no effect on the totals.