Everything posted by raz-0
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My First AR and build...Which Stock...Adj or Fixed?
There's a relatively easy answer. How tall are you? If you are short, IMO go with the carbine buffer, and something like the magpul fixed carbine stock. It's basically the least hassle/most adaptable combination for a reasonable price. IF you are tall, you can go with something like the ARFX, which you can run with no butt pad, the thin butt pad, or the deep butt pad.
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Apple fighting the Government on creating a backdoor for phones.
The thing is apple is designing things so that apple cannot decrypt data. The phrase you will see being bandied about is "zero knowledge encryption". And the reality is that that is how it has to be for encryption to mean anything with regard to an individual. If apple holds the keys, apple can look at any of it. If The FBI hold the keys, the FBI can. If you really expect it to be able to work, you have to design the algorithm to only allow the owner to decrypt the data. Everything else is make believe and the make believe increases the risk that ANYONE can leverage that back door, key sharing process, etc. to compromise the devices nobody wants anyone looking at. This is no different than if someone wrote down their plans in their own coded language, you off them, and it's kind of hard to compel anyone to tell you what they mean.
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Holy Sh*t! Scalia Has Died
I'll note facts manage to not show their head in the list of things you are beholden to.
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American Marksman
Yeah I've seen it popping up various places. There basic premise is that people don't like watching either top shots stunt things that aren't shooting, or professional shooters. Said premise coming from the analytics on the outdoor channel or whatever carries all the shooting USA paid placement infomercials.... I mean programs... That excep got Jerry miculeck folks switch the channel when the pros come on. Take it for what it was s worth, but watching all comers bore the shit out of me with a dot still at 20-30 feet doesn't seem like a winning plan for keeping folks interested.
- Second Amendment Preservation and Protection Act (SAPPA)
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The Walking Dead
Well looks like they got off the pot and moved stuff forward in grand fashion. I wonder if we get to see Negan before the finale'.
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PSA EPT -vs- ALG ACT
Alg act won't get you sub 5lb without swapping at least one spring. At least by my results with it. Bcm is also now making a polished and coated trigger kit. It's a couple bucks cheaper than the alt and looks the same.
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Holy Sh*t! Scalia Has Died
If reasonable politics were still a thing, what would happen is they'd nominate and confirm a replacement for Scalia that was cut of similar cloth in exchange for not blocking a Ginsberg clone do she could retire before the cancer wins. One can dream.
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New Vortex 1-6 optic
They are much better. Unless you get a cheek weld WAY back, the Pepe mounts don't have enough cantilever for a lot of scopes. The aero ones do. Machining, finish, weight, etc are all just nicer. Some by a lot. Comes with a tool to torque it iirc too. It's a solid value for the dollar.
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And the floodgates open with the new legislative session in Trenton
No it doesn't. It means the judicial reasoning was rejected, not the conclusion it came to. Declaring anything more than that before we see what the lower court does is wishful thinking. I concur with you what the net result SHOULD be, but this could simply be a result of a court having a problem with other courts following the guidelines of a dissenting SCOTUS ruling rather than the majority ruling. It doesn't mean they won't accept some very tortured reasoning that claims to jibe with the majority ruling.
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And the floodgates open with the new legislative session in Trenton
I hate the rkba news outlets. They didn't rule against it. They remanded for t back down for the way they came to their ruling. It's a step in the right direction, but it's far from done, and far from saying what everyone claims it is saying.
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Wow officer has magic gun that fires by itself in today's WSJ
Except for me or you, this is likely a manslaughter charge, so why not for him? I'm not going to get my jollies over it, but he screwed up badly and is being charge in accordance with the level of screwing up. I don't think qualified immunity applies to gross negligence. That aside, it still sounds like NYPD still gets what ehy pay for in terms of training, and that's sad for both the rookies and the public.
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NJ Arrest for dropping friend off on way home from Range!!!
Long before I owned firearms, I've been stopped repeatedly and asked where I was going and where I was coming from. To the point where I'd answer home to both questions and see if they could figure the logic out. I've also had multiple occasions where I have had officers approach the vehicle with guns drawn. All this for little old me who has never been arrested, much less charged with anything, much less convicted of anything, and I didn't even own guns at the time. Vehicle was registered to either myself or my mom depending on how far back you want to pull the sample from, and she is probably even less interesting than me for the purposes of law enforcement. So, no idea why they get a bug up their ass, but they do. If you didn't call them, the odds of police talking to you for purposes other than to make your situation worse are essentially zero. These days my answer would probably be simply to ask if I am free to go or simply state I'm exercising my right to remain silent and refusing to continue the conversation beyond the legally required identifying documentation since SCOTUS now tells us it's incriminating and probable cause unless we specify that we are remaining silent simply because it is our right to. As to the issue of getting arrested for dropping someone off, I'll still put forth the best advice I got form a cop (not on duty). If you don't want to get caught, only break one law at a time.
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People Have A 'Fundamental Right' To Own Assault Weapons, Court Rules
You do realize in the days of our founders, if you just st showed up and liked it you could stay. That's how immigration worked then.
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Firearms Quiz
28 out of 30. Also glock being the first polymer pistol is just wrong.
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Moorehaus knives?
Yeah, like I said.. China or some other place nearby where labor is cheap and steel doesn't have to travel too far or go through too many unfavorable exchange rates. It is what it is. Mine had a pretty decent edge, straight, sharp, clean, but not particularly polished. They usually aren't total junk, but they also aren't the deal of the century.
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Facebook Shutting Down Firearms Sales
Not really. One could make a solid argument for them being a place of public accommodation given the nature of their business. Within places of public accommodation, there are rules about what can and cannot be censored without running afoul of the first amendment or other civil rights violations. The person to person sale of pretty much anything is not likely to make the cut for being protected though.
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9mm and 40sw plated bullets
I didn't parse the original that the code was an additional 50% off. Even so. free garbage is still garbage. The pics show some pretty rough plating and plated bullets are very sensitive to damage to the plating.
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Tactical clownshoes
I'm pretty sure the gun insists that you reset the trigger. If you are riding the disconnect it won't go bang.
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Actor using airsoft gun in low budget film charged in NJ
In general, prop guns are more expensive. Simulators are REALLY expensive. Blank only guns cost about the same as a ruger semi-auto (or at least used to), and most realistic rubber guns used for movies are cast by prop armories/prop houses and aren't even something really sold much (I never found a source). I had film making friends back when that wanted to exhibit this level of stupid, but were at least smart enough to ask me first. My eventual response was don't do this in NJ.
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9mm and 40sw plated bullets
bullet works as well.
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Jury duty notice after I moved
Hey now. Not everyone. I view serving as a public obligation. Only times I ever sought to be excused were a couple incidents where I had been summoned ~4 times in 2 years (and actually showed up for 2 of them despite not having to), and a summons for federal grand jury for about 2 weeks before my wife's due date.
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No Way Out: Feds Stop Processing NICS Denial Appeals
Yes, most of the denials were people who didn't provide Ssn.
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ATM Skimmers at WaWa's
It's ATMs in the article? Why would you take cash out of an ATM with a credit card?
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Bill introduced in NJ to repeal front license plate requirement
Well it has budget implications. If you have gotten plates lately, you will notice they are.. uh... kind of shitty. Reminiscent of a pringles chip. Honestly the temp plates I got buying my current ride were better than the metal ones. Charge you the same fee, cut the plate produced in half, dump the rest in the general fund. Theoretically spend it wisely. Budget is definitely a huge problem in NJ.