MarkWVU02

Some interesting pro 2A petitions on the White house site... Arm teachers and principals Insure the 2nd Amendment can't be infringed upon Not 2A but at the heart of the problem investigate the relationship between school shootings and psychiatric drugs I'll try to post more as I find them

Well said Nick, we can't just sit back...we need to be proactive.

I was saying an AWB as we already saw so not banning manufacturing just playing the features game or confiscating.

Interesting point brought up by a friend. Would gun owners allow another AWB if in return we were given nationwide concealed carry? Interesting thought because it's always about what they take but shouldn't they give something in return. Not posting this to hear rants about "shall not be infringed" but just to see people's thoughts

I'd be all for it. If we sit back and do nothing we won't change anything.

We really need someone to write it up. Someone that's better with words than I am.

I don't know why we even allow Brits to talk about US politics. Great post though. Definitely a good argument for us.

Somebody should start a petition calling for national concealed carry. Demand the right for all citizens to be able to defend themselves. Using social media as well as the many gun forums I'm sure we could get just as many signatures. Fight fire with fire.

This was posted on facebook...not sure if it's really Morgan Freeman's thoughts but they're valid... Morgan Freeman's statement about these random shootings.... "You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single victim of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem."

As a school teacher Ray, lockdown drills scare me. Schools have no chance to defend themselves. We get to call 911 and hope it doesn't take them 15 minutes to get there. A lot of children can die in the time it takes police to respond. If this sort of tragedy occurred at my school I'd definitely be dead because I'd rather die trying to stop the intruder than die hiding in a corner.

A friend of mine, who isn't really a gun guy, brought up an interesting thing. He said its funny people blame the guns but when you look at many of these mass shootings many of the killers were on hardcore anti depressants and he said he's read studies where many of these drugs can cause extreme violence in people. Why is no one blaming big pharma for this?

Any updated statistics regarding gun use for self defense or as determent of crime? All I'm finding is 10+ years old. I'd like some statistics that show the good side of guns

Great post but it will most likely fall on deaf ears with the anti-gun crowd. My newsfeed is inundated with anti-gun rants and quite honestly I'm sick of arguing with people. Usually I'm not the type to say this but we may be screwed after this.

As a guy that teaches in the ghetto I find this hilarious...guess you have to do it to understand it

Couldn't agree more with that statement. For a bit less palmetto state armory does pretty good uppers. My buddy has one and it's a nice shooter.

Judaism is a religion not a race

Very true...I hate trying to explain the second amendment to people, some just refuse to get it

I know this ray but I think from most of what I've read they make a pretty good AR at a certain price point. Not everyone has tons of money to spend on an AR. I own a BCM btw.

You never answered my question though...have you ever owned one? Like I said I've never seen a negative review from someone that actually owns one.

Still pretty insane hitting 75 on Kennedy...especially the way people just step out into the street without looking. Try that at 3 o'clock on Newark Ave by Dickinson haha

You ever own a delton upper? I ask because most of what I've seen on people that actually own them say they're pretty well made. There are guys that say they've run them pretty hard with no problems. I'm just wondering if you have any first hand experience with them.

Yeah, I gave you pros and cons sorry. Like the others have said its what the military uses and I think many want their gun to look as authentic as possible. The carbine also has that notch in the barrel for the grenade launcher which makes it look more like a military M4

I think the advantages of midlength are longer sight radius, more handguard room, and supposedly softer shooting which some say equals less wear and tear on parts. That being said I own a midlength and my buddy owns a carbine and I don't really see much of a difference between the two. Many like midlength because it "looks" better as well. My one friend has a carbine with low profile gas block and a midlength handguard which covers the gas block and essentially gives you that same sight radius. I bought the midlength because I heard all the hype, read the article on BCM's midlength that had over 40,000 rounds through the pipe, and didn't mind waiting for BCM to get more in. That being said if I went to buy another AR I'd have no problem buying a carbine although I'd probably just wait around for a midlength.

A little late to this game but you were arrested for public intox? When I was in college I got two tickets one for public intox one for open container at a party. I never had anything expunged and I received my p2p and fid no problem. I don't really think you can be denied for that. People make mistakes and I don't think one thing proves you're an alcoholic or anything. If you had a history and multiple run ins with the law for drinking I can see it but not one.

What day of the week...no way you did this during a weekday especially at 5 pm in journal square