Barms

So during 9/11 and early moments of the big black out, cell phone service did not work due to volume of calls crashing the systems. Do walkie talkies work while the airwaves are flooded with calls? I do not mean CB. I am talking about two dedicated or paired or whatever the term is for direct walkie talkies. I'm asking if this would be a sound backup communication plan for two people who would be within say a half mile of each other. Also, are there pure battery operated devices, not rechargeable? If battery operated you could just keep the walkies in a drawer indefitely and just pop in the batteries and you're GTG. What other important issues are there and please recommendations if you know any. Think of this more for like soccer mom communication as opposed to tactical life support.

Even better yet. How the heck does AP get away with making stuff up?

Holy crap man does the media get quotes wrong. This should be criminal. Bloomerg News broke this story. They had a direct reporter there and a by line. Not an AP re-write. The exact quote was "is an attack imminent" and the PM replied. "I'm not sure" Go to bloomberg website to get exact news story (I'm not stumping for BB but i just think it's increbdly irresponsible to get this story wrong)

Because maybe if a killer uses it it won't be called a semi auto.. :-)

Alpo got my point 100%. I've been in this hobby long enough to know the difference between the mechanics. And if the tag of semi automatic was truly meant to describe just that a round is extracted or not. Or how a round enters the chamber, the truth of the matter is now that "semi auto" means MORE DEADLIER and more evil and no place for civilians... And I wish it would just be PISTOL. "The shooter used a 9mm semi automatic pistol..." "The driver of the car used a hemispherical combustion engine car to flee the scene.." That's all. Rant off, we can move on.

I get it that you guys guys are getting all engineering about it by talking about a cylinder moving to get into battery versus the slide moving back and forth. But just take a step back for a minute. Who gives a crap whether the next round got ready to go boom via a cylinder rotation vs a slide moving back and forth. ? One trigger pull one boom. Revovler and M&P. that's my point. Yet the pistol gets tagged with the evil "semi automatic" label all the time. I'm just ranting. They say the father of one of the kids shot in the San Diego thing his mission is to ban all semi autos for civilians. So that's why I was like "well what's so semi automatic about it vs revolver ". (Round count obviously )

Pistols I mean. Revolver: squeeze trigger it goes bang. Hold trigger in no bang. Release trigger pull it again it goes bang. My M&P 9mm semi automatic: squeeze trigger it goes bang. Hold trigger in no bang. release trigger pul it again it goes bang. What's the difference? How come they don't call it a semiautomatic revolver? Rifles? I get it because rifles are automatic in the military. So basically I think it's bullshit they call pistols semiautomatic. If I was a manufacturer i wouldn't use that term in my marketing. (What's the point of this rant? Too much flak "semi autos" take in the news.).

But seriously. My reco to you would be to buy a GREAT pre owned for $700 than a mediocre brand new for $700

And cue all the guys who say you should do fine with your pump in 3....2....1....

For those who PMd me... He did this deal away to a higher price then we were offering.

There's a guy on NJ hunter wants to sell 3,000 rounds for .32 cents a round. That's too much when it can be .30 cents on PSA often. Anybody want to split the 3k with me and we'll bid say .25 cents per? (Don't know if he would take that deal I'm not on NJH but I know people who are.)

Yes. And what I learned doing this a couple of times is that there is no such thing as "my guy has the best deal". There is a fair price and then there are the ripoff guys. An engagement ring is a commodity. If the OP said he knows exactly the 3 Cs that he wants he should just walk in and say it and the guy takes out his grid and says "I can sell it to you for this" I had three different guys tell me to go to "their guy" because their family bought tons of rocks over the years. And ya know what? The guy in the strip mall down the street quoted me the same price as the the hookup guys. The OP said service was key for him and THATS what a great jeweler does. What is service? Service is cleaning, advice, buying your used stuff back, letting you borrow an item, having custom stuff made, repairs while you wait on stuff he didn't even sell you, Etc etc An engagement ring is a commodity. A jeweler is a lifetime relationship. Edit: don't mean to belittle the enormity of your purchase. It is a huge day indeed. My commodity phrase was just my discovery that most guys were almost EXACTLY the same price for the stone I wanted. So I went with the guy who I now consider my jeweler for life because of his service. So if you know exactly what you want after about 3 visits to various guys I bet you will find out the low "barrier" price. And then it's just about your choice of guy after that. That's my 2 cents (carats).

First question reporter should ask the victim. Will you apply to carry now? I once read a great opinion piece about a guy who said the right to carry is about taking away the disadvantage one weaker man has over a stronger man (or woman over man if you will). So when I am asked "does concdaled d carry reduce crime?" I will say "I don't have that data to show you, biut ook at that video and I will tell you if I'm carrying I will reduce the crime on me!...and that's all I care about. " Savages in tis world shoot up schools with guns. But savages in this world beat on innocent victims. I want to protect myself against the savages.

Is this exhibit A of the fallout of the Great Gun Grab that occurred post Newtown? If it is I say bring it on. Loving the lower prices.

Well not only did town B get the record from town A, town B called all references that were ever in his file. Talk about a thorough vetting. "Hey i wonder why he didn't use the same references. Let me call these guys and see what they have to say" Talk about major invasion of privacy

Ahhhh never knew that. Thank you.

Not that I'm "mistaken". I just think for years the tone in here about paper trails (yellow slips etc) is very very lackadaisical. How many times have we heard "do you know long it would take someone to look all that up?" I'm not so skeptical anymore.

Person A applies for P2P in town A. Several years later moved to town B. Change of residence form is filed along with reference names. Police department B calls the references put on the form PLUS the references that were on town A's form. In other words they called people he didn't put down on the most recent form. How did town B know the references from a different town several years earlier? I fully believe now that our paper system that many believe is unorganized is VERY organized. This is a true story and the individual is very intelligent. He didn't mix up the names.

So obviously emailing the governor is effective...it gets you on Booker's friends list. I wonder what other spam is coming. Next person who emails the gov should make a brand new distinct gmail address. Then you know any email that comes to that address you know who sold it.

I think all vans are suspicious.

Wear ear protection when running it. Nobody ever does. You should.

Delete. (Wrong thread)

Toms friends video. Notjhing good would come from a guy making a video public of him almost shooting himself. Nothing but downside.

Don't drag a good guys video into this. PM it. Don't post it.

I won't be shocked if the parents sue the owner of the range for negligence of their instructors and the mental suffering the daughter will have Only in America can you kill someone and then sue them. The father will say "i never approved full auto" or something like that "Make sure you keep that held in otherwise it won't fire...." We'll see.