Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect

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Well, that was 10:58 more of that franchise than I cared to see.

why is anime legal
 
 

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But it "wasn't designed" to do that. 
 
M193 frags but "not by design".
 
But it's a trite clause at best. We could say the main design is to punch a hole in paper. But if it just so happens to violently expand and induce polonium poisoning then that's totally not the main design. Totally an accident. Just a little fluke. Lolz we already made some so piss off.

https://apnews.com/094178ff98c34dfa89b372c963193757
 
Two Saudi sisters living in Virginia  apply for political asylum in August, disappear, and then were just found dead on the banks of the Hudson River with their bodies taped together.
 
And because the Saudis don't care about not incriminating themselves anymore, the Embassy urged their mother to return to Saudi Arabia the day before their bodies were discovered, stating that the sisters had applied for asylum.

That's not... That's not how "LoooSeR'd" works.

You only regret not selling it to MEEEEEEEEEE!
 
FFS, I wanted to make an "Air Service Rifle" from one of those with a L4 LMG mag.. But most of the ones I came across were just shit. 
 
(And by "shit" , I mean "Would not feed a single round, were grossly out of headspace, would reliably unlock the bolt upon firing, or could not hit a flock of barns from inside one of them..)

No
Shit
Sherlock.

It'd be nice if you weren't wrong about fucking everything, yet here we are.

Heineken is piss and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong.

@Peasant,
 
If I may, I'm a bit of a scientist on the internet.
 
First, in regards to the Zero, if it was as good as you claim, why wasn't its name One, or even Three?
 
Secondly, if the Zero was indeed superior, why did the Imperials use them to kamikaze (sp?)  into American Battle Boats?

@Peasant,
 
If I may, I'm a bit of a scientist on the internet.
 
First, in regards to the Zero, if it was as good as you claim, why wasn't its name One, or even Three?
 
Secondly, if the Zero was indeed superior, why did the Imperials use them to kamikaze (sp?)  into American Battle Boats?

@Peasant,
 
If I may, I'm a bit of a scientist on the internet.
 
First, in regards to the Zero, if it was as good as you claim, why wasn't its name One, or even Three?
 
Secondly, if the Zero was indeed superior, why did the Imperials use them to kamikaze (sp?)  into American Battle Boats?

@Peasant,
 
If I may, I'm a bit of a scientist on the internet.
 
First, in regards to the Zero, if it was as good as you claim, why wasn't its name One, or even Three?
 
Secondly, if the Zero was indeed superior, why did the Imperials use them to kamikaze (sp?)  into American Battle Boats?

"Yamato best BB as long as it doesn't meet enemies"

@Oedipus Wreckx-n-Effect was literally just trolling me.

My vote is for 1911. It's been around this long, it has to be doing something right.

Angela Merkel says she will not seek a fifth term as chancellor, effectively beginning the winding down of her time as German leader. Merkel says she will not be seeking any political post after her term as chancellor ends in 2021. She also says she will not stand for re-election as chairwoman of her Christian Democratic Union party when an election is held in December. Merkel's CDU party and her coalition partner in Berlin, the Social Democratic Party, saw heavy losses in the state election in Hesse this weekend.

If it doesn't start with a "4" it's for women or commies. 
 
Best to buy one gun that you can use for  carry and home defense.
 
But always have a spare gun of the same type for extra parts. One is none, two is one.
 
Based on this, a KRISS vector in .45 Almighty Caliber Proper is probably your best bet. Buy two, one with a brace and one as a pistol so you can carry it easy. 
 
I suggest a chest holster. 

Moved to the appropriate subforum.

First of all, the provisions you are outlining are not "loopholes" as they are explicitly outlined in Federal law. Specifically, 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(1) from the 1968 Gun Control Act, the BATFE advisement about which states:
 
 
Provided that your state has no relevant prohibitions, then, yes you may acquire a handgun from a non-FFL ("unlicensed individual"), usually via gifting. I would be very careful how you conduct this as it's relatively easy to create a condition that could be regulated by state or Federal law. For example, if you live with your parents in a state with no additional regulations and are over 18, your father or mother may gift you a handgun without issue. However, if your father lives in another state, this would fall under interstate commerce and would be illegal, as interstate transactions must go through an FFL (who can't sell you the firearm).

Gun shows are dicey in this way because generally speaking you don't have any way to verify that the seller lives in your state or not. You can ask for ID, but that's not a surefire thing either. If you do decide to go this route, I would definitely insist on seeing an ID and photographing it.
 
Another thing to worry about is accidentally conducting a straw purchase. If, for example, you had the above case with your parent, but instead of a Christmas gift, you reimbursed them for the gun then that would become a straw purchase and a Federal crime. More confusingly, if this handgun were already owned by your parents (if for example it was Grandpa's gun), and you bought it off them, that would not be a straw purchase and would be legal. There are also, so far as I know, no regulations against trades of handguns between individuals who reside in the same state. So, conceivably, you could trade for a privately owned handgun, for example - but we enter yet another grey area if the gun you are trading for was purchased with the knowledge that you'd be trading for it. In this case it's possible that this could be considered a straw purchase in the same way as if you had bought the weapon from them with cash.
 
Given the above, I would go about acquiring a handgun very carefully. Some Don'ts, Dos, and Mays:
 
DON'T arrange for someone else to buy a gun for you from an online store or any place with an FFL. This is one of the key ingredients of a straw purchase - if they can prove you arranged the purchase ahead of time, bad day for you.

DON'T purchase from or trade with people who are not family members or very close friends (e.g., you've been to their house). It's the only way to be sure.
 
DON'T post on online message boards or Facebook groups conspicuous or incriminating requests for handguns

DON'T use Armslist to arrange a private sale. Armslist is a cesspit, full of scams and ne'erdowells, just avoid it. You'll thank me.
 
DON'T go "gun shopping" for a handgun with anyone who might want to sell or gift you a gun unless they agree not to buy anything from that store. Even if it's innocent, "hey dad, I want that one" followed by an attempted sale will give any decent gun store clerk the heebie jeebies.
 
DO let people you know and trust know you want a handgun, and which kind. As long as you don't plan for them to purchase a gun, this is fine. And you may get lucky, or find someone wants to sell a gun you'd be happy with. You never know without bringing it up.
 
DO inform those you know who may be willing to sell, trade, or gift you a handgun what the relevant laws are. Show them the BATFE regulations using your phone or computer. Make sure they do not think they are doing something illegal.

DO make an effort to shoot a variety of handguns before you buy. Since you are under 21, you generally can't rent handguns but you should have no problems accompanying a legal purchaser and shooting any guns they rent. Also, look out for folks who might be happy to let you shoot their guns at the range. A .22 LR rifle is nice for this, since you can shoot it anywhere you can shoot a pistol.

YOU MAY want to arrange a nice gift for someone who seems like they would be willing to gift or trade you a handgun. Doesn't hurt, right?
 
As for which handgun to pick, this choice is very personal. I shoot Glocks well, and most people do, so that's my default for you. Glock 19 or 17. I estimate there is an 80% chance it will work well for you. If not, you can sell it later for close to full value. If you are a part of that 20% of the population who just really does not agree with Glocks, I would give the well respected competing brands (S&W, SIG, CZ, etc, not Springfield) a try and see which one shoots best for you. "Feel" of the handgun can be related to your performance with them, but isn't necessarily. For example, the most comfortable handgun for me is the Browning Hi Power, yet I shoot Glocks better.
 
The biggest mistake in my humble opinion that a first-time handgun shooter can make is saying "hey, I'll buy a full-size or compact (G19) handgun and it'll be both my IDPA/training gun, and when I'm 21 it'll be my CCW too!" No. Do not do this. Yes, people can and have concealed full size guns every day. They are not you. You've never concealed a handgun before. You want the smallest, most concealable gun you can get that still offers good shootability and lethality (that would be a Glock 43 btw, plus maybe the SIG P365 in a couple years once it's debugged). Right now, I would just pick a good gun to build fundamentals on, and worry about what you want to carry when you get closer to getting your license. If after a year or two of actually carrying that smaller gun, you want to go up to a Desert Eagle or whatever, be my guess. But practice carrying with something that's less of a pain in the ass, first.
 
I would also keep an eye out for anything friends or relatives have that might be a good range gun, even if it's not exactly what you want. Remember, guns usually hold their value so if you don't end up liking it, you can sell it and usually lose less than the cost of renting it.
 
For your starter AR-15, there are a lot of good options. The baseline gun people are usually going to tell you to get is the Colt 6920. This gun offers basically zero nice features (like trigger, free float rail, etc) but it is mechanically still one of the best guns you can buy and makes an excellent host for upgrades. Many other guns below the $1000 mark today offer rail systems, triggers, midlength gas, and other upgrades, but in my case there aren't many of those packages that I really like as a whole, and chances are very good their quality won't be quite as high as the 6920. That's not to say the 6920 is the best rifle out there, but in terms of QC it has been the gun to beat for a while now. With a Colt OEM2, you get the rifle and none of the stuff that goes on it, too, and you are left with roughly $250 of your budget to slap on stocks, rails, etc. Even if it doesn't have all the modern creature comforts (it has a carbine gas system and the notorious GI trigger), it's hard to do better than taking one of those and decking it out the way you like. I've owned a 6920 for 8 years, and it's had close to 10,000 rounds through it. Nothing has broken. Everything still works as it should. The original upper still shoots 2 minute with quality ammo. The 6920 isn't good enough anymore that if you get anything else there'll be a riot, but if you do get one, nobody will question it either. And you'll be satisfied, I think.

There are screen shots and videos floating around showing that voter registration may have been altered after the fact to say that he is a registered Republican. It's possible that those are doctored, as well, but this whole thing still doesn't add up. Either way, the guy has a history of being a whack job. Considering everything that has happened lately, what with Christine Ford's ties to the IC, the shit show that has been the Mueller investigation, all of the political violence against the right that goes unreported, etc, this whole bomber thing seems to be tailor made for an October surprise.
 
This guy is almost a perfect caricature of what the left thinks that Trump supporters are. Just like the fake bombs that were sent, this seems like an over exaggerated prop.