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Lotta revolver talk in here. While theyre cool to have at some point, its a strange choice for a first gun at this point in time.

There are a lot of things to consider when choosing your first gun, and the best advice that was given here is to go to a range and rent a few different pistols and calibers and see how they feel to you.

Additionally, consider if this is for concealed carry or if youre going to open carry. I love full size handguns because theyre smooth to shoot and usually very accurate, but some people dont have the frame to comfortably conceal a full size pistol.

Fortunately, the CCW market is more competitive than ever. The Sig 365 and Springfield Hellcat Pro give you smaller frame pistols, optic ready, that you can more easily conceal. And you dont need to sacrifice capacity.

MW2 had a pretty good campaign, I thought. This is lame news.

Ive been on a Zach Bryan kick lately. Dude doesnt miss.

UnfairRepresent posted...

So with that in mind, who would you feel more comfortable around?

Cops, easily.

500 seems like a lot of people loitering around in my neighborhood, tbh.

How big is this neighborhood

I believe that betting on yourself is the only real solution to success, but I dont believe you can just miraculously overcome certain overwhelming circumstances because you want it badly enough.

So, no, I guess?

DemonBuffet posted...

Francis won that fight. I saw the entire thing and Francis was killing it.
This was a classic example of rigged boxing and how they protect their superstars in order to continue to sell expensive fights.

I dont disagree that boxing protects stars, but I think Fury had him by a narrow margin on points.

Francis looked incredible, though.

Our whole government is a weird sideshow act, but not the fun and zany kind.

They tried when they sent those vampires over, but Josh Hartnett saved us thank goodness

I think its one of the greatest sporting accomplishments of all time.

I dont think itll top Blade or Blade 2. I dont know how itll stack up against Marvel flicks. The quality seems to be declining.

Bosch, then Bosch: Legacy.

The Boys.

Terminal List

Its all dependent on just how committed the U.S. is to historical alliances with Taiwan and Israel, and how the Ukraine situation plays out.

I wouldnt say were on the brink, but I also would say were a few incidents removed from being in the brink.

Worth watching for Goggins alone, honestly. Hes great in every role hes ever been in.

Biden is too old to run again, and Trump is actually under indictment. Both should just fuck off.

Hillary is also a lunatic, so it would be cool to see someone else run for both parties.

UnfairRepresent posted...

This is your brain on Newsmax

Or just paying attention to foreign policy in any capacity since the 70s?

The U.S. has been moored to Israel for decades. That isnt going to change. The investment in Ukraine didnt start, really, until 2014.

Our government will always choose to support Israel first, if they have to choose.

Declining.

The most foreseeable development of all time, really.

US needs Israel more than it needs a stake in Ukraine.

Ruvan22 posted...

Sorry wasn't sure what you mean by "it"? His past mistreatment by police/legal system?
I'm not saying that the past injustice was the only factor in his response, just that when I think about how he acted it would definitely play a role.

I don't disagree with the description of what happened. How would you have written the headline?

I wouldnt have led with the guys overturned conviction as the primary focus; it already paints the police as being in the wrong.

Traffic Stop for Reckless Driving Leads to Fatal Altercation on Georgia Highway.

Traffic Stop Turns Deadly.

Highway Horror.

Tragedy on {insert interstate}

Etc.

Ruvan22 posted...

Whether you agree or not I would think you'd understand he 'acted like that with cops' at least partially due to terrible past with them...

He was choking a police officer and calling him a bitch when he was shot.

Both of them almost went out onto the highway during the struggle, the taser had a minimal reaction and did not achieve a body lock-up, and there is zero reason why that officer would think this man was not trying to kill him at the moment shots were fired.

The headline on that article was perfectly crafted to fan the flames.

So many falling receivers, near misses, etc.

Giants defense is playing very well, too.

thronedfire2 posted...

yeah, they can go and "eliminate" all of Hamas right now, but that doesn't mean there won't be an entire new generation of 'terrorists' 10-20 years from now. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the US itself got hit by another terrorist attack in the next 10-20 after we spent 2 decades making the middle east hate us

I wouldnt be surprised in the least if there was another terror attack in the U.S. in the near future, for a number of reasons.

We spent 20 years in the Middle East killing and then half-ass rebuilding, and our government never committed to the latter. Then we left abruptly, abandoning a lot of people who had aided us. And I know its weird to say abrupt after 20 years, but we badly botched our draw-down and exit.

We also support Israel, and that has always put us on Hamas shit list (rightfully so, fuck Hamas).

Despite recent efforts, were not going to be on good terms with Iran any time soon, and Hezbollah would love to drag us into more war.

And we have a border issue, widely publicized, which is a glaring national security flaw when we talk about terrorism concerns.

I hope Im wrong, but the world is in a very volatile state and I dont have high hopes that we will be insulated from that, especially given how involved we are from a distance.

Darryl Cooper did a pretty good rundown of the entire history behind the conflict, where he lays blame on pretty much all parties involved for the atrocities that have been committed.

Hamas itself should be hunted to extinction, but the amount of bloodshed that it will take to kill your way to that end result is staggering.

There are countless historical examples of just how difficult it is to stamp out these types of groups.

Russia was bled by the Chechens before deciding to level entire cities.

The U.S. was bled for 20 years by the Taliban, Al Qaeda, then ISIS. It took house-to-house fighting in every city to create green zones, and even then, you cant ever stamp out hate (especially when it runs as deep as it does in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict), so there are always insurgents lurking.

I dont have a solution, and neither does history, but it is terrible to see the human cost of this and that it will cost more lives still.

I didnt know this was out yet. Looked great from the trailers.

I cant honestly comprehend the level of hatred it takes to warp a human beings mind to the point that you can celebrate murdering women and children, like in some of these videos Ive seen.

Ive dealt with and seen some very dark shit in life, and the pure reverie on the faces or some of these Hamas fucks parading around the broken bodies of dead women is.. well, really, theres no word that can possibly begin to describe it.

While police are undertrained in America and are generally not pushed to continue training by superiors due to cost, I think there are a lot of other variables to be taken into account there

Clearly, I disagree with old boys political stances, but he stepped between a clear lunatic and his girlfriend, which takes courage. Its an unfortunate ending and a terrible thing to watch.

gikos posted...

why are people pushing ''bothsides'' bullshit here the dems had a gun over their head to ether pass the ball to avoid a shutdown or risk making people getting screwed with the shutdown it's the GOP fualts for dragging this shit till the last minute forcing the dems to pass without reading as always dem can't win in these shitty faustian bargain the GOP force on them and still get blamed
i mean let's look at the fake news about the guy who they claimed triggered the fire alarm to delay the vote so they can read it and i wish this was true but people jumped on him wanting him fired for possibly doing a common scene move if he had done it like allow people to read before voting so they don't sneak anything in it and look and behold they did just that

I think the both sides aspect is that both sides most definitely shove bills through without giving the opposition ample time to even read them.

Its ridiculous, and the whole political system is built on that kind of horseshit. Its a dumpster fire.

I recently started another play through on Xbox. Such a great game.

Macho Man Randy Savage.

Son_Of_Spam posted...

You can though it still needs to be shipped to an FFL dealer (usually a gun store) and you still need to go through a basic background check like you would if you bought it at a gun store.

That being said, this only applies to the lower receiver. You can buy gun parts (barrel, stock, handguard, muzzle device, etc) and ammo online and have it shipped straight to your house. You can even buy an 80% lower (a lower receiver that hasn't been finished), ship it to your house, finish it with a drill press or a CNC router, and have a complete gun with no background check.

Also no serial number, if you go the 80% route.

GranTurismo posted...

how much did you pay for those?

I paid 620.00 for a tan-and-black Hellcat Pro with slide cuts for an optic, plus 5 magazines.

GranTurismo posted...

oh you saw that trump video as well? is trump really a huge gun guy or he knows his base really likes guns?

I think he only liked the gun because it was a Donald Trump special edition.

The G43x is solid.

I just got a Hellcat Pro, havent gotten to the range yet, but the ergonomics are top notch.

I have a Weatherby .30-06 bolt-action that I primarily use.

I also have a .300 Savage lever action I use on occasion and a typical Traditions .50 cal flintlock for muzzleloader / flintlock season.

Family specifically said they think Cooper did a great job, included them in his process, and they thought the prosthetic was fine.

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Right? Even back then when it was released it wasnt much of a looker. Typical ps3 era brownish look and not much details to faces and environments. Of course, it was a big game with lots of stuff going on.

But yeah, been wanting to play it and surprised there isnt a version you can purchase on the on the console stores.

I will say that it feels smooth on the Series X, but yeah, the visuals are tough, man.

Im not a big remake guy, but I would honestly pay full price for a DA:O remake.

Just a tremendous game.

I just started a new DA: O play through the other day out of boredom, and it could definitely use some love.