Recent content by Spandauer

Re: "Nah... not buyin' it." Todd, Rembrandt (Posts: 3,322) and I (I do not regularly post here b/c I am self-employed and simply too busy) never met in person. We don't know each other through personal messages either. What about you send him a private message and inquire after further details...

Plus, in addition to what I said above they also were very well organized in selecting attendees who - let's say it this way - were not the ideal representatives of the 2A community. Interestingly they came prepared for controversy as their covert security person was always in the background...

Re: "Contact the authorities." Police and sheriff's department were at the scene. However from my point of view it was not clear if either was aware of the particular legalities concerning SBRs and suppressors. As it seemed the actors are from CA selling NFA firearms across state line would...

RE: "All the gun shows I've been to in MN also ban filming/photos." The Des Moines gun and knife show has the same policy. But this time the above mentioned media managed to convince the organizer to make an exemption. At that time though the organizer was not aware of the collaboration of the...

On Friday evening, January 29th, 2016, a group consisting of actors and film crew – the latter with name tags indicating they worked for “hulu” LLC - set up a table at the Des Moines, IA gun show. The booth was named “gun show loopholery” and among other weapons an SBR model Tavor, a rifle with...

Eligible to vote on above poll: ONLY military, reserves, National Guard, police, sheriff, fire-fighters, other LE agency members! Note: The options "Yes, I would!" and "Undecided." were placed into the same category on purpose!

Sam1911: "Better have some specifics to back up those statements or ..." "... drop that line of reasoning." 1) I'm not going to drop anything, as there is something called "Freedom of Speech". 2) If you scroll up you'll see that I originally posted - responding to a member indicating that...

Black History Month It's interesting: while Democrats were celebrating Black History Month yesterday they walked out on a black man about to be writing another chapter of Black History. :scrutiny: To you guys from Iowa: please call your representative, give them a little "private lesson" and...

Update on Iowa legislature: "Iowa House passes two controversial measures ..." ... on right to bear arms" [Wednesday 8:10 PM] [emphasis added by me] read the whole article...

"clear violation of his lease" That means BEFORE a tenant has the opportunity to defend himself in court against potentially wrongful alligations the landlord has the opportunity to evict him and confiscate his property / put it out on the curb with the consequence of it being stolen /...

Alaska444: "I didn't see where his permit(s) was issued." The rest were just hypothetical scenarios and the fact that his handgun was returned indicates that his CCW must not have been of relevance at this time.

GLOOB: "...the fact remains that his life was in danger." Exactly. Seems though that they picked the wrong person. Just hope Mr. Lewis stands his ground (pun intended ;)) here in Iowa and that at this crucial moment in 2A legislature his case will help illustrating that the RKBA is very...

BTW: For those of you who are from Iowa ... ... just received NRA Legislative alert: House File 2215 (Duty to retreat) likely to be considered tomorrow (Wednesday) in the House of Representatives...

Dnaltrop: "It described Lewis as a “clear and present danger to the health or safety" .... of the other tenants.” Dnaltrop, I appreciate your additional information and point of view! jfdavis58, thank you very much for your summary - you spoke out what lots of us here feel! NavyLCDR, ...

WilleRupert: "Black guys get screwed in this country." IMO this case is not about race (maybe it was a contributing factor when the road rage thing initially started) but instead one of the rare cases where a CCW holder defends himself with a firearm in Des Moines (...that make it into the...