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    Para-Ordnance Request

    A long time ago someone who owned some Para pistols started out to generate a build date look-up list. He posted about it on the M1911.org forum and a couple of other forums -- and then he abandoned the project. My friends at M1911.org picked it up and started reorganizing it, as well as...
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    Illinois Supreme Court rules Cook County gun, ammunition taxes unconstitutional

    That does come directly from Heller. Justice Scalia wrote something to the effect that the "core right" protected by the 2A is self-defense in the home. BUT ... the question before the court in Heller was the right to maintain an operable firearm in the home. The Supreme Court tends to rule...
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    Red/Green dot sights and people with astigmatisms

    The choice of a green dot over a red dot has more to do with color vision, specifically red-green weakness. That's a type of color blindness, but people who have it aren't totally color "blind," they just don't see reds and greens the way most people do. I have both astigmatism and severe...
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    Disaster - blew up a '58 Remmy conversion

    Wrong. The Taylor conversion comes from Ken Howell. They have been around for a good many years and are very popular. They are well machined, from high-grade steel (I don't know which alloy), but they do come with a caution that they are not designed for full-power commercial .45 Colt loads...
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    I get no ccw in post office but what about open carry in the post office?

    He was not legal. The prohibition against weapons in a post office says nothing about "concealed" carry ... or any kind of carry. It says "No weapons." It's Federal law, so local or Virginia has no bearing. A post office is a Federal facility and the Federal law prevails.
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    Should a suicide gun stay in the family?

    Mr. Doughnut did not provide an accurate accounting of the background. This topic arose on the M1911.ORG forum. Mr. Doughnut took a position that was not supported by most of the members who commented. He made an unacceptably over-the-top post that was removed by the moderators, submitted an...
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    Supreme court arguments today re: Lautenberg

    To/at whom was this directed? If it was directed at Mrs. Havoc, who posted immediately above you -- you're wrong, and she's right. "You're" is the abbreviated form of "you are." "Your" is the possessive form of "you." It appears to me that Mrs. Havoc's use of the word "your" was correct in...
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    Road trip question

    Two things to keep in mind about the FOPA: 1. Possession of the firearm(s) must be legal at the place where the journey begins; and 2. Possession of the firearm(s) must be legal at the place where the journey ends. #2 is the one that most often trips people up. A journey "ends" any place you...
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    Second Amendment Theory/Absolute Interpretation

    The analysis of what the 2nd Amendment means was excellent. So was the analysis of why Scalia's majority decision was badly (fatally?) flawed. I join those, however, who recoil at the idea of proposing a Constitutional amendment to revise the 2A as a way of banning WMD. Those who have ever had...
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    New York Gun Laws FELONY!

    Lawyer up.
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    The Reliability of carry weapons, I need help.

    XD should be reliable. If it isn't ... send it back to Springfield and have them tune it up. Personally, I only carry 1911s.
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    ? about guns on a roadtrip across America

    Legal in most of the New England states if not used for unlawful purposes, but NOT legal in Massachusetts unless you have a carry permit or FOID. (I think that's the way it works. I remember once mentioning to an LEO/Jeeper acquaintance from MA that I had left my gun at home and took pepper...
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    Free NRA 1 year membership, offer expires 12/1/2008

    More NRA shenanigans. A 3-month trial membership will make those who take advantage of it members just long enough to carry us through the elections, and allow the NRA to proclaim an artificially-inflated membership when they talk to the next session of Congress. Phooey. I was a member. After...
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    Do you need to undergo drug testing for a CCW?

    The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States doesn't make any provision for drug testing. Next question?
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    Condo common areas

    Technically, I believe the answer lies in a combination of your state's laws and the particular condominium declaration documents. In my state, when a person buys a condominium they are buying (literally) a volume of interior space, which is contained within a structural enclosure that is owned...
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    ? about guns on a roadtrip across America

    Since you acknowledge that you're not up to speed on legal jargon, here's your chance to start. What do you mean by "carry" in the above quote? In most of the northeast states mentioned you cannot "carry" (meaning wear on your person or have on your person in your clothing) any sort of handgun...
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    Woman Harassed for Open Carry

    Can't change religious laws? Aren't the American Catholics who want to be able to take Holy Communion even though they are divorced trying to change religious law? They haven't succeeded, yet ... but they will. It's only a matter of time. Of course you can change religious law.
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    Lowest Cost Revolver Suitable for Home Defense

    Well, this person is taken care of but for the benefit of any other readers looking for advice on an affordable revolver, I just picked up an Armscor 200. I have to say, I was VERY impressed ... and so was the guy at the shop when he opened the package and tried the trigger. He pronounced it...
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    Were these guns ever imported into the US?

    Scanning daily news ... nope, still can't find any reports of drive-bys involving M1 Garands. I'm sure they are taking place on a daily basis ... there must be some kind of media conspiracy to cover up the fact.
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