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Speeding laws are only enforced when the breaking of them is observed. My car is not equipped with a monitoring system that tells the highway patrol my driving speed all the time, ergo speeding laws are unenforceable, at least with that line of thought. It would be easy enough to set up sting...

And that's why we use metric.

I believe (and I could easily be wrong without it crushing my paradigm of reality) that the US government considers the Garands in SK to be loaners and still our property. The SK government considers them Korean property and wants to sell them back to us. That small issue is one of the...

That is a great story with spectacular documentation! Nickel steel is an alloy of steel with a high nickel content. It has nothing to do with nickeling (coating the outside of an object with nickel). Thus, being made from nickel steel says nothing about what finish was applied to the gun.

Taking inflation into account, $175 in 1975 is the same as $760.71 today (pretty much the price of a new one you quoted). So you will not be making an actual profit if you sell it for $400, but you will have enjoyed that gun for 40 years for very little cost.

I stopped by the local Walmart today and saw that they had more ammo on their shelves than I'd seen there in a long time (maybe ~20% full). After I waited for 10 minutes for some assistance, I learned why: They had lost the key to the cabinet and hadn't been able to sell any ammunition since...

There is a John Cusack movie (I don't recall which one), in which he's supposed to be a highly-skilled assassin (or something). One scene in a convenience store he's got a pistol in each hand and he jerks the gun forward every time he pulls the trigger, like he's trying to throw the bullets...

An interesting ramification of the shortage that seems to be rarely brought up is the limitation this puts on new firearm purchases. I imagine many people are going to hesitate before buying a gun of a new caliber simply because they don't have the stockpile of the ammunition at home and can't...

Wow, I'm shocked that this thread hasn't been locked! Perhaps that's just my paranoia speaking though. Cee Zee, you can guess whatever you'd like about me or my opinions and I won't feel the need to confirm or deny anything. If you need me to be an absolute monster so I can fit into your...

Ok, I'll pick some low hanging fruit. My rights don't need to be mentioned in the constitution to exist, your implication notwithstanding. "Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

He said it was birdshot. @2:12

Pelosi, the then Speaker of the House, was not saying senators shouldn't discuss the bill or its implications before voting on the bill, she was not addressing the Senate. She was saying that it's better to wait for the Senate's bill to be passed in its final form before the American people in...

Just to be clear, Pelosi was talking about the Senate needing to vote on and pass a bill before the specific contents of the bill would be set and final. Until a bill is passed, it is still changeable and therefore no one can say what will be or won't be in the final version. Until it's passed...

Excellent! Then you should be able to quote their TOS and show us exactly where Facebook states that they sell user information to third parties. Or you can just repeat unsubstantiated claims that they are lying and selling military secrets to the Taliban.

Only Clever Hans! :D

It's no big deal. I just shoot left handed with rifles, but sometimes I do shoot right handed with bolt action. Being cross eye dominant is no problem with a lever action.

Facebook does compile a certain number of data on people to make Facebook work more efficiently and integrated with as many other technologies as possible. These data can and have been accidentally leaked. However, (from the horse's mouth) "Does Facebook sell my information? No. You have...

Wait... you can reuse magazines?! ;)

An obsolete Austrian monetary unit? In any case, they're not shilling for Facebook as they're not posing as a fake satisfied customer. They're just using Facebook for free advertising.

Yes, people are that dense. 1) People have an AMAZING talent for self-delusion. They believe whole-heartedly in rumors or lies that support with their opinions but are refuted by solid evidence or scientific consensus and are obviously wrong to an objective observer. 2) They haven't...