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How can I tell whether the thing is cracked or just notched? Is it normal for there to be a visible and feelable (with fingernail) notch on the side where it's exposed to cam forces? This only has about 50 rounds on it. It's not deep, but it's enough to hang up a fingernail or knife.

The bill was introduced Friday, so the text is not yet on thomas.loc.gov. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.05293: http://www.fairvote.org/irv/jacksonirvbill.htm Everyone needs to be aware of the fatal problems with IRV and the existence of better alternatives. Approval...

Now that the ban has expired, is it unwise or dangerous to use the terms "assault weapon" and "semi-automatic assault weapon"? They're defined different ways by different people and by different states. What about a letter-writing campaign? Anyone wanting to help can go to the main THR...

On a new sig pro I just got, after racking the slide it won't go all the way forward without an extra push. It stops about 1/2 to 3/4 cm before it should. I disassembled it, lubed it, put it back together, but it still exhibits the same problem. If I push the slide forward it doesn't take too...

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10584593%255E1702,00.html Australia says it takes responsiblity for foreign leaders' protection, but doesn't mention anything about armed australian bodyguards.

I sent this to my reps (Hartnett and Carona) today, but if a bunch of TX residents want to send similar suggested legislation to their reps it might hammer a clue or two into the legislature's collective consciousness. No, it's not ideal, but even this has about a snowball's chance of being...

http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-19316sy0jun03,0,1936104.story?coll=dp-opinion-editorials (second letter) (No, Mr. Weinberg, they consider support of government-sponsored welfare, both social and environmental, to be a character flaw. Assault weapons have nothing to do with the...

Have you gotten a "thread not specified" error when trying to post? Have you posted something, only to have your post be completely empty? If so, what browser do you use?

I hope nobody tries to hurt him, but given his company's antisocial behavior it's a bit weird to see him admit to taking these kinds of measures. He lives in Utah, so there's no issue of priviledged acquisition of a ccw. However, a bit of the reporting is bogus. A licensed gun? In Utah...

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0304a/05guns.html "Pry Congress from cold, deadly clutch of the NRA" "The measure -- the NRA's top legislative priority -- had already passed the House, and this week was close to passage in the Senate as well, until NRA lobbyists stepped in at...

The campaign released three TV ads. They don't seem very inspirational to me, more like he wants everyone lulled back to sleep now that 9/11 is receding into the past. http://www.georgewbush.com/TVAds/

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040221/D80RBV9O0.html WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether U.S. citizens arrested in America as "enemy combatants" may be held indefinitely without access to lawyers or courts, setting the stage for a major ruling on presidential...

http://www.thehighroad.org/library/blades/knifelaws.html Corrections and updates welcome. I'm sure a few of the entries are wrong, particularly those with question marks. The goal is to condense caselaw and statute and to allow rapid comparisons between different states, not to make...

Supposedly it's a pole-arm, about 3' total, with crescent-shaped blades (concave side out) on both ends, and triangular blades facing backwards, one on each side of the pole/handle on the convex side of the blade. The entire blade is about 10" wide, with the triangular rear spikes being maybe...

Typical BATF routine. A search warrant was executed for class 3 stuff which wasn't found, but other weapons were found that were illegal due to other federal laws. Too bad that this guy had a protection order against him. In the included footnote, it is mentioned that the federal charges...

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant v. JESUS SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ, Appellee NO. 14-03-00174-CV COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, FOURTEENTH DISTRICT, HOUSTON January 27, 2004 On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 4. Harris County, Texas. Trial Court Cause No. 783,746. Reversed...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/01/29/national1227EST0580.DTL&type=printable (01-29) 09:27 PST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration issued a veto threat Thursday against legislation introduced in Congress that would scale back key parts of the...

http://www.pjstar.com/news/topnews/b1tv3qsr053.html PEORIA - Army Spc. DeMarcus McNeil called the profanities he lobbed at a man demanding he turn over his camcorder during a fight at a high school basketball game Friday night a reaction. He didn't realize he had just cussed out Peoria...

http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Richfield&story=127654 ... The AMSD platform also calls for a change to the state’s concealed handgun permit law that would allow school boards to ban firearms on all district property. The current statute allows permit-holders to carry guns in school...

(Note, this is a legislative proposal in Maine. Strimling is in the Maine legislature.) http://www.pressherald.com/news/nemitz/040114nemitz.shtml ... "We aren't talking about expanding the law," Strimling said this week. "We're just talking about keeping the law as it is." Concerns...