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And that illustrates one of the problems with government attitudes in today’s society. The cops or DA should be asking why there are so many criminals in this area, not blame the victims for failing to surrender the place to the crooks.

Packman - congrats on the instrument rating, that's awesome! Once I got mine, I found flying on an instrument flight plan so much easier and enjoyable than VFR (even with flight following). Being in the wide open Midwest probably had something to do with that. :D I agree with most of the...

This struck me as a curious philosophy, so I'd like to hear more. What are your parameters for a "reasonable" exchange of hours? Does it have to be exactly equal, i.e., if a crook steals a year's worth of stuff, then the victim can shoot him dead if the crook has a terminal disease which gives...

Only if you learn from it. In this case, one of the lessons learned is that the NRA does not always advocate the best strategy when it comes to Second Amendment rights – no matter how you characterize their degree of wrongness. Maybe this will result in the NRA reassessing their strategy and...

Yes, they were wrong. The vote proves it. If you want to talk degrees of wrongness, will you argue that the New England Patriots didn’t really lose the Super Bowl because they were only down by one field goal at the end of the game? What doubt is there? With hindsight, we know the outcome...

Could you elaborate on this? What is it about a Mossberg that allows you to cycle a short-stroke without dire consequences, but not an 870?

What's the source of this information?

You might try removing the magazine. After removing the barrel, you remove the magazine by unscrewing it. Be careful, sometimes the magazine is held in place with locktite and the magazine can be damaged if you use too much force when gripping it. Depending upon the type of locktite, you may...

Hi Don, I sent you a more detailed PM, but the short answer is I'd suggest looking at an Atlas Patriot or AT50. October

Maybe he just wasn't professional enough to carry that firearm. I hear that Glocks are prone to snap fires...in the hands of certain "professionals."

Well, except for at least the six residents that sued your ass, Fenty. :D

Seems to me all you've done is set up a big hide and seek game. With the incentives you provide, everyone's primary goal is to avoid contact with anyone until the game ends (i.e., the police arrive). Even if you provide the victims with guns, game theory says anyone with a gun should still hide...

Where do you learn that pizza delivery qualifies as a civic duty? :scrutiny:

Just a minor quibble – it resulted in chaos in Iraq – but it didn’t have to, if the proper decisions had been made. Just look at how the 1989 invasion of Panama decapitated the head of state but did not result in chaos. The same could have happened in Iraq if the politicians had understood...

Just to clarify, the war was an amazing success. The military drove to Baghdad in a very short period of time with very few casualties, and quite clearly accomplished its mission of removing Hussein from power and his perceived threat of WMD. It’s the subsequent occupation that has been poorly...

Oh, I agree that it’s an asinine assertion. I don’t think fighting in Iraq will positively or negatively impact whether terrorist attacks are carried out in the U.S. But that is what our commander-in-chief has stated as a reason we are fighting in Iraq. Since this foiled attempt shows that...

The objective of the European campaign wasn’t to prevent German saboteurs. President Roosevelt never said, “We have to mobilize and wage war in Europe to prevent the Germans from sending saboteurs to our shores.” However, President Bush has said, “The best way to protect the American people is...

Wait a minute. I thought a reason for the Iraq occupation was so that we could “fight them over there so we wouldn’t have to fight them over here.” Does this mean we should add one more to the growing list of failed strategies?

Thanks for the info, Kirby. The galvanic corrosion issue never occurred to me – how often do you see that problem with aluminum receivers? Is it also a concern at the barrel/receiver interface? As far as the magazine loosening, I need a better understanding of how the Mossberg 500 is held...

On the plus side, at least then we'd have a tangible metric by which to determine how close we are to winning. With a population of 25 million, and a generous estimate of 600,000 dead Iraqis, we're 2.4% of the way to our final goal. And that took only 4 years. If we can get the Iraqi's birthrate...