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by srothstein
Tue Feb 25, 2025 9:50 pm
Forum: Federal
Topic: ATF & FBI
Replies: 11
Views: 17737

Re: ATF & FBI

What are your thoughts on this? Seizing guns of those Civilly Committed and then allowing the cops to determine whether to return the guns or pursue a legal ruling to keep them. They are calling it the Gun Violence Restraining Order. http://x.com/i/status/1894395734125842541 As I said, Pam Bondi is...
by srothstein
Tue Feb 25, 2025 1:07 am
Forum: Second Amendment Cases
Topic: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules a vehicle on a Road is a Public Space!
Replies: 14
Views: 20985

Re: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules a vehicle on a Road is a Public Space!

By that logic, your house is a public place if it fronts on a street. Hypothetical case: You are in your motor home. Let's say you park your RV in a post office parking lot (which is a public place). If you take a shower in your RV, are you committing public indecency by being nude in a public plac...
by srothstein
Mon Feb 24, 2025 12:02 am
Forum: Second Amendment Cases
Topic: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules a vehicle on a Road is a Public Space!
Replies: 14
Views: 20985

Re: Minnesota Supreme Court Rules a vehicle on a Road is a Public Space!

I did not look at the videos or read the full ruling, but the logic seems clear to me that this is a correct decision. Is a street a public place? In most cases, it would seem clear to me that it is (I know some streets are privately owned, but let's ignore them for a second). If I am walking down t...
by srothstein
Tue Feb 18, 2025 9:33 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: What should be the Texas State Cartridge/Caliber if Gov. Abbott declared it?
Replies: 19
Views: 3864

Re: What should be the Texas State Cartridge/Caliber if Gov. Abbott declared it?

There are many, many official state this or thats, but who can remember any more than a few? A few stand out the - Mockingbird, the Bluebonnet, the Armadillo; which is one of three official state animals. Who can name the other two off hand? Interestingly, you named two (Mockingbird and Armadillo) ...
by srothstein
Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:38 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: President Trump signs EO to protect gun ownership
Replies: 8
Views: 1973

Re: President Trump signs EO to protect gun ownership

The federal firearms act in its entirety. The only constitutional part is probably the restriction against ownership by convicted felons, and states can legislate that on their own. I disagree that the restricted person ban is constitutional either, especially not for non-felons. But the part that ...
by srothstein
Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:36 pm
Forum: Second Amendment Cases
Topic: Federal Judge Strikes Down Machine Gun Ban?
Replies: 4
Views: 2184

Re: Federal Judge Strikes Down Machine Gun Ban?

I’ve never really wanted anything full-auto, but a three round burst might be nice. I doubt I’ll see anything affordable in my lifetime. I guess you don't agree with the old saying that happiness is belt-fed? I love full-auto for fun, but other than suppressive fire I would guess that the three rou...
by srothstein
Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:28 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Funniest thing I have seen all year
Replies: 6
Views: 1569

Re: Funniest thing I have seen all year

Any country that refuses to take back their citizens....strap a parachute on and drop them off over their home country. I have a problem with this, a real problem. No, my problem is not concerning the deportation itself, just the methodology. Mexico refused to allow a planeload of deportees to land...
by srothstein
Mon Jan 13, 2025 11:13 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home
Replies: 353
Views: 863202

Re: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home

A peer-reviewed study of 24 top large language models published in PLOS One in July 2024 found almost all of them are biased toward the left on most political orientation tests. Interestingly, the base models were found to be politically neutral, and the bias only becomes apparent after the models ...
by srothstein
Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:12 pm
Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
Topic: Truck Guns!
Replies: 16
Views: 3609

Re: Truck Guns!

I carry a pistol and spare ammo on me almost everywhere I go. I have considered buying a long gun for my truck, but I am not yet convinced it is a good idea. I don't usually carry a long gun in my patrol car, though there I can see a reason for it. You have to do a threat analysis of your own, with ...
by srothstein
Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 9
Views: 1855

Re: Happy New Year

May you all have a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025.
by srothstein
Wed Dec 25, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Merry Christmas to one and all!
Replies: 10
Views: 2237

Re: Merry Christmas to one and all!

I want to wish all my Christian friends a very merry Christmas. I hope you had a great holiday. I also want to wish all my Jewish friends a very Happy Hanukkah. And I want to point out to everyone on this forum especially, that tonight begins the 2,188th commemoration of a group of armed citizens su...
by srothstein
Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: EDC knife
Replies: 81
Views: 35421

Re: EDC knife

I still find my Cold Steel Recon 1 folding knife to be the best for me. I chose a 4 inch straight edge blade with a Tanto point, but I have tried the same thing with a half serrated edge. And Cold Steel stands by their warranty. They replaced the knife for free when I chipped the blade using it to p...
by srothstein
Fri Dec 06, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: NYC Penny Jury locked and DA has judge tell them to consider a different charge question
Replies: 10
Views: 2937

Re: NYC Penny Jury locked and DA has judge tell them to consider a different charge question

OK, to make it a little easier to understand, the difference (in Texas law and I assume in NY) between manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide is solely the mental state. If the person did the act recklessly, then it is manslaughter. If he only did the act negligently, it is criminally neglig...
by srothstein
Mon Oct 28, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home
Replies: 353
Views: 863202

Re: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home

Back in the beginning of September (I think), the chief at one of the police departments I work at warned everyone to prepare for trouble as Trump came to San Antonio for a campaign stop. As part of it, she asked our thoughts on preparing for November. I told her my opinion was to expect trouble aft...
by srothstein
Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
Topic: Which is easier to Maintain, a Mini-14 or an AR15
Replies: 15
Views: 5955

Re: Which is easier to Maintain, a Mini-14 or an AR15

Military M4s are normally battle zeroed at 300 yards, but this creates a big offset at distances you might encounter in your home or on your property unless you live on fairly large acreage. What I mean is that at 10 yards that 300 zeroed AR is going to hit 2-3 inches low. For ARs I suggest a 50 ya...

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