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    Mark Polencarz is using the military police to enforce his driving ban

    US Federal military troops. NG are state forces and can be armed on state duty. Active duty US military are not to be used to enforce civil laws. US troops have been used to establish authority of Federal Government in “states under rebellion” Our Civil War.
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    Tucker Carlson on Trump Prosecutions: ‘You’re Going to Get Violence if You Keep This Sh-t Up

    I say pay your taxes. Stop spending money on anything for a month, just to give them a taste. There are laws that say you have to pay your taxes. There are no laws that you have to spend your money. Let the business people yell at the politicians.
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    Political Picture thread. (humor/memes/etc)

    Many people without advanced degrees figured this out decades ago. People don't need lie detectors to know when they are being lied to. If the presidents of some of our previously eminent universities are an example, advanced degrees are more than useless, they are detrimental to pertinent...
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    Prison ships. British did it to us during Revolution. Make it more humane, buy an older cruise liner and detain them there
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    Let’s hope the fight ending over there does not trigger the fight here. We are the Great Satan. Islamists since the Egyptian Brotherhood in the 1950’s have always had as a goal drawing USA into conflict by targeting Israel, recognising that we would always come to Israel’s defence.
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    My NG infantry unit had Mass in the field. Chaplain explaining the burden we have accepted for society. “We need killers in this world, because we have murderers”
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    "Dramatic Economic Impact" - Andrew Cuomo Warns of the Impact of Wealthy New Yorkers Leaving ... Nov 29, 2023

    People with money are leaving, people who don’t have money aren’t spending, and others orchestrate massive retail theft. SNAFU
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    Pennsylvania non-resident

    Going to Pike County PA for my Non-Resident Pistol License. Last time I went down to Scranton because Pike wasn't doing non-resident in 2018. Anybody know anything I should know?
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    I found more garbage in a State Forest today

    Littering makes me think about voting in corporal punishment along with very hefty fines.
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    MREs... Please enlighten me

    Check the expiration date! They do not last as long as canned goods. Don't store pop top canned goods, get ones you must use a can opener
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    Political Picture thread. (humor/memes/etc)

    Can't keep drugs out of the White House
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    BREAKING NEWS: Appellate Court Paves the Way for Quarantine Camps!

    I know a contractor who put in a bid to build a PHEEMMa camp back when everyone was call bs. I know a guy whose retired gig was to inventory a nondescript storage facility in the middle of farm fields that had 1/2 million body bags
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    BREAKING NEWS: Appellate Court Paves the Way for Quarantine Camps!

    I remember Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had a statement to that effect...More likely if a few had taken out one every time they came to take someone away... "If we had known what they had in store for us... a hammer a screw driver... if we laid in wait and .... they would run out of people willing {...
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    The first casualty of war is truth paraphrased attributed : Aeschylus ?459 BC; Senator Hiram Johnson 1919,
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    I remember reading that Egypt flooded the tunnels that were underneath her border
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    Wrong comments only (Guy apparently shot through arm while doing incredibly stupid.. training ?)

    It would have been so much worse if I had not been vaccinated
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    Throwing in the towel (as an FFL)

    My long time gunsmith moved across the state line and managed to not only keep many of his former customers, but also attract new customers. Plus he gets to work on a more varied set of firearms.
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    I think there might be another company handing out codes to locks (police entering house with code)

    I used to have to “force entry” into occupancies that were on fire. The toughest places were drug dealers homes an garment factories in Chinatown. Both places with lots of cash. The Chinese garment factories were in multi-story loft buildings. When I showed up for my first tour as a covering Lt...
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    Multiple shootings in Maine

    DD 214 is a release from Active Duty, I don’t think the Reserves use that form
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    Not tested, and armed in flight on the way to the target
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    I'm guessing our Marines are in area to protect/evacuate US Embassies in area. Turkey is conducting major naval exercises in eastern Mediterranean. China is sending 6 warships to the area Pakistan has told Turkey they will have access to Pakistani nuclear weapons if Israel uses nuclear...
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    Israel: 'State of war' declared after thousands of rockets fired from Gaza Strip

    I think this is all part of the plan to put wear and tear on our military machines, disrupt and stress our familial life, drive down our war stocks, foment anger, distrust and religious/ethnic hatred, and stress our businesses/ economy even further. It's just going to be one thing after the...
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    Friday the 13th Hamas Threats Preperation (assuming this is what the OP was talking about- poor title issue)

    A few years ago daily direct non-stop airline service between Caracas Venezuela and Teheran was established. One flight each way. This occurred around the time it was believed Venezuela was looking to establish an atomic weapons program. In the past year it has been reported we have had a...
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    Friday the 13th Hamas Threats Preperation (assuming this is what the OP was talking about- poor title issue)

    If it happens before 11am I'll likely miss it because lately I'm on my second cup of coffee around then.
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    Marjorie Taylor Greene: What happened to Israel could happen to America

    In my old National Guard outfit the Battalion Commander’s policy was that E-7 and above would always have a 20 round magazine of 5.56 on them whenever we drilled. He was an NYPD Captain in civilian life. So many guys carried handguns on drills the Sargent Major would set up a table to collect...
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    Supreme Court Magazine Denial Decision Changes Second Amendment Landscape!

    So if magazines are not a component part of a firearm, they can't be regulated by a law pertaining to firearms. N'est pas?
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    Political Picture thread. (humor/memes/etc)

    Is that some kind of an obstruction of government?
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    Taurus Revolvers (any experience?)

    I had a 444. It is a small 5 shot .44 magnum, ported 4 inch barrel. t was heavy and had enormous grips, kind of a baffled rubber. The trigger pull was very difficult until it wasn't, suddenly. I could never get the hang of it. It was tough to shoot accurately. At the end of the trigger pull the...
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    RFK Jr. to announce independent 2024 run

    Let's hope he lives through the experience.
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    10mm day at the range

    My Glock 29 is my oldest 10mm. I sent it to Glock 3 years ago to install Glock night sights and they replaced all the interior springs and parts with new ones for free. Basically a new gun. My Glock 20, which was my almost daily companion during my woods...
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    How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?

    Northern Lights have been visible much further south than usual this past summer
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    Study Finds That Mexican Cartels Rank as Fifth Largest Employer in Mexico

    It might be more relevant if the number of people employed by the cartels in Mexico was compared to the number employed by various entities in the US. How many people do the Mexican cartels employ in the USA? Multinational?
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    Things are heating up in the Donbass

    Take it out of the generals’ pay.
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    How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse?

    I think the more remote you live If you have a sense of being responsible for your own safety and security. Have a family or mutually supporting friends Own and know how to use and care for firearms. (Old timer told me years ago a .22 will feed you more often than a 30-30) Have year round access...
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    Not Sure How True This is - Pistol Permit Recertification is Meaningless

    My former wife moved out of state 6 years ago, has never rectified her 20 year pistol permit, and county clerk said it's still a valid license.
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    Tom King Denied Ammo Purchase

    They want the denials so they CaNReDDFLagU!!!
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    No Sleeping Bag or Shelter - Surviving the Night in the Snow Siberian log fires

    I did a winter survival course near Mt. Marcy when I was a teenager, 1974? . I was partnered up with a guy from Long Island. It got to be 15 below with 2 feet of fresh snow. We got through 2 nights by doing something like the video. I think we would have done better with some changes in...
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    Democratic Underground (aka: Moron Incubator)

    In NY, I'm pretty sure that in order to change your party affiliation, you must submit the paperwork to change, but it doesn't go into effect until the next election cycle has passed, (2 years). At least that's how I remember it when I changed my party affiliation many moon ago.
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    The migrants have arrived (NYC airports)

    Well, as the saying goes, “Winter is coming.”
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    Liberty Safe providing combinations to the Feds!

    How did they Know he had a Liberty safe? Were they already in the house?
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    NYS tax on ammo

    Does it work that way for gasoline purchased out of state when you are traveling that is in your tank when you return to NY?
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    Considering getting a small revolver for pocket carry

    No Use a pocket holster or Get an S&W model 40 or 42 (.38 sp J frame) that have a grip safety like the old Lemon Squeezer. (Not easy to find, 42 is the Lt wt version.)
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    Those Who Disobeyed Road Barricade Survived Maui Fire; Those Who Didn’t Perished

    A very well respected fire service/fire engineering/firefighting professional was quoted; "Panic can save your life; provided you are the first to panic, and head in the right direction."
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    I just heard a bunch of gun shots and its awesome...

    Two of my neighbors have ranges set up on their property. I hear people practicing around here every day. One of the new people around here brought it up in the neighborhood chat room. "Why is everybody shooting around here?"
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    If WW3 happens What will be the effect on everyday american life.

    From Sec of War Henry L. Stimson's diary entry of meeting Nov. 25, 1941 at WH (present FDR, Stimson, Cordell Hull, Frank Knox, Chief of Staff Gen.George Marshall, CNO Adm. Harold Stark) Henry Stimson quoting himself knowing USA would likely be attacked by the next Monday in a surprise attack...
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