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Yeah . . . no . . . .
Black. Olive drab. Matte finished wood. Stainless . . . maybe. Don't have one. I think that the 10 mil I'm eyeballing is stainless, or part of it is. Not a deal killer, but not a deal maker, either.
SA used to have a CQB model in black with an OD slide. Appealing.
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Seeing the demise of Wayne LaPierre has let me know for fact what I intuited 20-some years ago, that getting out and away from the NRA was a winning idea. You pay your membership and they whine for more money. If they had saved the printing and paper costs, they'd had had a hefty donation right there. I kept a membership for as long as I was competitive shooting because they kept the records, but I haven't shot at or attended a sanctions event (or any other) in over 20 years.
I remember all of the sturm und drang about the 2000 election and how much they pushed for Bush 2. I did attend a rally in October to see Charlton Heston. It was in town - easy. WLP did go through the room and press the flesh as one might expect. The talk was canned, but Heston can deliver a line. After Bush won, some NRA minion was quoted as saying that Bush's election would be like the NRA's having an office in the White House, and I was amazed at his arrogance. It turned to shortsightedness (it always was, really) when in 2004, as the Clinton mis-named Assault "Weapons" Ban was sun-setting, Bush announced that if Congress put a renewal on his desk, that he'd sign it. Of course, this was political puffery as none was or would be forthcoming, but there was no comment forthcoming from the NRA about how Their Boy would so willingly stick a shiv between their ribs.
I miss them all like I miss a dose of the clap.
I remember all of the sturm und drang about the 2000 election and how much they pushed for Bush 2. I did attend a rally in October to see Charlton Heston. It was in town - easy. WLP did go through the room and press the flesh as one might expect. The talk was canned, but Heston can deliver a line. After Bush won, some NRA minion was quoted as saying that Bush's election would be like the NRA's having an office in the White House, and I was amazed at his arrogance. It turned to shortsightedness (it always was, really) when in 2004, as the Clinton mis-named Assault "Weapons" Ban was sun-setting, Bush announced that if Congress put a renewal on his desk, that he'd sign it. Of course, this was political puffery as none was or would be forthcoming, but there was no comment forthcoming from the NRA about how Their Boy would so willingly stick a shiv between their ribs.
I miss them all like I miss a dose of the clap.
Outside of the politics they do far more than just maintain competitive records. The training and certification classes for instance.
WLP was around for FAR too long, not unlike some members of congress that have been in office beyond their expiration date.
WLP was around for FAR too long, not unlike some members of congress that have been in office beyond their expiration date.
Look on the bright side: Now that you're a full-time ammosexual, the only thing that regularly irritates your dick is gun-barrel solvent.
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Yeah, they do, and before all of the politics, that's what they were supposed to be around for. Something I read once said it was started by some US officers after the Uncivil War to promote marksmanship, as they were appalled by what passed as shooting skill in their recruits.
Something in the other thread referred to the NRA as a charity. I think that a better term is that it is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. That's why the board and all of that other crap. I've worked for 3 of them - 1 adequate one, 1 excellent one, and 1 crooked one. The last one is now defunct, and the executive director was able to get it shut down without getting his dumb ass indicted. Speaking of, WLP should be, the lying cunt.
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Thank gawd for the boomers. You will understand later.
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The boomers were also the ones who did all the work, the leaders did no work. The last generation with the work ethic.
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Um, people are obviously willing to work when everything is set up for them, and they can see the opportunity for social and economic upward mobility: Everything was set up for the boomers. (And yes, I am referring to white boomers (unwitting or not) who were the beneficiaries of institutional racism and generational wealth).
Social and economic upward mobility was MOSTLY only a reality for white boomers, and it shows in the CURRENT disparities in wealth and business ownership between white and black Americans TODAY.
White boomers, in general, saw the opportunities reserved for them and went after them.(Work ethic?)
Of course, nowadays, MOSTLY white boomers (but also SOME other boomers) have siphoned off / concentrated so much of the wealth of the country into their own hands, that race ALMOST doesn’t matter anymore for the younger generation. (It still matters.)
Young people need SOME promise of a better future to motivate them: The boomers have stolen / hoarded most of the promise of a better future from younger generations.
And here we are…
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SAD!!!
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Um, people are obviously willing to work when everything is set up for them, and they can see the opportunity for social and economic upward mobility: Everything was set up for the boomers. (And yes, I am referring to white boomers (unwitting or not) who were the beneficiaries of institutional racism and generational wealth).
Social and economic upward mobility was MOSTLY only a reality for white boomers, and it shows in the CURRENT disparities in wealth and business ownership between white and black Americans TODAY.
White boomers, in general, saw the opportunities reserved for them and went after them.(Work ethic?)
Of course, nowadays, MOSTLY white boomers (but also SOME other boomers) have siphoned off / concentrated so much of the wealth of the country into their own hands, that race ALMOST doesn’t matter anymore for the younger generation. (It still matters.)
Young people need SOME promise of a better future to motivate them: The boomers have stolen / hoarded most of the promise of a better future from younger generations.
And here we are…
JFC
SAD!!!
Call the waaambulance, Laz. Make your own future the boomers did. You clowns want everything done for you.
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