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Robert do you realize that this blog probably gets more viewers than cnn and msnbc combined
“… the right to defend one’s home and one’s person when attacked has been guaranteed through the ages by common law.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
The man has a point!
And yet the left will continue to villify him and all those like him as self-loathing [insert your favorite epithet here], while the right embraces him for who he is — and not based purely on the color of his skin.
That still doesn’t negate the simple truth that we still need more people like him (and women as well as LGBT!), though.
I noticed today in at least three posts that TTAG seems to have adopted the style of calling silencers silencers. Bully for you guys! Next we can return to calling revolvers AND automatics “pistols” and finally the historically acceptable synonym for detachable-magazine: clip.
“Next we can return to calling revolvers AND automatics “pistols” and finally the historically acceptable synonym for detachable-magazine: clip.”
“Silencer” has historical precedent due to Hiram Percy Maxim’s patent for a “Firearm Silencing Device” (U.S. Patent 916,885, 1909). The two in the quote are just plain wrong terminology.
The first word you are looking for is Handgun. Handguns are divided into two categories: revolvers and pistols.
Pistol: a handgun whose chamber is integral with the barrel. (Mirriam-Webster, 2013).
“Clip” has only been an acceptable synonym for “Magazine” among the ignorant, and only recently. A clip is a device used to load a Magazine. They are not synonous, and this is not pedantic. If you want a quicker/easier word than Magazine, use “Mag”.
Words have meaning. When you use them wrong, God kills a kitten.
So please, use the right words. Do it for the kittens.
Nice cherry-picking of your definitions, sorry but all handguns are pistols, not all pistols are revolvers however. I found four online dictionaries that agree with me rather than you. As to your point about clips, I guess that WWII is recent in your opinion and the great majority of American servicemen of that period “ignorant.”
I’m white. Grew up in an all-white community but in my home that taught me that everyone was the same. I didn’t think anything about it when I left for boot camp and my bunk mate was black. I treated him as a brother, but had stupid questions like does the black rub off on you when you wrestle with a black guy? I grew to have deep friendships with others different from me and learned a lot. All the while not thinking anything about it. Maybe it was my complete innocents/ignorance, or maybe they could see in my heart I just didn’t see a difference.
Since then I’ve seen racism both ways. I didn’t see it until I was in boot. I wasn’t exposed to it growing up, and was taken back. My bunk mate and other black friends tried to explain it to me. Then I saw whites to it to blacks.
I agree with Colin, racism is still alive and well in the US. Most of it however is perpetrated by blacks on whites in my opinion. And it is ironic that the worst examples come from a man who stood next to MLK Jr.
My dream is that every young black male in this country understand that every white guy isn’t out to get them. Stop listening to those who sell racism and hate. Stand up and be fathers to your children, and if you don’t have sons, mentor young black men around you. Encourage education (just like MLK did). Discourage gangs and violence. The Gangsta mentality is just plain dumb.
Most of us white guys want relationships with friends and neighbors who are different than us (same is boring). I love listening to the stories of my neighbor who was a sanitation worker in Memphis. His wife has adopted my son, and we count them not just as friends/neighbors, but as family. We are all God’s children. Miscommunication is usually two-way. Lets make the Country better together.
Hell yeah!
It drives me mad to see that the so called “black leaders” (Jackson, Sharpton, etc… Obama, Holder…) be anti freedom and anti gun. “Gun control” was used to prevent black people from protecting themselves and their families. Now the so called “leaders” are the biggest proponents of gun control.
They say that the government + system in general is still highly racist, yet they want that same government + system to disarm the people and further control our lives?! Its absolutely insane.
Mr. Colion Noir is awesome. If anyone should be looked up to and listened to by the black community, and really by anyone for that matter, its him. He believes in freedom.
Real freedom.
Not the bullshit the lying, scheming so called “leaders” of our communities and government claim to believe in.
This is my first time building a AR and After reading all the great post I would think the 1:8 would be the best overall barrel.
As a fan of the original M51, I have to have one. Period. In fact, I may have sent Remington an email a year or two ago to beg them to build exactly this. Compare it to what will sell against it: plastiguns with creepy/gritty heavy triggers, plastic guide rods and other such cop-outs. For $400, I’m in.
I still don’t understand, how is this any different or more convenient than the side-by-side magazine stacks that exist? This just seems bulkier and harder to change.
Soooo happy I swallowed the swig of beer I had in my mouth BEFORE I watched the video.As I was thinking of a witty comeback to the video………….I suddenly realize there is not enough wit available to counter this particular moron. Thankfully, at least my laptop is still dry……..