You wear one of these. OK, it’s not that funny. (It is, in fact, Revision Military’s IHPS small arms helmet. “The helmet’s optimized shell design contours the shape of the wearer’s head, increasing their area of coverage and protection while reducing system weight and unneeded space. The system weighs less than existing combat helmets and includes upgradeable mandible and visor protection. It also features an innovative retention and netted suspension system with dial-in comfort settings and high-impact ballistic padding. The suite includes modular ballistic armor plates that can be applied to the helmet’s exterior for an increased level of protection.”) Show me how it’s done. Finish the sentence properly . . .
If the “vagina rights” that feminists fought for were “to keep and bear,” then they might have more sympathy from the people who support gun rights. Feminists never have understood the importance of the difference between guilty (deserves to die) and innocent (does not deserve to die).
…you win a gun battle at 60 mph from the back of your motorcye.
a must have riding a motorcycle through chicago
…until your size 44/26 78-pocket digital camo cargo pants arrive from Amazon.
+1 bravo!
You win!
No Master Chief visor? I’m insulted.
Garza didn’t lose his Kevlar, he was testing a new helmet!!
(Points to whoever gets the reference.)
Generation Kill?
Where do I redeem these points?
RENO
You know all the words to this song… http://youtu.be/bIVWSjgHUkQ
… until the accessories on you AR outweigh the rifle and you can re-enact every Carnik Con video. Operator as f#@&!
Until… You upholster your car interior and furniture with MOLLE.
Until… You own 15 cans of tactical bacon.
Until… You double the weight of your Bushmaster with $20 ”upgrades”
Until… Your rails have rails.
Until… Operator becomes the most frequent word you say.
I might be a bit into mall ninja territory, but there isnt much of a difference.
Lol on the rail comment
Wow I had to look up tactical bacon and of course cmmg makes it in a can with a 10+ year shelf life. Also found unicorn meat on Amazon.
Add those beer can holders with the straw dispenser and I will buy one tomorrow…
and the operator is completely incapable of hearing someone sneaking up behind him.
I think we need outreach into urban areas … especially the 41 or so “shall issue” (concealed handgun carry license) states. There are millions of inner city folks who are convinced that it is illegal for them to be armed in public … and probably plenty who think it is even illegal to be armed at home. There has to be a large number of them that would love to be armed in public (for self defense) and simply have no idea that it is legal.
We have to first open their eyes to new possibilities before anything else can happen. That is why I think peaceful open carry marches into urban areas could be fruitful. Such marches would convey two messages loud and clear:
(1) Citizens can be legally armed in public.
(2) Armed citizens care enough about urban residents to demonstrate this truth with them.
Both messages dispel hugely intrenched falsehoods of urban culture.
Along the same lines, I think similar peaceful marches should happen regularly near schools and universities to demonstrate the same truths to our next generation.
Just bought one out of the thirty offered on Craigslist, Ford Explorer all wheel drive…
a little armor plating, glass, and engine protection, and it serves fine…
Really, the police militarization is getting a bit out of hand.
I used to deal with the Defence Property Disposal Office, while at Offutt AFB, as the appointed reclamation Officer for the flight line.
Salvaged items are offered to all DOD members, and the DOT, first. Then, to States.
Then to Cities, and finally, to non-profit organizations who have a justified need.
Mostly, it is civilian vehicles in military service, and really worn out!
Some are just at the ten year mark, and must be replaced, as parts become difficult to maintain.
30 ton MRAP vehicles are really not so appropriate on our streets, bridges…
There are much lighter armored vehicles, but, not at the low salvage price that
is actually a token fee.
If it is utilized as one commenter, a police officer, noted, as a defensive post for
negotiating surrender of criminals, then it is money well spent. It it saves one officer
from assault, it serves well.
Still, having served with heavy military vehicles, it is intimidating to see it out and
about, when a free people are not used to it!!
Seem logical that the military would want a helmet that protects the soldiers face, plus a heads up display would be a great asset to infantry soldiers if the obvious technical hurdles can be overcome. Now the psyops people need to figure out what to make look like so that it instills fear into the hearts of as many of our likely enemies as possible.
My retinas are my heads-up display
Throw a little Hot Rod Red onto it and make it look like Iron Man.
How do the gun grabbers get away with sanctimoniously declaring that we supposedly believe the occasional mass shooting is the price we pay for some of us exercising our God-given right to self-defense, yet no one calls them out for actually proclaiming that gun-free zones must continue even if that means we endure a “rare” murder, rape or robbery here and there?
You own all the “operator” accessories but still operate a Chevy Citation.
….Your EDC pocket knife has a laser, flashlight, 1 point sling, night vision and bipod.
Do you even tacticool bro?
Another use is deer/hog hunting. I live in the shotgun only part of Michigan, and I’ve been using a saiga with an eotech for the last two years. No complaints thus far. That and my EAA Match 10mm.
Note that the AP story portrays Combs as a pro-2A Democrat. My guess is this is largely because that’s the political wind in KY and being an anti would limit her career choices in that state.
Notice too that KY MDA called for her to resign because of the incident, no doubt thinking they’d love to have an anti-gun Democrat replace Combs.
Stupid is as stupid does, but resigning is not an appropriate option. If she wants to prove her pro gun bona-fides to her constituency, hitting the local range (or even a cooperating law enforcement agency being as she is a state legislator and all) for remedial training, practice and to gain experience would go a long way to putting this stupid deadly mistake behind her. A serious effort at improving her gun handling skills coupled with a little publicity might improve her image among her constituents – unless she has other issues.
It’s her move. Sink or swim.
Don’t think it’s unloaded, don’t be sure it’s unloaded. Check it and MAKE sure.
NECK STRAIN. That’s all I’m saying.
I’ve yet to see an XRAIL that actually works reliably. I’ve beaten competitors much better than me that used those in Trooper division simply because their gun didn’t work.
Why aren’t top 3 gun shooters using it? Let’s be honest, the importers aren’t sponsoring them. Give them the right sponsorship contract and they would be using it.
Overall the VEPR-12 is a dramatic improvement over the Saiga. It actually works and is much easier to use.
…your AR weighs more than you do…
Pair with Revision Military’s Crosman Urban Mission Airsoft Kit [http://www.airgunwarehouseinc.com/py-2545.html] for the ultimate tacticool experience.
Meanwhile, according to wikipedia, McCarthy is “suing more than 70 companies of potentially causing the Long Island congresswoman to develop lung cancer from asbestos. In her lawsuit, she failed to mention that she is an avid smoker for 40 years.”
You can’t make this sh1t up.
I’ve seen them at atlantic firearms and classic firearms for $999.
http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-rifles/vepr-12-gauge-shotgun-pre-order-detail.html?Itemid=0
http://www.classicfirearms.com/long-guns/vepr12gashotgun-1
“Let he who is without stones, cast the first sin.” Or something. I forget.
I sent her a tactful and POLITE Email without any name-calling (you should read some of the garbage on her Facebook account) explaining that what she did was negligent, not ‘an accident,’ and why. I also commended her for her courage in admitting that SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER and that the Evil Gun didn’t just ‘go off’ like they always do in most of these incidents.
There, but for the Grace of Whoever, go any one of us, given one moment of stupidity, inattention, unfamiliarity, familiar contempt, old age, youth, distraction, slippery fingers, warts, indigestion, illness, Insertus Cranius Rectus, or Men Don’t NEED To Read The Instructions First Syndrome.
…you pee your pants.
If peeing your pants makes you tacticool consider me Miles Davis
From my personal observation of heavily black neighborhoods in California and their crime problems in the 80’s and 90’s. any black who thinks that their root of their community’s problems is “the NRA” is delusional.
LBJ’s “Great Society” has utterly destroyed the vast majority of the black community in the US. Where illegitimate birthrates were 29% in the black populace in the 50’s, they’re now about 74% and seeming to go higher. Recent stats are claiming that half of all black men have been in jail or prison at some point. Thomas Sowell makes a very strong case that the black family’s economic situation was improving markedly and steadily before the Civil Rights Act & Great Society legislation was passed, and it certainly took a downhill turn after that. Today, many black neighborhoods are more dangerous and economically deprived than many third-world countries.
At some point, a coherent and rational group of people would have to look at the current results of their political fealty to the Democrats and realize that they’re getting hoodwinked rather badly, but that never seems to happen.
LBJ might have been a racist cynic when he said that with the Great Society programs and the Civil Rights Act that he’d have blacks (he used a much less polite term) “voting Democrat for 100 years!,” but given the track record in the last 50 years, I’d say that LBJ was also a highly astute student of the populace. His prediction is halfway towards being absolutely true, as there is no other racial group in the US population that votes with such lock-step devotion to one political party. Given LBJ’s track record, I’ll go out on a limb and predict that the black vote won’t change much in the next 50 years, either.
Some day, when I have a stable career and cash flow, I will definitely be going to these auctions. Until then, thanks for the great read!
The safety on the m1 rifle and several other firearms is in the trigger gaurd. Just saying.
Several Qs enter my small mind:
1) How did she purchase? (She’s insane, right?)
2) How did she get a CCL? (She’s insane, right?)
3) How did she get elected? (Oh, right. She’s insane.)
4) Can she be recalled? (She’s insane, remember?)
The only reason for the face shield is because of the threat of IEDs.
That thing would be hot, heavy, and prevent you from getting a proper cheek weld with your weapon. I have no idea why anybody would want to have one of these.
Cheekweld isn’t necessary if that display links to your weapon’s optic a la the Israeli CornerShot, and the military loves that type of thing. It beats sticking your head around the corner and biting lead.
See “Brady Grades vs. Crime Rates” for a comparison of violent crime rates, homicide rates, and Brady Grades per state. If anyone can see a correlation in the scatter-shot graphs, let me know.
via http://billllsidlemind.blogspot.com/2013/02/crime-rates-falling-everywhere.html , which compares murder rates in the U.S. to the gun-free zones known as prisons.
Your AR has so many tacti-cool add-ons your bipod has wheels on the bottom to push it around.
Watch the video and notice how the bolt carrier bounces off the receiver when it slams home. Is that normal?
Nick, just curious, is this gleanings from the abstract or have you read the whole study? I’m not so curious that I’d drop the $39.00 to buy a copy of it myself and I’ve yet to see someone who has gotten the paper/study to parse out the good professor’s analysis.
Great article. Thanks for “keeping it real”.
All the comments about the plates being too small… Have any of you all worn hard plate armor? Proper wear is from the top notch of your sternum to about an inch or tow above your belly button. It protects your vitals (heart and lungs and most of your liver) and that’s what it’s suppose to do. If it’s any lower, and you try sitting down, it’s difficult and the plates will choke you out. Yes, gut shots can be lethal and extremely excruciating, so try and not get shot I guess, but heart and lung shots will kill you dead faster. It’s all a compromise, but armor won’t keep you from shitting in a bag or going through years of multiple surgeries after you soak one up through the stomach…
Also, even extra large plates don’t cover most athletically challenged guys, it’s mostly all fat you see exposed, as long as it covers your ribs, everything inside should be fine.
Rant complete, oh, and steel is heavy and it sucks, but isn’t a bad purchase if you don’t want to worry about shelf life or dropping them and fracturing the plate.
We should all be thankful that clowns like the Derek Poe (owner of Golden Triangle Tactical) get charged every now and then for their stunts. These guys are one of the biggest threats to our rights.
See:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=clown+militia
These clowns aren’t happy until their antics get OC banned for people who use it for more than just attention whoring. They already accomplished this in California, and a variety of retail establishments. The Clown Militia is particularly focused on getting guns banned from every coffee shop in the US.
The fears of a few do not trump the rights of others and just because someone calls the law does not constitute illegal activity by another.
…Your knife has an ACOG.
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