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Quote of the Day: Carefully Balanced Edition

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“There is a strong public safety need for this information to be accessible to the NICS, and some states are currently under-reporting or not reporting certain information to the NICS at all. This proposed rulemaking is carefully balanced to protect and preserve individuals’ privacy interests, the patient-provider relationship, and the public’s health and safety.” – Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Seeks Tighter Mental Health Restrictions on Guns [at bloomberg.com]

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  1. For years I’ve front pocket carried an LCP in a Recluse holster. I have to wear pleated chinos with a tucked in button-down dress shirt at work, and my combo never prints, and no one has ever asked what is in my pocket.

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  2. Ignorance.It’s what’s for dinner in DC.

    The reason most states don’t report mental health info is because, in addition to the privacy concerns, they cannot logistically do so!

    Who’s going to stand vigil at the fax machine every time someone gets an antidepressant prescription? This plan will go down in a pile of backlogged reports. All this means is that after the next spree shooting, we’ll feel good knowing the bad guys mental history reports sat on a desk marked “outbox” instead of in a file drawer.

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  3. “Carefully balanced”.

    Gov. speak translates to “We, your government stooges, aren’t letting a ginned up crisis go to waste. These royal edicts give us more power over you peasants by taking away more of your privacy and increasing the surveillance power of the state.”

    “So go ahead and bend over some more, cuz we know what’s best for you”.

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  4. “There is a strong public safety need for this information to be accessible to the NICS,”

    This is the justification for the tyrant in the White House and Sebelius uses to violate the terms of his position and create law….the end justifies the means. EVERYONE needs to yell at their reps on the HIll. This subjective evaluation of a topic with subsequent unilateral law making to satisfy the whim of the rulers is a warning light to everyone in this country. Remember, this can happen to anyone or any group. Think of what could happen when a sitting president goes around his mandate to make a ruling that an existing law can be modified or ignored for what he perceives as the good of the country. Hitler killed a lot of people using the rationale that it is good for the country.
    Obama and his coterie of criminal supporters are the greatest danger this country faces.

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  5. Wow, I’m so shocked to hear that gun magazines publish reviews in close cooperation with the people making guns.

    😉

    Oh, and note to Dick: “Listen, Dick, you are just piling stupid on top of stupid. You got what you deserve. Not shove off and go hunt turkeys on your farm.”

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  6. lol, this guy is getting deeper and deeper. Maybe he should go work for Pravda/NYT if they love him so much.

    He can be ‘a second amendment supporter, but…’

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  7. I wonder if he is just laying the groundwork to change sides and come out in favor of “reasonable restrictions”. Maybe even endorse Toomey-Manchin? Having lost his job, his allies, and I would imagine some friends, he continues to double down and refuses to back off.

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  8. correct me if i’m wrong, but you keep saying that the ‘tube’ is 34mm. The ocular lens is 20mm. It’s a 20mm scope. The tube itself could be 90mm, it wouldn’t make a difference. right? Light transmission is a factor of the ocular lens size vs the magnification, (exit pupil).

    furthermore, i guess it’s complicated to make a legit 1x variable power scope, and that’s why they are so expensive? i’m not a scope engineer. What’s wrong with a good ol’ 2-7 scope? at $2300 cheaper, get the right reticule, and your good to go.

    are you able to go ‘both eyes open’ with these 1x scopes like a red dot?

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  9. I think another aspect is that gun owners have been told over and over and over that we need to make this compromise or that concession on the basis that 1: THIS one will be the last one, and 2: THIS TIME it will WORK. But over and over AND OVER again it doesn’t work as advertised. THEN, we’re told WE are the problem, because we didn’t give up ENOUGH. And we’re sick of it.

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  10. How’s the shot-to-shot recovery time/muzzle flip w/the P-07 compared to, say, the SIG SP2022 (my current EDC)?
    I ask because I love everything about the SP2022 but the muzzle flip and recovery time so am wondering if the lower bore axis & lighter slide of the P-07 would help in that department. For comparison, my SIG P290RS w/a 22lb recoil spring is immediately back on-target w/o any need for post-shot aiming correction by me. Unfortunately, non of my local ranges have a P-07 to rent or I’d answer that question for myself. Thx!…

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  11. Eating clean and staying fit opens so many doors in life there’s really no good reason not to ingrain those habits in your lifestyle. You’ll sleep better, handle stress better, have more energy for all the things you do, have a sharper mind, etc. All of my favorite hobbies (caving, canyoneering, scuba) are impossible if I’m not in good shape. Frankly, any benefits to self-defense don’t even rate as a motivating factor compared to the simple ability to do and enjoy the things I love. But they would fall into the innumerable side benefits of living a healthy lifestyle.

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  12. Unbelievable that anyone would still have a job as a police officer after doing that once.

    I think this is great material to criticize Chief Acevedo for in the next campaign. If I didn’t dislike cops so much, I might even run myself.

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  13. Not a big fan of the “cobweb” paint job either… looked horrible on the cover of American Rifleman and in this picture as well…

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