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NotActuallyALonghorn

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  1. Yup. I have a .44 mag snubby I carry when hiking out west along with bear spray. The bear spray is to deter a bear attack. The snubby is in case the bear spray doesn't work. It used to be that the standard advice was bear spray is more effective than a firearm, but that advice was based on poor understandings of the scientific literature at the time. Even the authors of the studies that were used to justify that point of view have said that folks were comparing apples to oranges. Bear spray is great for preventing seemingly aggressive bears from getting near you, but if you decide you are just going to shoot any bear that makes you feel threatened you could be in for a rude awakening of the type that doesn't involve female genitalia. Once an attack is actually underway, the bear spray looses most of its efficacy and a surprising number of firearm calibers that used to be considered inadequate have been shown to be effective.
  2. A single action revolver like the model he had won't allow you to lower the hammer back down unless you pull the trigger. The trigger has to be held down the whole way down or it will catch on the half cock notch and then jam up. There's no way it happened unless he was pulling the trigger. Now, given the information we know, I don't know that I would find him at fault for not checking the gun. The apparent standard procedure with guns is ridiculous from the perspective of someone who has been around guns my entire life, but if it is standard procedure I think that is more of an indictment on Hollywood than Alec Baldwin. In my opinion, if you are going to be handling firearms on a movie set, you should be required to be familiar with them and safe handling of them just like with any other job that involves potentially dangerous tasks, but that isn't how it is. The practicing your draw with people in the line of fire is really the big issue. They should be a huge no no according to normal firearms safety. On the one hand, it is pretty much required at times due to the job description. But on the other hand, Hollywood doesn't follow normal safe handling procedures and it is accepted, so maybe he shouldn't be culpable there as well. I think what this will come down to is how much power did he have about hiring decisions with regards to the armorer. Their were apparently a lot of people who weren't happy with the way she was handling things, so much so that they almost walked off the job. If he had the power to make decisions regarding her employment and ignored those concerns and still did what he did without making sure that everything was safe, then he may have some culpability.
  3. That 90's Show has knocked it out of the park for the first three episodes I watched tonight. They did a great job of giving it the same feel as That 70's Show, and they nailed the casting from what I've seen. The actors who are supposed to be kids of the original cast actually look like they could be their kids and do a great job of picking up on their "parents" characteristics. I wish there was more than ten episodes.
  4. Osage Orange is the proper common name if you want to get technical.
  5. How long before somebody posts up the Waco Christmas lights story or something from the worst sequel experiences MSpaint thread?
  6. First it was level-actions, and now it's Mi Garands?
  7. While I do love a good level-action, an AR-10 in .45-70 Auto would make me feel a little better about a charging polar bear.
  8. It's crazy thinking back how far things have come in the last year. I mean, a year ago we were talking about how there was no way Europe would be able to wean itself off of Russian natty gas any time soon. Of course, most people didn't think Russia would actually invade but it happened. Then Ukraine started fighting back and the president who nobody really thought much of stepped up and said I need ammo, not a ride. Molotov cocktails were made assembly line style and old ladies attacked drones with jars of pickles. The Russians ran out of fuel and farmers were capturing tanks with tractors. Meanwhile Ukrainians made ticktok videos about how to drive Russian tanks and Ukraine declared that those captured Russian tanks would be tax free. All of that seems so long ago now, yet all of it happened in the last year.
  9. Mark Wahlberg is also a prohibited person and can't actually be in possession of a proper gun if I recall correctly. He has to have fake guns that have pretend recoil and stuff like that to shoot his scenes.
  10. Transfer fees are going up across the board for several factors. Inflation of course is a big one, but increased regulation by the ATF (having to keep 4473's on hand indefinitely, etc.) and increased sales via the internet vs in shop sales are playing a role as well. It's kind of a merry go round for a lot of shops when they price guns much higher than the going rate on internet sites and lose sales because of it. So then they have to increase transfer fees to stay afloat. Of course, they could try and price their products competitively enough to keep people buying in the store versus ordering them online, but they can't all keep the inventory required to make the volume of sales needed to do that, especially in the current environment when even big box stores don't have a lot of the popular stuff. So not enough people even try to shop local. Best bet is to find a big local shop that has decent prices and can move the volume needed to offer low transfer fees or an FFL that runs their business out of their house as a side gig and sees internet sales as bonus money. Many of these places will offer discounts if you have an LTC. But, yeah, $80 is basically saying they don't want to do it and screw you if you are looking for something hard to find that pretty much has to be ordered online.
  11. Looks like we need to send Ukraine Lightsabers.
  12. Since you can see the bullets in the cylinder when a single action revolver is pointed at the camera, that would be one of those situations. Color coding the base or the round depending on whether it is a dummy or blank would be a real easy thing for people to be able to check without having to physically remove the round from the weapon.
  13. Yep. I believe it was a Pietta repro, so it could have been a three click or a four click, not that it matters. Wheel gun goes boom. Apparently they aren't allowed get anywhere close to the boomy bits. They are supposed to trust the armorer, which is insane.
  14. Cliffs notes is that actors are apparently inherently untrustworthy around firearms and the industry has adopted rules that would be considered unsafe in any other situation regarding firearms where the actors are not allowed to do anything but pick up the gun and shoot/pretend to shoot it. The armorer tells them whether it is safe to do so. Alec was practicing his fast draw for a scene and shot the cinematographer and the other dude because apparently it was actually loaded with live rounds.
  15. That's basically the gist of it. He was probably pulling the trigger already when he pulled the hammer back and when he let go of the hammer it fell on the live round.
  16. The blue origin rockets make so much more sense now.
  17. Obviously we need universal law care.
  18. Seemed like fewer deer running around around here as well. We were covered up in acorns all season as well and they didn't care about corn at all.
  19. I'd buy some tickets if the prize was one of these...
  20. There's lots of folks here who know nothing else. Unless you think she is Army Brat old, she is at least in the same boat as you.
  21. Dak was on fire tonight, but honestly he was pretty lucky that a lot of risky passes ended up in the right hands. That kind of playing worked out tonight, but against a better defense could easily turn the momentum against the Cowboys. I did like how they used his legs on multiple occasions to make plays. We need more of that in the playoffs.
  22. Jerry should offer Brady a slot as his back up QB.
  23. I came in to the game tonight hoping to see Tom Brady lose, but by the end of the game I kind of felt sorry for him. He basically sacrificed his family to play this season, only to get beaten badly by the Cowboys in a playoff game when they were on the road and haven't won one of those for most of my life. That's a really crappy way to end a career as the GOAT. I kinda wish it had been closer and he had thrown a pick six to lose the game at the last minute. At least he would have gone out in style and I would feel a little bit better about the gloating.
  24. Brady looked like he was thinking about eating a bullet after that touchdown. The onside recovery couldn't even cheer him up.
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