In my home, you would be greeted with .72 caliber. What do you carry concealed in public spaces?

You have more training than the vast majority of concealed carry folks. I can respect the trade off in safety you choose to embrace, though I still think that you perceive yourself as a vigilante or entitled enforcement entity rather than a defensive citizen. Lights in general just aid the enemy in knowing where to point the rifle barrage that is likely coming in response to your shot or two. With a revolver there is no clearing a defective round, just click and move on. This is not as much a discussion on equipment as it is a discussion on the perceived role of the citizen defender. The nuance is important.

See this is where I disagree. With a revolver it’s safe until you pull the trigger, racking the slide is going to make the critical difference in an very small number of circumstances, training deficiencies are going to have a much larger effect on outcomes. If you hear shots, you are going to seek cover first. Once again, there are circumstances where you just can’t win. Do you really think unleashing ten rounds in a generalized unvetted direction pre-racking the slide is truly a good idea? Maybe you hit an innocent. Maybe you hit a child. Either way, you better hope I am not there, and identify you as the threat in spite of your intentions. nostr:npub1mlekuhhxqq6p8w9x5fs469cjk3fu9zw7uptujr55zmpuhhj48u3qnwx3q5

Not to mention that having a chambered round under a spring loaded firing pin is risky, I don’t care what safety you’re using, striker being the worst. I think it is important to realize that even the venerable 1911 was developed for combat situations, the acceptable level of accidental discharge risk is much higher in a combat zone when compared to suburban father scenarios. I leave the firing pin over a discharged chamber in my EDC revolver because frankly, it doesn’t matter why if I accidentally shoot my kid. Safety first people! Use your head.

The problem seems to be that most woman’s clothing is designed to display hips, belly, waist, cleavage, small of your back, in some cases pudendum. What’s a girl to do? I appendix carry, I suppose double NA Arms or Bond Arms in a panty waist position would be inconspicuous if double bulges were present? There is always the safety aspect with appendix carry though. Breach the femoral artery and you have 30 seconds to live.

I’ve been devoting some thought to the idea that gangs of thugs require semi automatic pistols with multiple magazines for self defense scenario. While I recognize that some people may live in a circumstance that necessitates these preparations, a large caliber powerful revolver is all I am willing to carry for self defense, for a number of defensible reasons. There are some scenarios, simply put where you may find yourself, surrounded, outgunned, and frankly fucked no matter what you do. I think this is an important piece of cognitive floss for anyone who chooses to carry, as an illusion of grandeur is not only dangerous to yourself, but also those around you. You may afford yourself the opportunity to stop a terrible tragedy in progress by issuing a few well placed shots, you may die in the process of doing so, but in any case a response with a gun is rarely justified without shots fired by the assailant, and a shot or two is all you are likely to get. The acid test for involving your firearm should be, is there a case where I could be wrong in my assessment of this circumstance? Shots fired in a public place? Not likely. Otherwise, play it cool, act like a victim and try to escape without being a hero or an unwitting villain. #gunstr #selfdefense #firearm

So true.

“Well I will learn to love you

But I can't say when

This morning we were strangers

And tonight we're only friends

But I'll take my time to know you

I'll take my time to see

There's nothing that I won't show you

If you take your time with me

Here in California, fruit hangs heavy on the vines

And there's no gold, I thought I'd warn you

And the hills turn brown in the summertime. “

~Kate Wolf

Anything 12 gauge.

It is wise to only report what the taxation authorities can prove.

Parthenogenesis.

Hermaphrodite.

I agree with a lot of what you said here. I think our prisons in America have a destructive culture, but our society also shuns convicts preventing them in some cases from participating in a meaningful way after the time is served. Scarcity is the unequal distribution of baseline resources and is highly variable depending on the cost of living. It is, simply put an animal that doesn’t have enough to eat, or provide sustainable resources to its offspring. At the core human are animals, and no starving animal acts according to established behavioral patterns, or even in predictable ways. As an added liability, humans can experience scarcity as a perception as well which complicates the methods used to combat the effects. It’s a complex issue, I would encourage you to research prisons in Norway and how the prisoners live while serving time. It’s no wonder the system works better than the one in the US.

I sure hope the person who thought it is a good idea to fly their drone over my place does it again. I could use some skeet practice!

Scandinavian countries have no death penalty, a maximum 21 year prison sentence, and low rates of recidivism. Could scarcity play a larger role in crime than mental illness? The wealth gap doesn’t bode well for social safety and individual behavior. There is a direct statistical correlation.

Also community imposed restrictions that are relevant to the local culture. Governance through dissent.

I reserve my distilling equipment for making moonshine and well, fuel if need be! If you have the power to spare, an AC unit evaporator coil in a water bath with a closed circuit coolant loop makes a dandy condenser. 😊

Granted it depends on the desired outcome, but if survival is the goal, I see it as a lot of time and effort invested that generally cannot be afforded in that scenario and is unnecessary for general hydration.

I am not. Damus exclusively. I’m humbled to be communicating with you. I hope I can help you troubleshoot!

Also, who decides? The legal system is a undecipherable mess.