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I think I'll carry this one today...Happy Fourth of July.
Just curious...who made that buckle and keepers? And I guess there's a tip to match? Is that Vogt?
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Just curious...who made that buckle and keepers? And I guess there's a tip to match? Is that Vogt?
Geez, that's really to sad, isn't it. To many folks forget the old rule, "ya live by the sword, you die by the sword."
Yea Boy!!!
Anyone that would pack something like this....ought to ashamed and hide it under his coat.
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You may be ashamed of yours but if Sarge Grips could make me a fore grip to match the other grips I think it would make a one of a kind Bar-B-Q gun. A good leather bender should be able to cobble up a holster.
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You may be ashamed of yours but if Sarge Grips could make me a fore grip to match the other grips I think it would make a one of a kind Bar-B-Q gun. A good leather bender should be able to cobble up a holster.
Larry,
Don't be fooled. The gun that Dave posted is VERY special indeed. You can google Lebman Auto pistol and find loads of info. They were built for the army trials (not adopted) and some sold into private hands over the years.
And to think, they were built right here in San Antonio,TX in a little saddle shop right downtown.
M1911s used to be converted to fully automatic all the time. People still do it accidentally with great frequency. The cyclic rate is very high, and the weapon is nigh-uncontrollable. I think I read somewhere that it's in the neighborhood of 1000-1200 rpm. So just a little bit south of an MG42.
Boy, this thread has gone in dizzying circles. So, yesterday, my friend handed me his ugly Glock 19 affixed to a 50 round drum. Another toy; we all have them! Heck, I picked up another Walther P-22 over the weekend just because the price was right and I could.
Concealed carry? I'm always concealed, except the other day, in the heat, when I tossed my vest into the car and drove open carry. Nobody was going to see that, anyway!
"I don't carry guns around with me to impress anyone. I carry them as a dire necessity."
Absolutely well put and should be the mindset of anyone who carries a gun.
"When the time comes, I'm always positive of my capability to use them. "
That's true, too - we all should be capable.
Just because PBF was a thug doesn't mean he didn't have any brains whatsoever!
Concealed carry? I'm always concealed, except the other day, in the heat, when I tossed my vest into the car and drove open carry. Nobody was going to see that, anyway!
"I don't carry guns around with me to impress anyone. I carry them as a dire necessity."
Absolutely well put and should be the mindset of anyone who carries a gun.
"When the time comes, I'm always positive of my capability to use them. "
That's true, too - we all should be capable.
Just because PBF was a thug doesn't mean he didn't have any brains whatsoever!
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I agree, whether one is carrying openly or concealed. I asked and the OP has declined to answer why the letter was associated with open carry, as though we carry openly because we desire to impress anyone. I suppose one could also make the statement that those who prefer concealed carry have a secret wish that someone would try to rob them so they could shoot them with surprise.
The beliefs of the OP, possibly without knowing, is part of the reason we have the gun control we have now, and why there will be even more restrictions in the future. It's known as 'the slippery slope' and is how the Brits lost all their gun rights.
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Charles Floyd, may have been a robin hood to some folks in Oklahoma, but
he was just a common criminal and killer to the rest of the world, I do believe.
No matter how one lays it out, his (Floyd's) advise on such matters would be tainted at best and deadly at worst.
I don't think his tactics played out so well for him in the long run.
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he was just a common criminal and killer to the rest of the world, I do believe.
No matter how one lays it out, his (Floyd's) advise on such matters would be tainted at best and deadly at worst.
I don't think his tactics played out so well for him in the long run.
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Without fear of ridicule or being shunned by his fellow man.
(except on this forum by the CC's the only way to go crowd)
So, I don't feel the overwhelming desire to CC all the time or OC also being another lawful act.
I think I'll carry this one today...Happy Fourth of July.
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I'd open carry more if I had your rigs...
Although I know this thread has drifted here is an interesting sight about the early FBI. Faded Glory: Dusty Roads Of An FBI Era
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Both of you are correct, of course. In 2016, we see the Depression era criminals for what they were, even as we romanticize them in films and books.
Regarding the "Robin Hood" comparison, I'll venture to say that most Depression era people in the midwest and southwest didn't even know who Robin Hood is. I'll also venture to say that the thousands of displaced Okies and other hardscrabble farmers and tradesmen who lost everything in the Great Depression saw people like Floyd, Dillinger, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker, et al as extensions of themselves. The bad guys were doing what ordinary people wanted to do. A lot of times, they'd publicly condemn people like Floyd, while in private they were approving their actions. People did not view them in the same light as they did the really hardcore criminals like Capone, Nitti, Lansky, and others of that ilk.
Hoodlums, punks, petty criminals, killers, thieves...sure they were. But whether we like it or not, they've become part of American historical folklore, just like Jesse, Butch, Sundance, Wyatt, Doc, and all those guys.
Television's full of programs detailing their lives and exploits. We can't get enough of 'em.
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I'm sorry, I confess I didn't read all of the posts. But the title, "On Being Armed" prompted me to offer my personal credo that I have adopted:
On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs - Dave Grossman
May God bless.
On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs - Dave Grossman
May God bless.
Dave Grossman . . . A psychologist. The self-proclaimed authority on killing who has neither killed anyone nor been in combat . . .
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You left out "phony".
"Snake Oil Salesman" might be applicable as well.
I've seen him speak in person a couple times. I was trying to be nice . . .
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US Marshals do prisoner transports, fugitive apprehension, witness protection. Secret Service does protection for the President and other officials, and used to do investigations of counterfeit money and the like when they were with Treasury.
FBI is an investigatory branch of the Justice Department.
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They still investigate counterfeit money, as well as other financial crimes.
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On Being Armed
I've related this before.........
When I was a young man, one of my boyhood friends, his father was a WWII Veteran, like my father was.
Except my friend's Dad had been a POW in a Nazis prison camp in the later days of the war.
One time Mr. Gene was showing me a well finish worn pocket pistol he had brought back with him and
he told me this story.
"I'll always remember the day we were liberated, those of us that were able help the others
get cleaned up and dressed.
When I put on the pants they had given me, this pistol was in the pocket.
I'll never forget how good this lit'l handgun felt in my pocket that day."
He told me he had carried it everyday since.
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I've related this before.........
When I was a young man, one of my boyhood friends, his father was a WWII Veteran, like my father was.
Except my friend's Dad had been a POW in a Nazis prison camp in the later days of the war.
One time Mr. Gene was showing me a well finish worn pocket pistol he had brought back with him and
he told me this story.
"I'll always remember the day we were liberated, those of us that were able help the others
get cleaned up and dressed.
When I put on the pants they had given me, this pistol was in the pocket.
I'll never forget how good this lit'l handgun felt in my pocket that day."
He told me he had carried it everyday since.
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