I feel like the GOP is controlled opposition at this point. It's just a WCW match made to distract us while the real decisions get made behind closed doors. There are a few honest ones left like Gaetz, Hawley, and MTG but we are way too late to turn things around at this point and as we approach 35 trillion in debt and waltz from one disastrous intervention to the next that the rest of the world is starting to realize that our military is just as useless as our money.

That's been my opinion since the 90s.  What I observed is the majority party uses its votes to pass things the minority doesn't like, and the minority decries to th public how horribly the majority party is screwing up the country.

Then, when the majority changes hands, it's the same game -- only the players are reversed.

Their obvious plan was to keep the voters off balance by using the treasury to buy votes.  One party (D) promises to give more of the wealth to the poor through tax credits, new deductions and public assistance programs while "taxing the rich."  The other party (R) buys votes by cutting taxes, increasing wealth for the middle and upper classes, and spending more on defense / less on entitlements.

I think the iInternet changed a lot of that by making it harder to control the news.  Now, it's a divisive game of keeping both sides at each other throats instead of focusing on the politicians as much.  It's a more tribal landscape now, or what I've been calling the "America's Got Talent" mindset.  Viewers voting for their favorites on the show didn't necessarily vote for the person they thought was most talented, but rather for the person they decided "deserved" to win for whatever emotional reason -- sexiness, heartbreaking backstory, LGBT status, etc.  No matter how well the other contestants performed, or how poorly their did that week, they refused to abandon "Team Whoever-They-Like." 

Pure tribalism.

That's one reason we can't get term limits for Congress passed.  The same people sit in office for 2, 3, 4 or more decades in government.  And these people somehow keep getting elected -- some promising "change."   

Biden is 81.  He's been in government since 1973.   My calculator tells me he's been in government for 51 years -- or 47 if you subtract Trump's 4 years.  Still, that's a 51 year career with a 4 year vacation.   

The age at which one can retire and receive full Social Security benefits is 70.

Joe's well past his "Best By:" date.   

Possible calibers for an AR-15 lower:

.223 Remington
5.56 NATO
300 Blackout
7.62x39
.22LR
.350 Legend
.450 Bushmaster
.458 SOCOM
.50 Beowolf
.300 HAM'R
.30 Remington AR
.25-45 Sharps
.22 Nosler
.204 Ruger
.224 Valkyrie
6.5 Grendel
6.8 SPC
6mm ARC

I don't think this list is exhaustive, but it illustrates why "Multi" is the best caliber to register the receiver as.  That also makes the paperwork match the markings on the receiver.

There is no way the Cops can "get you in trouble" for configuring YOUR OWN firearm for ANY caliber it's capable of using as long as that caliber isn't banned -- like they want to do for .50 BMG. 

That's just more HPD made-up BS.  Too bad they aren't focusing on the real problems in this state, like the mythical rise in crime.

IMHO

I guess we need Texas property protection laws and stand your ground. 

If I don't see any weapons on them wouldn't it be safe to assume they are bluffing.  Don't go out with any weapons drawn.  You are not looking to fight.   Most criminals would give up just from you showing up.

They are yelling to not come out -- the car isn't worth DYING over.  That's a death threat. 

If you want to confront multiple criminals who are threatening you with death to see if they are bluffing, then I guess you're free to try it. 

You might be right, but you only get to be wrong once.

show some respect - Biden's uncle was eaten by cannibals in WW2

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-defends-bidens-claim-uncle-was-eaten-by-cannibals-we-should-not-make-jokes

Some people like to get screwed or watch others getting screwed by the government.  In 1 culture, we call this a cuck. IDK what we would call it in politics.

Bill, Hillary and other high-up Democrats used to love going to Trump's parties and rubbing elbows with him.  Once he ran against Hillary, the fangs came out.  In fact, the fangs were showing slightly when he challenged Obama to produce a birth certificate.

Hildabeast still hasn't accepted that she lost bigly.   Election deniers are a threat to democracy, unless you are a Democrat I guess.   

Whether you agree or disagree with his policy positions, his personal life, or whether he's a good president, it's irrelevant.  Challenging and beating Hillary is the only thing he had to do to infect half the nation with TDS.  The booster infections have been supplied periodically by the media, Dem politicians, and now the corrupt justice system that only seems to find criminal behavior with non-Democrats.

I'm not blinded, I'm seeing what options I have and picking the best one.   Trump is worse than Biden.   Only way I would vote for him would be if the other option was worse.  Let's say if it was Putin vs Trump. I would vote Trump.

Trump at least has a functioning brain.  I guess your wish is for the deep state to run the country while Biden naps or has his afternoon ice cream.

Still will.   I would have rather had other options.   Even Chris Christi is better than those two.

It's one thing to be an uninformed or low-information voter.

It's quite another to be a willing participant in a propaganda campaign to vote against one candidate without considering the negative impacts of the candidate they vote for.

You have TDS.  You're blinded by your hatred of Trump.

Please seek treatment.

Well said!

Russia is the most dominant military power in Europe and has more than proven it can and will prevail in a non-nuclear land war on their continent against anyone.

Barring Israel resorting to its Samson Option; its ongoing genocide against the Palestinians as well as its current goading of Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, etc. into a regional war; Israel is sealing its own fate and selfishly plunging the whole planet into potential economic collapse and WWIII.

Unfortunately for the rest of the Free World that is racing to escape the madness and join BRICS, the US empire will do everything in its power to open up hostilities with China in a last ditched effort to reclaim its imperial dominance via Asian proxy wars using their vassal states of the Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Republic of China, Australia, etc.

So, are you saying the Google employees should have been allowed to continue their protests on Google properties?

This was 10 years ago, but it happened to show up in my YT recommendations today.

A college professor really didn't like cell phones ringing during class, so he had a rule:  the student had to answer the phone and put it on speaker so everyone could hear the conversation.

Then, one day in April -- the first day in fact -- this happened:   

That's ridiculous.

I registered a rifle that came with 3 barrels:  .22LR, .22WMR and .17HMR.

When I bought the rifle from a 2A member, it was registered as a .22LR. 

When I registered, it had the .17HMR barrel installed.

The RECEIVER or FRAME is the firearm by ATF definition.  If you switch parts, the serial number still follows the firearm.

As for your receiver, most AR lowers I bought had MULTI as the caliber stamped on it.  There's a reason for that.   

If they registered the lower as "MULTI" when you bought it, the registration is correct no matter what barrel you install. 

So, if you install a .223 Wylde barrel, doesn't it also use 5.56 caliber ammo?  Also, a 5.56 barrel shoots .223 ammo.  No barrel change required.   

I'd like to throw a P320 at them and see their heads explode.  That pistol was designed and marketed specifically for locations and individuals who want or need a limited number of registered firearms but with the capability to change calibers, frame sizes, threaded barrel vs. not threaded, etc.

I'd ask them where it states in the law that barrels of different calibers are not allowed to be swapped on a registered firearm.  If they can't point to it, then I'd just ignore them.  Sounds more like a policy than a law.  You can't get a "charge" if there's nothing in the law or ordinances saying it's prohibited.

I'm not a lawyer, so don't take my advice as gospel.   But with the number of caliber-swappable firearms legally available here, and with no mention of them in the statute, they'd be hard pressed to find a law you broke.