Afgan...Iraq ....it is not a problem that can be solve in just a decade; they have been fighting (with westerners then each other..) for way too long.  You will need at least 30-50 years to fix it if not more......  We shall ask the Chinese to help with 3-4 million man, going inch by inch then cordon off one area after another....

Hope we are not heading this way.....



http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/06/26/massachusetts-swat-teams-claim-theyre-private-corporations-immune-from-open-records-laws/

This sums it up real good:" They employ cops who carry guns, wear badges, collect paychecks provided by taxpayers and have the power to detain, arrest, injure and kill. They operate SWAT teams, which conduct raids on private residences. And yet they say that because they’ve incorporated, they’re immune to Massachusetts open records laws. " 

 Maybe just maybe next thing we know, we will need PMCs to patrol our screets on MRAPs with M2/MK19/ITAS mounted ....(sarcasm)

  Well I guess I will chip-in, attach are two pdfs I found around the web (thanks for whomever that made them).  One is just a regular 25m target, the other one is with where your bullet drop shall be (I think). Also boresight are great way to help you get onto the paper, I had guys back the military that just can't find their shots @ 25 yrds on a 6 feet target stand. (not that they are bad shooters, just the sights weren't zeroed for them).

  Now I just have to figure out where shall I be zeroing for my Tavor..... anyone have any idea for the offset ?

Those dry fire rounds are aluminum and the rim wears pretty fast. If rifle is new, maybe it needs a clean/lube and feed it good 5.56 ammo.

If practicing loading and malfunction drills I would recommend the brass cased dummy rounds with the orange polymer inserts.

For the rifle frame, whatever will fit in your car. Measure your trunk if you need to and build accordingly.

  One of the dummy I used was a standard M855, it was dented at the rim, too.  But I guess it just needs some break-in & CLP love. Time to shop @ homedepot for some lumber ......... thanks.

Raw, disconnected statistics. 

First of all, we should always be suspicious when someone leads a story with ratios and percentages instead of the raw underlying numbers.  This is a typical tactic which makes a stat sound bigger than it really is (66% of our employees are women, versus  We have 3 employees, and 2 are women).

Secondly, do these numbers actually mean anything useful? Since most guns traced in a criminal investigation were originally purchased out of state, what do we conclude?  Will banning guns being brought in from California reduce the number of guns traced from out of state by fifteen, or 30 percent?  Should we add another layer of "qualifying hoops" to jump through for people moving from California?  Should we require all guns originally purchased in California go through a longer waiting period or place their owners on a special "watch list?"  Of course not.

Lastly, this story doesn't say these guns were actually used in a crime, only that they were traced in the course of an investigation.  The owner could have been arrested for dangerous driving and a firearm was found in the car.

These reports may be interesting to some, but I think too many use this kind of raw data and any conclusions they concoct to support an existing agenda.

 
     Really have no idea what the author is trying to say here ..... do not see a clear conclusion.    Let alone a misleading title "Nearly Half of Hawaii’s Guns Come From Out of State"  I think all of our guns came from other places right ? (since I am not aware that we have some type of gun manufacturing business here, I meant from raw aluminium blocks to make barrels/upper & lower).

  Figured I would register after being a lurker  (well ...did not have a permit yet , but now I do!!)

  Name is Gary, got my long gun permit back in April now 2 months later ended up with 2 rifles .....yeah talk about impulsive buying..lol
 
 A little bit about me:
 
 Eight years in the Army Reserve, deployed 4 times to multiple places. Was a 11B, qualified almost every standard infantry weapon in the U.S. Army ( M16A4/M4, M240, M249, M2HB). M203 & MK19 did not have to qulify but had a lot of fun with it in range (even though those were blue trainning rounds).

 Right after I got out of the Army, I kinda missed my buddy ( yes ...the M4 that spent 3 years with me in country/downrange). So yeah, now here I am .... lol.   

  One reget I do have is I did not get a memo from my commander so I don't have to take the pistol classes (eventhough I spent at least 6 hrs on a live pistol range in fort hood for shooting and being an RSO)

  PICs = https://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=705.msg142760#msg142760