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Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 03-04-2013, 12:18 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 776
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Pop Tart Attack

I would have a hard time not smacking the teacher that suspended the kid for this idiocy.. The teacher should be fired pell mell for this ignorance and harrassment of this child. Home school your...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 03-04-2013, 12:13 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 535
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Bullets for us

I see our judgement as a nation getting underway. However I think that this economic calamity will be world wide setting us up for the one world government under you know who... Look up for your...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 03-04-2013, 12:10 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 535
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Bullets for us

I can see people warring over everything just to survive... It will be like a sinking ship right before it goes underwater...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 03-04-2013, 12:08 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 535
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Bullets for us

I suspect that they will stop traffic from getting on highways and roads, but regardless gasoline will not be in the pumps and the trucks will not be driving into the cities to resupply the...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 03-04-2013, 11:49 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,134
Posted By Palmetto
How can bama justify 2,700 light tanks????

Why the Hell does the DHS need 2,700 light armored vehicles???? That is one heck of a bill for those things at a time when we are broke. They are also buying up all the 9mm and 40 that they can get...
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 02-27-2013, 07:24 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 5,792
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Defending yourself after the collapse of society

I love the .22 WMR round and I think that in a SHTF scenario, a .22 is the way to go. Ammo is lightweight and you can carry huge amounts. Also, the report will not give you away... I like the .22LR...
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 02-27-2013, 07:18 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,553
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Thoughts on 22mag or LR. for self defense

The key is practicing constantly with your specific pistol and getting to know it well. Become a master of that specific gun. A 22 is excellent if you can hit what you are aiming at. I have a good...
Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum 02-27-2013, 07:09 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 35,317
Posted By Palmetto
Re: 22's worth keepin'...

I have never regretted buying my Rugers... my 10/22 and Ruger Target pistol.. Both have been fun and still are... Very reliable and built sturdy to last...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 02-27-2013, 06:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 384
Posted By Palmetto
If they come for your guns

I thought this soldier had tremendous wisdom on this subject....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V64bWqFUo34
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 01-21-2013, 06:23 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 309
Posted By Palmetto
Anti-gun Senator shoots home intruder

Got this in my email this morning.


State Senator R.C. Soles (D - NC)

Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City...
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 01-10-2013, 06:14 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 292
Posted By Palmetto
A marine on guns and Civilization

I got this in an email, I can't verify if it is real, but the points made are very well thought out and accurate.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the Chicago, IL Gun Ban, this...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 01-10-2013, 06:11 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 226
Posted By Palmetto
A Marine talks about Guns and Civilization

I got this in an email, I can't verify if it is real, but the points made are very well thought out and accurate.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments for and against the Chicago, IL Gun Ban, this...
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 12-30-2012, 03:37 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 654
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Introducing Wife to Concealed Cary

I got my wife a Sig Sauer P238, it has virtually no recoil and is small enough to fit in a purse or thigh holster. My wife has taken to shooting like a duck to water. She bought a .357 Magnum that...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 12-30-2012, 03:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 238
Posted By Palmetto
Something I noticed about gun violence

Have you guys ever noticed that these nuts that shoot up places always choose the most vunerable in our society to prey on. They shoot up schools, Shopping Malls etc. They never shoot up a police...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-30-2012, 03:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 631
Posted By Palmetto
I got this update, maybe some Auzzies can verify if it is true or just spam

December 15, 2012, 01:51:44 AM »
Australian Gun Law Update:
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts...
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia

Hi Yanks, I thought you all would like...
Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum 12-30-2012, 03:14 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,247
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The 22 long and lethality ...

I read that the native American tribes along the North West coast/Eskimos have been killing large animals with the .22 for decades. I can't verify this, but I saw it on a hunting site where the...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-19-2012, 03:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,396
Posted By Palmetto
Coming Gun ban legislation

I think that we need to prepare for the coming gun ban legislation with a "sportsmans right to own" or we will loose all rights to own firearms. I think that anything with a clip is gone. We need to...
Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum 12-19-2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,247
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The 22 long and lethality ...

I have a very good friend that is high up in the FBI and was a Swat Team member for many years. He said that any bullet is deadly, even the .22, it is all shot placement... I know he knows what he is...
Forum: General Discussion 12-19-2012, 03:28 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 440
Posted By Palmetto
Re: For all of you who think armed security in schools is NOT a good idea - read this

They won't bother with that when they can make it illegal to own guns. I think that we need to circle the wagons around a hunting/target shooting theme...Gun ownership of revolvers, bolt-action...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 12-19-2012, 03:19 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 638
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Ammo

I think the UN treaty will ban the sale of ammunition or make it so expensive that only the rich can hunt.

I think we need to move fast to preserve our rights to own revolvers, bolt action rifles...
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 12-19-2012, 03:15 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,062
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The Obama Deception

I think we need to move fast and make sure we can at least keep revolvers, bolt action rifles and double barrel shotguns... Make a special hunting clause or we will be done for... They will ban the...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-19-2012, 03:13 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,184
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Should I buy a so-called assault rifle now?

The only guns that they will allow will be revolvers, bolt action rifles and double barrel shotguns... I saw this coming... Whenever kids are killed, it gets world attention, not just the US... We...
Forum: Religious Discussions 12-17-2012, 09:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 577
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Ben Stein on Christmas...great article

God can stop all terrible events, but he is playing out his divine will and demonstrating his character to the physical and spiritual world. He could have ended it in the garden, but it would not...
Forum: Religious Discussions 12-17-2012, 09:32 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 295
Posted By Palmetto
Re: A couple of books for the religious & scientific among us

Lee Strobel has some great books on Faith in God and questions everything about it.They are a quick read, but he asks very deep questions like: Why does God allow bad things to happen? If there is a...
Forum: Religious Discussions 12-17-2012, 09:27 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,805
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Since we kicked God out of schools

Thomas Jefferson and the founders were dealing with large Muslim pirate menace... The " to the Halls of Tripoly" in the US Marine song relates to this...
Forum: Religious Discussions 12-17-2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,805
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Since we kicked God out of schools

Our first act of the Continental Congress was to print bibles.
Forum: Religious Discussions 12-17-2012, 09:23 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 1,805
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Since we kicked God out of schools

I think we Christians are long overdue in taking our kids out of the government schools. They get secular humanism shoved down their throats everyday and many parents just deal with it. It is a...
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-17-2012, 09:15 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 590
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Gun ban legislation

I could see them banning just what they call assault rifles, but since kids were killed, I think they will go for the throat.
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-17-2012, 09:13 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 590
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Gun ban legislation

I see where this is going, It looks like revolvers, bolt-action rifles and over and Under and single shot double barrel shotguns will be the future. Gone will be anything with a high-capacity clip....
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-30-2012, 03:27 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Confederate Soldier dies in car accident

There were quite a few still alive in the 1930s and 40s...

The last Civil War soldier died in the 1950s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Woolson
...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:55 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 459
Posted By Palmetto
Re: B-29, P-51 3 short videos

Here is a link to the P51 whistle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-kgOn5G6Q
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:54 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 6,882
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The US M1 Carbine was...

My father carried an M2 Carbine in the Pacific. He said with the flick of a button it was fully automatic.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:51 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 999
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The Native American is in the Fight

So many of we white Americans have Indian ancestry back in our families somewhere. Most would never know by looking at us...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:49 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,003
Posted By Palmetto
Listen to the P51 whistle sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-kgOn5G6Q
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:47 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 434
Posted By Palmetto
Listen to the Unique P51 whistle sound

The jury is out on what makes the P51 Mustang have this unique whining sound. Some say it is the air across the gun ports, others the 2 stage superchargers.

Take a listen to this thing... You can...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:43 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,171
Posted By Palmetto
[B]Japanese snipers on Okinawa 1945[/B]

My father was a Navy medical Corpsman at the battle of Okinawa in 1945. He said that the troops he was attached too surrounded a group of Japanese snipers hidden in tall grass. So instead of risking...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:36 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 698
Posted By Palmetto
Re: JULY 3, 1863 PICKET'S CHARGE

I have read recently that many of those men didn't go past the road out of self preservation and retreated. So the loss in men was less than suspected all these years.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:32 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 689
Posted By Palmetto
Confederate Soldier dies in car accident

I was reading an old 1938 edition of the United Confederate Veterans magazine and it mentioned a veteran dying in an automobile accident! It didn't add up to me, but some of these guys lived into the...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 08-29-2012, 06:27 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 539
Posted By Palmetto
Lock, Stock and barrel

The old saying the "Whole Lock, Stock and barrel" refers to a flintlock musket.
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 04-13-2012, 09:10 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,428
Posted By Palmetto
Home invasion stopped by gun owner

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/04/09/dallas-home-invasion-ends-with-deadly-shooting/
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 04-13-2012, 09:09 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,003
Posted By Palmetto
Home invasion by gang

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/04/09/dallas-home-invasion-ends-with-deadly-shooting/
Forum: Self Defense Tactics & Weapons 12-26-2011, 07:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 795
Posted By Palmetto
The P238 by Sig Sauer

My wife and I both own this miniature version of the 45. It has little recoil and fits nicely into a body holster or pocket.
Forum: The Constitutional & RKBA Forum 12-26-2011, 11:41 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 659
Posted By Palmetto
England mourns loss of gun rights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCkr2psNvCs
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-14-2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 316
Posted By Palmetto
Descriptions of Revolutionary War Uniforms

Here is a link to an out of print book from 1860 that talks about the descriptions of Revolutionary War uniforms. These are mainly Pennsylvania troops because it was printed in PA, but it does have...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-11-2011, 05:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 335
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Lee Enfield

This gun just feels right and the sights are incredible.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-11-2011, 05:31 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 6,882
Posted By Palmetto
Re: The US M1 Carbine was...

The Carbine is underrated, not overrated. My father used it in combat in Okinawa and it did the job beautifully.
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-11-2011, 05:28 PM
Replies: 260
Views: 24,561
Posted By Palmetto
I have pictures of the Battle of Okinawa

My father was a Navy Medical Corpsman at the battle of Okinawa and he took lots of pictures. The X-ray guys developed the photos for him. I have shots of things that I have never seen in books or...
Forum: General Military Arms & History Forum 12-11-2011, 05:26 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 33,401
Posted By Palmetto
The Lee Enfield

I think the feeling of balance of the Lee Enfield was incredible. They just feel great in the hands. The sights are wonderful. The Brits definitely knew what they were doing on this one. I would...
Forum: .22-Rimfire Forum 12-11-2011, 05:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,001
Posted By Palmetto
Forum: The Fire For Effect and Totally Politically Incorrect Forum 12-11-2011, 05:16 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 2,679
Posted By Palmetto
Re: Would Marines Fire On Americans?

I have heard that the young ones would. There have been many instances when troops were used to quell riots and unruly crowds. Just look at Kent State 1970.
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