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A 30 game NES library vs. the entire NES and SNES libraries plus Mario Kart and a few other N64 titles...2 controller ports vs 4 controller ports...yeah, I'm good with it looking like a Raspberry Pi instead of a tiny NES. :bow:

Is anybody playing in the Star Citizen Alpha, or keeping an eye on it for release? It looks like it has some real potential.

Star Wars: Battlefront looks like it should be ahead of God of War...it's listed twice depending on if they included the semicolon or not.

While we're being snarky, sir, you need to learn to read. The provisions in C4 and C5 are different. That's why they're in entirely different provisions: 4 and 5. One doesn't affect the other.

C4 states that it is legal to carry a gun within 1000 feet of a school if it is entirely within private property or a private residence, or otherwise in accordance with having a concealed carry permit, which allows us to carry right up to the border of the campus.

C5 states that it is legal to carry the gun in the car as long as you are constitutionally allowed to do so.

I'd prefer police be able to immediately pull a guy off the street for carrying concealed without a permit.

And it also requires that people who are going to legally carry concealed have to at least sit through training on the legal aspects. I can't tell you how many misconceptions about what is necessary for a legal self-defense shooting I've cleared up for people who were sure that they already knew the law. Hell, I've even heard the "shoot them on the porch and drag them in" thing a few times, and I thought everybody KNEW that was a bad joke.

As far as an 8 hour class being a waste of time...8 hours is not a lot of time, but it's 8 more than 0 hours. Considering that the subject of the 8 hour class is life or death, and freedom vs prison time, maybe 8 paltry hours isn't that big a deal?

Yeah I'm in there but not very active lately, I'm SO.

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But one thing for you to understand - the shooting portion isn't necessarily testing your skill level. You should be able to hit the silhouette every time. The main thing it that is being tested is your shooting form and your firearm safety.

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The safety aspect is always priority one (I am an instructor as well), but I still feel that the marksmanship is important. Otherwise why even bother requiring it?

Also, I've found that new shooters transitioning from never shooting a gun to shooting a .22 don't even blink. The thing I want them to get past is the dread or apprehension of a controlled explosion in their hand. The .22 just doesn't provide that.

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We chose .22lr semi autos to qualify with

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I kind of wish the state would stop allowing this unless the shooter has a medical condition that necessitates the need for something weaker than a service caliber. You might as well not take the shooting exam; I could probably get my dogs to shoot inside a B27 silhouette with a .22 at the test distances.

I'm one of the ones who believes in personal responsibility for self-defense. That's not a gun for everyone, just some type of force multiplier, some practice with the force multiplier you choose, and situational awareness. Hell, it might not even be a force multiplier. Maybe you just practice running fast from cover to cover. Fair enough, the important thing is to get home to your family. Or your apartment full of cats.

I carry and train and I've been accused of paranoia and "living in fear" and all that...whatever. It's not paranoia to understand that horrible things happen, and that they can happen to you, regardless of the odds.

Haven't picked up a window unit yet, that will be part of the package. I'm considering a Frigidaire FFRA0511R1 (5000 BTU 115V), not sure of power draw besides that it's a 115V unit. We just want to be able to cool one bedroom that we'll all sleep in during outages.

I'm hoping not to go over 600 with everything.