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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by Onslow - Today at 06:26:54 AM

Some have said the decriminalization of drugs would make the world a better and safer place. That ended well.  More hand guns will result in more gun theft, more crime.  Guns are obviously break-in bait, and when one bloviates about their gun stash, they're simply not smart enough to understand they've made themselves a target of armed home invasion.



Gun toting is so casual, some forget it is a felony to bring guns to school in a vehicle or state park.  Some have come to pick up their kids at school open carrying, then promptly get arrested, and charged with a felony.  After all of this, liberal drug policies and gun policies, we bemoan the fact there are few employable people.  Between the gun felony charges, and peeps not being able to pass a drug test, it is no wonder NC has an acute job participation problem.

When I was a young man, people with pot issues or those with records would find work in residential construction, and life would go on.  Now, many of those jobs are being performed by Latinas and Latinos, and many of them are getting paid handsomely. It is really sad, but it seems that many Whites are simply too dumb to exist, but are not smart enough to connect the dots. They think they are smart, and better than their darker counterparts, lol.

In America, we have the right to be dumb, entitled, and insufferable.  Just because we have those rights means we should be that.

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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 01, 2023, 21:47:17 PM

FYI a store in Burlington has sold around 125 handguns in the last 3 days under the new law

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The Gravel Bar / Re: unlimited odds and ends

Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 01, 2023, 21:33:59 PM

We lost power for an hour this morning —

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The Gravel Bar / Re: unlimited odds and ends

Last post by Onslow - April 01, 2023, 21:19:30 PM

Who all will be breaking out the camp stoves due to Saturday evening's big blow?

Power is rarely lost in my street/town, but it happened.  Bet it was wild in Blowing Rock and the Three Top area in Ashe county.

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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by Mudwall Gatewood 3.0 - April 01, 2023, 14:20:02 PM

I keep hoping they will eliminate the requirement for CC permits.

Interesting.  I suppose it is an unfair inconvenience to require a permit to adoringly carry one's idol.

I know it is a rhetorical question, but what is this world coming to?

About half of the states in the US have already eliminated the need for a CC permit. NC currently has about 604,737 CC holders. Take the class once, make a one time payment, and make the permit good for as long as the holder meets the requirements to own a hand gun.

If half of the states statistic is true, then we might want to question the power of the firearms/ammo industry, our priorities, and our devotion to guns.

I wonder who follows the sanity of the permit holder after they've obtained their one-time permit.  Are there follow up checks?  In VA the permits expire, and checks are required for renewal. 
 

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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by Al - April 01, 2023, 13:11:53 PM

Here's a "good granny" with a gun stoping a bad guy with a gun

https://politicrossing.com/food-truck-granny-shoots-armed-robber-dead/

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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by Al - April 01, 2023, 13:09:31 PM

"Ruger was always looking for people, he said."

If they're paying 14 bucks an hour, it ain't no wonder. 😬

I agree 14 bucks isn't a great wage but around here it is a prety good starting wage. It is also double what the person in the story was making - I'm betting if she passed the application process she took the job.

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Local Trip Reports / Re: Woolly is a slacker!

Last post by Woolly Bugger - April 01, 2023, 12:33:10 PM

I have to divide my time between the five Fs of life

Fishing
Food
Family/friends
Fun
Fucking

Not necessarily in that order!

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The Gravel Bar / Re: Beetle's Book and Word Thr...

Last post by trout-r-us - April 01, 2023, 09:56:42 AM

A beautiful true story of friendship, love, kindness, life, and death.

"Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long."

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[A Southern town embraces its AR-15 factory]

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The Gravel Bar / Re: For the lust of guns

Last post by trout-r-us - April 01, 2023, 09:36:34 AM

A Southern town embraces its AR-15 factory

In tiny Mayodan, N.C., the Ruger plant is a source of jobs, not controversy — a sign of how conservative areas are welcoming an industry increasingly shunned by liberal states.

Kelly Menard had been working the front counter at the Sunrise gas station here for a few months when she began chatting with the man who stopped in every day a little after 5 p.m.

Menard was making $7.25 an hour, and when she learned that her regular customer worked for the Sturm, Ruger & Co. gun manufacturing plant on the outskirts of town, she asked if they were hiring. She was eager for a better-paying job. Ruger was always looking for people, he said. If she wanted to work, he'd put in a good word.

Menard put in an application and got a call the next day.

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"Ruger was always looking for people, he said."

If they're paying 14 bucks an hour, it ain't no wonder. 😬