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for the question regarding turkish firearm exports - if anything it should make them more available and cheaper. they would be very interested in hard currency given instability and massive loss of revenue they have taken in tourism sector (conflict with Russia, domestic issues, Kurdish insurgency, and now military coup attempt).
speaking of which, I own tagfoglio pistols in 9mm and find them to be reliable, easy to shoot, low recoil, heavy , full size sidearms. for $250, hard to go wrong
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In Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt - the joke was , "some states have an army, in our country, the army has its own state". the military sees itself is a guarantor of social order, secular (to the extent those countries culture allows) rule. the issue all of those states had and have is that demographically secular , educated persons are in significant minority and 'one person, one vote rule' automatically brings islamists to power ignoring the fact that it is secular part of society that holds all of the finance, military, wealth, and controls society.
so one of two things happen
- if they let 'one person one vote' run amok, they regularly get autocrats/dictators (Morsi in Egypt, Erdogan in Turkey) that move the country towards their consituents and believe themselves to be kings.
- if they dont, they have to regularly overthrow them to remind them who is in charge
in this case, Turkey was horribly mismanaged by a autocrat/dictator who oppressed press, freedom of speech, picked fights with each and every one of its neighbours , lost all friends, and got into stupid fights like downing Russian jet or breaking seizefire with Kurds. possible that military had enough
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I hear ya. The general contentious around here is to flee from oppressive laws . "Run rabbit Run"
If we all did that then half the population of the U.S. would be living in Texas .Eventually there is going to
be no place left to run. Then what are all you tinfoils gonna do? If our govt keeps us on the run then they
have already won. Maybe that is their plan, to take complete control one state at a time. "RUN TO THE HILLS, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE""
another way to look to think about it - by continuing to live in those state you support, approve, and collaborate with both crazy laws and its lifestyle, you directly fund it through taxes and ensure that oppression will continue... if half of US population would be living in Texas , most of the socialistic states economy (pension promises, union backdeals, etc) will collapse as it is people like us who support it in taxes
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"having gun owners move out of NY is counter-productive to changing the gun laws in NY"
I do not think we disagree. Ultimately, it is whether you believe you will win or not , and whether this is a fight you want to fight with YOUR life. If you do not think you will ever outnumber (outbreed, or outargue) the lemmings of the big cities and you DO plan to follow the rules they will pass on you , you probably do not want to live in state dominated by big cities (NY, CA, IL, etc). if you do not plan to follow their rules and think in your lifetime you will be left alone (rural IL, upstate NY,etc) , it does not matter for you. if you want to follow the rules to the letter, no matter how dumb, walking to freedom (http://walkingtofreedom.com/forum/) is available. your life to live.
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"Right on. The "move out of NY/CA/wherever" BS is old. Honestly, that is counter-productive'
.... it is reality. the commi staff (high taxes, amount of regulation, gun laws ,etc) either bothers you enough not wanted to live under it (so you move) or it does not (so you stay). only you can make that call. everything else is lying to yourself. and if you decide to stay, it is up to you to determine what you will comply with (i.e. closing your left eye when looking at Saiga and suddenly seeing Mossberg written on it, etc) or how much you will obey state instructions that go against your belief and conscience
I am in a similar boat as you (Chicago, IL, the bastion of liberal in Midwest) and I will stay in the 'Chicagoland area' (family for me and my wife, social circle, job) and considering moving to Indiana knowingly trading commute hours, unfamiliarity for better (perceived) freedom
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The song is a piece of humor from the audio play 'Bremen musicians' which most of the Soviet kids who grew up in the 80s know. The joke is that in this particular section there are three different players sequentially
a) King's guard - who are singing about how strong and tougth they are , and how important is their job, and how they carry a cannon to deal with hummingbird
these scatter like flies the moment they hear the first bandit , losing their pants and cannon in the process.
bandits - who are singing about how brave and scary they are and how they are going to hunt down the kingthese are terrified of the donkey of the musician and 'scary' bandits disappear completely when they run into musicians
c) musicians themselves
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thanks guys, if this still true that K-var will not sell to me if my billing address is in Chicago, IL (regardless of the FFL location)?
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Off topic, sorry if this is in wrong category and please feel free to move if needed.
Got SLR106CR rifle but having problems with the folding stock - does not matter what I do it refuses to fold . Any thoughts or ideas? I am attaching two quick shots I have taken
Thank you!
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I have plenty spare hardware laying around, the question is how to best get it to the OP. i.e. I have radeon 6850 which I can give away if OP wants it. PM me for details and I will try to help out.
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Read this - www.tomshardware.com , best graphics cards for the money (it is on the top page) . they have $65 and $100 recommendations...
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Now with Xbox-One they are pushing their other faggot-filled "Cloud" shit that none asked for. Not to mention they basically killed the 2nd hand games market...good luck buying those used games for $10-$15 ... now they want to double dip and charge you for a "license" to (re)-use it.
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+1 . Not sure what the value proposition for the new Xbox is
gaming machine ? no , any decent PC built is already much better than this hardware and will only improve rather than stagnate as consoles are. Between Steam and other services like GoG there is more to play than there is time available
media center? no , nothing I can not get with XBMC already (actually XBMC is better), a $35 RPi + free OpenElec are nicer, cheaper to run, much more modular, do not require any subscriptions, and only continue to improve .
monthly fee free DVR? not sure if gives anything I can not get with HD homerun Prime + DLNA compatible device (or XBMC + Myth installation)
communication hub? may be, but I can already Skype/Hangout at every other device in the house including phones and tablets.
what is the killer application here?
also, very slimy business practices, desire to triple dip and dime me for everything (for console, for ads I am forced to see , for games that I can not give away or buy used, for the Live service, for every app/game sold on it). Horrible deal....I do not want to even start on the always on device with high def video camera connected to the internet from our government friendly provider who believes they own you.
Military Coup in Turkey
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Yep for Tanfoglio, but I believe they are made in Turkey. the other name I heard was "kanuk" but I already have glocks so not sure why swap..