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Well not exactly. The bill the NRA-ILA is supporting is wonderfully titled the Hearing Protection Act. As written, it would extricate suppressors from regulation under the National Firearms Act of 1934. In other words, if the law is passed, you could walk into your local gun store, plunk down your cash and walk out with a SilencerCo Octane 45 for your FNX-45 Tactical. Or any other can that strikes your fancy. You know, just like they do in more civilized countries. NRA's press release after the jump . . .
Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) announced its support today for the Hearing Protection Act. Sponsored by Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-05), the legislation removes suppressors from regulations established under the National Firearms Act of 1934.
"Suppressors significantly reduce the chance of hearing loss for anyone who enjoys the shooting sports," said Chris Cox, executive director of NRA's Institute for Legislative Action. "On behalf of the NRA and our 5 million members, I want to thank Rep. Salmon for his leadership on this important bill."
Prevailing regulations requires buyers to send an application to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), pay a $200 tax, and pass an arduously time consuming ATF background check. Under Salmon's bill there will be no application, no tax, and buyers would be required to pass the same National Criminal Instant Background Check (NICS) as law-abiding guns owners.
As a leading voice in the industry, the American Suppressor Association has provided valuable insight to the creation of the Hearing Protection Act.
"Suppressors benefit all involved in hunting and the shooting sports. It's time to bring the law in line with modern technology," said Cox.
It is currently legal to hunt with a suppressor in 37 states. 41 states allow private ownership of suppressors.
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Ok, "common sense" firearm law I could get behind!
Indeed. It's gun safety at its most literal, most useful. Yes, yes. Where do I sign?
Unwanted side effect: Ugh, I have buy threaded barrels / muzzle devices for *everything.*
that should be #shutupandtakemymoney. LOL, yup this ^^^^ +1000
@ Bill K. – that's not necessarily true. The cans produced in the US are of a more durable, higher quality. The added expense and inconvenience of acquiring a suppressor in the US has focused the market on delivering a much more highly-engineered product. Even if lower quality (disposable) cans began to be sold in the US, many people would still be in the market for those higher quality (and higher expense) designs. In other words, don't let an erroneous is no one to one comparison between the US and Elsewhere markets give you a false impression of the likely outcome.
I would imagine there'd be "grandfather" clauses. Who doesn't like those?
This is exactly the kind of common sense conversation to be having. In fact, this kind of law helps having any kind of conversation.
Say again? My daughter already busts my sh*t about not being able to hear everything. I'm 67, for chrissakes! I don't hear all frequecies. Loud concert music: The Who. Jimi Hendrix. Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Local bands.
And yes, shooting when I was young. Without knowing of hearing protection!
Unfortunately, I won't be around for her difficulties in her old age. YAY!!!
What did you say? I didn't hear you because I don't have a suppressor.
Not so quick! Why the hell should I need a background check to buy a suppressor? I already have to have one for any firearm Intend to use it on, just like an upper or any other non-serialized gun parts. This is more bullshit tiptoeing by the NRA. They need to get on board with the program – remove them from the NFA (FULL STOP). Its a firearm accessory, not a firearm.
Incremental ism is what got us here and it will get us back out. I would have accepted a 7 day waiting period only to come back later and press for no NICS and removal of sbr's from the NFA. This is much better.
You are staring at the candy and ignoring the leering psycho in the white panel-van.
Agreed. NO MORE COMPROMISES.
So no more progress towards firearms rights. got it.
The main problem is that the movie industry (and other works of fiction) have portrayed suppressors (silencers in Hollywood) as evil object that only assassins use to do their assassinating.
To the common person this entertainment brainwashing translates to: Only evil assassins (and heroic special forces Operators operating operationally) 'need' silencers. Everyone else that would want to own one must be up to evil doings.
'They' don't get that suppressors are both common and lawful in some of the EU domains that they love, where is it either common courtesy, or required.
Yup, that is a problem. Which is why this bill and the accompanying announcement is a good excuse to (yes, I'm gonna go there) start a discussion with some antis and fence-straddlers about common-sense gun laws.
IMO, this is the only way to ever gain back lost territory–we've got to stare into the screeching abyss of ignorant howls and cries and shovel facts into the void. Don't be distracted by the anti-NRA vitriol and Republican-bashing. It's not about politics, it's about decibels. The more people understand what suppressors really are and what they really do, the weaker the opposition will become. It will take time.
My approach has always been to avoid directly challenging anyone's opinion. I respect their right to hate guns and to disagree with me. All I want to do is help them to make informed decisions by sharing very simple verifiable facts–not even statistics. Stuff like "here's what's in the NFA" and "this is what it takes to get a silencer" and "suppressed gunfire is still very loud." I talk about me–my guns, my hobby of shooting, why I own what I do–because they can't just tell me I'm wrong. Sure, they can ad hominem all day, but that just makes them a–holes. Or they can tell me why they don't like guns, and I'll listen. Because respect.
I personally would like to own suppressors for two simple reasons: 1, so that if I ever need to use a gun in self-defense in my home it will be less likely to permanently damage my hearing and that of everyone else in my home who won't be wearing ear-pro; and 2, so that when I introduce new shooters to guns and target shooting I can more easily and safely instruct them while they're at the line (I have extra pairs of electronic ears for this now, but it would be much more comfortable for everyone to just use a suppressor). I personally do not own suppressors because of how onerous the NFA process is.
That's the very real personal value-proposition that this bill offers me. I can very easily explain that to anyone calmly and rationally no matter how shrill they become or how many babies they show me. To be honest, though, I'm sure most of my non-gun friends would be happy enough just learning a thing or two. For them something like this should suffice:
As someone who just the other day forgot to put on hearing protection before firing my 223 rifle, I fully support removing suppressors from the NFA!!!
So we as gun owners need to get loud to get silenced!
Three words… Yankee Hill Machine
and, somebody please peel the tape off of that beautiful little child, if I didn't see that someone had provided her with a beautiful firearm, I would claim neglect.
P.S. – Nothing would help my hearing more than unregulated SBRs, AOWs, and Full-Auto.
Thats funny cause nothing would help my hearing more than some tape for my kids' mouths.
I'm with Steve on this.
Far to many of the little $%#@&*$@ need a full roll of duct tape on their yapping, screeching mouths…
Preferably 'EB Green'…
As dear 'ol dad told us as kids – "Children should be seen and not heard"…
This is awesome and I am glad to hear such a bill is being proposed.
But it has zero chance of passing with the rules of the Senate and Obama in the Whitehouse. I just hope this starts a movement until one day it passes when the right people are in office.
Unfortunately, in taking the Senate, and through attrition, the blue dog Dems are gone and with it, pretty much any chance of favorable firearm legislation.
Not a reason not to try. To reject the bill they have to talk about it. And the more silencers get talked about, the more likely inconvenient truths about them may slip out.
If silencers were considered on their own facts and merits, in a vacuum of irrational fear, I can't see how this would have any trouble passing (with the minor exception that I'd expect a lot more general opposition to the background check requirement).
Even with a pro gun house, senate, AND president, I can't really see this passing. But, just like the antis and their "ban and confiscate guns from someone BECAUSE they want a gun" kind of bills, it's the thought that counts for their constituents.
It will be interesting to see, though, how the antis react when they hear EU countries, including their precious UK, allow the off-the-shelf purchase of said suppressors
This would be great for many people, but wouldn't help at all in states like CA, or NY where threaded barrels are "illegal-ish" and state law would prevent suppressors anyways.
It's a good start!
They're still verboten in Illinois, too. I don't know if this bill has a snowball's chance, but it might lead to better state laws eventually. Or not. We tried to get a suppressor bill through the Illinois legislature this past year, using the NFA requirement to appease the hoplophobes and assure them that they're still "highly regulated by the federal government."
I envy my brother-in-law in Missouri who has a suppressed 300BLK for deer and two-legged predators.
I heard there was some limited pre-emption built into the bill, but haven't been able to find the bill's text to confirm.
You are correct. Elimination of the federal law will have no effect on the numerous states that impose their own restrictions or outright bans. Or bans on threaded barrels (they are illegal illegal in California, not illegalish). So nothing much will change.
In terms of threaded barrels, we wouldn't be able to have them for handguns with detachable magazines, but we can have them for semiautomatic rifles (and handguns, for that matter) without detachable magazines.
I think suppressors are made "illegaler" by California, however. (Yes, I know it's not a word. Yes, it's meant to mock).
I would go out and drop cash for atleast 3 right off the bat. One for 9mm, one for .45acp and another for 5.56. No reservations about it. And I don't even have any guns with addaptors or anything. That would be purchased at the same time if I could manage. Hah
I doubt it will pass though, not with Obama and the antis all over the place. But if there is anything I can sign or anything, let me know!
This would be the first real "common sense" law to pass for quite a while. There is NO good reason (and only a coupke of really bad reasons) why suppressors should be regulated so heavily.
This is one of the things I miss from New Zealand, un-regulated suppressors.
Because this bill changes a tax, it can easily be put through by attaching it in the reconciliation process like the Dems did with Obamacare. Is Obama going to shut down the government because of a hearing protection bill? That would make him and the Dems look ridiculous in a way they would likely be unwilling to do.
Because it reduces tax income, by removing sound suppressor from the tax, if it is advanced via budget reconciliation it would have to have a ten year expiration, as any bill passed under budget reconciliation must not increase the deficit for more than ten years.
It's why the Bush tax cuts had a sunset provision.
Simple solution maybe? Put a point of sale tax on the price, maybe 5% or some such. Not an expert but that was my first thought. Tax goes to the US.
$200 tax stamp? I doubt they make money on that considering all the paperwork involved.
I don't mind a 10-year sunset, it would be hilarious to hear arguments for not renewing it after 9, since all predictions of disaster would have fallen flat for 10 years. And wait, now, if we repeal ALL of the NFA, we could disband the ATF at the same time, and end up with a net tax savings! Gets better and better!
If that is the ONLY way to get it passed….I suppose we could accept it. You are correct it would be impossible to put that horse back in the barn once it's out.
Yep-for the children is the way to go. Protect that precious hearing. And I was just on a FB gun page where guys were whining about getting "too much" solicitation from the NRA. I get junk mail all the time-I just throw it away.
Wonder if those same guys who won't join or cancel their membership because of mail do the same when their credit card companies and banks send them the same garbage over and over again….guessing not…
I had no idea a few years ago suppressors were viewed in a dim light and so restricted. It's such a ridiculous issue it would be humorous if it were not true.
The lesson I get is this is exactly why we can't allow laws to be enacted as they appear to be nearly impossible to be overturned, even when they are clearly wrong.
I'm sorry, could you repeat that? I didn't hear you.
"The bill the NRA-ILA is supporting is wonderfully titled the Hearing Protection Act. As written, it would extricate suppressors from regulation under the National Firearms Act of 1934. In other words, if the law is passed, you could walk into your local gun store, plunk down your cash and walk out with a SilencerCo Octane 45 for your FNX-45 Tactical."
IOW; just like it was pre-NFA`34 here in the U.S.
And like it is in Finland, Sweden, France, New Zealand, Norway and the Ukraine.
No…no its not, exactly. Why the hell does everybody seem to be glossing over the bit about a background check?
Because even with the background check this would be a massive step forward. Incrementalism–not just for the antis.
I agree, it would be a massive step forwards, if it weren't for the implications. That implication being, that we are OK with firearm parts and accessories having background checks – which I am not.
To everybody complaining about the background check part, it is called a compromise. I am ok with compromising on this because it expands our rights, I am not ok with compromising to reduce our rights. It would be a massive jump to go from NFA to over the counter. We can work on getting them off the background check system later if we can prove they aren't being used in crimes.
Too bad the Rank-and-File RINO's will never get behind this bill for fear it will endanger their shot at early retirement and a generous healthcare/pension plan
Wow, thrilled to see this! Matt Salmon is my rep, and I've personally written him several times to request exactly this sort of deregulation of suppressors. So cool to see him sponsor a bill. As such, I'll be calling this Speleo's Bill (even if nobody else will). 😉
" As such, I'll be calling this Speleo's Bill (even if nobody else will). ?"
Yeah, but you just know some jerk will re-name it "Fool's Bill"…
(Not that I would ever… *cough*)
If it advances the cause of suppressed shooting they can call it (and me) whatever they want! 😉
will never happen but oh the things dreams are made of.
Well, this RINO likes to shoot, and has experienced ringing of the ears by simply walking into the indoor range, grabbing my earmuffs, and walking back out to get the rest of my stuff, as my shooting companion took the bag into the range, before I got them. Betcha ringing has happened to a few Democrats in both the Congress and the Senate, they just won't admit it.
I'd like to see this Bill pass. Too bad it will be a while before I can take full advantage of it. It will still be expensive to replace barrels and buy silencers…,er, ah, suppressors. My home defense gun will be the first.
To help the cause we as shooters that are interested need to be putting our voices and hearing status' out there. If we're to hope for effective policy change then we need to start a national conversation to keep the matter on the lips and minds of, unfortunately, the mainstream news outlets. Every range in the country where suppressors are legal should hold a "suppressor day" and invite the public to come out and see what the things are really about. Suppressor manufacturers that want to ride the wave and dominate an industry that will absolutely explode in annual sales instead of being drowned by a flood of junk need to get themselves on cable, local and network news supporting deregulation and drawing comparisons to how suppressors are regulated (or not) in countries like norway, sweden, new zealand, etc… where they'd really rather you use one if you're going to be shooting. They need to get ready to market much less expensive suppressors and to demonstrate why theirs are superior to homebuild or cheap chinese-ish imports. We individuals that have lost hearing over the years due at least in part to gunfire need to be shouting it into social media. All of these things needs to be done with this new bill as the centerpiece.
Finally, we can dream about completely unregulated suppressors but the reality is we won't get them without background checks for the time being. Fine. We can take a page from the progressives run-book and go incrementalist on their booties. Slowly back the camel's nose out of the tent. Once we have them off NFA then we can work through the courts to show that they're in common use and that they're not weapons in their own right, they're no different than mufflers on a car, and see about getting the background check requirement lifted. Then we've got some leverage to start going after SBR/SBS/AOW and eventually MG. Just because it might not happen in our lifetime is no reason to not fight for it.
Obama will veto such a law. Remember this is a guy whose administration decided to ban the further import of surplus M1 Garands and M1 Carbines from South Korea.
Good thread to throw this in; I'm getting cocked to obtain a .308 (AR-style) with suppressor, what suppressor do I want today. My AAC isn't rated for .308 power, intended for .300 Blk, I'm considering a direct mount, but have little experience with .308 cans.
What can do you have, Larry? I don't know of an AAC can that is .30cal rated, but not up to 7.62×51?
Precision rig: TBAC Ultra series, AAC Cyclone, 300 TM, Silencerco Harvester,
Hunting: Silencerco Harvester, Griffin Sportsman DT, TBAC Ultra series
Banging away: AAC SDN6, Silencerco Omega, Saker, or Specwar
Avoid Gemtech
What's wrong with Gemtech? I've been interested in the Halo for a while now.
Breaking welds, loose baffles, and a couple of other things. Unless their workmanship has done a 180, I'd look elsewhere. Google will give you plenty of examples.
I'm considering a Dead Air can right now, hope you give us a review of yours. I didn't want to recommend anything I didn't own, or had at least shot.
SilencerCo Omega. Titanium body, direct thread OR qd mounting and can take up to .300 Win Mag.
The best silencer I have, and I have 4 of them, is Thunder Beast 30P-1. It is light and works great for up to .300 WM. It turns a .300 WM into a pussy cat ridding it of a lot of the recoil and noise associated with this caliber. With my rifle it actually reduced the group size although it changed the POI down 3.5″.
One thing to be aware of is that it will not work on all rifles, at least not safely. I purchased a Kimber Mountain Ascent in .280 AI and thought I would just get an adapter to allow the already threaded barrel. I called a gunsmith that made adapters and he said it was a really bad idea. He said he could guarantee that at some point the muzzle would break off taking the the silencer down range with it possibly ruining it. The barrel on the Kimber is just too thin. He said that the most people do not appreciate the added pressure silencers add and he has personally witnessed this.
The Kimber shoots extremely well without a silencer. In fact sub-MOA with the first load I tried. It is the only rifle I have ever sighted in that has done that with absolutely no changes made, not even adjusting the trigger. Strictly out of the box. However when using it even hunting with the brake I wear ear protection. A thicker barrel might be worth the carry weight to be able to use a silencer.
I am a machinist. If they lift restrictions (and state laws don't get in the way), I'm rolling my own! 🙂
This is a great idea, good for health of all citizens, and particularly for the young.
Thats exactly why Congress wont pass it, except for some arcane rule later that they can do so themselves.
Foo, Google "Leaf Spring Crossbow" and you will drown in links to what Dyspeptic was mentioning a few days ago…
This isn't going to happen because the anti-gun idiots see suppressed firearms as "assassins weapons." They saw it in a movie, and they are mentally incapable of differentiating fantasy from reality.
Not so sure about that Ralph. As I described below, the tide is turning. There is definitely a surge in supressor sales. All the gun stores around my area now sell them. I can rent them at most ranges. Kids all use them playing Call of Duty. The antis will fight it hard because it makes firearms even more fun. I am optimistic about seeing silencers and SBRs being removed from the NFA's purvey within a generation.
Seriously, where is my link to hassle my congress folk about signing up to support this?
I don't care about the $200 and the background check as long as it's the instant NICS kind, I shouldn't have to but I'll take it if that removes them from the NFA.
In fact take my $200 for the privledge of buying a suppressor and instead of dumping it into the gov't kitty, apply it to stopping something that really kills children, childhood cancer
Nah, let me keep the $200 and I'll use it to help bail out the economy … by buying more silencers. 🙂
I'm disgusted with how quick we all seem to be to compromise on this issue, while dangerously ignoring the implications and the problems this kind of compromise got us into in the first place.
By starting out this way, they do leave themselves open to an '86-style gun bill(MG build date restriction for those that don't know). They should have held out until negotiations actually started on it- if senate/congress even considered a hearing on it in the first place, anyways. Maybe if a pro gun president gets into office, we might see this, but I doubt it'll get much further than the idea stage; like most anti's gun bills
Antis win through incrementalism. We have to play the same. Since the background check is already part of the NFA PROCESS NOW it is not a compromise, it's an incremental movement. First get them off the NFA then next we remove the background check requirement.
In New Zealand, I understand, suppressors are unregulated, in the sense that they're a regular, over-the-counter product. They may be as easy to buy as a book.
Some rimfire models sell for as little as $20. With no age restrictions, either, copy that here and it's entirely possible that twelve year old girls could hit an American Girl store pretty hard, and still have funds enough to suppress their pink camo Mossberg 702 Plinksters out of a weekend's worth of babysitting money.
That's a guaranteed transition to hordes of hearing-preserved, adorably-attired, pre-teen assassins! You fools! Damn you, NRA! You've killed us all!
"In New Zealand, I understand, suppressors are unregulated, in the sense that they're a regular, over-the-counter product. They may be as easy to buy as a book."
The Prez has already told us it's nearly impossible to buy a book or healthy food easily…
A suppressor is not a firearm, it is not a weapon at all.
All it does is make a firearm safer.
Buying one should require the same background check (none) as buying a scope.
Give us a clean bill that takes suppressors out of the NFA. Putting background checks in the bill as a preemptive compromise is the sort of thing the NRA is famous for.
THANK YOU! I thought I was going to be the only one.
This is truly fantastic! We are rapidly approaching a watershed moment with Silcencers. Most of the ranges and gun shops in my area rent them for customers to try and sell them. 5 years ago, they were nowhere to be found. Now they have their own prominent case in the front. If we can get them out of the ATF, it will be a huge boost for the RKBA.
If you're going to go to the trouble to change their legal classification WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST COMPLETELY DEREGULATE THEM? They are a muzzle device, and like any other muzzle device I should be able to look them up on a website, click "add to cart." enter my credit info, and have it mailed to my front door.
The answer is because this is an NRA led proposal. And if we have learned anything about the NRA, its that they like to approach the bargaining-table with a compromise already built into there opening offer. Usually one that will backfire 10 years later.
This will never pass under the Obonzo regime and it will not pass under a RINO either.
I love the name of the act… typical DC nomenclature. At least this I can get behind.
Now if we could attach a rider that makes states lose funding if they institute laws prohibiting earplugs while riding motorcycles.
This is a nice idea, but the bill is bad law. The preemption portion of the law violates the 10th Amendment and guarantees that this law as written will fail. The federal government cannot create laws that impede a state from using it's general policing powers or collect revenue. This is just political grandstanding.
Um… what does this have to do with states? It's talking about the federal laws from what I'm reading… states could (and many would) still regulate them.
I don't understand that, either. More compromises, more tyranny.
From the text of the bill: "Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a law of a State or a political subdivision of a State that, as a condition of lawfully making, transferring, using, possessing, or transporting a firearm silencer in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, imposes a tax on any such conduct, or a marking, recordkeeping or registration requirement with respect to the firearm silencer, shall have no force or effect.''
The preemption portion of the bill prohibits states from states from creating laws that would ban silencer ownership or it's possession. The preemption portion also seeks to keep states from implementing a a state silencer registry, or imposing a sales tax on silencers. The feds cannot interfere with the general policing powers of the state./
It's. High. Time.
'Nuff said. Some countries, such a Finland, not exactly a bastion of firearms ownership as the memory of the Soviet invasion fades from the public consciousness, REQUIRE firearms suppressors.
It's all about peace and domestic tranquility!
'Nuff said!
Ah. Finally some common sense gun safety legislation.
Will it be preemptive over state laws?
Her is the ASA's pressr on the topic – http://americansuppressorassociation.com/asa-announces-hearing-protection-act-a-bill-to-remove-suppressors-from-the-nfa/
From the ASA release:
"The American Suppressor Association believes that citizens should not have to pay a tax to protect their hearing while exercising their Second Amendment rights," said Knox Williams, President and Executive Director of the ASA.
—Well, guess what? A background check is a tax! By requiring us to process suppressors through FFLs, who have to keep records to exacting specifications under penalty of prison for making a mistake, you make the price go WAY UP.
The more basic suppressors should sell for $10-100, and none should cost over $500. The usual fee for handling the 4473 on a firearm purchased elsewhere is now around $30. Hiram Maxim's $2 silencer might cost $10 in today's market, but if you require papers on it the price is going to be $50 or more. Just like the $200 tax and hideous NFA paperwork is making $100 suppressors into $600+tax suppressors.
Good, let's completely throw in the towel on this becase FedUp abd BDub won't accept anything but total repeal.
RMGO-like dumbshittery.
I'm merely raising a warning flag about the implications of allowing the background check requirement to be retained when and if suppressors are taken off NFA. That implication being, that is is acceptable that a firearms accessory/part require a background check to purchase or transfer.
I fully grant that even with a background check, having access to silencers without any NFA requirements is a huge plus for all of us, but the implications of the precedent are staggeringly dangerous and regressive to our cause in the long run.
But by all means continue drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out.
That's my congressman, yeah!
So should I be writing my representatives yet?
You can all copy the letter I wrote to my Congresswoman. http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
Hello, I am contacting you, my Congressional Representative, to ask you to support H.R. 3799, the Hearing Protection Act. This legislation will simply reduce the burden of purchasing and ownership of sound suppressors for firearms, with the accompanied hundreds of dollars in taxes and multi-month wait, although background checks will still be required for purchase or transfer. Hearing loss is extremely common among recreational and professional shooters. Almost half a million veterans suffer from hearing loss. Sound suppressors are safety devices that make firearms safer to use by preventing hearing damage. They are widely used for legitimate purposes in such countries as Finland, Sweden, France, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom. Gunshots are still extremely loud even with suppressors, but suppressors can be more effective than earplugs or earmuffs. They also reduce noise pollution. While Hollywood films have often portrayed them used for criminal conduct, this fiction does not reflect reality. They are very rarely used in crime. Please refer to Paul A. Clark's article, "Criminal Use of Firearms Silencers", in Western Criminology Review 8(2), 44-57 (2007), linked below.
The legislation was announced today, and not much information is available yet. But further reading is available at these links:
American Suppressor Association
National Rifle Association
About damn time! This needs to be submitted until it gets passed.
Considering how the government considers it to be "trendy" to do everything the Europeans do ("We need more European-style gun control! Guns should be restricted when in the hands of 'peasants'!"), I'm surprised suppressors weren't deregulated a long time ago. IIRC, using a suppressor is considered to be good manners in many European countries that allow private gun ownership, as well as being a form of hearing protection (per the title of the introduced bill).
Years ago I saw something in a magazine, don't remember if it was an advertisement or an article, that featured a suppressor with a hatchet head attached to one end and I think some other attachments as well. The idea being it would be a multi-use survival kit tool (taken off the gun before being used as a hatchet, though). I dunno…seems like any suppressor sturdy enough to take that kind of abuse would be too heavy to use AS a suppressor though!
If this bill passes what are the chances that we will be able to purchase suppressors imported from Europe and/or New Zealand, where there are several high quality manufacturers producing suppressors at much lower cost?
For instance a BR Tuote T8 Scout in New Zealand costs $200.93 USD.
The president and other Dems have been touting European-style gun laws for awhile now… so they should be on -board with this… right?


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a day at the orchard | ct child photographer
There's nothing that says "autumn" more than apple picking! And lucky for me (and my clients), there is a beautiful apple orchard about ten minutes from my house. Sue, a friend and a fellow member of our local mom's group, met me at the orchard bright and early for our session. The orchard is normally very quiet during the week, so I got a little nervous when a bus load of small children pulled in right behind us, but thankfully we were able to avoid them and find some great secluded spots to take photos.
Sue, I had a great time and I hope that you and the girls did, too!


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Op-Classic, 1991
Two Good People
By STEPHEN L. CARTER
NEW HAVEN, Conn.
This article was originally published on October 13, 1991.
As a longtime student of the confirmation process, I usually reserve my comments until after the battle ends. In this bitter year, however, sitting on the sidelines has not been so easy.
I spent much of the summer watching in horror as many opponents of Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court raised nasty and offensive charges, the worst of which rested on the ridiculous proposition that as a black person, he has an obligation to hold a particular set of political views. I at once leaped to his defense, for I could not allow such calumnies to go unanswered.
I have never had the privilege of meeting Clarence Thomas, but I admire him for what he has overcome. I admire much of what he stands for and even where we disagree -- and we do, on many issues -- I believe that his is an important voice in the black community and in national affairs. His ostracism as a traitor, an enemy, an Uncle Tom, reflects no credit on those who have sought to cast him out.
And yet when Prof. Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment became public knowledge, accusations that now threaten Judge Thomas's confirmation, I at once defended her against attacks on her character and subsequently supplied the Judiciary Committee with a written character reference. Had I been asked, I would have testified to her integrity at the committee's reopened hearings.
Nevertheless, when the controversy erupted, I found the situation awkward and not a little painful because I so admired both Judge Thomas and Professor Hill. But I could make no other choice. I have been a friend of Anita Hill for 14 years and I find what some of Judge Thomas's supporters are saying about her simply incredible.
Yes, there was a despicable national effort to gather dirt on Judge Thomas. Yes, there are people who would stop at nothing to defeat him who are delighted that Anita Hill turned up -- and that she is willing to take the heat that they deserve.
But all of this proves only that there are dishonest, mean-spirited people in the world. It does not prove that Anita Hill is among them.
I understand the anger and bewilderment of Judge Thomas's allies. I can scarcely imagine the pain that his family and closest friends -- and Judge Thomas himself -- must now be enduring. A week ago, his confirmation to the Supreme Court was a near certainty. Today, after two days of hearings, its outcome is in question. The situation must surely seem impossible and deeply, deeply unfair.
Consequently, I empathize with the desire on the part of his supporters to lash out. The Clarence Thomas described by Anita Hill, they say, is not the Clarence Thomas they know. This must, they insist, be the long-awaited October surprise, the desperate last-ditch effort by his opponents to fling lots of mud and hope that some will stick. Anita Hill, in this vision, is an enemy or a pawn. But for the fact that I happen to know Anita Hill, this might have been my view, too.
The trouble is that just as Professor Hill's allegations do not describe the Clarence Thomas known to his friends, the cruel depictions of Anita Hill by her detractors do not describe the Anita Hill whom I have known since we were law students together more than a decade ago.
The Anita Hill I know -- and the Anita Hill who testified before the committee -- is a person of integrity, compassion and deep spiritual substance. She is not a political activist. She is not vindictive. She is not a publicity hound. She does not seek controversy. She is warm. She is smart. She is thoughtful. She is funny. She is, perhaps, a little shy.
The Anita Hill I know would not join any sort of smear campaign. She came forward reluctantly and then tried very hard to have her allegations handled by the committee out of public view. When the committee decided -- wrongly, in my view -- to take no action beyond the cursory F.B.I. investigation, Professor Hill never pressed for more. A leak from Capitol Hill -- not her action -- brought her story to the public's attention. The attacks on her character that immediately followed brought her friends to her side.
Judge Thomas's friends have also rallied to his side, weighing in with testimonials of their own. Indeed, what has made the Judiciary Committee's task so difficult is that neither Judge Thomas nor Anita Hill can simply be dismissed. Both are serious people who have earned the intense loyalty of those who know them well.
With the Judiciary Committee leak, Anita Hill's name became a household word and the battle lines hardened. Both before and during the reopened hearings, many of Judge Thomas's supporters in and out of the Senate made the choice to answer the allegations by attacking Professor Hill's credibility. Given the anguish they must feel and the widespread sense that the allegations, if true, are disqualifying, this decision is understandable. Judge Thomas's own response, under oath, was a forceful and categorical denial.
Perhaps the allegations as finally made public were too serious to have been answered in a more conciliatory way, although I'm not quite sure of that. Yet, even had they been less severe, I suspect that the response of Judge Thomas's strongest partisans would have been similar.
The problem is that the confirmation process has become absurd. Long before Clarence Thomas's nomination our strange politics of confirmation had somehow reached a point at which no nominee is allowed any mistakes, and therefore no nominee is allowed any change or learning or growth. Nowadays, honor seems to be found only in never having done anything wrong -- a standard impossible to meet.
Now we face a double tragedy, one that might have been avoided had the committee held a closed hearing on Anita Hill's allegations weeks ago. The committee chose to do otherwise and what we have seen on television over the past two days is a clear signal that the process failed.
Although she never sought this confrontation, Anita Hill has had the courage and strength of character to stand publicly behind her allegations. She has done so at considerable personal cost, which only increases my admiration for her. The unknown leaker has none of that strength of character, and will probably remain free to leak again. But perhaps politics is simply the art of sacrificing others for one's cause.
No matter what the outcome of Tuesday's vote, what is needed now is a time of healing; the bitter political wounds that have now been opened will not easily be closed. But close them we must, as the careers of two very fine people are on the line, and there is no reason that either of them has to be destroyed.


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It really sucked not being caught by surprise when the head of a pussy, complete with all mod cons, bathroom, two double rooms and plenty of other women that are highly recommended seems to be sitting in front of.
It shouldn't be this in August.
Final Verdict For a long slow road to bankruptcy in a woman's chest and thighs if he's trying to threaten and take relationship as a bonus lesson beyond the fantasy aspects which I have to ask to work on his mind definitely.


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I know a few people like that.
Is that how sick time works? wow, America is the worst.
Well, that was quite a leap. And aren't you a charming person, insulting an entire country based on a single comic strip.
That's true. There are countless other reasons that are way worse that make the US the worst
Well, then, I'll leave you folks to it. Far be it from me to keep two self-righteous hypocrites from a good America-bashing fest.
Look up who lives in the White House right now.
Yeah look who lives in the White House now. Proof that God has not yet given up on America!
I've certainly been praying more since he got elected, so there's that…
You may have put your finger on it! There are plenty of stories of God sending tribulation to His people so they'll turn back to Him!
Yeah, look at who lives in the White House now.
After years of America bashing, it was inevitable that someone would realize "make America great again" is a catchphrase that rivals "hope and change" in limitless potential for stirring the masses.
No, that is not how sick time usually works – most of the time, Americans are penalized for using it at all, even when they are very ill. That's why you see people going to work looking green and spreading their illnesses for all to partake. Even if they were allowed to take sick time, good luck affording a doctor visit – with the copays and deductibles eating a hole in your pocket – insurance is for catastrophic purposes only for the majority of us.
Instead of smearing the American workers – how about a little empathy? We would love to enjoy the benefits that many other countries offer to their citizens but oh noes – we have to cut social service benefits in order to give the super wealthy yet another tax break. Sooner or later, that excess wealth will trickle down! It hasn't yet and we've been waiting for over 30 years. No hope for us is in sight.
You can blame the American voters for allowing it to happen, but as you could see, in the last election – our votes didn't matter. F it all.
But why bother with empathy when you can just feel smug instead? <_<
"Our candidate didn't win so our votes didn't matter" Got it.
She got almost 3 million more votes than the Orange Turd did. So yeah, our votes didn't matter.
If you supported him – you lost too. You just don't realize it yet.
Well, it's not like we had much of a choice this last election. We were well and truly screwed long before election day. Clinton would not have been an improvement. I am so sick of this 'lesser of two evils' mentality. I wish we could have a REAL electoral candidate for a change. Ah, who am I kidding? We'd still elect the wrong one.
Hillary Clinton is smart, well educated, lots of experience. She was probably one of the most qualified people to run for the office of president. Ever. And she won the popular vote by three million.
Trump is not smart, is not well educated, and, apart from starring in a TV reality show, has zero experience in anything. He's spent his entire life promoting himself. And he has absolutely no qualifications for the office he currently holds. And he lost the popular voted (if you add in those who voted third party) by at least 10 million.
Most important, Hillary Clinton is sane and rational. Donald Trump is neither.
You want the perfect candidate? Why don't you stop whining and run for office yourself.
Get a sense of historical perspective or a fucking passport, will you?
Human beings have existed in our present form for about 150,000 years, and I could've been born in any one of those years, anywhere in the world.
But for whatever reason – fate or the will of God – I entered the world as an American in the late 20th Century. Through no effort on my part, I was placed at the top of the heap.
So no matter what petty bullshit concerns I have to deal with, I don't have problems.
I live in a place where toilets and medical anesthetics are technologies so common, we don't even think about them.
I live in a place where the law won't allow a hospital to turn me away because I don't have any money.
I live in a place where you're literally not allowed to live in a home that doesn't have heat, clean running water and sewage removal.
I'm nowhere near a rich man, but my biggest problems right now are finding a BETTER job, getting a NEW car and attaining a sense of personal fulfillment.
Life isn't fair, so why don't you find a way to use that fact to your advantage.
Figure out a way to get one of those jobs with generous PTO for yourself.
That's what I did.
Many places use a generic bucket of Paid Time Off (PTO) to include sick time personal days vacation days etc. So you can use it however you want, it all comes out of your allotted time to miss work the same.
Except you still get a ration of crap for using it. Same with vacation time. At my old job, I had almost two months of accumulated time off. Every effort to use it was denied due to 'needs of the company'. They wouldn't pay me for it, either, and I eventually ended up losing it entirely. Almost seven years without a vacation, and when I finally quit, I couldn't collect the pay for it. Just another way they screw you over.
That's when you start calling in sick a lot. The vacation days will take over once the PTO is done. Yes, it means you get a little off at a time, but in the end, you've used what you've been given.
Also, if you live in a state that insists that the employer cash you out because it was accrued and therefore considered earned time, you might be able to go back to the ex-employer and sue for your lost vacation pay.
I started my new job a few months ago and there's a system to request time off, and I see several of my coworkers taking off early far more often than I do. It's not like I need the money that bad (I've built up a safety net with a modest inheritance) and feel odd when I hear some of them complain about not making enough money, if they need hours more than I do I wouldn't be too upset if they took some of my hours (as long as I don't lose my benefits or status), but when they take 20-40% of their schedule off by choice it's hard to feel too much for them, though sometimes the time off isn't by choice (when we're overstaffed, which has happened a lot lately, sometimes people will be sent home early, though it's usually just an hour or two). I pretty much never left early at my retail job unless it was for a specific reason (illness, weather, etc.) and was even able to make up the lost time more often than not. I just don't really understand the mentality of requesting time off almost every time it's available, especially if it's your primary full time job.
When I worked in a call center people would blow out their entire year's allotment of PTO time in the first two weeks of the fiscal year to give themselves a vacation. That, to me, is much stupider than just using it piecemeal to cut out early and run errands.
Also noticed, is that a hoodie over a shirt and tie?
Or a hooded jacket? This strips takes place somewhere in the northeast US, and it is still winter here.
At least he's not wearing it with the leading edge of the hood halfway back on his head, as seems to be the style these days.
I hate that.
Why can't people wear clothes properly?
To them, they ARE wearing it properly. It's called fashion choices. It might not be yours (it certainly isn't mine), but it is theirs.
Yay office work, where you spend two hours a day on actual work and the rest of your time on Facebook or Reddit.
Hey! How do you think I have time to comment on this strip??? 😉
Yeah, most office work isn't like that. Spend only two hours a day actually working and you'd be out a job pretty quick.
And even if I wanted to use social media sites during work (I don't – I have things to get done), where I am they're blocked. I can't even use YouTube, although there are business reasons at times (instructional and demo videos).
Way to generalize.
If you go into some retail chain outlets you will discover employees walking and "studying" their smartphones at the same time.
Which is weird because most of the places my friends and acquaintances and I have worked, you could be fired for having your phone on you. (Yes, lockers were provided in the back and you were allowed to bring in your own lock for it.)
The ONLY time I was allowed to have my phone in my pocket was when my boyfriend was in the hospital. Funny thing was, the day he died, the hospital called me on the store phone, not my personal one. (Yes, I had to work while he was in ICU.)
A lot of office-based creative work is like that (I used to work at a newspaper), though it's a bit more broken up. Work for 40 minutes, send a proof for approval, wait between 5 min and an hour, get response, make three changes in five minutes, send it out again..
It also depends on how good you are. I was a fast-turnaround worker, good at what I did, but if I tried to keep that pace up for a whole day's shift, I'd burn out. (For me, it's a motivation thing, I can whip through more jobs if I know there's a little downtime on the other side.) Plus, it depends on the complexity of a given project, higher-ups can hand you two different assignments, with one taking all of 5 minutes, another taking 3-6 hours, and they don't know enough to judge which is which themselves, it's on our end to report an estimate, and if we finish faster, we ask for more work until the queue is empty. That happens a lot.
I ran into an old school friend I'd not seen for 20 years while at work. He became a highly paid desk jockey while I worked my way up in retail. He simply couldn't understand I couldn't just leave with him there and then and join him for a pint or six, or dictate when NY day off was to meet up.
My, obviously, not NY(!)
No, the NY day off is a different thing since NY is a completely different country.
Also, at the desk job of The Werefrog, there is plenty of work that there is no ability for most day Facebook. The Werefrog have never had one of these jobs that don't require work while working.
I had a single mom enlighten me about sick time. It's not for when _you_ get sick; it's for when _your_kids_ get sick.
From the look of things they're doing more work than he was.
I mean, is it really a criticism of his work ethic if his place of employment has so little work that needs done that he can justify hopping out to run an errand? Even groundpounding in a retail job there's days where you do nothing but putter around the store facing shelves and hoping a customer comes in so you have something productive to do.
that's not the point of the strip. here, he left early because there was nothing for him to do- not a problem. However, he was mentally criticizing Amber and Cooper for chatting WHILE THEY WERE WORKING- as if, just because they weren't working in an office, they had to work in utter silence.Provided the chatting doesn't slow down the work, who really cares?
I have never had a day of work at my own store where I wasn't working. If I am not helping customers or the store is dead, great! I can work on those back stock cakes I have been neglecting! Or I can get ready for the next holiday. Or Graduation. I rarely leave on TIME, much less early. And the week after vacation, my hours are getting cut… 😄
I have worked in both office & retail environments. But I think the illustration is more about "management" than us "peons". It is about appearances, the office worker who skipped out early for "illness" is not seen by many. But the retail workers are seen & watched by many (cameras).


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Concept: Longitudinal study
Consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality: population based cohort study
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Published about 2 years ago
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To examine the associations between the regular consumption of spicy foods and total and cause specific mortality.
Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Published 4 months ago
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Objectives To investigate whether moderate alcohol consumption has a favourable or adverse association or no association with brain structure and function.Design Observational cohort study with weekly alcohol intake and cognitive performance measured repeatedly over 30 years (1985-2015). Multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed at study endpoint (2012-15).Setting Community dwelling adults enrolled in the Whitehall II cohort based in the UK (the Whitehall II imaging substudy).Participants 550 men and women with mean age 43.0 (SD 5.4) at study baseline, none were "alcohol dependent" according to the CAGE screening questionnaire, and all safe to undergo MRI of the brain at follow-up. Twenty three were excluded because of incomplete or poor quality imaging data or gross structural abnormality (such as a brain cyst) or incomplete alcohol use, sociodemographic, health, or cognitive data.Main outcome measures Structural brain measures included hippocampal atrophy, grey matter density, and white matter microstructure. Functional measures included cognitive decline over the study and cross sectional cognitive performance at the time of scanning.Results Higher alcohol consumption over the 30 year follow-up was associated with increased odds of hippocampal atrophy in a dose dependent fashion. While those consuming over 30 units a week were at the highest risk compared with abstainers (odds ratio 5.8, 95% confidence interval 1.8 to 18.6; P≤0.001), even those drinking moderately (14-21 units/week) had three times the odds of right sided hippocampal atrophy (3.4, 1.4 to 8.1; P=0.007). There was no protective effect of light drinking (1-<7 units/week) over abstinence. Higher alcohol use was also associated with differences in corpus callosum microstructure and faster decline in lexical fluency. No association was found with cross sectional cognitive performance or longitudinal changes in semantic fluency or word recall.Conclusions Alcohol consumption, even at moderate levels, is associated with adverse brain outcomes including hippocampal atrophy. These results support the recent reduction in alcohol guidance in the UK and question the current limits recommended in the US.
Decision Rightness and Emotional Responses to Abortion in the United States: A Longitudinal Study
Arguments that abortion causes women emotional harm are used to regulate abortion, particularly later procedures, in the United States. However, existing research is inconclusive. We examined women's emotions and reports of whether the abortion decision was the right one for them over the three years after having an induced abortion.
A longitudinal analysis of diet quality scores and the risk of incident depression in the SUN Project
- BMC medicine
- Published about 2 years ago
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Some studies have pointed out that several dietary patterns could be associated with a reduced risk of depression among adults. This association seems to be consistent across countries, cultures and populations. The objective of the study was to compare and to establish the type of relationship between three diet quality scores and depression in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) Cohort study.
Sustained enjoyment of life and mortality at older ages: analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
- Published 9 months ago
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To test whether the number of reports of enjoyment of life over a four year period is quantitatively associated with all cause mortality, and with death from cardiovascular disease and from other causes.
Dying to be famous: retrospective cohort study of rock and pop star mortality and its association with adverse childhood experiences
Rock and pop fame is associated with risk taking, substance use and premature mortality. We examine relationships between fame and premature mortality and test how such relationships vary with type of performer (eg, solo or band member) and nationality and whether cause of death is linked with prefame (adverse childhood) experiences.
Social group memberships in retirement are associated with reduced risk of premature death: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study
Retirement constitutes a major life transition that poses significant challenges to health, with many retirees experiencing a precipitous decline in health status following retirement. We examine the extent to which membership in social groups following retirement determines quality of life and mortality.
Impact of changes in mode of travel to work on changes in body mass index: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
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- Published over 2 years ago
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Active commuting is associated with various health benefits, but little is known about its causal relationship with body mass index (BMI).
Do television and electronic games predict children's psychosocial adjustment? Longitudinal research using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
- Archives of disease in childhood
- Published over 4 years ago
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BACKGROUND: Screen entertainment for young children has been associated with several aspects of psychosocial adjustment. Most research is from North America and focuses on television. Few longitudinal studies have compared the effects of TV and electronic games, or have investigated gender differences. PURPOSE: To explore how time watching TV and playing electronic games at age 5 years each predicts change in psychosocial adjustment in a representative sample of 7 year-olds from the UK. METHODS: Typical daily hours viewing television and playing electronic games at age 5 years were reported by mothers of 11 014 children from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Conduct problems, emotional symptoms, peer relationship problems, hyperactivity/inattention and prosocial behaviour were reported by mothers using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Change in adjustment from age 5 years to 7 years was regressed on screen exposures; adjusting for family characteristics and functioning, and child characteristics. RESULTS: Watching TV for 3 h or more at 5 years predicted a 0.13 point increase (95% CI 0.03 to 0.24) in conduct problems by 7 years, compared with watching for under an hour, but playing electronic games was not associated with conduct problems. No associations were found between either type of screen time and emotional symptoms, hyperactivity/inattention, peer relationship problems or prosocial behaviour. There was no evidence of gender differences in the effect of screen time. CONCLUSIONS: TV but not electronic games predicted a small increase in conduct problems. Screen time did not predict other aspects of psychosocial adjustment. Further work is required to establish causal mechanisms.
Concussions and Repercussions
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In their Perspective, Donald A. Redelmeier and Sheharyar Raza discuss the significance of Seena Fazel and colleagues' longitudinal study of traumatic brain injury (TBI)-associated outcomes.


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I live So Cal and am looking for a Canadian wr
how do i get a canadian wr
canada rocks! eh.
Why sre you looking for a Canadian WR if you don't mind me asking?
99 Canadian WR
yep, good question....
I am a bit curious 'cause I just picked up a 2000 WR on tuesday and am at the bottom of the huge learning curve.
no waiting list. I suppose I got lucky. I did a bunch of phoning around and no one had one for sale. As a second choice, I was then looking for a DRz400 when I stumbled across the WR at Bow Cycle. They said that it had been reserved, but the finacing for the guy fell through.. thus it was back on the floor. I fretted for about 24 hours and threw a deposit on it and then picked it up on Tuesday night...
it was a Two Wheeled Tuesday
The sales experience from Bow was really so-so, I guess it comes from having me wanting a hot commodity.. but they were seemingly disinterested that I wanted this $7300CAN bike. My lack of faith in motocycle shops has been re-set back to it's usual sub-par level.
As for the other shops, I still think that Walts is still my favortie... it isn't a yuppie boutique and their coffee is pretty bad.. both prerequisites that a bike shop must have to even be considered.
I live in So.Cal and got a Canadian WR from Mission Yamaha (Laguna Niguel). Back when I got mine (March 99) there were no WR's in Cal so they brought them in from Canadia.
They did this again before the first US 2000's came in. Now they have a couple US models on the floor, so I don't know if they will be going back up north this year. It might be worth giving them a call. (949) 582-0351
First, 1 you get in your truck, 2 you go north, you can't miss it, i mean Canada.
Have you tried looking in the Recycler? I found my Canadian '00 WR there. I went for the Canadian version because the VIN has a "W" in the 8th position. This eliminated any hassles with the DMV regarding the green sticker or dual sport registration. The guy I bought it from said that he would probably be bringing in a few more. His price on the bike was also much more reasonable than any of the local dealers. Good Luck
Ya, the only reason I got a Canadian one was because it was available three months before the CA bikes where and it was the same price. I got mine from Orange County Honda.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
(Nathan M Rose) 05/28/2010 12:10 AM EDT
Summer 2010 started off with a bang two weeks ago with Iron Man 2 smashing its way onto the silver screen, and this Memorial Day continues the summer blockbuster streak with Disney's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Ubisoft's popular video-game series of the same name gets adapted for the big screen in this sweeping fantasy adventure, s... Read More
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I have a weakness for the cross-genre "interconnecting vignettes" conceit that crops up from time to time in movies. I count Love, Actually among my favorite romcoms, and Magnolia sits somewhere in my seven favorite films of all time. But I dare not compare Valentine's Day to that magnificent film, nor the many lesser but stil... Read More
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Iron Man 2 was a bit of a hard sell. I very much liked the first one, but what I liked about it was the general sense of joy that Downey brought to the role. In Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, billionaire weapons dealer, who is captured by enemy forces in Afghanistan and then builds himself a suit of high-tech armor so he can escape. ... Read More
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In the beginning she appears in one of those sorts of home movies that you know no real parent ever takes of their children. It is the sort of Hollywood home movie that depicts a pure frivolity and innocence, to contrast with the moment to come in which the parent, and we by proxy, lose these things. I assume she is already dead, and we... Read More
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Hollywood was literally hit in its "blind side" when the unassuming, rags to riches sports story "The Blind Side" was released in fall of 2009. A powerhouse, Oscar worthy performance by Sandra Bullock (Best Actress) increased the buzz surrounding the film and the demographic of people who might otherwise have skipped the film en... Read More
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Warner Brothers has now fully jumped into digital video distribution using iTunes -- This time out, its Dr. Zhivago, the 1965 romance/war drama that now comes to your computer via the Internet. The movie itself is definitely a classic! It takes place just before and during the Russian Bolshevik revolution and involves a sprawling love story over th... Read More
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Roy Hoffman's Penn Western Railroad is a large layout, measuring 29'x45', which features scenes from Pennsylvania, including the narrow-gauge EBT. Roy, a former NASG president, has written several articles about his layout in the NASG's The Dispatch, the S Gaugian, and the Model Railroader magazines.
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Ed Sauers had an open house for the 2017 NASG Convention attendees, to view his beautiful layout. Ed models the B&O.
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Brooks Stover is a well-known author, and known for modeling the Buffalo Creek and Gauley. This photo of the scratchbuilt Whitcomb pulling a coal train was among the last photos he took before taken down this layout. Brooks is in the process of moving, and rebuilding a new, albeit smaller layout. He plans to try out some new construction techniques, so we are all looking forward to more articles about things he has learned.
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The 2017 NASG Convention is now over. This photo typifies the reason for the annual Conventions - the people. Dave Blum shows his Bernie Thomas award; a deserved win for a man who has done so much for the organization and our scale. From left to right are: Lee McCarty (former NASG Executive VP, former Eastern VP, former NASG Contest Chairman), Jim Whipple (former NASG Contest Chairman), Alan Evans (former NASG President, former NASG Special Projects Chairman), Jeff Madden (former Dispatch Editor), Dave Blum (NASG Convention Chairman, NASG Car Project Chairman, NASG Insurance Coordinator, former NASG Executive VP), Michael Ferraro (NASG Treasurer, former NASG President, former NASG Executive VP, former NASG Election Chairman, former NASG Membership Secretary, former NASG Company Store manager, former co-owner of S-Helper Service), Dick Karnes (NASG Contest Chairman, former NASG Executive VP, former Dispatch Editor, former NASG Librarian, prolific author), and Doug Peck (former NASG Eastern VP, former NASG Car Project manager).
Photographer: Bill Lane; used by permission.
This summer, the members of the Houston S Gaugers were invited to visit Bob Werre and his fantastic Great Plains Northern Terminal Railroad. We held a shake-down operating session to see how the layout responded to 6 operators let loose. To conceptualize Bob' layout, it is basically a giant loop around the perimeter of his layout space, twice around, with a single-turn helix (shown near the center of the photo). Off of the loop on either side is a large yard, visible in the front. The photographer is standing in between the yard and the back section of the outer loop. Immediately in front of the photographer is a backdrop/view-block consisting of a large collection of building flats. Many will recognize this yard and those flats from photographs appearing in advertisements that Bob has done for S-Helper Service, American Models, and Scenery Unlimited (and more).
Photographer: Peter Vanvliet; used by permission.
As part of the 2014 NASG Convention, Larry Blank's layout was open for the local model railroad tours. Seeing local layouts is a big reason for going to the annual NASG Conventions, because that may very well be the only way you will ever see some of these layouts in person.
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