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No worries, just part of an actual conversation. As much my fault for not being more clear. I think the broad and never ending application of AUMF is the root cause of the "problem" (for that side of the argument). As far as War Powers, my understanding is the admin is operating under the theory that it does not apply. I've read somewhere that the legal logic being used is the cartels writ large are fighting allies (Mexico) and therefore they're all terrorists. Executive branch legal Jiu-Jitsu like this certainly isn't new. I keep hoping that congress will eventually put their big boy pants back on and take power back from the executive...... I may be naive.

The argument is the entire concept of striking drug runners by calling them terrorists, is over the line. And yes, Presidents doing this kind of thing isn't new. The war powers resolution became a thing for a reason.

@brabus The pearl clutching reaction is certainly political posturing. However, there is an argument to be made that striking the boats is crossing a line, Rand Paul has made it while acknowledging the cats on the boats are very probably shit heads. So it's not like there is no principled opposition to the ops in the Caribbean either.

My point was Hegseth probably said something very close to what he's being accused of saying, just in another context. And the admin folks can't backdown because that would be tantamount to admitting Hegseth made a mistake (or violating the never apologize rule). So two things can be true: the re-attack in itself can be not a problem and Hegseth opened his mouth and stupid came out.

I don't know any of this thing from the inside. But it isn't hard for me to imagine that the one person telephone game through a WaPo reporter would destroy the nuance of military decision making and org charts, especially if it's influenced by the SoW saying something chest thumping and kinda douchy in response to a CDE type of inquiry (my suspicion).

From what I've read the VR2 is finicky when using it with a PC. I bought a Quest 3 instead. It works good.

This has become my primary training tool. It's very easy to blast along without realizing how much time you've been at it. If you like training, it's a hoot. It has pluses and minuses compared to dry fire, so it's best though of as going hand in hand with dry fire.

For sure. At the time, the local range folks at ACC seemed more interested in re-arranging obsolete emitter deck chairs or buying a few new crappy ones. I retired in '22, so I'm well out of the loop at this point.

LVC as a useful addition to backyard ranges and MOAs is much more difficult (expensive) than many realized. AFRL was playing with / experimenting with some stuff under the REDFLAG umbrella. I don't know what happened with it (was 6 or 7 years ago), but one of the problems was incentives. AFRL looks to figure out how to technically solve the problem, they don't much care about how to implement it at scale. Someone else has to pay for that. It always comes down to money.

I get you now. Carry on sir.

About 50% of NYC apartments are rent stabilized or controlled. And the mayor appoints all 9 members of rent guidelines board. So yes, he will have significant power to drive the supply side further into the shitter.

And now you and everyone else who peruses this thread should graduate to the next thing: https://www.practiscore.com/ Find your local match, shooting whatever floats your boat. Essentially every club, and every discipline in the country uses that website.

All gun control laws are this, whether intentionally or not. And the ATF has been "interpreting" laws into existence for awhile. No argument. If we're lucky, now that Chevron is out of the way some of that might get tamped down or reversed. My point isn't that I like CA, or their stupid laws. My point is Glock as a company is in the business of making money, and California is a huge market especially in the cop market (like you pointed out). Expecting them to commit financial seppuku in the name of rights advocacy is naive. CARB has been using the California market share to push desired changes for a long while. Same thing.

The point is the way the ATF interprets the NFA, intent is irrelevant. Nationwide total devices seized was something like 5800 in 2023. Anecdotally from law enforcement relatives, the uptick is very real. The low amount of federal cases is certainly interesting. My assumption is it becomes a matter of jurisdiction and federal capacity. Agree. However, Glock's interest is selling guns. I can't get upset if they prioritize doing that over being a cause crusader. Lots of government contracts. Think positive, a better trigger in all Glocks might actually be a win, I doubt they'll be able to jack the price up more than they already have. Patrick Bateman might have just forced Glock to upgrade their product line for the consumer's benefit.

The Glock performance trigger doesn't have a cruciform trigger bar. So something developed from that will likely be the solution. AB1127 basically puts into statute the ATF's interpretation of "designed to shoot" from the NFA definition of machine gun. The ATF interprets "designed" to mean possessing design features which facilitate full automatic fire by simple modification or elimination of existing components. Which is why the ATF has forced redesigns on other firearms in the past. So basically I think Glock has gotten away with not re-designing the fire control system because of the numbers in circulation already. If the bureaucrats pointed this out, the sheer size of it all would create a very large problem. Easier to ignore. That is until a bunch of States sue Glock after switches recovered by law enforcement goes up by almost 800% over the last 6 years. Whether or not you agree with the law, or that it does anything; from within the perspective of someone who does, it makes sense to go after Glock. More importantly, it makes sense to change gears if you're Glock since they probably know they're screwed. Like you said, the other striker designs don't have the same vulnerability since you can't access the trigger bar from the slide plate.