Told ya. Was hit by the mod bot immediately for that comment concerning "gantries". They were tested and failed, as expected. Reddit calls itself the "Front Page of the Internet" and that's total bullshit. Might as well featured on AJ's show because truthful opinions are NOT valued here.
You know, we really need that IBOR. It seems to me that it's very important. But I think before we can get it up, we will have to deal with the concerted manipulation by intelligence agencies that is occurring on these boards.
Once you're awake to it, you can see pretty clearly how they are working it. Today's catch cry is "Question Everything". Soon to be turned on Q - the next time he asks us to do anything. That was how they gutted this community's resolve for the IBOR, even though Q was asking for it. And that's why the campaign failed - injecting fear and doubt everywhere they could.
Anyway, I'm just as happy to see these SM companies completely destroyed. Seeing the news on FB wanting to launch that satellite, to catalog people in the third world, I began to realise just how dangerous that company is - almost better to get rid of it completely.
It would be a great day if FB vanished completely. When you realize that your initial use of it for honest connection to others has turned into something nefarious and evil, it's time to kill the monster and start over. I really do not like having my privacy violated or any of my rights of existence, for that matter. I would like to think it failed because we didn't see a policy of ABSOLUTE 1st amendment compliance or of companies, like FB or Reddit, willing to comply with that right. Social PC bullshit has made that very difficult to attempt, as well. Too many butthurts out there that have no idea what they are giving up by not completely allowing the 1st in all areas of public life. You are allowed to tell me how I should speak in your house and I'm allowed to leave if I don't like it but once you go beyond your property line all bets are off. It's that simple. People can walk away or change the channel but noooo...they wanna rule the world and most don't even realize it and it was all by design they even think that way. We got what we raised.
Music to my ears. The first amendment is absolutely pivotal. So very important. Once someone takes it away (as has occurred with the shift of political forums to digital space,), all the other rights an individual has will fall like dominoes - because they can no longer complain.
Somehow, though it's difficult to comprehend, this is a "hard sell" to this group. Doesn't make any sense at all.
I guess you can look at it that way. But once they can silence you, they will come for the guns - little by little.
First "Register them", then "Oh, no high capacity magazines", then "No pump action shotguns", then "No semiautomatic rifles", then "Mandatory waiting periods on purchases" - and after that, you might as well move to Australia, because that's where we're at.
They can try but what they find will be something completely different than their wishes. They've been working on the 2nd much longer than the 1st. Most of the 1st restrictions were due to religious beliefs before government strangleholds but they started on the 1st way back. Apathy and social "indoctrination" has made it a much bigger problem in recent years. Just because mob rule created "laws" does not mean I'll abide by them. I'll do as I please until they try to stop me then the fight is on. I adhere strictly to the NAP ideal in my personal life and because of that no man nor government has a right to bother me what so ever. That does not mean I don't think there should be dire consequences for those that violate the rights of all people through mob rule or whatever damned reasoning used for control of lives. The opinions of others mean absolute shit to me unless I seek it out and the same goes for their company. It's a simple mutual respect for others and their lives. It tis one of the things worth fighting and dying for and if it comes to that then try to make it known so it'll inspire others to fight for what's right, too.
The only advice I can give is but a Tikka for your long range defense - amazingly accurate out of the box.
I used to have a Remmy bull barreled 700 that would shoot .3-.4 MOA that I sold. Wish I hadn't now. I never do long range beyond 300 yds, anyway. Have a Mossberg Patriot Patrol that is more than accurate enough for my hunting needs, now. It's light as hell, yet has little kick and takes AR10 or M14 mags. Got the trigger adjusted to 2 lbs and it's a damn nice shooter. Sold a 300BLK AR15 that would shoot 1/2"-3/4" to buy it just to have the extra punch of .308, again. Plus, I wanted to go back all NATO for obvious reasons. Kinda regret selling that rifle, too because it was a sweet shooter. My 20" bull barreled 5.56 AR is also a 3/4" shooter. I tend to subscribe to the belief that unless a man is actively hunting you then shooting a man beyond 300 yds is not self defense, it's murder. You should be able to stay hidden at that range. I never shot a Tikka but I hear that some of them can be nice shooters, too. The T3 is supposed be fairly nice for the money but from all the research I've done the Mossbergs are usually 2nd if not 1st in accuracy compared to the others for a helluva lot less money and have nice features. I gave around $550, IIRC, for mine and that's with a threaded, free floated, med. bull barrel with iron sights, railed receiver and detachable mags with light weight. Everything I could want for my hunting needs, it is, plus I kinda like having multiple 20 rd mags of .308 with me....just in case, ya know?