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Quote from: crockett on August 19 2025 11:50:22 AM MDTWhile that instance was indeed decent and made sense, I don't trust the machinery behind it. Replying to that question with a "yes" will remain on your medical recorder forever.

The reason I liked how my son's doc did it is the question wasn't "do you own" it was "do you have access".  Better diagnostic, and less actual information.  But I do see and agree with your point.

Quote from: crockett on August 19 2025 11:50:22 AM MDTIt only takes one new law and this can be used to strip you of your rights for good. In some states, that's already in place for temporary actions.

Our current CIC as illustrated repeatedly that you don't even need a new law.  Just ignore the courts.  I know I am the odd man our in the gun community, but his actions are the examples of why we say we need a second amendment - a government that ignores the rule of law.  We may think the laws that are being ignored are dumb, but they are still the law.  And granting the executive de-facto ability to ignore due process and established law is a very, very dangerous precedent.

And for those ruminating on a response that non-citizens aren't entitle to due process, riddle me this:  without any due process how do we know they were non-citizens? Due process is about validating the claims of the authority.

Quote from: crockett on August 19 2025 11:50:22 AM MDTJust one reason why I avoid going to the doctors. And when I go, I tell the doctor what I need.

I don't disagree. The lack of trust is justified, I am sad to say. 

And without that trust both you and society are compromised.

Illegal aliens do get due process and always have. Many of these federal District Court Judges are activist judges that are themselves violating the Constitution and have been slapped down by the Supreme Court many times. The last one being these idiot, corrupt District Court Judges issuing decisions that to affect the entire country. Such as that idiot judge in Hawaii who issued injunctions for the entire USA outside of his jurisdiction which is only applicable to the geographical area under 9th US Circuit of Appeals. Now the Supreme Court has ruled that these District Court rulings don't apply outside of their geographical areas of their District.

I started my career with I&NS and retired in 2014 and illegal aliens always got due process under the law. But, under the law not all aliens are created equal. For instance, citizens of Mexico (because it is a contiguous country) can request Voluntary Departure back to Mexico or they can request a hearing before an Immigration Judge (Removal Hearing). It is their right under the I&NA. However, an alien from a country that has Visa Waiver agreement with the US who violates his conditions of entry does not have the right to a Removal Hearing because he agreed to conditions (abdicates his rights in the US including the right to a Removal Hearing if they violate the conditions of entry) in order to receive Visa Waiver status to entry the US without the requirement of a Visa. Deportation for such a status violator is immediate deportation and no other process as he has previously waived his rights to get the Visa Waiver status. That said, we also have treaties with certain other countries where we have to notify the country's embassy or consulate in the US, whenever we arrest any citizens of that country as do they for our citizens. I've made plenty of those notifications myself. I've also had to explain to some local police departments that they have to do the same if they arrest and charge a citizen of a country that is part of the treaty. 

I've heard that dumb refrain that our immigration system is broken. Well, I have to say that part of it is broken and needs to be fixed. That is the refugee/asylum system which makes it easy for many illegal aliens to commit fraud like the vast majority of the illegal aliens that entered the US during the Biden Open Door policy. Somebody that understood this was Vice President Dick Cheney in the Bush administration when he made a comment about illegal aliens from Haiti that were flooding our shores and falsely making asylum claims. His comment was simply, if they are in fear for their lives and have to leave Haiti to survive, then, instead of getting onto rikety home made rafts and dangerously sailing across shark infested waters, why don't they just walk across the border into the Dominican Republic? 

Quote from: The_Shadow on August 19 2025 07:08:03 AM MDTNone of their business what you have one way or the other...
Some Dr. offices that don't have a "No Gun" sign, I am conceal carrying. Those that do have the signs I don't!

In Texas the law prohibits carry of firearms into hospitals, clinics, courts, jails, and other specified places, regardless of whether or not the location has a sign prohibiting guns. Now there are other locations (bars, malls, etc) where they do require a sign that is specified as to the wording and size of the sign to prohibit carry of firearms on those premises and equates to a trespassing warning if you are caught. Unlike the hospital and clinics locations that are specified as crimes, not simply trespassing, for entering with a gun.

I haven't seen a primary care doctor in 22 years and just started seeing going to a new clinic on recommendation of my healthcare insurance plan for older people. I started last December. They have not specifically asked me about guns. But, they have had me answer questionnaires about depression and suicide thoughts which I never have as well as cognitive and memory testing. No issues at this clinic and the doctors seem pretty good. They never ask about guns and I don't volunteer irrelevant information either. 

The reason that I stopped seeing a doctor was because I was on statins for high cholesterol and they drew blood every 3 months. I always had issues with needles and especially blood draws since I was a teenager. They would try to draw blood and none would come out and they would twist the needle which hurt and then after about 10 seconds my vein felt like a vacuum cleaner was trying to suck the vein out of my arm and hurt like *@$!! and I'd have to tell them to get that needle out of my arm. Then they'd want to put it back in the same arm and I'd say, no, you're going to the other arm. This would happen every time and after a year I stopped going. But at this clinic the nurse actually knows how to drawn blood and it was almost painless. Insertion of the needle was painless, but, it took about 2 minutes to draw 5 vials of blood and it got a little painful after the first minute and I could feel the needle in the vein. But, even that wasn't anywhere near as painful as the other clinic twisting the needle in the arm trying to find the vein and leaving it in till the suction started to get very painful.   

I reside alone, except for my two dogs. I always keep several rifles and pistols out and within easy reach if I need them for home defense. I also keep a pistol on my person when going outside in the yard or to get the mail. We've had issues with thugs that travel through the neighborhood and have burglarized cars and homes even in broad daylight. 

My EDC when I go out is usually one of my several 10mm DW 1911's in a OWB belt holster plus four 10rd 10mm magazines on the opposite side of my belt. I keep a truck gun which is a Sig M400 5.56 pistol with a pouch that holds 8 30rd magazines. I have alarms for my truck as well as my house which has a battery backup - we get an inordinate amount of blackouts in my neighborhood because the power company - ONCOR - is garbage.

Blackout frequency has become so bad that I've bought battery backups to protect the electronics of my big screen TV, home PC, and video receiver from frying. I've even purchased a number of vintage oil lamps because candles don't last long enough when we have a blackout that can last anywhere from 1 hour to 8 hrs or longer with no notice from ONCOR when the power will come back on. I am in a large suburb next to Dallas, yet, we have brownouts and blackouts frequently. Needless to say, I have weapon mounted lights on all of my home defense pistols and rifles.   

Semi-auto in 10mm with an arm brace would be pretty cool. Much, much better than those semi-auto AP5's or whatever they're calling the semi-auto only copies of MP5's in 9mm. Back in the late 90's long before I retired I went out to do a walk and talk with a couple of FBI agents at an apartment that was being used to house alien prostitutes (regarding international alien sex trafficking investigation). One of the agents pulled out a 10mm MP5 and the other agent admonished him because it was only a voluntary knock and talk. Pretty cool to actually see one, a real one. My agency never had cool guns like that. It had the collapsible stock if I remember correctly.     

I read this line ....  "The straight-wall design of the 400 Legend cartridge features a rebated rim and is designed to operate effectively in America's rifle, the AR-15." Although it didn't address the issues involved in doing this, I'm guessing this this involves using a different upper receiver chambered for the 10mm Long with a bolt that is designed to chamber and extract that cartridge?

I was never interested in changing the upper receiver out to use 300 blkout. But, the 10mm Long sounds like a much more effective cartridge ballistically, than the 300 blkout and I might be interested in this if it is. Just comes down to the availability of the upper receiver, bolt, magazines, and factory manufactured cartridges (I have zero interest in reloading or using non-factory made ammunition).

5 years ago when I was 62 I started noticing my hands being extremely stiff and painfull to close and open my fingers when I woke up in the mornings. I was afraid that this was arthritis. I started working out with grip strengthening exercise tools from Captains of Crush (just the Trainer model) and after a few days the stiffness and pain went away. Now, every few months and it comes back, but, just for a few hours in the morning and it's gone for several more months. I'm not sure what it is, but, it feels like what people describe as arthritis symptoms.

I remember that VLTOR/Fortis Bren Ten and I was eagerly waiting to pre order one. Then, with no warning they dropped the project and everyone that was part of their forum like a hot rock. They finally gave an explanation that the upper mgmt made that stupid decision to screw everyone that was waiting to make a pre order, just because they didn't want to continue the project to fruition in the last lap after they already made the frames and magazines and were entering assembly. What a stupid business decision. What kind of company does this? Anyway, that killed my interest in ever buying anything made by VLTOR. They are persona non grata in my book.

Since those days I've been buying several 10mm 1911s, namely a Night Hawk Custom Recon Enforcer and three Dan Wesson 1911s. All are outstanding 10mm 1911s. But, they're still no Bren Ten. Back in the early 90s I was detailed to Miami and I went to a gun show there. There was an individual selling a Bren Ten. It was the only one that I have ever seen in person and the ergonomics and feel of that pistol was amazing, like a natural extension of your hand. The trigger was also outstanding. Light, probably about 4 lbs on DA with a short pull length that was super smooth, no grittiness at all.

Last year I came into some money (IRS had a glitch in their computers and they delayed my tax refund for a full year and I received two IRS refunds at about the same time) and I placed an order for a new Luger in 10mm from Lugerman.com. I ordered one in stainless steel. This is part of his .45 ACP Luger project and he offers an upgrade to 10mm. Mine should be completed in a month or two, after a 12 month wait. I'm looking forward to that because I've always felt that the Luger was one of the most ergonomic handguns with a natural pointability like the Bren Ten.   

Thank you for resurrecting the old forum. There's not much out there for 10mm enthusiasts. I look forward to some interesting topics. 

I didn't have to do anything. I lived through the 1994 Assault Weapon/Standard capacity magazine ban. My lessons were learned back then. Only foolish people failed to get what they want/need with that as a guide what democrats do when they are in power. Its the old those who failed to learn from history are bound to repeat it thing.

The real question is, with democrats/communists in control of the House, Senate, the White House, and 99% of the national news media as well as the parochial schools and universities (brainwashing children and young adults) and the military (with plans to brainwash them as well with this current stand down order for ), is this the time that they try and pull off their master plans of a bloodless coup by dumping the Constitution (which they have been doing since the two Kangaroo Court impeachments and the FBI/CIA/DNC/National News media's attempt to remove the president by framing him as a Russian spy) and replacing it with a communist manifesto? 

Looks like Colt will start making quality guns again. Hopefully they will replace their ineffective upper management with people that know what they're doing.   Dan Wesson seems to be flourishing as part of CZ.

Now that is cool! I used to have an AMT Backup in .45 ACP. For such a small handgun the recoil wasn't bad at all with .45 ACP. I didn't like that simple "sight channel" instead of real sights. But, it was OK for short distances like 15 ft., which is adequate for the purpose of having a backup gun. Mine was reliable and I wish that I had kept it. 10mm for a backup gun would be great! 

If I was on a road trip then I would be carrying my EDC pistol on my hip - DW Specialist Commander 10mm - with four spare magazines on my hip (and several boxes of extra ammo in the truck) as well and my Sig 5.56 AR15 pistol with 8 spare 30rd magazines that resides in my truck. So, if some how my EDC pistol was inexplicably destroyed while out of town and I wanted to buy a replacement (it would just be temporary because I have many other pistols at home) I might consider a Colt Delta Elite 10mm or a Kimber 10mm as I have previously owned both in the past. Kimber Custom TLE/RL II being a better pistol than the Colt. As for the AR15 pistol, I'd prefer to replace it with another AR15 pistol like another Sig or perhaps a Colt AR15 pistol if they make them. That Galil Ace 5.56 pistol with arm brace would be another possibility. 

I love my CZ Dan Wesson 1911 10mm pistols. They're high quality. I hope the takeover happens. It can only result in better quality pistols coming out of Colt. That would be a great thing. Especially since I want a brand new Colt Python to accompany my 1995 Colt Python. A brand new CZ Colt Python would be outstanding.

I have no use for I.P.S.C., but, you're right. That Limited Pro does look a lot like the Bren Ten. For that reason it is interesting, in 10mm. I'm not that thrilled about squared trigger guard, but, I wonder what the price for the pistol is as well as individual magazines. I've never been interested in Tanfoglio products, but, this one does look interesting. It may be as close to a Bren Ten as I will ever get.