Using a vacuum to suck air out of storage bags is a game changer for longer term storage of blankets, towels, sheets and the like, or packing stuff in a small suitcase. They make special bags for this, but you can even use a regular ol’ trashbag (clean, of course) for this and tie it once it’s compressed the contents.

Must have been corrected, as I don’t see a single misspelled word, much less multiple.

Semantics, but cold brew coffee and iced coffee are two VERY different things.

I wash my phone with phone soap every day. I recommend it to everyone.

Neither.  I just know there’s not much they can do to you for not answering their questions.  But there’s SO much they can do to you if you do start answering questions and they’re trying to trip you up for some reason.

That is actual soap, not detergent.  It won’t lather up as easily, but it will break down dirt (and microorganisms like bacteria) in ways that detergents can’t.

Yeah, like they’ll get mad and leave.  Horrible.

What do you suppose a cop will do if you tell them you won’t answer their questions?

Beyond providing the reason for the second part, what meaning do you think the first part has?

Agreed. Bad times when the registered receiver (or drop in auto sear, for instance) is damaged beyond repair, but you can certainly make repairs to machine guns.

Yeah, “single shot magazine” doesn’t make any sense at all.

I would normally say it’s a semantic argument, but this is supposed to be a glossary of gun terms, so it’s not just semantic in this context.

If only we had history books and historical documents to explain these things to us...

There’s something called the “plain view” doctrine, which says if cops are somewhere they have a legal right to be (like when you let them in your house), then anything they see can be used against you criminally.  It doesn’t allow them to start searching, and you can revoke your consent at any time (well, unless…

The idea of not having gun regulations and not infringing on the right to bear arms is long gone. Like it or not, regulations are here to stay.

You may know that one of the weapons that has been used by the US military for the most years is the M1911 pistol and modern variants. It’s chambered for a caliber called .45 ACP or .45 Auto. ACP stands for Automatic Colt Pistol. The 1911 is NOT a fully automatic handgun.

You’re wrong. Automatic pistols began to be referred to as such a LONG time ago. Back then, revolvers or single shots were the common handguns. There were no fully automatic pistols at the time. So, if your handgun automatically loaded another round into the chamber after you fire, it was called an “automatic” and the…

A few clarifications:

When discussing handguns, an “automatic” generally refers to a semi-automatic pistol, and not a fully automatic gun. There are fully automatic pistols (you may recognize an UZI or Mac-10), but they’re rare, expensive and are usually referred to as something more specific than just an “automatic”…

I always snag the cheap pens from the hotels and leave them anyplace in the airport that pens might be handy to have.   Ticket counters usually have plenty of pens, but there are some other places that pens are scarce.

Yeah, it’s insane how many stupid people do this. I usually get to the carousel pretty quick and grab some real estate just down from where the luggage will come out, but 8-10 feet back from it. When I see mine, I just step up (occasionally weaving between a few knuckleheads) and grab mine. The dumb carousel-crowders…

Even better is to not fly on an airline that treats people like cattle.