Not entirely true. An SBR is regulated by the NFA as you said, but as long as your overall barrel length is 16" or more, you’re fine. I’d still call any rifle in .223 with a 16" or less barrel a carbine. While 14.5" with a permanently affixed 1.5" muzzle device would be ideal for that arbitrary measurement, for…

It’s adorable that you think Splinter pays actual copy editors.

No, because the “adults in the room” cliche generally infers that said person or persons more or less have the good of the nation in mind as they attempt to stifle Trump’s worst impulses. I have no such illusions about Bolton. He’s a survivor who has certain goals that happen to align with taking advantage of Trump’s…

Shh... that doesn’t make for as good of a story though.

Careful of making the mistake of confusing ignorance (willful or otherwise) of certain topics or malevolence with stupidity. Bolton has not hung around as long as he has or been as connected as he has within the Republican machinery by being stupid. Trump’s family and certain inner circle members can get away with…

Here’s a thought: Rather than join archaic 19th century organizations that take your money every week in return for ???, start electing people to public office that will make sure we all benefit from reasonable legal protections from employers, regardless of what clubs we pay membership to. Unions don’t mean much in…

I’ll never understand the only plan some people have of keeping their family safe, is to hope the cops get there in time once an intruder is in front of them.

You should probably Google things before you make such definitive statements in the future.

Of course they prohibit someone from having a handgun. The first two things are essentially income barriers. If you’re too poor to afford either of those, under your system, you can’t own a gun. It’s the same logic behind so-called “Saturday night special” laws. Which will drive people to the black market.

I think sometimes we get a little misled by assuming that just because all the people in Trump’s administration cover for him and back up his lies and buffoonery, that they’re all as mind-numbingly stupid as him. Personally, I think that’s a very dangerous assumption to make, and leads us to underestimate and overlook…

Agreed, this was very much a strategic move on his part. That those were the only two things written on that pad, when a note card or a note on his phone would’ve done just as well, is telling. Besides do we really think he needed to write down those two things to remember them?

Despite what people around here would like to think, Bolton’s not actually a complete idiot. He’s almost definitely wrong with regards to his war boner for Iran, but this seems clearly on purpose to illustrate two things: That we’re looking to wind down in Afghanistan, freeing up our attention to act elsewhere, and…

I’ll wager an honest dollar that that vote won’t go the way you think it will. There’s still plenty of temporarily embarrassed millionaires in this country.

It’s very telling that Democrats are the ones crying the loudest about an independent candidate spoiling the vote for them. If anything an independent stands more chance of peeling votes away from Trump if they position themselves as a centrist who will be the adult in the room we so desperately need. After all,…

Likening avoiding gun education to sex education is a great analogy.

Your kids are more likely to get hurt by all those dogs than a gun.

Good thing the police are always seconds away, right?

The biggest problem as I see it, whether you’re pro or anti-gun, is the complete and utter lack of firearms education most people get. So you end up with a large number of people who are either completely ignorant of firearms, or terrified of them.

If you have any experience handling firearms, or have every tried to handle anything like them in an enclosed space, you would know that a shotgun is actually about the worst choice unless you just like blowing huge holes in things and being loud. They are bulky, slow to fire, have a large amount of recoil, and slow…

Too bad pit bulls are illegal in more and more places.