PILOT SPIN
Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Little Joe on April 20, 2017, 05:44:24 AM
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After a very warm winter, according to my power companies web site, the average high temp for my area this billing cycle was 74degrees. For the same period last year, it was 80degrees. I can't remember such a perfect spell of weather. I haven't had to use the heater or the A/C in for about 5 weeks now.
How is the weather in your area?
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We've been averaging about 10 degrees above normal for some time now. We had a period a month or so ago where we could have the windows opened up. Now we have the air on. Long range forecast has us cooling back down to normal early next week.
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My area, mid-Atlantic, has been cooler this spring. My heat is still running almost daily, (I keep it set at 65) except for the occasional 80 degree day which is then followed by days in the 50's or low 60's with nights in the low 40's. It is 54 right now, and temps for the next five days are mostly in the 50's, and low 60's. We may hit 77 on Friday though, but then it goes back down to the 50's. Weird Spring.
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After a very warm winter, according to my power companies web site, the average high temp for my area this billing cycle was 74degrees. For the same period last year, it was 80degrees. I can't remember such a perfect spell of weather. I haven't had to use the heater or the A/C in for about 5 weeks now.
How is the weather in your area?
Sounds like great weather. We're averaging upper 80s - low 90s in the day and upper 50s - low 60s in the evenings. It's only going to get hotter.
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Sounds like great weather. We're averaging upper 80s - low 90s in the day and upper 50s - low 60s in the evenings. It's only going to get hotter.
In what region do you live?
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80s, feels like 90. West central FL.
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In what region do you live?
The desert southwest.
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Sounds like great weather. We're averaging upper 80s - low 90s in the day and upper 50s - low 60s in the evenings. It's only going to get hotter.
That sounds like here, south Texas. The scorpions are coming around now.
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That sounds like here, south Texas. The scorpions are coming around now.
Thought you were still in the east. That must be a big change!
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Thought you were still in the east. That must be a big change!
It is! We moved last year.
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It is! We moved last year.
Hope you enjoy it! Sound great. I miss the West.
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Hope you enjoy it! Sound great. I miss the West.
I don't miss the East. I love it out here. ;D
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I don't miss the East. I love it out here. ;D
I'm glad. I will eventually move back. I think there is more "freedom" there (not the coast of course), and a great way to get away from angry northeasterners! ;D
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I'm glad. I will eventually move back. I think there is more "freedom" there (not the coast of course), and a great way to get away from angry northeasterners! ;D
Move too far west to get away from them and you start running into Californians, who are increasingly moving out of California and trying to ruin the rest of the southwest.
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Move too far west to get away from them and you start running into Californians, who are increasingly moving out of California and trying to ruin the rest of the southwest.
That's why I said ("not the coast of course"). I used to live in CO, and would move back, but look what the Californians did to that state. However, if you get out of the Front Range, it is mostly good. :)
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Move too far west to get away from them and you start running into Californians, who are increasingly moving out of California and trying to ruin the rest of the southwest.
Kind of like migrants moving to the U.S and wanting to make the U.S. like the country they fled. ???
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I'm glad. I will eventually move back. I think there is more "freedom" there (not the coast of course), and a great way to get away from angry northeasterners! ;D
Well I love the climate. Low humidity, no winter to speak of. Other than that I like the way the roads and highways are different from urban NC, more logical, and of course no state income tax. Our property taxes are higher, but altogether we saved total compared to living in NC. The people are just completely different. That's not a good or bad thing, just different demographics. I do love the Texas pride and sense of self sufficiency.
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Well I love the climate. Low humidity, no winter to speak of. Other than that I like the way the roads and highways are different from urban NC, more logical, and of course no state income tax. Our property taxes are higher, but altogether we saved total compared to living in NC. The people are just completely different. That's not a good or bad thing, just different demographics. I do love the Texas pride and sense of self sufficiency.
Now if only their gun laws would catch up with a state like Arizona.
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Now if only their gun laws would catch up with a state like Arizona.
Do you meant NC? I am very fortunate to live in the most 2A friendly state in the mid-Atlantic. We are surrounded by anti freedom, anti-liberty states such as NJ, NY, MD. Horrible. Just by driving over the border, you can become and instant criminal.
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Do you meant NC? I am very fortunate to live in the most 2A friendly state in the mid-Atlantic. We are surrounded by anti freedom, anti-liberty states such as NJ, NY, MD. Horrible. Just by driving over the border, you can become and instant criminal.
No, I'm saying I'd like to see Texas' gun laws catch up with a state like Arizona now that they have Constitutional carry. You no longer need a concealed weapon permit to carry concealed in the state.
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No, I'm saying I'd like to see Texas' gun laws catch up with a state like Arizona now that they have Constitutional carry. You no longer need a concealed weapon permit to carry concealed in the state.
Agreed. TX laws are not as good as people think in some respects. We should all have Constitutional Carry. Maybe with the changes to the SCOTUS we will, but I am not holding my breath.
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Agreed. TX laws are not as good as people think in some respects. We should all have Constitutional Carry. Maybe with the changes to the SCOTUS we will, but I am not holding my breath.
There actually is a case that could come before the Court. I should start a new thread on this, but essentially, a man in California is challenging that state's "may issue" law with regards to concealed carry. All the lower courts have affirmed the state's law but if the SCOTUS overturns it, it could (and likely will) lead to each state being forced to allow concealed carry. Universal reciprocity is the next logical step after that though I don't see that happening anytime soon.
https://www.thetrace.org/2017/04/peruta-v-california-gun-case-supreme-court-concealed-carry/
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Double post.
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Funny.
I thought this thread would drift to a climate change debate, not a gun control debate.
macht nichts
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Funny.
I thought this thread would drift to a climate change debate, not a gun control debate.
macht nichts
Well since the science is settled, there's not much point. ;)
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No, I'm saying I'd like to see Texas' gun laws catch up with a state like Arizona now that they have Constitutional carry. You no longer need a concealed weapon permit to carry concealed in the state.
Yes that would be nice. I'm still going through the application process. You need the permit for concealed or open in Texas. In NC you don't need a permit for open. It's all a big bother
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Yes that would be nice. I'm still going through the application process. You need the permit for concealed or open in Texas. In NC you don't need a permit for open. It's all a big bother
The open carry law in Texas is pretty new. Arizona has had open carry for quite a while now with no permit needed. They just recently passed the new concealed carry laws that do not require you to have the permit to conceal carry within the state.
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There actually is a case that could come before the Court. I should start a new thread on this, but essentially, a man in California is challenging that state's "may issue" law with regards to concealed carry. All the lower courts have affirmed the state's law but if the SCOTUS overturns it, it could (and likely will) lead to each state being forced to allow concealed carry. Universal reciprocity is the next logical step after that though I don't see that happening anytime soon.
https://www.thetrace.org/2017/04/peruta-v-california-gun-case-supreme-court-concealed-carry/
I don't understand how liberal/progressive lower courts legally get away with their un-Constitutional rulings against the 2A when it has been incorporated by the SCOTUS. It is very clear what the 2A means, and the far left lower courts justify their rulings against the Constitution with their "Social Justice", Orwellian beliefs. This has too stop. The SCOTUS should take on these rulings, and their should be recourse against judges that ignore laws to promote their personal "feelings".
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I don't understand how liberal/progressive lower courts legally get away with their un-Constitutional rulings against the 2A when it has been incorporated by the SCOTUS. It is very clear what the 2A means, and the far left lower courts justify their rulings against the Constitution with their "Social Justice", Orwellian beliefs. This has too stop. The SCOTUS should take on these rulings, and their should be recourse against judges that ignore laws to promote their personal "feelings".
With regards to D.C. v. Heller, the SCOTUS ruled pretty narrowly in that they ruled that Washington, D.C. must allow residents to own firearms (pistols, rifles and shotguns) inside their homes. They said nothing about concealed carry. This case is about whether or not citizens should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in public places.
Let's also not forget that the 9th Circuit has one of the highest rates of having their decisions overturned by the SCOTUS.
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They said nothing about concealed carry. This case is about whether or not citizens should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in public places.
According to this line of thinking I have a right to defend my life inside my own home but when I'm out and about I shall be prey. Never made sense to me.
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According to this line of thinking I have a right to defend my life inside my own home but when I'm out and about I shall be prey. Never made sense to me.
For the most part, I am safest in my home. I have locked doors, and windows, a security system, and other things to protect me. I also have the advantage of knowledge of my environment. When I leave my home, I am more at risk, even in my vehicle, which if used properly can keep you safer, and even act as a deterrent. However, when leaving home, we are more at risk. Do I live in fear, and have paranoia about travelling, or leaving my home? Not at all. I often travel without a firearm due to work realities, travelling to other states that don't have reciprocity, airlines, etc.
The Constitution does not limit the right to bear arms to your own home. Only liberal/progressive courts have done so.
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For the most part, I am safest in my home. I have locked doors, and windows, a security system, and other things to protect me. I also have the advantage of knowledge of my environment. When I leave my home, I am more at risk, even in my vehicle, which if used properly can keep you safer, and even act as a deterrent. However, when leaving home, we are more at risk. Do I live in fear, and have paranoia about travelling, or leaving my home? Not at all. I often travel without a firearm due to work realities, travelling to other states that don't have reciprocity, airlines, etc.
The Constitution does not limit the right to bear arms to your own home. Only liberal/progressive courts have done so.
Exactly, it is not logical. I think they do it because of emotion - fear of being around someone armed - or the political way to gradually erode our 2nd amendment right.
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According to this line of thinking I have a right to defend my life inside my own home but when I'm out and about I shall be prey. Never made sense to me.
I'm not saying I agreed with it, I'm just saying how they ruled. They ruled based on the issue at hand.
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I'm not saying I agreed with it, I'm just saying how they ruled. They ruled based on the issue at hand.
Oh I understood you didn't agree with it. :)
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Oh I understood you didn't agree with it. :)
I'm hoping SCOTUS grants cert on this case and then overturns the 9th Circuit. It's ridiculous to think that somehow you can only protect yourself in your home, but not in public. An armed society is a polite society.