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Blue Sky Country · Jun 17, 2024

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA JUNE 12, 2024

SUMMARY:

* The Biden administration on May 20, 2024 had rammed in a highly illegal executive order which places ALL gun owners under the 'dealer' banner if they even want to sell one firearm from their personal collections, essentially requiring everyone to become FFL holders and conduct background checks to engage in private trade.

* Two months before the order was even to take place, the Biden administration's weaponized ATF already began it's systematic harassment of private gun sellers, culminating in the raid and assassination of Bryan Malinowski.

* GOA Temporary Restraining Order against Biden and ATF applies to ALL GOA members, members of the Tennessee Firearms Association, and the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Tennessee and VA gun owners, be sure to also support your state firearms organizations. The TFA and VCDL are also frontliners alongside GOA in the neverending fight to protect RKBA.

* Order also applies to residents of Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

LINKS TO SUPPORT AND JOIN THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE RKBA FIGHT:

Gun Owners of America:

GOA | The only no compromise gun lobby in Washington

The only no compromise gun lobby in Washington

gunowners.org

Virginia Citizens Defense League:

https://vcdl.org

Tennessee Firearms Association:

https://tennesseefirearms.com

GOA PRESS RELEASE AND TEXT:

GOA, GOF Help Secure Preliminary Injunction Against Biden Universal Registration Check Rule | GOA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 12, 2024 Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) helped secure a preliminary injunction against Biden’s Universal Registration Check rule, which could require any person who sells just one gun in a year to...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Late yesterday, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) helped secure a preliminary injunction against Biden’s Universal Registration Check rule, which could require any person who sells just one gun in a year to obtain a Federal Firearms License and conduct background checks. Under the judge’s order, the ATF may not enforce the new rule against members of GOA, the Tennessee Firearms Association, the Virginia Citizens Defense League, and residents of the States of Texas, Utah, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The original rule took effect on May 20th, but GOA helped previously secure a partial Temporary Restraining Order blocking its enforcement against our members and certain other plaintiffs.

Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, issued the following statement:

“This is a massive victory for our members, and it comes at a crucial time. Before the rule even took effect, the ATF was involved in an early morning raid in Arkansas on a citizen’s home who was accused of not abiding by these rules, and ultimately, he ended up being killed. This Administration’s ceaseless aggression towards gun owners has already turned deadly, and the enforcement of this rule would have inevitably led to more unnecessary bloodshed. GOA and our valued partners will continue to fight back against this lawless and tyrannical administration.”

GOA spokesmen are available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA's Press Center.
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ZCOklahoma · Jun 17, 2024

Bought this new back in March and it is in like new condition. Used for 4 matches. Comes in Area 419 Mount with diving board, send it attachment, and send it level. Wrapped on day one with black multicam Ranger wrap which can be easily removed if wanted.

Not looking to trade or separate. I’m leaving the PRS world.

$3500 shipped via PayPal F&F, Zelle, or Venmo.

lash · Jun 17, 2024

Excellent article. This is a very brief scientific article for those that hate reading and learning new stuff…

The established scientific community of today is acting exactly like the established scientific community did to Darwin during his time. Most scientists are no different than other people when resisting change.

Evolution May Be Purposeful And It’s Freaking Scientists Out

Richard Dawkins' Selfish Gene faces a formidable challenge as a biophysicist makes a case for an evolution driven by purpose, intention and a collective intelligence.

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The status quo is such an enemy to progress and always has been. I have heard the same is happening in astrophysics and bio-engineering.

Mankind goes through periods of rapid growth fueled by unfettered imagination and invention, then stagnation for long periods of time. Until something or someone(s) make break through discoveries that can't be denied. We are currently in a period of stagnation, in more than one way.
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“Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a frustrated biophysicist, Royal Society fellow and pioneer of the field of systems biology. “They don’t exist. Where will they be? They won’t exist.” Since mapping the human genome in 2003, research priorities and funding shifted significantly towards genetics. The investment improved disease detection and management but failed to deliver on its promise of cures for our most common deadly diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s and most cancers. Compounding the issue, a large-scale, 2023 study concluded that genetic risk scores perform poorly at predicting who’s going to develop common diseases. For Noble, the billions invested annually in genetic research represents less of a strategy and more of a scientific confusion—that we are our genes.

The scientific story of who we are is a reductionist, gene-centric model that forfeits natural phenomena like purpose due to its association with intelligent design and a transcendent, intelligent designer. Noble is neutral on religious matters. Yet he sees compelling evidence that purpose may be fundamental to life. He’s determined to debunk the current scientific paradigm and replace the elevated importance of genes with something much more controversial. His efforts have enraged many of his peers but gained support from the next generation of origins-of-life researchers working to topple the reign of gene-centrism. If successful, the shift could not only transform how we classify, study and treat disease, but what it means to be alive.

Emergent Heart Beats

One of the earliest biomedical computer programmers, Noble created the first model for a working human heart in 1960 on a vacuum tube computer. The project led to his discovery that heartbeats are emergent properties—new phenomena—arising from feedback loops, transforming our understanding of heart function and underpin treatments for heart conditions that we use today. His research on the heart’s pacemaker demonstrates a prioritization of the organism as a whole over its genes alone. “Several genes could individually be knocked out but the process continues,” says Noble. These genes are responsible for heart rhythm, yet other mechanisms can take over to get the job done.

In the 1960s, Noble served as the dissertation examiner for the then-unknown Richard Dawkins. Dawkins—a prominent figure in the New Atheism movement—would go on to author the 1976 classic The Selfish Gene that popularized the gene-centric theory of evolution. Gene-centrism says evolution acts on genes, not individual organisms. We are merely vessels for our genes that are driving evolution by Darwinian natural selection. Noble's analysis suggests that evolution acts on the organism as a whole, with the organism harnessing randomness and variation to create and heal itself—on purpose. In this re-evaluation, Noble believes that purpose, creativity, and innovation are fundamental to evolution. He argues that we experience these processes as drives, but they are not purely subjective. They also progress non-consciously in other parts of our body. These natural processes harness randomness and unpredictability—stochasticity—to survive, make decisions, and thrive. “Stochasticity is the center of creativity in organisms,” says Noble.

Evolution on Purpose

Noble’s formal training is in cellular electrophysiology, the study of the differences in electrical charges inside and outside of a cell membrane. He suspects that crevices of ancient rocks served as cradles for emergent self-sustaining systems. Eventually, membranes evolved from lipid-coated bubbles, replacing the fissures in rocks as containers for these emergent systems. This gave rise to the first living entity—a single-celled organism. According to Noble, the constraints of a cell’s membrane and the restriction of freedom of molecules inside a cell, made purpose both possible and necessary. This development required a sort of intention or cognition within emergent networks of molecules to create and sustain biological functions.

Reinterpreting Existing Evidence

Noble sees evidence of purposive and intentional evolution in our immune response to viruses. Detection of the invader triggers a flurry of rapid mutations in the genes of B cells, creating a legion of gene variants. These variants are antibodies, the most effective of which are deployed to combat the virus. In a defensive assault, the immune system self-modifies its own DNA. “It changes the genome. Not supposed to be possible,” says Noble. “Happens all the time.”
The Future of Evolution
Noble is part of The Third Way, a movement in evolutionary biology that views natural selection as part of a holistic, organism-centered process. He co-authored Evolution “on Purpose," published by MIT Press in 2023, which argues that organisms evolve with intention.
Recent research calls into question whether genetic mutations are even entirely random. A 2022 study in Nature shows a mutation biassupporting the organism as a whole. Noble doesn’t understand why studies like these aren’t making bigger waves. “Do you, you people working in gene-centric biology, do you realize what has already been published?” asks an incredulous Noble.

This is one of his central criticisms of Richard Dawkins, whom Noble dubs the primary exponent of gene-centrism. Dawkins is one of the world’s foremost science communicators. Noble considers Dawkins an exceptional writer who simply hasn’t kept up with the science. When asked for comment, Dawkins responded, “I have a whole chapter dealing with Denis Noble in my next book, The Genetic Book of the Dead. It will be available in September.”

Where Evolution Went Wrong

Noble attributes our legacy of missteps to rigid assumptions put in place over a century ago to stand in for a lack of evidence. Darwin’s namesake theory of evolution by natural selection was first published in 1859. This slow process alters instructions to build an organism only through genetic mechanisms like random mutations and recombination that get passed down to offspring.

Near the end of his life, Darwin was corresponding with physiologist George Romanes, exploring additional mechanisms of inheritance and the role of physiology. Despite Darwin’s broadening views, his theory was scaled back posthumously. Following Darwin’s death in 1882, biologist and ‘Neo-Darwinist’ August Weismann promulgated the idea of a one-way barrier cordoning off reproductive cells from the rest of the body. This barrier required that reproductive cells were the sole vehicles for inheritance. Neo-Darwinists would go on to revive a theory of genes and genetic recombination. Mendelian genetics with Darwin’s natural selection were synthesized. The reproductive cells became the housing for genes which ascended to the centerpiece for evolution.
In 1894 at age 46, Romanes died of a cerebral hemorrhage. And so died the lone voice advocating for Darwin’s ultimate views—views of evolution which emphasized more complexity and physiology. Noble suspects if Romanes had survived, we may have avoided a gene-centric paradigm paralysis. Instead, Noble feels “our genetic hope is more about faith than facts.”

Mortality And A New Biology

Noble is urgently reviving and expanding on Darwin and Romanes. Last month, a special edition of The Journal of Physiology, co-edited by Noble and Michael Joyner of the Mayo Clinic, featured 21 articles challenging current evolutionary theory and advocating for the inclusion of phenomena like agency and cognition.

These articles corroborate the general theme that Genes Are Not The Blueprint For Life, the title of Noble’s review in the journal Nature,heralding science writer Philip Ball’s primer How Life Works: A User’s Guide to The New Biology. Ball, a former editor of Nature, admonishes the life sciences for ignoring obvious natural properties of living systems like agency and purpose because of “quasi-mystical” associations with intelligent design. In the book, Ball illustrates the resistance to letting go of the “tidy tale” of gene-centrism and the idea that genes control health more than “‘a bit’ and ‘somewhat’.” Like Noble, Ball is advocating for a new biology.

Noble’s urgency is more than academic. “This is critical to the future of health care,” says Noble, who feels the public is paying the ultimate price for gene-centrism. “I face the same problem as many other people face,” says Noble. “Families having to deal with serious illness, with social care that costs more than you can ever afford. I've been through all of that. I know what it does to families.” He considers it a foregone conclusion that aging populations will strain health systems to the point of rupture if we continue with gene-centrism.

The Critics

Noble’s critics worry that entertaining religion-adjacent views subverts established science and the entire scientific project. But Noble’s research doesn’t challenge the scientific method. It challenges a scientific epoch marked by a purely mechanistic view of nature that coincided with the Industrial Revolution and age of mechanization. Noble appreciates concerns raised by skeptics, yet refuses to exclude natural phenomena from scientific inquiry.

Noble’s critics also accuse him of exaggerating the importance of physiology, while Noble insists physiology has been unjustly sidelined since Darwin. “Physiology now has to come to the rescue of evolutionary biology,” says Noble.

Another objection is that Noble is contesting a theory of evolution that has since been revised to address new evidence. For Noble, this is exactly his point. New evidence doesn’t merely refine the theory, it undermines it.

Biology’s existential crisis reached a flashpoint in 2016, when Noble and a group of scientists and philosophers organized a conference on New Trends in Evolutionary Biology with the Royal Society of London. Royal Society members petitioned—unsuccessfully—to kill it. The protest letter (Royal Society member Richard Dawkins’ signature was noticeably absent) read “...we wish to express our concern that this meeting will severely damage the reputation of the Society among the worldwide community of evolutionary biologists (it has already attracted adverse comments among colleagues in the USA).”

They never name their U.S. colleagues, although American biologist and prominent anti-creationist, Jerry Coyne uses words like "stupid," "rotten" and “blundering tyro” in his public condemnation of Noble. Canadian biologist Laurence A. Moran echoes Coyne’s outrage adding, “It's difficult not to be very angry at people like Denis Noble.” Moran writes that if science was working properly, Noble would “fade into the woodwork of the Senior Common Room at some college in Oxford.” It’s true Noble didn’t raise serious objections to evolutionary theory until after he retired as Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology at the University of Oxford in 2004. He says “coming out” would have invariably damaged the reputation and careers of the research team in his lab.

The Next GeneRation

“We need to shame them. I'm sorry, but we do,” says bioengineer and origins-of-life scientist Joana Xavier about Noble’s caustic critics. Xavier, a next-generation evolutionary theorist, resents “bullying” from prominent scientists that shuts down young biologists and stymies scientific progress. She and her peers have new tools and fresh perspectives, yet Xavier says their academic careers are jeopardized by demeaning attacks.

Xavier’s research made headlines for her discovery of emergent, cooperative networks of molecules that mutually catalyze each other's formation in ancient bacteria. These systems were first theorized by complexity scientist, Stuart Kauffman, as a candidate for the origins-of-life story that challenges gene-centrism. Xavier studied under Noble and Kauffman before launching the Origin of Life Early-Career Network (OoLEN) with over 200 young, interdisciplinary researchers from around the world. This group co-authored an inaugural scientific paper The Future of Origin of Life Research: Bridging Decades-Old Divisions.

Xavier has identified another indication of intention at the cellular level of emergent systems: cooperation. She doesn’t understand why it’s acceptable to think of evolution as competitive but evidence of cooperation is considered taboo. “I think to solve life's origins, we'll need to look much more at cooperation. And emergence really brings cooperation into the scene, whether you want it or not,” says Xavier, who also sees creativity as fundamental to life. “It's so obvious, you either accept that it is true that life is creative or you don't.”

Xavier says her field is at an inflection point with gene-centrism holding back progress in health and medicine. “I think we’re completely stuck,” says Xavier. She’s actively pushing in a new direction even if she has to leave academia for the private sector to do it. “The gene-centric paradigm,” says Xavier, “That has to go. It's urgent.”

These days, Noble is surrounded by young researchers eager to reopen the case of evolution. “I have young people helping me with all of this because, believe me, I can't do all of this on my own,” says Noble. Creativity, purpose and organism-centered evolution are still only postulates that need rigorous testing. Noble is eager to explore both his theory and others. With theories of who we are, how we heal, and how we came to exist, Noble stresses “we should have more than one horse in the race.”

ZCOklahoma · Jun 17, 2024

Bought new and used for 4 matches. Great condition and also comes with the SAP cant knob.

$525 shipped PayPal F&F, Zelle, or Venmo.

higginsworksforme · Jun 17, 2024

Has anyone bought bulk MREs online? Should I just get Mountain House meals?

Bikerider27 · Jun 17, 2024

Selling my NF ATACR 1-8. Only used a handful of times. Great optic, just didn't quite scratch the itch I needed scratched. PM if any questions. $2000.00 with mount.

TheBigCountry · Jun 17, 2024

Pre64 Winnie in 270; pretty sure it’s a 1952

Bought this for a project and that never happened

It’s got some scars, the stock was modified at some point, blueing could use to be touched up.

I have shot it and cleaned the bore once; mainly just sitting in my safe and it needs a new home

Does come with the pictured scope and sling.

$750 for the ride, PP F&F. No Cali sales right now. If your FFL won’t accept individual add $50.

ShotgunDiesel · Jun 17, 2024

Mack Bros evo ii aw cut action and a pva 24” spiral fluted Osprey chambered in 6gt. Has about 1200 rounds on it. It was my wife’s gun last year before she decided she needed a left hand action. Base and comp knob included. We could discuss the trigger but right now it isn’t included. $1150 shipped to your ffl. Hammers with 108’s, only thing I ever really had her shooting through it.

Roksliding · Jun 17, 2024

50% off mdt acc elite cert

I can either scratch it for you and send a pic or sent the cert

300$ pay pal friends and family

owtlaw · Jun 16, 2024

I built a 6.5 CR on Aero receivers using a 20" Proof barrel with a +2" gas system. I've tried it with a rifle length buffer system using the Aero M5 rifle springs as well as a Sprinco Green. It short strokes with both setups. I just put a carbine buffer tube on the rifle and tried a Sprinco White and I'm having the same issue. I know that this barrel has a .086 gas port and I'm thinking that between the port size and the short dwell, I just cant get enough gas to run it. I'm thinking about opening it up to .090 or even .093. Anyone had this issue? What was your solution?

tps344 · Jun 16, 2024

I have decided to get an Atlas BT46 for my 20” AR15 in 6MM ARC. But I’m wondering which mounting option. I am fairly new to rifles and want to make the right purchase the first time.

Option (1) Atlas BT46 “No Clamp” bipod is $259.99, and I can order the LaRue LT271 QD mount designed for the atlas. This package cost about $365.

Option (2) Atlas BT46 LW170 this included the ADM 170S QD mount already installed for $355.

I have no experience with either option. And can’t find much information. I’d assume the LaRue mount will be higher quality, but maybe I’m wrong.

I appreciate all of the help on picking the right bipod and bipod mount.

donno · Jun 16, 2024

Lightly used Trijicon Credo 1-8 MIL. Red/Green Illuminated reticle. Asking 950 shipped and insured

Nordlicht · Jun 16, 2024

I WILL NOT INITIATE A CONVERSATION. ANYONE DOING SO IS A SCAMMER.
____________________________YOU MESSAGE ME FIRST_______________________________

Not looking for any trades.

Nightforce 3.5-15x50 Mil/Mil H58 F1 Reticle (Mil-Spec)
2010 mfg date. Illuminated Horus H58 FFP reticle. Correct for transitional Mk13 Mod 5 to M2010 platform.
Illuminated. Sunshade + Bikini. No Rings (ignore those seen in picture).
Asking $2200 Shipped

Rory_Fritz · Jun 16, 2024

JM marked 1894cs from 1982. No safety, 18.5" micro groove barrel, chambered in 357 magnum. 900 shipped to your FFL.

Aggrofish · Jun 16, 2024

So my 6.5CM has about 1800 rounds through it and the velocity has been decreasing lately. Same brass/primer/powder.

With the Hornady 140 ELDM the CBTO was 2.258 and I was seating .020 off, or 2.238. It’s been a very accurate load. Today I measured and the CBTO was 2.293 or .035 difference (erosion). I’m going to load some rounds and reseat to .020 off and probably add a couple 10ths to get the velocity back.

Question: is .035 a lot or a little?
Also, does seating depth or jump affect velocity? From what I read so say yes some say no.

Gunfighter14e2 · Jun 16, 2024

Seems your odds are getting better everyday someone, will drain your account.

Bank of America Customers Left In The Dark About Data Breach For 90 Days

About 57,000 Bank of America customers are being warned that their personal information may have been exposed during a November cyberattack on bank service provider Infosys McCamish Systems. The data breach, attributed to the LockBit ransomware group according to several reports, occurred on Info

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Longrange1994 · Jun 16, 2024

Rem 700 Triggertech diamond traditional curve single stage. Excellent condition. Asking $265 shipped

Jefe's Dope · Jun 16, 2024

I have three specific questions about Florida gun law.

1. I read that there is no CCW permit anymore, that it's a right to carry state. Is this true? I know that certain counties/municipalities may require a permit.

2. I'm getting conflicting info on private gun sales. One source state you needed a permit to purchase a gun and another source stated that face to face private sales were permitted with some caveats, specifically that you're not selling to a known person who may not own a gun.

3. That after the Parkland shooting, they raised the age of purchase to 21 for all guns, pistols and long guns?

TheBigCountry · Jun 16, 2024

CZ 457 Varmint (non threaded)

Used but not abused, a few scuffs and dings (safe rash)

Has a BScar 20 moa rail (im pretty sure)

Comes with 1 5x factory mag and I’m pretty sure I have 3x of the 10 round polymer mags

$550 shipped PP F&F

seth.allen726 · Jun 16, 2024

Hello!

For the long range enthusiast that also has a taste for the "classical" style... I have a Pedersoli Sharps 45-70 Long Range rifle for sale. This rifle was built in 2005 and sold to my Dad in 2009-2010. He was the original owner and only shot hand loaded black powder rounds through it. The round count is approximately 200 since he also loved to shoot his .308's. The barrel is octagonal in shape. It has the target sites on it and also comes with the 4" Pedersoli Creedmore rear site. You can see in the pictures that there are an assortment of front site attachments as well. I am going to include the reloading equipment seen in this post.

I have an email from Pedersoli stating the approximate build time and that modern smokeless ammunition can be fired through the rifle as well. I have a heavy box full of led bullets and brass to go with this rifle and will be sent separate from the rifle. I am willing to ship anywhere in the continental US.

Price: $2200 for everything since I am not piecing this out.

No Trades

Any questions please get ahold of me!

Seth

LRshooter6mm · Jun 16, 2024

I picked up this barrel from a prize table and am curious what the markings mean and what barrel I actually have. There was no description with it except Shilen 1:10 .308. Someone smarter than me please shed some light lol here is a couple pics with some dimensions.

Trippm · Jun 16, 2024

Used but like new.

Press and shell plate system come in original packaging.

Setup includes:
- Area 419 Zero Press
- Area 419 Locking Rings with wrench- 4 total
- Area 419 Zero Modular Shell Holder System
- In line Fab 9.5 inch ultra mount

SOLD

Deal can be made to avoid shipping.
Pick up in Nashville area.

Next PRS match is at Twisted Barrel where I am happy to deliver.

Pics to follow

Let me know if there are any questions and thank you for looking

Sandhog308 · Jun 16, 2024

Happy Dads Day to all he Hider Dad Dudes !!

Never knew my Dad , he died in a car crash when I was 2.
It takes lots to be a Good Dad , I think I’ve been a good one , according to my daughter I have

PS : Today is also the most confusing day in a black man’s life

D̷e̷v̷i̷l̷D̷o̷c̷A̷Z̷ · Jun 16, 2024

BREAKING: 2025 NDAA authorizes mandatory military draft of WOMEN across America… as Pentagon pursues global NUCLEAR war with both Russia and China at the same time – NaturalNews.com

The FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act initiates mandatory selective service registration for American women, putting in place the mechanism for a mandatory military draft of those women. This is mentioned alongside other highlights in the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services...

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D̷e̷v̷i̷l̷D̷o̷c̷A̷Z̷ · Jun 16, 2024

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