Recent content by NoVA Shooter

The question itself can lead to two different interpretations. The first is an innocent question about whether or not you consult you spouse on all gun purchases (I myself have bought several guns without telling my wife I was going to do so). The second is in a ‘deceitful’ manner where you’re...

I'd also like to point out (as some have also mentioned), haggling is not limited to the specific product you're looking to buy. Part of the 'negotiation' can be a reduced rate on an add-on. Many people have talked about how margins on new guns are razor thin and that there's not room to...

And I completely respect that strategy. If I went into a store and was told that they don't haggle because it's unfair to other customers that don't, I would have a great deal of respect for the owner.

Very true. Not every type of business is set up for haggling/discounts. Didn't mean to imply that every retailer should haggle, just that they should expect people to try. Wanting a good deal isn't limited based on income. Even rich people look for deals (matter of fact, most self made...

Not everyone prices services/items the same way. Many retailers price items with the intention of bargaining. Some use just 'gut' feelings. As we don't know which retailers expect haggling and which don't, it behooves the customer to at least try. My money is just as hard earned as a...

Why not? As someone earlier mentioned, it never hurts to ask. I've done it a couple times in a grocery store on items that were at the expiration date. People would be amazed at what they can get if they simply ask. So you'd rather a patron just go somewhere else than to come in and make an...

Always. Not to anyone else, but certainly to myself. I have limited finances with many needs and wants. When I think about getting a new gun, I ask myself "Should I spend this money on a gun or X?" Or "If I spend this money on a gun, will I be 'better off' than if I put it towards a need?"...

+1 I get asked this question all the time by friends and family new to the world of guns, who simply want to know what the bounds are. Now, I am by no stretch of the imagination an expert in the field of self defense tactics or laws nor do I claim to have all the answers, but I am...

I find it very interesting that for some people, the merit of this question is being clouded by their own wisdom. Did they not ever ask this question? Did they not learn anything from asking that question? We are all concern (or we should be) about the legality of our actions and the...

Funny thing is, it needs to be asked for people to understand why it's a bad question, so in a round-about way, it's a good question to ask. ;) I concur with your sentiments that it's the wrong question and if you have to ask it, the answer is no, but asking it (here on a forum, with friends...

That may be so, but the basis for this line of responses stemmed from your quote "If I got an OH CCW license, it would ring alarm bells whenever a cop runs my plate. It's all tied in. No thanks." The incident your referred to, while being escalated due to the person carrying, had nothing to...

To be fair, this is one incident and if you note, it happened nearly 4 years ago. Not really what I'd call bad enough to worry about. Plus, the initial confrontation was not triggered by the diver being 'marked' as having a CCP (i.e. the cop didn't pull him over/come over to investigate...

Like many others have said, no, you should not be worried about it. Do things like this happen, yes, but that's no reason not to exercise your constitutional right or to give up the means to protect yourself and your family. These incidents are few and far between and rarely (if ever) lead to...

Touché. Shown was not the right thing to say. Should have said "...demonstrated many reasons why risk management processes would take into account likelihood in the design and selection of mitigation strategies." And this was my point. Premiums are the way insurance providers mitigate the...

Really now? That's what you got out of my posts? I clearly remember saying (over and over again) that I was not trying to prove or refute the data in Post #29 but simply making the point that the likelihood of an event occurring CAN be and IS used and CAN be and IS relevant. Never did I...