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RWK

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I'm a relatively new participant in TFL, but as an avid pistol/target shooter, I enjoy TFL -- and appreciate the expertise of our membership -- tremendously. Sincerely, thank you to the administrators (who keep the wheels spinning) and to the participants (whose aggregate knowledge makes this a most valuable resource).

I respectfully recommend and hope we maintain TFL as the vehicle for exchanges of FIREARMS RELATED information. There certainly are many Internet venues available for other types of interactions; I do not question the legitimacy nor the importance of these other sites, however let's keep TFL focused on its fundamental objective.
 
Dunno how long you've been reading, but....

This is sort of an issue we've been dealing with.

Agreed, 100%. The hard part, of course, is when a perfectly innocuous thread goes off on a tangent that you, personally, happen to be interested in. You say, ah, heck! And there you can be, contributing to a thread in its evil turn away from firearms discussion. I've done it! I've done it today. :o

Regards,

L.P.


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Will you, too, be one who stands in the gap?

Matt
 
Long Path, I know what you mean, but try to concentrate.

RWK, great point.

Now, what do you guys think of those pesky black helicopters ... ;)
 
Oh, you mean that intelligent, moderate in tone discourse on guns, shooting, and related topics is what we are looking for. That is certainly a radical concept, Precisely the one that brought me here over a year ago and keeps me coming back several times a week.

Now, its not those pesky black helicopters, those are covering for the UPO's. Its those nasty black suburbans with the blacked out windows.

Jim in IN

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