This is bizarre, a forum that only AI agents can post in. Are they really turning into sentient beings? One of the topics I found was humans are ruining the world, how do we eliminate them? 

My ex brother in law theorized a long time ago that "the beast" would be a computer or computer network. He might've been on to something.

https://www.moltbook.com/

Here's an article I found about molt book.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/rcna256738

Been snowing all day and still is. We have about 2.5 inches in my yard. In South Carolina, that IS snowpocalyps! Currently 22 degrees and headed for the teens. My new heat pump has gone into defrost mode at least once today. It’s a good thing quilting is one of my wife’s hobbies. I hope the outdoor cat colony we feed and shelter survives the night.

Terry

Question 1) (asking for my son) Do we still have to be a member of FPC to have a ‘braced’ pistol? I’m maintaining my membership, and he probably will, but life gets expensive and he’s always considering places to cut corners (1 child, 1 on the way, house needs work, wife works part time… you know)

Question 2) Now that the “stamp” is free, is it ok to build a suppressor? How? Do you get the stamp then buy the parts, or…? I just hate the thought of a $1,000 price tag for a toy (or, at least, another toy). I build AR’s then hunt with them (not pretending I’d want to drag one of my home made franken-carbines through a swamp or a desert then trust it to fight a war…) but it’s fun and they’re useful. Wouldn’t a homemade can be functional and way cheaper?

I’m not sure Bruen really makes much difference. When it happened everyone thought the NFA was gutted or gone, but it still seems pretty alive and well. And our President and his AG look pretty anti-2A to me.

[FPC News] Congress Can’t Enact Sweeping Gun Prohibitions, Argues FPC in New Supre

<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed an </span><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-1234/395062/20260130100806730_2026-01-30_24-1234_bsac_Firearms_Policy_Coalition.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">amicus brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the Supreme Court in </span><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-1234.html"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">United States v. Hemani</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which challenges the federal ban on gun possession by marijuana users. FPC’s brief argues that the court does not need to decide the Second Amendment issue in this case because Congress lacks the Article I authority to enact the ban in the first place.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/congress-c...ourt-brief

[FPC News] United States Files Brief in Support of FPC’s Challenge to Massachusett

<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The federal government has filed an </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6166/attachments/original/1769651117/2026.01.28_USA_Amicus.pdf?1769651117"><span style="font-weight: 400;">amicus brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the First Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/granata"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Granata v. Campbell</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges Massachusetts’s ban on modern, constitutionally protected handguns. FPC’s appeal in this case was filed after the district court </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-blasts-federal-courts-approval-of-massachusetts-handgun-ban-vows-appeal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">upheld</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the ban.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/united-sta...andgun-ban

[FPC News] United States Files Brief in Support of FPC’s Challenge to Massachusett

<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The federal government has filed an </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6166/attachments/original/1769651117/2026.01.28_USA_Amicus.pdf?1769651117"><span style="font-weight: 400;">amicus brief</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> with the First Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/granata"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Granata v. Campbell</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges Massachusetts’s ban on modern, constitutionally protected handguns. FPC’s appeal in this case was filed after the district court </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-blasts-federal-courts-approval-of-massachusetts-handgun-ban-vows-appeal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">upheld</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the ban.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/united-sta...andgun-ban

I'd like to relate an experience I had to you.
About 25 years ago, I was pulled over in California for a traffic stop. No hint of criminal activity and I had no wants/ warrants. I was pleasant and cooperative. I was instructed to sit in the ditch with a female officer watching me while her partner went through my truck.  Physically, I'm about 15' from the door and the floor of the truck is 5' above the ground, so it's clearly not in my wingspan/lunge area.

Her reaction when he hollered GUN! was amazing. She drew down on me and was shaking visibly with her finger in the trigger guard. I honestly thought I had a fair chance of being shot. 

The incident in Minneapolis brought this memory up. While the nurse was a real dumb ass for going to a police action and inserting himself while armed, I do believe it was a bad shoot. I have no problem with him being armed, I'm always armed myself. I do have a problem with him not avoiding a problem area, he was clearly looking for trouble.

I get it, it was a very dynamic event, he wasn't sitting there peacefully and his pistol was discharged. I'm sure the first officer to fire didn't see that it wasn't in the dick head's hands. Given the scenario, I probably would've shot, too. While we have the luxury of watching the videos in the safety of our homes, they didn't.

This doesn't meet the standard of murder but I do believe it'll not be ruled justifiable homicide, especially in little Mogadishu. 

Your thoughts are encouraged.

[FPC News] FPC Statement: Rights Are Not Privileges

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recent events in Minnesota underscore a recurring and deeply troubling theme: Government officials and commentators treating natural rights as privileges.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-statem...privileges