u/Averagecrabenjoyer69

So I was talking to a guy earlier today who is a felon. Obviously not able to posess modern firearms but is able to own knives, black powder guns, archery equipment etc. He was telling me how he has a Barnett crossbow with the lever on it set up for home defense and is able to do follow up shots pretty easily with it. I'm judt curious if any of y'all has or know someone that has a similar set up for home defense? Whether it be because of a felony, just an aversion to firearms, or whatever.

So from my perspective in the upper Southeast, KY/TN. That duck hunting is getting more popular in terms of interest for new and existing hunters, especially coming from out of state. Simultaneously I have several buddies who said "they're done" with duck hunting and have completely got out of it, sadly including ones I duck hunted with when I first got into it 4 years ago, because the hunting ain't what it used to be, aint worth the chase, its expensive, whatever. I've noticed this trend too. Have this been y'alls experience?

So what's the actual run down on open carry for those who prefer that style of carry? I know its legal in Massachusetts and from what I understand the Simkin ruling should protect against any revocations. Where in Massachusetts is primarily the best area to open carry? I understand attempting to do so in Boston would be a headache until it becomes more common. Has anyone practiced it yet?

When I say open carry I don't long guns or anything outlandish. Just a visible pistol in a proper retention holster.

My 4th GGfather was born in Quebec on March 1843 and Christened as Narcisse Robitaille with his father as Louis Robitaille and mother Louisa Doré and was on the 1851 Canada Census as that name. He migrated and was naturalized in the US in 1868, and from then onward in the Michigan census he's listed as Nelson Rabiteau, with some variations as Rabitau or Rabitaw. On his death certificate in 1917, I believe its Nelson Narcisse Rabiteau and his father is listed as Louis Rabiteau and his mother as Louisa Dorry. Is this just because of immigration and having an Americanized version of his original name?

So I've read opposing comments on the matter. I watched The Canadian Citizenship Podcast part 1 video on YouTube and he mentions that the pre-date of the 1977 question is redundant and doesn't matter, and you just put N/A or didnt live in Canada, and said that the naturalization question of ancestors was a moot point because their citizenship was retroactively restored. From the way I read it unbroken chain just means having the documentation connecting and proving you to the ancestor that was born in Canada in G0, and that was it. Nothing further needed. That some Americans have had their Canadian Citizenship restored claiming an ancestor born in Canada in the 1700s that naturalized in the US.

Then other comments have said that the G1 had to have been born before G0 "gave up their citizenship" and if born after that naturalization then the "chain is broken". How's that the case of naturalization is a moot point now and that ancestor and their subsequent descendants citizenship was retroactively restored?

So which is it?

So I'm an American and Southerner from Kentucky. Canada passed their new citizenship law recently in combination with a court ruling that allowed anyone with a Canadian ancestor to apply for citizenship with full benefits. My 4th GGfather was a French Canadian from Quebec on my mother's side and seems to qualify. I'm interested in researching and potentially applying, for sake of traveling. I'm currently also in the process of attempting to get hired onto a department in a career transition. Would holding dual American and Canadian citizenship potentially be an issue?

This is my first time visiting here. So I'm from the American South born and raised, and still am a Southern Baptist. Son of Dixie, etc. My family has been Southern Baptists and Baptists before the split since the early 1800s if not earlier. My forefather that settled in Manakintown Virginia in 1700 originally a French Huguenot, and they stayed in Virginia until settling in Kentucky in 1809. I'm just curious on what y'alls thoughts on the SBC and our doctrine is? Whether it be Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian, Eastern Orthodox, whatever.

My Fiancé(wife soon) and I regularly attend our local Southern Baptist church and we use the KJV Bible.