I'm not an idiot.
And this is not my first time working on a car.
Buuuuuttttt...
Why are there no backup light bulbs in my 2007 MK5 Rabbit?
I pulled the taillights so I could tint them.
Figured I'd throw some LED bulbs in for the backup lights.
Unclipped the circuit board aaaannnnddd... No bulbs and no place to put one?
We need to have a serious, tactical discussion about what is happening in California, because if you think this stays in California, you aren't paying attention. The recent NY Post op-ed lays bare a terrifying reality: the "Unsafe Handgun Roster" is no longer just a localized infringement. It is being stress-tested as the ultimate blueprint for federal, backdoor gun control.
Let’s bypass the surface-level outrage and deconstruct the underlying mechanics of this strategy. How does a government effectively ban the most ubiquitous, commonly owned handgun platform in the world without ever passing a bill called "The Glock Ban"?
They do it through bureaucratic attrition. They mandate science-fiction requirements—like dual-placement microstamping or arbitrary loaded chamber indicators—that no manufacturer currently implements, effectively freezing the civilian market in time. But this raises a fundamental question we must force the courts to answer: If a Generation 5 Glock is mechanically superior and objectively safer than a Generation 3 Glock, how does a state justify banning the newer model under the guise of an "Unsafe Handgun Act"?
The logical dissonance is the point. The goal isn't safety; it's a slow-motion embargo on the Second Amendment. So, how do we dismantle this legally?
Let's break down the jurisprudence.
1. The Heller "Common Use" Paradox
In DC v. Heller, the Supreme Court established that arms "in common use for lawful purposes" are protected. We must ask ourselves: Is there any firearm currently in existence more "in common use" than the Glock 19?
If the baseline standard for constitutional protection is commonality among the American populace, how can a state legally construct a labyrinth of compliance that prevents the acquisition of the quintessential modern sidearm? By allowing states to ban handguns via technological prerequisites, are we not allowing lower courts to nullify Heller entirely?
2. The Bruen Standard: Text, History, and Tradition
Here is where the legal battle must be fought and won. Under NYSRPA v. Bruen, the burden is entirely on the state to prove that a firearm regulation is consistent with this nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation.
When California (or any federal agency that adopts this model) defends their roster in court, we must scrutinize their arguments Socratically:
Where is the founding-era analogue for a government demanding theoretical, unproven technology as a prerequisite for exercising a fundamental right?
Did the colonies require blacksmiths to invent a specific type of serialized frizzen before a citizen could purchase a flintlock?
Did the founders empower local magistrates to approve an "approved roster of safe muskets"?
The answer is unequivocally no. The state will attempt to dredge up obscure 19th-century gunpowder storage laws or concealed carry restrictions on Bowie knives to justify their modern tech-mandates. We cannot let them conflate where you can carry an arm with whether the state can artificially ban the arm itself.
3. The Equal Protection Clause Flaw
One of the most glaring vulnerabilities in the California roster model is the broad exemption carved out for law enforcement officers (LEOs). If these off-roster handguns are genuinely "unsafe" for the public, why are they perfectly safe for off-duty police officers to purchase, carry, and ironically, resell to civilians at massive markups?
Does the badge magically imbue a Glock Gen 5 with safety features? Or does this LEO exemption explicitly prove that the roster is a tiered caste system designed to restrict civilian ownership while maintaining an armed praetorian guard? Could an Equal Protection challenge under the 14th Amendment be the Trojan Horse that breaks the roster system wide open?
The Road Ahead
This NY Post piece isn't just an opinion; it's a warning. The gun control lobby knows they cannot repeal the Second Amendment. They know they cannot pass a sweeping federal ban on semi-automatic handguns outright. So, they are exporting the California Roster. If we allow the legal precedent to stand that the government can mandate impossible features to access the market, it is only a matter of time before the ATF attempts to categorize all non-microstamped firearms as NFA items, or entirely unmailable/transferable.
How do we best leverage the Bruen methodology to strike down the very concept of "Handgun Rosters" rather than fighting piecemeal feature bans?
When this inevitably reaches the Supreme Court, what specific historical analogues will the opposition invent to justify technology mandates, and how do our litigators preemptively crush them?
TL;DR: California's Glock ban via the "Handgun Roster" is a test run for a nationwide ban through bureaucratic attrition and impossible tech mandates. To defeat this, we must hammer the Bruen "text, history, and tradition" standard and expose the Equal Protection violations of LEO exemptions. The fight isn't about specific features; it's about whether the state can artificially lock us out of the modern firearms market.
#Full Disclosure:# *I am new to the silencer/suppressor game, but I do know how to use the interwebz and research.*
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Why does it seem that Griffin Argument gets no love?
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Hell, not even no love but barely even a mention and some outright hate.
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I understand they had some issues early on with QC, and with things like changing designs without any sort of announcement before products were even received by customers.
Things like releasing a "V2" while the "V1" that people bought were still sitting in ATF jail.
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I understand that Austin has rubbed people the wrong way because he has a somewhat coarse personality, little social media savvy, and even less PR polish. It's obvious he knows his shit, but gawdayum his videos are hard to watch.
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He apparently pissed off a lot of people over on Arfcom.
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Then riled up the Reddit hivemind by saying PewScience isn't the end-all and be-all of suppressor sound testing and evaluation.
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I guess they don't play nice with the GunTube "influencers" either.
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From what I can tell, the equipment and methodologies they use are quality and sound etc.
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All that being said, it would seem that a can like the HUB HRT-5K AM would be included in the same conversations as the Tisha, the Rhoadie 6K, the Canik VOID, the Stacy's Mom K, etc...
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According to Griffin's website it's <$700 for the HUB version with no mount or adapter.
It's like 4.5" long, like 11oz, and has a pretty good sized blast chamber to handle a bunch of different MD mounts. 🤷♂️
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Just based on that it would make my "short list" of cans for my use case:
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11.5" or 14.5" 5.56 host.
Length/Weight/Sound Suppression > Flash Suppression.
Budget DOES matter.
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What am I missing? Why are they not part of the discussion and comparos?
Not VA specific, but still relevant I think.
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I've seen this all over Instagram, but not a single post about it here, in the AR15 sub or anywhere else.
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Atrius is apparently partnering with OneHorse to be an "OEM Supplier" of FRS's and OneHorse will be selling complete rifles with the Atrius FRS installed and ready to run.
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I am not sharing an opinion or an argument on either side, and I don't have any connection to either company. I'm just throwing it out there...
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I've seen this all over Instagram, but not a single post about it here in the AR15 sub or anywhere else.
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Atrius is apparently partnering with OneHorse to be an "OEM Supplier" of FRS's and OneHorse will be selling complete rifles with the Atrius FRS installed and ready to run.
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I am not sharing an opinion or an argument on either side, and I don't have any connection to either company. I'm just throwing it out there...
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Working my part-time gig today.
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EMS standby at a dragstrip, got here late because I was coming off shift at my regular job. (I'm a career Professional Firefighter/Medic)
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Safety Team told me to just drive my POV down to where we stage the ambulance near the end of the track.
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OK 🤷♂️😎
Trust, 1-RP, 72 Days
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Details in screenshots.
I found an interesting article on why the processing times do Individual VS Trust NFA filings vary so much.
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It's heavy on statistics and statistical analysis, but the general concept comes down to this.
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>the NFA approval queue does not behave as one queue. It behaves as two.
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From the Executive Summary:
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>First, form type, not filer type, is the dominant axis of variation. Whether a filing is submitted by a Trust or an Individual matters far less than whether it is a Form 1 or a Form 4. The Trust-versus-Individual question, which receives substantial attention in community discussion, appears in this data as a secondary effect layered on top of the primary form-type split.
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Link to full study and article:
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https://www.nfawatch.com/queue-state/the-two-queue-regime-june-2026
Original post was deleted by the mods because it had my ex-wife and my son's faces in it.
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I wasn't re-writing the whole thing, so the story is in the pics.
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TL,DR: Ex-wife not only noticed weight loss, but commented/complimented on it.
Whatever you want to call it, I got 'em.
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(Yeah, I forgot to post this yesterday. 🙄)
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My first two EVAH!
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B&T PRINT XH RBS SC Ti 5.56
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FTN5-22 Carbon Fiber printed 22LR from a local manufacturer. C4 Armory in Chesterfield County, VA
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My post in a different sub triggered a lot of negativity about the 22...why I paid for it when I could print it myself, why the manufacturer used the "non-Form-1version" or the "Form-1 version", why would they bother to get an FFL/SOT then use open source designs, etc.
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All completely unnecessary. This community is supposed to be about supporting, sharing, educating, etc.
Since I know this will get asked:
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C4 eForm 4 submitted 5/13, Approved 6/9
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B&T eForm 4 submitted 5/22, Approved 6/13
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Virginia. Trust. 1RP
Whatever you want to call it, I got 'em today.
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B&T Print XH RBS SC Ti 5.56
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FTN5-22 Carbon Fiber printed .22LR from a local manufacturer. C4 Armory in Chesterfield, VA
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Ordered 5/11 from r/shooterschoicesc
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Form 3 submitted 5/13
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Shipped 5/14
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Delivered to FFL 5/18 (first attempt was 5/17)
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eForm 4 submitted 5/22 (Trust, 1RP)
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Approval received 6/13 (22 days)
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Now I just need the ATF to approve the Form 1 to assemble the rifle it's going on. 🤬
So I am blessed that my health insurance covers Zep. 🙏
(At least for now.)
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I told my PCP last month that after 2 months on 5.0 I wanted to move up to 7.5 because I felt the "snacking" urge coming back more, I noticed a drop in the appetite suppression effects, and despite not changing my diet significantly and maintaining a consistent amount of running and lifting I had only dropped 0.4 and 0.5 pounds over the past two weeks.
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I am still 20-25 from my GW.
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He agreed, was comfortable with it and told me to send the request thru his assistant when I was due for a refill.
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I forgot to send the request until I got the notification from my pharmacy that my RX (5.0) was ready for pickup.
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I texted his assistant and asked that a new RX for 7.5 that Dr. XXX had approved be sent in.
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No problem. It was sent that day.
(I love my PCP and his team... It costs me A LOT of money, buy it is SO worth it!)😁
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I just got the notification that my RX (7.5) was ready for pickup. And discovered that the 5.0 is still showing ready as well. 👀
A quick call to the Pharmacy and, yup, insurance is covering both since it's considered a NEW RX due to the dose change.
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FWIW, I had this happen in the past when I made a change to my ADD ADHD RX. I picked up a refill just before an appointment with my MH provider where we decided to increase my dose. She sent it and it was approved since it was a new RX. Dose change = New RX. I stashed the previous, slightly lower dose pills in the medicine cabinet "in case of emergency" use. Like if my regular dose is backordered, or I forget to request a refill (Hello! ADD!)
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Sooooooo... Do I do the same thing with the slightly lower dose ZEP? I know the BUD date will be close to a year out. And the $60 isn't even coming "out of my pocket" since I use my FSA account to pay for my RX co-pays.
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What say you Reddit hivemind?
We know the AR22 platform can be picky about ammo.
We know it doesn't like lead round nose. It prefers copper or brass plated. We know it like 36-40 grain and 1200fps muzzle velocity.
We know CCI Mini-Mag is kind of the "benchmark" and that Aguila 38gr Super Extra HV HP, Aguila 40gr Super Extra HV RN, and Armscor 36gr HV HP are generally considered reliable. We know Cascade is highly thought of as well.
What do we think of these?
First, the build:
16" Right to Bear 22LR specific barrel, unBranded AR upper, CMMG 22LR BCG, generic Ambi CH from AR15 Dis-counts.
Basic Anderson (😜) complete lower using standard LPK and FCG. Lower ran fine under an equally basic Del-Ton 16" 5.56 upper.
Magazines are Gen 1 CMMG 25 round and Arms Unlimited Gen 1 CMMG clone 15 round.
Now that is out of the way, here is the problem.
Repeated and persistent FTF jams.
First 50-75 rounds I got them occasionally. More when I was using the smaller magazines. Thought it might be a spring tension issue. Switched to the larger ones. Same thing.
Ammo was Federal AutoMatch 40gr soft lead round nose.
Came home and gave the rifle a quick cleaning, not too crazy. Shot some spray RemOil down inside each mag.
Next day, next 50 rounds.
Half Winchester White Box, half Aguila.
Same, if not more frequent.
I'd get a couple shots off then a round would fail to feed. I'd drop the mag, the round would fall out, reinsert mag and try again.
Sometimes pulling the CH to seat the first round would jam it, sometimes it wouldn't.
I started paying attention to where and how they were getting hung up.
Came home, sprayed chamber, BCG and barell with CLP and put it away.
Today. Picked up a box of Remington GoldenBullet brass coated that a friend said runs great in his.
Absolutely awful. Like maybe 5 shots at best. Out of the 100 I planned to shoot I probably had close to 40 fail.
They seem to be "catching" on what is essentially the feed ramp of the BCG and jamming there, or on the lip of the barrel and never making it into the chamber / battery.
I kept most of the FTF rounds and they seem to be "catching" on the feed ramp at shoulder where the bullet seats into the casing or at the tip of the bullet as it hits the lower edge of the barrel.
There are a bunch of pics attached.
The only modification I made to the rifle was removing the Delta ring, barrel nut and plastic clamshell to replace it with an aluminum M-LOK handguard and barrel nut setup.
It did not need to be shimmed or timed and was torqued correctly to 38 ft/lb.
Thoughts? Ideas? Fixes? Experiences?
Frustrated because I am registered for a Project Appleseed event this weekend and my rifle is not running properly.
(FWIW, it's dead nuts accurate when it does shoot! Will be a tack driver in the hands of a more skilled shooter, or me after this weekend!)
TL,DR: Why the fuck is my 22LR AR not feeding and jamming so much?
Looking for a vet recommendation.
I'm in the north/west part of the 'Williamsburg Area" if that helps.
I've got a +/- 2.5yo feral rescue. He’s been with me for about 1. Was part of a litter born under my buddy’s deck.
He’s cool with being an indoor cat now.
It’s warm in the winter, cool in the summer, it’s safe, there’s always food and fresh water, he’s got TWO kitty beds and a recliner to sleep on.
He gets a small bowl of “wet” food each morning as a breakfast treat.
No problems using the box, never messes on the floor or sprays.
Perfectly healthy. Plays with his toys etc.
I still haven’t gotten him to the vet to get his nuts snipped or verified that he is FIV/FLV negative.
I finally need to do that because my teenage daughters told me he needs a kitty friend.
(And I know better than to argue with teenage daughters... 👀)
Rules are rules, right?
Gym parking lot this morning. I see the silver Ranger here occasionally and today it was backed in right next to where I usually park so hopped out and snapped the pic real quick. I always feel weird taking pictures of someone else's vehicle in a parking lot... 🤷♂️
Throwing this out here to the hivemind...
I was doing the eForm 1 for an AR lower last night and realized I made a mistake on the first two I filed.
On the "Responsible Person Questionnaire" you have to check that you are a US Citizen, then enter your State of Birth, and COUNTRY of Birth.
I mis-read "Country" as "City" since that's what they ask for on the 4473 and on the Passport application...
(I was completing the Passport application at the same time as the eForm 1's, and had done a 4473 the day before.)
So on the two eForm 1's I submitted, I am a US Citizen, born in the State of New Jersey and in the "Country" of "Pequannock" 👀
I swear I proofread the damn things 15 times!
Do I gamble, and let them ride or do I withdraw them, with a corrected the RPQ, and resubmit?
I am 22 days in. I am in Virginia.
As we all know, approvals are running 55-60 days.
(SBR, Trust, 1RP)
At the same time, there are people who have posted that they got approved with a simple mistake and a comment stating it was corrected.
What say you Reddit collective?
Throwing this out here to the hivemind...
I was doing the eForm 1 for an AR lower last night and realized I made a mistake on the first two I filed.
On the "Responsible Person Questionnaire" you have to check that you are a US Citizen, then enter your State of Birth, and COUNTRY of Birth.
I mis-read "Country" as "City" since that's what they ask for on the 4473 and on the Passport application...
(I was completing the Passport application at the same time as the eForm 1's, and had done a 4473 the day before.)
So on the two eForm 1's I submitted, I am a US Citizen, born in the State of New Jersey and in the "Country" of "Pequannock" 👀
I swear I proofread the damn things 15 times!
Do I gamble, and let them ride or do I withdraw them, with a corrected the RPQ, and resubmit?
I am 22 days in.
As we all know, approvals are running 55-60 days.
(SBR, Trust, 1RP)
At the same time, there are people who have posted that they got approved with a simple mistake and a comment stating it was corrected.
What say you Reddit collective?