u/deathsythe

I've spoken with a few trusted folks, names you would recognize if you are in this community or pay attention to politics, and I have some unfortunate news. I am sharing this because I don't want anyone to get in trouble.

It is very likely that we will not be able to transfer lowers or AR/AK pistols going forward, and from what I understand many FFLs' counsels have said as much as well.

The argument is that while yes - perfectly legal for us to make AR pistols, or Non-NFA AOWs, or what not with them with the law as written, the AG is claiming it violates the spirit of the law and is literally foaming at the mouth waiting to make an example out of someone for this.

Some shops have said previously they will still stock pistols and lowers, but news comes breaking from earlier this week.

Yes - we would ultimately likely win as the law is written, but the process is the punishment, and even those with deep pockets are seemingly unwilling to do so. "You will lose everything" was what was said. That is a significant perceived legal risk. You'll beat the wrap, but you won't beat the ride, the process IS the punishment.

Peter Neronha has already expressed displeasure with how little enforcement and arrests the mag ban has been getting, and this looks like it will be his swan song.

The good news is all of your lowers purchased 7/1 pre-ban should be fine to configure as you like. The problem will be getting new lowers or AR pistols or Dracos or what not.

I hope I'm misinformed, but I doubt it unfortunately.

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The silver lining - we should not have to worry about this for much longer by this time next year as the SCOTUS will have rules in Viramontes in our favor, but even sooner so - when we make sure we put an AG who isn't openly hostile to the 2A (someone like Joe Solomon on the (D) side (who voted against the mag ban and AWB) or Alan Gordon on the (R) side) we should be able to get an opinion letter clarifying this shortly after they are sworn in.

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This is why it is SUPER IMPORTANT that we all DISAFFILIATE so that we can vote for Solomon in the dem primary so no matter who wins the general we have an AG who is not openly hostile to the 2A like Nehronha is.

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I hate to be the bearer of bad news on this, and I hope I am wrong or misinformed or that someone will have the balls and the pockets to stand up to this, but I believe we are in a holding pattern for a little while on this one folks. I only say this all because I don't want anyone (FFL or individual) to get in trouble or jammed up over this.

None of the above is legal advice nor constitutes any legal advice or attorney-client relationship. IANAL. Seek your own legal counsel if you wish.

This is my current understanding based on conversations with several sources. I have not seen formal guidance from the Attorney General's office confirming this position, and doubt there ever will be any.

We are working on one or two more things regarding the AWB then we are 100% focused on election season folks. We need to keep fighting.

Call them directly 401-574-8829 and choose option 3.

If you or anyone of your dependents took TDI or TCI that is likely what is holding it up. The system treats that like unemployment and seems to be holding it because they're waiting for additional documentation (that doesn't exist).

Good luck everyone. Get your money back.

Grabbed a Fire HD 10 (11th gen) on a woot sale some time ago. Figured it was a good enough piece of kit to throw retroarch on and maybe connect a bluetooth controller for some simple stuff - possibly mount somewhere or use a stand whatever. Used firetoolbox and set it all up fine.

Installed RA without issue and played through a number of games with it no problem (GBA and PSX mostly)

At this point I've tried every launcher available so far that will install on it (sadly ES-DE requires a more updated version of Android), and not a single one of them will run properly.

At least cocoon will launch into drastic and duckstation, albeit not loading the games I've clicked on, but the biggest issue for all of them is that Retroarch just goes to a black screen crashes when I try to launch any title, regardless of whether it uses a BIOS or not.

The thing that's killing me is that the games run fine if I run them through RA natively.

Trying to set this up where I can just use a bluetooth controller and be working as soon as it turns on, and it is driving me crazy.

Is this just a fools errand and I'm not going to be able to get a console-like experience with this?

We've got the opportunity to switch to SolidWorks at one of my jobs, and have received some keys to test drive the software.

Should I encourage folks to install 25 SP5 or 26 SP1?

My usual rule of thumb would be the older version, but I figure I should ask the folks running it more frequently.

FWIW - I'm running 2023 still mostly, so I have no frame of reference.