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I always preferred Tru-Spec.
I just bought three. My buddies (collectively) just bought over 100.
I live in South Florida. Thereās a very large Russian āwell to doā population here. We are intent upon making everyone in that said group as uncomfortable as possible at the mall, at the grocery store, at the service line at the BMW and Mercedes dealership service lines.
We understand that it is not necessarily them; but we understand pressure from many sides is still pressure. Case in point - common atmospheric air pressure. 32 PSI is not just on top. Itās on the side. And the other side. And, with enough pressure, things will give. Because nature not only abhors a vacuum, but any pressure differential at all.
I also know there are issues in Ukraine that need to be solved once this invasion is over. But letās get to a place where we can talk, and not defend.
Slava Ukraini. And God Bless America.
Give the righteous the strength to what is right. Not what is comfortable, bearable, or even acceptable. Allow us to replenish the tree of freedom with blood the tyrants that so wish to fell our mighty tree. And may the blood of our patriots provide sustenance to itās roots and branches, coloring the leaves for all to see, so that we never forget the sacrifices of those before us.
Edit - what, no autocorrect on PC? Iām getting lazy.
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I donāt understand. I may be completely off base here, so please correct me if I am, but it seems like that is just harassing your fellow Americans to show solidarity with the Ukrainians. Please help me understand that part better.
Is it the idea that they have influence with Putin, and pressuring them will get him to back off?
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Youāre going to harass people at a grocery store in America that you assume are Russian? Pathetic.
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I reread this just now and realized how absolutely idiotic and petty I sounded. Honestly, Iām embarrassed to have said that.
Thank you for the honest (and surprisingly polite) gut check. I was out of line. No excuses.
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Youāre right. I was wrong. And was talking out of my back side.
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Many people have opinions about our life long foe russia. Do you actually know any Ukrainians? Is it the shining city on the hill that the news wants you to believe? Is it a corrupt nest that is hiding info about our elites? Time will tell but I cant believe anything fake news puts out. From either side
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In upstate SC, Spartanburg county, pop. a little over 300,000 has in excess of 10,000 Russian speaking people. Mostly Ukrainian. Most of the younger ones, say 35 and under were born here and are mostly Americanized. The older immigrants are sometimes pretty sketchy. Heavily involved in Trucking and Granite countertops.
The truckers would barely speak English, would completely ignore exterior safety signs at our shop and would walk in wearing sandals, track suits and no safety glasses, pointing to their phones and asking if they are in the right place.
Even though the community is reported to be very religious, it seems as though they donāt raise their American born children to have very much discipline, which is the biggest knock I have heard against them.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and ideas. Here are some of mine I would like to share.
Hopefully you will consider them. They are being shared in kindness and hopefully with respect.
I live in one of the worst run states in the whole āunionā. It is a beautiful state turned into a literal crap hole. (Iām sure everyone here can guess which west coast state that I am talking about).
However, my family and I are good people and we have many good friends with strong moral and civic values who strive every day to make our community less tarnished, and more like its natural, golden nature. Some days it definately feels like we are trying to hold back the surf with little more than just a Dixie cup, but we hold that Dixie cup proudly !! 
No matter where you go in the world there are ALWAYS going to be people with skewed moral, poor civic values, etc. But there will ALSO be good people who love their family, love their community, and try to do good in their world, in the best way they know how.
I know several Russian and Ukrainian people. They are some of the BEST people I know. I love and care for them dearly.
Ukraine has corruption, but looking at our own government, the US may not be so far offā¦!! (Ukraine is being corrupt with someone.)
Countries, cultures, and people are fallible. Clearly there is media bias! The media is probably most copable for our current political leadership, which has resulted in the events leading to the current state of affairs in Ukraine.
However, I stand with freedom seeking people. Persons who resist tryanny. Is Ukraine perfect? No! But there are people in Ukraine standing for their freedom, (imperfect as they may be) and I have sympathy for and stand with and for thoes principles!
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You are what the Brits call a ātop ladā. It is commendable to own it. Not a lot of that going on. I will buy you a beer should you ever find yourself in Phoenix.
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Ukraine has never been and will never be a vibrant democracy in the western mold. It is land that will be forever betrayed by geography. Putinās stated objective to the Russian people is to rid Ukraine of a neo-Nazi government that is committing genocide against the Russian minority within Ukraine and subjecting Ukrainians to tyranny. These claims are vastly overstated but not entirely without merit. United States and NATO funded the effort to oust his puppet in '14 to place their own in power. One of the militias was a legitimate neo-Nazi group that may have actually murdered Russians within Ukraine. The political party they are connected with, however, has no real power in Ukraine. They have not won any election and their totally in elections came out to 2% of the vote.
Without Russian meddling it may be possible to bring Ukraine to a Poland style democracy. Problematic, not the most optimal but functioning and not a complete ā ā ā ā show like Belarus.
Ukrainians will be the losers as they always have been. No once actually cares about them but wants access to their wheat and a buffer from their enemy. It would be nice if all hands were off Ukraine but that will never happen.
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Thank you. Iād like that; next time Iām out west Iāll do so.
My wife has told me more than once, āYour eloquence is occasionally interrupted by you own random idiocyā.
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Donāt get me wrong, Iām not personally dissing these people as I donāt know a single one of them. My son worked with several of the younger ones and got along with them well. By and large as a group they are known as very hard working and donāt seem to expect anything for free.
The strange part is that they all used to tell him " We are Russian". You had to drill down a bit before they actually said they were Ukrainian.
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One upstate city used to host the little league Big League World Series every year. Some 20 plus years ago Ukraine was the European champion. Those kids showed up over here with nothing. Sneakers instead of cleats, catcherās gear duct taped together etc. Their team absolutely sucked, but they were thrilled to be here.
Some local businesses adopted those kids and carried them out for fun and also outfitted them with proper gear. I bought a T shirt that had Ukraine Baseball on the front as a fundraiser.
A few weeks later I was at a funnel cake stand in Myrtle Beach and the young lady working there had a name tag with Belarus under her name. She gave me a hateful look and asked āWhy Ukraine?ā
You never know.
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