Amazon Smile is great

"Clown Shoe Pilot" (csp)
02/18/2016 at 02:26 • Filed to: None

I just bought a case for a gun I’ve recently purchased, and the case is made here in the USA. This will make the folks on the couple of gun forums I read happy. However, I bought it on Amazon and my transaction triggered a donation to Planned Parenthood which will make all the same people apoplectic, which is also fun.

DISCUSSION (22)

bob and john > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 02:28

got nailed with something here at school, wasnt able to get to your crane today.

when do you need it by? i’m aiming to have some rough calculations done by the end of the week if thats not too late for you?

Steve in Manhattan > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 02:29

I am all for sensible gun regulation, and yet my Amazon Smile donations go to the Wounded Warrior Project. Go figure ...

Sam > Steve in Manhattan
02/18/2016 at 03:00

Next time I’m in NYC, we should meet up. From your posts on here you seem like a person who I’d have good conversation with.

Also, the Wounded Warrior Project is great. They are one of the elite few charities that are true to the term ‘not for profit’.

Sam > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 03:43

You’re such a tease. You didn’t tell us what kind of gun it is!

RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z) > Sam
02/18/2016 at 03:43

wait wut? have you completely missed the controversy surrounding WWP the past year? the ceo has been throwing ragers with charity money and a lot of the vets i’ve heard from said that WWP does little more than give out tshirts, drawstring bags etc. seems like the biggest complaint is that they’ve gone from legitimate charity to a “Brand” I’ve heard of Legion and VFW posts advising members to donate to other charities

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/…

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/31/…

http://www.military.com/daily-news/201…

Sam > RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
02/18/2016 at 04:29

Oh man, thanks for telling me. I thought they were one of the good ones.

A shame, really. You can easily make a livable salary as CEO of a charity without rhaiing the lion’s share of the contributions.

spanfucker retire bitch > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 07:01

Yeah, I’ve even got an extension installed so any “amazon.com” links automatically redirect to “smile.amazon.com” links.

I wonder how much money I’ve indirectly donated to the EFF...

davedave1111 > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 07:45

“the case is made here in the USA. This will make the folks on the couple of gun forums I read happy”

Gawds, they really are total idiots, aren’t they? I mean, we’ve only known for 350 years or so that the benefits of trade are imports, not exports. The US as a whole would be richer if you could (and did) buy the same case cheaper from someone else, because then you’d have the case plus whatever else the workers who’d have made it can go and do.

‘Buy American!’ is the same as saying ‘make America poorer!’

Frenchlicker > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 08:20

Mine goes to the local humane society, I'm more of an animal person.

Clown Shoe Pilot > bob and john
02/18/2016 at 08:32

no hurry, whenever you get to it. I’m not buying materials for at least another month

Clown Shoe Pilot > Sam
02/18/2016 at 08:37

Kinja'd!!!

Leadbull > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 08:44

My donations go to the Human Fund.

Money for people!

Ash78, voting early and often > RedlineZ bought an SV (And is getting rid of the z)
02/18/2016 at 08:54

I’ve heard the same for years — that WWP is the most loud-mouthed, but one of the least truly effective veterans’ charities out there. I think they mostly just make stickers.

In their defense, though, I think that anything that raises awareness for modern veteran care can have a positive effect in general.

Ash78, voting early and often > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 08:56

I have wanted one of those since I was a kid!

How hard are full-auto and burst conversions? Not for me — for a friend who is on a SWAT team and is fully authorized to ask such questions.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Ash78, voting early and often
02/18/2016 at 09:03

Hard? Not very. It’s a drop in trigger pack

Legal? ehhhhhh, you gotta drop about 10k on an ATF registered Auto-Sear and wait for them to approve your request, takes about 8 months (give or take, I think they just hired some new approvers)

Though the one CSP posted has a short barrel and a stock, so it’s an SBR (unless he just grabbed a stock image from somewhere)

Steve in Manhattan > Sam
02/18/2016 at 09:04

I have been seeing articles like this for the past week or so - hoping it’s not the case, but shit happens.

Clown Shoe Pilot > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/18/2016 at 09:27

Sears for HKs haven’t been 10K in over a decade. Try 30K. It’s not QUITE as plug and play as you think either. There are changes to the semi receivers that make plugging in an auto trigger group impossible. You’ve gotta cut metal somewhere. If you buy a registered sear, it’ll probably come in a trigger pack, so you can save yourself some cutting. If you just buy a bare sear though, you’ve got a project ahead of you.

Also, if the guy is on “on a SWAT team” then he can just call up HK and buy factory MGs and avoid the whole conversion mess. It’s really a LOT easier.

Last, I pulled a stock image, but mine will be an SBR after the stamp arrives.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 10:08

Amazon Smile is awesome. Not many know about it, but the ability to give a donation just by buying something you were going to anyhow is pretty cool.

Your’s has a hysterical result though

yamahog > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 11:23

There’s a chrome extension that redirects any Amazon link through smile, so you never forget to donate. Mine is also set to Planned Parenthood of Mid and Southeast Michigan, because FSM knows they need it here.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > Clown Shoe Pilot
02/18/2016 at 18:12

Ahh, thanks for the extra info. I’ve never really followed NFA stuff aside from SBR’d VZ61's (because klobberin time) and bottom of the barrel Mac-10/11 bullet hoses (because pew pew pew)

Also, holy shit, really, 30k for a registered auto sear? This must be a demo-letter post-86 one then

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt…

Clown Shoe Pilot > vdub_nut: scooter snob
02/18/2016 at 19:53

yes, that’d be for a registered receiver gun, or a post sample.

here’s a transferable: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt…

Stef Schrader > Clown Shoe Pilot
04/17/2016 at 22:13

Ha, nice. I think mine’s set to give to the EFF. Because Internets.