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  1. JiminAZ

    SOLD: KAC SR15 E3 Mod1 16"

    A couple photos. Won’t include optic, sling, or light. Will include KAC flip BUIS i have the original A2 flash hider and grip if you prefer them.
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    WTB Honda pioneer 1000-5 spare

    FWIW I got my spare from Western Honda in Scottsdale, they sold an inexpensive black painted steel front wheel/tire combo. Think I paid like $135 for it a few years ago. You might want to check with them.
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    retaining judges

    Might be helpful to some folks. You can see who the judge donated to, and get other info. Cathi Herrod's CAP does a great job of trying to educate voters (especially us conservatives!). Sorry this is just a paste of an email I received as I subscribe and give to her organization. But you can punch the links in yourself and go do a little homework. About Those Judges…and Props You have probably made up your mind about who you are voting for in the Arizona Governor’s race, the U.S. Senate race, and other high-profile races, but what about all the other names on your ballot? It can be daunting researching school board candidates, city council members, and deciding which judges to retain. The most common question I get is about how to vote on the judges up for retention. At azaction.org, you will find tools to help navigate some of those races. The candidate donation report shows you the donations made by school board and municipal candidates, and judges up for retention. This gives you a good idea of the candidates’ political leanings and judicial philosophies. For example, if you search Scottsdale Unified School District under school board candidate donations, you will see an overview of how much money was donated by the candidates to other candidates or political parties. In the Scottsdale race, school board candidates gave more than $14,000 to Democrats, most of it coming from one candidate, Mary Gaudio. If you put her name in the search block, you will see she donated to Mark Kelly’s campaign, as well as other Democrats. Incidentally, Scottsdale school board candidates gave just over $1,400 to Republicans. You can do the same search for judges and some municipal candidates. For more on judges, go to azvoterguide.com and click on judicial retention candidates to see a judge’s bio, Judicial Performance Review Committee score, and how he or she ruled on certain cases. For example, under Arizona Supreme Court, if you click on Ann Timmer and scroll down the list of cases, you will see she voted against the free speech and religious freedom of the artist owners of Brush & Nib in 2019. You also will see that the following judges responded to our surveys. We sent surveys to every judge on the retention ballot, however, only a few responded. Most of those who responded did so by providing a letter about their judicial philosophy. For convenience, the following judges responded with a letter or survey answers, click here to read their responses: Arizona Supreme Court: Justices Beene, Montgomery, Timmer Maricopa County: Judges Herrod, Mata, Woo, Sukenic, Brooks, Korbin-Steiner No judges from other counties responded to the survey request. CAP Action doesn’t endorse or oppose judges for a variety of reasons. We don’t necessarily agree with the Judicial Performance Review Commission (JPRC.) The problem with the JPRC scores is that the scores are based on a small number of reviews by parties appearing before the judge. That means a party who lost a case before the judge might rate that judge low simply because they didn’t like the ruling. The JPRC scores don’t provide any useful information about the judge’s rulings or judicial philosophy. For example, a judge who has more no votes by the JPRC doesn’t mean you should vote no on the judge. We also don’t agree with many of the “lists” being circulated by various groups or unnamed sources. If you see one of those lists, we recommend learning the basis on which the recommendations were made before you follow those recommendations. And, yes, we share your frustration about voting for judges. You, the voter, want to cast a wise vote. It’s nearly impossible to get quality, objective information on judges. Several years ago, we proposed reforms of how judges are selected and retained; however, we lost the ballot referral to change the system. Propositions Also at azvoterguide.com, you can get information on the many propositions on the November ballot, as well as CAP Action’s recommendations by clicking on propositions. If you then click on print CAP summary of props, you can access a printable document with brief descriptions, arguments for and against, and CAP Action’s recommendations. A shorter, easy to use graphic can be found by clicking on CAP Action’s recommended ballot positions. One proposition in particular that CAP Action opposes is Prop 211, which would require donors to political organizations like CAP to be made public, while it carves out exemptions for major liberal leaning organizations such as corporate media, big tech, and labor unions. It is a convoluted measure designed to silence some donors by opening them up to harassment and intimidation, while shielding favored groups. Read an op-ed I wrote with Arizona Free Enterprise Club President Scot Mussi here. One measure in particular that CAP Action supports is Prop 309, which would require valid identification to vote in person or by mail. It includes an opportunity for any valid voter without identification to receive an ID at no cost to them. Read more about Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Prop 309 here. Another important measure CAP Action supports is Prop 132, which requires any ballot measure that seeks to raise taxes on Arizonans receive 60% of the vote to pass. Read more about this commonsense measure here. Many ballot measures are written by out of state special interest. The AZ Free News recently found those behind the effort to stop Propositions 128, 129, & 132 are almost all from outside Arizona. Just one percent (1%) of the funds behind the effort came from Arizonans. Read the article here. For your personal voter guide showing candidates just in your legislative and congressional districts, go to azvoterguide.com. To see CAP Action’s endorsements, click here. ICYMI Watch here how Kari Lake answers questions about Arizona’s abortion laws as they make their way through the courts. Read here how a pro-abortion activist is now in charge of the recent crackdown on pro-life advocates. Read here a column from The Republic that admits Katie Hobbs, Kris Mayes, and Julie Gunnigle have extreme views on abortion. Read here about California’s latest overreach. New laws will create an ideological purity test for police. Read here how a popular leftist newspaper coordinated deceptive propaganda greatly downplaying the humanity of unborn life.
  4. Gun is SPF Thanks. Kahr K9, black with one mag and box and docs. This is the all metal model. Shoots great. Gun shows a little wear from normal use. Front night sight still glows. Rear night sight is dead. Note that grunge on barrel hood is just powder residue I forgot to wipe off before making photos. $425. now $400. Scottsdale Airport area. PM if interested.
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    (SOLD) Receiver Hitch for sale

    Thanks for the measurements. Too narrow for my use but was worth a try.
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    SPF Kahr K9 Black price drop now $400

    Price Drop now $400
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    (SOLD) Receiver Hitch for sale

    If you could post the bolt hole width I’d like to see if it matches the span on the frame of a trailer of mine. Thanks.
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    SPF Kahr K9 Black price drop now $400

    SPF Buyer flaked. Back up
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    Discount Tire member?

    You got that right. Sounds like you've bought a tire or two before. Sorry. I only have 32 tires in my driveway/yard (not counting spares) requiring periodic rotations and balance. And that doesn't include the tires on my kids' cars. Been driving/towing with diesel 3/4 ton trucks for over 20 years. Guess I need more experience. But in my limited experience, crap tires are crap tires and need rebalancing more often. Usually my HD Truck and trailer tires hold up better than passenger tires, although they tend to throw weights just from getting knocked around a bit. Unless they were Goodyear Wranglers, which were POS tires that I was stupid enough to buy twice. When they need a balance I go get that done, usually at Discount Tire, and they take good care of me. YMMV
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    Discount Tire member?

    One thing you have to take into account, wherever you buy, is that prices are up up up. My local Discount Tire treats me well. They have fixed things for free for me in the past (like new valve stems when the old ones on trailer tire set that came with my new trailer crapped out). I just bought new trailer tires for my boat - Goodyear Enduras. Looked online and Discount was within a few bucks. I always take a pass on the road hazard warranty. In some cases Costco has absolutely had a better tire for less, and I went that way. Just have to shop it. I rotate my own usually.
  11. sweet deal for someone. I have two also don't need another.
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    WTB 22 lever gun

    you will not regret holding out for a 39a, with the possible exception of a Win 9422
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    Retumbo for RL23

    I think you can buy online/call Brunos, prepay for local pickup.
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    Any luck with Gun Safe in Garage?

    I know the OP has made his decision, but for other people maybe searching in the future.... I had my safe in the garage for a few years. Definitely saw some shrinkage in the stock of a couple of my better shotguns. Didn't like that at all. I also worried about some ivory grips on a 1911 shrinking and cracking. Nothing cracked though. If you're a polymer and stainless guy, no problem. If you have some expensive sticks of wood, think again.
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    2002 Glastron GX-185 Fish Ski 12,500.00 OBO

    That looks like a lot of family fun. Someone is going to get a nice clean boat.
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    Jim Jones Shooting Range

    Thanks
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    2013 F150 XLT for sale

    You probably know this, but you will save sales tax on the amount of the trade in.
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    Jim Jones Shooting Range

    So what's the status now - anyone know? I tried calling the line and the update was from the third week of April. Tonto National Forest is on stage 1 as of today.
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    Scheels coming to Chandler!!

    Why does it take soooooo looooong? (I know regs and reviews, Covid, blah blah)
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    Dillon RL550C

    I have 2 550B's and still I'm tempted. Great deal for someone wanting to get into reloading.
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