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Badlatitude

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:26:35 PM EDT

[#1]

Rest in peace brother 😔

ClayHollisterTT

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:26:43 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By Mech2007:

Seems to be happening WAY too frequently.

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None of us are getting younger.

RIP

Dissident

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:28:42 PM EDT

[#3]

RIP

I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.

curiomatic

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:29:00 PM EDT

[#4]

Rest in peace Pontificator

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:29:55 PM EDT

[#5]

RIP

fish223

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:30:18 PM EDT

[#6]

He's a good dude.

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Gunjunki

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:31:02 PM EDT

[#7]

Sad to hear. I remember seeing him posting!

PR361

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:31:58 PM EDT

[#8]

Damn. I always enjoyed his posts.

RIP.

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:32:00 PM EDT

[#9]

"Don't waste your good whiskey on a bad day"... Matt Breeding, 2008.

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d16man

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:34:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Funny story about John.

Years ago I hosted a SCHTF gtg at my house. Many guys showed up. I smoked ribs and everyone brought sides. John showed up an hour after everyone left.

I ate ribs again with him and sent him some for the road. He showed up late but we had a good time.

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Yojimbo

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:34:57 PM EDT

[#11]

RIP, prayers and thoughts brother…

Kirk-A3

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:35:36 PM EDT

[#12]

Prayers

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TheWhiteHorse

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:36:00 PM EDT

[#13]

Damn… good dude.

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:38:35 PM EDT

[#14]

RIP .

CS223

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:44:41 PM EDT

[#15]

How come every time there is a shooting, they want to take away the guns from the people who didn't do it?

1975

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:44:47 PM EDT

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akguy1985

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:45:10 PM EDT

[#17]

Rest In Peace

AdLucem

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Posted: 8/16/2024 9:53:04 PM EDT

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Ad Lucem: Towards Light

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sabre_kc

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:00:14 PM EDT

[#19]

Until the next time sir. RIP

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redfish86

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:02:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Rest In Peace sir.

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bodybagger

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:23:59 PM EDT

[#21]

I'm sorry to hear this. Prayers for his family

I think one of the major problems with America today is not enough families sit down to a big plate of squirrels momma just fried up.

silvervette

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:25:52 PM EDT

[#22]

R.I.P.

RoccoOnFire

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:26:31 PM EDT

[#23]

Damn, that's sad.

Rest in peace

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:28:33 PM EDT

[#24]

RIP

bobbitybobbity

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:31:04 PM EDT

[#25]

Godspeed, young man.

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MaxxII

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:31:48 PM EDT

[#26]

Dammit!
The Pontificator was a good dude.
Prayers for his family.

RoccoOnFire

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:35:02 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR:
Super sad now.

My last email from him, we were discussing reloading some 9mm..

I have not been to any range in nearly nine months and at the present rate don't know if or when I'll ever get to one in the foreseeable future. Hope springs eternal.

Leave some brass for me Ponti...

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He'd message me sometimes about gun rights stuff, he was solid. He @'d me about a carry sign in a park recently and I was dealing with my newborn and never remembered to get back to him.

I feel terrible about it now. You just never know.

M-60

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:38:46 PM EDT

[#28]

RIP

“How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?”

whiskerz

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:38:50 PM EDT

[#29]

Sad to hear this. He was a good guy. Does he have a wife/kids ? What about the dog ?

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:40:10 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By WinstonSmith:
He was a good one and will be missed.

Avatar for those that track others that way:

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RIP bro, make sure the range is squared away up there for us.

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Shit. Didn't recognize the name, he will be missed

RobertL

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Posted: 8/16/2024 10:41:11 PM EDT

[#31]

Damn

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Whiskeygunner

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Posted: 8/16/2024 11:05:56 PM EDT

[#32]

RIP and godspeed Sir.

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justsayin

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Posted: 8/16/2024 11:19:39 PM EDT

[#33]

Thoughts and prayers for the family.

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Posted: 8/16/2024 11:20:04 PM EDT

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fcat

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Posted: 8/16/2024 11:23:26 PM EDT

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AJE

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Posted: 8/17/2024 12:33:46 AM EDT

[#36]

That is awful news

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Posted: 8/17/2024 12:47:17 AM EDT

[#37]

Damn RIP

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DrRemulak

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Posted: 8/17/2024 12:51:20 AM EDT

[#38]

That really sucks.

nandoz

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Posted: 8/17/2024 12:52:45 AM EDT

[#39]

Damn, I liked his posts. Unlike most of you assholes!

RIP sir.

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CHN

Posted: 8/17/2024 12:52:51 AM EDT

[#40]

Damn. R.I.P. Sir.

Pretty sure he was the guy who could always be counted on for some late night punk rock.

tortilla-flats

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Posted: 8/17/2024 1:44:23 AM EDT

[#41]

RIP

Tom Sawyer.

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Taboot

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ZWE

Posted: 8/17/2024 1:46:58 AM EDT

[#42]

Damn. RIP

vidi vici veni

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Posted: 8/17/2024 2:26:00 AM EDT

[#43]

RIP

cwm1150

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Posted: 8/17/2024 2:29:44 AM EDT

[#44]

Sorry to hear

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BeautifulStranger

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Posted: 8/17/2024 2:30:41 AM EDT

[#45]

Rip

"Just the right amount of wrong."

ak4784

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Posted: 8/17/2024 2:58:17 AM EDT

[#46]

Damn

RIP ThePontificator

gtofan

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Posted: 8/17/2024 3:19:38 AM EDT

[#47]

Sorry to hear, sounds like he had a good group of friends and family. We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P.

DKUltra

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Posted: 8/17/2024 3:24:21 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By d16man:
Funny story about John.

Years ago I hosted a SCHTF gtg at my house. Many guys showed up. I smoked ribs and everyone brought sides. John showed up an hour after everyone left.

I ate ribs again with him and sent him some for the road. He showed up late but we had a good time.

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Well we are a weird bunch

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Posted: 8/17/2024 3:25:21 AM EDT

[#49]

RIP

freeride21a

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Posted: 8/17/2024 4:02:54 AM EDT

[#50]

Aww man.

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