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I bought one of these at Optics Planet a month or so ago on sale for my Glock 30 for less than $50 shipped. After wearing it awhile,  I gotta say I am impressed. Impressed with the comfort of carry and the secure way it holds my model 30.   This is a VERY comfortable holster even with the Glock 30 loaded with 11 rounds of Gold Dot 45's.  The pistol canter is adjustable, solid and very firm. The Glock is locked in place with the trigger completely covered and it cannot fall out, or be taken from you easily at all.  Yet,with just a little practice and a very simple finger press at the right location, it's smoothly and without any delay in your hand ready for whatever needs arise.  If I was in Law Enforcement, this would be my holster of choice.  Also comes with a firm belt loop attachment.  I'm in love with the paddle though. I carry the 30 often, and this thing holds tightly to the body, conceals very well and did I say very comfortable?  I'd recommend to a friend....LOL!

I was attacked last week at work, not once, but twice. I did nothing to provoke either assault...I was minding my own business. The first encounter happened on Tuesday, when I was headed back to my cubicle when I was shot twice with a USB powered missile laucher. The second attack ocurred on Friday. Two assailants with Nerf guns creeped up on me. One laid down suppressive fire from my right while his accomplice circled around and shot me. I wanted to put this in "Survival and Preparedness", but it's really only my pride that suffered. Nonetheless, I vowed to serve the cowards that waylayed me a dose of their own medicine. So, today I started building a jelly bean launching trebuchet. It may lack mobility and I may not have the same rate of fire as my attackers, but I plan to win the war with cool points instead of littering the office landscape with bodies. I think that will repair my wounded pride faster than bloodshed. I'll post pics as my project progresses.

  I've always loved those guys, and have spent some pretty significant money on their products. I AM a Magpul slut.

  I like, no strike that....I LOVE THESE GUYS!

Just posted to Magpul's Facebook page.

Finished the Cabinet today. Outside with the doors closed: Inside:

Right now that pendulum is swinging hard to the left, but when these fascists keep pushing too hard, too fast, it's gonna swing back real hard.

I thought that some day, in the far distant future, things like this would be happening. What's been going on this past month with these proposed laws have me looking at things very differently. I no longer believe that liberal Democrats are simply misguided folks with differing ideology; to me they are fascists that will not be satisfied until I bend to their ideology, and they will legislate me out of my rights until I am under their thumb. I hope these states pass these laws in their full, unconstitutional form. I think the backlash would give them a lesson about how many Americans reject their ideology.

I too originally thought this was a "knee-jerk reaction" to the Sandy Hook shooting, but the more I have read and thought, I am convinced this is no knee-jerk reaction.  Rather, the anti-gun crowd is taking full advantage of what they see as an opportunity to pass legislation they have wanted for over 20 years.  When the VP admits that the policies they are proposing will have no significant effect on gun violence, you know that this is only an exercise in exploiting a tragedy for political gain (just so I'm clear, both major parties regularly do this).   I would like to see Magpul stick to their guns on this, but I'm afraid the cost would be so massive that any bone that gets thrown to them will be good reason for them to stay put.  I'm not sure how I will react if they do that.  Unless some other folks step up, there will come a point where there will be nobody left to boycott that has products worth owning.  I think that Magpul would have an opportunity to take a financial hit now, but establish a reputation for being a stand-up company that would pay off over the long haul.

CTD has raised their prices every time there was a crisis. They did it in 2004 when the AWB sunsetted, they did it in 2008 after the election and again in 2012 in response to the election and Sandy Hook. And if there is one company the gun community doesn't need help from it is CTD.   The owner is unscrupulous and not just for raising prices. He has actively tried to steal from people.   Dolomite

I have a unique perspective on things like this. I have worked LE and seen it from the inside. I have worked with bad officers and I have worked with good officers.   LE has gone from a point of the officer being there to help like most officers were doing 20+ years ago to a "us" vs "them" mentality we see today. That is the reason why most officers will cover for fellow officers or at least look the other way because they are on the same side, the "us" side. The reason this has happened is because there was a shift about 15-20 years ago to hire military over those who weren't. Along with those military personnel came the military mindset that many had. And then with the influx of military personnel came the influx of military tactics, ways of training as well as the "us" vs "them" mentality. This is the reason there has been a militarization of most police departments as well. The "us" vs "them" mentality is how the military trains. There is always an enemy in the military and then when they transition to civilian jobs they keep the same "us" vs "them" mentality except those not in law enforcement are now the enemy. This is why the officers choose to cover up or look the other way because they do not want to help those that are now their new "enemy".   And although we would love to hate this officer for what he did it is not entirely his fault. His actions are the result of his continued training, his peers, his supervisors as well as the administration. They have allowed other incidents to go unpunished which only empowers officers like this. It is a rare that an officer goes from being an outstanding officer to a crappy officer in one step, it happens gradually and usually in front of their peers and supervisors. Officers tend to take care of their own even when the bad officer brings a bad light to the good ones. I never understood this, the good officers should be very angry with the bad officer but it rarely happened from what I witnessed. I know any time I had an officer screw up enough to warrant being fired I tried everythig in my power to fire them but in most cases the administration allowed them to resign because it was easier. And in a lot of cases the resigning officer received a letter of recommendation upon exit as well as a glowing review because he didn't try to fight it. Another thing that contributes to things like this is that officers are afraid of being labeled a rat if they tell on other officers. I have known several officers who did the right thing in by turning in bad officers only to be ridiculed and threatened until they finally resigned. In most cases the bad officer would be treated better than the good officer. And when the good officer resigned they would rarely get letters of recommendation. I have even sat in front of supervisors as they called all the surrounding jurisdictions to tell them the officer who just resigned is a rat. They would joke saying the rat officer has been blackballed and will never work LE again. Stark contrast to the way they treat bad cops.   Not all officers are bad. In fact just the opposite. But I have seen both sides and for this reason I view most officers with a bit of distrust unless I know them. Again, very few officers are bad but one bad one can ruin your day, year or life.   Dolomite

I wish they would refuse to sell to anyone, including distributors and FFL's, in the affected states. If not then the gov't and LE agencies will just buy from the dealers. I know a lot of officers and 90% of them buy from dealers right now, very few order their equipment or other items online. This statement doesn't mean squat unless they refuse to sell to EVERYONE in the affected states that LE might be able to buy from.   I spend more money with Midway than all other places combined. I will continue to order from and support them 100% but their statement, along with every other one we have heard lately, means nothing without a total blockade.   Dolomite

  I think that over analysis has been running wild throughout this entire situation, it's not a plan to have us turn on any of the companies. They, as always, do not think any decisions out more than a step or two. My guess is that most of those politicians passing the laws didn't even know who Magpul was, much less that the factory was in their own state.   We as consumers have a choice to drive the market in ways that we want, that is capitalism. I don't think anyone wants to boycott Magpul, but if they stay in a state that supports state imposed restrictions, then why should anyone out of the state buy from them? All they're doing is pumping $100mil into an economy that despises them and us. 

I feel really bad for the Magpul employees if this legislation passes an Magpul leaves the state.  No winners here.... except for the liberal freedom hating Democrats.

My wife has been doing that for years.

What's she look like?

If you have been wondering "where can I go to shoot IDPA/USPSA/STEEL/3GUN?" you can find it here. I'm starting with only what I know, please chime in with a posting in a similar format and I will edit the original post to show all known competition sites. High power rifle, skeet etc., were left out, you may add the details if you like and I will edit listings. EAST TN ORSA - Oak Ridge Sportsmen's Association All matches start at 10am. New shooter orientations at 0930.*starting May 2014 IDPA will start @0900hrs IDPA - 1st Saturday of every month *0900hrs* SASS(Cowboy) - 2nd Saturday of every month USPSA - 3rd Saturday of every month 3 Gun - 4th Saturday & Sunday of every month Steel Challenge - 4th Saturday of every month Scholastic Steel Challenge - 5th Saturday of the month http://www.orsaap.com/ TAC2 - Tactical Advantage Concepts 2000 Greenville USPSA - 1st Saturday of the month 10am IDPA - 2nd Saturday of the month 10am Steel Challege - 2nd Sunday of the month 1pm 3 Gun - 3rd Saturday of the month 10am Other matches - refer to TAC 2 website for 'Special Matches' http://tac2.net/index.php Cleveland Hunting, Rifle and Pistol Club 3 Gun - 2nd Saturday of the month 10am IDPA - 3rd Saturday of the month 10am SASS(Cowboy) - http://ocoeerangers.com/ http://www.chrpc.com/index.html MIDDLE TN North Tennessee Practical Shooters - Dickson USPSA - 2nd weekend of the month Saturday and Sunday 9am http://www.ntps.org/ Music City Tactical Shooters - Dickson 1st Saturday - IDPA 1st Sunday - Steel Challenge 2nd Sunday - Soon to be 3 gun 3rd Saturday/Sunday - USPSA Outlaw Steel Match Check website schedule for specific matches Matches start at 9am http://www.mctsclub.com *Music City Tactical Shooters update effective July 1st, 2015 refer to MCTS website for match times and range rules 1st Saturday IDPA 2nd Weekend Saturday USPSA 2nd Weekend Sunday USPSA 3rd Saturday Steel matches (outlaw steel or man vs man) This will be randomly changed to 3gun 4th Weekend Saturday USPSA This will be randomly changed to 3gun(2day events) 4th Weekend Sunday USPSA Gallatin Gun Club 1st Saturday - Benchrest 2nd Saturday - IDPA 2nd Sunday - ATA Trap 3rd Saturday - Hi Power 4th Saturday - .22 Rifle Matches begin at 9am Check website for specifics www.gallatingun.com Middle Tennessee Shooters - Manchester 3Gun - 1st Sunday 4th Sunday - IDPA 1pm 3rd Sunday - Mixed http://www.midtnshooters.com/ Rattlesnake Ridge - Indian Mound 4th Saturday IDPA - 9am Check website - http://www.rattlesnakeridge.org/ Middle Tennessee Practical Shooters Assoc. (MTPSA) - Lewisburg 4th Saturday (check website for specific dates) - 3 gun - noon http://mtpsa.atspace.com/ Eagle Eye Shooting Complex 3rd Saturday 30 Elk Ridge Road, Mt Pleasant , TN 38474 WEST TN MSSA - Memphis Sport Shooting Association USPSA - 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month registration at 9am match start 10am Cowboy - see website IDPA - 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month 930am Steel Challenge - 1st Saturday of the month 9am 3 Gun - 3rd Saturday of the month 10am Other - see website http://www.memphis-ssa.com/ Tennessee Sports Foundation - Jackson IDPA - 2nd Sunday 2pm and 4th Saturday 9am http://www.tnsportsfoundation.org http://www.randywall...pa.com/idpa.htm Henry County Gun Club - Puryear IDPA - 2nd Saturday of each month - see website for times 3 Gun - See website for additional 3 Gun info http://www.henrycountygunclub.com/ OTHER Green River Gun Club - Bowling Green, KY IDPA - 4th and 5th Saturday of the month https://www.bggrgc.com/

They locked a Pakistani citizen in a 7-Eleven cell?   Well played, my good sirs, well played.

This guy is an atheist, a liberal, and is against any anti-gun legislation.  Some of the things he says makes me cringe, but buy gosh he's a liberal who supports the 2nd amendment.  He says that the he has been thrown under the bus, for opposing gun bans. If I had a choice as to which liberal to be neighbors with, it would be this atheist SOB.       http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/item/the-post-in-which-i-piss-off-everybody

I know police officers who think you have a legal requirement to notify if you are carrying.  I feel that it's none of the officer's concern whether I am carrying and I do NOT notify them, but will be cooperative and honest if they were to ask.  Being a former police officer myself, I know that it's not the permit holders that they need to worry about, but based on my own personal experiences, I know how some officers over-react at the very mention of a firearm in the vehicle.  I have personally watched officers draw their sidearm on honest people who volunteer the information trying to be helpful.  I have seen in person, and on TV, officers take a weapon screw around with it trying to make it safe, drop them and the mags, etc.  I'd rather take the risk of letting the officer get annoyed that I didn't volunteer should they ask than risk getting some walking attitude with a badge pull their gun on me or drop my $600 carry pistol on the pavement.  After spending 10 years in the profession and having students who are now in the profession, I wish I didn't feel that much distrust of police officers, but it is what it is.  

who knows for how long.... I got 4 bricks ordered.

Crappie fishing today? Don't worry, it'll be better tomorrow.

With recent events be aware we are expecting 2 bright comets in 2013.   The first Comet C/2011 L4 in March-April give or take The second Comet C/2012 S1 in November. ( may be as bright as the moon.)   http://www.space.com/19408-bright-comets-approaching-2013.html

I wonder how long they will be visible. I remember that one in the mid 90's that seemed to hang up there forever.

Employer/Employee is an implied contract, you work for me for X an hour (week, year) under the following conditions.   Freedom of association is a fundamental right, and one that should guide court cases...  I have a right to associate and disassociate as I as a free person see fit.  I pick my friends, my wife, and people I do business with in my daily life, any interference from the government is a violation of that right.  Some will choose to promote associations that others find question or even immoral, and you're free to disassociate yourself from those persons.   As for child labor, the more and more skilled labor required the fewer and fewer children are put to work.  As wages increased education of children is seen as a greater investment than having them work inside or outside the home to help support the family.  You can also see today in countries that are poor, and suddenly start to crack down on child labor you see a steep uptick in less savory methods of making money.  Vietnam is a perfect example of this where because of anti-child labor laws passed over the last 10 years poor families are selling their daughters into the sex slave trade because they're not longer able to afford them.   As people make more money from more skilled labor, the instances of child labor go away...  So the government didn't do away with child labor, the economy did...     Ok, I'll cite my examples of how we largely didn't have zoning laws unto fairly recently...  1916 is the first example of zoning laws, which happened in NYC because of the Equitable Building, and the Dept of Commerce released the first setup of nation wide zoning regulations involving sky scrappers in 1924.  We still have counties in TN that have little or no zoning, and Davidson County didn't have a zoning board until after world war 2 (although my understanding is that the city of Nashville did).   Ever been to Houston?  I'm pretty sure there are some expensive homes down there.  No zoning in Houston at all.  So it can and does work...  If you're a developer you can still place covenants on the deed so you can build a community of similar homes, but you can't control what others do with property you don't own.   I think that 'society' aka big government likes to get up in everybody's business, even if they morally or constitutionally have no right to... and they often do so in the name of society.  Which is a progressive line of thinking...  Our founding fathers viewed any form of government at it's best as a necessary evil, they set out a number of restrictions to place limits on that government, because they feared exactly what we have today.  Government is there to prevent others from harming you (and punish those that do), either by 'stealing your wallet or breaking your leg'.  Anytime government exceeds this simple rule it is no longer a necessary evil, it's just plain evil.   As for men in black robes, I didn't sign up for them lording over me anymore than any other man...  I'm able to read and understand the constitution and the founding documents of this country, and when a 10 year old can understand what the 2nd amendment means and a bunch of judges can't, then it's just more tyranny.  These judges get it wrong all the time, often very wrong...   So let me ask you this...  every judge that allowed somebody to be charged under the DC handgun ban...  they were right all those times?  If tomorrow SCOTUS ruled they got Heller wrong, then suddenly we loose the God given right to self defense and access to the tools to provide for that defense?  Every case a judge allowed to go forward under the DC handgun ban (Chicago and other cities too) were all wrong, Heller didn't change the fact those rulings were all wrong, only recognized a God given right, and if they changed their mind tomorrow, it doesn't matter that God given right still exists, no government can take a right away, only infringe upon it.   'Libertarian' really should be the progressive wing of logic, a bigger question is how am I bound by choices and decisions people made long ago by people I never even met?  How is it that others can bind me to slavery of taxes and laws that I had no say in?  How is it a generation of people who have been dead for nearly 100 years can restrict my God given freedoms today and I have no say in the matter?  Are any of these questions really all that radical, or have most of us been good little statists being spoon fed at the trough of big government's 'for the good of society' lie?   Liberty means the freedom to do what I want to do without restrict up to the point that I cause you direct harm.  You choosing to work for somebody who requires that you be unarmed 24/7 is your choice and it causes you no direct harm, and therefore is none of the government (or societies) business.  

Do they make that one in a long barrel? Just kidding, grips look great. Congrats!

I disagree. I had thousands of dollars in my pocket when I went to North Carolina to buy a car. From what I have seen if I had been stopped on I-40 in Tennessee I could have very well been in danger of having my money seized if they ask me about cash and I answered truthfully. Cops that do that are thugs with badges, and are in the minority. You should be appalled at it. I blame the departments that allow it. They should be under investigation by the TBI and the FBI. I didn’t know about this at the time. I wouldn’t do it now. Cops fighting on the roadside for territory? Come on, how does that just go away? If I have 32K in cash on me and you don’t like my explanation; you get to seize it? Sorry, that is ridiculous.

It’s too bad you have to work somewhere that such violence in the workplace is tolerated. You need a zero tolerance policy.

It is not always the person who passed you are showing respect to but the family of that person no matter what they did.   I have asked myself that question several times while at funerals of people I have had issues with but sometimes it is the family of that person I am there for.   Just my perspective on it.

Some of the things I saw online and on some social media sites after this happened were truly disgusting. Along the same lines and some even a little more disgusting. People that think like this are twisted and have shown they are willing to exploit any tragedy, and use any coffin as a soap box, in order to push their agenda. They are truly shameless and disgusting wastes of oxygen. 

Is it whine about cops day or something?

*In Russian Accent*   "Hey Dimitri, turn us 15 degrees towards the south; I want to see how many hits we will get on the Google machine later."

  Well that is the only reason I can assume LE would justify seizure of cash if there is no evidence other than the money itself.  It's one thing if there is hard evidence to back it up, but if the seizure comes without charges that tells me there is no evidence, or at least not sufficient evidence to file charges.  The presumption of innocence is supposed to be there until you are proven otherwise in a court of law, but to seize assets without there even being a judge involved is so insane I can't put it into words.  And then the process where you then have to PROVE that you obtained that cash through legal means is rediculous.  What is to keep police from taking the $100 bucks in my pocket and saying that I need to hire a lawyer to get it back?  Their good nature?  Sorry, I'll trust most LE, but like with any other profession there are still crappy people in the LE field.  Forgive me if I don't blindly trust that not one officer would abuse an unjust law.   I'm all about hitting drug traffickers where it hurts, but there have been clear abuses of this law.  Officers have been targeting out-of-state vehicles under the pretense of them fitting a certain description based on profiling or intelligence.  However, the flip side to this coin is that officers may inadvertently target out-of-state travelers who are not drug traffickers at all.  I travel across the country all the time by vehicle, and when I do I usually have at least 1k in cash on my person; usually more.  I don't think that is uncommon at all.  If my vehicles happens to fit a certain description, such as when I'm driving to Florida in my SUV, which rides low in the back due to luggage weight, weapons and ammunition (as I shoot a whole lot when I'm down there) I am now a target for LEOs.  If I am pulled over for a false reason (which one of the stories cited gives a perfect example of an officer lying as to why he pulled a vehicle over) and I am cooperative with the officer, allowing him to satisfy his curiousity since I have nothing to hide as a law abiding citizen I am, I am VERY likely to have the cash he finds on my person or in my luggage confiscated by this officer.  Since there are no laws broken, he will be unable to arrest me since there are no charges.  Now I have to hire a lawyer to get back that money, probably in a county that is a great distance from my own residence.  There is a greater likelihood that I'll say "f**k it, it isn't worth my time" rather than spend more time and money to get back what they took... at the convenience of the court.    And what is the acceptable retort from the system?  "Well, if he legally obtained it then he should come fight to get it back.  Since he didn't, it's ours."   Sorry, not good enough.  This act is going to get out of hand because the latitude afforded to officers who lack the maturity to exercise their power appropriately. 

The purchase of those should be tax deductible as a charitable contribution.

This is a Facebook post from Missouri Senator Brian Nieves. Looks like this, or any other anti-gun legislation, has absolutely no chance at even getting a vote in Missouri. "To all my 2nd Amendment supporting friends, Let me make this Perfectly Abundantly Clear... The Dems in BOTH the Missouri House & Senate have, and will likely continue, to file Anti-Gun Legislation. Here's the Good News - I am the chairman of the committee in the senate to which ALL gun bills are sent!! ALL Gun Bills, good or bad, must go through me!! I assure you, I promise you, all these Anti- Gun Bills are dead, as in D E A D - Dead!! ALL - ALL - ALL the Anti Gun Bills are DEAD!!" http://www.facebook.com/brian.nieves.5095/posts/10151728210793219

  brings a nostalgic tear to my eye

I agree with other things you have said, but remember a citation is issued in leu of an arrest. Yes, speeding is an arrest able offense. If their probable cause for the stop was an infraction and not just a suspicious vehicle they may very well arrest you after that statement. I have known some TN Drug Task Force Agent's and when they take cash it is almost always honest to got true drug money. I will not give away how they know the origins of money but they have a very relible method. Honest people have nothing to fear. When DTF stops a vehicle and suspect's drug trafficing it's over before the driver even knows what happened. A series of questions and the agent knows what's in the car and which process of the transportation it is in. Once again no one here has any reason to fear for the safety of their money, unless your trafficing.

Haven't seen this posted, so I figured I'd share :)  What's neat - You can even add in an incident if you don't see it listed on the map :)   From the Cato Institute:   http://www.cato.org/guns-and-self-defense  

I thought it was law here. Either way, I always pull over. It's normal for folks in Clarksville to do the same, although I've seen a lot of folks blow this off near the Army base, but I suppose that has something to do with all the Yankee transplants and 18 year olds with their head up their butt.

  Excellent reasons.  Everyone here I've seen has a lot to offer.  I'd hate to lose the information each person leaves. This is by far my favorite forum and I'm a member of 12 or so.  Even if I didn't live in TN or shoot, I'd still want to have the info at my fingertips.  You just never know.

Emerson CQC-7  has done everything I have asked it to for the last 13 years   John

While I liked Skyfall, I believe Casino Royale was Craig's best. 

".....You are blacklisted at Papa Johns......"   I think that's way over the line there dude....!!!!  That's cruel and unusual punishment!!  :rofl:

Maybe they didn't "apprehend" him because the day he died Dorner engaged a truck with Park Rangers in it with a heavy volume of fire in an attempt to kill the occupants, then later shot two deputies, killing one, before barricading himself in the house and not surrendering when given the opportunity, making it clear to any one WHO HAS BASIC REASONING SKILLS, that he will try to kill anyone who enters the home to apprehend him. I don't know about you, but I'm not going into that house to face certain death if there is a way around it. They tried to gas him. It caused a fire (maybe). Sh*t like that happens when you kill 4 people and tell the police you have no intention of being taken alive.

That's not the form letter I recieved from him recently, but has the same bullet points in it and a few different phrases.. I've said it in the past and still think so...Cooper most assuredly has no help in mind for us. He needs to be gone in the worst way.

  True, however... You can pass all the laws to the liking of a liberal but, they don't mean a thing unless you have enforcement and funding.   It will be interesting to see which side LE will take on this unconstitutional issue, as it will probably be a litmus for other state LE actions me thinks.

York Arms Cancels All Its New York Police Orders Read more at Ammoland.com: http://www.ammoland.com/2013/02/york-arms-cancels-all-its-new-york-police-orders/#ixzz2KzdlqYeL   Based on the recent legislation in New York, we are prohibited from selling  rifles and receivers to residents of New York. We have chosen to extend that prohibition to all governmental agencies  associated with or located within New York. As a result we have halted sales of rifles, short barreled rifles, short  barreled shotguns, machine guns, and silencers to New York governmental  agencies. For “civilian” customers residing in New York: At your  choice, we will: Complete your order and  ship to a dealer of your choice outside of NY. Refund your payment in  full. Hold your items here for  up to 6 months, at no charge – if you are in the process of leaving NY and  taking residence in another state. For LE/Govt customers in New York: Your orders have been  cancelled.

The news showed a press conferance with the police, and the Chief reported the fire was started by a tear gas canister which was fired into the cabin. Also they reported hearing a single gunshot coming from the cabin just seconds after the fire started.   I believe the dude was given every opportunity to come out of this alive. He chose not too.   Dave S

Personally, I hand the officer my license, HCP, insurance, and registration without being asked regardless if I'm carrying or not.

I keep my carry permit under my driver license and when the officer asks for my license I give the license and carry permit to him. I also turn on the inside lights and roll both windows down as I am pulling over. I have been stopped twice and both times the officers stated they appreciated the way I reacted. I didn't get a ticket in either case and the second time the officer asked what kind of gun I carried. We had a short glock chat,bid each other a good day and went our separate ways. Your mileage my vary but this approach seems to work for me.