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Hello, my name is Lamar Alexander. I am a loyal servant of the people of Tennessee, and a dirty stinkin' useless wet-noodle RINO son of a blabbityblabbity, vote for Joe Carr instead and retire my ignorant ancient progressive butt, or suffer another four years of classic progressive Republican compromise bullcrap.   My name is Pat, and I approve this message.

We see stories like this daily and people wonder why the Libertarian and Anarchist movements are gaining so much ground lately. It's obvious that the single largest impediment to success and happiness in this country is our government. They screw us every time we turn around and people still act surprised about it. 

"I support the second amendment but..." "I think we should have the right to carry but I don't think you should open carry, open carrying is asking for trouble" To these folks, I say screw you and the horse you rode in on. I'm tired of "2A supporters" who generalize everyone who open carries simply because it isn't your style. No, everyone who open carries isn't looking for attention anymore than a person that wears a wrist watch opposed to a pocket watch is looking for attention. Are there exceptions? Of course. Like with anything, there will be exceptions. But damn you if you can claim yourself to be a second amendment supporter then talk down about open carrying. I do it on occasion, simply because it's much more comfortable. If you don't like to open carry, don't. It's very simple how that works. I'm tired if those naysayers who are far too afraid of spooking the sheep to open carry, so they point fingers at those who do. I may not like the way you do things, but I'll support your right to do it , and I'll stand against anyone that tries to take that away. If you can't say the same then please, stop claiming to fight the same fight I'm sorry, but as a firearms community, we have to do better. I personally don't care if you wear your firearm on the side of your head with a custom pink leather holster, I'll support your right to do so. I may think you're a bit goofy, but I'm still beside you. This isn't a concealed vs. open carry argument. This is a standing up for OUR rights argument, there's no room for us to be divided, there's no room for "buts". I see it far too often from supposed "2A supporters", even on this board. If any of this made any sense, good. If not, then I apologize. I was in full rage mode after reading some comments about an open carrier being hassled by an idiot leo and yes, I feel better now

They are getting divorced.   I can't be the only guy to secretly like them back in the 70's, can I?  :hiding:

[quote name="TresOsos" post="1099487" timestamp="1390435249"] [b]Bed wetters......[/b][/quote] I'm sorry, but the phrase "for the sake of the children" has very little meaning to me anymore.

    Allen lives in a geographical oddity.  The availability capital of the world.  Everything is always in stock and everything is always cheap. 

Went to the Chinese buffet and saw a big bearded biker looking guy OCing his piece. Only a few tables away were 4 Clarksville PD officers having lunch. There was no way the staff and other patrons didnt notice the pistol, as it was not only obvious but he was sitting pistol out. I guarantee that the cops saw it. I never saw the cops approach him nor did I see them watching him as they ate their meal and walked around the buffet. Just thought that, with all the cop vs. permit holder crap we see posted here, I'd post a story where it had all the elements but nothing happened because nobody cared.

how many times can you say "conservative" in a commercial? He needs to put his plaid shirt back on and hit the road to somewhere, anywhere please!!!   We really need to push for Carr, don't need to split the vote here. Larmar's gotta go.

I pick up this for my 7mm [URL=http://s896.photobucket.com/user/redintn/media/Left%20handed%207mm%20mag/mycorrecthanded7mmmag.jpg.html][/URL] Great company, and fast shipping

That moment when you are stretched out on the couch and you have to feel your side to see if you are still carrying because it is so comfortable an you don't remember 100% if you have taken it off. +1 for Raven Concealment Phantom Light Carrier WooHoo! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

    I'd say those rounds are WAY over SAMMI spec to make the comp work. The gas from the high pressure rounds is what keeps the gun flat.

Happy Hump Day everyone, cheers.

To add to the above, you only have 6 months to get a TN permit from the time you get here.  Not sure how long you have been here, but if it's more than 6 mo, you are already pushing your luck.

I understand the buisness owner released these serial numbers and descriptions, but it is my belief that this is one of the worst actions to take. If the burglar knows the items he has taken is known as hot, he or she will more than likely stash them away or throw them out to avoid being caught. If a criminal has no reason to believe police have an accurate description of the items stolen they will very shortly appear at pawn shops or on online classifieds. Not too many stolen guns are recoverd from basements, sock drawers, or lakes. I would say 95% of stolen guns are recoverd from gun shops, pawn shops, waist bands of criminals in the streets, or on traffic stops.

Almost coated my windshield w coffee when I saw this; Roflmao. Lookout here's the undercover officer: I still say buy a gun safe Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

  You do.   If you do it where it's less likely to cause an issue, it moves things that way -->   If you do it where you get a bunch of people upset, it moves things this way <--   The more things move that way --> , the more places there will be you can do it and not get people upset.   If things move too far this way <--, ####ty laws get passed.

Worst thing you'll ever do is force something on her. If she likes revolvers, run with it. Do what you do and do it well. Here, show her this video and tell her a revolver in the hands of a Jedi Master is as good as ANY semi auto ever made. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lLk1v5bSFPw

I oppose attempts to re-elect any of the snakes!

Shouldn't just getting these guns back into their rightful owners and out of potiental criminals( aside from the thieves) be enough of a reward? I know sometimes it takes $$ to get people to be more on the lookout but Jeez.

[quote name="dawgdoc" post="1099075" timestamp="1390363871"]It amazes me how we hear similar stories all the time. That is, if you allow a local government the ability to regulate something, they just run with it. You would think that local governments would be most responsive to the people and easiest to change, but it's like they get elected and become petty dictators. Even when faces with how screwy one of their laws is, it seems to take way too long for them to change. [/quote] It shouldn't. Frederic Bastiat summed it up nearly 200 years ago.

If they came out with 9mm, then no one would buy this 380.  So the victims of this great marketing campaign will buy this gun first, and will highly likely buy the 9mm when it comes out too.   However, if they came out with just the 9mm first, then very little marketing opportunity to buy the 380.  Companies are smarter than you think.  At least this is what this East TN hollar boy thinks.

Gosh, they would have a field day if we had that same ordinance here in Gallatin. I have at present time 8 tube type bird feeders up ad just filled the this morning because weather is going to make it hard for the little feathered critters to find food. I also have 4 squirrel feeders with I also filled this morning so they could have full bellies on these cold nights. I go through approximately 125 lbs of bird seed a winter and at least 150 pounds of whole kernel corn and nut mix for squirrels a winter. I also have a buddy with a large oak tree that produces huge acorns every year and I take my shop vac to his home each fall and will gather about 50 to 75 pounds of acorns to mix in the corn nut mix. I really enjoy watching the wild life in my yards and as far as that ordinance up in Pennsylvania, that s just a ridiculous program at best. The animals are GODS creatures too, just as are humans. Should we also quit feeding the hungry less fortunate humans also?.................. jmho

When the boot is on my neck, It makes no difference whether it is a left or a right boot.

Well, hope everyone who doesn't believe in the "lesser of two evils" doesn't mind if the Dems have majority in both chambers, plus the presidency.   Oh, yeah, and SCOTUS being waayyy left for the next 25 years minimum. If you don't think that's makes any "difference", there's no argument that will sway you, I reckon.   - OS

Love Will Keep Them Togethet

So how is the weather in San Antonio right now?

It's history and law that separates them and history shows that "property rights" and unalienable rights such as the right to bear arms or of free speech are not equal and never have been treated as equal; that is especially true of property used for business.   The only time it is reasonable for an person to give up a natural right (especially one actually protected by the constitution) as a condition of employment is if his exercising that right causes harm or would cause harm to the employer/business requiring it.   If you want to talk about being responsible enough to take responsibility for your actions and if you want to equate property rights and the RTKABA then any property owner that asserts its "property rights" as a basis for forbidding a person arms to provide for his own security and safety should then at least be responsible for their actions enough to be held 100% responsible (criminally and civilly) for that person's safety and security. However, these property owners want it both ways...they want to forbid citizens to be armed and they want no responsibility for the possible consequences. There is no logic that can support that hypocritical position.

A factory Glock 17 will do that with NO mag changes.

No it isn't nor is this just about employers/employees.

I always find these discussions about "property rights" vs RTKABA a bit off point because such discussions are actually talking about not just different "rights" but different kinds of rights.   The right to arms is a natural (God-given) unalienable and individual right. It cannot be granted by government nor should it ever be infringed which is why, I submit, the founders (mostly Madison I believe) used those very words...free men have need of arms to fight tyranny from anyone or any institution that might seek to do them harm be that an individual or a government.   Despite much assertion to the contrary, I would submit that property rights are not and have never been absolute or fixed. Historically, property rights have always been in a state of flux in an attempt to strike a balance between the interests of the property holder and the community at large/society - they have changed over time and will probably continue to do so long after everyone here and many generations hence have assumed room temperature. I suspect that the founders knew this very well which is why we have the takings clause in the 5th amendment...they knew that government (which is a representation of society) would have need to "take" property for the good of society so they provided a mechanism whereby that could happen.   When we talk about property rights of property used for business purposes, the concept of property rights takes on an even broader interpretation of what those "rights" actually are and I would submit, are and should be far more subject to "change" than property used for private purposes. Not only have the concept of property rights been in flux in general, there is even more history of flux with regards to property used for business/where the public (be that customers or employees) are specifically invited to be.  Government has long exercised control over what the property owner of business property can and cannot do on that property on behalf of the good of the broader society.   To sum up, I find all the angst and argument about business property rights vs individual, God-given rights to be unnecessary and somewhat beside the point because if forced into a contest regarding which is more "important", the individual's unalienable rights should always prevail over a businesses' property rights. The only truly relevant factor in that comparison that could tip the scales in the businesses' favor is if the business can substantiate that they will incur real harm if forced to forgo its rights in favor of the individual (i.e. can they substantiate that their business will suffer financially if they "allow" arms on the property, etc.).  Short of that, the individual's rights should prevail.   I'm sure many won't agree with me but that's okay.

Springfield M1A. Either a scout squad 18" or SOCOM 16"

Not going to find a better guy than Mike from LE Sales.

  Ding!  Election year.  Don't expect anything controversial to pass or even be introduced. 

+1 for LawEnforcementSalesTN. Mike is a good guy.

I just wish Ruger would get it over with and buy them and use them as a semi-autonomous R&D division. It would save a lot time in reverse engineering on Ruger's part and then the KT products might actually make it to the shelves at the LGS.

Which means you can have one in pipe in vehicle or walk around with it loaded on your person, should circumstances dictate -- though I'd suggest discretion, like carrying something like this: in something like this: - OS

Technically it is a 9mm

Dave, we're in Graceville FL. at a camp right now and the trail cams show lots of hogs and even a group of 10 piglets. The property owner has said to kill as many as possible but they seem to be nocturnal right now. The wind has been brutal and seems to be keeping things bedded down. I got my third deer of the trip today. I was standing outside the trailer at camp and something caught my eye. I looked up and a doe hungry buck was strutting across the field. Luckily my rifle was hanging on a post between us so I snatched it up. The buck had gotten behind the well house so I ran and grunted stopping him shy of the tree line. Dropped him in his tracks. I've got a poor pic on my phone (Tim's dad had strung him up and skinned him before I could get a good one) we have little cell service but I'll try to get a pic up shortly.

  It is also possible if the perp sees an openly carried firearm he may choose to find a different place to rob.  That person OCing has also prevented anyone from getting hurt.   Either situation is possible and why it is a choice for the individual to make.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this guy is top shelf I usually want to deal with some one local

  Both parties preach the same thing to keep their voters from voting other than D or R. And in both parties, voters say the same thing you are saying because they are led to believe that those who vote outside the two party system will all come from their party, thereby giving the other party the Congress and the White House.   But here's the rub: Those that are like me, would be perfectly happy if NEITHER of these two parties controlled anything. They have both been complicit in putting this country in the position in which we now find it, so pardon me if I don't shed any tears if <insert bought-and-paid-for career politician's name here> doesn't win in the next election.  

Hey FHG!   I'm 10 minutes up the road from ya.. ping me and we'll discuss some options.  I'd like to hear what all you're planning to do with it ultimately in regards to add-ons...    These rifles are not bad for entry level but it's going to be next to impossible to recoupe anything from selling any parts you take off (no one really wants them in the market). So, as others stated, you may be better building you one from the ground up depending on the level of customization you're looking for.    But, as an example, I can/could get you that exact rifle if you still want it INCLUDING TN tax, shipping and the TBI reg fee cheaper than CTD ....assuming they're going to charge ya $15-$20 shipping and then a dealer here will charge $25-$30 to transfer it in.    There's others I'd personally recommend but want to speak with you first to be sure I know where you'd like to be...   Thanks, be more than happy to talk with you if you had a moment and/or if you do find something handle the transfer into TN.

  Can probably at least keep your guns with the latter.   - OS

Fascism is alive and well in the world and in the United States.   It is not enough for a fascist to simply disagree; for the fascist, those they disagree with must be silenced...must not be allowed to have their opinion or share their opinion and in the extreme, must not be allowed to exist. History is replete with examples of where the path of "you can't think that" leads and I'm a afraid that this country my be on that very same path.

Sometimes you can tell the caliber of a man by his clothes. This is one of those times.

Kershaw Skyline a popular choice. Doubt if there's anything lighter that is still beefy enough to serve well. US Made, manual flipper. 'bout 30 clams: - OS

I do. It’s taking time away from the real issues of fighting gun control and putting the cart before the horse. Get the right to carry and then force it on business as a protected right. But the state doesn’t get to say guns are illegal except to those that pay a privilege tax, and then drive it down the throats of business owners. That’s wrong at face value. Of course they may try whatever they like with the laws; after all they are politicians. I didn’t think the state had any business legislating smoking in private businesses but they did it and a majority of the people were more than happy to see the government force that on business owners. And the bars that went out of business? Well they were just casualties of the government helping us. Some of the same people here that support this will be whining in another thread about how heavy handed the government is and how we need to vote them all out of office.   We are 7% of the state population; hardly the norm.

That's actually an ignorant comparison. It's one thing not to shop there on some kind of moral ground but to state that's it's "good and funny" that things were stolen is just ignorant. We've all talked circles around the price gouging thing but no one made you buy goods at an inflated price.

  I thought you were going to suggest stocking up them. Heck, I can barely keep one maintained BEFORE the end of the world.

I agree with chances R and  over the years I have had people ask me if I could or would actually shoot another human being?  I sometimes won't answer and other times depending on who is asking the question I will answer. In most cases it is someone that knows I have an HCP but does not know me all that well and don't know my history. As far as killing another human being. I spent 4.5 years in Vietnam so killing a human being was almost a way of life depending on your circumstances. Mine called for and required it if I wanted to come home and not in a pine box. When I tell a person that killing a human being is not something anyone that is just not an evil person never chooses to take another persons life. During my life as a military person in a war zone did not have much choice. I can still remember the first person I killed like it was yesterday. I can remember killing the last person I killed like it was yesterday also. Would I kill again? Not unless I had no other option but yes I would if I had to. Everyday when I wake up I hope and Pray that i have another uneventful day of not needing to use a firearm. I think everyone here that has been in the military and served in a live action war zone can relate to what i am saying. This may be a little off topic but I think it fits a little.............jmho