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      Yep. If someone is going to illegally sell weapons to criminals, it's going to be the damn ATF, not you.

  Yep. The mass killers are switching over since Biden recommended them.

This was on my Facebook today.

I've packed everything from a .22 revolver to a 870 with slugs and buckshot while camping and hiking.  It depends a lot on what part of the state you are in and what your intent is.  (i.e. if I'm carrying a .22 it's going to be for plinking or small game if that scenario allows.)  For the purpose of this post I will assume that whatever you are carrying is purely for protection and not recreation or a chance at harvesting game.  If you are West of the Smokey Mountains bears are not normally an issue, though they have occasionally been spotted as far east as Cookeville they are rarely ever seen out of the mountains.  Disclaimer: I live just at the edge of the mountains, I can see them out my back door, I've never seen a bear within 10 miles or so from here but see them often closer to the mountain.  I would estimate that I see a dozen or so per year, but I do spend quite a bit of time in the woods.  That said, they are generally not a problem as long as you are smart about your interaction with them.  Still I carry a gun in bear country for the same reason that I carry a gun to Walmart.   So, for activities west of the Smokey Mountains I'd just carry what ever you normally carry.  Pigs are about all you may run into that will give you any problems.  Feral dogs perhaps as well.  Snakes are no bother, if you have time to take aim at a snake you have time to turn around and walk the other way, they won't chase you.  As the others have said the two legged critters are the ones you need to worry about the most.  Don't know what it is about nature that brings out the methheads and pillbillies.

I'll go Molon one better:   Caseless ammunition, meter-able liquid propellent.    Imagine a compact, integrally suppressed rifle firing a low-drag, high BC projectile (say for example, 140gr 6.5MM)  now imagine being able to, with the turn of a switch, launch that bullet at just under the speed of sound for maximum sound suppression, 2,000 FPS for medium range general purpose use, or 3,000+ FPS to shoot out to 1,200M or more.  

I'm not telling anybody to quit their job...  I'm saying we're all adults here, and as an adult you have to make choices...  and the choice to stay in a job where they prohibit you from having a firearm in your car.. is still your choice.   The 2nd amendment prohibits the government (both state and federal) from infringing on your rights to own and carry a firearm...  and the State of TN as well as the Federal government are still doing a lot to infringe of those rights.     The 2nd amendment does not control interactions between consenting adults, which is what the employer/employee relationship is....   As a community we should be focusing on interactions with government and how they infringe on our 2nd amendment rights...  such as prohibiting carry at the capital, in city and county parks, places where we vote, universities and colleges, schools, and other government buildings not housing prisoners....     Instead we're focused on dividing the conservative community over controlling the scope of government...  by trying to increase the scope of government to include a new protected class of worker.   It's not inline with the principles most of us believe in, and it hurts us getting other legislation through which would limit the size and scope of government, and have better support among other conservatives.  

Castle Doctrine does not extend to lockers, it does to vehicles.

  Like we'd take advise from you!

You're right; why do we need a government at all?

Tornadoes are just a fact of life in the South.  If you move down here don't live in a trailer, they are magnets for twisters.

I'd love to know what the grounds of arrest would be, and if they could make it stick without getting themselves in trouble of arresting without cause

In all of the excitement of having to use a handgun to defend yourself, you may only get one chance. I do not want to screw it up by forgetting to rack the slide. I always keep one in the chamber. I would carry two in the chamber if I could.

Sunday May 4th Steel Challenge @ Music City Tactical Shooters http://www.mctsclub.com/~mctscl5/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05042014_SCSA.pdf  

Been looking for over a year for a 9mm replacement of my .40 Xd and narrowed my selection down to a CZ 75 compact model pretty quickly. But I could not find one in stock for the life of me. After searching high and low and being screwed over by a couple of online vendors who claimed to have one I finally ran into my unicorn this past weekend at the Murfreesboro show. A big thanks to the guys at the Nashville Gun Shop who had great prices and a huge selection of CZ pistols. Even in its stock config this is the softest shooting 9mm I have fired thus far. Can't wait to see how it performs after some custom work..

Don't mind my lousy shooting. (click the picture for the video to work)

nicest trailer ive seen in a long time, complete for part time and full time OCD'ers: http://www.break.com/video/the-coolest-trailer-you-ll-ever-see-2603444

Fire in the hole.

I have no clue about Tennessee except everyday I drove to school I had a shotgun and a rifle hung in gun rack in back window of pick up truck so I could go hunting after school. What made me think about that article as I read it back years ago and then OS made the post that if that shooting at Fedex today might be the first mass shoot in a non gun free zone and I remembeed reading that story from 1966.

Frog lube = gimmick.

FYI there's at least one less than stellar review of Frog Lube on here. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/77039-frog-lube-killed-my-guns/?hl=%2Bfrog+%2Blube   It also seems to be temperature adverse when it's cold. FWIW

I'm of the mindset that if I'm going to be in control of a loaded weapon... Its going to be fully loaded, that way there is never a question of training and practice for weapon manipulation faced with an immediate threat. One in the chamber for carry/hd pistols, one in the chamber for the hd shotgun, one in the chamber for the hd rifle. Consistency is key, whatever you choose, ALWAYS do it that way. If you don't, you won't remember in a fight. Lemme ask those who don't want a round in the chamber, for giggles... Would you carry a modern double-action revolver with one cylinder empty? Think about it.

A compact gauss rifle. Nothing like firing a magnetized slab of metal at something. Would try to keep it rifle sized. Would have to find a way to make it "cartridge"  fed tho.

Love the Uzi. I'd really like to get another one.

You'll take my advice and like it Saturday

I've did that with accelerator and also wiper blades LOL . It works when you need it . 

NICE!    One of the good thing about shooting with a suppressor is that you can easily hear if you hit the steel plates or not.      

Here's a fairly lengthy article on the case:   http://www.johndaylegal.com/lawyer-attorney-1804037.html   As a general matter, a business is not considered the "insurer of the safety of its customers" and has no "absolute duty to implement security measures."  However, a business does have a duty to take "reasonable steps" to protect customers if it is "reasonably foreseeable" that criminal acts against its customers may occur.  The idea is that "reasonableness" is the standard.  In an carry situation, the business would argue that its prohibition on carry was intended to protect customers, so the case would probably swing one way or the other upon the jury's belief in the effects of carrying a gun (i.e.:  business wins if jury believes prohibition is the right way to protect customers;  business loses if the jury believes individual carry is the way to protect customers).   As far as workers' comp goes, it is a little different.  The reason is that workers' comp is essentially a compromise between the business and the employee.  The employee does not have to prove that the business was at fault (as opposed to the criminal who injured the employee) and the business does not face uncertain amounts of damages.  

This video is a little long but worth the watch.  This is a well thought little trailer.   http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a84_1398563985

I use 91% isopropyl alcohol found at nearly all drug stores. I've also used Non-CFC Brake Cleaner from the auto store too. This stuff works GREAT. But it is recommended to keep it off plastic, rubber and painted surfaces.

Any time my parrot sees a gun he makes the sound of a slide racking.  I figure that could be handy someday.

I was really hoping something would go horribly wrong with this for some reason....does that make me a bad person?

I want something like a Calico submachine gun chambered in .45acp or a p90 in .45acp. Would also like a bullpup in .300blk.

Stahp!

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  Fans are great, when they are mounted directly in front of a large evaporator coil ...

Yes it does, there will be brown targets down range. Some you shoot some you dont. Engage properly and as fast as possible. Theres your scoop lol

Problem solved.

By my estimation, it would take at least a 6ft barrel to burn an appreciable amount of that powder...

I just finished dinner and got to a computer, here they are: http://www.mctsclub.com/~mctscl5/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/05032014_IDPA.pdf

Benjamin Franklin once said of beer that it was proof that god loved us and wanted to be happy. I say that yoga pants are further evidence of same. Oh, and Raoul said "Butt" :rofl:

  I do agree government should be smaller, provide fewer 'services,' and fulfill its narrowly-designed role.  It's also interesting to me that the same individuals who say the Fed should stay out of the State purview, and the State should defer to local goverments are often the same persons saying the State should step in and dictate employer actions further than has already been done by the Fed.....as long as it serves their narrow interests.  Same bunch that would get bent out of shape if the state were to overstep authority.

So, wait.....we are for less government intrusion unless the government intrusion serves our particular interests?  Sounds inconsistent to me.

On several occasions I've seen employers hide flat-out racial discrimination behind "At Will" employment, so not the best of points with me.

Hah.  Didn't mean it to be left handed.  Usually when I want the quick answer to a question I have come up, I just search through your posts.  OSapedia, sort of.

When I was young the place we lived at was about a mile from a spot that got hit at least once each tornado season. Down in Culleoka, strip off of Mooresville Pike before Peach Orchard for anyone in the area. They were quite disastrous, especially to the one farmer who kept rebuilding his barn in the same spot only to watch it get demolished again the next year.

I think suggesting that someone just get a different job is really rather ridiculous. We have more people out of work in this country today than any other time in the country's history - anyone who currently has a job had damn well better keep it. There is nothing wrong with looking around and keeping options open but there is more to a career and finding the right position than whether a company allows firearms on their property.

I hope shotgun shells don't hit 60,000 PSI like the 308 can. Regardless, they have a weird design with a brass head, white polymer case body and then what looks like black delrin for the shoulder and neck. That is too many changes in the case material, at least with shotgun shells the polymer is cupped into the brass / aluminum / steel base, these have a weird locking system that molds the brass to the polymer. And I don't mean to sound like I am dismissing Oh Shoot. I agree that the loads are probably hot, one of the reviews stated that neck tension was non-existent on the ammo right out of the factory box. They use a somewhat compressed load but there is always room for some sort of issue, heck the bullet may be pulling out a bit as it chamber pushing it into the lands.

Astroglide

The only time I carry unchambered is if I'm going to be removing and replacing the pistol several times. Like going into and out of posted places or going to work out, etc. If I'm out and about with the little'un, I certainly keep it chambered. I can't hold a baby or push a stroller to cover with one hand and chamber a round with the other.

      An unsecured firearm around children, it should be unloaded not just minus one in the chamber.   When my kids were younger that is the main reasoned I carried on my person even at home.