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Some sage words from my long gone over the sunset hill irish granny....   ".... Foolish people do foolish things...".  Don't be drawn down to their level, no matter the provocation (...the bad drivin phillistine harlot...)... I never engage in shouting matches with anyone except my dear wife; and i usually loose them...   Don't banter words with a fool (... the kid...); calmly tell him to get out of your face and walk away... Don't let your kids see you turn from their dad  whom they love dearly to a hoodlum (...as defined by society, and not necessarily right...) over some "in a hurry" b**ch and a foolish bratty kid... I bet everyone would calm down if ya called for the local security officer....   leroy

I know you want to hear that you would be justified in protecting yourself, and if that were the case you would be. However, when I responded to these types of situations I needed to determine was this mutual combat or an attack. To do that I had to talk with both people involved and the witnesses. What would the witnesses have seen? You throwing the first punch? Your situation is like a rage road incident; two willing participants. Chances are good one or both of you would have been arrested, had you pulled a gun or some other type weapon you almost certainly would have been arrested. You would have then let you attorney make your case to the DA or in court. At a high school football game or a Hockey game Police actions will be swift to remove the drama. There won’t be a lot of standing around and interviewing people unless a weapon is pulled or someone is seriously injured. I would have ignored him and walked away. If he attacked me I would have had to deal with that.   You have a responsibility to take care of your family. Going to jail or spending your family’s money on lawyers is not in the best interest of the people who depend on you.

My all time favorite bumper sticker: "Welcome to the South, now go home."

1 - shouting at or verbally arguing with a reckless driver isn't going to change their behavior one bit. Might make you feel better but it can only lead to trouble. If the situation was truly dangerous and you or others narrowly escaped serious harm, you should have just called the police. And especially because there's always some police present at every high school football game. 2 - squaring off and proceeding to verbally argue or debate with one or more adversarial strangers, kids or otherwise, is just as wrong and pointless as #1. You just ignore them and walk away, avoiding the altercation, and only escalate to self defense if you are pursued to the point of having no practical way out or if the pursuers place you or your loved ones in fear of imminent bodily harm or death. If it were me I would have shook my head silently at the unsafe driver, saying nothing, or at most reporting it to local police or security. And if confronted by someone later I'd just dismiss them as unimportant and walk away. Life's too short and my desire to enjoy the game safely with my family and avoid any physical or legal trouble would far outweigh any desire to confront or scold bad drivers and overzealous defenders. Probably not what you wanted to hear but that's my $0.02.

Considering that over 1/3 of US homes have firearms, I hardly think knowledge of one existing in a home based on a sign indicating the resident's willingness to use violence would embolden a person to target that house. I would say it is more likely that a person would be deterred by a sign which suggest the occupants are willing to kill intruders. Nothing is 100%, of course. Just like putting a security alarm sign in your yard won't deter 100%, doesn't mean it isn't effective. Of course it is. The whole point of taking active measures to deter crime is to appear a harder target than your neighbors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Volunteer Shooting Sports new Spotlight Series is out with Episode 1.  Meet Sydney Rockwell, a jr competitive shooter that is rapidly advancing.   http://youtu.be/iKHBrIq_Z8o

  Yup. I "prefer" having my XD Subbie with 13+1, but since I have to more discreet than IWB some of the time, the Kahr PM9 has been in my pocket daily for about 4 years now.   I could carry the XD majority of time really, but I'm a creature of habit, don't like to have to think about wardrobe each day, and the Kahr hides in everything I wear, even the occasional dress pants. And though the XD ain't bad at all in my nice TT Gunleather rig, still can't compare to the comfort of pocket carry with the Kahr in a StellarRigs kydex, especially with all the walking I do.   - OS

I'm pretty sure the operation of the sp/gp/srh is identical. After removing the grips, this is the next step for disassembly. Cock the hammer and the hammer strut will travel down. You should see a hole drilled in the strut. Insert mystery pin here. Pull trigger/ ride hammer forward, pin will catch on the mainspring strut. You can now remove the hammer strut subassembly.

  except for black snakes.  I give them a pass.

The NRA has zero interest in having the NFA repealed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  this should be the standard answer when people ask how it is living in TN.   I always laugh when there is the thread about someone from Maryland or Pennsylvania or whereever thinking of moving to TN.  They ask how Murfreesboro is, or we are looking at Brentwood,  or thinking of buying property on Norris Lake or west Knox.   Then the answers come in about how great the place is and how much the new guy and his family would love it.   Why encourage people to come here?   LOL   My standard answer is that this place is awful and I am trying my best to figure a way to move out.

My uncle has one like this on the gate to his property. Before he put it up, he had to shoot a guy a bunch of times to get the point across. Now he has a sign. He hasn't had to shoot any intruders for about 20 years. Maybe the sign is working? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I understand and realize the best course of action would have been to mind my own business but....I'm done with minding my own business.  If you're acting a fool and being stupid and it is affecting me, I'm going to call you out on it.   I firmly believe that stupidity and foolishness is becoming so common place in society because society stands by idly and watches from the side lines.  Is it my place to do so, probably not.  I believe it's all of our place to do so.   Think of this.  You're at he the hockey game.  Fellow spectator is yelling and screaming profanities at every play and person he sees.  You can tell everyone is annoyed to no end.  Security isn't doing anything about it.  So one guy in the crowd stands up and tells this guy to tone it down and keep it civil.  Everyone cheers this guy for doing so because he just did what everyone else was wanting to do but didn't have the guts to do.     If no one stands up to idiots when they are doing something that is detrimental to others around them, then who will?  The cops?  No offense but how reliable are they and where are they when you truly need one.  Society needs to police its own when it's something that can be handled without police intervention.  So many people rely on the cops to save them when all they need to do is start standing up for what they know is right.     Idiots prevail because good men no longer call them stupid.

  ???   It's a quite traditional kukri, used for both utility and combat. Apparently old enough to likely have been made in the original region of heritage.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukri   You know many local blacksmiths or farriers that learned their trade in sight of the Himalayas?  :)   You can still get kukris made in Nepal, btw, this importer seems one of the best rated:   http://www.himalayan-imports.com/   - OS

They disrespect the South, make fun of us, call us names......until they need soldiers to fight their wars.

Not to hijack your thread but this kind of fits -Dusty-

And imagine the innovation that will come when anyone can experiment with silencer designs. We are using technology that hasn't changed in over 100 years.

Yeah I agree, I put him back outside though. Didn't feel like he needed to be in the kitchen...

I use a shooting stick for all firearms hunting. I've been using one for years. It doubles as a walking stick in the dark woods and allows me to always have a steady shot.    Nothing illegal about using a bipod attached to your gun either.    This is the stick I use. Works better than cheaper ones that tend to slide up under weight.    http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Gorilla-Gear-62-Shooting-Stick&i=412038

I thought I would share my experience at Bud's today. My friend is getting married tomorrow so myself and our other friend threw him a bunch of cash to go purchase his first firearm.    We thought Buds would offer the best selection and I knew their prices would be competitive.    The store is amazing. The selection is fantastic and the prices were right where I expected them to be. My friend ended up buying a XD 9 Bi-tone for $469(maybe $479). Springfield is still giving away 3 free magazines so it was a hell of a deal. They also provided a free 30 minute range pass which we used.    The employees were very friendly and helpful. I warned my friend that gunshop employees can sometimes be full of crap but we didn't have that issue today. One clerk did try to push the Taurus but we quickly dismissed it and moved on.   The range is the nicest indoor range I have ever seen but it is overpriced. I wouldn't go back there to shoot. Their ammo prices were high but not stupid high(Bass Pro, Gander etc).   They had a crate full of Mosins for $119 I think. They had a really nice selection of 1911's and knives.   Overall it is a damn fine store and I'll definitely go back. 

Used one on my .243 last year for yotes. I had the 870 in my hands for close work, and the 243 was at the ready on the bipod. Convienient way of keeping it out of the dirt more than anything

Pleasant View Village Diner   214 Village Square (off Hwy 41A) Pleasant View, TN   Sign by the front door: "Firearms Welcome. Please keep all weapons holstered unless the need arises.  In such a case judicious marksmanship is appreciated."     Plus good food too.  If you like them their chicken liver dinner is excellent . http://www.newvillagediner.com/   I'm not part of the business, just a satisfied customer.   

Spent 3 hours today making .40 ammo and listening to Dream Theater. Listened to most of Images and Words, the 20th anniversary live album, Octavarium, and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. It's amazing how much ammo you can make during just one song... when it's 42 minutes long! :-D

I don't own one but have shot one several times. Definitely light weight and seems easy to carry. Currently carry a CM9 when I have to go small but could see carrying the G42. I find I can shoot the G42 fast and accurate. To me it handles like full size gun when it comes to shootability. But then again I always find an excuse to buy a new gun.

Sometimes in my opinion a the best safe is a good hidding place unless you are looking for fire protection too. Before I had a big safe for my guns I would put my pistols in their boxes and put them in the return air vent behind the filter. There are so many ways to hide stuff in your home where nobody will ever think to look. But you don't get the fire protection though.

This guy does amazing work, I've never seen anything that is basically two different paintings on normal light and under black light on this scale before.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDci10eRTQ

He is a good guy. I have talked to him in the past and he has always been honest with me.   He was the one who is suing on behalf of those who were approved to make a MG but later had the permission retracted.   Personally ownership of inanimate objects should not be regulated at all. What should be regulated is the person owning the item. That is if I can legally own a single shot 22 I should be able to legally own a 50 BMG machine gun in the same manner. If I want to own a tank, hand grenades or a fighter jet I should be able to if I can own a 22 and if I can afford it.

Joe released a new album a few weeks ago. Seems like this guy releases an album every six  months, and they just keep getting better.   http://youtu.be/Z3_GOk36JD0    

I saw one like that one time in my backyard. It was crawling across my shoulder. I ran into a tree and was out cold for about 5 minutes...... :stare:

Ha, I read through this whole thing and was like, "he'd raise more money if he used a site like GoFundMe to gather donations." Then I see it at the top of the post.... DOH! Thanks for sharing this. It's up to 10k right now with only 67 donors on the first day. While this might be a pipe dream, I think it is always productive to challenge the system when it's jacked up, win or lose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don't think so...eye pattern is wrong.  Hogna lenta.

I don't know why anyone would want to move here. The winters are long and rough, the summers are long and sweltering got, and let's not even get started on the humidity. The mosquitoes are the size of birds and the ticks range in size from pinhead to tennis ball. Fire ants and rattle snakes are abundant. Fall and spring don't actually exist. Well, we usually do have that month of constant rain where everything floods just between the snow and those long summer days. So unless you are looking for all of this while being surrounded by gun toting country folk I wouldn't bother.

Because they're stupid. They don't realize that their own stupidity is what caused the crap hole that they came from to become a crap hole.

Couple more I thought were funny -Ne Desit Virtus-

I'd like to second the N82 professional.  I carry a G21 gen4 in jeans and cargo pants/shorts.  Provided you have a decent belt, it's far and away the most comfortable IWB I've ever worn - even with a think, heavy gun.  I now own three of them.  The suede back "grips" the shirt and supports the weight of the gun, keeping it in place.  For me, about a 4 o'clock carry works best.  Your mileage may vary.  

Pre court meetings can be a real eye opening experience as well!!   I have a family member going thru a divorce. It is amazing what some will say and do to bleed a man dry.

I think the best I ever saw was a friends neighbor who just taped their range target with the center mass full of holes onto the front door. 

I have always wanted one that read," Can you run 1100 feet per second? I can't either, but my friend can. " JTM Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Copper mouth cotton head spider! Do I win?   :rofl:

Freestyle

I saw one the other day for an attack dog which said, "Door is locked for your protection, not mine." Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its a spider, therefore bad. Thats as specific as we need to get.

Very nice pictures! I've had a few invites over the years to hunt a few blinds in West TN and MS but something has always come up that prevented it from happening. One day I will get the offer again and will make it happen!

The 686 is very Python-ish in it's handling but is lighter than the M-27/M-28. Prior to the introduction of the 686/586 a very popular custom revolver set up was a S&W M-19 with a Colt Python barrel installation, it looked great, was affordable and handled well. IIRC it was called a SMOLT. As much as I love my S&W K & N frames I never took a serious liking to the L frame. I really like the GP-100 though, even though it doesn't;t look as good as a 686 or Python.   I will mention a couple of additional RUGER used gun's to seriously consider. A 4" Security Six or a Speed Six. They are somewhat collectable but still affordable and are the best looking RUGER DA wheel guns ever made.  

I like the GP100 a lot for a first revolver.

I've got a 686 from 20 years ago still by my side, it is the finest firearm I've ever held! From day one to now, it feels like a finely tuned piece of American machinery that just has an awe about it. So that's my vote! Plus S&W stands by them, just sent it in for a perceived rifling chip, they replaced all 6inches of the barrel,put a new firing pin and bushing too. Not a penny out of pocket and was 3 weeks for turnaround. 6 inch barrel makes 100yd shots easy! If you are near Knoxville I'll let you shoot it, you'll never be the same! It is heavy though for everyday carry :)

Good point. I forget that because to me all dogs are inside animals. The heat of Tennessee is also cruel to a dog.

Whatever kind you like, camo is for the hunter not the deer.

+1. You could also use some non refective duct tape (I wouldn't use black though...too much contrast) or even a flat paint if needed. That refelective tape will get a deers attention quick & could ruin a good shot.