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If I don't recognize the number or it's not in my contacts, I don't answer.  Ever.  If it's important, they'll leave a message.  If not, I didn't want to talk to them anyway. 

You know, it's a nice thought and all... and I certainly support the notion of less taxation... but I have to wonder what better use of his time there might have been than filing a proposal that we all know good and well won't get passed.  How about spending more time on Pro 2A legislation that will actually make a difference?   This just seems like an empty token gesture to me.  We need Pro 2A legislation that will benefit our state for generations to come, not novelty legislation that matters for one day a year and saves someone $50 on a $500 handgun.

Building one is a lot more fun than buying one...!

Pepper Spray in her pocket, a lead ingot in her purse and a "Don't stop just cause they hit the ground" attitude.     Squirt him & beat him.  Rinse and repeat as necessary.  

Anyone who shoots a Bald Eagle, or any other bird of prey should have:   1)  hunting privileges revoked for life. 2)  be banned from owning a firearm for life. 3)  to forfeit whatever equipment, vehicles and clothing worn during the incident. 3)  to pay a fine equal to rescuing 20 other birds of the same species.   Not necessarily because it's the "national bird"...Benjamin Franklin himself referred to the Bald Eagle as being "of low moral character"....but it's still the emblem of this country and there is absolutely no reason to kill one.  There is no justification whatsoever.

Gotta watch them grannys!   My grandmother grew up in the hills about Grundy County and such.  She helped her daddy run shine.    One of her youngest brothers left the hills when he was 14.   He got involved in organized crime up north.  He suddenly needed a place to hid out for a time.  He came back south and granny hid him out at her place in Nashville.  Once he decided the coast was clear, he went back up north leaving a few items with her... among pictures and other personal items was a set of knuckles (aluminum I think) and a .22 snub nose revolver.   After he returned to the north he was murdered at about age 30.   Granny always kept that .22 close by.       She would tell us kids if you ever need someone to lie for you or hide you out, I will.  She'd give us beer for mowing her yard.   She was a real character.   She would also tell the  grandkids one of these day I ain't gonna be here no longer and I want to no what of mine you want.  I always told her the only thing I wanted was her gun so I could tell people this gun belonged to my pistol packin' granny.   She died at 92 about 10 years ago.    To this day I keep the pistol in my desk, loaded of course.  

I'm all for saving a few bucks. I wonder how our politicians feel about giving up some tax money for a weekend.

I had been working at the same job doing IT for over 14 years and amassed a nice set of benefits myself. Mostly in the form of 4+ weeks of vacation. A new job opportunity presented itself a few months ago, and I thought, "Why not, let me take a look." Turns out the (non-vacation) benefits were much better and the job was a lot less stressful. Someone told me to ask if vacation was negotiable, so I did, and it turns out it was and they gave me 4 weeks without even flinching. I talked that story around to my circle of IT friends, and they all said that is a very common practice these days in the IT world.   Another suggestion I always tell people is to go on a job interview for a job you know you don't want. It will be good practice. You'll be relaxed, and it will allow you the opportunity to see the types of questions you may be asked. Then go on an interview for a few jobs you think you might like. You don't have to take it if you don't want. You might be surprised how motivated you become when you see what else is out there.   The certs are good, but when I was an IT manager, when I hired someone, I looked at their experience. Try to figure out ways to boost up your experience level to attain your dream job. Can you branch out at your current job? You might be surprised that just changing your job function within the same company might make all the difference. If you are excited at what you do, the schedule is less important. Plus it would help you to grow new skills. I know at my last company, we had folks on the Help Desk that were able to branch out for a few hours a day to work on special assignments, and that turned into a career path change. Several of them moved from the Help Desk into the server support group.   Right now Virtualization (vmWare / Hyper-V) and anything with Citrix in the name are very hot IT skills. If you get those skills under your belt, you would become very marketable.

sounds like a job.   When I asked for my job I told them to hire me and schedule me whenever they need me.    Somehow I realized I am a tool for my boss to use to make a profit.  He pays me a fair wage,  It is  fair trade off.   I am not sure what you are complaining about.   If you don't like it the door can open to lead out too.

Whipped this up in Excel...hope it helps. Wish I could post it as a spreadsheet, but a pic will have to do...

On Sunday April 19 Suarez International Tier 1 Instructor Randy Harris will be in Knoxville leading a regional training group working on enhancing pistol skills for extreme interpersonal problem solving.   We will be working to smooth out and further develop our skills with the weapon we carry most...our pistol. We will shoot some challenging drills, including the Federal Air Marshal Qualification course.    Date: April 19   Time: 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM   Subject: Enhancing Combat Pistol Skills   Price : $80 pay at class (cash or check)   Equipment needed : Pistol and 3 magazines (or 3 speed loaders if you use a revolver) and 200 rounds of ammo   Location: 1818 Tarklin Valley Rd Knoxville Tn 37920    Looking forward to seeing you there!            

So I was down in Harriman, TN at a local pawn shop just browsing when I came across and AR smith and Wesson labeled as being a .223 for $600. I asked to look at it and in closer inspection it was a 5.56 smith and Wesson m&p 15. Troy rear flip sight and front A sight. Quard rail with a 30 round p mag and 6 position stock. It has some small scratches on the barrel but I could not pass up on the price. After showing her the scratches and how dirty it was she knocked it down to $502- $560 OTD with a box of ammo. I get home with it and do some research and it is a M&p15x which MSRP is $1300! She told me she had priced it herself off of what she saw online and she priced it as a Sport model. Then gun is in great shape all cleaned up (apart from the small scratches) and I am going to shoot it this Saturday. Any suggestions, comments, concerns for a first time AR owner?

Apple Mac users with Retina displays should notice an improvement with the look of the header and the menu tabs across the top of the screen.  Specifically, the header now resizes dynamically and does not screw up the alignment of the menu tabs now if you view the page at 100% zoom in your web browser.

What kind of asshole does something like that?

Outside of the moron that shot it, you have to admit that bird is bad ass.  It's been shot, a guy has it in a choke hold and it still looks like it wants to go F some stuff up.

I agree with the caning but being publicly shamed won't do much for for ignorant, back-asswards, mouth-breathing scum.

I start out trying to keep it around $500 but end up spending $1200-$1300. Does that help much?

To me it's cheaper (at a time) to build. Meaning I can't always afford to buy a 7 or 8 hundred dollar rifle. But I can usually afford to buy a part or two at a time until I have them all. Even if it ends up not being the cheapest way, I can afford parts more easily than a complete one most of the time. And as stated above, it's fun and very informative.

This whole thing has gotten confusing....more so than Glock model numbers and their subtle variations.

WHERE ARE THE PICS?!?!?!?

  Like trying to take a cheesburger away from Michael Moore.

I like it.... It sends the right message...The second amendment and firearms ownership is key to every citizen's freedom... Everybody needs to understand that....   More than that; it will send the "weenies" (...think inner city rats here; like Joe Armstrong...) into a fit, and that will be great to watch... Way ta go, Frank...!   Keep up the good work....   leroy

I would love to see the power to ban guns at local parks stripped from the municipalities' hands.  Right now the online petition to remove the gun ban at Camp Jordan in East Ridge is only at 80 signatures out of a goal of 1000.  Even when I talk to East Ridge residents about calling or writing the council, I think most people just shrug and think nothing will change, even if they would like to see the ban removed.   It is frustrating being passionate about something while being surrounded by apathy.

Other than rifles specifically set up for long range work where optics are necessary, I've never understood why one wouldn't have iron sights.   And that's not just AR's but any rifle.

It took you a while to get on the AR bus, but you sure got all the way on when you did. We're glad to have you. :)

Kinda like a Lay-R-away plan....huh, huh? :) That's actually how I built mine. Bought a part here & there as I found them on sale/used & cheap & got up & running in around 4 months & well under $500

You can get down to around $400 if you are patient and watch for sales. $500-550 and you can build one of solid quality.

What next ?   http://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/fat-flat-not-fast-meet-416-hushpuppy-shot-show-2015/  

I didn't realise the barrel program was done away with. That sucks donkey sausage! :( In all honesty I would imagine a .22-250 would be a little much. That's a damn big case to try a reduced load in. Up to 400yds, there's not much a .22-250 can do that a .223 can't, at around ¼ the cost for store bought ammo.

  Certainly 18 year old and up, no diff, long gun or handgun. Possession of handgun by  a minor is very limited period.   - OS

In a perfect setting, they should support both. In the real world, well, you know...............

  The difference is that in post #2 you said you want statewide preemption on gun laws. We already have that. Local parks are not posted because the local council passed a law. They're posted because state law says they can and they simply decided to do so. The local park posting is not something in addition to state law, which is what preemption would and does prevent. If the state law were changed to not allow parks to be posted by the local gov't, then the preemption we already have would keep local gov'ts from passing their own laws to ban guns in local parks.   The difference is that we need to get one state law changed, not get a whole new law passed to override lots of little local laws. We already have the later.

Free Falling (The Irish End Games Series #1) is now priced at $0 for Kindle users at Amazon - don't know how long that will last... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Free%20Falling%20(The%20Irish%20End%20Games%20Series

I don't see this taking off. They mention in that article about dethroning the .300 blackout? Not a chance. And as a big bore, .458SOCOM has much more utility. Who makes .416 bullets short enough for an AR magazine? Proprietary? I just don't see this thing doing anything better than .458SOCOM or even .50Beowulf.

I've got the Tirant45, evo9, and the element and element 2 from AAC. The octane9, osprey45, ss sparrow, and the spectre 2 from silencerco. My favs in both build and noise reduction and ease of maintenance are the ones from Silencerco. Although the elements are awesome. I have a saker 7.62 waiting on a stamp now. I have others, but these are my favs. One word of caution, go ahead and buy a good quality 22 rim fire can. Spectre 2, sparrow, or elements are my choices. They are easy to clean. Rim fire is notoriously dirty and will need to be cleaned. The ones I mentioned are stainless and can be dipped, blasted, or tumbled. That's another thread. Silencerco has killer customer service and is a solid company. They do a lot of PR for the NFA industry. I'll keep buying cans from them. The octane9 is my goto 9mm can right now. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

  Hide yo septic!  :rock:   But seriously, hope things work out for ya. Mt Juliet is nice. A lot bigger and busier than it used to be when I was young and chasing country girls out that way, but still a nice place.

It seems like it would be a lot simpler for people to upload their own videos then post them here in their respective section. Otherwise seems like there would be a lot of bandwidth being used moving videos around. Then the other problem is who ever shot the video owns that video and if WE, as in TGO, has control of it that can get a little sticky if THEY decide they no longer want it up.   BTW, I am going to start doing some videos. I think my first video will be a home grown tritium install on a pistol for under $20. I already have the tritium ordered, just waiting on them to come in.

BTW saw this while walking to lunch. . . Untitled by systemdelete, on Flickr

The truck bed rail would also be a good place to mount an L-shaped bracket for your antenna. Personally, I use a mag-mount on the cab roof. I've used a stake pocket mount from Geotool in the past - great mount but difficult to install.

Nope, none whatsoever.

pee out by a bush and pooh at a Weigels.

Comcast will find a way to F it up.  It may take a few months, but they'll find a way.  

http://www.cyclemos.com/#!__index/restoration,-repair-&-maintenance Maybe a bit far west for you, but Cyclemos in Red Boiling Springs, TN does restorations. Their museum is worth a visit while you're there. At least pick up a copy of their Crash Brown DVD. He was a local celebrity and a heck of a bad example.

Ammonia don't do squat. Th only thing in Windex that gets the corrosive salts out is the water. Hot water. Hotter the better (up to a point). I made a funnel for my Mausers that fit the breech end with a hose and would pour boiling water through. Then clean as normal. Really hot water does two things, cleans a little better and dries more thoroughly after the barrel gets nice and toasty. Never a bad idea to take a look see about two,or,three days after. One little speck corrosive salt missed and here comes Rusty. Oil well, don't sweat over it. American shooters really obsess about this but the rest of the world has been shooting corrosive with little to no issue. Corrosive primers will store better than our non corrosive primers also. It's great ammo for stockpiling.

I'm not sure how one would swage a ball. :ugh:  It ain't that big a deal to buy another box of balls.

  I know a great many gun owners that do not have carry permits because they don't want to be on a list of gun owners. Many of them bought their guns long before the back ground checks began and don't feel it's any of the governments business if they own guns. I think that falls true in most cases for a large amount of the population across the nation...............jmho

First reports I read indicated there was no warrant at all.

So, now it is almost as good as a Springfield XD?......     Ha Ha, looks nice