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This is one of those situations where it doesn't matter if what he did was technically legal or not. This man and his antics certainly turned someone who may have been a neutral bystander into a supporter of "common sense gun laws." Seriously. Why go confront someone in a situation like this? It's stupid? Did he have backup in his little posse? What if the people in the car had had malicious intent? What if there were more than one of them? This guy, in his bravado escalated a situation needlessly. Because the lady was just talking on her phone, he just made gun owners at large look bad. Lord knows we need some more examples of that. This is Bellvue - not out in the country somewhere. Monitor the situation from your living room window - and call the cops if you think something is going down. It's Bellvue after all. They'll be there pretty quick. I'm all for taking care of your family and your neighbors. But this was stupid - and maybe across the line legally. Nobody wants the next Trayvon to be in Tennessee.

I have mixed emotions about this one.

I've known about cougars for a while now. I've seen a few. I've even had one live with me for a couple years a while back.

He should have just called the police and reported a suspicious car parked on the street and let them handle it. She may think twice about parking in a neighborhood at night again. Why does she care if he gets prosecuted? After all she was the suspicious person in his neighborhood. It kind of cancels out. They both contributed to the situation. Question: Was it really that Important of a call to risk a distracted encounter with an armed guy in dark neighborhood. Lesson to be learned; put up the cell phone and keep driving. If you absolutely have to stop don't pull into a dark dead end road. I'd say both parties are lucky that nothing went wrong and hopefully they learn a lesson from this. No harm no foul.

That was stupid on the resident's part and he at the very least should have received a tongue lashing from the police. The use of deadly force to protect property is not justified in Tennessee, first of all, and secondly the resident was no longer on his property when he entered the public street to confront the motorist. Going off of your property, brandishing a firearm, to confront another citizen on public property to ask them "what the hell they are doing" is just stupid no matter the circumstances. He could have easily been arrested for brandishing a weapon. Probably should have been.

Also, please apologize to your neighbor. I surely didn't mean to scare anyone, maybe I came off a little strong, but you have to have a solid command presence when you are engaging in perimeter security like that. I figured she would feel safe after I left knowing we were watching out for the good people of the culdesac.

But it's Bellevue! You obviously need someone to lay down suppressive fire while you evaluate the threat...:) I live across the main road from monkeylizard and KahrMan. My biggest concern when walking around at night are the neighborhood dogs! I went for a short walk when the power went out just to take in the peace and quiet.

You could change the sign in Frame 3 to any of several other alphabet agencies and it would ring just as true.

Does ARFCOM even offer counseling services?

I'll go ahead and say it: sitting in an idle car in front of someone's house talking on the phone is highly shady and suspicious in this day and age. BTW, I am in no way defending what that guy allegedly did. He may just need some kind of counseling.

Around here, a guy walking down the road at night with a rifle=coon hunter. Probably looking for his dog.

I call on your statement that we no longer have the emoticon.

This should work in its place...

Somebody with a rifle doesn't scare me. Doesn't even make me nervous by itself. Somebody with poor muzzle discipline makes me nervous, but doesn't scare me. Somebody aiming a rifle at me with an intent to shoot scares me. The first two are stupid. The third is criminal.

What else should she have done? Kept driving along a darkened winding road taking an important call that's requiring her attention? Just pulled over on the non-existent shoulder? She did exactly as she was supposed to do. Dude playing Rick Grimes is a paranoid jackass. If Bellevue can go through the floods we went through in 2010 without devolving into Lord of the Flies, a simple power outage hardly justifies patrolling with a long gun. Cell service was up. The low clouds still had that dull pink glow of the Nashville light pollution. It was clear this wasn't some widespread EOTWAWKI event, and Bellevue is not exactly a powder-keg waiting for any little thing to send us all into a rampaging looting frenzy. As far as the cul-de-sac goes, (and I'm only guessing) it was likely one of several "neighborhoods" on the main road that leads to the neighborhood where KahrMan and I live. There are 3 or 4 in a row that are little more than a cul-de-sac with 20-30 houses.

I don't even mow my yard unarmed. I have no idea what's in the area behind my property and of course, who's in the vehicles going down the road (but that's another topic ) I don't want to be the headline when they realize we have cougars around here. "Old dude pulled off riding mower and killed by cougar"

My father lost a long battle with Parkinson's early this morning. He went at home surrounded by his family. We will never be able to express our love as much as we would like for our parents. We will miss dad greatly. He was an avid shooter and a great man. Ha taught me many needed lessons in life. Hug your parents today and tell them how much you love them. RIP Dad! You are at peace and the journey now begins anew.

Picking your teeth?

The reason for this match, Pro-Am comming up at Rockcastle. Guess who is shooting in it.

Wherever you work, I want to apply You just described my Christmas list

Hmmm. Looks interesting. https://www.remington.com/handguns/model-1911-r1/1911-r1-10mm-hunter The R1 10mm Hunter Long Slide is a handgun built with the hunter in mind. From the extremely accurate 6” match-grade barrel, to the match quality fully adjustable sights, and VZ premium G10 grips, this pistol will get the job done at distance. The 10mm Hunter has the knockdown power and accuracy to be the perfect choice this hunting season. 6” Stainless Match-Grade Barrel - For superb accuracy Accessory Rail - For Light or Laser Attachments Wide Rear and Front Cocking Serrations - For positive grip regardless of field conditions LPA Fully Adjustable Match Sights - For precision shooting Extended Beavertail Grip Safety - For sure grip in the field Adjustable Skeletonized Trigger - For a clean crisp break Tough PVD DLC Finish - For durability in all conditions Operator II VZ G10 Grips - For solid hold while firing Two 8-Round Stainless Steel Magazines Stainless Steel Frame and Slide MSRP $1310 - a little surprised at that. Thought it would a little cheaper.

Thanks, exactly what I was looking for. Thinking my chest rig will put too much weight up front for running.

When you open the emoticon menu there is a space to look them up by typing, Simply type : and that will open them all up to you since it is a part of all the code.

Were you carrying an AR and participating in the neighborhood watch?

Had the man been wearing a badge, snuck up on a person breaking no laws, and intimidated her with a firearm and a vague threat about "protecting the neighborhood" without some other extenuating information, that would be a person soon to be not wearing a badge.

He violated the law (although not aggravated assault); she didn’t. Sounds like the cops used their discretion on him carrying a rifle; that’s okay. I don’t know why the cops would tell her to go see the detectives. In Tennessee do detectives or the DA decided on charges? Where I was our Command Officers would have told us to do a report and forward it to the DA to see if they wanted to pursue it. As far as approaching the guy with weapons drawn; that would be standard procedure. Three cops in Baton Rouge (and many others in other places) are dead because they didn’t take a man with a gun call seriously.

On a somewhat lighter note, I was locked out of my house because I went for a walk before the power went out. My wife and I had gone for a walk in the neighborhood and I only took the garage door remote with me. Oops. Lesson learned.

Two weeks ago, I purchased my very first parts kit. Fellow forum member Hershmesiter sold me a numbers matching Egyptian Crutch Kit. If all goes as planned, the build will commence in December. I ordered a Childers receiver last night and the lead time for delivery is 16-18 weeks. In the mean time, I am on the hunt for a virgin Romanian barrel. In addition to the Egyptian Crutch Kit, I ordered a Romanian MOD 63 parts kit from Arms of America last week. As far as AK's are concerned, I placed a Romanian Draco on layaway via Atlantic Firearms two weeks ago. Once I have it in my possession, I will submit the paperwork alongside my PAP M92 to SBR the pistols. My AK buying has slowed down this year due to the fact that I have purchased eight suppressors before 41F took effect. In addition to the suppressors, I purchased a IMBEL parts kit + a IMBEL Gear Logo receiver that I will be sending off to Mark at Arizona Response Systems to build my first FAL. Last and but not least, I placed my dream rifle on a 90 day layaway last month. For those wondering, my dream rifle is a Knight's Armament Company (KAC) SR-25 EMC.

I mean, if you were out in the country, turning around and then sitting in someone's half mile long driveway may not be the smartest. In the city, pulling off the main road and sitting in a low traffic neighborhood seems like the safest thing to do in terms of operating a motor vehicle. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Seriously? With the climate today how else are they supposed to answer a man-with-a-gun call? Personally I would be surprised if they answered any other way. My guess is nothing will come of it because there was no crime committed.

Edit, it's a hoax. Do a google image search for it. The Hoax: The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Information Center received many emails of the above image in 2011. Most people believed this trail camera image was taken in eastern Kentucky. Some claimed it was taken on Black Mountain near Cumberland, while others gave the location as Knox County. The Truth: This is a real photo of a mountain lion in western Montana. It was taken by a remote camera in the summer of 2010. http://fw.ky.gov/Wildlife/Pages/Mountain-Lions.aspx

the Godfather is flat out awesome, though it really only has one use.

I carried an LCP for years at my old job. It was just right for pocket carry, and I started having to tuck my shirt in, so my G19 wasn't an option any more. Plus the management had a no firearms policy, so I had to be careful about it. My manager was cool with it, he wanted me to carry, knowing my background. He was a good guy, so if I ever got caught with it, I would have said it was on me. I had no qualms about the weapon being able to handle the job if it ever came to that. I shot coke cans at 20 yards with it at Ok Corral just for a joke one day and I could hit 4/6, which was pretty impressive considering the barrel length and sights. I know better shooters than me could do better. That said, I expect to empty the magazine if I ever need to use it.

Depends on how hard up you are for .22's. There one step above not having any ammo.

Talk about close to home, wow. Glad your wife was not involved, could have been a lot worse.

I only have one Rossi M92 and a Rossi 85 .38 spl. But I love the idea of the versatile .357 platform. I want another lever action. Here's my favorite! My dad engraved it and I've since added custom walnut hg and stock. Did a trigger/action job on it. Smooth as butter!

I think I'd be more worried about the thing with the glowing eyes to the right...

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If you find yourself in a position that you need food with that kind of shelf-life you won't be around long enough to eat it.

1 year, maybe 2 is about all you can get out of rotating your stock of commonly used foods. Longer than that and you need the air tight long term storage of beans, rice, etc. Practicaly speaking though, the longest I have heard of is 7-10 years storage. Pretty much have to rotate your stock beyond that, which you should be doing anyways. Realistically though, 2 years is really about all you NEED. Whatever time SHTF, use your stocks to survive until spring. Then you should be planting a garden and hunting in the fall and winter and/or raising animals. You can't store enough food to survive indefinitely. You have to replenish somehow. This is assuming it's a permanent TEOTWAWKI. If it's a temporary SHTF or a regional disaster, temporary stocks are fine until supply lines are back in order.

Ah... good ole R2-FU.

The 1911 design is just fine, I have several that are great and as near 100% as anything else I have. The real issue with the 1911 these days is that companies like kimber have tried too hard to make them into something that were never intended to be. Match accuracy guns for defense. To me those two are mutually exclusive. If you want to spend $1500+ on a 1911 go ahead but don't expect 100% reliability and match accuracy from a factory gun. The small gain in accuracy costs too much in reliability for a defensive gun. Serial production doesn't allow for the hand work it takes to make one run and be that tight. Plenty of gunsmiths have made a good living doing that for those that will pay the cost... I used to carry a commander and would still be using it daily if 9mm ammo hadn't improved so much. Now I choose a P320 in 9mm same size more capacity and I don't care if it gets a bit uglier from daily carry. I didn't change because of reliability.

I purchased a Kimber Solo from a member on here. It was supposedly unfired(or almost new), but had already changed hands before I got it. I couldn't see any indications of use other than the normal wear from slide action. First time i shot it, it didn't feed the second round. I put it up and decided the ammo I had was the issue. The next time I tried more rounds of different varieties. Same problem, but worse. It wouldn't feed anything more than once or twice. Called Kimber and quickly realized the slide stop had not engaged a tiny spring that needs to be caught upon installation. Now there doesn't seem to be an issue and it feeds anything I've put in it. I still wonder who and when the slide was installed incorrectly. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that both previous owners had the issue. I'm glad that I picked up a cheap Solo, but even more glad that I tested before carrying.

Yes...I would probably just have to buy a 45 Shield. With all its pros and cons, I still think the Shield pistols have been some of the best non 1911 pistols I have ever owned, And I have 3 now. Including a PC version. Don't ask...it's a long story.