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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.

MCTS will be hosting a USPSA match on the 13th and 14th of August. I am going for 5 super cool stages plus a classifier this match. If the weather is nice I would shoot a second gun in the afternoon. We will need enough people for a good squad in order to stick around. Let me know if you are interested. As always--new, safe shooters are welcome. You need a safe handgun, strong side holster, enough mags to shoot a 32 round stage and about 200 rounds. Probably a lot of steel so bring extra. USPSA has two new divisions: Carry optics; slide mounted optic sight, and Pistol Caliber Carbine; just what it says. Great people, great fun and you get to meet me. Which is worth the price of admission. Set-up begins at 7:00am. All help is greatly appreciated. I'll find something for you to do. New shooters meeting by 8:30ish and shots downrange by 9:00ish.

I was just kidding. That was a joke about a quote off of "Jeremiah Johnson." That must have been a heckuva pet to have.

My wife and I have this unspoken understanding. I don't comment on how much fabric she buys or new sewing/embroidery machine from time to time and she doesn't comment on my ammo and gun purchases. It has worked for years. It helps that we are both fairly cheap when it comes to spending money or it could run us into the poor house. For those that don't think it is a fair trade off, I'm pretty sure she is ahead of me on spending but not as much as she use to be since we moved to a free state.

That picture may not be genuine, but I saw a cat that size and color about 24 years ago in Gibson County (West TN). They are definitely in the state. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

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

I do see both sides of this. I am not so sure of the "no crime was committed." An assault is carried out by a threat of bodily harm coupled with an apparent, present ability to cause the harm. The threat does not have to be verbal. Having a rifle pointed at your steering wheel while being confronted seems to me to meet the definition of assault. Since it will come down to a he said, she said I doubt he will be charged.

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.

No mixed emotion for me, seems to be an over reaction on her part. While the whole rifle pointing thing is questionable, and may be an exaggeration, I don't see nothing wrong with people taking their own security seriously. You don't know what has been going on in a strange neighborhood and you may just of entered into one that has been subject to high crime rates lately.

No, you can get one: http://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/twra-cougars-are-back-in-tennessee-to-stay

From what I have seen, the Remington 1911s have been the only bright spot in the terrible titan that is Freedom Group. Every one I have handled has been well built and imho, a great value. I expect this would be as well. Now, the re-re-released R1... YUCK!

Some consider 13 an unlucky number. You best contact Willis ASAP and add another to this already impressive collection just to be safe!

Pests eat fast?

Simple...buy another Shield 45. lol

I sold my 9mm Shield to get a 45 Shield. Great choice... this 45 Shield is fantastic! Had to buy all new carry gear to make this my main carry though. Its slightly different enough to have issues with my 9mm holsters. Well worth it though, this is definitely becoming my primary carry gun. Nice size, feels great, shoots great... Hard part now is finding magazines. S&W aren't even selling magazines yet, you can only get them if you buy a gun...

This is a Protech addiction:

just celebrated 59 this year yes i forgot it after being chewed royally for 30 minutes she admitted she forgot too. her sister reminded her and then called me but the chewing had me in the doghouse for a few

The top one is really awesome. White handles, TGO sig.....and that blade is really badass!!!

My 9mm Doubletap has always went bang two times. It has some stout recoil and some cases like Hornady can be hard to eject.

I welcome & respect your opinion. That keeps life interesting. A few of us went to the range a couple weeks ago & we enjoyed trying out each others firearms. In fact, while we were there, a young couple walked up & asked us about our handguns & some advice about firearm safety. It turned out they were newlyweds in their early 20's & it was their first trip to a range. He said he had only fired a gun once in his life & had just bought a SCCY & was bringing it to the range that evening to shoot it for the first time. By the time the range closed he got to try out my SIG P229, SR9, LC9S, my friends' Shield 40 & Colt AR15, & my dad's LCP. He said it was more fun than he ever expected & they were grateful we were willing to let him try so many guns. We all exchanged info & will probably get together again sometime.

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I'm gonna get creamed on this... but I gotta give credit where it's due. We got in one of the .45 Shields today. Putting one in the hand... it is really VERY nice. The grip texture is different and better than any of the others, the trigger on this one is really nice. Yeah, this is a solid small .45. I'll take some vanilla ice cream with the humble pie, please.

Aww man. I was hoping for the robot. *kicks dirt* schucks

Speaking of disagreement... I'd say the PPQ holds the title for best stock trigger (polymer pistols). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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.