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II grew up with a guy named Joe Veeblefrizer. He always hated the name and as soon as he was 18 he legally changed it. To Ed Veeblefrizer. - OS

Very odd response at the gas pump yesterday in Smyrna. Was out and around with my Deacon from church on the way to a churchy event in Nashville. He's in his Roman Collar and I'm in a shirt and tie with my suit-jacket on the back seat. The Deacon's driving and I volunteered to pay for his gas. We stop for gas at Thornton's and I'm pumping. I get approached from behind (I REALLY HATE THAT!) by a skinny-shifty-seedy fellow wanting a few bucks for gas and yadda-yadda . . . I turned toward him, take a step back to increase the distance, with the left hand gesturing out and away "No! NO! -- Don't come up to me at the gas-pumps!" He's fixin' to ramp up the beg, seeing as my companion looks like a soft-touch pastor or something, and as I turned around to him he sees my HCP-legal EMP inside the waistband (as I don't have my suit-jacket on). He stops talking mid-sentence, backing up and, really, fleeing to his vehicle. He must have thought I was the Deacon's body-guard or something. I'm generally a CC HCP guy, my somewhat OC was an accident of a warm car that had my covering suit-jacket on the back seat instead of on and concealing my waist-banded pistol. I don't usually get the "run away! run away!" reaction like that, me being such a sweet and gentle guy and all . . .

Congratulations on your weight loss. Just my $0.02. I have never been a fan of diets so to speak. When most people go on diets and lose weight, they typically put it back on once they go off the diet. I have always thought the best way to lose or gain weight is through lifestyle changes instead of temporary diets. I am a big proponent of clean eating and daily exercise. While lifestyle changes always take longer, you end up feeling better and looking better, plus you have added benefit of improved health.

You need the Congressional budgeting program. You can spend whatever you want, and stick somebody else with the payments.

Nope, but tell her you may be required to call her "Sis" in certain circles.

Why? Until their show hit the air they were well respected members of the firearms community. As a matter of fact if you asked for a AK smith you would get their name before most others. Just because the producers of the show have made their shop look like a madhouse, high school drama doesn't change the fact they are good people that make a good firearm. Dolomitw

I never win nothin! I always gotta pay for what I want lol

And that is the problem. The Repulicans who claim to represense "conservative" ideals have had 4 years to figure all this out. The past 6 months have been a disaster for that party and anyone who wants to see O out of office. Every day it's been something different from a wide array of mediocre at best candidates. Now there's talk of that twit Palin trying to get back in the race. The Dems are licking their chops because Obama will get another term. If and when the Republican party can ever pull themselves together and 1) Made good on their promises, 2) Learn a little something about the American people (half this country is Democratic) and how to sway them, and 3) Most importantly, stop harping on social issues...they will regain power.

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As soon as news about a ND comes out there are those who preach about not carrying one in the chamber and how dangerous Glocks are and how they will never own a Glock and how they will never carry with one in the chamber and how dangerous it is to carry cocked and locked and on and on and on, yet these people strap on a gun and feel they would be able to chamber a round and pull that horrible trigger and actually discharge a weapon if ever presented with the opportunity to do so. Gripe b*@#h and complain all they want about the all dangerous Glock and the horribleness of carrying with one in the chamber but there has NEVER been an instance of spontaneous discharge of a weapon when the trigger was left alone. If you can't keep your finger off the trigger til needed you probably shouldn't be carrying a gun at all, much less after you go through all the motions of chambering a round and flipping off your safeties while possibly having a gun pointed at you. Might as well be carrying a brick. Wait. A gun with one not in the chamber IS a brick. In MY book anyway.

The rule of have "members only" parking at a club is not the Issue here in my opinion . Paying your money (in this case 30.00) to shoot a match and then having someone pull your score sheet after the match is over and never telling you that this could happen is poor judgement and the issue here. If I don't park in the right spot tell me face to face that you are going to keep my money and my score sheet then I will decide to move, shoot or communicate. If a shooter breaks a safety rule or some other DQ'able offense, more power to you. The shooter deserves to forfeit match fees and scores and hopefully no one got hurt. If someone parks in wrong spot and get what amounts to a DQ, whats next? Wear the wrong color shirt and get kicked of the range forever? Seems a bit over the top.

Definitely the DB9....

That's cool. I never have a problem feeding people. I'l gladly buy anyone who's hungry a bite to eat with my last dollar.....but I won't give them a dime.

I attended UTC for a few years and lived on campus. Coming across a beggar on campus was not uncommon, particularly on weekends. We quickly learned to travel in groups, safety in numbers. After a few encounters, our standard answer became... "we don't have any money (college students... duh), but we'll gladly get you something to eat from the cafeteria with our meal card if you're hungry." My roommate and I were on our way back from lunch on a sunday and a guy actually took us up on the offer. I recall him being somewhat scruffy looking, but neither of us got any sort of bad vibe about the situation. He walked about a block with us back to the cafeteria. He sat on a bench outside, we went in and got him a big tray of food... burger, salad, fruit, pie, etc. We handed it to him, he thanked us and ate it right there.

I 'planned on' getting my HCP for several years. One thing that finally put me 'over the top' was having to stop for gas in Chattanooga one night. It just so happened that, just after I began pumping gas, a few car loads of 'less than savory' looking characters pulled in to the gas station parking lot and just seemed to be sort of milling around. The closest thing I had to a self defense tool, at the time, was my Case Sodbuster pocket knife. I stood there pumping gas with my weak hand while holding my open pocket knife, concealed by my leg, in my strong hand. Well, just to play devil's advocate. the OP said that the shady character managed to sneak up on him. His account of events also indicated that the shady character did not see his (the OP's) handgun until after the OP was aware of the presence of the shady character. If the shady character did, in actuality, have bad intentions and saw the OP's openly carried handgun before the OP was aware the shady character had snuck up on him, the OP could have been posting a very different account. Specifically, he could have been recounting how he was pumping gas when a shady character snuck up behind him, took his openly carried firearm and used it to rob him and the deacon. I'm not criticizing the OP - I have been known to open carry for similar reasons in similar circumstances. I am just pointing out that such scenarios could go either way. I know that some people say that open carry is an unnecessary risk while others consider it a deterrent. To my mind, both sides are potentially correct.

My two oldest daughters are Girl Scouts. They had a Troop at Home Depot here in Collierville that was doing a cookie sales booth. As they were closing up for the day a man approached and sat near them. He kept staring at their table. There was another guy sitting in a car with his cellphone to his ear but he wasn't talking on it. The Troop mom called her husband who got there a couple of minutes later. As soon as the husband showed up the first guy left on foot and the guy sitting in his car drove away. I told my wife that her and my girls arn't working a booth unless it's my day off and me & Ed Brown are there.

THIS, is the reason I pull back my shirt and switch to open carry when pumping gas.

Anyone who doesn't have the ability to contact friends or family for help, is one who is a user and more than likely not to be trusted.

Impossible!! Many here will claim an openly carried pistol makes you a target!!!!

You can't fix stupid, but Darwin's theory often provides self-corrections

Like BK says, its only racism if it is a white guy doing it. Freaking Barack Obama is not any blacker than he is white. And him being half white does not make him a pathetic president anymore than being half black does. He is pathetic because he is in over his head, has little to no practical experience at anything worthwhile and has never had to earn a living.