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This is the fastest car I own. 1962 340hp 4sp 53k original miles. I think they turned a high 14 sec 1/4 mile back in the day. Going to install disc brakes and a Holley Sniper fuel injection so I can get some enjoyment out of it.

I know that this is a common refrain, but have you been in a school lately? Even say in the last 30 years? I'm in one every morning. I walk my kids into school everyday for two reasons. One, they're young and will only tolerate this for so long - so I'm going to take advantage of it while I can. But two, it's important to me to be able to put eyes on what's happening in that school each morning. My wife works at our neighborhood school - a public school in Nashville. Mind you, ours is a more affluent neighborhood, but the school is representative of others I've been in. As to the "left liberals teaching them all this crap", I just don't see it. At the ground level, these teachers don't get the most basic level of support from the district to get enough paper and pencils - they're not organized enough to push a larger agenda. But at a more personal level, these teachers approximate society at large in their political preferences - you've got some who are on the more conservative end of the spectrum - you've got some that lean more towards the progressive end of things. They don't have the time in their day to interject some nefarious agenda. They just want to get everyone reading at grade level - and that's a heavy ask when kids bring so much other junk into the classroom with them these days. Now, the older they get - sure, they're likely to be exposed to opposing ideas. There was a time when we encouraged or even celebrated this. It's that process that turned out adults who could think for themselves. I could argue that there are plenty of people who get nervous these days with their kids being introduced to differing ideas because they're afraid or unable to defend the systems they've built. I belong to a fairly conservative religious tradition, but I'm not afraid that my kids' faiths will be destroyed because they suddenly hear the word evolution. You shouldn't have to turn off half of your brain to go to church. But, for those that want to avoid these discussions at large, there's always homeschool or a variety of private options. Once you graduate high school and go to college - yes, the spectrum does trend more towards the left in some disciplines. While there are still a variety of voices on any college campus - the louder progressive voices today are overrepresented on college campuses. I think this is probably a feature that has worked to conservatives advantage at the polls, but for the sake of this argument - I hope that by the time my kids go to college, I've raised them to be able to listen to a variety of thoughts critically without offense and use the tools we've given them to make good decisions about their own beliefs. I'm certain some of those beliefs will diverge from mine - and that's okay.

You can’t do whatever you want and call it a 1st amendment right. It’s good to see the kids involved; this may be a learning experience for them. I could not care less if the kids want to protest my right to have a gun; it will have zero impact. But I find it despicable that adults would use the kids for this agenda.

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Very fair point. On the flip side, how much different would this thread look if kids nationwide were walking out to support gun rights? Would anyone here be saying the kids deserved to be punished for missing class?

My experience with the local school my kids go to is similar to @MacGyver. I take my kids to school periodically and talk with the teachers when I'm there. My wife volunteers at the school almost weekly and has become friends with several of the teachers. We don't see any of this liberal indoctrination that so many complain about. I've generally chalked that up to living in hillbilly east TN instead of the "big city", but its good to hear that maybe it's not as wide spread as presented. In my experience, the teachers are working too hard trying to teach the 3 R's with minimal resources to have time to promote an "agenda". There was a very liberal teacher in the adjacent middle school who made some controversial comments a few years ago. He also happened to be a high school classmate of my wife. I don't recall the details at the moment, but they got rid of him pretty quickly. Perhaps pushing "the agenda" gets greater as the kids get older, but I'm not opposed to that in principle. It's good for their beliefs and opinions to get challenged occasionally. It gives good motivation to learn more about a topic and strengthen one's position or change your mind if appropriate. Same as with muscles, if you don't work them hard, they won't get strong. I feel like I have a good enough relationship with my kids that they'll come to me with questions. We can work together to learn the facts and establish a good foundation of knowledge. We already do that to some extent with some of the ridiculous things they hear from other kids at school.

Careful, part of your thinking could easily be used against us....just saying

Cruel Hand Luke and I were both presenters at TacCon-18. Both of us are mentioned in this review: Civilian Gunfighter He's going to do a more detailed write up on my levergun class. I'll had a link when it is posted.

Well said Mac. As the husband of a teacher I find most of the comments here emblematic of folks taking a position without having the facts. What with the SOL requirements, the crowded classrooms, and the way teachers are micromanaged by everyone from the US Dept of Ed, to the TN Dept of Ed, and so on, most of the crap I'm hearing spouted is not based in fact. Now let the hating begin

Absolutely it is, but it isn't guaranteed to be without repercussions. I can't walk out of my job to go protest without being reprimanded or fired. Walking out of school to protest should come with punishment as well. To every thing there is a season. Protest on the weekends or at night.

If budget or some other constraints were to lock you into only having a single carry gun, what would it be? Right now I'm leaning toward the Glock 26 ... more capacity (10) than a single stack, but still concealable in the summer. What's your opinion on this subject?

I have quite hunting every thing but squirrels. We have a blast every winter hunting them. I have a little mountain fiest and he loves to tree squirrels most fun hunting I have ever done. Really don’t ever run into many other squirrel hunters in the mountains up here.

Have not been on here in a couple of years. Use to hang out on here about every afternoon. Back I t guns pretty hard again. Shooting collecting and trading on a few lately. Still have on of the old pro tech knifes knife freedom day in TN think it was the first one ever done on here. Will be hanging around to see what is going on again some. Hope every one is doing well.

So when do these children of whom all y'all are speaking reach a point in their development when they are entitled to their own opinions?

Done, thanks brother!

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If you get up this way in the winter hit me up. I hunt a good bit. Don’t watch to much pro ball any more but was always a cowboys fan. We have loads of Cherokee national forest up here problem is it is all straight up. That little dog will wear you out chasing him through the mountains.

I know a student who made a shirt that expressed both her solidarity with the victims and her support for the second amendment. She's a brave kid. Even within the protest it would seem there are diverse opinions. I know a few kids who really had to think about why stuff like the second amendment matters. If you're putting them in a school, you're automatically putting them under the influence of multiple people with authority - and generally telling them to respect that authority. If you only want your kid to hear things you agree with, you really only have one choice - home school and quarantine. Even the private parochial schools are likely to upset you sooner or later. We made a choice to put our kids in public school for now - and we regularly get to have conversations about what they're learning/being exposed to/dealing with. For us, the pros outweigh the cons - but that's a personal choice.

I would hate to think we've reached the point where we legislate opinions.

Welcome back. Oddly enough I remember your ghostly fish avatar...

You know, I guess I'm of the opinion that we're better as a society when more of us take the liberty to exercise our rights - whether the first or second - and hopefully not often requiring most of the rest. I'm all for states exercising the tenth as much as possible. Our system of government is an adversarial one - from the two party system basically enshrined in our founding documents - to our judicial system with opposing sides. As was put to me well by a former Solicitor General, "for democracy to prevail, both sides require vigorous, competent representation." We're better off in the long term when both sides have competent representation. Yes, we as gun owners will have to do a better job of making our case. And yes, we will likely need to work in good faith when it comes to finding solutions to mass violence. But, I'm convinced we're going to either find ourselves working in good faith, making a case for gun ownership and maybe actually bringing some underrepresented groups into the fold - or we're going to watch while our legislators give in.

This is Betty.. she was a 25th Wedding anniversary gift from Dolomite to me.. She is all stock but has a mild to wild system and my heavy lead foot..I might add some tuning things ( if I ever read up on them and chose what I need/want) Its a 2008 in Victory red with black interior..

Yes I have been in schools, for the last 30 years I have seen myself, my spouse, my children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends children work their way through the schools. I have seen abuses on levels that would make you cringe. I can even show you TV stories on some of them. Kids bullied for their beliefs by both students and teachers. Administrations that are obviously biased in both directions. I have rewritten this several times and finally have decided not to get into it as we all know how that ended last time. So feel free to live in your world and I will continue to get the sheep glasses. Funny how I have never had a sheep go back though after being shown reality is not what the media and schools portend it to be. So yes you and I disagree. However I am speaking from reality not books or what I think it is, I have been there done that, served my country, parented my kids, and live a good clean moral and ethical life. More people should do that these days.

I would have considered lifetime but the break even point for me would put me at 102 years old. The hassle was minimal doing it online. My photo is only 3 years old so they probably figured how much worse could he look. My drivers license renewal trailed by a day and I did that online also and they dd the same thing, so I lost 3 months on that also. Got it today. Thought both were interesting, since they both were shortened when I got them to sync with my birthday and now they are not synced anymore.

I think history shows us that cases like this are as much about the response as they are the act. i would say it’s tricky. In acts of civil disobedience, it’s rarely the act itself that gets noticed. Rather, it’s the (often) disproportionate response that gets attention. Would we know about Selma to Montgomery March had it not been for the Edmund Pettis Bridge? Would the Birmingham Movement have led to the mass protests that finally ushered in the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act had they not arrested King resulting in a Letter from Birmingham Jail? What if the students at Fisk here in Nashville had just followed the rules and avoided the lunch counters that were closed to them? What if we had just let these students walk out in a pseudo-organized fashion and then moved on and gotten back to class? Would the issue still be in the news? It’s hard to say? But, a bunch of students locking arms in detention is only furthering the press coverage - especially when someone delivers a truck full of pizza.

We’re all entitled to our opinions, but in this case the Constitution disagrees with you. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment extends civil rights to minors. The Supreme Court upheld this view in a landmark 1967 case In re Gault. A few years later(1969), the court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District supporting the same. This case may be of particular interest regarding current events. Link here if you’re so inclined: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District

Everyone straighten up and behave Tiffany’s coming....... Just kidding . Tiffany was the hardest working woman in the tactical world last week and she deserves all the thanks in the world for making the Tac Con run smoothly. She’s my logistical hero.

Like it or not, the right to gather and protest is in fact protected by our Constitution. You can’t support one without supporting the rest.

Teachers aren’t going to do that, nor are their unions, school boards, local guvments, parents, and taxpayers going to allow it.

If we don't shoot it, catch it, grow it, or pick it, it comes from Piggly Wiggly.

Remember they didnt cave to pressure when moms demand action wanted them to ban carry in their stores.

Never new they sold anything gun related...at least not in any of the stores I've ever been in.

Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt. Bob Wright

642. It’s all I carry regardless, I’m not much for playing musical carry guns. [emoji38] Same gun, same place, every time. Muscle memory is a powerful thing and I don’t want to be fumbling around trying to remember where or what my carry weapon is should I need it.

Glock 19. They've made plenty that are prettier and more fun. They've yet to make a better one.

Why does this quote from Atlas Shrugged haunt me: There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kinds of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of lawbreakers—and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."

Tonys got one helluva shooters rest

The Bat Mobile 2017-07-18_07-52-42 by Johnny Rotten, on Flickr

Snapped this today Objects are dumber than they appear 2017-07-18_07-43-11 by Johnny Rotten, on Flickr

Well, it was not my idea to go to Dollywood but my wife wanted to go and I had a surprise planned for her and I was kind of making it her weekend to pick the places we went and I just agreed so we went. The plan I had was a dream come true for her and after doing Dollywood on Friday we just walked through Gatlinburg looking at the stores and shops. A buddy of mine that owned Charlet in Gatlinburg had given me the keys to it for the entire weekend. On Satuday morning she woke up to breakfast in bed and under her napkin was two tickets to the opening game of Tennessee season that year. I was standing just out side the bedroom door when she found them and I would guess about everyone on that mountain top heard her screams when she found the tickets. She was a rabid Tennesse fan and our house looked like a concession stand at a Tennessee game. At Dollywood she was decked out in orange and white tennessee clothes. The guy that owned the Charlet had season tickets every year in box seating as he is an alumni of Tennessee University and he let me use his tickets. I'm sure glad I took her cause it was probably the best thing I could have done to fill her dreams cause I lost her in October 97.