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I don't post a lot but let's face it, there are plenty of gun laws on the books now that aren't being abided by the crooks and thugs. Look at the facts, when I was a kid in the 50' & 60's you didn't hear about folks shooting up schools. The AR's made in the 60's are just like the ones made now, they haven't changed. PEOPLE have changed. Start by putting God and prayer back in schools, whipping a kid's butt if he/she needs it, ban all the stupid computer games that encourages shooting people etc. We don't need any more gun laws, we need to change the idiots that abuse them!

@Grand Torino well gentlemen I've tried to come up with words but there are none. Let's just say GT smashed one into the atmosphere. All I can say is thank you GT once again. Ill just let the pictures talk.

No idea, I just looked at the course offerings and what the state now considers as required standards. According to most on here, I spent 33 years indoctrinating unsuspecting minds with leftist ideology and communist principles all under the guise of teaching Algebra, Chemistry and Physics at the high school level so I have no current knowledge of how social studies classes operate ...

I don't disagree, but that's always been true. Professional historians have always had disagreements in their interpretation of historical events and even what those events were; as new data, primary sources, written accounts, and previously unknown details are uncovered not only are interpretations and viewpoints constantly changing, but even accounts of what actually happened in one era or another change. Many of these same historians have been forced to revise and update their previous assertions regarding past events, often in relatively short time periods. This process is an integral part of the study of history now and has been in the past as well. This doesn't imply that historians, like all people, have not sometimes interjected their personal viewpoints, opinions, prejudices and beliefs into their professional work, but that characteristic is not unique to later scholars only ...

Got the lower parts kit with the SBA3 brace for Christmas....Bought the Anderson Lower from Mahoney's yesterday and assembled my first lower last night. The roll pin in the Magpul trigger guard was a bear to get in! In a few more paychecks I am looking at getting a PSA 7.5" 300aac upper for it.

As a veteran who suffers from anxiety, depression and PTSD, this law absolutely scares me to death. I am by no means a threat to my self or my community but all it takes is someone to say otherwise no matter what evidence they have. Because of my health issues, I would stand little to no chance of a legal defense. Keep in mind, I am a veteran. I have served my country and know a thing or two about respecting firearms. After leaving the military, I served my community for over 15 years working as a civilian employee for a local police department. Although I was not sworn, I worked closely with our officers on a daily basis. I have nothing but love and respect for my country and community and the laws that we must abide by. I can not fathom breaking those laws especially to do something as crazy as a mass shooting or anything like that. All this being said, do you really think the court or liberals would care about any of this? All they would see is someone dealing with health issues and who has guns. It doesn't matter to them that I am actually a law abiding citizen much like so many of our current veterans who deal with the same problems that I have to deal with. Honestly I am terrified to even make this post but people need to understand there are plenty of veterans and others like myself who are healthy members of our society that contribute to the well being of our citizens on a daily basis but also deal with, dare I say it, "mental health issues." This does not make myself or anyone else a threat to our communities, regardless of the fact that we are also responsible gun owners. All it takes is a single person who thinks differently and all of this would go away for myself or any others in similar circumstances. Again, this scares me greatly. As with many shooters, it is very relaxing for me. I am an accuracy nut, albeit not that great of one. I love reloading and squeaking every once of accuracy out of my firearms that I am capable of. It is fun for me and is a family "tradition" that has been passed down to me and I have in turn passed down to my children. The attention to detail that shooting and even hunting takes is something that takes my mind off of my own personal problems and is very therapeutic for me. This doesn't even take into account the self defensive rights that I also have as a father, husband and responsible citizen. Please do not allow a bill like this to be passed in our state!

My son who was a tech at a Dodge/Jeep dealer at the time talked about draining the oil out of nice Jeep Cherokees with good 4.0 engines and driving them out back and running the engine wide open until they blew. Such a waste of good usable vehicles. I'm sure it happened to a lot of others as well but as a jeep guy that hurt me.

Yep and it hurt the used parts business since all were supposed to be crushed. Total waste.

Yep, it is indeed a nickel finish based on the information. Thanks all.

Stock 10/22 receiver with a Kidd barrel. Factory profile laminate stock modified to fit bull barrel, pillar bedded as well-Bill

Damn...that does look pretty darn good!

A tech told me at their dealership they poured liquid glass into the oil pan and ran it a few minutes to distribute it. Once set up the engine was toast. Sad thing is few of the actual "junkers" got junked, but a lot of good vehicles did

Careful, once you start you'll never have enough!

The VA has repeatedly asked me if I have symptoms of PTSD. I refuse to answer each and every time.

I bought a P94 in 9mm as my first semi-auto pistol. Mostly because that was all I could afford. Never had any issues with it, but it certainly wasn't a thing of beauty, or very light.

In case every one is wondering where all those late 90 and early 00 trucks and SUVs went, clash for clunkers reset the auto industry.

The grips look like Jay Scott grips.

A little late to the party but here are my thoughts. I have a SW Bodyguard and it goes with me just about everywhere. It almost never leaves my pocket. Most of the time I also have my Glock 26 on my hip but when I need to be "ultra concealed" the 380 is still in my pocket. About the only time the 380 comes out of my pocket when I am out of the house is when I go to the VA for an appointment. As far as the 380 isn't powerful enough debate there is plenty of research done out there where folks have put clothing in front of ballistic gel blocks and shot it with a 380. There is still plenty of lethal force from the 380 through clothing. With any self defense firearm, it is only as lethal as you are accurate with it. Again there are plenty of stories out there where LEOs and others have mag dumped multiple mags of bigger calibers into a person and not taken them down. A lot of things play into it. This might be a logical reason to always carry a larger caliber but in the end as the saying goes, "the most effective carry firearm is the one you always carry." I always have the 380 in my pocket but again about 90 or 95% of the time I also have my Glock 26. Who says you have to only carry one gun!

My daughter does a large percentage of her school work on a Chromebook. They rent them for $50 a year. I assume there are assistance programs for many families. I bought her one after last year, they tried to make us pay for damage to her rental, that we had documented was damaged upon issuance.

The educators in our classrooms today don't want our youth to know about the real history of our country so they just quit teaching it. I learned about history of America all through Middle School and High School and in High School I also took classes in World History. I bet you cannot find an American history book from back when I was in High School in any classrooms today............JMHO

That S&W is so ugly that I want it!

If the guns were in the suspect's home and there's no way to secure them then yes, but by your logic, (unless I'm misunderstanding you), they could confiscate everyone's guns because someone, somewhere says they were going to steal a gun from someone, somewhere whether be it a relative, neighbor, or stranger. Heck, that includes cops considering how many times they lose their weapons either due to negligence or in a fight. And let me ask this: Do you know what your kids are thinking all of the time? I know that I don't. Most parents don't even entertain the idea that their kid can be homicidal even after the kid has killed let alone before. The parent has to be made aware and allowed a remedy on their own first.

In this case, the red flag law seems to have both pros and cons. A possible school shooting averted and an unsuspecting relative having his guns taken away. A middle school student in Vermont helped avert a possible school shooting after overhearing two classmates discussing bringing guns to campus, police say. Investigators said a concerned parent from Middlebury Union Middle School called police on Saturday to inform them their child had expressed concern “over some conversation this student was privy to, where there was talk about using firearms to harm people in school.” Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley told the Addison Independent on Tuesday that police and school officials immediately launched a probe into the allegation over the weekend. “By early Monday, we had identified two people, one of whom had made a specific threat against a specific person in the school, with a date and time on when this was going to happen,” he told the newspaper. He said the two 14-year-old students were planning to get guns from a relative and bring them to school on Tuesday. “You had one juvenile making a very specific threat, another juvenile who was going to provide the guns for him to carry it out,” Hanley said. “There are relationship issues between all the people involved. We’re still getting through a lot of that.” Prosecutors got an Extreme Risk Order and seized the guns from the relative's home and police got the Vermont Department for Children & Families involved. Hanley said more than 10 weapons were confiscated from the home, largely consisting of hunting rifles and handguns. He told the Independent he doesn’t believe any semi-automatic assault rifles or shotguns were among the confiscated weapons. The youth who allegedly wanted to do the shooting was placed in custody with DCF and is receiving mental health counseling, while the other who offered access to the weapons is awaiting possible punishment. Their identities have not been revealed and they were indefinitely pulled from classes, the Independent reported. Police said there is no longer a threat to the school, which serves students in grades 7 and 8 for several towns in the area. https://www.foxnews.com/us/attentive-student-foiled-possible-school-shooting-vermont-police-say

Doug, something is being done. People’s guns are being confiscated every day without due process. Then people want to blame them when some nut case they have contacted goes out and shoots someone. After one of these shootings, you yourself wanted to blame the cops and the mental health people because you said they had him in custody, took him in for a mental health evaluation and then let him go. From the stories I read none of that is true. Yes, the cops were called. He threatened no one; he was tearing his house up. He was not taken into custody or taken anywhere. He was detained and mental health people were called to the location. They deemed he was not a danger and left. Weeks later he went out and killed people. Were they wrong? Was he a danger? Sure. And hindsight is 20/20. What do you think those cops and those mental health people will do the next time? They will seize all firearms and do everything can to get a mental health commitment; voluntary or otherwise. And you can’t blame them. I may be the only one here thinking this way, but as a former cop I know confiscation is easy to do and done all the time; without any kind of due process. So I don’t see these read flag laws as a potential violation; I see them as an opportunity to legislate due process. Will that happen? Well, we don’t know because we haven’t seen what Tennessee or the Feds have in mind. I doubt they will add due process because that would require immediate action 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I believe that is possible. But I’m sure some lawmakers will argue you can’t act that fast; you need time. You don’t need time to bring the suspect and witnesses before a judge, let them tell their stories and get either a court order or a dismissal. This is like Domestic Violence; you can’t blame it on the cops because families can’t handle their own personal business and have to call someone that can. But in most areas they are law enforcement officers, not mental health experts. This is going to be done. If a person threatens suicide or makes violent threats against others; action is going to be taken. That is the times we live in.

Respectfully, I must disagree. Parkland FL, Las Vegas, Orlando, Sutherland Springs, TX, Virginia Tech, Columbine, etc etc. None of these are states with highly restrictive gun laws. In fact, they are the opposite. Even CT wasn't that restrictive prior to Sandy Hook. Now, you could argue that most of these are gun free zones. There are states with a lot of gun crime and loose gun laws. TN is an example. There are also states with lax gun laws that have very little crime. NH comes to mind. If you look at the top 10 deadliest mass shootings only 2 were in a place that has strict gun laws.

If the accused is found not to be a threat the accuser should have to pay for the accused defense and time lost. A hostile neighbor , relative or disgruntled employee can claim you are a threat for no good reason and cost you a chunk of money.

There are many laws with the potential of being abused, and this is one of them. There is no process for the accused to mount a defense until his guns are already confiscated. And worse yet, as the case already mentioned, it puts the person in a potential life-and-death situation, before he is found guilty of anything. I say if there is enough cause to take someone's weapons, then there is enough cause to get the person locked up and evaluated. If the eval clears him, he should then be cleared of all charges, record expunged, and his property returned, if they even take it in the first place since he will be locked up with no access. It should not cost the accused a single cent to try and recover what is already his, that is just a BS feel good legislation with more negatives than positives IMO..

After reading about that fiascal that took place in Maryland over RED FLAG law I think it is "NOT" a good idea for Tennessee. Like they say: "Give them an inch and you will be sorry you did!!" I know it's not exactly the saying but that is what normally happens. Most of us know that the law that gets introduced for us to see is not the law that gets passed. Words get changed here and there while passing through committee and the law that gets approved and passed is done before it is made and put up for public viewing. By then it's to late. This reminds me of the statement "You have to sign it to see whats in it!" You all saw what came out of that one. I won't agree with any Law that does not give the person being accused of an issue their day in court prior to the invasion of their homes to take their guns. Not because some distant extended family member just saying he has guns and is dangerous. That is what got the man killed in Maryland. During that day in court the accuser of said problem must be present in the court room and have to face the accused. Yes!! that would mean Innocent until proven Guility which is how our legal system is suppose to operate. If they want that kind of law, write it and then make it totally public for all to see and then put it on a ballot in the next election and let the people decide what is best for us. So it can't be changed in Committee and then we wil know for sure what we will be getting in the bill. If you are thinking I don't trust elected officials you are 100% correct, especially when they say it is a bipartisan bill. I also think like Chuck when it comes to getting in contact with your elected officials and asking questions and when folks get replies have a thread here to compare the replies from what you get from who you contact and see how many of them are on the same page and how many are out in left field somewhere.

As always, the devil is in the details. Developing a process where there is true due process to determine if someone is a danger isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Ideally it would work in conjunction with adjustments to involuntary psychiatric hold laws to make it easier to get help for folks that need it while at the same time providing for a way for folks to have their rights reinstated after a period of time of improved mental health. Many psychiatric disturbances are temporary in nature and the laws should recognize that. An acquaintance of mine framed this in what I think is a near perfect manner. “If we viewed these mass shooting incidents as suicide in want of company, we might actually make some progress.” He was right. As gun owners we can’t say “this is a mental health issue, not a gun issue.” Then bury our heads in the sand and do nothing about addressing mental health issues. I don’t know that the bill being introduced by Dickerson is a good one or not, but I do think that as a state level action, there is the chance to actually make it a quality piece of workable law, and failing that tank it for cause and be vocal about why it wasn’t good legislation. This is a moment where movement will be made on these types of laws whether we like it or not. At the state level, we can make it a good law or we can eat a bad one. It’s up to us to choose. **I just encouraged civic engagement with lawmakers, do y’all know how bitter of a taste that leaves in my mouth? What’s the world coming to?**

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.

I inherited my Grandfather's sun conure. He thought I wanted it or maybe just thought it was funny, I'm not sure. It really is like living with a pissed off three year old. Beware of upgrading to a parakeet!

Very few schools keep 100 year old books ...

These types of things are to be expected at a place that serves nachos in dog food bowls.