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Is there a virus? Yes. Is it lethal to some people? Yes. Are older, sick people more prone to get and die from it? Yes...it seems that way. Does the gub'ment use this virus as a weapon against the people for personal and political gain and power? Yes. Has the whole thing been politicized beyond belief? Yes. Do mask mandates and lockdowns help? I believe not. Has this country taken a major hit in all areas...personal, social, education of our children, and destruction of our economy? YES. There. Summarized all 199 pages and almost 5000 posts for everybody.

This one is lost to parenthood, but I still miss it.... But I succumbed to the dirty side and find that quite enjoyable on the rare occasions I actually get to play in the dirt.

This is a review originally posted on Glocktalk by one of the students in the Feb 4-5 Saving Your Life with a Pistol---What matters, what doesn't. Hi to all my GT buds: This is a comprehensive review of a recent training class I attended---so, if you don't have 5 minutes to spare please feel free to surf another post instead. This past weekend, I was fortunate to be able to attend a 2 day class in Tennessee, entitled; Saving Your Life with a Pistol---What matters, what doesn't. Instructed by Randy Harris, of Harris Combative Strategies and John Hearne, of Two Pillars Training. The class consisted of 9 participants, of which I was the eldest actual class member ( the range owner beat me by 5 years, but he was attending in conjunction with his ownership of the range) The class included ex-military, active and retired LE and also included several current and former firearms instructors. The skill-level was intermediate-to-advanced. Before I dive in, I want to preface the review with a little background: As many of you are probably aware, I am retired LE, with years as a member of my agency's firearm training section. In addition, after retirement to NM, I operated a very successful CHL training school from 2005 to 2015, This was during the surge in shall-issue permits in NM where a minimum of 15 hrs of combined classroom and range training is required and where the license is caliber and platform type specific---revolver shooters can't carry self-loaders and vice versa unless qualified with both. Since leaving NM and settling in GA, I try to maintain my age-diminishing skill-set by attending training classes--[ like the one being reviewed ] as often as they are offered within a few hours drive of my location. Mr Harris and Mr Hearne, are both highly skilled shooters and experienced instructors, each having trained with and by the great instructors of the present and past generation, to include the “Colonel” among many others. Their instructing “style” is not to denigrate or belittle performance, as some top-tier instructors often do, but to actually help the student self-diagnose problems, offering practical solutions for correction. In addition to their extensive skill-sets, each is a professional. I must define what this term means to me; Professionalism in my experience, is demonstrated by showing up and working when you are suffering from an Upper Respiratory Infection, like Mr Harris was---it is dressing out for extended range sessions in 19 to 30 degree weather, like it was the entire weekend, and finally, professionalism is demonstrated by not skimping on the training because of these limiting factors. Now, as to the course content: I have been blessed throughout my 50 yr shooting career; having been taught and mentored by extremely patient and knowledgeable instructors; ranging from my early agency peers to the great instructors during my IALEFI years, and finally with advanced classes taught by messirs Harris and Hearne. Eight hours of this class was devoted to the classroom for the sole purpose of understanding; Who Wins, Who Loses, and Why Instructors such as myself, have long repeated the sage advice of the “Colonel”, the witticisms of Clint Smith, Tom Givens, Massad Ayoob, and other highly skilled instructors, while never knowing the origins and actual science behind the core tenets of the handgun instruction we received.. This class, taught by a Masters educated historian and trainer explained how we are wired as humans, why we react the way we do in extremis, as well as presenting practical methods for learning essential gun-fight survival skills. The content was personally satisfying to me, as it affirmed the beliefs and dictums I have passed on to my CHL students, while divulging the “Science” behind those beliefs to back them up. This portion of the class was very extensive---debunking statements and beliefs widely held by myself and other trainers...such as; the belief that the victims of the Newhall massacre had empty 38 casings in their trouser pockets...just one of many examples where actual research and science has revealed the “True” story of events many believed otherwise. The range portion of the class was predictable; There is only so much you can do on a traditional square range....and, the field of handgun training has expanded about as much as the science allows---The core disciplines have been developed and are widely taught---this is a finite discipline---there really are not any new dynamic discoveries being made....[We] know what works---we know what core skills a handgun shooter must develop in order to manipulate the platform correctly and efficiently...we know the value of dry-fire practice, confirmed by purposeful live-fire. We know that being able to draw to a center-mass hit from concealment in less than 2 seconds, is vital to prevailing in an armed encounter...We know the value of force-on-force training. These facts are universally known, or “should” be known by any serious student of the discipline, and certainly by Any person.who carries a handgun daily for personal protection. So, there were few surprises for us on the range. That being said, I believe Any professionally directed handgun practice is valid for anchoring a skill-set or reinforcing existing skills. And something we ALL learned, is just how uncomfortable and difficult it is to smoothly manipulate your handgun in 19 degree temperatures---how 3 layers of clothing can snag and or slow your draw.---how frozen fingers can easily fumble a reload...how difficult it can be to manipulate your platform while also holding a flashlight...but, Bad Actors operate in all kinds of weather, and to survive,we must be able also. Several hours of the program were conducted in near-total darkness...while we practiced the various methods for operating our handguns with both weapon mounted and mostly hand-held flashlights. Spoiler alert...firing with a flashlight in your hand is one thing...performing a tactical magazine exchange, with frozen fingers AND a flashlight in your hand is a different matter entirely. Fortunately, the stats are on our side, in that very rarely will an armed citizen need to reload their platform...the reality being that you will live or die with what is in the handgun at the time hostilities commence, whether it be 5 rounds in your trusty J-frame or 17 rounds in your wonder-nine. In conclusion; I thoroughly enjoyed the class, and there was very little down-time---we were either actively engaged in vigorous classroom discussions/debates or on the firing line...and in the final analysis...that's exactly what we paid our monies to do... I hope to meet some of my GT buds at another class, contact the instructors at their web sites; Harriscombative.com or Jhearne.com and remember “Firearm safety is Everyone's responsibility” LT. Donn

That's the underlying problem. It was changed for political purposes, not science reasons.

During my visit to the GA yesterday, it was relayed to me that Senate Committees will start closing in Mid-late March, and it is their intet to be done and on the campaign trail first week of April. That means that this session if going to be over in the next few weeks for all practical purposes. If there are bills that are important to you, your support of lack thereof needs to be communicated to your Rep.s and Senators right now. Re-election being the primary focus of all elected employees, the redistricting has them in a tizzy, one Senator told me he had never even been to one of the Counties now in his district. If we can put 2nd Amendment issues on the front burner this year, we have a chance to get things done. Act now!

I have been in medicine 50 yrs. I am pro choice, but support the vaccine. Robert Malone, the father of mRNA vaccines summed it up best. We don’t know all we need to know about the vaccine to use it in children. Consult your family physician and make your best informed decision. I personally decided to take my chances with the vaccine vs. the Covid. It is a non-discriminatory disease that if survived can have life-long life-changing ramifications.

Again, I offer my prayers for healing for you friend's family; and the loss of your friend. Until we lost Steelharp, I just didn't really give much credence to the Chinese/Fauci concoction. But since then, I've been touched by loss on all sides. Family, friends, and just people I had contact with over my lifetime. There is just no real understanding of the foul infection and who will survive a bout with it. By all rights, from the things we have been told and seen...I should not be here. From my age, my compromised immune system and general health history, and being considerably overweight...I am a ticking timebomb waiting to explode. After all the things I've commented upon, I have now come to believe that I did have a case of Covid at an early time, as well as a session for both my wife and myself with Omicron recently. All I can understand is that I have something left to do on this earth. Just doesn't seem right that so many good people with lives well lived, and family around them dependent on them should be gone and me still here. Again magic, my condolences for your loss, and my prayers for us all.

So I'll be down for some group rides when the weather get's nicer. Bought a 2022 Harley Davidson Fatboy in 2 tone Midnight Crimson and Vivid Black last month. Vance & Hines Eliminator 300 exhaust will be here tomorrow! Maybe it'll sound like a Harley then instead a Honda. LOL I already had the CBR1000RR you see in the back. Mods on that are full titanium Akrapovic header and GP muffler, de-restricted tune by KCS, ram air restrictions removed and Yoshimura fender eliminator. Eventually I'll do the S&S cam Chest kit and might do a full exhaust so the Harley will sound more like this:

I hesitate to comment as LT Dann is quite the wordsmith. Full disclosure: I began training with Randy in 2012, weaseled my way into his good graces and served as his Range Valet. After thanking students for investing in themselves, I did the same. I passed both the basic and advanced Range Master instructor courses to attain the position of assistant instructor for Harris Combative Strategies. However, this is the first time I've met John Hearne; he is an excellent speaker in the classroom and positive coaching influence on the range. The classroom content was broken down over 2 days into 4 hour blocks. John discusses how the brain makes decisions and why it does so. He then takes a deeper dive into best practices you can employ to improve decision making under stress and remaining in a rational state of mind until the event is over. Pretty cool stuff, John turns a presentation into a conversation, which keeps the audience engaged. One point he highlights is adding novelty to your training to remove novelty when it happens for the first time. The course of fire accompanying the lecture was pistol fighting in low light environments; LT Dann describes conditions impacting adversely manipulations. Randy often asks students, "do you want the novelty of 'well, this sucks' to happen in here in class or for the first time in a fight?" John explains (effectively with a few graphs) what the decision making process looks like. Best way I can describe is he shows all complexities than impact / influence Boyd's OODA Process. There is a lot going on. My takeaway: if I'm making these decisions / taking these actions for the first time or worse, on the fly, my best chance is my attacker is more inept than my level of training or awareness. (Can't remember who originally used the concept of 'ineptness of the attacker' as a method of survivability) I hope to either train as a student with John or assist at another Harris - Hearne Event. HCS does have a 2 day red dot pistol class 4/30 and 5/1 at Windrock Shooting and Training, Oliver Springs

Adventure Rider as peejman mentioned is pretty well the go to for a lot of this. What you are referring to is categorized as a dual sport bike. Basically a dirt bike with headlight, mirrors, and turn signals to make it legal. What I would really like to do is what they call a BDR ride which is a Backcountry Discovery Route. https://ridebdr.com/. Some are more technical than others, but I think it would be a lot of fun with the right group. It's one reason I bought the bike I did. Comfortable enough for a long ride, light enough for decent off road use.

That's a fair point I hadn't thought about until now. The term "vaccine" could be considered a misnomer in this case. It's more a targeted immune system booster than a vaccine as we think of the typical childhood vaccines.

Copper washed soft steel jacket on lead with steel core.

I agree with the above summary. I would add that the vaccines do work, somewhat. I think at least half the respondents of the previous umpteen thousand posts about this, would agree that those that had them, are less prone to have severe COVID symtoms. Do they keep you from getting COVID, like the vaccines we all grew up with? They do not. Our Healthcare system has revised the definition of what a vaccine should be.

G43 Five +2 mags Talon Grips DCT2 Night sites Ghost INC Extended slide release Alien Gear Shapeshift Holster Kit Crossbreed Kidney Holster Glock two pistol bag Original Glock case $500 Must be Tennessee resident. Located in Ashland city

Another cold weather project completed. I'm about ready for the weather to break since deer season is over.

https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2524.pdf As written, removes the criminal aspect of carrying a firearm in Tennessee from 39-17-1307. Sponsored by Senator Paul Bailey.

Brand new never used folding stock from Sampson Manufacturing. As per their web page fits Mini 14 181-xxxxx and Mini 30 580-xxxxx and newer rifles. I purchased this new from Sampson decided not to use it ( you now those crazy impulse buys ) Asking $225, will ship at your cost. Maryville area.

https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2777.pdf Might be most important bill of the session. Sen. Kerry Roberts is the Senate Sponsor. This will provide protection from up-charging by DAs attempting to make bank on prosecutions. Would prevent a Rittenhouse situation in TN. Second part of the Immunity Bills that Judge Carter helped me with last year.

I am selling my 1972 Belgium made Browning Superposed Superlight 12ga. 26 inch barrels-upper is full choke/lower is modified choke. It is in excellent condition with English wood (no salt). I’ve only fired it one day pheasant hunting since I bought it 26 years ago. It has been professionally cleaned by Axelson Tactical. I am asking $2500.00. Please call/text at (775) 790 5025 or email me at t338hntr@yahoo.com if interested. SOLD

Very nice. I am considering?

I have 5 now, 3 Marlins and 2 Winchesters. RP

Jamie, thanks for supporting Randy!

My bikes have been parked in the garage for way too long. I'll join up if I can work out the timing.

I would be up for a ride, if I ever got the time to do so. When the weather is nice my weekends are usually sucked up by yard work and Honey Do List items. I currently have an 01 Springer Softail and an 06 Road Glide. Over the holidays a buddy I served and deployed with came by and took my 73 Ironhead Sportster home with him.

Advrider.com Hang onto your hat.... It's a huuuge forum, this will get you a little closer to home..... https://www.advrider.com/f/forums/southeast-the-lair-of-the-dragon-the-blue-ridge.63/

I just rode mine a while. It’s still a bit cool, but tolerable.

It seems like back when the Chinese ammo was still being imported that you couldn't 100% count on the info on the box. There were batches that were supposed to be non-corrosive but weren't, supposed to be lead core (all of it I ever saw has steel jacketed bullet with differing cores) but had steel cores. And vice versa, labeled corrosive but was non-corrosive, etc. I think at times they labeled it however they needed to to get it imported and filled the boxes with whatever was available. The only way to be certain is to section the bullets and do the "nail test" for the primers.

Nice, we did a couple of TGO groups rides in the past. I would certainly be open to it when the weather warms up a bit.

Nice bikes!

Sorry I missed it! I should have caught that one!

A family in Knoxville just lost their child to COVID related issues a few days ago. She apparently had an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder that was triggered by COVID and passed away within days. I'm not sure what I would do if I had kids when it comes to the vaccine.

Very true, I'm just hoping someone at some point needs it. I'm losing so much money on it at this point I just want to have it available for someone who needs this for their Canik. Good holsters are hard to find for it. This may be up here a while haha.

If you read every post of this thread is you will understand.

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This was when a 7 cent coupon was worth more than the paper it was printed on. And I do remember those metal cans of Quik. It tasted better then!

FOLKS... BE WARNED AND BE AWARE! The conversations shown above are actual messages that some of our members have received via Private Messaging from people who are attempting to scam them. These are just a few examples. The routine is almost always the same. Someone with a new account and low-to-no post count will message you privately about something you posted in our Trading Post forms, and either tell you that they know someone who has the item you want to buy, or that they know someone who wants to buy the item you are selling. REPORT ANY SUCH MESSAGES TO THE MODERATORS, IMMEDIATELY! Again, these are just examples and not every person who contacts you about your ad postings is going to be a scammer, but you should always trust your gut instincts. If something seems fishy, there is no harm in reporting it to the Staff before you take any further action. We are always glad to investigate for you! Be safe out there!

As much as I love the 1911, these just ain't my thing. Way outta my budget too.

Chuck Haggard has an excellent OC instructor course and he travels around giving classes. He's doing a course in Georgia in April. That's likely to be the closest you will find for a while. Check out his calendar -- CALENDAR « Agile/Training & Consulting (agiletactical.com) Cheers, Whisper

FOLKS... BE WARNED AND BE AWARE! The conversations shown above are actual messages that some of our members have received via Private Messaging from people who are attempting to scam them. These are just a few examples. The routine is almost always the same. Someone with a new account and low-to-no post count will message you privately about something you posted in our Trading Post forms, and either tell you that they know someone who has the item you want to buy, or that they know someone who wants to buy the item you are selling. REPORT ANY SUCH MESSAGES TO THE MODERATORS, IMMEDIATELY! Again, these are just examples and not every person who contacts you about your ad postings is going to be a scammer, but you should always trust your gut instincts. If something seems fishy, there is no harm in reporting it to the Staff before you take any further action. We are always glad to investigate for you! Be safe out there!

No not a federal fee, it goes to the agency performing the BG check, but it's the feds making you pay that.

Don’t know about East Tn, but my FFL charges $25 in Nashville (plus the federal $10)

I can't imagine thinking these charges are worth throwing my life away by getting killed during an escape? Obviously these guys weren't in the situation they were in by being smart. Jeez.

North Carolina saving the Tennessee taxpayer money. LOVE IT!!!

Sorry for your loss and all who have suffered with this. Covid is an evil that didn't have to happen. Except for the majority of Kids it seems, Covid is nothing to take lightly if you have some obvious underlying conditions and catch it. Even if you think your'e pretty healthy unless you've had a whole body screening/ serious physical, then how do you really know how healthy you are? As a Country we are unhealthy, obese and poisoned by much of what we eat and drink, even if you are not a smoker, drug and alcohol abuser and exercise etc., your body is absorbing bad stuff daily. None of us can avoid it all. People have diseases for years before the symptoms get bad enough to get checked out. That's why it's so shocking when a person in the prime of their lives die with this unexpectently. Do they check them after death to see if they had hidden lung damage or something else? If so I'm not reading about it. I'm 58 soon in average good healh, rarely go to the doctor unless I'm injured and have no Idea if I got early diabetes, hepatitis, colon cancer etc., etc.... I'm sure my lungs are not pristine being a welder/fabricator for many years. I even had a gig as an asbestos remover for a few weeks! Avoiding Doctors is a gamble I choose to take for now incuding avoiding vaccines. Even before Covid I was weird like this. As I age I might change my mind on Flu shots as I've caught what I think was flu that two years in a row now. We thought the Vaccines were the answer to this Covid and maybe they are helping but it sure doesn't seem to stop the spread much. They Keep telling us "if he didn't get Vaccinated it would have been much worse", when anyone that's been vaxed gets covid. I don't know how to prove that but except for most kids, I don't try and tell other people not to take them if they believe it helps. I even suggested to my aged Mom to take the vaccine when she asked my opinion. Is it protecting her? I really don't know.

Tell me about it. I have a 1939 Packard 110 business coupe I finished about 15 years ago. Now I’m restoring a 1938 Lincoln Zephyr three window coupe. Parts are almost impossible to source. They will bury me in this car as it’s my final restoration.

This virus causes nothing but grief for everyone. Anyone that thinks this isn't real may need to reconsider.

I honestly believe Covid affects each person different. I know 2 former college athletes still in great shape.25 and 55 yrs old it about killed them.A friend who was 55 in good shape,3 weeks in the ICU before he died.Then there are numerous overweight people I know who have several health conditions who got it and showed minimal to no symptoms.