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I'm not going to volunteer that I am carrying every single time.  It just depends on the situation.  I spend a good amount of time in Wilson County.  I will not be volunteering to WCSD or MJPD that I have a firearm.  Both departments are notorious for unethical traffic stops.  They will routinely lie, conduct, illegal searches, and make unwarranted accusations.  I will take my ticket and get on down the road, volunteering that you have a firearm would just be an invitation to go on a fishing expedition with these departments.

I open carry at work.  I'll occasionally have someone ask "What do you have that for?"  Too which I will reply, "I spend a lot of time in remote area's, never know what you will come across out here."  I've never had anyone say anything about it in an agressive manner, usually they just want to know what kind of gun it is.  I do not make a practice of OCing in public but admittedly in the summer if I'm just wearing a Tshirt I often don't try really hard to cover up as long as I'm in a legal location.  In 9 years of carrying concealed I've been made once, which was just a few months ago.  I had just bought the suit and was wearing it for the first time.  Somehow the shoes that I bought were not the right size.  On the way to a function I swung by the Men's Warehouse in Mt. Juliet to swap out the shoes.  This new suit jacket has a tendency to get caught up on the handle of my Glock, which is carried via slide holster at 4 O'clock.  At the time I had not learned this about the garment yet.  One of the salesman approached me after I had been in the store for a minute and whispered "Hey your pistol is sticking out, check your coat tail."  The salesman was very friendly and didn't make an ordeal about it.

Wow!

You are right on the forks.  I'm a suspension brat.  Most people never touch their suspension setting.  Most Japanese motorcycles are set up for about a 150 rider.  Getting any suspension set up properly will make a ton of difference in how the bike handles.  I'm fortunate that I've gotten to spend some time on some high dollar race bikes with some really expensive suspension parts it blew me away the difference of how the bike feels and reacts.  

If you want to get into some good fish hire a private charter.  Party boats are dumb.  I have no interest in them, I guess they are fine if you want to watch drunk people hang a line off the side of a boat, get tangled up and never see any fish.  With a private charter it will be you and maybe one other party so it isn't crowded.  You will pay but you are getting the expertise of full time local fishermen and they should put you on good fish.  I always go down to the marina the day before I go out and find the boat that has the best fish then schedule with them. 

I'm really interested in the FZ8, I've sat on one but have not ridden one yet.  It feels super light.  I hear that R1 forks really make the front end handling a lot better. 

It's hard to form an opinion without knowing more.  I had a couple of bad professors while I was in college.  One was tenured and I was taking a class from him the last semester before I graduated, this class was required to graduate and offered one time every two years.  The professor was nuts.  He would give us an assignment, I would complete it and turn it in, he would give it back and tell me that I did it incorrectly and show me how he wanted it done.  I would do it the way he showed me and turn it in  again.  He would then tell me that I did it incorrectly and show me how to do it, except this time it would be the same as the first time that I did it.  Eventually I learned to save all of my work and on multiple occasions I would turn in the first version twice without editing, get a do over the first time and he would accept the work the third time.  I got a D in the class and was able to graduate without waiting around for 2 more years.  Another professor did not care for male students.  She routinely gave female students higher grades than male students for the same work.     The fact that she was going to school for free is irrelevant.  If she was in fact done wrong she has just as much right to compensation as someone who paid tuition.  I'll say it again for the people that don't read all of a post before spouting off a rebuttal, I'm not saying that she is entitled to anything, there are plenty of dirty goings on the education world.  There is certainly a chance that she was done wrong.

Glad you caught it before it got really bad.  I'm just getting into reloading and want to start casting eventually but I want to do it safely.  I'm wondering if and how it really can be done safely. 

I'm not poking fun or anything else but what is the deal with handle bar tassles?  It seems like they would beat the crap out of your forearms???

Again, it would be nice to know the guns intended purpose.  If it is a carry gun I wouldn't normally recommend a 1911, they are heavy, carry few rounds, and are not as dependable as their more modern counter parts.  That being said my 1911 is my favorite pistol to shoot.  I'm not big on brand loyalty but mine is a Kimber.  I picked it up from a friend that was selling it cheap to buy a Glock.  I had shot it previously and loved it, I told him if he ever decided to sell it let me know.  I got a killer deal on it.  I will carry the Kimber with confidence but usually don't just because it is heavy.  If he is looking for a carry gun a Glock would be hard to beat but many of the other brands mentioned are good as well.  

I know I'm going to be mad if I watch but I'm going to feel ignorant if I don't can't decide.

As a former wrestler I hate to see this.  What sport is more pure than wrestling?  Man against man, no equipment, it's just a man, his muscle, and his brain.  The Olympics are as high as it gets for a wrestler.  I made it to the collegiate level but it is such a huge jump from there to the Olympics.  There is no minor league, there is no major league, it's a sport you will never get paid to do.  It is a sport that the general public cares nothing about.  It seems to be a rapidly growing sport in Tennessee.  Although it seems it has been watered down since I was doing it.  Used to there were not many wrestlers, probably because it was hard.  I see a lot of schools picking up wrestling programs that did not have them before.  Good memories though, I'm thankful for having a high school coach that was a hardass, wrestling played a big part in making me who I am today.  I remember coach telling us at the beginning of the season "You finish this season and it will make a man out of you."  Didn't make a lot of sense then but looking back all these years later it makes a lot of sense.  The sport really taught me responsibility and finishing what you start no matter how hard.

I'm trying to do some research about the militia groups that were there.  Just to see what they are about more than anything.  The first guy that spoke the one from Minutemen of TN said they had a Facebook page but that their webpage was no longer up.  I found their webpage and it looks about half A'd but I can not find a Facebook page for them.  I can not remember the name of the other militia that was represented and can't find the paper I wrote their name on.  Again, I'm not interested in joining a militia I just want to know what the organizations that are out there stand for before I stand beside them to fight for my rights.

Not a big Whiskey drinker, finished off a 750mL the other night that I had bought around the first part of November.  Crown Royal is my liquor of choice, followed by Wild Turkey.  Whiskey makes me stupid though so I limit myself to 1-2 highballs when I do drink it.  Learning as I get older to savor and enjoy the good stuff instead of trying to polish off a handle of cheap stuff in a night.  Reminiscing about the things I did in college makes me think I must have been one bad SOB back then to drink the amounts that I did and still accomplish all that I did.  One Friday night like that today would but me in bed until the next Wednesday.

Another problem is the loss of farmland and the maximization of use of remaining farmland.  Quail like places like fence rows and there are not as many fence rows as there used to be, plus we farm as close to the fence rows as we can.  Another big problem is there are a lot more birds of prey such as hawks than there used to be and they will kill out quail populations in quick order.  A friend of mine owned a quail hunting preserve and I've watched the hawks destroy his populations.  As in swoop down on a covey in cover and kill every bird in the covey, it's frustrating to watch.  It also seems there are more predators than there used to be.  It's sad, it's been years since I've jumped a covey while squirrel or rabbit hunting, used to occur pretty regular.

  That is some sound wisdom right there!  I will be reusing that if you don't mind.  Sounds like your pappy was a smart man.

9 years now for me.

I feel silly for going halfway across the state and attending the dinky rally in Nashville, sounds like the Maryville rally was much more productive.  Unfortunately I had a family obligation in Nashville and was unable to make it to the Maryville event, wish I could have been there.

Just got home from a Nashville to Knoxville motorcycle ride.  I'm not going to complain about weather in February that is nice enough to ride in.  Got a ride in to  Savannah, Ga last month as well, so far it has been a decent winter.

Welcome!  We used to be neighbors,  I will be moving back to Blount Co. next month but on down 129 closer to 411.

You are on the right track JMR, social media is crutial.  I know a lot of folks on here don't like social media but that is the easiest way to get the word out about things like this.  Next time I will be creating an event and sending it to everyine I know.:-)

Ok I admit it, I really suck at estimating attendence so I stand corrected on my liberal estimate :)  Nimrod, you did a great job! I liked the angle you worked, I've never noticed that there is that much corelation between gun righs and civil rights.  Hope, you stick around here!   On the militia isue, my dad and I have been discussing this all day and we find many pros and cons. All of the representitives of the militias stated that it was not their goal to overthrow the government or anything radical like that. They stated that their goal is to be an avenue for people like us to unite to preserve our rights that the government is trying to take away. For me I'm going to have to spend a lot more time researching about militias before I can take a stance on that matter. At this point in time I think that there is a possibility that militias are not necessarily a bad thing.   Looks like Knoxville was well represented!   Special thanks to WSMV News channel 4 for focusing their whole segment on the dingaling that showed up with the AR and not giving any attention to all of the law abiding citizens that made a good peaceful demonstration. 

I would have estimated the turnout in the 300-400 range.  A few speakers had very good things to say.  Good overall experience, this needs to be a reoccuring event and we need to get more people out and we need to be more organized.

Not old enough to experience the pre nanny state.  My first girlfriends dad had an old Western Auto single shot .22 that sat in a corner.  Once I was trusted there I was instructed to use it to shoot all squirrels on site.  I remember that being a very sweet shooting gun and I never remember missing with it.  I've kept my eyes open for one like it every since.

I continue to ride and am always keeping an eye out for those trying to kill me.  "I'm glad your phone call is more important than my life a**hole!"  Our speed limits are dumbed down to accommodate the lowest common denominator.  The Autobahn has a similar fatality rate as US interstates, the catch is if you crash you are likely to die, over there you drive and only drive, Europeans don't understand why American cars have cup holders.   Unlike gun ownership operating a car is a privilege not a right.  In a heartbeat I would support legislation to make driving tests rigorous but up or do away with speed limits.  It takes me about 3 hours to drive to my parent's place.  If there were no speed limits I could make it in an hour and a half, safely.  Speed limits, you are wasting time thanks to stupid people.