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It should be a crime to not kill any coyote that you see, day or night.

Not too concerned with what's on TV, I live in the real world over here. No zombies!

The first place I would call would be the power company to tell them to come get the power back on. Pretty sure they still have corded phones over there.

Just saw this in the local news and was checking to see if anyone else had posted about it. It is stupid that the flight attendant is being reprimanded, she made an honest mistake and is otherwise an outstanding citizen, I would suspect anyway since she is a permit holder. The cop that had the ND should be fired on the spot, what a joke, he's lucky his incompetence didn't kill anyone.

I know what you mean Runco, technology is great but sometimes it gets overwhelming. Kids don't know how to function without it. Our 3 year old can not function without her mother's phone and her portable DVD player. Well she will function but she is cranky and throws a constant tantrum. If it was up to me I would be getting her over that but her mother objects. I'm the opposite of most folks, I have a landline but no cell. No reception at the house, no reception at work, no reception in between, therefore it doesn't do me a whole lot of good. I did buy a phone with a cord the other day though, I figured if the power is ever out and I need to make a phone call then that cordless isn't going to do me a whole lot of good. I'm not completely ignorant of technology, but I don't embrace it all either. I guess you would say that I'm the kind of guy that can appreciate a phone without a cord but I have to draw the line there, I don't care much for those phones that you can drive down the road talking on. Believe it or not I like the fact that I do not have a cell phone, it gives me a sense of freedom that future generations will never know.

I have a Dickies jacket that I would call a mechanic's style that I bought on clearance at Sears about 6 years ago for $4. I love that jacket I wear it all winter unless it is cold enough to need the Carhart.

Back in another life not too too many years ago when I worked retail that was the attitude towards everything. There is no pride of ownership, 99% of the employees at that location will take home the same amount of money in their paycheck regardless of whether or not an additional big sale was made. Most retail operations are operating on a skeleton crew of minimum wage employes and have been for the last few years. The only person that works at that store that might be slightly interested in whether or not a big sale is missed is the general manager. GMs often get very nice incentives if certain sales goals are met. However most GMs that I've worked with would still probably decline to take the locks off because they know that if the policy is in place and they get caught breaking it they could lose their jobs. It is very easy when you work in retail to tell people "sorry I can't do that because I could lose my job if I did."

Seems that if all of the employes were carrying then they wouldn't need to worry about such things. Oh well, I guess I should be careful what I wish for.

Looks too plasticy to me but that is just my preference. A friend of mine has an 870 with a collapsible stock and I hate shooting heavy loads in it. That gun is without a doubt the most obnoxious gun I've ever shot with some 3" slugs in it. No way would I want anything lighter.

Post up general questions in the "General Chat" forum. You can post up anything there from discussions about where good places are to eat to what areas have the best school systems. I know several LEOs and most all of them encourage us good guys to carry. As it was already said, if you have your permit long gun can be loaded but the chamber can not. Most LEOs that I know would say something like "That mag is loaded isn't it?" and give me a "Why not?" if it isn't. I also live in a very rural area, the same will not apply when you get to the city.

I'll likely get flamed for this, I have a full sized Kimber which I love. I will not carry it however. I strapped it on one day and it took about 30 seconds to decide that I did not want to carry that brick around all day. I use a Glock 27 as my EDC and it is much easier to carry, plus I get 10 rounds with it. I love my Kimber but it isn't getting carried.

I have used them extensively along with just about every small camera out there to record motorsport events. The GoPro HDs are awesome little cameras. My biggest gripe about them is the wide angle lens. Durability wise they are tough as nails. I've seen them come off of motorcycles at well over 100MPH and survive, I've also seen a number of them make it through a motorcycle crash. It is common in these scenarios to break the case which is rather inexpensive but I have yet to see one of the cameras get destroyed. That said I really do like the contour cameras. I think that they give a more honest perspective than the GoPros since they have a standard lens. If I was going to use it to film people I would lean towards to Contour. To give someone a perspective from horseback I would go with the GoPro.

Back to the original post.... I always carry chambered, I check the chamber every single morning to make sure that I have a round chambered before I leave the house. I've had people tell me numerous times (100% of which have never carried) that I'm stupid and asking for an accident. They are further annoyed that I usually carry a Glock. I've been carrying Glocks daily for 8 years and have yet to have any sort of negligent incident, knock on wood. Gotta think about what you are doing when you are carrying 100% of the time. On another important note... In college I knew a guy that carried. One evening he was pointing his weapon (Glock) at people and saying "pow" he wasn't intoxicated or anything, just stupid (he's a doctor now by the way.) I wasn't around or there would have been problems. Anyway he got home that evening and was going to clean the gun, he pulled the trigger to begin the disassembly process and it went off. Classic example of "I didn't think that it was loaded." 1) I assume my guns are always loaded. 2) I thought my carry gun was chambered once and it was not, that could have been a dangerous situation had I needed it. 3) I always visually check that the chamber is empty before I pull the trigger to disassemble a gun whic is pretty much the only time my carry guns are unchambered anyway.

After putting myself through college by working loss prevention and staying in the field for a couple of years afterwards I just don't place a lot of value on the lives of thieves. I've worked hard for everything that I have and paid cash, I haven't financed anything a thing and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit and watch while some thug hauls it off. I don't really care about the thieve's family either, not my problem. If I were able to legally protect my property against theft by using deadly force I would. I generally don't leave valuables lying around outside to keep them from being stolen. But if I caught someone trying to steal my car I would do what was necessary to prevent that from happening. It just seems like the majority of the people here value life a lot more than I do. Nothing wrong with that. I just don't have a lot of hope for a thief rehabilitating themselves. Thieves are most useful as fertilizer. Not saying I would shoot a man for stealing a candybar but if I had the choice of saving a thieves life or getting a free value meal at McDonalds I would be eating a Big Mac, and I don't even like McDonalds.

Never had a run in but I've heard that Townsend PD is a bunch of thugs, I go out of my way to mind my manners when I'm over there. Heard several accounts of cops writing false traffic tickets, supposedly the judge is aware of these activities and backs the officers up so they can bring some revenue into the town. The people that get tickets from them don't have a snowballs chance at getting a fair trial.

I should have looked before I let my fingers across that keyboard!

If I'm not mistaken odometer error is exponential, meaning that the faster you go the more you will be off. Percentages work as well.

I played a stupid game I won a stupid prize. I'm not going to complain that I have to pay $75 Because "I" failed to have my proof of insurance in the car. If you don't want to pay the dismissal fee then carry your proof of insurance.

I have gotten into stream fishing where I wade and walk the bank so I don't like to carry a lot of stuff. I have a small tackle box, maybe 4"x8" that has six compartments. I carry a Rebel crawfish which is always my go to lure. A small Rapala, a Hoola Popper, chartreuse jigs, a couple or rooster tails and chatter bait. This combo has served me well over the years and has rarely left me wanting for something else.

Wow, impressive sir! Nice to have you around!

I'm going to guess that you were on Alcoa Highway? I pass through there 4-5 times per week. I'm not too impressed with Alcoa PD. Like the others have said there is no duty to inform in TN. I combed over TCA searching and could find nothing. I also had an attorney friend look and she couldn't find anything either. You did the right thing, no sense in arguing with a cop. I guess if you wanted to be a smart@$$ you could request the officer to show you where it says anything in TCA about having to inform an officer that you are carrying but I wouldn't do that myself. If I were you I think I may place a phone call to the chief and inform him that his officers are accusing citizens of breaking laws that don't exist, I'm sorry but that is simply harassment when an officer is accusing you of doing something illegal when you are not. In Blount Co. if you mail in your proof of insurance and a $75 dismissal fee they will throw out the financial responsibility thing. I know I got hit with it last Friday.

Good going, now you have completely ruined this gun, it is no longer a collectors item and you have stripped it of any significant resale value. Good job, you have ruined a classic. :sarcastic:

Don't reload and sell ammo, that is illegal without the proper licensing.

I started watching SOA over this last winter. I've watched all of the Netflix seasons. For the first time in 2+ years I really hate not having TV.

She brought her mother and I the current issue of G&A and asked us to read it to her. Naturally I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a pic!