bubbadavis

Most of the mall entrances are not posted but the parking lot is. I'm unaware of any entrances to the parking lot that aren't legally posted.

At every main parking lot entrance, there is a small, legal TCA posting. By law, they can post the parking lot - then they don't need to post building entrances, etc. Once you carry past a legal sign, you are breaking the law and subject to punishment (if detected). Unfortunately, the signs at Cool Springs are very easy to miss.

Wouldn't do him much good there - unless he's willing to break the law. Cool Springs is posted at the entrances to the mall parking lots.

Good thing the mall is posted - otherwise the bad guys might have had a gun.

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Some of these are no surprise to me. Harwell is my representative (well, at least she represents my district) and I've come to expect absolutely no response from her on any communication from me on gun related legislation. I've tried all communication paths I can think of other than smoke signals. I fully expect her to vote against gun owners every chance she gets.

He is around 46. I don't know his exact age. His 'incident' happened over 10 years ago.

Yep, my friend is extremely safe. That is one event that he will never forget. I've shot with him multiple times and he is one of the safest people I know. Unfortunately, all it takes is one brain fart to undo a lifetime of safety. We can never be lax with safety, or else!

Big can of worms there. As I recall, generally people fall into one of two camps: 1) I know what they mean and I'll spend my money elsewhere or 2) that posting is only to appease the sheeple and I'll just keep my firearm concealed and go about my business. There are exceptions but those are common ways of handling 'not legal' postings. Its up to you to decide how you will handle those situations. There's not any clear case law (that I'm aware of) that would set legal precedent for handling this type of situation/posting.

I've got a good friend that shot himself in the hand - he will readily admit it was his fault and he violated multiple safety rules. Thankfully, he healed completely (well accept for the ration of crap he takes from his friends about it). Always make sure your Glock is unloaded prior to field stripping.

I really feel for the little girl and her family. I can't imagine what her father is going through. You have to violate multiple firearms safety rules for someone to get accidentally shot.

Keep the updates coming. That's one nice 1911.

Oh, I'm plenty relaxed. You quoted me in your post about THE assertion. I'm just making it clear that I never mentioned anything along those lines.

Show me where I made that assertion. Thats what I thought... I only mentioned that under current TN law, once your car leaves your property, the rules (at least w.r.t. firearms) change. Like it or not, that's the way it currently is.

In KY, anyone (who can legally carry) can carry in a car as long as the gun is either in plain sight or in the glovebox. Of course, KY is also an open carry without permit state.

Blah, blah, blah... I'm talking about actual TN law - no theories, etc. Plain and simple - try driving around and keep a loaded firearm in your car without a HCP; your first encounter with an officer will resort in an arrest. "But my car is my property - I can do what I want." won't go very far with a judge. The situation you outlined is ludicrous. By current TN law, the officer would go after the owner of the car.

If only common sense was much more common! I agree with you DaveTN - based on current TN law you can carry on your personal property. Once you get in your car and off your property (even though you are in your car) you better have a HCP if you are armed.

Just carry without one in the chamber. Why not carry unloaded? There are always additional precautions you can add to carrying a firearm. Each person has a choice in how they carry a firearm. An unloaded gun is safe, but not very useful (if/when the need arises).

I found some mole spray that drives them away. Unfortunately it doesn't kill them or the food source. It does run them off into the neighbor's yard... My neighbors on both sides have them and basically don't do anything about them. Around once a year, I buy some stuff that you attach to the garden hose and then water the yard. It runs them off - at least until the 'stuff' wears off. I may have to try the traps. I could probably make a fur coat based on the amount of tunnels around my neighborhood.

Just be sure to wear your kevlar underwear from now on!

The only good mole is a dead mole...

Well, that's what the law says. I'll be the first to agree that how that is interpreted and applied is up for speculation. Walking past any type of 'no guns' sign could be the start of unpleasantness.

Postings have to either 'substantially similar' and/or the gunbuster symbol to be legal.

The biggest difference is that without the posting, a HCP holder (employee or not) is not breaking any law. An employee may be terminated but they can't be arrested and charged for carrying against company policy in a non-posted business. The real kicker is that even a company posts, they can allow their employees to carry - HCP or not. The business owner has the right to allow employees to carry on the business property.

There is nothing in the state curriculum about selling insurance. If the school is modifying the lesson plans on their own, it could potentially invalidate the class.