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Back years ago when I fished bass tournaments regularly I would attend all the local Fishing Expo's because you could get some really good deals and most anglers would save up money to spend at the shows. About 8 years ago I attended my last show. I went to the show and there were more people and booths selling aluminum siding, storm windows, Jerky and guide trips than baits and fishing tackle. The few booths with tackle was selling their products at premium over the top retail. The last few gun shows I have been to are going in the same direction. More hat booths and clothing booths and basically junk booths that gun booths and the gun and ammo booths that are there are priced higher than you can buy at local retail stores so I quit going to them also. If I cannot find it in local stores not I go online and find what I want and don't have to spend gas and 8 to 10 bucks to get in.....................jmho    

I use to have an LCP back up and like a dumb butt sold it and before the guy got out of site I was regretting selling it. I  picked up another one and I won't be getting rid of this one. It is not something I would depend on solely for defense but makes a great back for my regular carry guns. When I am going into less that comfortable areas while out I will have both with me.............jmho

Well I want to thank everyone for their opinions and responses. They were all appreciated. As for shooting the guy, after his ordeal with Kasey I was almost feeling sorry for him and I had no reason to shoot him but I got the reaction I wanted by telling the dispatcher I would. All I wanted was for the LEO's and Paramedics to get there and take care of the situation and I knew that in this town at 2AM there is not much that goes on that all the police and paramedics could have been that busy. Kasey is getting older these days but still has some serious jaws and can still produce some serious damage but as myself she has mellowed out some. As far as the blood goes if it was just a little I might have left it but it was all over the front deck of my Skeeter Bass boat and I did have concern by the amount that I might have to perform first aid on his leg and put on something to stop his bleeding if help didn't arrive soon. I just wanted to share my one and only night of excitement involving the police and see if anyone else had a similar experience...................... :up:  :up:  :up:      

Antioch has become Gangland over past several years. I use to live there back years ago and it was a nice area. The reason you get much more bang for your buck now in that area is because it has declined as being a nice place to live and many places are having trouble getting good law biding citizens to move there...........jmho

DaveTN  "That must have been many years ago or in another state".  Nope, it was in Tennessee but it was about well 6 years ago now and back when Immigration ICE was still allowed to do their job and employers were arrested for having undocumented workers.

My question is how many folks have been awakened in the middle of the night and needed to call the police and what was the response you received? Not on something personal but maybe an intruder call or something of that nature? I had something happen several years back that later on I found it rather amusing. This was my 1 and only experience.   Had an incident about 5 years ago and didn't really give it much thought till recently.  Had a few Immigrants try to help themselves to some high end fishing rods off deck of my bass boat in my carport about 2AM one night. They might have gotten away with it but my guard dog was on duty and asleep under the boat. I could tell her to guard the boat and she would sleep under it in summertime. Shes not really a barker as much as a reaction type guard dog and bites first and then barks. She took a large chunk of meat out of the lower calf of one of latinos and he set into screaming and I cleared the door with flashlight and cell in one had and Bersa in the other and his buddy had taken off as I exited the door and only got a glimpse of him . The idiot thought he was going to punch Kasey but he found out that didn't work cause she got hold of 3 of his fingers and took 2 off at the first knuckle. (Her daddy was Chow and her Momma was Black Mouth Kerr so her jaws are like a vice.) Then the guy jumps up in my boat to get away from her and he bleeding like a stuck pig all over my boat carpets and screaming something in Spanish at Kasey. I had the carport lights on by then and I yelled at him to shut the hell up because the dog does not understand Spanish. I get on my cell phone and called the police @ 911. This is where it got really interesting. Now it's a Wednesday night  in this town and the dispatcher ask me what was my emergency and I told her I needed a squad car and an ambulance. She said it's going to be about 20 minutes because they are pretty busy right now. I politely told her that was fine. I would just shoot the guy a few times and when they got a chance they could stop by and unload him out of my boat. She said you can't do that and I told her to stay on the line so she could hear the shots and she said they were on the way right now and I should have help in a few minutes. I said Thank You. It was about 1 minute before I heard sirens coming from about 3 different directions. Inside of about about 4 minutes I had all kinds of help. I told one of the officers that his buddy was hiding behind a garden shed in my neighbors yard. He said he would request a  k-9. I was looking at Kasey and she had her run cable stretched out tight towards the neighbors shed with both her ears stood straight up. She knew he was there. I told the officer to get a buddy and just wait right there and I unhooked Kasey. She went around that building and here the guy comes running wide open, screaming towards the police officers.He is lucky he didn't get shot because both officers had their guns out with Kasey hot on his heels. I grabbed her and they grabbed him. After a little questioning come to find out they worked for the lawn service that cut my neighbors yard. The were illegal and so was every employee the guy had on his payroll but himself. They arrested him and took all of his equipment and shipped the other guys off to ICE for processing.  What I found so amusing after I thought about it was I have lived in this town for many years and I have never seen the police busy on a Wednesday night at 2AM except that night and it was funny that when I said I will just shoot the guy she had a better idea real quick and the Calvary was on the way. I also had to laugh at one of the police officers when he said we need that dog working for us and his partner laughed and agreed. I was just wondering if anyone else has had an experience with the police in the middle of the night and what kind of response you got from the 911 operator. Oh yea, It cost my boat insurance company over $700.00 to re carpet my boat after they paid a company to try and wash out the stains.

It's funny but I was having a similar issue about front door locks. Up until about 5 years ago I lived here and never even locked my door. Now I am very lock conscious and considering adding a dead bolt lock to my door. Maybe even two. A Buddy said he would put in as many as I bought for me.

  OH!!!!  You mean the USDA is still operating?  Have not heard anything about them in so long I thought they closed up shop....... :stunned: :stunned:

They have got so many excuses for gas prices I think they pay people to lay awake at night thinking up new ones. How many people here remember the Oil Embargo that never happened but it was well sold to the American people that is was OPECS fault. OPEC only did what the American oil Companies asked them to do and that was cut back production because the American oil Companies were preparing to cut back on their purchased amounts. OPEC announced they were cutting back but never said why so everyone blamed OPEC................ :squint: :squint:

Heck if the butt head in the White house would have signed on for the Keystone Pipeline it would have been more that half completed by now but instead he postponed it for another 2000 days a last report. Another fine part of his BAD legacy down the tubes............ :rant: :rant:

I have not been to a show since 2008. Was gonna go to one here a while back and it got cancelled. Didn't really want to buy anything but just get out of the house and donate 8 bucks to get in. Saved 8 bucks cause it was a buddy's gas and his truck......... :rofl: :rofl: Oh yea, his idea too.

Ok, your on the upper end of the Harpeth. I grew up about 20 miles about where it dumps into the Cumberland River above Cheatham dam.

I loved the last statement she made when she said "the 2nd Amendment is not about duck hunting. It is about all of us here behind me protecting our selves from all you legislators up there."  I think she got her points across very well............jmho

Ever since i listened to that young lady describe how she lost her father and mother by following an order to not carry in that restaurant in Texas when she left her gun in her car. I can promise you  I have no intention of going through anything like that. If a maniac shows up in a place I am eating one of us is going to die from bullet holes being inflected and since he may be the one that starts it I will be the one doing my best to end it and hope i have others there to help but if not so be it...................jmho 

What section of Harpeth River you located on. I grew up on that river in Petway. The river divided our ranch land into two sections and also put it in two different counties.

I tried to quit celebrating my birthday but family keeps reminding me when it is like they are wishing I would get older quicker. It's like they are dropping hints............ :squint:  :squint:  I quit going to their parties they were having for me every year and they began showing up at my house to have them so I quit being at home on that day......... :rock:

Maybe it's time to bring it to the attention of these restaurant managers and owners that the web site is throwing their names against the wall to see what sticks and it is probably having an adverse effect on and hurting their business. Then it would be up to the business to contact the website and threaten them with a lawsuit if they continue to hurt their business with false information. That might just get the site to post only correct information of just go away..............jmho

Wish I had an ammo storage problem but don't have enough ammo for that. I do have 3 ammo safes and going to get a 4th soon. All three are full of different calibers for different weapons I own. :popcorn: :popcorn:

I don't know about ya'll But I would guess by now they have to be running pretty low on Virgins to give all those SOBs our troops have been sending up that way. I mean if each one gets 72 upon arrival  Allah must have been stocking up on them for a while and some of them must be pretty damn old virgins. Like old , moldy and maybe a little crispy even................jmho

Heck I graduated in 1967 and every pickup in student parking lot had guns in gun racks in back windows and trucks not even locked. Mine included. That was the norm back then also. I didn't hunt before school but sure did after school................jmho

Couldn't happen to a better bunch of SOB's than those and I like the sniper being able to save ammo.  Wish that could happen on a regular basis more often..............jmho

I was going to a Mom and Pop restaurant for many years and it was never posted. Then all at once I go there and it is posted. I spoke to the manager and he said that a few of his customers were complaining about seeing customers with guns and it was alarming to them because of their children. I said well I have been eating here for about 10 years and no one has ever seen my gun. He asked me what he could do to keep his business and not lose any customers so I offered him and option. I recommended posting his business as a Concealed Carry only restaurant and see how well that works. Next time I went there the sign read Concealed Carry Only. The place was packed with customers no one knew who was armed and who was not. The manager stopped by my table just after the waitress put my ticket on my table and he picked it up and thanked me as he has been seeing as increase in his business since re-posting and he liked my idea. I think if managers are willing to listen to other alternatives than just posting No Guns it can help both the HCP people and the businesses...........jmho

Believe i or not I have never watched the first show of that program. I saw a clip or two of it and it was just not something that reached out and grabbed me plus it is one of those series that if you miss a week or two your lost for next two months trying to catch back up. I try to avoid those type programs.................jmho

Yep, it's a stupid idea but you know your going to buy it anyway.................. :rock: :rock:

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