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Overzealous prosecutor: So, then, Mr. tnhawk, you have spent a great deal of time, energy and money training and building skills with your firearms?
tnhawk: Correct.
Overzealous prosecutor: Interesting. Then perhaps you can explain to the court why someone with your obviously high level of skill and proficiency with a firearm chose to shoot the deceased three times in the chest, killing him, rather than using those skills to shoot him in the leg or arm, stopping him from attacking you but giving him a much greater chance of surviving?
tnhawk: I responded as I have been trained.
Overzealous prosecutor: Really? You have spent all of that time and money training to shoot someone in the chest three times at close range? I would think that someone who went to the amount of effort that you have would want to train to avoid killing in a situation where you believed it necessary to use your firearm. Have you really been training to be able to use a firearm more safely and proficiently or have you, in fact, been training to simply become more proficient at killing?
tnhawk: I have trained to stop the threat, not expressly to kill.
Overzealous prosecutor: Well, sir, if 'stop the threat' means shooting someone three times in the chest at close range then it sounds, to me, as if 'training to stop the threat' is really just a euphemism for 'training to kill someone.'
I know, over the top, doesn't take into account that the defending lawyer would hopefully find many ways to object to the line of questioning (which still doesn't wipe it from the minds of jurors) and not very likely to happen in Tennessee in the first place but, unfortunately, it is my understanding that similar questions have been raised in other states in shootings by police. I could see a prosecutor (or a lawyer in a civil suit) using or trying to use a similar idea in a trial against a non-officer. It's kind of a crap shoot, I guess. As chances R said, hopefully none of us ever need to use our firearms and end up in a position to find out.
Defense Attorney: Redirect Your Honor?
Now tnhawk, when you train, do you fire your firearm into the air, as to practice scaring the assailant?
Tnhawk; No ma'am.
Defense Attorney: And why is that?
Tnhawk: That would be very unsafe. The projectile is uncontrolled and could come back to ground anywhere.
Defense Attorney: Anywhere, and injure or kill someone?
Tnhawk: Yes ma'am.
Defense Attorney: So firing your firearm without regard to where the bullet may end up is not a best practice?
Tnhawk: No ma'am. I am responsible for every projectile that leaves my firearm. To fire without regard to where the projectile may travel is highly irresponsible at best.
Defense Attorney: As you fired three rounds, and each entered and stopped in the assailant, did any of those rounds cause any injury to any innocent bystanders?
Tnhawk: No ma'am.
Defense Attorney: If you would have aimed for an arm or leg, and missed, what would have happened?
Tnhawk: I don't know ma'am. It would have continued on its trajectory.
Defense Attorney: And possibly injure or kill an innocent bystander?
Tnhawk: Possibly.
Defense Attorney: Is the reason why you train, by firing your firearm into the center mass of an assailant, only to ensure the stoppage of the assailant and to protect innocent bystanders that may be nearby?
Tnhawk: Yes ma'am.
Defense Attorney: Was there ever an option, considering the safety of innocents nearby and beyond the assailant, of shooting elsewhere than in the center of the assailant's chest?
Tnhawk: No ma'am
Defense Attorney: Thank you Tnhawk. Defense rests.
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Sorting by projectile length, and verified by visual check?
Exactly. Or some other method if that doesn't work. [emoji3] I can always default to a balance beam I guess.
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Awesome!
Yes it will. I plan to sort once I receive them.
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I found the 1000 mixed lot under the 50% off menu line almost at the top of the page.
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American Reloading.
https://www.americanreloading.com/en/
Their prices fluctuate with sales. They have been having various 50% off inventory reduction sales so some stuff is out of stock but their prices are normally good
Thank you for the tip! Just picked up some good priced 9mm projectiles.
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Welcome Dave. We live closer to Memphis so I don't know exactly what you have in Jackson, other than Range USA. That is their newer range. Their original is down in Memphis. It is a good range here, so I assume it is a good range there.
I don't know if you have an Academy sports up there. We have 2 down here and they have 22 on hand. They will let you buy up to 500 cartridges.
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Personally, yes.
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Hello Frank, if it was west TN, I could help. Good luck and hope you find some help.
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My favorite xkcd comic
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Mirgc, come on out to TN if they completely lose their minds out there. While y'all have no sales tax, we have no income tax and great places to exercise your freedoms. That said, I commend you for standing up and fighting for what is right.
Looks like deafdogdief would have a great lead for you. Also, when I search for laws, I use Justia, findlaw, or the Cornell Law website. They have repealed or amended laws as well. I'm not sure how far back they go for TCA. Just some thoughts.
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“Because of proper firearm handling, the firearm was pointed in a safe direction when the Wildlife Officer accidentally discharged the firearm,” according to the statement.
accidentally or negligently?
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My brother-in-law, who was the consummate firearm specialist and who introduced me to the world as a pre-teen, had a negligent discharge. While working at the car dealership where he was a mechanic, he looked into the trunk of his car to get something. Right there was his 25. As his workplace had a no tolerance policy regarding firearms on premise by employees, he attempted to put it in a rag to hide it. With anxiety of the possibility of losing his job and slippery hands, he dropped it and hit the ground, discharging. The projectile went into his leg above his kneecap, traveled up the side of his femur, and stopped at his hip.
He lived. He had pain, but he recovered without issue. His work even kept him on. This can happen even to the most safety conscious. It could be just the littlest thing that distracts us.
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New member, Fayette County, TN. Thanks for having me!
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Awesome! Fellow 9mm reloader here. Echo all the comments. It is a very, very fun hobby!
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