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You have no obligation to render aid. If someone puts you in the position to use deadly force to protect your life or your loved ones' lives then they can wait for the emergency services to arrive. I'll say this if someone causes me to be in fear of my life to have to use my firearm they get handcuffed as normal and when the ambulance arrives they can do what they do best. If it happens at home they get covered until responding units arrive to take him in custody or for medical treatment then his free ride to jail.

A nightstick vs a knife is no no. Would you go to your yard and find a stick to hit someone who is armed with a knife? I don't know the whole story but firearm is the only logical choice versus a knife.

Last time I went through there wasn't anything to attract any attention. I know back a few years ago they wiped away their entire police force and hired one guy to attempt to rebuild it but the city has barely any budget.

Don't worry about it even though most cops in TN are just average people who wouldn't trample on anyone's constitutional rights there will be people you can never convince that on here and other places. Just let them believe what they want. Oh and the tinfoil hat wearers will never believe there isn't a gun registration log being maintained via cops running serial numbers on NCIC. It's useless to attempt to change anyone's opinion or thoughts on the website just look for good bargains and funny stories.

If he doesn't like it he can always drive. That's what they would tell anybody else.

It wouldn't have any bearing on car rental companies that install gps on their cars. They aren't held by the 4th Amendment they aren't a government agency. It's been a normal practice to have a warrant for tracking devices but they let their warrant expire and then installed the device outside the area the warrant allowed. They asked for their cases to get the boot. I am glad it does require a warrant at the very least.

I thought it was already brought up before but may have been another forum I read. The other one is a LE forum and most agree it seems to be a clear violation of rights. New York is just nuts I use to want to visit there to see some sights but I can honestly say I could care less to ever visit it now.

I wouldn't be surprised if it goes either way.

Maybe I'm confused as to the question. Do you mean when is it required dependent on charges, political office, or anything high profile? Grand Jury is the only way in TN to get a charge in Criminal Court other than bound over by a waiver from General Sessions if i recall correctly. Doesn't matter what the charge or profile of the case.

You sir have not heard of the great Chuck Norris! lol Had to throw that in there and break up the uptight conversation.

That is going to hurt because THP's tickets are through general sessions and that usually means higher court costs. As far as a defense you know if he wasn't wearing his campaign hat he can't write a ticket. Do a school if you want to keep the points off your license.

I use to drive an unmarked car at my last department was the fortunate winner of a drunk at 50mph into my car while I was stopped. So i'm paranoid about about my lights even more now. I know some of these lights are pushing the limit at night of being blinding but if most people would get out of the way while I'm going to an emergency call or not come at my car at 70mph on the interstate and wait 5ft from my bumper to move over I wouldn't use them. My bar has a low option so if I'm stationary at night with them on I'll turn them to low hoping they won't blind drivers.

Those are definitely the typical South Nashville gangs. They aren't anything to play with either. But good job on what you do and keep safe doing it. It would be nice if the idiots would get the message and just stop tagging stuff.

May sound crazy but it works great. Get some neosporin put a little on q-tip rub along inside your nose. Also I use a sinus rinse every so often it helps somewhat to moisten it. I get especially bad dry sinuses and nose bleeds during this time of year and this has helped me greatly.

That makes me laugh every time I see it.

Interesting view. Anyway atleast the OP had a good encounter.

Yea they definitely know how to waste money. I wish they would abolish the Metro Government and go back to a original County and City.

Hey now don't lump me in with those wind bags called politicians. lol Thems fightin' words!

Just so you all know they are sobriety checkpoints in Tennessee. There is no legal basis that you even have to lower the window and converse with anybody as far as I know. Maybe one of our criminal defense attorneys on board can advise you better. I have always been instructed they pull up if you don't notice in immediate signs of impairment you send them packing quick and fast. Now if THP is involved they will do license checks. I have done the checkpoints and I'll tell you we were full up on drunks. There is no real monetary gain from a checkpoint. The very small portion of any fines that "may" go back to a general fund is less than what that one officer makes in one hour. Most checkpoints I have seen were usually in part of a grant so there wasn't any real loss on behalf of the local government funds.

+1 on practicing on drawing your weapon while seated. If anybody pulls up to my car my gun is already out of the holster. Luckily I do it so much that I can get it from my duty holster while seated in the car with no problems. I also recommend practicing as if your in a restaurant we did that a few years back during inservice training and it was good stuff. I would say they were looking to rob somebody but luckily it wasn't you.

By your opinion I can tell you have no clue how revenue is input into government operations. If you think a sobriety checkpoint generates even enough revenue to pay for itself you would completely wrong. You would be wrong also to think there aren't officers who are concerned about getting impaired drivers off the street. But you as everyone else is entitled to your opinion regardless of how one sided it is. Have a nice day.

With it being a very delayed report from time of incident to report Metro will probably have you call their teleserv reporting number. Just give the civilian reporter all the information you have and the serial numbers so it can be entered as stolen. The only way you will get it back is if it's entered stolen so it can eventually be returned to you if it's ever ran by serial number.

I'm working all weekend and hoping the drunks stay at home and be quiet. But I'm not counting on it.

The attorney general won't issue an opinion from a question raised by a citizen. Might be better if you know someone personally who is in the state legislature who wants the answers also to formally ask for his opinion. Good questions though and would be useful for people to know. Taken form the AG website... Who may request an opinion from the Attorney General? The Attorney General is required to provide written legal opinions to "the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, comptroller of the treasury, members of the general assembly and other state officials...in the discharge of their official duties." Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-109 ( (6). The Attorney General cannot issue opinions to county or local government officials or to private citizens.

Uh don't shoot yourself..maybe I don't know what rules you are referring to. If you're legal to be on that property shooting then you're good. Certain cities don't allow shooting firearms in the city limits. Make sure you got a good backstop.