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11 hours ago, billyblazes said:
I'm aware personally of a few cases similar to what was described by the OP. In one of the cases the State Attorney's Office did not prosecute. In another the alleged assailant was acquitted based upon a legal defense of self-defense. Regardless, a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of money out of pocket on legal fees for those individuals.
It's unfortunate but too many times I've seen officers make an arrest on the spot with the attitude that the Prosecutor's Office can figure it out and make the call to charge or not. Besides seeing that attitude regularly on display I'm also speaking from experience in that regard. An angry, frustrated cop arrested me, I contacted my attorney, posted bond and waited for over two months for things to play out while they decided whether or not to even charge me. When the ASA got around to looking at the charge and the supposed evidence, he declined to move forward. The ASA was reportedly frustrated that the cop even arrested me. I'm proof that "you can beat the charge but you can't beat the ride."
I wonder if the gentleman in this instance has any self-defense insurance and if it will come into play on this. I know that CCW Safe will not cover a domestic situation. This seems very domestic in nature.
I may not have everything right, but he was first charged with manslaughter I think. He got out on bond (I think it was around $50k) and then I know it went to the Grand Jury where they upped the charge to I think 2nd degree murder. He was re-arrested and bond increased to $150k. He's out of bond now, so he had more money than I thought he had, or he's getting help from family.
I wouldn't call the guy a friend of mine, I just know the family and he used to work for my uncle. To know him you wouldn't think he would harm anybody. He's in his 20s and I do hate to see him throw his life away over this, but does look like he killed somebody. It looks as if the victim had a heart attack during the fight.
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A guy I know is a relatively good guy, and even though he was using self defense, he's charged with murder. What brings us to his murder charge stems from the circumstances.
This guy had a beef with another guy that lives not too far from me (I think it was woman problems). He goes to the victims house to confront him, supposedly to just have a conversation. When he pulls up, before he can even get out of his truck, the victim comes out of the house and comes at him. They get into a fistfight, the victim's girlfriend comes out of the house with a handgun, put's it to the guy's head while they are rolling on the ground, and pulls the trigger (there wasn't a round in the chamber). He manages to get the gun away from the girl and throws it into the edge of the woods. Still fighting, he finally gets the best of the victim, and leaves him laying there on the ground. Thinking he is just passed out, he goes back to his truck about the time the cops show up. Come to find out the victim is dead. The guy had a loaded firearm in his truck, but at no time did he try to retrieve it and shoot the victim. Even though it does appear that he was fighting the victim in self defense, the fact that he drove to the victim's house under less than friendly circumstances, get's him a murder charge.
I'm just throwing this out there, because the guy isn't a bad guy and I truly don't think he was trying to kill anybody. The victim is dead none the less, and he put himself into a situation where he is charged with murder. It just goes to show you that you need to be very careful the situations we put ourselves in, because things can go bad fast, and you either wind up dead (he is very lucky the girlfriend's gun didn't have a round in the chamber) or possibly in prison for the rest of your life.
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I've got a 10kw military genset, it will run the whole 3,000 square foot house. I look at it as a luxury item though. In a actual full blown major event, I think you are better off to learn how live without electricity than you are to try to produce it. After some time you're going to run into fuel issues, and a big genset running in the night is like a big magnet to attract unwanted attention.
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On 4/25/2020 at 1:45 PM, DaveTN said:
You get in a shootout out there in those western states and those boys will be using serious firepower. You will probably want a scoped AR10 for a rifle.
But this just a free bump, I have no idea if any of those states are going to throw you in jail for what you are carrying.
I guess like most everywhere, it depends on how what you are carrying becomes an issue.
have a safe trip!
I know you make the quote “it depends on how the gun was an issue” often, and it falls in line with a conversation about school shootings with a officer. He said it is a department attitude to tell teachers to do whatever they feel is best, concerning teachers being armed, just don’t let the gun be an issue until there is a issue (active shooter). He then said at that point nobody is going to be looking to charge a teacher for trying to stop an active shooter. In other words, they aren’t going to go around and search teachers for weapons, but if there are other issues that garners their attention, the gun could then become a issue.
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22 hours ago, chances R said:
According to the law, privately operated does not trump the ownership by the county.
Just looked it up on Property Viewer, some of the fairgrounds property is owned by the American Legion and some owned by the Dickson County Fair Association.
It’s a moot point however, because there are no restrictions to carrying at the Dickson County Fair.
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One more thing as far as tactics go. Do you normally run your nods with the IR light on? Can you still see pretty well without the IR light? Reason I ask, if you are being pursued or pursuing somebody with nods, running the IR light is going to look like you are carrying a big spotlight to them. Then you have the issue of weapon mounted IR lasers. This will also give away your position pretty well to somebody else with nods. I guess at the end of the day, you are still better off with nods, even if you know your adversary also has nods, but you really should change your tactics accordingly.
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NVG has sparked my interest as of late. In some of my research, there seems to be a debate over dual tubes vs a single tube. One is obvious, dual tubes cost twice as much. The second is some say you have better depth perception running a single tube, and can help having one unaided eye to know how to stay in the shadows.
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On 8/10/2021 at 4:40 PM, gary_boom said:
I don’t know about Sevier Co fairgrounds but Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray Tn. Is privately owned. They regularly have gun shows.
Dickson County Fairgrounds are privately operated. I think the county may own the property, but it is kept up and operated by the American Legion.
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I think people worry way too much about printing. I wear a G17 OWB with most of the times just a untucked tee covering it. Sure it prints, but nobody notices. 90% of people just don’t pay attention to their surroundings, and the other 10% most of the time just assume it is a phone case or something (I have a belt phone holder that prints just as bad). I’ve had police officers (people that are trained to notice such things) at church not notice I’m carrying. I know because we’ve talked about it.
The reason you stand in front of the mirror and it looks bad is because your eyes are trained on it.
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I’ve bought so many IWB holsters that I got tired of spending money. Bottom line is none of them work for me. I’m 6’ 2”, 180 lbs. I just stick with OWB, and can conceal it good enough, with a coat in the winter or a untucked shirt in the summer.
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On 5/2/2021 at 7:29 AM, Parrothead said:
Kinda off topic, but maybe not;
The part about this that is troubling to me is the definition of “under the influence”. Are you under the influence after one beer? Or six?
For driving, we have established a quantifiable definition of impairment. Do we use that same BAC here? I would prefer that over officer discretion. Because of this, I just wait for the beer until I get home.
Well, you probably have to have at least a couple of beers in you to be charged with drinking while armed.
The problem comes if you have to actually use your firearm. I’d say if you took much more than a sip, it would be used against you in court.
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Not to make light of the situation, but I picture Clint Eastwood right out of frame with a smirk on his face saying “that’s not a gun, this is a gun”, while he pulls his 44 mag out.
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I finally watched the whole video, where it showed the car cam video. From the vantage point of the car, it does look like the officer just gave up there at the end. It didn't look like he was physically unable to continue the fight, it looked like his was mentally unable. He had enough strength to at least get to his knees, but he just sat there on his knees and watched her drive away. She could have finished him off execution style if she wanted. One would think you would either pick up your gun (fight) or tried to drag yourself to cover (flight), but he just sat there kind of dumbfounded.
Not trying to blame the officer, I don't know if I could have done any better, and it's really easy to sit here in a chair and critique the officer. This should be something to look at and learn from though.
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12 hours ago, E4 No More said:
As a former LEO, my opinion was that he failed to control the situation from the start, and it cost a life and his health. I would NEVER let a person that I have stopped go in and out of the car like he did. That was just asking for trouble. Psychologically speaking, it allows the suspect to feel like they are in control, and when he tried to cuff her, her mindset was abruptly changed. Since he is a training officer I expect better out of him. Granted, I was a LEO a long time ago, and the current environment for LEOs is much different than what I had to work in, but base tactics should be the same.
IMO, the reason the cop was giving her so much lead way is a direct result of the current climate between cops and minorities. Cops today are sacred to death that they will get a civil rights charge or worse against them. Him acting like he did, due to the current political climate, appears to be a contributing factor in the cop getting shot.
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13 hours ago, hillbillyfab said:
Just wondering if you had a chance yet to talk to Jeff. I'm curious his response as, I am a Dickson county resident also.
No, I haven’t. We attend the same church, but I didn’t see him last week.
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If the democrats get their way, by either making DC or Puerto Rico a state, automatically registering everybody to vote, and make mail in voting commonplace, your vote in TN will be worthless on a national level. We are getting to a point that our only hope is to have the State stand up to the Feds.
I agree that to have the State go against the Federal Government is a steep hill to climb. The feds have taken over state’s rights by taking hold of the purse strings. It’s something we should at least consider though.
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10 hours ago, Capbyrd said:
That’s cool. It won’t happen again.
You might be surprised.
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On 2/17/2021 at 7:48 AM, Capbyrd said:
The state will never go to war with the federal government.
Well, TN and several other southern states have done it in the past.
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I know the president of the TN Sherriff's Association, he used to be my Sherriff (Jeff Bledsoe of Dickson County). I need to talk to him about this. I'll talk to him and see what he says.
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On 2/28/2021 at 5:54 PM, Chucktshoes said:
I wonder what it would take to get the IRS involved since it is obvious that according to the letter of the law, the TN Sheriff’s Association is engaged in disallowed activity.
I got jokes today. The government never goes after its own for wrongdoing.
The joke is even more funny in this political climate. If the Sherriff's Association was advocating something pro-gun, I'm sure they would be dealt with swiftly. If it fits their agenda though, the federal government is more than happy to look the other way. Bottom line is, expect zero help from any federal agency, no matter how outrageous the infraction.
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23 hours ago, battleop said:
I've gone through the class and permit process in Tennessee twice after moving out of state and then back. Both times I took the class there was more than one person who had never owned or even shot a gun before they took the class. Second time around there were three who had to rent a gun because they didn't own one and they were not sure if they would ever buy a gun. WTF?
That is insane.
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Back in the day, I would talk to several stations in West Nashville from Dickson on CB. I was running a 40' tower and 600 watts though.
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On 2/28/2021 at 1:41 PM, Grayfox54 said:
I remember raising chickens from my time on my Grandparent's farms as a kid. They're stupid, noisy, nasty, poop on everything and stink. Plus they tend to attract just about every predator in the area. Everything from house cats to coyotes.
I've known a bunch of people who've tried raising them. They end up giving away most of the eggs and quitting all together in a short time.
OTOH, some folks seem to really like it. Just be sure if you want to try.
Roosters are the only ones that are noisy. I've never had a smell problem, but my pen isn't overcrowded and I keep the coop clean. They do tend to poop on everything and attract predators, but if you keep them in a good pen that isn't a problem.
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I had game chickens for years, just left to run wild here at the farm. I figured maybe it would help with ticks, but didn't really see any effect.
Last year, my daughter did the 4H chicken project. These were black sex links. Great chickens, they will almost do 1 egg a day each. They are going on a year old and are still laying good.
If you can keep the predators away, you can't hardly kill a chicken. Predators will ruin your day though, and chickens are pretty low on the food chain. Keep them penned up and you should be fine.
One more thing, don't buy "pit run" chickens, whatever breed you go with. If you do you'll wind up with about half roosters, and unless you are wanting to hatch some eggs, roosters can be a problem. We have 1 rooster, because my daughter thought we needed one, and it's one too many.
I guess like most everywhere, it depends on how what you are carrying becomes an issue.
have a safe trip!
"Kyle's Law" Bill Filed for Reimbursement in Self-Defense Cases
in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
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I love the idea but I think it’s DOA. I hope not but I think he’s praising Kyle a little too much.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he was proven not guilty, and I do consider him a hero, but the general public has a hard time going beyond a not guilty verdict.