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Oh, and a big thumbs up to the doc. Thanks for sharing that story. Wish he'd come practice here!

Agree must I with do you...

You're definitely lucky. After years of light urging, my wife got her HCP about a year ago. I bought her the G26 she picked out. And so far, she hasn't carried one single time.

Yep. It's a non-issue with most of us, but we definitely appeciate the heads-up.

Imagine that. So far, overall job as president, 64% gave him an "F". Only 5.34% gave him an "A".

You're absolutely right. My apologies.

It's still apples and oranges, but, TCA 55-50-301((1) As far as the rest of the debate. You have one HCP. That's it. After it's issued, t's either valid and in your possession or it's suspended / revoked and in the state's possession. The state is only required to issue a permit, meaning one.

Yep. Think of your original "piece of plastic" as sitting in a file cabinet at the TDOS. It still exists, even if it isn't in your possession.

Kinda what I was thinking. I can find 45acp FMJ ammo locally for $19.99 / 50 every now and then, but it's few and far between.

From TCA 39-17-1351 One would argue that since the "shall issue" applies to a handgun carry permit, the fact that you already have one (albeit suspended or revoked) would prevent you from being able to apply for or receive another. And I agree that the DOS is not usually in the habit of yanking HCPs for minor infractions. They are usually bright enough to realize that it wouldn't be worth their time since it's likely to be returned to you if you fight it.

Welcome!

So true! They do drain your energy as well as your wallet, but they are worth every bit of it. Congratulations!

Same here. Only I sold mine to a friend for cost thinking I could pick up another one if the mood hit me.

So true. Everyone has their preferences just like they do with guns, carry ammo, holsters, etc. Not knowing much about reloading convinced me to go with the anniversary kit from Lee. It's less than $100 shipped from many places. It's single stage, so it's slow, but it allows you to get your feet wet in reloading. Other manufacturers make inexpensive single stage presses as well. Then after you've gotten a little experience and know that it is something you enjoy doing, you can move up to one of the progressive presses, become a benefactor, and offer your old single stage in the trading post here and help another poor helpless soul entering into the world of reloading.

Kinda what I figured. You're talking about two chunks of metal and some screws. Just add loctite and as long as it all goes together, what could possibly matter??

I think some Memphis officers might use the same policy

It was one of the MPD ward cars. Wouldn't have believed it had I not seen the ticket. She said that the officer told her to go to court and they'd dismiss it. Seems to be a common practice in Memphis since their judges apparently have a policy of dismissing any ticket that's less than 5 over. The MPD officers also reduce a lot of tickets (ie- you get stopped for 55 in a 40, but they write you for 45 in a 40). I don't have a problem with reducing tickets, but stopping someone, let alone writing them for less than 10 over is ridiculous!

That's him

I believe the Selby you're referring to was MPD. He finally got retired. I say "got retired" because I don't think he was 100% ready to retire. The only well-known Deputy Selby was George Selby who was shot and killed 12/04/2002 while serving a warrant. I never knew him, but have yet to meet anyone with a bad word about him. I don't believe he was related to MPD's Ofc. Selby.

Also, the Lee 50th anniv kit comes with the Lee manual "Modern Reloading". That's a good place to start. Read and re-read everything in it. It'll give you a lot of the knowledge you are looking for. Other brands have manuals as well. You might check with your local library. Many libraries have reloading manuals.

I'm still new to reloading, but so far I have been very pleased with the Lee 50th anniversary kit. It's got about everything you need to start reloading except for your dies set, brass, bullets, powder, and primers.

Forgiven The main difference between the 'burbs and Memphis is that you actually see consistent traffic enforcement in the suburbs. Versus the MPD cops who will spend 15 minutes of their shift in one spot and write the first 3 cars doing anything over the limit so they can have some tickets to turn in. There's no point in writing the cheesy tickets anywhere. All you have to do is wait a minute and somebody will come along at 12+ over the speed limit. When I was a kid, it seemed like everyone knew that you 'better not speed in Bartlett'! Now I can go just about anywhere in the city and find someone hauling butt within just a couple of minutes.

Hey! I resent that. Being assigned to the traffic division, outside of investigations of critical / fatal crashes, we are expected to write tickets. I write, on average, 80 to 100 tickets a month (which is about 4 to 5 a shift or 1 every couple of hours). But, our administration doesn't differentiate between warning tickets and real ones, so I generally tend to turn in 50 to 60 warnings a month and 20 to 30 real ones. They don't care if you generate revenue as long as you can show you're out there working. And another thing I can say is that we don't write bull:poop: tickets like our large municipal neighbor (who actually wrote my next door neighbor for 37 in a 35). I watched a rookie bring a ticket for 40 in a 35 into Judge Marr's courtroom a couple of years ago and I thought the judge was gonna go insane. He made it clear to the officer that he does not often see and did not "expect" to see another ticket in his courtroom for less than 10 over. It all comes down to attitude of the driver. Of course, with me anyway, an NRA or RangeUSA sticker don't hurt...