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I just dropped by another gun forum that I used to visit and was instantly reminded why I quit going there. Thanks for not being "that place" TGO.

http://www.votervoic...V_CULTURE=en-us If you follow the instructions on the page, the above link will automatically e-mail every House member and every State Senator. Please take the time to change up the subject line and body of the message slightly, or the "spam" filter will keep it from being delivered. The crucial time for this is the next two days, if these bills do not get on the floor by Wednesday, they will fail for this session. We still have a decent chance to move these to the floors of the respective chambers, as there has been a lot of pressure brought to bear on House and Senate Leadership regarding the issue. A last big push is needed to show them that we are paying attention. I appreciate so much TGO David allowing me to put this up!

I know this doesn't help but this is a prime example why things would be better for everyone if there were no apartments or condos. This often turns into a huge domestic for the police to have to come out and handle when the real problem is that people are living too close together.

I think the neighbor had a point. If the conversation that you posted was verbatim I believe you came off as confrontational and she took it that you were challenging her and she meant to stand her ground. Knocking on the wall might be appropriate if you already know your neighbor but I think that it is rude to do that to someone that you don't know. Why not go over and introduce yourself, at least act like you are a friendly person, something like "Hi, my name is Chris, I live next door, how are you tonight?... Well I was trying to watch a movie with my family and I'm having a hard time hearing my TV over yours. Do you think maybe you could turn it down a little bit?" If you make the approach as a friendly neighbor instead of the excessive noise police you may get better results. If you don't want to get to know your neighbors that's fine, but don't expect them to go out of their way to please you? Honey attracts more flies than vinegar.

I recently joined myself. I always like handguns and the only long guns I had were for hunting. I couldn't understand why someone would want to shoot one all the time. Well, I got bit myself and bought one last week of February. I bought a lowly DPMS that usually gets made fun of, but I love it. I put 100 rnds of factory thru it and about 2500 reloads in less than 2 months. They put those little hanging gongs up at Gallatin Gun Club yesterday at 100, 200 and 300 yards. With iron sights I hit the 100 yd gong 42 times in a row. It's SO addictive! I swore I'd never own a black rifle. Then I swore I'd keep it simlpe and not deck it out. Now I want to put a scope on it and reach out and touch that 300 yd gong and make it a tacticool, Paul Blart Mall Ninja, SHTF, zombie killin' machine. LOL! Brad

This approach was considered early this year and last year. It has some merit but allow me to play Devil's advocate for a minute. Suppose your boss suspects you to have stolen some company property and placed it in your car. Right or wrong, he can call law enforcement. Let's also say a fellow employee will support his claim and say you put the property in your car. Now there is probable cause for LAW ENFORCEMENT to search your car. So let's also say, (because you did not in fact commit the theft) the item searched for was not found. However, in the course of the search, it is found that you have a firearm in the car. Law enforcement will not care about the gun as long as you possess it legallly and have a permit. BUT your boss now KNOWS and even though it was not the object of the search, you will still be toast. The only way for something of that nature to work would be a law that prohibited an employer from making vehicle searches a term of employement so you could refuse to allow a search without loosing your job. Second, the employer or any of his representatives or persons acting on his behalf would have to be prohibited from being present during a search conducted by law enforcement and then law enforcement could ONLY report whether the object of the search WAS or WAS NOT found. Anything else found in the course of the search, provided it is legal, could not be reported. NEXT, if by some way the presence of a firearm was found out by your employer when it was NOT the object of the search AND your employer took ANY action relative to items found in your car, then the employee would have legal recourse against the employer. But I kind of doubt that if we can't get a parking lot bill passed, a law like this would never pass either. Second, as far as I am concerned, HCP holders have LONG SINCE proven their trust worthiness. The time for that has passed. We are approaching 20 years of Handgun Carry Permits in Tennessee. How long should we have to wait to be considered vetted.

my pull quote to Lt Gov Ramsey "I understand some people are just not comfortable with firearms and I respect that. But common sense tells me that if someone was going to commit a gun crime, there are no laws that prevents moral corruption but currently in our state, there are laws that prevent proven responsible State of Tennessee Citizens from exercising their constitutional right to defend themselves. There really is no difference between leaving a legally owned fire arm in my home or in my car. If I someone who wants to do ill will towards another they will do it despite law. "

This was one take. I did it once before we shot so that my buddy knew what I was trying to do. I just realized that you couldn't completely see the hammer strut. I'll try this again one day with a real camera instead of my phone.

Yes, about 3 years ago; no longer required. But the prints weren't checked against a database in real time or anything for gun purchase approval even then. I don't know about your friend's story, but I suspect you didn't get an accurate description of whatever transpired. There surely can't be an FFL in TN that stoopid, even in Fayetteville. - OS

Heck just make it belt fed