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Some sage words from my long gone over the sunset hill irish granny....   ".... Foolish people do foolish things...".  Don't be drawn down to their level, no matter the provocation (...the bad drivin phillistine harlot...)... I never engage in shouting matches with anyone except my dear wife; and i usually loose them...   Don't banter words with a fool (... the kid...); calmly tell him to get out of your face and walk away... Don't let your kids see you turn from their dad  whom they love dearly to a hoodlum (...as defined by society, and not necessarily right...) over some "in a hurry" b**ch and a foolish bratty kid... I bet everyone would calm down if ya called for the local security officer....   leroy

I know you want to hear that you would be justified in protecting yourself, and if that were the case you would be. However, when I responded to these types of situations I needed to determine was this mutual combat or an attack. To do that I had to talk with both people involved and the witnesses. What would the witnesses have seen? You throwing the first punch? Your situation is like a rage road incident; two willing participants. Chances are good one or both of you would have been arrested, had you pulled a gun or some other type weapon you almost certainly would have been arrested. You would have then let you attorney make your case to the DA or in court. At a high school football game or a Hockey game Police actions will be swift to remove the drama. There won’t be a lot of standing around and interviewing people unless a weapon is pulled or someone is seriously injured. I would have ignored him and walked away. If he attacked me I would have had to deal with that.   You have a responsibility to take care of your family. Going to jail or spending your family’s money on lawyers is not in the best interest of the people who depend on you.

My all time favorite bumper sticker: "Welcome to the South, now go home."

1 - shouting at or verbally arguing with a reckless driver isn't going to change their behavior one bit. Might make you feel better but it can only lead to trouble. If the situation was truly dangerous and you or others narrowly escaped serious harm, you should have just called the police. And especially because there's always some police present at every high school football game. 2 - squaring off and proceeding to verbally argue or debate with one or more adversarial strangers, kids or otherwise, is just as wrong and pointless as #1. You just ignore them and walk away, avoiding the altercation, and only escalate to self defense if you are pursued to the point of having no practical way out or if the pursuers place you or your loved ones in fear of imminent bodily harm or death. If it were me I would have shook my head silently at the unsafe driver, saying nothing, or at most reporting it to local police or security. And if confronted by someone later I'd just dismiss them as unimportant and walk away. Life's too short and my desire to enjoy the game safely with my family and avoid any physical or legal trouble would far outweigh any desire to confront or scold bad drivers and overzealous defenders. Probably not what you wanted to hear but that's my $0.02.

Considering that over 1/3 of US homes have firearms, I hardly think knowledge of one existing in a home based on a sign indicating the resident's willingness to use violence would embolden a person to target that house. I would say it is more likely that a person would be deterred by a sign which suggest the occupants are willing to kill intruders. Nothing is 100%, of course. Just like putting a security alarm sign in your yard won't deter 100%, doesn't mean it isn't effective. Of course it is. The whole point of taking active measures to deter crime is to appear a harder target than your neighbors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Volunteer Shooting Sports new Spotlight Series is out with Episode 1.  Meet Sydney Rockwell, a jr competitive shooter that is rapidly advancing.   http://youtu.be/iKHBrIq_Z8o

  Yup. I "prefer" having my XD Subbie with 13+1, but since I have to more discreet than IWB some of the time, the Kahr PM9 has been in my pocket daily for about 4 years now.   I could carry the XD majority of time really, but I'm a creature of habit, don't like to have to think about wardrobe each day, and the Kahr hides in everything I wear, even the occasional dress pants. And though the XD ain't bad at all in my nice TT Gunleather rig, still can't compare to the comfort of pocket carry with the Kahr in a StellarRigs kydex, especially with all the walking I do.   - OS

I'm pretty sure the operation of the sp/gp/srh is identical. After removing the grips, this is the next step for disassembly. Cock the hammer and the hammer strut will travel down. You should see a hole drilled in the strut. Insert mystery pin here. Pull trigger/ ride hammer forward, pin will catch on the mainspring strut. You can now remove the hammer strut subassembly.

  except for black snakes.  I give them a pass.

The NRA has zero interest in having the NFA repealed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  this should be the standard answer when people ask how it is living in TN.   I always laugh when there is the thread about someone from Maryland or Pennsylvania or whereever thinking of moving to TN.  They ask how Murfreesboro is, or we are looking at Brentwood,  or thinking of buying property on Norris Lake or west Knox.   Then the answers come in about how great the place is and how much the new guy and his family would love it.   Why encourage people to come here?   LOL   My standard answer is that this place is awful and I am trying my best to figure a way to move out.

My uncle has one like this on the gate to his property. Before he put it up, he had to shoot a guy a bunch of times to get the point across. Now he has a sign. He hasn't had to shoot any intruders for about 20 years. Maybe the sign is working? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I understand and realize the best course of action would have been to mind my own business but....I'm done with minding my own business.  If you're acting a fool and being stupid and it is affecting me, I'm going to call you out on it.   I firmly believe that stupidity and foolishness is becoming so common place in society because society stands by idly and watches from the side lines.  Is it my place to do so, probably not.  I believe it's all of our place to do so.   Think of this.  You're at he the hockey game.  Fellow spectator is yelling and screaming profanities at every play and person he sees.  You can tell everyone is annoyed to no end.  Security isn't doing anything about it.  So one guy in the crowd stands up and tells this guy to tone it down and keep it civil.  Everyone cheers this guy for doing so because he just did what everyone else was wanting to do but didn't have the guts to do.     If no one stands up to idiots when they are doing something that is detrimental to others around them, then who will?  The cops?  No offense but how reliable are they and where are they when you truly need one.  Society needs to police its own when it's something that can be handled without police intervention.  So many people rely on the cops to save them when all they need to do is start standing up for what they know is right.     Idiots prevail because good men no longer call them stupid.

  ???   It's a quite traditional kukri, used for both utility and combat. Apparently old enough to likely have been made in the original region of heritage.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukri   You know many local blacksmiths or farriers that learned their trade in sight of the Himalayas?  :)   You can still get kukris made in Nepal, btw, this importer seems one of the best rated:   http://www.himalayan-imports.com/   - OS

They disrespect the South, make fun of us, call us names......until they need soldiers to fight their wars.

Not to hijack your thread but this kind of fits -Dusty-

to hope that most people will believe this tripe? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/07/why-the-south-is-the-worst-place-to-live-in-the-u-s-in-10-charts/?tid=pm_business_pop i use to want to correct the misconceptions of the south from people who did not know any better. this article would have made my blood boil. these days i find myself hoping more will continue in their ignorance and stay away from the south. today, this article makes me smile. is that attitude wrong?

And imagine the innovation that will come when anyone can experiment with silencer designs. We are using technology that hasn't changed in over 100 years.

Yeah I agree, I put him back outside though. Didn't feel like he needed to be in the kitchen...

I thought I would share my experience at Bud's today. My friend is getting married tomorrow so myself and our other friend threw him a bunch of cash to go purchase his first firearm.    We thought Buds would offer the best selection and I knew their prices would be competitive.    The store is amazing. The selection is fantastic and the prices were right where I expected them to be. My friend ended up buying a XD 9 Bi-tone for $469(maybe $479). Springfield is still giving away 3 free magazines so it was a hell of a deal. They also provided a free 30 minute range pass which we used.    The employees were very friendly and helpful. I warned my friend that gunshop employees can sometimes be full of crap but we didn't have that issue today. One clerk did try to push the Taurus but we quickly dismissed it and moved on.   The range is the nicest indoor range I have ever seen but it is overpriced. I wouldn't go back there to shoot. Their ammo prices were high but not stupid high(Bass Pro, Gander etc).   They had a crate full of Mosins for $119 I think. They had a really nice selection of 1911's and knives.   Overall it is a damn fine store and I'll definitely go back. 

Used one on my .243 last year for yotes. I had the 870 in my hands for close work, and the 243 was at the ready on the bipod. Convienient way of keeping it out of the dirt more than anything

Spent 3 hours today making .40 ammo and listening to Dream Theater. Listened to most of Images and Words, the 20th anniversary live album, Octavarium, and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. It's amazing how much ammo you can make during just one song... when it's 42 minutes long! :-D

Sometimes in my opinion a the best safe is a good hidding place unless you are looking for fire protection too. Before I had a big safe for my guns I would put my pistols in their boxes and put them in the return air vent behind the filter. There are so many ways to hide stuff in your home where nobody will ever think to look. But you don't get the fire protection though.

This guy does amazing work, I've never seen anything that is basically two different paintings on normal light and under black light on this scale before.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnDci10eRTQ

I own both must say though that I only mod the Glock trigger - the Kahr has that smooth even pull. I personally think the Kahr would be perfect if it was just a tad shorter.

He is a good guy. I have talked to him in the past and he has always been honest with me.   He was the one who is suing on behalf of those who were approved to make a MG but later had the permission retracted.   Personally ownership of inanimate objects should not be regulated at all. What should be regulated is the person owning the item. That is if I can legally own a single shot 22 I should be able to legally own a 50 BMG machine gun in the same manner. If I want to own a tank, hand grenades or a fighter jet I should be able to if I can own a 22 and if I can afford it.

I saw one like that one time in my backyard. It was crawling across my shoulder. I ran into a tree and was out cold for about 5 minutes...... :stare:

We have a boxer that is absolutely wonderful with my 2 kids. Loves to go running with my wife, hiking, in state parks and just be any place we are. We actually adopted him from TGO, but we're thinking of getting our next one from the Midddle Tennessee Boxer Rescue.

Ha, I read through this whole thing and was like, "he'd raise more money if he used a site like GoFundMe to gather donations." Then I see it at the top of the post.... DOH! Thanks for sharing this. It's up to 10k right now with only 67 donors on the first day. While this might be a pipe dream, I think it is always productive to challenge the system when it's jacked up, win or lose. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Don't think so...eye pattern is wrong.  Hogna lenta.

Welcome! I enjoy culinary with a Tennessee touch! Sent barefoot from the hills of Tennessee

My kids are on Fall break, and I took off 3 days this week from work, so my two older boys (age 10 and 9) and I were suppose to have gone squirrel hunting and target practice yesterday (Thursday) on a my uncle's farm up in Sevier Co.   My father was under the weather, so I scrubbed the idea.  The kids were disappointed.  Then an idea popped in my head, heck, just take the boys and some guns down to the local indoor shooting range.  I shoot there often, never seen any kids, and honestly never considered taking my own there.  Its dirty, poor lighting, and sometimes busy.  Its only $5.    When we got there, no one was on the range.  :pleased:   After the boys were given a quick dos and donts on the range, and after they stopped playing with the target switch on the panel :rant:, we started off shooting an Anschutz 1450 (youth 22LR) with a 5 shot mag and with a hunting scope.  I made a competition between the three of us.  That was a blast.  Next up, they wanted to shoot some handguns, I brought a Glock 17, Sig P228 and Glock 20.  I hadn't shot the 20 in sometime, and I wanted to try some reloads that I worked up.  No the boys did not even try.  In fact, after shooting the 22LR rifle for 30 min, they were gun shy to try the 17 and 228, so I ended up shooting those, but heck, it was fun anyway.  I wished I had brought some 22LR pistols.  Then we moved on to the Colt M4.  Dang it, my Eotech batteries were dead, and I had no extras with me.  We shot a partial mag only, that was fun.  Then I had one more gun to shoot, it was 410 O/U that my oldest son had been given, so we shot that a couple of times, and this gun sure does kick harder than I expected for a 410.  So much so, my son complained in a good way, and the stories of how his gun kicked like a mule, should say kick like a goat since it was 410, were born, and I think he told 5 people later that day.    After we ran through the guns, we went back to the Anschutz and finished out another box of 50 rounds.  After we were done, I asked the boys if they had fun, and got the group "yes".  What really made my day, several hours after our trip, my oldest son asked what we were doing tomorrow, and I said I don't know why, fishing, hiking, or something, he said because I want to go back shooting, and Dad can you bring a 22LR pistol this time?  :woohoo:  So unless the wife has a plan, I am taking the boys back to the same indoor range, and we are going to shoot 22LR pistols, and I am bringing another set of 22LR rifles, with open sights!    Just like that Trace Adkins song, "She Thinks We Are Fishing", my boys think we went shooting yesterday, what really happened, the boys made great memories by spending a day with Dad, Guns, Bullets, Smoke, and little lead, what a unforgettable memory was created in their noggins!  Men spend time with your kids!!!!

If I were looking for a Walther it would be a PPQ. If I were looking for something smaller and slim I would get a Kahr PM9. Have both and really like them.

Couple more I thought were funny -Ne Desit Virtus-

I'd like to second the N82 professional.  I carry a G21 gen4 in jeans and cargo pants/shorts.  Provided you have a decent belt, it's far and away the most comfortable IWB I've ever worn - even with a think, heavy gun.  I now own three of them.  The suede back "grips" the shirt and supports the weight of the gun, keeping it in place.  For me, about a 4 o'clock carry works best.  Your mileage may vary.  

Pre court meetings can be a real eye opening experience as well!!   I have a family member going thru a divorce. It is amazing what some will say and do to bleed a man dry.

I think the best I ever saw was a friends neighbor who just taped their range target with the center mass full of holes onto the front door. 

Copper mouth cotton head spider! Do I win?   :rofl:

Its a spider, therefore bad. Thats as specific as we need to get.

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s&w model 36.  s&w model 19.  s&w model 29.  all are old school and great shooters. 

The 686 is very Python-ish in it's handling but is lighter than the M-27/M-28. Prior to the introduction of the 686/586 a very popular custom revolver set up was a S&W M-19 with a Colt Python barrel installation, it looked great, was affordable and handled well. IIRC it was called a SMOLT. As much as I love my S&W K & N frames I never took a serious liking to the L frame. I really like the GP-100 though, even though it doesn't;t look as good as a 686 or Python.   I will mention a couple of additional RUGER used gun's to seriously consider. A 4" Security Six or a Speed Six. They are somewhat collectable but still affordable and are the best looking RUGER DA wheel guns ever made.  

I've got a 686 from 20 years ago still by my side, it is the finest firearm I've ever held! From day one to now, it feels like a finely tuned piece of American machinery that just has an awe about it. So that's my vote! Plus S&W stands by them, just sent it in for a perceived rifling chip, they replaced all 6inches of the barrel,put a new firing pin and bushing too. Not a penny out of pocket and was 3 weeks for turnaround. 6 inch barrel makes 100yd shots easy! If you are near Knoxville I'll let you shoot it, you'll never be the same! It is heavy though for everyday carry :)

You could get a great dane, this is our neighbor's 5 month old puppy trying to eat my head a couple of days ago.

Good point. I forget that because to me all dogs are inside animals. The heat of Tennessee is also cruel to a dog.

I have had Dobermans, Shepard’s, Boxers and Samoyeds. All have been great dogs. So here are some thoughts.. As far as guard dogs or the “intimidation” factor; burglars will pass on most houses with large dogs making noise. Home invaders don’t care what kind of dog you have they will be prepared for that when they come through the door, a dog might slow them down for a second, but your protection will be up to you. All my Doberman had to do to be intimidating was show up. That’s good and bad. Good that people that came around the house knew he was there, bad that people were afraid of him. Any dog big or small will alert you when something is going on; best security system ever. Hair… When I had a Samoyed everything I owned had white dog hair in it or on it. Dobermans and Boxers aren’t as bad. Liability and responsibility. You are responsible and liable for the actions of your dog…. Period. Unless someone is breaking into your home or attacking you and your dog bites them; you have problems. If you have a large dog you need a fenced yard that can contain them. Training. You have the right idea in getting training. You need to do it immediately with a new puppy. Dogs are pack animals and they have to know you are the leader. All good trainers will do is teach you how to train your dog; they won’t train it for you. It takes time and work at home. Socialization. Your dog needs to be around other people and dogs. Start this when they are very young. Take them out and about with you. If you love your dog and take care of it, its love for you and your children will be unconditional; this is truly a gift. Good luck with your search.

Whatever kind you like, camo is for the hunter not the deer.

  SilencerCo Sparrow in stainless!!!

+1. You could also use some non refective duct tape (I wouldn't use black though...too much contrast) or even a flat paint if needed. That refelective tape will get a deers attention quick & could ruin a good shot.