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For the record I think seat belt laws and helmet laws are beyond stupid. If you choose to not wear a seat belt or a helmet that's on you, you hurt no one other than your self and your family if something happens to you. I also wear my seat belt every time I am in my truck or any other vehicle, not because it's the law but I understand a little bit of the physics of the situation.

Have you shot it yet? Is there something you don’t like about it? Rather than mods, I’m the type of guy to recommend ammo and practice.

The quite common practice of using traffic enforcement as a means of backdoor taxation is one of my biggest beefs with modern policing. It has naught to do with public safety and everything to do with revenue generation. Using police in this manner effectively turns them into the highwayman of yore holding up motorists at gunpoint telling them to stand and deliver their money or their lives. It’s disgusting.

I have accidentally ignored a bunch of them. Never know when I may accidentally ignore them again. This is a good law. I will obey it.

A federal ban on bump stocks has gone into effect today, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Issued by the United States Justice Department in December, the rule decided that existing prohibitions against fully automatic weapons also covered bump stocks. Those in possession of the attachments were given 90 days to turn them in or destroy them. That period ended yesterday, March 25th. If you are now found in possession of a bump stock you may face the same penalties as anyone found illegally in possession of a non-registered, non-transferable machine gun. Namely, you can be punished by fines and up to ten (10) years in prison per count. Unlike transferable machine guns sold to civilians prior to May 19, 1986, which may still legally be bought and sold by private individuals on the secondary market so long as all National Firearms Act rules are followed and the requisite Federal taxes paid (aka Tax Stamps), bump stocks owned prior to March 26, 2019, are not being grandfathered in. Private individuals may not continue to possess them and are required to have previously surrendered them to the BATFE or permanently destroy them according to guidelines provided by the BATFE. Those guidelines can be found at the following link, and an attachment of the document (current as of 03/26/2019) is also attached to this post. https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/bump-stocks/how-to-destroy We here at TGO HQ are, of course, dismayed by the way that this has developed and hope that rational, calmer minds prevail and that the US Supreme Court will strike down this ruling as the gross overreach of power that it is. Until that happens, continuing to possess one of these items is of course done at your own risk. If you have further information that you feel should be included in this thread, send me a Private Message and I will add it - subject to review. bump_fire_stocks_and_devices_destruction_diagram_12-27-18.pdf

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/bill-would-grant-forgiveness-to-people-who-accidentally-ignore-no-firearms-signs-at-businesses

The man at Red Cent Custom Leather wasn't happy with the quality of the leather on the black holster so he sent me another free of charge. I asked him for this holster with an integral magazine pouch. It is canted, sets up high and tight. Now if I can just get my P-365 broke in...……...

This Gen 5 finish is a little more slicker to the feel than the older frying pan finish. I can grab the serrations and rack the slide just as good as my older Gen 3 . I've been carrying my work G17 Gen 5 since December of 2017. So far no major scuffs or scratches. So far it may end up being almost as tough as the frying pan finish. But grabbing it on the places other than the serrations , it's slick.

I have had Colt, Sig, STI, Remington 1911s. I now have a Dan Wesson. Should have started there, wouldn't have needed to go through the time and trouble with the others.

Full disclosure: I do have a lead foot, but most of my observations were watching other cases in court. Yes, case law states that the officer first has to testify that he/she judged that the vehicle was speeding: however, they can only testify to that and the RADAR gun has to be proven to register the true speed of the vehicle +/- 1 MPH. That's where testing its calibration before and after the charge comes in. The gun must be proven to be operating properly before AND after the incident to demonstrate that it was operating properly during the incident. Where that might be different is where the jurisdiction's laws do not require a specific reading, (California is an example of that and don't know about Tennessee since I wasn't a cop here). But you also have to show that the officer was operating the gun correctly, and that there was no false reading. Operating the gun correctly involves several things with the major one's being that you performed the calibration tests properly, that the suspect vehicle was the closest to you with no larger vehicles behind it, you tracked the vehicle through the cone, and that you had the audio for the counter on. That last one is the most ignored by LEO's and is the ONLY way you can determine a true reading from a false reading. The problem is that the audio sounds like a cross between a plane landing on your head and the scratching of a chalkboard with fingernails so most LEOs turn it off. To Bedford County's credit, before court I pointed out to the prosecutor that the Trooper did not track me through the cone because I saw the hood of his car dive sharply to slow down to turn around. I told him that I was a RADAR instructor to qualify my statement. The prosecutor went to the Trooper and my ticket was dropped.

If you are only going to have one 1911, then get one with the prancing pony on the slide. I bought a Colt 1911 about ten years ago for less than $700. The first few magazines had some failures to eject but the next 1000 or so rounds have been flawless. NOTE: I am in no way an expert on 1911s. I only own one and I wanted a Colt.

Well, I would like to believe that I had something to do with change there. Smyrna used to love sitting between a chain-link fence and the railroad tracks while aiming their RADAR guns down Lowry Street towards the bridge that passes Sam Ridley over Lowry. From where they sit there are steel chain-link fence, metal railroad tracks, power lines, steel spanner beams, and steel reinforced concrete. All of those items vibrate just like the tuning forks used to test the RADAR gun except NOT at pre-calibrated speeds and giving false readings. The Chief of Police was in the courtroom and was obviously alarmed at all of the points that I was bringing up to the judge. From that point on I've NEVER seen Smyrna police running RADAR at that location again. So maybe I took one for the team to make things better for others going through that particular speed trap? BTW: The judge's response to all of these points was "I don't care, you're guilty!"

You are a good citizen.

We complain about more pro 2A legislation not getting passed (and often for good reason what good is a pro gun majority if you don't pass any pro gun bills?) .....but keep in mind that it could be far worse. We could put the OTHER guys in charge and have to be constantly fighting to keep ANTI 2A from getting passed. So I'll take the underachieving pro gun majority over ANY kind of anti gun majority.... Having said that...the signage law needs to go away .....It only penalizes people who are likely to follow the law anyway. Of course they could make the poster of the property civilly liable if a violent crime happens and people are injured. If you don't let me carry my legally owned and carried gun in your establishment and your establishment gets shot up then I and everyone else should be able to sue you for disarming us and not providing protection. Pretty simple.

We didn’t have Tasers when I was a cop. (Ah, the fun I could have had). But this is the second video I have seen where a cop grabbed their gun instead of their taser. I would think that an officer would have their taser on their weak side so it would be different movements than grabbing their gun. The guy was looking for trouble and attacked the Officer. Too bad that young Officer made that mistake. As far as seatbelts go… I was a cop when they passed the seatbelt law. I didn’t wear mine, never stopped a car for it and never wrote a ticket for it. My guess is he had another reason for wanting to stop that vehicle and the seatbelt was just the PC for a stop. But that’s just a WAG.

That’s what they did to me. They told me Illinois was showing a disqualifying charge, but they weren’t allowed to tell me what it was. So I told them it was an arrest over 20 years ago in Illinois for having a gun in my car, it was dismissed, and it was a misdemeanor. They said they don’t know that; it could be a felony in Tennessee. They didn’t say anything about the problem being that it didn’t show a disposition. It was the ATF that told me that; and told me how to fix it.

I hope this bill passes. I would make an effort to accidentally ignore every no firearms sign I see.

I know how to make those too.

I wear my seatbelt every time I get in a vehicle. That being said, if you do not want to wear one , I don't have a problem with it. I worked as a police officer for a couple of years about 40 years ago. I believe if we had seat belt laws back then, I would have probably ignored most violations. I feel today the seatbelt violation is often used simply as probable cause to stop a car for which you really have no probable cause. Something about that vehicle just doesn't look right. You stop him for a seatbelt violation and then look for something else.

I was was starring at my screen all day like....

I just like things to be as simple as they can be and with pistols , as smooth sided as they can. I want the sides to but less "busy" without levers and such. My work place went over to the Gen 5 a year ago and so far so good. I like the Gen 5 but for my personal Gen 5 I like it all except the dual slide stop levers. I guess it's just a "quirk" of mine.

There it is. Perfect example. Wear your seatbelt for safety and if you don't we are prepared to kill you to make sure you do. Haha. The absurdity of it.

My intent was just to reply name her Blue, regardless of the conversation.

It's a shame this happened in the first place the way it did...but it's even a bigger slap in the face that they were not "buying back" the stocks. It's a shame.

I was wondering if anyone read those status updates as the day progressed.

Just in case anyone needs to know. When you have a record expunged in Tennessee, the state MAILS the orders to TBI and they have up to 60 days to remove it. The mailing process is slow, as we found out. My husband called them on Wednesday to ask how long and was told that if the state had FAXED it, it would have been removed in hours. He told them he had a copy of the orders and could he fax and was told yes. He faxed them at 4:15pm with a cover sheet with his name and phone number. Then on Thursday morning he got a call at 8:15am and was informed that they got the fax and removed it. He asked about the FBI and was told they removed it the same day the state does! We wasn't sure, so he decided to wait 24 hours. Friday morning, he went to Academy Sports, picked out a Glock g43x and submitted the paperwork for the nics check. 15 minutes later he legally purchased his first handgun and skipped off out of the store grinning from ear to ear! Once in the truck, he scheduled his ccw class for this morning. Needless to say, after having a felony since he was 20 years old, 30 years later and he is no longer a felon. Thank you all for your interest and feedback. I hope this helps anyone in the same situation. The attorney we used is Daniel Horwitz in Nashville. Highly recommended.

I hope you and everyone else takes note that it is a republican driving this bill.

I use a secure holster with a thumb break so I can do back flips on the dance floor when I'm out clubbing.

Exactly. A regular 2D printer would suffice.

Now why would we want to 3d print his brain??

I know way more about your brain than you show on this site