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I had surgery yesterday to repair my ring finger on my left hand. Doctors call it trigger finger, a knot on the leader where it goes through the guide. A simple procedure, no big deal. I was afraid I would have to put it off after coming down with covid but I recovered in time. The stress of worry has been very trying. My step son lost his father last week from complications of the same lung ailments I have. He didn't have covid but I have no doubt that it will be recorded that he did. I don't doubt many have died from this virus but it has been blown way out of proportion. Add in the anger and tears from the abandoning of Afghanistan, worry that I will lose my job for not getting the jab. How am I not crazy you ask? I have a good wife and an all powerful God that love me through thick and thin. And a bunch of friends most of whom I've never met in person here that make me laugh and yell daily. Thank you God and thank you friends.

Got 36yrs as a Pipe Welder, started when I was 18 working with my father doing Pipeline Maintenance on high pressure Natural Gas Lines in PA were I was raised. The last job I worked with him was a 36" line that stretched 68mi on our part, the rest went down into WVA. to a pumping station. I got out of that line of work for a little while. Moved here to TN and started welding for the Pipefitters Local 572 in Nashville, did that up until a year ago. I went in the hospital for some basic stents, but that turned out to me having heart surgery. Well 5 bypasses later while I was getting ready for the bypass surgery, I got digonased with stage 4 Colon and Liver Cancer. Been almost a year on Chemotherapy Treatments and they seem to be working. I had to take a disability retirement early (I'm 55yrs old) they gave me a 5yr window so hopefully I can beat this. But I can tell you this I enjoy being retired, just not this way but I don't miss crawling around in the dirt, or being 200' in the air welding.

Shoot I'm no expert on this. It's a mix of several things if I had to guess. We get way too much from China. We're basically seeing the delayed reaction to the quarantine. On a more local level, the shortage of workers here in the US is causing manufacturing gaps. I've also seen many manufacturers are being delayed because their vendors can't keep up. It just keeps trickling down. There is also really high demand for many products. Americans are doing a ton of online shopping. Another issue I've noticed is that a lot of manufacturers and distribution centers are using buildings that are old. When I worked at Keurig our goal was to produce 100 million kcups every week at a facility that only produced half that when it was designed. That's not a problem unique to them. Most of these companies try to run as lean as possible too. Demanding more and more from people. It only works for so long. People get burned out. A lot of these issues were present before covid and the supply chain was already stressed before this. We've barely been keeping up and covid/quarantine just unmasked the issue. The average truck driver is around 54 years old. It's only gonna get worse.

We buy too much #### from China

WOW. I understand COVID is everyone’s new crutch. It is theft. It is theft crossing state lines. But even better it is theft by fraud, mail fraud. Call your post master for guidance. They have a law enforcement division. Might even get the feds involved (ATF). Or, we can make a road trip. I’m already packed. Just say when. Think you need to post who they are to protect your brothers here. I’m retired and have nothing better to do than email and make phone calls at all times of the day and night. I’m a night owl and am up at some ungodly hours.

30 years with TDOT as an inspector for an engineering field office. I’d get a set of plans, contract, and the low bidder, and we’d go build the road/bridge/whatever. Got my first pension check today.

May God bless you and your family.

The Sheriff said this make take weeks or months to sort out. I'll wait until the facts are in before I hang anybody. Too much confusion on who did or didn't do what. JMHO

Worked as a police officer then a probation officer. I’m still currently employed in the field of public safety with an agency which shall remain nameless. I skipped college to go right into a job to start a career. I thought it was smart to avoid college debt. Admittedly I wonder if I’ve made a mistake taking this path. Low level government salaries have never been that great and money is tight each month. Wish I would have gone to college and got a specialized degree in a high paying career field. Then maybe I would have some hope of a well funded retirement like all you fine folks lol

I work in radiation oncology as a medical dosimetrist. I create treatment plans for people who need radiation therapy treatments.

I am retired USN. I was an Aviation Machinist Mate where I was relegated to turning wrenches on helicopters. I wanted to go fixed wing and in typical Navy fashion never got the opportunity. I retired in 05 and became a Dad in 06 and have been the house husband/stay at home Dad ever since.

I was a Radio Broadcast engineering manager for most of my adult life, with the last 25 years in Nashville. Retired for a couple years now. For the first time in my adult life, I enjoy thunder storms.

10-Ring, these are useful suggestions. Thank you. (Nikiski Dave, your suggestion also has great emotional appeal, but is probably not as workable as 10-Ring's. ) And I do want to prevent my brothers and sisters here from making the same mistake I did. The liar in question is Nik Brasher at Brasher Gunworx in Conroe, TX. He reportedly does beautiful color case hardening and other restoration work, and I've seen photos of some excellent work allegedly done by him. My experience with him is such that I can only wish him an early bankruptcy. I'll begin Operation Give Me Back My Damn Gun and will keep you all posted. Thanks, Whisper

I have a 12 year old daughter who has zero interest in any kind of guns (or anything else I like for that matter) and I have a 17 month old son who is getting to where he is into everything. I think I'll order a safe for the bedside table right now. Most everything is secured in my safe, but I do like to keep a pistol and/or my Shockwave handy.

20+ odd years in the print biz as a computer/technology whiz when I was in NY, then moved here. Have had stints in various trades over the years, at one I acquired a CDL. Before the kung flu I ran produce distribution in the Knox area for a big name you've all heard of... Now I'm working with my neighbor who owns a fire sprinkler company while I hone my stock trading skills. Been a PHUN week!

I'm no lawyer, but in my mind the criminal negligence is leaving a loaded, and probably cocked, gun unlocked AND letting a kid get to it. I have a loaded, unlocked handgun where I can easily reach it, but there are no kids in my house. If I were going to have a kid in the house, I'd put the gun away. Something to consider is how likely is it that a two year old could cock a weapon, could pull the trigger on an un-cocked double-action handgun, or could manipulate the safety of a cocked and loaded semi-automatic. And as Grunt so rightly mentioned, this kind of thing happens far too often. This from a quick on-line search: Criminal negligence is conduct where a person ignores an obvious risk or disregards the life and safety of those around him. Both federal and state courts describe this behavior as a form of recklessness. The negligent person acts significantly different than most people would under similar circumstances. An unfortunate example of this is a parent or guardian leaving a loaded firearm where a small child can get it.

Welder 10 years. Construction laborer 10 years. Heavy equipment operator 10 years. Semi truck, quad axel dump trucks 10 years. Stripper in a Senior Living Center 5 years. Hunting and fishing have taken another 5 years of living. Drinking and chasing woman took its toll.

I’d like to know who you’re dealing with here. I expect everyone else would as well.

Forgive me for this question. On the face of it, I'm sure it's really, really dumb but I just don't understand something. I'm not, in any way trying to justify or forgive what happened in any way, shape or form, I'm simply trying to get some clarification. Which part of this horrific incident is criminal negligence? Leaving the loaded gun unlocked, or letting the kid get to it? I only ask, because I have several loaded & readily accessible firearms in my home (I don't have kids) & to my knowledge, that's legal. I don't know of a law saying that a child cannot legally handle a firearm (I admit, I have no idea about the adult supervision thing) Is it a combination of things? To expound..... if I were to walk into your home, in a bit of a mood. See your condition 1 1911 on the table & think "welp, there's the sign...." & deliberately off myself, would that be a straight up suicide, or criminal negligence on your part? Again, please, I am really not trying to forgive or excuse anyone in this situation, I'm honestly & only trying to figure out at what point, or in what situation several totally legal things combine to become illegal.

ER nurse for 20 years then went into correctional nursing. Loved the ER but got fed up with the politics. Spent more time convincing patients that we are doing an “Excellent “ job instead of actually doing an excellent job. Correctional nursing is way better. Don’t care if they liked their service or the decisions made. Retired now (I think) seem to work harder now then when I was nursing. Farm life and wood working now.

Twenty-Five years in Law Enforcement (retired) then transitioned to another primary occupation that I plan to retire from in about three more years. I have had secondary ventures in auto restoration, construction, fabrication as intense hobbies.

Just passed 10 years in various supply chain/logistics/transportation jobs. 3 weeks ago I started a new job working for one of the nations largest truckload carriers as an account manager. It's a very interesting time to work in transportation. The back up at ports, shippers and customers is quite a mess. Trucking isn't sexy but it's fairly recession proof.

We have a wide range of people on this site. Sometimes I'm surprised at the specialized knowledge that comes out in a post. So I was wondering, what do you do/did for a living? What is/was your job? I'm retired now, but I was a mechanic for 42 years. My specialty was trucks and equipment. I've worked on everything from weed eaters to heavy earth movers. Pick ups, tractor trailers, fire trucks and even garbage trucks. I can cut, weld and work metal and have fabricated a number of special projects in my time. I can fix anything from the break of day to a broken heart. I spent the last 25 years of my career working for the small city I live in and finally retired from there in 2014. So what do you do?

Here’s hoping you beat it!

Electrical Engineer by education. Used that degree to walk across a platform and get the paper. I've done industrial automation, low-voltage wiring plant design and installation, and all manner of IT work from small-shop to mega corporation. These days I manage a bunch of engineers in an information security role who can still remember all of the stuff I've forgotten about or who are infinitely smarter and more talented than I ever was. One of these days I'll figure out a way to kick the cheese habit and then I won't give a damn who's moved it or where.

I worked in plastics for too many years, Several different factory positions until China became the manufacturing place to be. Mechanic at several places then Management at Travel Centers. Worked for a company that builds dump bodies and snow plows as office manager/admin. Now work for a large autoparts distributer as product support specialist. In other words, I've not stayed with anything long enough to get to the top or retire.

Mechanic, 22 years. Ive worked corporately for Nissan and Cummins. I now manage and do training for a national repair chain.

Seriously?????? Fame, money & leftist politics on his side & you're wondering why he isn't arrested? Allow me to suggest you read up on Ted "where'd I park my car?" Kennedy sometime. Not only was he not arrested nor charged, he got re-elected. There's others like that but he tops the list, IMO.

Average age of a trucker is 54, and the average life expectancy is 61. It’s damn sure gonna get worse.

The law says he is responsible. And so, the other excuses really don't matter. They either enforce the law or they don't.

Gotta love Monday morning, armchair quarterbacking, lol. I do it too though. Too many unknowns here to suit me. What’s common sense to us here on a gun board might not be to the Hollywood scene. I’m curious as to the role of the armorer on a movie set. Is there an industry standard? I think charging the armorer might hinge on what her role was and did she criminally deviate from that role. Then also us the budget issues. All accounts speak of a budget film with everything rushed and many safety issues. The one thing clear to me so far is that the one who fired the shot should be charged. All else depends on this or that.

I want to know why Baldwin isn’t in jail.

Currently a safety guy for a state agency that shall remain unnamed. Previously I have worked a series of mostly low paying, but interesting and mostly fulfilling jobs including, heavy equipment operator, explosives handler, professional photographer, and retail loss prevention agent.

And done! Hope this safe doesn't suck!

Manufacturing here 26yrs, now I have a name I can yell out loud when my S#!T doesn't show up on time...

Curious thought exercise... I concur, a loaded and ready firearm is not something to just leave lying around? I would find myself agreeing with the DA that it would constitute negligence on the part of the gun owner.

All manner of roles in financial services, started in '88 All kinds of consumer lending, 20 years in indirect auto. Processing, collections, risk management, sales; basically soup to nuts. Currently lead the business development department for a multi billion dollar organization in the mortgage and title insurance arena. A few tangents along the way: restaurant and catering, residential and commercial moving, residential and commercial flooring installation with wholesale flooring supply.

I play with computers all day or at least what everyone thinks IT people do. Since college I have worked in a mortgage company, sold vacuums door to door, worked in call centers, been the entire IT department for a 67 million dollar construction company for a decade, and now work in the financial sector managing a bunch of different software.

Retired Railroad Locomotive Engineer. When Kentucky falls in, it will be because of all the coal I hauled out from under it.

Dogs. I board & groom them. When I'm not swearing at employees..... In my off time, I also process & butcher deer for folks. I'll take hogs too, both domestic & wild but I'm not a butcher or pro processor. It's just a winter side hustle.

US Army. Retired. tool & die 15 yrs, LEO 8 yrs. Totally retired now . I feel old.

For the last 9 years I’ve been a Senior Electrical Designer for a midsized National electrical engineering firm, designing switchyards and substations for large power distribution companies. Before that I was. Senior Civil Designer, specializing in water and sewer. I’ve also done subdivision and roadway design, been a survey party chief and a draftsman, both on the board and CAD. I have experience in both Microstation and Autocad.

I see a lot of avenues here, though I'm not sure what, if any would be most effective. 1) Send a certified letter demanding the immediate return of your firearm. Explain that if you do not have possession within 10 days you will report the firearm as stolen and/or you will file a civil suit to reclaim your firearm and any legal fees that your incur. I see no reason that this shouldn't be your first step. If the gunsmith is even somewhat reputable he will want to avoid the potential legal hassle that may be coming his way. 2) Report the firearm as stolen, most likely that will need to be done locally as they will likely need to take a report in person. 3) Call the ATF field office that covers the area where the gunsmith is. Be able to provide them with the police report where you have reported the gun stolen. They can help you, the big question is will they be willing to. 4) When you attempt to report the gun as stolen, you may be told that it is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. As you likely do not want to travel to where the gunsmith is, contact an attorney that is local to the area. It may get a little pricey, but you will most likely recoup your expenses through the courts, if the gunsmith, is smart he will want to avoid absorbing your legal expenses, as they will much more than he stood to profit from his work on the gun. 5) Document EVERYTHING. No more phone calls unless they are recorded (no need to inform anyone that the call is being recorded, Tennessee is a one party state, so only one person on the call (you) has to have knowledge that it is a recorded conversation. The one party rule would apply on an interstate call as long as the call is placed from a one party state). Email and text messages are your friend as they are very easy maintain as evidence. GOOD LUCK!

Was the armorer even present during the shooting? Seems like the guns should be locked up when she is not present.

As he should be.

I just took this picture. This is my Italian replica Peacemaker with a round ready to advance to the firing position...

Win 231, have had good luck with it so I stuck with that. 200 to 255 gr. Charge weight runs the gamut between 4 and 4.6 gr, depending on whats getting loaded.

Yup… 6.7 grains of Unique. Standard primers. 230 grain golden sabers. Bucks a bit in the Glock 21. Hits the target hard… I wouldn’t recommend these pills in a 1911. leroy…

My son in law was a county deputy for awhile. He said people shooting after dark or shooting without an adequate back stop can be charged with Reckless Endangerment.