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The bad part about the concealed only permit is that possibly there will be states that don't want to deal with it and drop us completely like Minnesota did when Tennessee allowed active military under the age of 21 to get a permit. Instead of simply disallowing those under 21 for reciprocity, they dropped us completely. I just hope other states my not follow their lead because of this stupid carry permit.

First of all, many of the Nashville Republicans should have the middle name RINO. I bet the reason they passed this lousy bill was to hinder efforts to go Constitutional carry like 17 other states have and the Tennessee Firearms Association has been trying to get through for years. The state of North Dakota has already told Tennessee they will not honor the Concealed Carry Only license, only the original Enhanced Carry one. When Tennessee passed concealed carry for military personnel under the age of 21, Minnesota dropped us like a hot potato in lieu of simply denying the lower age carry license. They took the easy way out so they didn't have to deal with having to determine which permit was which. Now it remains to be seen if the other of the 37 states that honor our permit will drop the lesser of the two permits only or drop us completely. Spend the extra money to remove any potential problems the new permit will bring.

Minnesota dropped TN. because TN. now recognizes military below the age of 21 to carry. In stead of discounting the "kids" in its law, Minnesota simply chose to drop TN. completely. It has now become the "People's Republic of Minnesota."

She locked it for an even worse reason than the above. She had to into a gun free zone and leave the gun in her car. She figured if anyone robbed it, the gun would be inoperative and cause no further harm. It is the gun free zone that makes all the reasoning bad. There should be none.

My friend's wife bought a TCP 380 wing. The one with small tabs on the slide to assist in racking. She let my wife give it a try in anticipation of a future purchase. I cleaned it for her, polished the ramp and breech, lubed it and returned it better than before. Yesterday she calls and said she couldn't rack it. The slide only moved about 1/4 inch. I had her bring it over this morning. I played hates trying to get the take down pin out, but eventually it came. I got the slide off and attempted to pull the trigger with no luck. The hammer stayed back. Bout that time my brain kicked in and I looked at her and said, "where is your key?" The look on her face was priceless. The TCP is one of the few semi-autos that can be locked inoperative as a safety measure. She sheepishly reached in her purse and produced the repair device. I unlocked it and showed her how to put the gun back together, while all the time she was apologizing and saying how she now recalled locking it. I told her a gun in a locked condition is worse than a paperweight and we both had a good laugh.

Good manners would be protecting those that need protection.  As the military once said, "Don't ask, don't tell."

Just don't understand why they are calling it a metaphor.  It's real man.

As stated before, Tn. is a "carry state" and it is your choice if you want to conceal or open carry   ----   BUT   ---- It is a very good idea to assess the situation before deciding to open carry.   For example, here in East Tennessee where I am, there are a lot of people from other states (me being one of them) that do not have the same carry laws, if any at all, as we do.  The call, "man with a gun" can get you plastered against a wall or the like when a LEO that may not feel the same way about open carry or not even know the law comes on board.  This did happen to a person I know.   Now anyone can jump on the bandwagon and say LAW SUIT in their loudest voice but is it worth it?  That is a choice, but IMHO that would not help anything.   Some may also say, "we should educate the public".  I have also heard that before.  I guess if you want to go on a self education program, again, it is another choice.   We don't have a group as active as the VCDL (Virgina Citizen's Defense League) where people come from all over the state in numbers and go to places open carrying to show the population that the man with a gun is not a terrorist and will in fact help little old ladies across the street.   I have heard that west of Nasville and somewhat east of Memphis, it is not uncomon for someone to be seen open carrying.  That is a geographical condition or conditioning.   I do not open carry but I also don't kill myself to hide my firearm either.  I have an outside the waistband holster for my Springfield XDS 45 that I cover with a "T" shirt and I have never been questioned so far.  If I do, I will simply say it is my "HELL PHONE". :rofl:

When I discuss this subject with others, they ask.  "Has it come to this that teachers should be armed" and I simply say yes it has and as soon as more people recognize that fact, something may then get done.   Arm the teachers that WANT to be armed.  Give them tactical training.  If a bad guy comes in the north end of the school and the SRO is at the south end, that will do no good what so ever.  If a bad guy comes into a classroom, let him deal with an armed teacher that is right there on the scene to protect his or her classroom and most likely those around them.

I lived in the NY / NJ area and talked to a number of LEO's there. They all said that a gun bust was a good bust for their record and it usually held up under most all circumstances. That being said, discretion may be thought of as a bit of a reach. I would suspect that a LEO that let someone go and was later found out he or she did, would be in near as much trouble as the poor unsuspecting victim that brought the gun there in the first place. Yes, we should know the gun laws of the state we are going to but with so many people getting permits these days, and unfortunately many of them are not nearly as interested in guns as we are, the margin for error is ever increasing. This makes it bad for those of us that keep up with things due to the media coverage and how they love crap like this.

There are probably more guns being carried in NYC than in most other places in the country. Septin' they are all illegal.

If you were out in the street and you left the hockey stick at home but you had a"goalie cup" with you, would it have been different? I feel that showing the kids a firearm while they were in the house and maybe even sinking a shot into the floor to make sure they were wide awake (IF YOU HAD TO), would probably have changed their mind real quick. Remember, in many states, mine included, the castle doctrine would have avoided a brandishing or discharge problem. They are in your house or in this case a relative that you have the right to defend. I too, would not like to shoot a bunch of stupid kids for doing something even more stupid but I may have second thoughts about confronting 4 of them with a hockey stick as my only source of protection. I am well past the stage of hand to hand stuff with teenage kids. Packing at home +1

Home invasion can take place anytime, anyplace, anywhere. Just think if it happened to you and you had the opportunity to stop it if you were just packin'. Could you live with yourself if you lived through it?