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Like Pain, I too mainly keep my permit for ease of carrying in other states. If you travel much you might as well get a permit since the government has everyone who participates in online gun forums on the list already.

The uselessness of the TWRA continues. It's a lot easier to give inaccurate information than actually find an answer. Sorry for my rant, I just find this kind of behavior from a government agency extremely frustrating and it is consistent with the majority of interactions I've had with the agency. From the TVA website... Know Before You Go “TVA doesn’t require any special license; you just need a state hunting license,” says High. “But there are federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing hunting, and you need to know and follow them.” You also need to understand hunting safety. Wearing hunter-orange hats and vests helps ensure that you are seen when you’re in the woods—whether you’re hunting or not. “People need to remember that most TVA areas are multi-use areas,” says Brewster. “Hunting is allowed unless otherwise posted, but hikers, horseback riders, and other recreation users may be in the area, too. Also, some undeveloped TVA land is near developed areas. That’s why following the rules and being safety conscious is so important.” Hunting is prohibited on some TVA lands, such as dam reservations, power plant reservations, substations, campgrounds, and day-use areas. Be aware of where you are and what’s around you.

Man, you really need to start processing your own deer. It really can be done with almost no space or tools, depending on what you want to do with it. I did one for a buddy last weekend, probably had 2 hours in the entire thing and half of that was grinding the hind quarters.

When I lived on the East side of our state I found myself in that part of N. Georgia often. Incredible area.

Ah that's one of my bucket list guns and you've posted at a bad time for me. GLWS I think this one will go fast!

Franklin is always $0.50 or so more than Lebanon. I do my best not to fill up there. But gas prices in general frustrate me as I'm sure it does most others. Jumped a quarter per gallon Sunday night everywhere in town. As we deplete our strategic reserve I expect it's about to get much worse.

I've shot several deer with 223 because it's what I had at the time. 50gn Noslers will do the job, but it isn't pretty and I don't recommend it. I've used this set up twice, both in the ear, both dropped in their tracks but did a lot of kicking once down. I didn't care for that. I've also taken deer with 62 and 77gn bullets, boiler room shots that did a good job. You mentioned an AR, provided your barrel has a 1:7 or 1:8 twist rate it will generally do better with a heavier bullet. Might try something along the lines of a 69-77gn JSP. In my opinion and experience there is nothing wrong with using a .223 for deer. You shouldn't be taking marginal shots with any caliber and a well placed shot with a .223 will absolutely do the trick.

I have one identical to this one, I absolutely love it and so does everyone else who shoots it. GLWS!

I killed one a couple of years ago when I caught it trying to drown one of our pet ducks. Figured as might as well cook it up. I read up on how to do so. Cleaning it was easy enough. I boiled the meat, and then fried it like you would most anything else. I took a bite and it was awful, it tasted like garbage. I'd always heard each part of the turtle tastes different so I tried another bite, that one tasted like rotten garbage. I through the rest in the trash and told the wife to pick up some Chik-Fil-A on the way home. I've since been told that you need to catch them live and purge them out for a week or so before killing and cooking. All I know is of all the animals I've killed and cooked, that turtle was by far the worst.

See my reply above, you can absolutely mount optics, you just have to install the plate in place of the rear sight.

I have one that I have added optics to. I had to remove the rear sight and install a mount that fits into the dovetail where the rear sight resided. It was a bit tricky but wasn't too bad of a job.

Depending on the size of the tree that may not be unreasonable. Tree work is expensive when you consider that anyone who is reputable has tons of money tied up in equipment, insurance, etc. Not too mention their skill and knowledge that you are paying for. I nearly got swindled once when I had a tree right next to the house that I didn't trust myself to do. The guy showed up with 3 other questionable looking characters in an Altima. Gave me the right now price, ($900), the next week price ($1,500), and the next month price $4,000) though when I called him I told him I just wanted an estimate. Since the important thing to me was getting the tree on the ground, I got him down to $150 to drop the tree after calling his insurance company and verifying his coverage. I've since used Aaron's Tree Service out of Lebanon for storm damaged trees a couple of times and he's done a great job at a reasonable price. 615-517-6830.

Someone buy this, I absolutely do not need another CZ, but I have this one's sister in 22 mag and I'm having a hard time not buying this one, despite already having 2 457s.

If the SA22 deal falls through with Derf let me know please.

Not concerned for the same reason that I don't watch news or sports, there isn't a damn thing I can do about it to change the outcome.

May be worth mentioning as I refreshed myself on 37-19-13xx and 49-6-xxx last night the wording often used will be "elementary", "secondary", and "institutions of higher education" but did not specially address pre -schools.

There's some rather complicated reading under TCA 39-17-1309. Unfortunately, I think that the short answer is that you are not legal to carry in this scenario. I hope that I am wrong and someone can find information otherwise. 49-6-815. People permitted to possess and carry a firearm on school grounds. (a) Notwithstanding § 39-17-1309 or any other provision of title 39, chapter 17, part 13 to the contrary, the following people are permitted to possess and carry a firearm on the grounds of the school at which they are assigned: (1) A person employed by an LEA as a faculty or staff member at a school within the LEA; or (2) A person assigned to a school in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the chief of the appropriate law enforcement agency and the LEA. (b) In order to possess and carry a firearm on the grounds of the school pursuant to subsection (a), the person must: (1) Be authorized to possess and carry a firearm pursuant to § 39-17-1351; (2) Have the joint written authorization of the director of schools in conjunction with the principal of the school to carry or possess a firearm on school property; and (3) Be a law enforcement officer, or have prior service as a law enforcement officer, as defined in § 39-11-106, and be in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations of the peace officer standards and training (POST) commission, and have successfully completed forty (40) hours in basic training in school policing as required by § 49-6-4217. Any such training shall be approved by the LEA and the cost of the training, firearm and ammunition shall be at the expense of the person seeking authorization and not the LEA. (c) (1) Within ten (10) days after the director of schools has authorized a person to carry or possess a firearm on school property pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2), the director shall notify the chief of the appropriate law enforcement agency of each such authorization. (2) The notification pursuant to this subsection (c) shall contain basic information about each such person including name, address, contact information and whether the person is authorized under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2). (d) The joint written authorization of the director of schools and the principal of the school given pursuant to subdivision (b)(2), the notification transmitted to the chief of the appropriate law enforcement agency pursuant to subdivision (c)(1), the names and contact information of any person authorized to carry or possess a firearm on school property pursuant to subdivision (c)(2), any listing or compilation of names or individual names of persons who are authorized to carry or possess a firearm on school property, whether the director of schools and the principal of the school have or have not issued joint written authorization to carry or possess a firearm on school property, or any other document, file, record, information or material relating to the carrying or possessing of a firearm on school property pursuant to this section that is received by, transmitted to, maintained, stored or compiled by the director of schools, the principal of the school, any LEA, or city, county or municipal law enforcement agency, shall be confidential and not open for public inspection. (e) Nothing in § 49-3-315 shall be construed to require an LEA or a law enforcement agency of the county to assign or provide funding for a school resource officer as defined in § 49-6-4202 to any city school system within that county on the basis of the WFTEADA as defined by § 49-3-302. The providing of security or school resource officers by a sheriff shall be considered a law enforcement function and not a school operation or maintenance purpose that requires the apportionment of funds pursuant to § 49-3-315.

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Out of the 1/2 dozen 22 pistols that I own, the TX is the second cheapest (to a Heritage) and the most fun.

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Kimber gets a lot of hate, but I've been carrying a Micro 9 for about 5 years now and absolutely love it. It's about as close to perfect as I've found for a carry gun and this one is priced very well. GLWS.

If I have to go to the Lebanon Walmart I do my best to dress like I'm homeless. The goal is to get people to offer me food and money instead of asking me for it. I've also told my wife not to go to Walmart after dark but she doesn't listen very well.

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No sir, I have integrity, so I'm ruled out.

Good luck with that. Oh the irony that the government is trying to make something illegal because people use a substance that used to be illegal, but isn't illegal anymore in some places partially because laws were not effective in stopping people from using it.