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This makes me want to practice drills in my truck. How quickly can I draw while sitting in my truck, with my seatbelt on. I do have one of those magnet things under the steering wheel, but I don't 100% of the time keep my piece there. Another sad situation!

I solved that problem 20+ years ago, never sell, never trade away. Just add, add some more, add more.............Seriously, when I was in the gun biz, many of men said they wished that had something back, so I listened, and still have all of my early guns, my guns from 10 years ago, and the past.

As a father of 4 sons, two on the cusp of being teenagers, I cannot imagine what the family is going through, the parents, the kids and etc. On the other hand, the pain, the loss, that the innocent people of Gatlinburg have went through and the loss for ever. Sad and tough situation all around.

Bump for 2016! Fox News at 6am had a piece on it and guest. I wonder if any of the Left Networks will?

I didn't know there were others outside Rudolf, Frosty and the Grinch. My house has 4 boys from ages 12-4! The wife is in the same boat as me.

You said you live in Wears Valley (Sevier County), I believe Sevier County is one of the few counties in the state that has a county wide building ordinance to control the building codes, probably why one just simply can't build a rifle range everywhere or even in a cow pasture. I also believe due to your location, not much outdoor rifle ranges exists in East Tennessee without at lest an hour drive somewhere. As far as the NRA, likely in the valley, you are surrounding more by non-native valley goers vs. native. Some of the more recent folk that moved into the valley have brought with them their native thinking. As I near the 1/2 century mark, and being both a lifelong Tennessee resident and a life long gun nut from an early single digit age, to see how Tennessee has changed on guns vs. the nation as a whole, is remarkable. Yes, Tennessee may charge for a concealed carry, and it may take a little red tape (finger prints, class, qualifying) to get a permit, its okay in my book considering for many years like others have said you could not even have a gun in your vehicle not to mention on your person without being a special deputy. You should have been in mid 90s during the the first wave to receive the concealed carry permit. When Concealed carry first began back in the mid 90s, no one cared about the cost and hoops to jump through, we were just happy to have the ability. I personally was in the first group that took the classes, it took >6 mos to get the permit due to the log jam of the number of applicants. BTW, back then the Brady Bill was in full effect, Assault Weapons were in full effect, and Al Gore was still tinkering with the idea of a internet. Welcome to Tennessee, and also as a former fellow Sevier Countian for 30+ years, as long as you check your Yankee ideas & expectations both good and bad at the state border, you will do just fine here in Tennessee. BTW, assume you like the no income tax, cheap property tax on real property, and cheap car tags.

One thing I see missing in the news, where is the looting, where is the chaos, where is the blame the government! No you will not see these things, just people caring for other people. People are hurting and those hurting people are living amongst loving and caring people!

I lived in Sevier county for over 30 years, and have lots of family there. I think my family and extended family are okay. I went through a house fire when I was 20, my parents home. I compare it closely to a death of a family member. Its terrible to go through that experience. The smell, the damage, the loss of personal unreplaceable items. I assume in today's times the homes and structures had insurance, but the real concern I have outside loss of life and injury, what about all of those lost jobs. People who cleaned the cabins, people who worked in the offices, people who worked in maintenance, people who worked in Sales, etc. On the other hand, big boom for construction, clean up, and alike. I assume scammers are heading there in groves as well.

I have a Stealth Cam STC-G42NG that I remember paying around $100 over 18 mos ago. It has been good so far, does goes through the batteries, probably because I keep it on video all of the time. The still pictures are good quality, but boring in comparison to video. The video is HD. I have thought about buying another one, and will buy this same one again.

Here is my Black Friday Report: I have sat in my chair at the PC this morning, and finished my Black Friday deals eating left over pecan pie in my underwear jammies. Whew.................I am glad to report no irregular web site crashes. ;)

I have always had success with Craigslist buying cars, but one must be very vigilant. Before I make any contact, I review the ad very closely from the email to the phone number, description, pricing, where it is located, and always stay away from the to good to be true items. If the email is a yahoo or gmail type email, usually a red flag. If the phone number does not start with one of Tennessee's area codes, red flag. If the picture is taken with a different season than what we are currently in, red flag. If the picture has beach sand or Palm trees in the picture, red flag. If the ad is for an out of state item, or a town not in your Craigslist item list, red flag. Then if the ad passes my initial test, then I make the contact for further vetting, which I vet more. Finally, if all is a go, never go alone for the actual viewing. BTW, my mother in-law sold a $12K truck to someone from Alabama using Craigslist within 24 hours of her listing it in Knoxville's Craiglist. When I heard that someone was driving up from Alabama with cash for the truck, I told her scam, scam, and more scam. One day later, I was eating crow, crow, and more crow.

I hope everyone has a thankful Thanksgiving.

Resurrecting this thread. Academy Sports has these Caldwell Lead Sleds DFT for $99.99 both in store and on-line. I just ordered mine with free shipping, but with TN Sales Tax. The link ad says $109.99, but the shopping cart will show $99.99. Enjoy................. http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/caldwell-lead-sled-dft-shooting-rest#repChildCatid=33496

Are they already at this price? If so, do you recall if they had plenty? I have told the wife she can get me this for Christmas, love to avoid Friday shopping if possible. Actually disregard my question. I went to Academy's website, already marked down to $99 and free shipping. Great deal, and ggwilde by your posting now saves me or the wife from running to Knoxville. What a deal. Academy's direct link for the sled, BTW ad says $99, then once you click on the ad, its $109.99, but in the cart its $99 and free shipping too!: http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/caldwell-lead-sled-dft-shooting-rest#repChildCatid=33496

Back in 1993, the Brady Bill and separately the Assault Weapons ban were enacted. I was an opportunist and cashed in as a new FFL gun shop owner on the fear it sent through people. I enjoyed very good successes, but within 2 years that bubble busted, and my sales dropped over 75%. I couldn't make it! Finished my college degree, and sold the business, and live the 8 to 5 life working professionally for industry. Those were the best years when you can combine a hobby that you love with a business that you run. I met a lot of good people that told hundreds of stories from guns, hunting, to personal sad stories. We didn't have the internet back then, but I enjoyed researching sources for a special gun/part that one of customers were wanting. Man, I miss being in the business at that level. Running a business when it is your sole income taught me a lot that still spills over to this day. The takeaway from my story, I suspect many gun shops have enjoyed a good run. Have made lots of money. If they used that money to pay down debt maybe they will survive. Hopefully they own their site instead of renting. However, I suspect many will fail in the next 1-2 years due to over saturation of the market and no high demand. Supply and Demand principals will always make or break you unless you are flushed with cash.

Maybe I am a panzee, its cold, rainy, wind blowing, but on the bright side both my treestand and hunting blind are <100 yards from the backdoor, so maybe later today. In the meantime, I could always go to Arbys today for a venison sandwich.

My first handgun ever was my 92FS purchased back in 1992 from Wynns in Sevierville. I was inspired by both the US Military and Lethal Weapon. Agree its heavy, but trigger and slide are very smooth. Still have it, and it is still 99%+ in condition.

One more deal, for myself this is the only deal for me next week: (page #24) https://www.theblackfriday.com/academy-sports-black-friday-ad.shtml?page=24

This site is a guns and ammo search engine including black Friday stuff: https://www.slickguns.com/

Friend of mine today showed me this. This is exactly how some of my guns feel now after the election! Probably already posted here already, but deserves its own post. Love it!!!!!!

No joke, I seen more 22LR ammo at my local Walmart last week, than all that I have seen in 3 years (combined). They had many 500 bricks, and 100 stacks.

My penned up needs were satisfied in mid 2013 which carried over till now. For the record, I didn't buy anything. Did you hear that NSA, I didn't buy anything.

Fires in East Tennessee as of 11/7/2016: http://burnsafetn.org/pdfs/2016FallFireMap.pdf Another good resource: http://burnsafetn.org/index.html

Still think this video is one of the bests for educating people on gun safes: Starts at 1:54.

I live in the deep woods of Monroe County. We had a bon fire a couple of weeks ago, was not enjoyable because I was very worried about the embers. Extremely dry here.