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I think one should honor one's contracts.   However, like house or car payments, perhaps NFA would refi if you contact them.   - OS

  You paid taxes in MD and NY? ;)   - OS

  It's illegal to possess a loaded firearm in Tennessee, how simple is that? Everything that does allow you do that is a defense, an affirmative defense, or exception to that basic tenet.   As per Worriedman's comment, which often requires lawyers. It is not in the interest of the trial lawyer lobby to have crystal clear laws with no wiggle room.   - OS

Short stroking for the most part, seems. No adjustable gas control for the piston on that model?   - OS

... in package with new handguns is ending in October.   Maryland Ends Ballistics Imaging Program And Provides A Lesson   http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/17/maryland-ends-ballistics-imaging-program-and-provides-a-lesson/   - OS

  There isn't one for "immediate vicinity" of having ammunition near unloaded firearm either, but one can logically assume it would be determined to be quite close.   I'd say it joins the considerable list of things not to worry about. The tennis team shows up, don't watch them from courtside, whatever.   - OS

  Only if you construe "immediate vicinity" to include entire park.   - OS

Ah, thanks, obviously had no idea. - OS

    Though I'd love to see the rants, I'll spare everyone chagrin.   Another satire site. Look at homepage, some pretty funny stuff.   Aaron Hernandez Suspended Three Games Following Murder Conviction   Elizabeth Warren Stunned To Learn Jos. A. Bank Is Not A Bank     - OS

  Point taken, though yeah,  the point is a hmm, well, maybe, sorta, possibly.   So far, only case law is the Abramski one that went to SCOTUS, and it did indeed hinge on fact that the guy's uncle gave him the money for it upfront.   - OS

  ?? Which one? Far as I know there they don't make any Blackhawk flattops at all now? Last was a special edition 50th anniversary in '05?   - OS

  Excellent, thanks for that information. Duh on me for not  knowing that rather basic fact about Session numbering.   - OS

  It wouldn't be fair to mass killers to have good guys with guns anywhere around the kids.   - OS

  It's big. To put it simply, you can carry in any city or county park, rec area, greenway, whatever. The "opt out" option for local gummit to prohibit such included in 39-17-1311 will be zapped. You can of course already carry in any state park.   Technically, seems you could even carry in coliseums/arenas that are dedicated to rec events, as most are, and shouldn't be posted as normal buildings under 39-17-1359, but that's a gray area that wasn't apparently even discussed in the whole shebang.   It will still be prohibited to carry in "immediate vicinity" of school activity within a park, another gray area, but one that probably won't cause any hassles at all, at least for concealed carry folks. :)   Assuming he doesn't veto it. Since he likely wouldn't do it until legislature adjourns, would almost certainly mean would have to start over from scratch next session, and anything could happen by then. This seems as about as good a change as we could get, and I'm frankly quite surprised it made it at all.   - OS

Bill tracker doesn't show it as having been sent to Gov yet:   http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0995   - OS

  Well, as long as it's "for you" at the moment.  Meaning, it's quite legal to buy a firearm with 4473 you already know you are going to resell to someone else immediately, as long as you are not "in the business" of doing so.  (Assuming you have no reason to believe buyer is prohibited, resident of different state, all that stuff.)   The difference is simply whether you're doing it "for the principal objective of livelihood and profit” as opposed to other intents, such as "improving a personal firearms collection".   So if for some reason you see a real steal on something, and know you can turn a quick profit, perfectly legal under federal definitions to grab a couple or three and sell them an hour later,  if the profit goes toward some other firearm you want,  as opposed to in your pocket to pay the rent, for example. That is neither a straw purchase, nor being engaged in the business of selling firearms without a license.   If you do a lot of that, probably best to keep good records as to where the bucks went though I guess. For the IRS if nothing else. ;)   - OS

  Bud's has both 4.6" and 6.5" .357/9mm ready to go, $529.00 to your FFL.   http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ruger+blackhawk+convertible&osCsid=8t5hlnppehnth70ise7rg7v465&x=0&y=0   - OS

  Of course not. That would have required actual firearm knowledge. ;)   - OS

  Was watching some flick last month that wasn't all that old really, where the cat was using a silencer on a revolver.   And there's always the old Die Hard porcelain Glock 7, made in Germany, that's undetectable in airports:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecwK3UMxoxQ   - OS

  Usually more than once, every time they want to make it look like they're really really serious about it.   - OS

I hear a lot of "nobody notices open carry", "you could carry a howitzer and most wouldn't notice", etc. I think most of those folks are actually "almost" carrying concealed, with service size heater or smaller tight to side with at least a shirt covering half of it or more.   Carrying a gat completely open with tucked in shirt and no jacket or whatever is going to be noticed, simple as that. I know because I've done it, and have gotten that attention. By what overall percentage depending on size of the thing and whatnot is debatable, but doesn't matter to me if it's only 1 in 20, I simply don't want the attention.   I also hear the "it's so much more comfortable" and "most expedient way to deploy" claims, and there's a lot of truth in that -- however, whether you mean it as such or not, a completely exposed roscoe is also an attention getting statement. And gawd knows based on the appearance of some folks I see doing it, not one that conveys a positive image to the average John Q in any way, either. (I'll include myself in that category at times, btw).   All that being said, of course I support your right to do it. But I'll stay in gray man mode myself, for a variety of reasons.   - OS

  Yeah, multiple platform use out of calibers has always been attractive to me.   9mm pistols <-> 9mm carbines <-> 9mm/.38/.357 Blackhawk <-> other .357/.38 revos <-> .357/.38 rifle   - OS

  Hopefully, he'll just not sign it, letting it become law as he did with change to preemption statute last session.   My rep, Smith, has done the "present not voting" thing on this all along. I presented the case to him that the TN Constitution says that only the Legislature has the right to enact laws regarding the wearing of arms. I do not believe that allowing local control "by proxy" of a state statute such as 1311 is within the intent of that.   - OS

  No grayer than lots of others; I'll settle for it. "Immediate vicinity" of ammo is already used in relation to going armed or not.   - OS

  Look on Buck's site. About 25% say "imported", started maybe 15 years ago or more.   For example, you can get a US made Stockman:   http://www.buckknives.com/product/301-stockman-knife/0301FAM01/   or a Chinese made one:   http://www.buckknives.com/product/stockman-knife/0371BRS-B/   Perhaps most significant diff: Buck's fine 420HC steel vs the poorer 420J2.   They have said their goal is to bring all production back to US, whatever.   - OS