Oh Shoot

Dunno Dave, I'm beginning to think that between Guns to Mexico, Solyndra, and some other things cooking, there may be enough goods to be gotten on O that should he win re-election, he's impeachable. Rep majority in the Senate and a Deep Throat, and it might happen. - OS

oops, double tap

He is absolutely NO friend of the gun owner, heard him on Hannity saying he felt NJ's gun laws were "about right". - OS

"Legal concealed handgun carry permitted." "No unconcealed handgun carry permitted." "Licensed permit holder may carry only concealed handguns here." "Carry your gun here so we can't see it." "A whole paragraph of legal sounding verbiage to indicate the above." No matter how he may want to word it, the only statutory compliant way to do it is as specified in 39-17-1359, which bans all handgun carry. Anything else is just a "request", and between alarming some customers and pissing off others, seems a no win for the owner, IMHO. - OS

It's going to be another "hold your nose and vote GOP." I wouldn't do it last time, but just must this time. - OS

Rather odd, verbatim wording here: RARE - KERSHAW #2605 Wyatt Is that the same eBay seller's website or something? Nice looking blade -- almost traditional but with a bit of flair. - OS

Well, it was three months ago, and he did get nuked. - OS

Ongoing thread: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/tennessee-politics-legislation/62597-would-funny-if-werent-so-ridiculous.html Maybe he's done all the damage he can do? Only took him 2 years to cripple UT. - OS

They won't show when I type them in here correctly, but use s and /s in brackets and you get this. - OS

Yeah, seems to be another type of ad server related to OpenX Market? Have seen it show for some time (and yeah has been hanging some lately). Maybe it's the one that serves the smaller banners at very top of site in addition to the larger TacticalRepublic ones? David will know. - OS

Yep, oops. I used to work with MTAS/CTAS some, as internal clients (my department was under Institute for Public Service, at least for budgetary and organizational purposes), traveled some around the state with some of their agents to cities/counties where they had favorable inroads. Some places they had no influence, weren't even really welcome due to previous interactions that didn't go well for one reason or the other. Shifting alliances over time though, lots of influence in West TN, had additional offices in Jackson, dunno if still do. There was another org they used to fund called CGT (Center for Government Training). Basically a periodic few days of workshops where newly elected city/county officials could "learn how to govern". Right. I guess that effort is consolidated into the other acronym divisions now. In ways I could only ever partially understand, being privy to only the outward trappings, the whole shebang under the IPS bureaucracy is basically a way for UT to influence TN political machine on both state and local levels, both to get more revenue and also to advance their own agendae, which of course tends to be liberal. I found the whole endeavor to be quite Machiavellian. Incidentally, Lamar Baby, in his short tenure there, was responsible for beefing up the whole IPS machine (appointed a former cabinet crony as UT's first female vice-president to oversee it), and yet simultaneously managed to crap on overall funding from the legislature, losing a percentage level that to my understanding has never been restored. - OS

Groovy doovy visual input, thanks for the effort! - OS

Metropolitan Technical Advisory Service, County Technical Assistance Service. Both under Institute of Public Service. There's also, among other things, gag me with a backhoe, the Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership! Go get 'em: Institute for Public Service - OS

Did you drink any? Swill. The Falls City production was better than the others (made by several brewers); it was only bad rather than terrible. Cans still worth about what they were when they first came out, quarter to fifty cents tops, if you can find a newbie collector who doesn't have one. So I contest your statement. - OS

Exactly. I cringe every time I hear "the majority should rule" in arguments where a legal decision is made for a relatively small group of citizens. Although those protections have increased to the point of absurdity (hate crime, rights for illegal aliens and foreign combatants, public prayer, even display of the flag and pledge of allegiance and what not), it's all probably better than the "rule by majority" alternative, as I agree with you that the citizenry would simply shortsightedly vote away our existing rights ("you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time..." and that much of the adage would suffice). So yes I agree with you that the Founders did indeed have the catchall wisdom to presage H.L. Mencken's sentiment regarding the intelligence of the American public -- or to be a bit more charitable, perhaps at least the informed involvement of same. - OS

My mom, representative of millions of blue hairs, thinks he hung the moon, being so religious and all, and Southern Baptist at that. The pastor of her sizable Baptist church calls Mormonism a "cult", so if that is even mildly representative of Protestant viewpoint across the south, there go all those votes away from Romney (even with Ole Peanut's endorsement) right back to O, or a third party candidate (which this election really MAY WELL COST the GOP candidate the election). A similar but opposite reaction in the more "progressive" states may well avoid the Bible thumping Texas cowboy. Remember, a third of the voters in this country give more thought to where they'll have dinner out this week than in actual consideration of a candidate's actual (at least, stated) stances and generally make up their minds over some quite minor subjective criterion. Of course, I rather understand, since the system grinds out such none-of-the-above parodies for the main choices, but still.... - OS

I agree totally that having or carrying guns for self protection and hunting is not the reason Da Boys put 2A in the Constitution, although we seem to be in the minority of constitutional opinion on such. However, I'm not at all similarly convinced they would have seen this as a states' rights issue either. Rather, I'd say they simply didn't see that it would ever be an "issue" at all, anymore than owning and carrying a fishing pole or hoe or knife would be an "issue". Wise as they were, they simply didn't think of everything. One of the biggest oversights was the concept of the career politician, but that's another issue they didn't think would be one. - OS

Wow, the traffic lights (light?) must show "Crawl" instead of "Walk" in Here, TN. - OS

nm, oops

Programs involving guns and knives are almost never effective, once the sickness is full-blown. I believe paracord mania is a special subset listed in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and is considered completely untreatable. Nice necker combo, I must say. - OS

Forgot my standard disclaimer: I can't spring fer yer bail. - OS

A long 2" deep slash to either side of the adam's apple with a sharp blade makes most knives pert durn tactical in a hurry, IMHO. - OS

Well, there is really no definition of "going armed" in TCA that I have ever found. The only charge is Unlawful Carrying or Possession of a Weapon", which includes the term "intent to go armed" within it. My take is that the only way to "go armed" with a knife is as defined in the statutes, which is carry of a knife over 4", without reasonable evidence that the carry was "incident to lawful hunting, trapping, fishing, camping, sport shooting or other lawful activity". I'd further posit that the "other lawful activity" is a little catchall for logically innocent behavior like carrying a set of chef's knives to a cookout, or carrying a bowie you just bought from store to home, etc. Point is, can't see any circumstances that an otherwise legal knife of 4" or under could possibly get you a charge (or at least a conviction, given even a still wet behind the ears public defender) of 39-17-1307. But of course you could certainly be charged and convicted under a deadly force statute by using even a Case Peanut. Certainly a knife of any length can still be deemed a "deadly weapon". Even threatening someone with that Case Peanut could get one an Aggravated Assault charge. So, I've even heard lawyers argue that the term "intent to go armed" is in some cases defined by WHAT is carried (loaded gun, knife over 4", extensible baton, sap), and in others by WHY/WHEN something is carried (just why do you have that baseball bat, tire iron, ball peen hammer where and when you have it?). In the case of a knife, it's both WHAT (knife over 4") and WHY/WHEN (that same knife over 4"). But I just can't see how TCA allows for a charge of Illegal Possession or Carry for a knife of 4" or less (except for switchblade, which is covered by a different statute). - OS

"What the hell, he's already all wet". - OS

Thought they didn't sell reloading stuff? - OS