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  rn29306--I went to Georgia Southern for undergrad for 4 years also, then 4 years at UGA.  I think I have a black cloud following me, because both schools' football teams got much better after I graduated.  

Welcome from just east of you.  My son was born in an Erlanger OR.  Fortunately we got him out and into Georgia before the orange set in (just kidding).

Wasn't there a Bond movie where he almost became a good guy at the end (or am I mis-remembering)?  All the really cool and popular villains eventually become good guys (in both film and wrestling).  I remember how excited my dad would get when he would have me watch a Bond film with Jaws; he really loved that my brother and I shared his interest in the films.

If I owned my own business, I would OC.  Since I am an employee, I CC at work (owners know) just because if some anti squawks, it is affecting the owners' bottom line.  Although really, I could carry OWB and it would still be concealed because of the lab coat.   I fully support anyone who OC.  There are some that I may think are unwise to do so, but it is not my place to tell them otherwise.  Also, I think far few people notice OC than you think.  The other day my wife and I were leaving Walmart.  We were approximately 5-10 ft behind a large but short guy in grey cammo shorts with a nice pistol (maybe an XD; I'm not good at identifying guns based on the grip) in a floppy nylon holster (the kind you can buy at Walmart).  We walked behind him for several paces, enough for me to notice he also had pepper spray on his left side.  My wife never noticed the gun, and she is more attuned than the average person, but less attuned than us.  Also, I told her that his gun probably cost twice as much as mine, but my holster probably cost three times as much as his.

I went to Florida recently, and I was definitely reminded of the benefits of OC that we have.  IWB holsters can get hot.  I normally CC almost everywhere, but often it is an OWB holster covered by a shirt.  In Florida, even with the incidental exposure law, I just didn't feel safe carrying that way until we were leaving the state.  I ended up pocket carrying often, but I didn't worry about printing as long as it wasn't gun-shaped.   I like having the option to OC, even I don't often use it.

Maybe she changed her story only because he was kept in jail this time and she finally felt safe?  Didn't he get out on bail pretty fast after the first charge, the one where she defended him?  If true, he must have had a pretty severe psychological lock on her since she obviously had access to lots of guns.

I agree that all these others that say they have inside knowledge either (a) do or (b) really hate Will (or both).  Didn't Stephanie rush to her Dad's defense after the first arrest?  I can't remember the exact wording; maybe she just rushed to the defense of Red Jacket, the company.  Maybe she knew all this was coming and was trying to preserve the reputation of the company.

The video they have been showing stops right has the muzzle rises and starts pointing at the instructor's head; I think it was edited by the police department before it was released.  Early in the video, as he gives it to her, you can see one of those minimal shoulder stocks sticking off (maybe a shoulder thing that goes up?)

  I don't need a license for carrying the gun anywhere in my vehicle--glovebox, hip, stuck between the seats, etc:     It doesn't specify the location.   However, there have been LEO that have had the occupant exit the vehicle (while the gun is on their hip), and then proceed to demand to see the weapons license since the person was now in an area that required a license to carry.  They are still wrong in that they must have a reason to think that you are carrying illegally.  That was true before July 1, but now the law explicitly states what was always true.  There have been some agencies whining about it also.

It looks like there is a stock in the video (not that it helped).  

The near daily rapes for the last year seem unbelievable; it just seems like there would be obvious psychological and possibly physical trauma that someone would have seen before now.  Also, I think a key question is if he taught his daughter how to shoot and raised her in the gun culture.  If so, that would be extremely stupid for a semi-celebrity who first raped her when she was 11.  He would have to know that all his actions are under greater scrutiny since the tv show started, and he would have to control her with an iron fist to prevent her from getting to one of his many guns.  It seems like his friends and family would have noticed something was amiss.   In my county, there was a woman who got mad that a teacher held back her child in kindergarten, so she convinced her child and a few others to accuse her of molestation.  The child was an actress who had played a raped victim, so she was well-practiced at this.  They (the accusers, the local DA office, and the county cops) tried to ruin the teacher's life, but at least she was found not guilty.  Pat of the testimony by the child actress included that the teacher vaginally penetrated her using her entire fist, but left no physical or immediate emotional trauma.  Some of the parties involved thought it had to be true because they thought there was no way a child could make up such graphic details.  There was also blatant misconduct on the part of the prosecutors in their attempt to crucify the woman.

Georgia perspective:  We don't have a requirement to inform, and there is no central database.  I got stopped very soon after I started carrying; one of the first questions he asked was, "Are there any drugs or weapons in the car?"  My choices were to answer honestly or remain silent.  I informed him that I had a gun on my hip.  He had me get out the car; asked where it was (I told him the position on my hip), and he instructed me just to keep my hands in front of my body.   Oddly enough, the stop also involved a second driver and car.  He made a point to let the other driver know that I was carrying, but that it was ok because I was just exercising my 2nd Amendment rights, as if to reassure her (she was my co-worker, so she already knew; she later told me she feared for my safety).  At the end of the stop, he explained that he was ok with people carrying, but he advised that I ought to just tell them up front because, "some of these guys could fly of the handle" in reference to his fellow deputies.  My thought, which I kept to myself, was that if they "fly off the handle" at people carrying, how would, "Deputy, I have gun" go over?   Also, he never asked to see my Weapons Carry License, which was and still is the proper thing in Georgia (despite what some LEOs think).  And i did not get a ticket.   I work in Tennessee, and at least one of my co-workers who has a TN HCP was told in her class that she was required to hand over the permit.  It is a shame that a Georgian had to explain the law to her (mainly due to this board).

One of the news articles said the girl was a tourist from the Northeast.  For all we know, they may have paid for a hour with the instructor, and she might have shot several different guns competently (just unfounded speculation).  Perhaps, in a effort to let her shoot the "coolest" gun at the end of their brief allocated time, he hurried the training because he mistakenly thought she could handle it.  Still a deadly mistake due to complacency, but perhaps less grievous than just handing a little kid a full auto.  I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt; it just seems beyond stupid to let any new shooter go directly from one shot to full auto, but especially a child.

It seems like if the police shot just one tear gas container into that store, no one would want to loot it.  I'm not sure how long it would take for the gas to dissipate and allow the owner back in.  If I was the owner, I would let the cops do it rather than see all my stuff stolen.

To be honest, when I see people open carrying, I have never noticed if the holster has some type of special retention or not.  Today, I opened carried a 1911 while walking the dog around my neighborhood; the holster has a retention strap, but mainly to act as a hammer block.  Also, I doubt anyone even noticed.   I have an open-top leather holster for my LC9; the gun is so hard to notice that I have to really try to open carry it (almost anything I normally wear conceals it).

There was a case in Georgia a several years ago where a homeowner took chase after a car full of girls who rolled his house.  They crashed, some died, and he was charged with vehicular homicide.  Different prank, but similar scenario.   I would be livid also, and I would be hard pressed not to pursue them; I would probably justify it as trying to get the license number.  The case above is one of those things that might give me pause.  I also pray that when my son is old enough, he won't act like an idiot and do something that causes irreparable harm to himself or others.  Right now he is only 8, so when I see a yard that is rolled or a stop sign that is vandalized, I try to instill him why it is wrong.  Maybe something will stick.

The long trailer spoils some of the plot details--we'll know just from the trailer who survives past a certain point, which cuts into the dramatic tension.   The most interesting parts were that it appears they make an alliance with at least some of the people who were going to eat them, and the brief reveal about where Beth ended up.   I'm not really complaining; I love shows like this as long as they aren't completely terrible.

The governor's minions who write the official code followed their marching orders and did not change the code as directed by HB 826, so GeorgiaCarry.Org is advising not to carry at schools without explicit permission for now, but they will soon be suing to have the law recognized as passed. Some people think the Governor is trying to play both sides up until the election, and then will stop trying to manipulate the law that was clearly passed.

For desensitization, you play a CD with storm sounds.  You start at a very low volume and gradually over several sessions increase the volume.  You give positive reinforcement, such as treats, to reward calm behavior.  You do this for multiple sessions.  If signs of anxiety develop, you go back down to the previous volume and slowly increase again.   You can give a drug called chlomipramine which basically makes dogs more amendable to desensitization therapy.  You have to do this at a time of the year when there are much less storms because a sudden pop-up storm can ruin the training.   It's long and ponderous, and many people don't have the patience.  I have a dog with thunder phobia, and I have never tried this method.  Also, the storm CD cannot replicate the other aspects of the storm, such as the drop in barometric pressure, the humidity, etc. that signal to a dog that a storm is coming.  I explain the process to my clients; no one has undertaken it yet.

Just a word on acepromazine.  It is a sedative but not anti-anxiety.  It sedates the dog so that the behavior that annoys the owner does not occur, but does not affect the actual anxiety.  So basically you get a sedate, anxious dog.  I prefer to use alprazolam (Xanax), but will combine it with acepromazine if needed.  I also use the Thundershirt.   The best treatment is desensitization to thunder in the non-storm season, but that takes a lot of work that almost no one wants to do.

Sportsman had some 5.56 on sale recently. It made me feel warm inside knowing that I could buy as much as I wanted at a price that was pre-panic. It was less than any 5.56 or .223 that I have seen at Walmart or Academy. Cabelas with a 7% sales tax versus Bass Pro with 9.25% sales tax. I wonder if that will affect pricing at either store--Bass Pro making things just a tad cheaper, or Cabelas thinking they can get away with a tad higher prices because of the perception of a discount across the border. Side note-- I went to a new Gander Mountain in Georgia (first one that I have been to). I understand why someone on here called it Gouger Mountain. Some of their sales were good, but their regular prices were insane, based on their prices for Mini 14 and LC9 magazines and a few other products that I have been shopping for.

  I have lots of practice; I was the "reptile guy" at a wildlife center, and we would have people calling wanting to know if they had a dangerous snake based on a vague description.  More than once, the description was a combination of features that I knew did not exist in our native snakes.  In the back of my mind, I would worry that one day some exotic venomous snake would have been released, and I would mistakenly tell someone not to worry.  Actually, I generally told them not to worry about any snake, but I don't think some people took my advice.

This is the problem that we have in Georgia and will be changing on July 1.  Currently, the list of weapons includes basically everything, including pepper spray because it can be argued that it "shoots a projectile."  At the very least, it is ambiguous enough that no one can clearly say pepper spray is allowed, and no one wants to be a test case over pepper spray.   After July 1, "weapon" is supposed to just refer to a gun, knife, or bomb.  Of course, the bill that change the law also removed all the restrictions on Weapons License holders, and the jackwads in charge are trying to say that the law doesn't really say what the law says.   Since we expect at least part of the law (pertaining to GWL holders being exempted) will have to wind its way through the courts, a Kimber Pepper Blaster looks like it might be useful for my wife if she volunteers at the school (at least until the State recognizes that we aren't the ones to be worried about).

  Rattlesnakes can break off their rattles, so the distinctive feature might have been absent.  I'm not sure if I have seen a timber rattlesnake with a solid color on its back, but they do have black vertical stripes on their body, and they are wide bodied.  Timber rattlesnakes can vary tremendously in color; in south Georgia, we call them candbrake rattlesnakes, and they tend to be a lot lighter in color.  They are the same species, but if you compare a southern timber rattlesnake to a more northern one, you would think they were different species.  Some are almost black.

In my experience, rabies observation or testing is not usually done for animal on animal bites; only human exposure. The main thing to worry about is the infection from the dog bite; it can abscess and get bad a few days after the bite.