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Hi guys,   I'm finally in a position to buy a house this year and I would like to find a place where I could build a small range to do some plinking with 22s in the back yard.  Right now I'm looking for places with around 5 acres on them in semi-rural areas.    I work in Nashville, so I'm looking mainly at the counties surrounding Davidson - Cheatham, Robertson, Williamson, Wilson, Sumner and Rutherford.   Are there are any particular areas that are more or less friendly to backyard shooting?  What are the rules and laws that I should be on the lookout for?

New guy here. Where could I find directions if I wanted to participate and what should I bring?

Rand Paul and Obama are in agreement on the issue.   It would be more cause for concern if he was willing to change his positions just to take a pot shot at the sitting President.  I would put this much more in the "Rand Paul acting like an adult" column.

Hi,   I'm going to an Appleseed soon and I would like to get in a little rifle practice.  I haven't shot much since December when ammo got hard to find.  I'd like to find a range that allows shooting from prone, kneeling and standing and not just off the bench.  Is there anyplace with an hour or so of Nashville that allows shooting rifles from classic rifleman positions?   Thanks!

The thing that bothers me the most is that people will see this, be horrified by it (or at least recognize its a step in the wrong direction), and instead of voting out the clowns who wrote and passed it, they'll vote for that rep to get another term because of some silly social issue that's not nearly as as important to the future of the Union as letting our Reps run wild -- letting them remove the checks and balances built into our system of government and letting them attack individual freedom under the guise of protecting us from terrorists, protecting copyright, stopping immigrants, or stopping criminals. So many people are perfectly fine with their Representatives sponsoring and writing laws that violate both the spirit and the letter of the Bill of Rights because that particular politician appears to have "good family values" or brings home a little pork or agrees with them on some pointless social issue. If we keep voting in people based on smoke and mirrors issues like gay rights, abortion, union/labor, Israel, etc, etc - then they're going to keep passing laws that attack the core of our country because we aren't punishing them at the ballot box when they do it. "Sure, they voted to strip away due process and the right to a trial...but the other guy would let gays get married and that's way worse than letting the Government grab people off the street and hold them for as long as it wants with no trial, no oversight, no burden of proof, and no review."

Just some background - the NDAA is passed annually, it contains nearly all funding for the military and veteran's support programs. Obama signed with statement (which presidents usually do when they disagree with a bill, but can't veto it because of the impact a veto would have). He was pretty much forced into a corner since the provisions we're all worried about were tacked onto a major, major bill at the end of the session when he couldn't send it back without shutting down the military and VA program funding for months. The signing statement's here: Statement by the President on H.R. 1540 | The White House but the jist is "Hey, we don't need those provisions and they're dangerous -- but I don't have a choice because if I don't sign this, we don't have a military." Regardless of where you stand politically, it must be acknowledged that this isn't Obama's fault. He didn't ask for the provisions, they were forced onto the bill by Senators Carl Levin and John McCain. Remember: the President doesn't make laws, his job is to execute the laws that are on the books ("executive branch"). The law was created, written, and passed by the House and Senate. Be sure to make your voices heard by the appropriate people through letters and phone calls before the election, and take into consideration how your representatives voted when you hit the ballot box this year. Reps who supported the NDAA and indefinite holding of American citizens without due process in TN... * Lamar Alexander [R] * Bob Corker [R] * Roe, Phil [R] * Fleischmann, Chuck [R] * DesJarlais, Scott [R] * Cooper, Jim [D] * Black, Diane [R] * Blackburn, Marsha [R] * Fincher, Stephen [R] Only two of our Congressmen voted against it, Steve Cohen [D] and John Duncan [R]. One Republican and one Democrat stood alone from all their colleagues and voted to protect the Bill of Rights. Every other representative for the State of Tennessee voted against the fifth amendment in the Bill of Rights. Remember that on Election day. Preferably, remember it in a vocal manner that lets the candidate know why you voted the way you did. On a side note, Montana (God bless them!) have already launched a campaign to recall all their reps who supported the NDAA. Montanans Launch Recall Of State's Congressional Delegation Over Votes On NDAA, Indefinite Detention

I don't know. Most of my gunshow memories are all hazy now. I went to school in WKY/IL area, so pretty much all the dealers there were required to have an FFL I think (Il being ruled by red chicago and all).

Hi all, I'm Mac from Nashville. I'm 26, was raised in gun shows by an LEO Dad. However, until last year I hadn't actually shot a gun since I was in 2nd grade (my dad was perm. disabled around then, and suddenly family priorities changed). When I finished college (Computer Programming) and moved back to Nashville, I took a CCW course to learn how to handle a pistol (ROTC taught me to handle a rifle well enough) but never actually sent in the paperwork to get my CCW (because it was expensive after just moving, because I was a lazy bum when it comes to paperwork being mailed off, and because I really don't carry, I just wanted to be able to shoot appropriately and for recreation). Anyway, I recently went from a one gun house to inheriting a huge number of long guns and pistols. I'm going to keep some, but there's no way I can possibly justify having two extra-large gun safes full of guns. Since I know most of the guns are either antique or antique-ish (He collected antique .22 rifles among other things), where should I possibly start when it comes to slimming down the collection? Obviously, I don't want to just ship them off to a pawn shop and I don't want to try and get an FFL to setup at gun shows. How do I know how to price them? Where could I find buyers interested in non-mainstream guns?