TGO David

Odd. I just noticed that some of the guys fussing about the State of Tennessee using it's own background check system and charging us $10 for it instead of using the Federal Bureau of Investigation's instant check system are the same folks who tout the 10th Amendment as being a giant middle finger at the Government telling them to stay out of Tennessee's business. Seems like picking and choosing to me.

We should all pool our resources, buy some land and operate it as the TGO Gun Club. (But really... how cool would that be?)

I tried to contact them by email and by phone, several times. No response.

BTW... I'm ignoring some of the other comments made in this thread from people who apparently believe that some sort of Forum Socialism is needed to ensure that TGO is given away freely to the point that it cannot even sustain itself.

Times are tough for everyone right now. Grandfathering people into evolutionary changes made to the site really doesn't make sense for several reasons, but I do want to see you able to keep a roof over your head. I've bumped your account with a 1-month Benefactor subscription. Hopefully in that time you can do what you need to do to make things a little easier on yourself financially.

David, don't we have a law office here in middle TN working as part of your network? I know you and I have spoken privately about you advertising here and you sort of left it hanging. Perhaps we need to resume those talks.

To answer the original question... utter and complete lack of time and resources. I'd be willing to broker some sort of arrangement with any organization that wanted to pair up with TGO and produce some USPSA or IDPA (or similar style) events but they'd pretty much have to handle all of the heavy lifting. My schedule has gone from 0-mph to 100-mph in the last month and shows no sign of slowing.

They use it to haul a sentient 1982 Pontiac Firebird also painted up in THP colors. They call the car the Super Highway Interceptor Traffic Transport 2000. The driver seems to be really stuck in the 80's himself, but I hear he's real popular in Germany.

Having two of your own children die sort of polarizes your opinion of celebrity deaths. As in, I don't really find myself phased by the drug-induced death of a celebrity. I really dug Heath Ledger's acting ability but it didn't exactly upset me that he turned up full of more drugs than my local Walgreens either.

What's with the caps and !!!!!! every time you post?

Me either. I don't see how sharing this opinion makes you (or me) a bad person. Which could also be a polite (read: CYA) measure on the part of the coroner also. They won't say it was drug related until they know it was drug related. Anyone remember Billy Mays? Natural causes got turned to drug-related several days after the fact. I preferred Billy Mays' work to Brittany's.

I believe they are still waiting on several of the components to be delivered. That's what Jeff told me a few weekends ago.

Tennessee Gun Owners - Show Groups Really, most of the accounts listed are just my other personalities. Except for MolonLabeTN... you can't make awesomeness like Eddie up.

It's hard to tell from Moody's myspace camera angles, but I think that model has the Officer frame which is shorter in the grip than the Govt model.

Glad you're alive and well. PM forthcoming.

Couldn't tell you.

I honestly believe the SIG 1911 is one of the more under appreciated things that SIG has produced. They seem to be really well built, and if there's one thing that SIG knows how to do, it's make an external extractor work.

Joe @ Hero Gear has been trying to hunt him down lately too. It was posted on his Facebook page.

Holster manufacturers, ammo guys, reloading guys, gear vendors, gear companies, training companies, other manufacturers, hunting oriented vendors & manufacturers, black powder rifle manufacturers, archery vendors and manufacturers, etc. Pretty much anyone within any of those categories that either has a presence in AR, TN, MO, AL, MS, KY, GA, NC, SC, FL or has vendor reps in these areas.

Makin' my list... checkin' it twice...

You're clearly not being part of the solution here.

Stuff it. He handed my wife $35 for the fee and then told me personally that it was no rush. Two days later he's asking where his Benefactor status is. This is the sort of thing that could have been asked by PM instead of starting a thread about it, especially since the curt wording made it sound like I was slacking or something. Anyone want to buy a gun forum?

I guess I'm still a little burnt out from the show and everything leading up to it, so this is going to sound grouchy... but who says we didn't invite these people? Some of you guys really have no idea how much work we put into this show to get the vendors who did show up. Georgia Arms, Atlanta Arms and a few other ammo vendors were invited. We had another vendor (of reloading supplies) stringing me along for months only to never come through with their registration.

Dude... seriously??? Yeah, you gave my wife the payment. It's Tuesday. Can a guy not get a day of rest before he has to get back to satisfying everyone on TGO??? I guess I believed you when you said it was no rush.

I don't understand why the OP is complaining. He's a registered member.