TGO David

Received the PM you sent to me. Please refer to the announcements forum. Also... you have to toggle a check-box at the bottom of your PM in order to retain it in your Sent Items folder. We do that by default because people tend to forget to empty it and then wonder why they can't send any more PMs.

I had a similar problem with an M&P 9mm Compact. It ended up being a weak spring on the slide release lever that wasn't holding the lever down as it should. S&W serviced it free of charge, including shipping both ways. I'd recommend contacting their customer service department and having your SW99 sent back for a checkup.

If you keep stowing your firearm in the glovebox with your proof of insurance and registration, and you begin omitting that little detail when a cop asks you for those other two items... be sure to let us know how it works out for you!

I call this a compromise. The officer left the weapon in plain sight where both he and the weapon's owner could see it. No cries of the officer taking the firearm back to his squad car and running the serial number or fondling it in an inappropriate manner. Likewise, the officer could see where the firearm was and clearly would notice if the owner were suddenly going for the gun. Maybe I'm just trying to see the positives in this, but it sure seems like some of you are damned and determined to see the negatives.

I keep telling Joe that he needs to market Dirka Dirka Jerky made completely from camel meat, but he won't go for. We would love to expand the concept and take it to other cities but right now we're focusing on getting it off the ground locally first.

I wouldn't mix and match my sights unless I was 100% sure that the elevation was exactly the same on both and that the firearm's point of impact matched the point of aim resulting from your sight config.

If you want clarification on this, I suggest contacting your district's State Representative and asking them to solicit an official written opinion on the subject from the Attorney General. You can then take that written opinion, photocopy it and keep it on your person at all times for any occasion during which a LEO may ask for your sidearm. This beats having a heated discussion about the matter with an officer on the side of the road. The guy with the badge will win that argument, even if only temporarily. You can certainly appeal it later, for whatever good it may do you. Just a thought.

I kind of have to be there since I'm co-producing it.

If the day comes that they come for ALL OF OUR guns, then you won't be alone. What that means in context to my own personal resolve is my business and not something I'm going to post about on the Internet. We each make peace with our own decisions, because they lead to actions that we may be called upon to answer for with our own lives. No one else can share in that sacrifice. Anyway... talk's cheap. If the day comes that they "come for your guns" I hope you live up to what you've typed here and that you don't become a martyr that no one else remembers a year down the road.

Pretty tough talk from someone who is sitting behind their computer speculating about what someone else would do. I wonder if your tone would be the same if the circumstances involved you standing in your doorway refusing to budge while a SWAT team entry guy has a shotgun in your face and is demanding that you comply, while your family watches on in horror. I know we all have our limits, but seriously... my family needs their husband/father/son/brother alive more than I care to push a point while an officer has a gun in my face. I can and would fight the battle to get my gun(s) back later, through legal channels. If you're the guy who is going to become a chalk outline to prove a point... more power to you. I'm going to be the guy who lives to sue the **** out of the city/state/Federal government if they trample my rights.

THAT is awesome.

Another thought just occurred to me, in sort of an Epiphany of The Obvious sort of way: All of this boils down to being a responsible firearms owner, which is what TGO seeks to promote. Being responsible means following the laws as they exist. If we feel that a law is improper or truly infringes upon our rights, we should endeavor to change those laws through the appropriate legal channels. Being responsible in any area of our lives requires a modicum of common sense. A responsible dog owner doesn't allow his 125 pound overly aggressive Rottweiler to roam the neighborhood eating children. A responsible car owner doesn't drive drunk. A responsible gun owner observes the cardinal rules of gun safety and equips themselves with a fundamental knowledge of what is and is not legal regarding their use and carrying of their firearm. In this case, the original poster should now know that he was wrong, that the Officer was correct and that no laws were broken nor were any of his rights trampled upon. If he disagrees with the latter, then he should start a grass roots effort to get TCA 39-17-1351 (t) repealed or changed to his liking. While I don't support the proposed adjustment to the statutes, I do support his right to dissent. If he is looking for supporters, I'm sure that he can find an ally in someone like Voldemort. That alone is a good indicator of how absurd the idea is.

First of all, he didn't interpret anything. He followed the law according to what it allows him to do. You can't seem to get that through your head. This has anything to do with anything ... how? Then shut up and stop posting. Your wish was granted yesterday! When the officer, an appointed representative of your local government, instructed you to disarm he did so in according to the government's own law. The presence of the firearm alone was enough reason for him to be concerned for his safety and yours. If the gun made the officer nervous, so be it. I'd rather the firearm be controlled in such a way that he was comfortable than have the presence of the firearm cause an unnecessary escalation of force. Did I miss where he confiscated your firearm and never gave it back to you? Holy crap, man. If the police in your town are just running around disarming citizens and not giving them their firearms back, you're totally justified here!!! No, you were making a big deal of it or this thread wouldn't even exist. Clearly there are two sides to this thread so far: 1.) your side and 2.) the healthy conversation about the law side. By law you are required to. See my previous comments about the firearm being controlled easing the officer's concerns. If that's what it takes for me and him to both walk away from a routine traffic stop alive and minus any additional bodily orifices, then I'm going to comply as is expected of me by the law. I think what some people are missing here is that this provision in the law was likely written in much the same way that the requirement for a HCP holder to abstain from drinking alcohol while carrying in an establishment that serves but does not post. It's there to spell out common sense for the people who don't have much of it. Carrying a gun into Applebees as afforded by the new legislation? Awesome! Don't drink! Carrying a gun and get pulled over for doing 55MPH in a 35MPH zone? Awesome! If the officer insists that you disarm, in accordance with the law, do it and remove potential fuel from the fire.

Unconstitutional how exactly? Just because you don't agree with it? Grow up. There are people who are whining every day about how pot shouldn't be illegal, but know it is, and know what they're setting themselves up for by growing it. Is that unconstitutional as well? I mean, God created weed right? Don't like a law? Work to get it changed! Honestly this just seems to be a trend with you and it really seems to me like you've got a hardon for the police/government/the Man/the Court/etc. That's cool and all, but do something productive with that rage and try to affect change through the tools provided by the system. Of course, some folks just like to ice skate uphill... so if that's your thing... more power to you. Just don't expect to have it embraced.

Ben Franklin had a lot to lose. So did our forefathers. Just saying... you drew a pretty big parallel between you not liking what the officer did by disarming you (completely within his rights) and what our forefathers rose up against. I'm glad none of our forefathers were in college. We'd probably be the 50 Colonies.

Well, big guy... you had the option of refusing to be disarmed and stand your ground. Why didn't you since your convictions are so strong? This reminds me of the joke about the cop who pulled two guys over and during the course of the stop, smacked the driver upside the head with his Maglite while the passenger sat in terrified silence. After letting them go, the cop pulls them back over, goes to the passenger window and smacks THAT guy in the head this time. When the passenger cries about it, asking why the cop hit him, the cop responds "I'm just granting your wish for you. Because I know a couple more miles down the street you were going to talk big about how you wish that cop had tried that **** with you." Moral? It's always easier to talk big about it later than it is to be that sort of big talker on the scene.

Man, give it about 10-15 more years and you won't care near as much about the petty crap as you do right now. Things like a cop disarming you for his protection during a routine stop will seem like a pretty inconsequential, common sense thing and you won't even think twice about it being left on the roof of your car. Honestly, if the cop had taken it with him to his car you'd probably be just as upset about that. Or more. "OMG, did he run the serial number? Did he do something with it?" Let it go. Breathe deep. Live longer.

Just my opinion, but I think maybe you need to toughen your skin a little and stop caring what "the whole world" thinks about seeing your gun.

Nothing changed here that I'm aware of.

Thanks, I appreciate it. We're still hoping for an awesome event at the Expo.

Always a viable option.

Let's not get carried away with the idea of logo'd shirts just yet... the cost to screen print is considerable if you don't have whatever minimum quantity is required. Maybe the way to do it would be to have some Safety Yellow vests or something with something screened onto the back of them. I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

I like the idea. Can we get the roadway closest to either the home of Randy Rayburn or Adam Dread?

Closing this thread. See quote above for reason why.

I'd eliminate every bit of debt that you possibly can and for the next year live like you're working that Chuck E Cheese job while setting aside as big of a nut as you can in savings. Not investments; savings. Good safety next for the next time.