TGO David

Man, I bet it came with a coupon for 10% off selling your gun on Gunbroker.com You need to keep this one!

Magazines: Wilson Combat. That's it... search no further. Holsters: www.kdholsters.com Thank me later. I love my Dakota Defender for the M&P.

It'll be for sale before he receives it.

It's like watching water boil now, isn't it?

I appreciate the offer and did then as well. Something else came up in the meantime which would have made engaging in that project at the time pointless. But thanks for making it sound like I haven't been trying to get this put together.

Yep... I'm waiting on a few of my questions to be answered by the product's author. As soon as I have clarification to the positive, I'll move on it.

I'm excited. I just found a new product for the vBulletin forum software that may let us move forward with a prohibited carry locations database very soon. Edit... You can see the work in progress here. Please realize it is just that; a work in progress. Members should not be able to add or edit any data or replies at this point and I respectfully ask that our moderating team refrain from doing so as well until further notice is given. Thanks.

Oh, I bet there is... he just doesn't know it yet because he hasn't fired it yet.

Hey... I really don't want to know what feels good to you in your hand.

Huh... I didn't realize that the MTAC was out yet. Cool!

Len... do you know what feels better in your hand than a 1911? NOTHING! I've been sitting here cleaning and playing with my S&W 1911 Gov't length model all evening and I'm telling you that John Moses Browning was onto something good when he came up with these babies. Not too long ago I had asked our buddy the Rabbi about the very same gun you bought and he told me that he liked the one he saw so much that he almost bought one for himself before he remembered that he didn't like the 1911. I give it about a week after you receive the Kimber before you're saying "Glock what?"

Nectar of the gods right there! I knew I liked you for a reason.

Mmmm... 40mm handguns. Sorry, I was bored at the moment.

Correct me if I'm wrong... but wouldn't carrying on the State Capitol premises = jail time?

Jon, welcome! Run, do not walk... to the nearest U-Haul center and move to Tennessee if California is where you currently call home.

Ok, I've really got to get this off my chest... #1) Those were different times in a different political climate dealing with totally different issues. #2) It was widely accepted among forward thinking people in the era of Segregation that Segregation was wrong and went against the notion that God created all men equal. Slavery had long since been abolished, and the nation at large was trying to turn away from narrow-minded thought patterns that continued to "enslave" people of color. That grass roots belief provided a sturdy foundation upon which men like Martin Luther King Jr. could build the Equal Rights movement. #3) There is no such widely accepted forward thinking about private gun ownership in the United States at this time. It is my own personal belief that we, as supporters of our interpretation of the 2nd Amendment (the interpretation that we feel is correct and in keeping with the spirit of the Amendment as expressed by our forefathers -- namely that private citizens shall be afforded the right to bear arms) are in the minority. The Liberal Left, the media and whomever else you want to accuse of being complicit, have poisoned the thinking of the typical "progressive American" and made them believe that guns are evil and that citizens have no need for them. Firearms have been villainized and those of us who own them have been labeled as everything from backwoods, knuckle dragging redneck cromagnons to neo-nazi militant extremists hellbent on bringing about homegrown terrorism. So we, as gun owners, don't typically enjoy the same moral or ethical support that say... the gay rights advocates do. It's trendy to be gay. It's brutish and uncivilized to own a firearm. See my point? Anyone who contrasts the current state of affairs of the fight for the preservation of the historically accurate interpretation of the 2nd Amendment with the trials and tribulations of the Equal Rights movement really doesn't have a firm grip on what we're facing. They are two are totally different battles and ours must be won through totally different tactics. Activism through civil disobedience will only further deteriorate our chances of success. Mark my words. Of course, that's just my opinion and I could be totally wrong.

You're no SWAT wannabe... otherwise you'd have all of your weapons listed in your signature and would have a picture of yourself in camo face paint as your avatar. I'll artificially bump your account past the 10 posts so that you can put your stuff in the trading post forums.

If you will re-read Reef's post, he said he did his by mail. He didn't say he did it online. That's why I linked you back to the form (online) that you can download and mail back. It's an imperfect system.

http://www.state.tn.us/safety/handgun/handgunfaqs.htm#renew They have a link to the form there.

A little gel, some layering... you'll be as tactisexual as a French commando.

Nice. I had no idea that you also owned an XD. Now about that Hero Gear shirt... Shows you how much I search, huh? Welcome, Oleg!

Heyyyy... that's not a SIG 239 on your hip. That looks a lot like an XD. Spill the beans, bucko. Someone should invite him to sign up here!

They issue it to you on the spot. Or they did me when I re-did the address on mine after moving a few years back. I need to renew mine in November as well.

It is indeed 10 posts. It just helps keep folks from signing up for the sole sake of spamming us with for-sale advertisements. I hope everyone understands.

For me, going about my activities in peace means not being hassled by the police, security guards, store clerks, store management or other members of the public at large. Like it or not, even here in the South it makes the average soccer mom very uncomfortable to be around someone who is carrying a gun but not wearing a uniform or a badge. It's a social stigma. In my opinion, one must sometimes forgo the notion of experiencing the utmost comfort in their attire when they make the conscious decision to carry a handgun. IWB can be almost as comfortable as OWB, but the comfort of going armed albeit concealed is far more important to me than the minor irritance of having my handgun's grip poking me in the flab occasionally. Life is about making concessions, sometimes. I think there are reasons and excuses on both sides of this discussion. I really can't argue the tactics side of this since I've never openly carried and subsequently become involved in a firefight, but I can definitely support the idea that it does "scare the horses" as you put it. Ultimately I think Marswolf is right in his prediction that ritual open carry is not what the legislators had in mind and that abuse of this provision will result in seeing that provision repealed. And while MolonLabeTN in particular has been vocal about unexercised laws being useless, I would have to counter that the reality of legislature is that laws are interpreted by the "spirit of the law" as well as just by their wording. While we might think we're in the right to the letter of the law itself, the spirit of the law may read entirely differently. Just my $0.02 on the subject.