DaveTN

They have no idea what percentage of the population of this state owns guns.

You and Beto talk guns when you go there?

You must have a certification to use a Baton, and you must not be prohibited from purchasing a firearm under any local, state or federal laws. As someone that has used mace and a baton a lot, I’ll offer the following.... Both are non lethal, or less lethal and could fall into the category of “Better than nothing” against an unarmed person. I’ve had big men in fights fall and cry when I maced them, and I’ve had them that acted like you were spraying water on them. They are good tools for cops that are trying to subdue someone that wants to fight. But with us being old men, the best we could hope for with mace would be it might cause them to leave. With a baton, it would have to be used on someone that doesn’t have the physical ability to take it away from you and beat your azz with it; not likely for us old guys. Mace is good to have if a dog attacks you. You can repel them without having to hurt them. As far as the legality of a baton goes, here is the law… 39-17-1307. Unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon. (a) (1) A person commits an offense who carries, with the intent to go armed, a firearm or a club. (2) (A) The first violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class C misdemeanor, and, in addition to possible imprisonment as provided by law, may be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). (B) A second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor. (C) A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor if the person's carrying of a handgun occurred at a place open to the public where one (1) or more persons were present. (b) (1) A person commits an offense who unlawfully possesses a firearm, as defined in § 39-11-106, and: (A) Has been convicted of a felony crime of violence, an attempt to commit a felony crime of violence, or a felony involving use of a deadly weapon; or (B) Has been convicted of a felony drug offense. (2) An offense under subdivision (b)(1)(A) is a Class B felony. (3) An offense under subdivision (b)(1)(B) is a Class C felony. (c) (1) A person commits an offense who possesses a handgun and has been convicted of a felony unless: (A) The person has been pardoned for the offense; (B) The felony conviction has been expunged; or (C) The person's civil rights have been restored pursuant to title 40, chapter 29, and the restoration order does not specifically prohibit the person from possessing firearms. (2) An offense under subdivision (c)(1) is a Class E felony. (d) (1) A person commits an offense who possesses a deadly weapon other than a firearm with the intent to employ it during the commission of, attempt to commit, or escape from a dangerous offense as defined in § 39-17-1324. (2) A person commits an offense who possesses any deadly weapon with the intent to employ it during the commission of, attempt to commit, or escape from any offense not defined as a dangerous offense by § 39-17-1324. (3) (A) Except as provided in subdivision (d)(3)(B), a violation of this subsection (d) is a Class E felony. (B) A violation of this subsection (d) is a Class E felony with a maximum fine of six thousand dollars ($6,000), if the deadly weapon is a switchblade knife. (e) (1) It is an exception to the application of subsection (a) that a person is carrying or possessing a firearm, loaded firearm, or firearm ammunition in a motor vehicle or boat if the person: (A) Is not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm by 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) or purchasing a firearm by § 39-17-1316; and (B) Is in lawful possession of the motor vehicle or boat. (2) (A) As used in this subsection (e): (i) “Boat” means any watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, designed and used primarily for navigation or transportation on the water; and (ii) “Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in § 55-1-103. (B) This subsection (e) shall not apply to a motor vehicle or boat that is: (i) Owned or leased by a governmental or private entity that has adopted a written policy prohibiting firearms, loaded firearms, or firearm ammunition not required for employment within the motor vehicle or boat; and (ii) Provided by such entity to an employee for use during the course of employment. (f) (1) A person commits an offense who possesses a firearm, as defined in § 39-11-106(a), and: (A) Has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921, and is still subject to the disabilities of such a conviction; (B) Is, at the time of the possession, subject to an order of protection that fully complies with 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8); or (C) Is prohibited from possessing a firearm under any other state or federal law. (2) If the person is licensed as a federal firearms dealer or a responsible party under a federal firearms license, the determination of whether such an individual possesses firearms that constitute the business inventory under the federal license shall be determined based upon the applicable federal statutes or the rules, regulations and official letters, rulings and publications of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. (3) For purposes of this section, a person does not possess a firearm, including, but not limited to, firearms registered under the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. § 5801 et seq.), if the firearm is in a safe or similar container that is securely locked and to which the respondent does not have the combination, keys or other means of normal access. (4) A violation of subdivision (f)(1) is a Class A misdemeanor and each violation constitutes a separate offense. (5) If a violation of subdivision (f)(1) also constitutes a violation of § 36-3-625(h) or § 39-13-113(h), the respondent may be charged and convicted under any or all such sections. ........................................................... 39-17-1308. Defenses to unlawful possession or carrying of a weapon. (a) It is a defense to the application of § 39-17-1307 if the possession or carrying was: (1) Of an unloaded rifle, shotgun or handgun not concealed on or about the person and the ammunition for the weapon was not in the immediate vicinity of the person or weapon; (2) By a person authorized to possess or carry a firearm pursuant to § 39-17-1315, § 39-17-1351, or § 39-17-1366; (3) At the person's: (A) Place of residence; (B) Place of business; or (C) Premises; (4) Incident to lawful hunting, trapping, fishing, camping, sport shooting or other lawful activity; (5) By a person possessing a rifle or shotgun while engaged in the lawful protection of livestock from predatory animals; (6) By a Tennessee valley authority officer who holds a valid commission from the commissioner of safety pursuant to this part while the officer is in the performance of the officer's official duties; (7) By a state, county or municipal judge or any federal judge or any federal or county magistrate; (8) By a person possessing a club or baton who holds a valid state security guard/officer registration card as a private security guard/officer, issued by the commissioner, and who also has certification that the officer has had training in the use of club or baton that is valid and issued by a person certified to give training in the use of clubs or batons; (9) By any person possessing a club or baton who holds a certificate that the person has had training in the use of a club or baton for self-defense that is valid and issued by a certified person authorized to give training in the use of clubs or batons, and is not prohibited from purchasing a firearm under any local, state or federal laws; (10) By any out-of-state, full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer who holds a valid commission card from the appropriate out-of-state law enforcement agency and a photo identification; provided, that if no valid commission card and photo identification are retained, then it shall be unlawful for that officer to carry firearms in this state and this section shall not apply. The defense provided by this subdivision (a)(10) shall only be applicable if the state where the out-of-state officer is employed has entered into a reciprocity agreement with this state that allows a full-time, commissioned law enforcement officer in Tennessee to lawfully carry or possess a weapon in the other state; or (11) By a person authorized to carry a handgun pursuant to § 36-3-626 or § 39-17-1365. (b) The defenses described in this section are not available to persons described in § 39-17-1307(b)(1).

Might work for a small dog, or maybe a cat.

Things have changed. In over 20 years in this house I never felt the need to carry at home. But I did when the protests were going on here. My own personal rules for the use of deadly force were always pretty tight. But knowing now that charges are race based, I’ve even tightened them up more. Staying out of jail, but being financially devastated by a DA run amok is not something I see as a win. We need changes in the deadly force laws here, and across the country.

My sister said she made up hummingbird sugar water in a distilled water jug and left it sitting on the kitchen counter. Her roommate thought it was distilled water and poured it in the steam iron. They think they got it all cleaned out.

Won’t Black Aces Tactical fix it under warranty?

No changes for you...yours is now Enhanced. The new concealed carry permit will not have any impact on you unless some State decides to do away with our reciprocity because of it.

“Zero Tolerance” has never, and will never work. It is used by those too stupid or too lazy to do their jobs and make their own decisions.

When you have your picture pulled up in your IMGUR account, just click COPY next to the “BBCode (message boards & forums)”, then paste it into your post. (CTRL+V)

What kind/size dog are you partial to? I know sometimes that’s hard to pin down. After I had to put my Doberman, Harley, down and I decided it was time to have family member, I wanted something smaller that would be easier to take on trips. However….I ended up with another Doberman; Max. Luckily, my BIL lives here and “Uncle Ronnie” comes and stays at my house with Max while I’m gone. That may be why Max is a terrorist; but I’m not absolutely sure on that. I wouldn’t rule out checking with breeders either. Sometimes they have pups that aren’t perfect and they let them go to good homes. I suspect you will find a new companion soon.

IMHO the state doesn’t need to be involved; that would simply end with banning discharging a firearm anywhere other than rural areas. However, cities, towns and counties should publish their firearms laws. Hawkins County may have done that, but they aren’t making it easy to find.

I don’t have any suggestions on high end knives at lower prices, but I’m getting all kind of emails about Labor Day sales going on this weekend.

Doug, have you checked Smith County Humane? Their web site didn't give prices, but I saw a site that said "Adoption fees vary slightly, but are usually $50-75 per pet." https://www.adoptapet.com/adoption_rescue/72487-smith-county-humane-society-buffalo-valley-smith-county-tennessee http://www.smithcountytnhumane.com/?fbclid=IwAR0TWr7xnbld8dCMxMzfgbVyjZTrAxC8iqG1U5TKnzShHUcnKmLc3-pa2ww

Whaaaatt??

So sorry Doug

My guess is investigators end up here.... https://jetpackaviation.com/jetpack-training-lp/

Do you want a stock? Not a brace, but a real stock? I ask this first question because it will give direction. For me, an AR Pistol without a stock was pretty much useless, so that puts it into an NFA SBR.

Wonder what the wake turbulence was like at 300 yards??

Sure would be nice if Tennessee posted the formal reciprocity documents.

I when I was trying to find an old school Walnut and polished blue bolt action in .223 or .243, I got lot of replies from folks that said they didn’t have that, but they had 30-06. I saw a lot of nice ones in the $300-$500 price range.

I’ll ask this here, because I tried a OneDrive forum, but they told me apparently I don’t know how one drive works. That’s obvious. I bought a Microsoft 365 subscription because not only did it allow me to put its apps on all my PC’s; I got 1TB of cloud storage for each of the 5 users. All I want to do is use it like a hard drive. I want to copy files/folders to it that I might want to transfer to another PC (same account). I don’t want to use it as a backup; I use Acronis for that. I don’t want it to sync or automatically make changes on any PC. I don’t want it to copy the files/folders that I copy to the cloud to my PC in the user\OneDrive folder. That’s a waste of space. I use DropBox on a work account, and it will do what I want. But it cost almost as much as Microsoft 365, so that’s not an answer. Is what I’m asking it to do (simply be a storage area) unreasonable?

You might want to take a look at this.... https://www.tn.gov/twra/license-sales/hunting-licenses.html#:~:text=%2419.00-,Migratory Bird Permits,hunting on their own land Migratory Bird Permits Resident and nonresident hunters must possess a Tennessee Migratory Bird Permit to hunt waterfowl and other migratory birds. Available anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold. The following do not need this permit: Landowners hunting on their own land Disabled veterans Tennessee residents 65 years of age or older Tennessee residents under 13 years of age Lifetime Sportsman license holders

The “regular” flu kills people all the time.

DA’s are elected and they do not answer to anyone but the voters. They cannot be fired for not doing their job. They can be impeached, but without criminal acts; that almost impossible. Sheriffs are also elected and usually do not answers to Mayors or city councils. Police Chiefs usually answer to Mayors or city government. Depending of course on how state laws are setup. The Chief Law Enforcement Officers need to be held responsible when buildings are being burned and people are being hurt in criminal action. Miranda is a whole separate discussion. Probably one of the most talked about and least understood practices in law enforcement. Rights come with responsibility and people should understand them.