Capbyrd

July 1st.

Antonio Parkinson is actually my representative and I fully intend to contact him and see what we can put together. The sticking point for me is going to be where the money comes from. I support a system like this but financing is going to be my big yay or nay point. I'm anxious to see what Representative Parkinson and I can come up with, assuming that he is actually willing to put this forward and wasn't just talk for the camera. If that turns out to be the case, I'll contact Representative Lamberth.

This has been my stance from the get go. Rather than chastise people for what we didn't get, we take what we can and continue to fight.

A person in TN that meets the requirements to get a permit, can carry legally without a permit. Some of the progress that has recently been made for permit holders, guns in parks for instance, will not extend to a permitless carrier. The fight hasn't stopped. We still have a little ways to go to get this to be true constitutional carry but this was the largest bite.

You do not need to carry the original and I would advise against it. You should keep a copy, physical or digital, with you when you have your NFA item in case it is requested by an ATF agent. How often do you encounter an agent? Rarely, but better safe than sorry.

For anyone interested, I put together some highlights from the video stream. These are things that I found funny or interesting. There were more but I didn't want to record the entire hour.

@Worriedman, I'm going to back up because I think you have misunderstood me and I'm getting close to getting myself in trouble. I'm not your enemy. We are on the same side and want the same thing. But you and your boss seem to be idealists. You want it all or you are just unhappy. Or maybe my previous statement is correct and John would be happy if it never passed so that he can continue to fear monger across the state in the name of fundraising. I hope that the latter isn't true. I am a realist. I understand that we cannot win this fight in one fell swoop. The other side took small bites away at a time. The only way that we can win it back is one small piece at a time. So I don't look for perfect. It's government, it will never be perfect. I look for realistic options that will move the needle in our direction. We have not had a truly friendly governor in this state in quite some time. Get what we can when we can each session and before you know it, we have made big dent. Now, you asked me some personal questions. How many sessions have I attended on this matter? None. I have a job and responsibilities. I can't get to Nashville. But I work at the grassroots level. I spread the word and encourage discourse with senators and representatives regarding active legislation. I was incredibly active a few years back when we removed restrictions on knives in this state. I'm well familiar with the process. You aren't schooling me on anything. I know the system and how it works. But I know that it doesn't happen overnight. Let's keep working on it. As for the future, at what point is the TFA going start working to get rid of Defense to Prosecution language? I'd argue that is as equally important of a fight as constitutional carry.

OHHHH You were there. I forgot that the video stream is faked to show things that didn't happen.

You are putting words in my mouth. I didn't say there was any harm. I simply said that the amendment was offered AGAIN as Amendment 12 and received a whopping 24 votes.

Tell the whole story. And one of those amendments was refiled as Amendment 12 and although it wasn't filed timely, it was voted on and shot down.

To the lay person, your "commercials" sound exactly the opposite. So what you put in a writeup may say differently, but what you put into snippets and sound bites sure makes me seem correct.

Once again the TFA does not support the bill that has a chance to pass. The fear mongering is amazing. Instead of passing what we can when we can and then working on plugging away in future legislative sessions, we will pass nothing and get nothing.

I wish I could figure out where they are.

So about the bill... It passed out of the House Finance Ways and Means committee after basically zero conversation about the financial impact of the bill.

It's a good start. But the TFA will never be happy with a bill. If they pass it, there won't be any reason for them to exist and they won't be able to fear monger to make you give them money anymore.

I can’t imagine that they would release it anytime soon.

What about it?

Everyone should seek training. Not just inexperienced shooters. You don't know what you don't know until you learn what you didn't know and now you know.

In my experience its closer to around 97% and it is definitely not welfare for me. And seeing as how my school regularly has students in the class that do not NEED to take the class, it shows me that there is some tangible benefit to someone. If I had my way, the class would require much more than the current requirement. But the state sets the curriculum. We are not allowed to change even a slide or a word on the test. They set the shooting standard. We spend as much time on the range doing dry work as we do live fire because we deal with so many students that have never touched a gun before. I am an instructor in ECP classes and I support constitutional carry. I recommend to folks that they get training. But I'm not their daddy. I ain't making anyone do anything!

I listened to a podcast with Chris Barrett this weekend and he was asked about the fieldcraft. He said that the product line is NOT DEAD but it's also not a part of Barrett's strategy for 2021. At some point they intend to bring the line back online but he doesn't know when. He said, and take this however you'd like, that if he was in the market and found one for less than 2k, he'd buy it now.

What?

That seems insanley cheap!

I've got a 22 that it would likely be just fine on! haha So, uhhh, why did you remove your rear sight?

Lighter spring means more impact on the rest of the internals during recoil. It also means that the springs are going to need replaced at shorter intervals than a regular handgun but that's simple maintenance so I'm not going to get too attached that. For the average user, the EZ will probably be just fine. But the average user shoots under 100 rounds a year.