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Ask yourself this simple question. At what point does a "simple fist fight" become great bodily harm? Do you know just how much damage you can take or exactly the capabilities of those intent on attacking you? Put another way, when will the attack cross the threshold from punching and kicking to a serious assault on your person. And at that moment will you then be able to react with deadly force or will you be just one or two more punches away from unconsciousness or possibly brain damage? The courts have ruled time and time again, its not the actual threat but the perceived threat to the victim. If I come up to you and point my finger at you from inside my coat pocket and tell you I'm gonna shot you and you draw and blast me... they will find no weapon but are you still justified? The threshold for defense is that you must believe that you are in fear of your life and any reasonable man in that situation would believe just that, absent other circumstances. Multiple attackers elevates situations in a hurry. An old Investigator I once worked with years ago, told a man an answer to this very same question, when can I use deadly force? His answer was, when the thought of what might happen to you is much worse than the thought of going to jail, the time has come to clear leather.

Is it just me or has Tennessee managed to create the biggest Charlie Foxtrot with this law and its "opt out" section? Hell as a cop I honestly don't know what parks where allow or not allow guns, I ain't gonna risk an arrest absent any other cause for this simple fact. Way to go Tennessee....

Hey guys, please cut these guys/gals some slack they are seriously over worked and there is only so many hours in a given day for them to do what they do. Not to mention the applications fall into a priority list for completion and these guys/gals to have other job related duties which they must accomplish. If you want to bitch at someone, bitch at BATFE DC, the ones who can assign more staff to this process if they wanted to...

How about doing away with the requirement of a valid CCL to have a loaded gun in your vehicle? That has to one of the stupidest laws currently on the books here.

Most Fire Marshals are also POST certified Peace Officers due to over lapping responsibilities involving arson investigations they share with local and state arson investigators. Fire Marshals will only inspect a private home at the written request of the home owner. Their authority to conduct unannounced inspections are limited to business that hold a city/county certificate of occupancy, open to the general public.

Under what authority are these Code Enforcement Officers conducting these (I guess) warrantless searches?

Why do FFL's around Middle TN charge so much to do private transfers? I've only had the chance to shop around the Middle Tn area, so this could be a Metro Area Anomaly but why are so many FFl's here charging 35$, $45 and even $55 for a basic transfer? I'm from Georgia and $35 was considered high, a couple of FFL's I used charged $10 and $15 respectfully. Man...