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I skimmed it. One thing that stuck out is they are claiming over 45,000 "ghost guns" were recovered from crime scenes since 2016. That number seems awfully high. If we do take that number at face value, somebody has to be building guns on the black market without serial numbers and selling them on the street. There is no way there are that many John Does out there building guns in their garage and going out and committing crimes. I would also submit that if there are high volume manufacturers building guns for the black market, these new rules will do nothing to stop it. Other than that, the rest of it reads awfully confusing, and will require more time to weed though. Just skimming it, I get the feeling that they are fixing to try to regulate a whole lot more than the lower receiver on something like a AR. Talk about a nightmare if they do that.

I help out too, but just on a strictly volunteer basis. I with a group that volunteer to help them with things like fundraisers, drug take backs, some traffic control, and just anything they need help with, but we have zero police authority. I've been though 40 hours of training with that, including some force-on-force and driving, but it's just local and doesn't go toward any State mandated training.

Several years ago I had the local Sheriff offer me a "Special Deputy" badge if I completed the State mandated training. I think it was 80hrs initially and then 20hrs a year (or was it 40?). I never did follow though with it because I couldn't make time for the training, which was offered during the week in the middle of the day. If I could have taken the training at night or on weekends I would have probably done it. So the avenue is currently there if you have a favorable sheriff. They also offer a "reserve deputy" position at our local Sheriff's Office. You still have to do the State mandated training, but the County will pay for it. The only catch there is you have to volunteer (without pay) to work as a officer so many hours a month. I don't recall how many hours (it's not a lot) but you still have to do it.

That would be great, but I'm not holding my breath until it passes. I was in a "gun free zone" a few years ago when some crap wend down that made me really wish I had my firearm. After that I looked into becoming a Special Deputy, and the local Sheriff at the time said he would give it to me if I passed the State required training. It's several hours of training are refreshers each year. I never could find the time to do that so I never did. Only reason I wanted it was so I could carry in prohibited places.

I love the idea but I think it’s DOA. I hope not but I think he’s praising Kyle a little too much. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad he was proven not guilty, and I do consider him a hero, but the general public has a hard time going beyond a not guilty verdict.

I may not have everything right, but he was first charged with manslaughter I think. He got out on bond (I think it was around $50k) and then I know it went to the Grand Jury where they upped the charge to I think 2nd degree murder. He was re-arrested and bond increased to $150k. He's out of bond now, so he had more money than I thought he had, or he's getting help from family. I wouldn't call the guy a friend of mine, I just know the family and he used to work for my uncle. To know him you wouldn't think he would harm anybody. He's in his 20s and I do hate to see him throw his life away over this, but does look like he killed somebody. It looks as if the victim had a heart attack during the fight.

A guy I know is a relatively good guy, and even though he was using self defense, he's charged with murder. What brings us to his murder charge stems from the circumstances. This guy had a beef with another guy that lives not too far from me (I think it was woman problems). He goes to the victims house to confront him, supposedly to just have a conversation. When he pulls up, before he can even get out of his truck, the victim comes out of the house and comes at him. They get into a fistfight, the victim's girlfriend comes out of the house with a handgun, put's it to the guy's head while they are rolling on the ground, and pulls the trigger (there wasn't a round in the chamber). He manages to get the gun away from the girl and throws it into the edge of the woods. Still fighting, he finally gets the best of the victim, and leaves him laying there on the ground. Thinking he is just passed out, he goes back to his truck about the time the cops show up. Come to find out the victim is dead. The guy had a loaded firearm in his truck, but at no time did he try to retrieve it and shoot the victim. Even though it does appear that he was fighting the victim in self defense, the fact that he drove to the victim's house under less than friendly circumstances, get's him a murder charge. I'm just throwing this out there, because the guy isn't a bad guy and I truly don't think he was trying to kill anybody. The victim is dead none the less, and he put himself into a situation where he is charged with murder. It just goes to show you that you need to be very careful the situations we put ourselves in, because things can go bad fast, and you either wind up dead (he is very lucky the girlfriend's gun didn't have a round in the chamber) or possibly in prison for the rest of your life.

I've got a 10kw military genset, it will run the whole 3,000 square foot house. I look at it as a luxury item though. In a actual full blown major event, I think you are better off to learn how live without electricity than you are to try to produce it. After some time you're going to run into fuel issues, and a big genset running in the night is like a big magnet to attract unwanted attention.

I know you make the quote “it depends on how the gun was an issue” often, and it falls in line with a conversation about school shootings with a officer. He said it is a department attitude to tell teachers to do whatever they feel is best, concerning teachers being armed, just don’t let the gun be an issue until there is a issue (active shooter). He then said at that point nobody is going to be looking to charge a teacher for trying to stop an active shooter. In other words, they aren’t going to go around and search teachers for weapons, but if there are other issues that garners their attention, the gun could then become a issue.

Just looked it up on Property Viewer, some of the fairgrounds property is owned by the American Legion and some owned by the Dickson County Fair Association. It’s a moot point however, because there are no restrictions to carrying at the Dickson County Fair.

One more thing as far as tactics go. Do you normally run your nods with the IR light on? Can you still see pretty well without the IR light? Reason I ask, if you are being pursued or pursuing somebody with nods, running the IR light is going to look like you are carrying a big spotlight to them. Then you have the issue of weapon mounted IR lasers. This will also give away your position pretty well to somebody else with nods. I guess at the end of the day, you are still better off with nods, even if you know your adversary also has nods, but you really should change your tactics accordingly.

NVG has sparked my interest as of late. In some of my research, there seems to be a debate over dual tubes vs a single tube. One is obvious, dual tubes cost twice as much. The second is some say you have better depth perception running a single tube, and can help having one unaided eye to know how to stay in the shadows.

Dickson County Fairgrounds are privately operated. I think the county may own the property, but it is kept up and operated by the American Legion.

I think people worry way too much about printing. I wear a G17 OWB with most of the times just a untucked tee covering it. Sure it prints, but nobody notices. 90% of people just don’t pay attention to their surroundings, and the other 10% most of the time just assume it is a phone case or something (I have a belt phone holder that prints just as bad). I’ve had police officers (people that are trained to notice such things) at church not notice I’m carrying. I know because we’ve talked about it. The reason you stand in front of the mirror and it looks bad is because your eyes are trained on it.

I’ve bought so many IWB holsters that I got tired of spending money. Bottom line is none of them work for me. I’m 6’ 2”, 180 lbs. I just stick with OWB, and can conceal it good enough, with a coat in the winter or a untucked shirt in the summer.

Well, you probably have to have at least a couple of beers in you to be charged with drinking while armed. The problem comes if you have to actually use your firearm. I’d say if you took much more than a sip, it would be used against you in court.

Not to make light of the situation, but I picture Clint Eastwood right out of frame with a smirk on his face saying “that’s not a gun, this is a gun”, while he pulls his 44 mag out.

I finally watched the whole video, where it showed the car cam video. From the vantage point of the car, it does look like the officer just gave up there at the end. It didn't look like he was physically unable to continue the fight, it looked like his was mentally unable. He had enough strength to at least get to his knees, but he just sat there on his knees and watched her drive away. She could have finished him off execution style if she wanted. One would think you would either pick up your gun (fight) or tried to drag yourself to cover (flight), but he just sat there kind of dumbfounded. Not trying to blame the officer, I don't know if I could have done any better, and it's really easy to sit here in a chair and critique the officer. This should be something to look at and learn from though.

IMO, the reason the cop was giving her so much lead way is a direct result of the current climate between cops and minorities. Cops today are sacred to death that they will get a civil rights charge or worse against them. Him acting like he did, due to the current political climate, appears to be a contributing factor in the cop getting shot.

No, I haven’t. We attend the same church, but I didn’t see him last week.

If the democrats get their way, by either making DC or Puerto Rico a state, automatically registering everybody to vote, and make mail in voting commonplace, your vote in TN will be worthless on a national level. We are getting to a point that our only hope is to have the State stand up to the Feds. I agree that to have the State go against the Federal Government is a steep hill to climb. The feds have taken over state’s rights by taking hold of the purse strings. It’s something we should at least consider though.

You might be surprised. So I guess we are just supposed to suck it up and take whatever the Feds throw at us?

Well, TN and several other southern states have done it in the past.

I know the president of the TN Sherriff's Association, he used to be my Sherriff (Jeff Bledsoe of Dickson County). I need to talk to him about this. I'll talk to him and see what he says.

The joke is even more funny in this political climate. If the Sherriff's Association was advocating something pro-gun, I'm sure they would be dealt with swiftly. If it fits their agenda though, the federal government is more than happy to look the other way. Bottom line is, expect zero help from any federal agency, no matter how outrageous the infraction.