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Talked to a Dickson Police Dept Detective last week, he said the current regulation is every officer carry a Glock 23 as their primary. He said this was due to if something big went down, officers could share mags. He said there was also talk of them going to 9mm, but nothing official yet.

I was fooling with ARs before ARs were cool. Back when I got my first one, there were hardly any accessories, and what was available either came from Colt or military surplus. Nowadays, the sky is the limit with what you can do with one. I've got one setup for long range shooting, a 16" for just playing around, and one with a "fun switch" that is sporting a 11.5" barrel. I've also got a stripped lower sitting in the safe I'm thinking about turning into a pistol. If you are building one (the best way to get the most bang for your buck), just about all the lowers on the market are the same, besides the brand stamped on it. Spend your money on a upper and optics. I've heard all the horror stories from Vietnam, that was before my time, but I can tell you that I haven't seen any of those problems with the modern AR. If for no other reason, get one because it pisses the liberals off.

Well I've been looking for a more compact carry gun. My Glock 19 is may standard winter carry gun and and general carry gun when I'm not trying too hard to conceal. In the past I'd carry various pocket .380s when I needed better concealment than the 19 offered, but these small .380s aren't doing it for me anymore. I'm just tired of fooling with them, and my accuracy is awful shooting them and any distance. I was pretty much set on picking up a G43, that was until a friend of mine let me shoot his Shield, now I'm torn between the two. I really like the way the shield felt in my hand and the way it shot. I've only held a G43 and haven't shot one but the Glock did fit my hand pretty well also. I've searched the web and have seen several comparisons between the two firearms already, and the conclusions of all I've read is there isn't a nickle's worth of difference between them. I just though I'd throw it out there and see what TGO had to say.

True, and we are more than happy to send them packing.

I have to agree with this. I do swap between a G19 and G43 sometimes, depending on having to conceal deeper or not, but stay in the Glock family. If you ever get into a life or death situation, you are going to want to rely on muscle memory a lot, because your other senses are likely to be slow to react, or lead you down the wrong path.

I don't see a AWB happening on a state level anytime soon. Sure, we have a RINO governor, but the legislature is still solid conservative and not likely to change anytime soon. I know people are fleeing liberal states and moving to more free states, but excluding the OP, I'm hesitant to roll out the welcome wagon here in TN. A lot of these people are still deep down liberal, and are like a parasite. They destroy their current state until they can't take it anymore, they then move to a more conservative state, before long they start trying to change their new state to mirror where they came from, turning our good state into the crap hole they came from.

Left handed shoot here. My worst position is somebody coming up from behind on the drivers side of a vehicle. My solution is to practice off-hand shooting more, and practice drawing with the left and swapping hands. I actually think swapping hands would be as fast as ankle draw, and the gun is still in the wrong hand to get into a good shooting position, without exposing a bunch of your body. I actually had a incident awhile back that bought this to light. I was sitting at the drive thru at McDonald's, and some crazy guy comes walking from behind my truck. I was wanting to try to get my firearm at the ready, but struggled to get into a position where I could draw fast if needed. As it turned out, the guy was just nuts and meant me no harm, he just wanted money. All shooters are very vulnerable from somebody coming up from the rear like that while sitting parked, that's why cops approach a vehicle like they do.

I don’t think so. Before I knew what was happening, while we were still on lockdown, a officer did come inside and escort a woman out. I assume that was the girlfriend and they were wanting to ask her some questions.

Yes, he was apprehended before they let us out.

Well the incident that happened was that there was a assembly of people at said place, the "girlfriend" of a guy was in attendance of said assembly, he was drunk and mad, and shots were fired out in the parking lot. I honestly think he was just trying to put on a show and scare her or something (who knows why drunks do what they do) but he could have just as easily entered the assembly before he started firing. You don't know the feeling you get when you are put on lock down with shots fired, and all you can do is hope the shooter doesn't breach the lock down, until you've been there. It's a situation I don't want to find myself and my family in again. It is a soft target, plain and simple, and I knew that for awhile and it concerned me, it just hit home last night. I'm going to talk to the Sheriff, who is a personal friend, about setting up a Special Deputy program. Looks like that would be a way for certain persons to get around all these prohibited places.

When the incident happened last night, some of the management did ask me if I was armed. I told them no, because it was posted. They said “screw the signs”, but they aren’t the head people that sets policy. I did talk to a officer off the record and asked him what are the odds of getting arrested and charged, he said “very slim”.

I was at a place yesterday when a incident happened, it had the makings of a active shooter situation. This place is posted, and is owned by a private college. What I’m wondering is what the penalty is if I actually got caught? It’s a place I’m required to be, and I’ve got to decide if I will continue to go there unarmed, go armed and deal with the consequences if caught, or make arrangements to not go back.

With all the talk of banning bump stocks, the latest plan seems to be to label them as machine guns. Gun rights groups are already threatening to sue, and they will probably win, because bump stocks do not fit the definition of a machine gun. I can see where this is headed, they classify bump stocks as machine guns, the courts strike it down, and that leads to a sweeping semi-auto ban because they will claim that is the only way to get rid of the deadly bump stocks. These gun groups better be careful what they wish for, it may end up being that we have to give them the bump stocks to keep from having a new AWB or worse. In the courtroom of public opinion, we've already lost the bump stock debate, I fear at this point we need to cut our losses and try to make sure bump stocks are as far as it goes. I tend to think that is what Trump has on his mind, give them the bump stocks and maybe make some changes to the background check system, and all the screams for more gun control will die down.

They own a at least $500 AR (if you figure one of the cheaper ones) and buy $100s if not $1,000 worth a ammo, but they think it cost too much to join the NRA?

Not to get into the age old caliber debate, but in that situation you need a bigger gun. I've been known to carry a .380 when in deep concealment because it has to be small. Other times I carry a 9mm, again due to size restrictions. On something like a "behind the counter gun", It's going to be a long gun, either a shotgun or rifle, because the only size limitation is for it to fit behind the counter. For me personally, 9mm is the biggest thing I want in a self defense handgun. It's not that I can't handle the recoil of bigger calibers, I had a Desert Eagle .50AE one time, but I feel that the 9mm is a much more controllable round for me. I can make fast follow-up shots much more accurately with 9mm than I can with .40. Given the choice on any self defense firearm, when concealment isn't a issue, I'm going with a shotgun or rife, with the choice being on what I think the range of the threat may be.

Nobody goes to Dick’s to buy a AR anyway, and I have never bought a firearm at at any of the big retailers. When you just ask to look at a gun across the counter, they act like they are scared you are fixing to shoot everybody in sight.

I saw a list of the top lobbies, I was surprised at all the private businesses that were at the top. Now I understand why organizations like the NRA and even liberal organizations lobby on behalf of their membership, but it makes me a little uneasy for corporations, who seek government contracts, to be lobbying our elected officials.

It started the day after the shooting. If you’ve just got to have a Bump Stock or aged 18-20, you may have something to worry about, other than that I don’t see much happening. I don’t see too much support for a AWB. I have actually been on a buying spree up until the latest shooting. Since the Trump election, prices have been decent. I’ve bought a pile of ammo and a few firearms in the last year.

Companies should just stay out of politics. Looks like FedEx has managed to piss off both sides. I’m a business owner, I know I don’t advertise my political views in any official business. It’s a no win situation, regardless of what side you are on. Liberals can’t seem to help themselves though.

I agree, that number seems small. I wonder if that is just the NRA, not including the NRA-ILA? I’d say the vast majority of lobbying money comes from the NRA-ILA.

The NRA is pretty powerful, it's not the money that makes them so powerful, it's the 5 million+ votes they offer. The line from the left these days is that the NRA represents firearm manufacturers and not gun owners, that's the biggest bunch of hogwash I've ever heard.

I’m not either, and on it’s face, I couldn’t care less who offers NRA discounts. What bothers me is the reason they are jumping ship. This is a direct attack of the membership and evidently they don’t want our money, I’ll be happy to not send them any where I can. This newfound hatred of the NRA isn’t mainly at the NRA leadership, it’s at the members and even non-member gun owners. The reason I signed up for the NRA Visa is supposedly they are to send the NRA a couple of cents for every dollar I spend. I figured that sounded like a good deal so I signed up. I throw away half a dozen CC offers in the the mail each week, it’s not like I’ll have trouble finding another one. I did reach out to the NRA to see if they are going to partner with another bank.

I don't know why you would want it to co-witness. What would be the reason for this? I've got a Eotech on one of my ARs and it works fine without a co-witness front sight, looks to me like the front sight would just be in the way.

Everybody needs a AK in the stable. Using open sights (which is all my AK has) I can hit better with my AK than a AR. The thing is fun to shoot and tough as sledge hammer. I'm not so sure, if the SHTF and I could only take one gun, it wouldn't be the AK. The AR is like the Corvette, the AK is the Honda, it doesn't have the sex appeal of the AR but can take a lot more punishment and keep on going.

Instead of just sending the NRA money, buy somebody a membership. That way you can help them financially and also increase the membership.