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Law Enforcement does not seize money because it smells like or has traces of drugs in it. That is an urban legend.

It is the descretion of the bank/teller, if they has a suspicion about you, the money, the account they can do it for $1. They are only required for any transaction $10,001 or over. People that are driving their own vehicle, have their money in their wallet/purse, have somewhat reasonable explanation to why they have such a large amount of money have no reason to be affraid. The people who have their money seized are a "man and wife" traveling together with id's from different states, who when interviewed seperatly tell you a different day in which they were married, the car is registered to neither one of them but it's their cousins. You interview them a little more and then the car belongs to a cousins friend who lives in FL but the car is registered to GA. You ask them for consent to search and they say, " no it isn't their car.". At this point they have essentially told you the contents of the car is not theirs. Believe it or not this is how most of them go down. I will not give away any more information as to how the warrant is gathered or how they get consent. What I can tell you is that 95% of the people that have money seized say they didn't know it was there and they do not try to claim it later. The other 5% generally have some outlandish explanation for having the cash and will get it back. Edit: I decided to not to share so much.

I agree with other things you have said, but remember a citation is issued in leu of an arrest. Yes, speeding is an arrest able offense. If their probable cause for the stop was an infraction and not just a suspicious vehicle they may very well arrest you after that statement. I have known some TN Drug Task Force Agent's and when they take cash it is almost always honest to got true drug money. I will not give away how they know the origins of money but they have a very relible method. Honest people have nothing to fear. When DTF stops a vehicle and suspect's drug trafficing it's over before the driver even knows what happened. A series of questions and the agent knows what's in the car and which process of the transportation it is in. Once again no one here has any reason to fear for the safety of their money, unless your trafficing.

I shoot lead in the factory Glock barrels but I always scrub the bore every 100 rounds and especially before loading jacketed ammo in there.

I believe that Fugates is supportive of military. Carmen's son in law is stationed at Ft Campbell.

Spank, maybe things have changed but Fall of 2009 I was treated like crap when I was in there. I was not in uniform but it's pretty obvious that I am military and/or law enforcement. Some people just know I am police from seeing me before. I was in the Clevend National Guard unit and when I told one of the local Cleveland boys about my experience he said they have asked people to leave when they asked for a military discount.

I would guess that he chose Carter's because I know that's their next available class. That is a long time to wait. I know someone that got into a class at Fugates with 3weeks notice. Even Sportsmans Supply in Hixson was only a month wait.

Normally you can't but the Glock 29/30's may be an exception. The dust cover on the front is where troubles normally occur. Since the gen 3 29's had a dual recoil spring they may interchange.

Truthfully, I try to avoid Cleveland and Cleveland buisness' when at all possible. I have had some bad experiences in Cleveland over the years. Also keep in mind there is an additional .25% or more sales tax. Benton Shooters supply prices pre Obama and pre Sandy Hook were at the time competitive with today's prices elsewhere. I'm sure they have had an increase. I went into Fugates in Calhoun for the first time years ago and I looked at a Keltec P32 for $259. They told me Benton's Shooter Supply had the same gun for $289. I laughed and said that I didn't believe that. I went to Benton's to see for myself. The same P-32 was $299 instead. I ended up finding out about Silvers who had new Keltecs for like $265 OTD(I think this is still his price). I have found some deals and have enjoyed shopping at Fugates though. Fugates has one of the best deals around on NAA revolvers 199/Lr and 229/mag. Those NAA have went up in price drastically. I have been told by someone else that the dealers price is now more than what Fugates is selling them for.

I have actually bought some things at VOW before but I try not to go there at all. It is well known amongst law enforcement and the military that military and police are not welcome at VOW. At one time there was a little gun shop on spring place road about a mile from the bypass. I don't have a clue on the name. One of the best shops in the area is Fugates about 20 miles north on hwy 11 in Calhoun. Fugates is closed on Wed and Sundays.

There was a crap load of .40 s&w at the Ft. Oglethorpe Walmart this morning. Very little of everything else and no 9/45/223/22

Sounds like a familiar story. Supposedly I have a friend of a friend with a 44 auto mag from the 80's that he has never been able to find ammo for. Obviously these do not require moon clips, but can the round be used in 9mm that normally require a moon clip?

I really wish these ammo manufacturers would just produce more ammo instead of inventing new calibers.

I'm up to speed now. I was thinking of something else.

Truthfully a 357 is so much more versatile I would not bother with a 9mm revolver. If I were a police officer or security guard that for whatever reason a 9mm would be less hassle I would but that is so few of people it's almost not worth mentioning.

The Walmart in Brainerd had about a dozen boxes of 5.56 WWB but it was $13 a box today.

Someone asked about Large Patch, treat it with a fungicide in the early spring and fall. To reduce the chances add very little supplemental Nitrogen. Honestly, of all turf grass, Zoysia needs less feeding than any of them. Keep a sharp blade on the mower, water sparingly, and rinse off the morning dew with the test cycle on your irrigation box. Someone mentioned the look during the dormant season. I have had customers in the past with beautiful clean warm season lawns tell me the get more compliments about their lawn during the winter. A completely weed free dormant lawn looks great in the winter. If it is a mixed, patchy lawn it looks terrible. I still generally recommend against zoysia, especially further north than Chattanooga. I normally recommend seeding Fescue or sodding Bermudagrass. Honestly though, the brown patch and drought is so hard on Fescue in S Tn that I recommend Bermudagrass when the light conditions are appropriate.

Let's see, a 9mm, small, with a safety? A 9mm Shield would be great. The recoil is more like a fullsize pistol. Shields are hard to find though.

Fugates in Calhoun(above Cleveland). It's $50 and since they gave two instructors they can cut the class to only 4hrs. This means you don't sit around and wait while others are on the range shooting.

I have been around the turf grass industry my entire life, unfortunately. Understand that zoysia grass is a warm season turf grass that requires a minimum of 5-8 hours of direct sunlight a day, which honestly is just a little bit more than a fescue grass needs. If you have this much sunlight and live in southern TN I normally recommend Burmuada grass. It is a more heat and drought tolerant turf, faster recovering, and you can use a lot more chemicals to keep it nice. I am a huge fan of Bermuada grass and most people have all the wrong ideas about it. My biggest complaint about Zoysia is large patch, this is a fungus somewhat resembling fescue brown patch. The large patch is very costly to treat and is not very successful. Also, Zoysia is a thick hard to cut turf but with a good horsepower mower you will. It notice except for frequently dulling blades. I will say that if you have enough sunlight and want a turf to just do it's thing. Zoysia will pretty much look good naturally. He chokes out a fair amount of weeds naturally and requires very little supplemental nutrients.

I don't know what it is but the Shield's have almost no recoil. Even the .40 is a joy to shoot. It's been a while since i have shot a Taurus slim or a pf9 but I remember them being a handful.

No confirmed body yet. The media jumps the gun.

I don't think I could even intentionally squeeze the trigger of one of my j frames while it's in my waist. With the long trigger pull and having to rotate the cylinder at the same time.

That place is known for fairly high prices. They do have some neat stuff that will take you back in time. They have lots of old ammo boxes, gun accessories in old packaging, and stuff your grandpa had. I will say that they are fairly nice there though. It's one of those places you actually want to buy something.

My father almost shot me when I was a child utilizing the method of riding the hammer forward. My mom thought someone was outside and cocked the hammer back on a revolver. When my dad got home he didn't know I was on the other side of the wall when he was trying to ride the hammer down. His sweaty hands caused his thumbs to slip and the gun fired. The round couldn't have come more than 1 ft from me.