peejman

Don't know, I was an ignorant high school kid. I recall a few minor drug busts (weed) and other ordinary hooligan crap, but nothing of significance. They spent more time cruising the parking lot than walking the halls.

I went to Chattanooga city schools and we had an SRO in the 80's.

I don't disagree, but you illustrate my point. Controlling access is key. Work much harder on keeping them out. There should be only one entry/exit to the property and it should be a considerable distance from the doors to any building. Prevention rather than detection.

I understand your point, but... Memphis has roughly 670,000 people in those 200,000 acres... 3.4 people per acre or 340 people per cop. Nashville has 630,000 people in 336,000 acres, 1.9 people per acre, or 485 people per cop. That 10 acre school has 1000 people, 100 people per acre. They're nicely compartmentalized into little rooms in buildings spread out across the space, and known to be defenseless. Just like I did when I wanted to skip school in high school... just wait until the cop is at the other end of the school, then make a dash for the car and drive out. It was easy to not get caught.

Have a single officer on a 10 acre campus with functionally zero security otherwise isn't going to do much. The SRO is a mall cop at that point. I was at a friend of my son's birthday party the other day. One of the mom's was commenting on a new school being built and how it had huge iron fencing and looked like a prison. She said she wouldn't want her kids to go to a school that looks like that. I smiled and thought, perhaps they (the school builders) are learning.

SCCY is currently making parts in leased space very near their intended final location. I believe final assembly is still in Daytona. I learned that a couple weeks ago. The plan I heard was they'd begin work on a permanent facility late this year or early next year. 

Maybe it is? It makes sense i guess. The laws couldn't be the same between local, state, and federal parks. That'd be too easy.

None of the SRO's I've seen here are old. I don't know that I've seen one over 50. All of them have had a positive influence on the kids.

You can only carry past signs in parks, as that law change didn't require signage be removed. But that's only outdoor park areas, park buildings can still be posted with the listed consequence. And it also depends on the usage of the park while you're there.... if a school function is going on, you're not allowed to carry. And it also depends on how the local government defines a "park" as municipalities seem to varying opinions on that. The laws are clear and easy to abide by on purpose.

I love blueberries and sure wish I could grow them. I'm not sure why, but never had any luck. I've had the soil tested and did what they recommended but they just don't grow. We had some huge bushes and more blueberries than we could eat growing up.

I agree wholeheartedly... but like Dave, I don't let it prevent me from doing stuff I want to do.

Big business in America. Oh, the drama... They're doing a fine job using our money to keep all those lawyers employed.

this is it...

I keep thinking of this...

I suspect the next SEAL on the stand will have a slightly different version where he's responsible and not the other two. And so on.

Cool. My uncle built his own car from scratch while in high school in the late '50's. Later on he made friends with this guy (https://www.sprintcarhof.com/helper_pages/FileGet.aspx?id=374) and built a replica of one of his cars. I've got a picture of it somewhere....

Keep TSA's rules and your airline's terms of service handy, sometimes the employees don't know their own policies. Tell them you're checking a firearm at the desk. Don't go through security until they've come and inspected it. Know the gun laws for everywhere you'll be, including layovers. In the event of a diversion, do not take possession of your luggage in a prohibitive city or state. They'll turn right around and arrest you.

Just a touch low. Couple more clicks up on the next shot.

My point is that rural code inspectors tend to be some elected official's brother-in-law or buddy and may or may not have the first clue about anything to do with construction. Either way, the bigger builders can usually afford to grease enough palms to get by with whatever they want. So just because the state has a written code doesn't mean that anything that gets built follows it. Florida is a different animal. The insurance industry has forced them to be very strict.

Just because a state has adopted it, doesn't mean that there's any real enforcement, especially in rural areas.

No kidding. Yikes.

That's state wide, and probably nation wide.... builders get as much code enforcement as they can afford.

Drivers here can be annoyingly unaggressive. There's no comparison to traffic in big metro areas.

I agree that distributors are a leach in the system. I wouldn't expect the OEM's to bring distribution in-house, as that would increase their overhead at a time when they're doing everything they can to reduce it. I would expect the business model to change, perhaps to consigned inventory similar to car dealers.

Sparta and Spencer are nice places, but they're both a good ways off the beaten path so you get all the good and bad that come with that. The housing market is so busy right now that I'm not surprised you can't find a builder that's interested in working an hour from anywhere.