monkeylizard

  The coyote speaks the thruth.

I'll just leave this here:

I can say my Ruger LCP in .380 was much harder to get back on target than the PM9.

  I can appreciate this a bit more with having some time to sleep on it. I should preface my earlier stance of never submitting to a voluntary search by saying that I never knowingly have anything illegal in my vehicle, therefore I see no benefit to consenting to a search. My comments were for people who are trying to be law abiding citizens. If you have something illegal, then yeah, I can understand DaveTN's point. You're more likely to get some concession from the officer if you consent even if he doesn't need it.   If you got stopped for what you think is a minor traffic violation, that's not going to give them PC to search your car and find the bag of weed you have in the trunk. Maybe what you don't know is that there's also a BOLO on you and your vehicle from an eye witness that saw you put the bag of weed in your trunk. If you consent, you're banking on the officer being on your side and letting you go, or charging you with a lesser offense. However, even if you think he has PC and you know you have something illegal in the car, by not consenting it will leave the avenue open for an attorney to challenge the search when the officer finds whatever it is he finds. That may or may not happen just as getting a pass from the officer may or may not happen. It's a bit of a crap shoot when trying to determine if there's PC or not and if you should consent or not if you knowingly have something illegal in your car.   I still think nothing good can come of consenting if you have nothing to hide, but I can't say that my mind is completely closed to an argument the other way.

  I wonder if the instructor was maybe having a bit of fun with the new guys. I sure hope that a couple of other instructors were standing over to the side watching and laughing when the trainees shot with their mouths open.

I haven't done much off-hand with the PM9. What little I have done is...um....challenging.

As KahrMan said, 2-handed is no problem, but I'm not as fast with accurate follow-up shots one-handed with my PM9 as I am with a larger gun like a G19, which itself is a little slower for me than the heavier Beretta M9. The muzzle climb does come in to play a little more with these smaller guns, but it's managebale with practice.

  I think he saw "Reefer Madness" once, the colorized version with the purple and green smoke.

Used to hear the baby fox cries a lot in the evenings on the far edge of Bellevue. Now I just hear coyote yips.

  In that case, you're asking out of courtesy. I can appreciate that. If an officer is asking to search and doesn't have PC already, then I still say nothing good can come of it.

  This. Absolutley nothing good can happen to you by consenting to a search that wouldn't also happen by declining the search. At best you break even by consenting and at worst you're getting a car ride. I don't like those odds.

    You need to make up your mind.

  That was a different era. When Sam was running the show, he got the lower prices by buying in huge volumes and running on very slim margins. Nobody was doing any real offshore across the spectrum of products. He didn't have to compete against retailers offshoring 95% of their merchandise. Sure, most electronics were from Japan or Taiwan, and you had a lot of clothing done south of the border, but there was plenty of USA Made product to choose from even in those categories. There's no way to go back now. If Wal-Mart moved back to 95% USA made products (which they can't do today because almost nothing's made here any more), their prices would be too high and their customers would shop at Dollar General, Fred's, and Target who would still be ordering products from China. When a burger flipper wants $10/hr in the US while a guy in China builds flat screen TVs for $0.75/hr at a factory with no OSHA or EPA regulations, how can we ever economically make the flat screen TVs over here? Wal-Mart would be selling a flat screen made in Toshiba's Lebanon plant for 4 times the price of one from Sony made in China on sale at Best Buy. Oh wait....they can't because Toshiba had to close that plant.

  Cooperation <> forfeiting my rights.    I look at it this way. Nothing good can come to me by consenting to a search. If I don't consent, they can't search and I go on my way. If I do consent and they find nothing, then I go on my way. However, if I consent and they find something, perhaps something I didn't know I had*, or that's not actually ilegal but the officer thinks it is (switchblade in the console, perhaps?), then my day gets bad fast. If they have PC (or think they do), they don't need my consent and they'll search whether I consent or not. Arguing about whether they really have PC or not or if something is actually illegal or not is for an attorney and a judge to discuss, not me and an officer on the side of the road.   That's not to say that I'm going to be a disrespectful ass-clown to an officer. I'm not going to make their job hard, but I'm not going to make their job easy at my expense. If I get stopped, I roll down my windows, turn on my interior lights, shut off the car, and place both hands on the wheel. I'll present my DL and HCP and inform the officer if I'm armed or not and if so, how and where I'm armed. I will respectfully decline any requests to search my vehicle. That's cooperating. Voluntarily participating in a phishing expedition isn't cooperating, it's stupidity.       *I mentor a kid through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee (shameless plug for http://www.mentorakid.org). It's conceivable that one of those left-handed cigarettes might find its way into that teenaged boy's pocket (you know, to hold it for a friend), then find its way out of his pocket and roll under my seat. .

  I disagree. Outside of niche or certain luxury products, people will buy on price not on principal. That's why Wal-Mart parking lots are packed.

Thanks for the update. I know it was still posted in November. I'll try to swing by soon and check it out. I live close by.

  It's super faded, but still there. Both on the restaurant and at the gift shop.

As far as what to do in Nashville away from the show, that depends on your interests. Some of the top attractions are (all are downtown excpet Belle Meade and The Hermitage): The hony tonks on Broadway. No cover charge. Bring some singles to tip the bands. The Country Music Hall of Fame, including RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print Backstage tour of The Ryman Tour of the State Capitol and grounds (free) Tennessee State Museum (free) and it's neighbor the Tennessee War Museum (also free) Bicentennial Mall State Park and the neighboring Nashville Farmer's Market The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson Belle Meade Plantation (a nicer home and tour than The Hermitage, but it's not the home of a POTUS) The Frist Center (art museum) The Johnny Cash muesum is new and getting some good reviews over on TripAdvisor. If you're fan, it may be worth the stop. A few off the beaten path ones are: The Arcade - A small shopping area. Entrances are on 4th and 5th Ave between Church and Union streets. Country singer Buddy Jewell owns a donut shop there (peace love and little donuts) and the Peanut Shop is awesome for great peanuts and old fashioned candies. The Hermitage Hotel - It's the crown jewel of Nashville. Go in and check out the lobby, then go downstairs to the right of the restaurant to the restrooms. The men's room is an art deco masterpiece. Ladies go in all the time just to check it out too, so make sure the coast is clear, then take your wife in. It's about as cool as a restroom can be. There's a mirror to the left of the shoe shine stand that used to move. al Capone would hide behind it when the feds would come looking for him. It's now fixed in place. War Memorial Plaza - Home to the state's official war memorials. The entrance to the state war museum is in the SW corner of the plaza. If you enjoy such things, there's a fantastic laser tag place on 2nd Ave called Laser Quest. It's next to the Old Spaghetti Factory Tour the Corsair whiskey distillery Tour any of several breweries (Jackalope, Fat Bottom, and Yazoo are all popular)

There's only one budget-friendly hotel downtown and it's booked up during the NRA convention. The next best thing would be a toss-up between The Gulch and West End/Vanderbilt. You'll have more choices of hotels in West End, but The Gulch is a little closer to downtown.   There's only one hotel that I know of in The Gulch and that's a new Fairfield Inn. That's one of the hottest areas of Nashville right now for boutique shops and restaurants. Peg Leg Porker is close by as is the bluegrass venue Station Inn. I don't know if the Fairfield has a shuttle or not. There's a free bus shuttle run by the city called the Music City Circuit. The green line runs from the Gulch to downtown. A cab would be a bout $5 or so each way.   There are a lot of hotels in the West End/Vanderbilt area and many have free shuttles. Some will still charge for parking just like the downtown hotels, but some don't, so be sure to call and ask.   After that you're going to be looking in the suburbs. I'd take Brentwood over the Aiport. You'll have a few more dining options and it's a better neighborhood. Either is going to put you about 10 minutes from downtown. Parking downtown is plentiful and generally cheap compared to other cities. A popular favorite spot is the library garage. It maxes out at $10/day or $5 after 5pm and all day on weekends. That's where I always park. It's #77 on this map: http://www.parkitdowntown.com/maps/interactive-map

I was there Saturday too. No wanding, but they have added the gunbuster signs on the entrance doors since my last visit.   I can honestly say that I've never seen that much camo outside of a Bass Pro shop.

I think you mean Hattie B's.   I wouldn't stay on North Nashville for anything. Up around Goodletsville there may be something, but nothing in the Trinity Lane/Metro Center areas are anywhere close to being on my places to stay. Maxwell House is an OK property, but for the rates I'd rather go to the airport or Opryland areas and have a few more dining choices and a lower risk of being a statistic.   Personally, I don't see the point in staying in Murfreesboro. It's a lousy commute up on Friday morning if you come in on Thursday. Even without traffic it's 30 minutes. The airport or Brentwood hotels put you 10 minutes from downtown. Opryland is just 15. I don't generally recommend the Opryland area. there's not that much to do out there, but it fits the bill if you're just looking for a place to stay that's significantly cheaper than downtown.   I rank the areas as follows in order of preference for visiting Nashville: Downtown West End/Vanderbilt The Gulch Brentwood Airport Opryland

  +1 Internets to you, good sir!

Peg Leg Porker is not posted and it's delicious.   M.L Rose is comparable in the burger department to The Pharmacy and I'm pretty sure it's not posted. A Nashville institution for burgers is Gabby's which is not posted. Good thing too because it's in a lousy part of town.

<$100/night in Nashville will mean moving a good ways out, or having a lower standard of rooms.   Just to get some perspective, would you consider a standard Hampton Inn/Fairfield Inn to be a nice place, about what you're looking for, or a dive where you'd only stay if you had no other choice?

  This. Plus after a repo, they get to sell it again. Some of the cars on those lots get sold 3, 4, 5 times or more. Since the cost is covered in the first sale, every payment collected and every future down payment is pure profit.