monkeylizard

My HCP could not have arrived at a better time. 2 or 3 days after the house flooded. I've decided that I have waaaay too many strangers coming into my house for quotes and too many people working on neighbors' homes (and mine soon). So I decided this morning to start open carrying the XD*. I'll use this thread as a running commnetary on the reactions I get, if any, when contractors/repairmen come to the house. Let's see if it gets interesting. So far, I've had a roofing guy come out. Unrelated to the flood. I just need a new roof. One of his first questions was if we've had a problem with looters. Nobody prior to my OC asked that question. I just said "No. Metro's had a pretty good presence. And I want any would be looters to know they need to find another occupation." *Yes, I know I don't need an HCP for carrying in my own home. But I'm not sure if that applies to the yard too. And it really reduces any potential hassle factor.

Class on 4/10. DMV on 4/20. Cogent on 4/26. HCP on 5/6. Wally Walk TBD

I was watching live on channel 5 when a building came floating down and took out some cars and a boat on a trailer. TDOT should get an Emmy for their excellent camera work.

But not if it's inherited. Then it's OK.

Nashville Gun Crime Attorney :: Stick to Your Guns :Restoration of Tennessee :: Hendersonville, Tennessee Weapons Crime Defense Lawyer - Hollins, Raybin & Weissman It looks to be state specific. Sounds like it ain't happenin' in Tennessee. But TN doesn't appear to ever restore firearm ownership rights. and if your friend was convicted in federal court, also ain't happenin'.

Tailgating at the HCP class. LOL.

I know the state says 4 hours classroom, 4 hours range. But honestly, what can you do on the range for FOUR HOURS and only go through 48 rounds? that's an average of one round every 5 minutes. I know....safety instructions, etc. but still...that only takes so much time. What can you do in an HCP class for that long? I've been trying to think of what the instructor could have left out, and I just don't see anything. We went through the different types of handguns and actions, safety, cleaning and maintenance, ammunition, watched Bert and Ernie fumble through a YouTube quality video from the state on legal matters, discussed various considerations specific to using deadly force. Our class time was actually 5 hours. Then off to get qualified with our range time. A tactical class on the range for 4 hours? no problem. A "don't blow your nuts off when you shove your new gun in your pants" class on the range for 4 hours? really?

I was there for 4 hours on the range. 3 hours, 45 min. sitting in the lounge readings gun mags and waiting on the people ahead of me. 15 minutes of shooting. Does that count?

I think someone spilled water on one panda. Now they have a bunch of them.

I did HCP at GnL a few weks ago. It works like this. We had 40 in the class. At the end of the classroom portion (about 1:00pm) we were given our certificates (unsigned by the instructor). Each was numbered in the order in which we arrived that morning. #1-20 went directly to the range. No break. #21-40 were sent off for lunch and told to be back in an hour or so. Groups go through the range 5 at a time. Some groups are faster than others, depending on the weakest shooter in the group. When you finish on the range, the instructor signs the cert. and off you go. You're all done. In other words...30 minutes to an hour early in the morning, can save you 2 hours in the afternoon. Get there early. I was in the last group and didn't get started on the range until about 4:40. But there were a couple of exceptionally slow peop....groups in front of me. I don't know of anything else in Greenbriar but the Sonic across the street. I'm convinced that if GnL wasn't there, Sonic would close. If your number is higher up, say 30+, you'd have plenty of time to go to Rivergate and back.

The OPers location is listed as "PA". So I'm assuming he is a Pennsylvania resident planning to relocate. That's my understanding too. My instructor chose 6 at each of the shorter distances for the last 12 rounds. It would increase their pass rating without making it so obvious as to have all 12 at the 3 yard mark.

My class was 18 rounds at 3 yards, 18 rounds at 7 yards, and 12 rounds at 50 feet. All into a full-sized silhouette target. Any hits inside the black area count. You don't have to get inside the numbered rings. 70% is correct. If you get all of them at the 2 closer distances, and miss all of them at the longer one.....you still pass. I now truly understand what others have said. If you can't pass the TN HCP course, you have no business carrying a handgun. Some dude in my class shot the motor mount for the target and he still passed.

How what? If you meant how is the section quoted by D3Vo the best part, and that registering to comment is almost worth the time, it's because Haunted911 was straight up wrong about open carry w/o a permit, wrongly calls the Tennessee HCP a Concealed Weapons permit, and then finishes his comment with "Learn the laws people!" That's funny. What did I miss?

It's almost worth registering with the Leaf-Chronicle to comment that Haunted911 is wronger than a wrong thing that is wrong.

Are you sure about the #16 bases? According to Midway and a few others, #24 is what goes on the Mark II.

If it's during sex, take option 1.

So the scope arrived yesterday. erm.....I said beginner .22 rifle. Why didn't you guys tell me I needed something to attach the scope to the rifle? Actually, I just assumed scopes came with the mounting hardware. Apparently not, and it makes sense now that I see it. And when you guys were talking about rings earlier, I thought you meant some kind of ring shaped iron sights so you could use those w/o looking through the scope... Any recommendations on rings for a Savage MkII bolt with a Pentax GameSeeker scope?

+1 on the contract. And even if a contract exists, the contract may have provisions for changing the agreement with a preset notification period. As for coming down hard on attendance after freezing pay increases..... it's not ilegal. It's just bad for morale. monkeylizard, BBA, MBA (not a lawyer, but did have more than a few H.R. and biz law classes)

I think Stones River Hunter Education Center allows pretty much anything, but their longest is only 100 yards.

I'm new to carrying and I'm looking at an MTAC for my XD subcompact. I'm right handed. ISTM that 6 o'clock is the most concealed spot because of the hollow area created by the small of my back/butt crack. If that's the case, wouldn't a left-handed holster work better by pointing the grip towards the right side for easier grabnbing by my right hand? I can see how with a lefty holster I would have the muzzle pointed inwards towards me while drawing it around with my right hand and that's a big negative. But the motion of twisting my right arm around at the shoulder to garb grips that are poinetd towards my left side feels awkward. Though it keeps the muzzle pointed away from my right side as I draw it around. What are your thoughts on this? Is 6 o'clock too far back? Does that position allow too much movement, especially while sitting down?

That's an ethical grey area. The county clerk requires an amount to be filled in, so someone will have to put it in there to register the car. The only question is how much. Taxes are paid on the amount entered in the field and it's supposed to be the amount of the transaction. To put in a lower amount is a form of tax evasion. I don't have a TN title with me, but who should enter the amount would depend on where it's located on the title. On some states it's in the block marked as "Seller". In others' it's in a general area by the odometer reading. I know in the collector car world, that's often left blank by the seller. The buyer puts in whatever they want. The county clerk doesn't know if a '39 Plymouth is worth the $1,500 written on the back of the title, or the $45,000 that was actually paid for it since it's been hot rodded. It's legally wrong, but ethically gray, depending on one's view of taxation. some would say the gub'ment got their cut when the car was sold new. Why should they get more when it changes hands a second time? Especially on collector cars that may change hands dozens of times. My only tip is for doing this...don't lowball it too much. Even a county clerk knows that a used 2008 BMW is worth more than $500.

It works fine on my machine. Must just be you.

Do you know what happened to the kid getting the beat down? Just curious.

I see a rifle in the first 2 pics, but why do the others just show your couch and rug?

What is that top one? Some custom job? The red one looks like it should be a paintball gun.