MikePapa1

Welcome. I'm originally from Greenwood just south of Indy.

OS is a man after my own heart. I carry my extra magazine in the Safariland he posted above. I've got two, one I've had for 20 years and was getting a bit beat up so I got a new one last year. I love them. Low profile, easy to access and secure.

Ditto.

Hey, let's face it, by then the important part, the attorney being paid, will be complete. In a less flippant response, collecting those might be hard unless you justifiably shoot a bank president or such. If your shoot is justifiable, then the shootee is most likely doing a term in the Tennessee Department of Corrections.

It seems that this would be a great training tool to compare sight picture with impact point. I'll bet it would improve my hitting the plates at Gallatin Gun Club.

Again, OS can speak for himself, but I took his comments to mean that because Ayoob's work is outdated, in that it does not reflect the evolution of self defense law over the past couple decades that it might well convince you not to use force even though you may be perfectly justified under current law to do so. Hence rather than using your weapon you might feel compelled to throw law books at them. Now, though I'm loath to speak for OS, I honestly don't think he meant that throwing law books was an appropriate self defense measure. As someone fairly well acquainted with law books, my personal opinion is that they are lethal weapons when hurled correctly so I'd check the use of deadly force before I began chucking them.

I don't think OS was saying that Ayoob's work wasn't useful, merely that the particular title you cited was, well, outdated in its legal information.

Amen, OS, Amen.

I doubt you'd be charged under this scenario, but, if you were, it would be a very defensible case. I'd be happy to defend it, for a fee, of course.

I have one of Mike's 230's. He's right it's great. I used to have a PPK and liked it but it didn't like me. Every time I shot it, it chewed a chunk out on my hand's web. I've not had that issue with the 230 for some reason. I love it.

By the way both the Sumner County Sheriff's Office and Gallatin PD carry Glocks in .40 but I don't know their cute little Glock numbers.

At least one of Goodlettville's detectives carries the Sig 250. I commented on it the other day in court because it was the first time I'd seen it as a PD carry gun.

Sounds like HPD to me, Mike. They don't have enough real crime to keep them busy so they try to make up their own. There's no requirement for a pedestrian, even in H'ville, to have an ID on them. Perhaps HPD was simply trying to get me some business. After all, I need the money to buy guns. Went back and read some other responses. They may have a valid reason to ask if he's a juvenile if it's after curfew or if they are looking for someone who matches his description for a real crime. Even then, they may detain to determine identity but you are NOT required to have ID or go to jail.

I am an officer in the Tennessee State Guard and have actively served since 1999. I know several others here are members as well. The mission of the TNSG is to support the Tennessee National Guard and have, since Katrina, been more often called upon to perform that mission. For example, two weeks ago I participated in the legal processing of soon to be deployed troops at the request of the TANG. We have participated in the last several state wide and regional exercises designed at assisting in times of natural disaster, including Vigilant Guard and NLE 2011 focused on a major earthquake on the New Madrid fault. The TNSG has a vast array of professionals, legal, medical, engineering and communication which will be vital to assist the National Guard in the time of disaster. We cannot be deployed beyond the borders of Tennessee and are not armed. I was until July the Provost Marshal and my radio call sign was MikePapa1. Since July I have been the EPLO or Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer and serve as the link with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. Most of our officers and senior enlisted are certified in MEMS/NIMS and in order to be promoted must meet the same standard of their National Guard counterparts. We are the state's organized militia.

Great site, Colonel. I want you to know your wisdom is sorely missed at Sidco. Thank you for everything.

I love my 238. Best pocket auto I've ever shot.

Anyone have any experience with one of these? I put one in layaway and am curious as to anyone's experience with this AR with a carbon fiber receiver.

Belmont's new law school is accredited. I don't know that they do part time, however. Accreditation isn't really that big a deal, frankly. The reason NSL isn't accredited is because its library is too small and it has too high a percentage of practicing attorneys as Professors. My law school was accredited, though that was LONG ago, but my wife went to NSL and I attended some classes and it is a good quality law school. After practicing 5 years, you can seek reciprocity anywhere you could with an accredited school.

I'm curious. After Heller do you think that the selective incorporation doctrine will apply to the 2nd Amendment?

Bender, The Civil Rights Act implements the enforcement of Constitutional rights. You are entitled to your views but I respectfully disagree.

Dave, the terrible truth in the United States today is that there is no such thing as "private property" in real estate anymore. Lucas and Kehloe make that incredibly clear. If you are correct then there is absolutely nothing the government could do to prevent a private property owner from discriminating against racial minorities, religious minorities or any of a host of other groups which we know they cannot discriminate against in the housing context. I'm curious as to why you think that the the First Amendment (Exercise of either speech or religion) or the 14th Amendment (Equal Protection) are more entitled to implementation than the Second Amendment is. The Second Amendment gives you the right to keep arms in your residence. The Courts have decided that the Second Amendment protects residents in public housing, i.e., residences owned by federal, state or local governments, allowing those residents to own and possess a firearm in their leased apartments. Tell me why you believe that private apartment owners ought to have their Second Amendment rights to have a weapon in their residence deprived when private apartments CANNOT discriminate against other Constitutional rights? Frankly, I see no public purpose in allowing an apartment owner to refuse to lease an apartment to a racial or religious minority but allow them to discriminate against someone exercising their Second Amendment right to own a weapon. I recognize the current Tennessee Law, but I believe that with leased property, an owner cannot strip a lessee of their Constitutional rights.

While the AG's Opinion is well known and appears to be the current law, I seriously wonder whether his position would withstand Constitutional scrutiny if the position were pushed. For example, the law is clear that, under the 14th Amendment, a lease which prohibited blacks, for example, to visit the apartment would be unconstitutional. With Heller and McDonald one wonders if in an adhesion contract, as most leases, particularly residential leases, are can contract away a Constitutional right. By the way, an adhesion contract is one where because of the disparity of power between the parties, there is little negotiation and the more powerful merely dictates on a take it or leave it basis to the less powerful. I'd be interested to see, whether in such a case, the landlord can, in fact, strip a resident of his Constitutional rights. It would be no different, than an atheist landlord including a provision against the possession or display of a crucifix by a resident. Clearly, that violates the n1st Amendment and such a provision would be overturned. I'm not sure the 2nd Amendment deserves any less protection. Unfortunately few college students can finance a fight to the Supreme Court, but maybe the NRA or some other organization might pursue it. It galls me a bit that someone in public housing can exercise their Constitutional right to own a firearm but someone in a privately owned apartment cannot.

I, personally, like corn liquor. I keep some in my freezer all the time, for medicinal purposes, of course. The guy I get it from "double distills" his and it's very smooth. I prefer it to the store bought shines. By the way, in Tennessee, it's legal to own up to 3 gallons of untaxed liquor but it's illegal to manufacture under federal law.

I have an iPhone 3gs and love it. I've never been a Mac guy and find no disadvantage to go between Windows and the iPhone. My son loves his Droid, but, frankly, it seems cheaply made compared to the iPhone. I carry mine in a Naztech Energy, which acts an an extended battery. Great phone that will do everything I could ever need and more.

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