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Thanks y'all- there is a lot of food for thought here. I appreciate the time you took to offer your recommendations. I'll keep you posted.

I am a psychologist. I work with mentally ill people. I cannot always determine who I work with.   One of my colleagues was shot in the face by an angry customer (adverse child custody decision in a divorce). I want to protect myself in the event that someone comes after me. I doubt it will ever happen, but hey... One never knows.   I am hoping some of y'all can help me brainstorm some ideas for office defense.    I sit in a nice recliner when I work, My client is about 3 feet away. I am wanting to have some sort of concealed way to access a handgun instantly from my recliner. In my experience, carrying on the body slows weapon accessibility while seated. I might be wrong, but I think there are faster ways to protect oneself in an office.   Thoughts? Experience? Ingenious ideas?   BTW, I am glad to be back here on this board. I have not posted on TGO for a few years. Life happens.  

Hey TGO David/Tungsten--- What about those Tactical Fruit Loops? Are they any good?

If there is no psych test for running for TN political office or for obtaining a TN driver's license, there should be no psych test for the HCP. Obviously there are a lot of crazy politicians and crazy drivers, so the HCP should be no exception. Equal rights. But cosmetologists and lawyers- now those people need to take a psych test. You have to be crazy to want to be be a cosmetologist or a lawyer; therefore only legally crazy people should be granted a cosmetology license or a law license. So far in TN I think the system is working in that regard. I have never met a sane lawyer or cosmetologist. (I do not mean to demean TN cosmetologists, but this is just how it is, IMHO) Now, about that other matter: Bigfoot is, of course, (duh!) Real- those who claim otherwise are obviously mentally ill and should be denied a TN HCP. Trust me, I know. Bigfoot speaks to Me Personally. But you have to be chosen by Him to receive His divine messages. But you can be Chosen for a small donation. How? If you Truly Believe, I have a convenient PrayPal account that will allow you to donate in order to be personally blessed by our one and only True Bigfoot Prophet. To be Blessed, you simply donate to the First True Church of the Evangelical Bigfoot Gospel Holy Disciple Anointed Praypal Fellowship Brotherhood Congregation... Or something like that. Crazy.

I live in Memphis, so an AK folder in a sneaky bag

My daughter (24 years old) was called today by Range USA and asked to be one of several women interviewed by Fox 13 tomorrow morning at 7 am. They are doing a story on what it is like for women to get their permits through the Range USA women-only class. FYI- My daughter liked the Range USA class a lot and she was glad to be in an all-female class. She was a competitive varsity athlete at UT-Knoxville and she is straight, so she would hang out off the field with lots of the male jocks at UT. She said she was glad not to have a 'bunch of male egos" to deal with during the HCP class. Gosh- I wonder what she meant by that 'male ego' comment? She rolled her eyes and looked at me sarcastically when she said it.... Being a night owl, she's not thrilled about the 7 am interview time, but she is pretty excited. I hope it turns out ok and hope it isn't some rabid anti-2A trying to prove a point. I don't think the local Fox 13 folks have been too bad regarding self defense issues. And it just ain't right to pick on girls, especially mine! We'll see. Tune in if you can, but I don't really know when they plan to air it. Hope they post it to the web. I gotta buy that girl a decent handgun.

I use a modular pack system - I like bags. Must've been a cross-dresser in a past life. Not this life, though, except perhaps when I wear my lycra bike shorts (on my bicycle, of course, not to the bars) I do get some odd comments from the rodeo crowd in chaps and those gay dudes cruising around in their big pickup trucks. Or is it the gay dudes who are wearing the chaps and the rodeo guys who are in the trucks? I get them so confused... They all have those colored handkerchiefs, you know. Hard to tell 'em apart. Anyway, back to go bags- At this point my wife and I each use 2 different packs, depending on whats going on. We each have our 'tornado' backpacks, daypacks, for those times we hunker down avoiding the bad storms with just a few items like guns ammo money food lights a jacket and minor first aid stuff-- those bags stay basically packed and ready to go. We each have another big backpack bigger than an Alice, that can hold lots and lots. It would need to be packed a bit but critical stuff like MRE's and first aid stays packed, we would plan on needing to be gone perhaps a few days if we have the big bags. Got 'em on sale through REI outlet online. $180 decent quality big 3-4 day backpack got it for $79. And then there is the "2 am bag" - a couple of extra loaded magazines for the G17, knife, flashlight, and pepper spray to accompany me & the cell & the G17 if I have to do any 2 am recon from hearing odd noises made by intrusive crack heads brain-eating Zombies, stray aggressive pit bulls or drunken college students, all which are distinct possibilities for us living just a rifle shot away from Orange Mound and even closer to the U of Memphis campus.

Welcome.

Thanks for all the kind words. I am not up and running yet at full speed, but when I get there I'll post some stuff and send a pm to those who have put in their request.

I just wanted to post this somewhere on TGO. Picked this forum- can't seem to figure out where else it should go. Over the past couple of years I have dropped in and out of TGO as time and interest have permitted. I have been extremely impressed with the integrity that TGO David has displayed in his management of people and personalities. I am impressed with his adherence to high standards and principles in his leadership and administration of TGO. TGO is a good, smart, strong, mostly healthy place, and that's quite a compliment for an online community or any other community for that matter. I have been inspired to try to emulate TGO David's accomplishment. Here's how-- I am a psychologist by trade and I tinker with web stuff in my spare time, so today I set up a discussion board like TGO for folks who have psychological issues. It will be a support group discussion board and it will all be free. I'm not going to tell you where it is or anything, because I am really here to thank you David, not to market my new board. I'll moderate it hopefully with the same zeal, diligence, and integrity I have seen displayed by TGO David 'Tungsten' & the crew here at TGO. I figure if TGO David can create a vibrant, safe, wise community here on TGO with a bunch of gun nuts clingin' to their guns and religion, surely I can somehow help create a supportive community for our citizens who are emotionally or psychologically challenged. At any rate, job well done, Tungsten, sir. Thanks for the integrity. (And hey! Y'all keep sendin' TGO David checks now and then- it is really worth it!)

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Are Fanny packs still (kind of) gay? Not all fanny backs are gay-- some of them are lesbian, and here in Memphis we even have some transgendered, bisexual, and transvestite fanny packs. Midtown Memphis-- It's a walk on the wild side.

G26 or G17 or G19 or SW 642. Depends on how I dress or where I am going.

Yeah, they just removed them from the Commercial Appeal, not from the database. So the CA thinks it is ok for folks to have this data, but not ok for it to appear in the pages of the CA. Double standard, hypocritical, spineless, and just plain wrong, IMHO. But the real solution is legislation.

The Mary_Prankster posts are being censored- the anti-censorship CA is deleting from their website the very data they said should be open! Hypocritical, huh? Mary reposted just a few minutes ago- we'll see if this one lasts. Posted by Mary_Prankster on February 16, 2009 at 12:41 p.m. Reply to this post | Suggest removal Saturday and Sunday I posted some HCP database info that the CA has made publicly available and it was removed by the CA staff. I am reposting it for the 3rd time because it has been censored by the CA twice- I thought the people have a right to know- what is wrong with them having this data? Will the CA once more censor the very data they say should be open? We'll see. The CA made it available to all of us on earth with internet access, so what's the big deal? Why would the CA desire to delete the info you allowed me to access on your website? If it should not be published here in the comments on your website, why do you allow anyone to find it? If it does no harm to have this info public, why would the CA staff delete it from the comments? Now, if the CA thinks that this HCP permit data should be deleted from the comments does that not indicate that perhaps the CA should not make it available to anyone in the world with an internet connection? Or, are some people in this database treated as special? If the data I am publishing on your website should be deleted, then why is the database available on your website? If all of the the info is public and we have a right to view it, why did the CA staff delete the very data that they want us to have access to? Lack of backbone? Lack of integrity? Or..? Two entries from the CA HCP database I found interesting that were deleted by the CA staff: Last Name CALIPARI First Name SUE Middle Name ELLEN Suffix Birth year 1956 City MEMPHIS State TN ZIP 38111 Issue Date 7/12/2007 Expiration Date 7/12/2011 and: Last Name HARDAWAY First Name ANFERNEE Middle Name DEON Suffix Birth year 1971 City MEMPHIS State TN ZIP 38125 Issue Date 5/3/2008 Expiration Date 5/3/2012

An interesting comment on today's editorial- Evidently the CA has censored some of the data from the HCP database when it was posted on Peck's editorial yesterday.... Hmmmm. If they censored the publication of the data, does that not indicate that even they think that there is a problem with allowing anyone on earth to access it? I'm just sayin'.... Posted by Mary_Prankster on February 15, 2009 at 7:22 p.m. Yesterday I posted some HCP database info that the CA has made publically available and it was removed by the CA staff from yesterday's comment section from Mr. Peck's editorial. Why? The CA made it available to all of us so what's the big deal? Why would the CA desire to delete the info you allowed me to access on your website? If it should not be published on your website, why do you allow anyone to find it? If it does no harm to have this info public, why would the CA staff delete it from the comments? Now, if the CA thinks that this HCP permit data should be deleted from the comments (like they did yesterday) does that not indicate that perhaps the CA should not make it available to anyone in the world with an internet connection? Or, are some people in this database treated as special? Yesterday I published 4 entries from the CA HCP database in the comment section - only two entries connected to the Tiger basketball team (private citizens) were deleted, the other two entries (politicians) were not deleted. If you shouldn't publish the private citizen data, why is the database available on your website? If all of the the info is public and we have a right to view it, why did the CA staff delete the very data that they want us to have access to? Lack of backbone? Lack of integrity? Or..? Two entries from the CA HCP database I found interesting that were deleted by the CA staff yesterday: Last Name CALIPARI First Name SUE Middle Name ELLEN Suffix Birth year 1956 City MEMPHIS State TN ZIP 38111 Issue Date 7/12/2007 Expiration Date 7/12/2011 and: Last Name HARDAWAY First Name ANFERNEE Middle Name DEON Suffix Birth year 1971 City MEMPHIS State TN ZIP 38125 Issue Date 5/3/2008 Expiration Date 5/3/2012 We'll see how long this data that the CA has made available to everyone in the world with internet access is allowed to stay published on their own website. If they censor it again, they are admitting it should not be public.

Here's a comment posted in this morning's paper- The U of M basketball coach's wife has a HCP. We'll see if the CA thinks if publishing this info is ia good thing. Posted by Mary_Prankster on February 14, 2009 at 7:11 a.m. Here's something interesting, huh? Thanks Commercial Appeal. Last Name CALIPARI (Yes, it is his wife) First Name SUE Middle Name ELLEN Suffix Birth year 1956 City MEMPHIS State TN ZIP 38111 Issue Date 7/12/2007 Expiration Date 7/12/2011

My wife isn't too happy about her birth year being published- I think she is going to fire off a letter herself. The Commercial Appeal has interviewed her a couple of times so perhaps someone there will care what she has to say.

Devil's Advocate- We can look up who has licenses to practice healthcare, property taxes on homes, bankruptcies, marriage licenses, divorce notices, sex offenders, inmates at the jail, property transfers, mortgages, arrests, warrants, accident reports, and a *****load of other things -- why not be able to look up HCP holders and eventually driver's license holders as well?

Pepper spray worked well for me with an aggressive Pit Bull once, didn't have to shoot him.

I have my HCP superglued to my a$$ so I can legally moon whoever wants to see my HCP. Seems reasonable to me.

I have ordered a bunch of 9mm lately from Ammunitiontogo.com - good folks, good service, decent prices. The shipping is usually almost cancelled out by the fact that I don't have to drive anywhere and they don't charge TN sales tax, and the UPS guy carries it to my door for me.

I went for a walk the other day and carried a G19 and an extra mag, a G26 w/no spare, and 4 30 round AK magazines. 160 rounds total. However, I didn't take an AK with me, so I couldn't use those rounds. I had just tossed the loaded mags into a backpack-- it was an easy way to add some extra weight so that I burn more calories on my walk.

I was somewhere on the internet and I found this list - thought it would go well here at TGO. It was an interview with the author of a book "When Technology Fails". --------------------------------------------------------- interviewer: Can you give us a list of your Top 10 most crucial survival skills? author Matthew Stein: OK. Here's 10: 1. Be Prepared: I strongly suggest that everyone put together a basic 72-hour "grab-and-run" survival kit (see page 51 of my book for full list of items). This kit should cover the basic food, water and survival needs for you and your family for at least the critical first three days after a disaster. Most of us could survive for a month without food, but a single day without water in extreme heat is enough to kill a person. 2. Develop Your Intuition: Most survivors credit their instincts and "gut feel" with saving their lives. Natural selection has bred the most incredible survival mechanism into man. It is called "intuition," and primitive man has relied upon it for untold millennia to help him to make life-and-death decisions in a split second. 3. Disaster Plan: See the Short-Term Preparedness Checklist on page 50. Discuss a plan with your family for communicating and responding to a disaster when phone lines may be dead (select a predetermined local meeting area and out-of-town contact; know how to shut off your home's gas and electricity supply, etc.). 4. Learn First Aid: In the back country, as well as in most natural or man-made disasters, knowing fist aid (including CPR) saves lives. 5. Go Camping and Backpacking: Most people have not camped or backpacked since they were a kid, or perhaps never at all. If you are in this category, start with some car camping for a few weekends. I suggest you get comfortable with car camping before graduating to overnight backpacking trips. Backpacking will accustom your body to hiking several miles at a time and carrying whatever you need yourself. 6. Know How To Start a Fire: Being able to build a fire is important for cooking, purifying water, preventing hypothermia in cold climates, keeping wild animals away at night (in some areas) and signaling potential rescuers. Starting on page 76, my book gives illustrated instructions for building fires including: starting a fire with matches; using a flint-and-steel; starting a fire with a primitive fire drill; using a "fire plough;" etc. 7. Learn How To Find and Purify Water: Unless you are in a cold climate, a single day without water will make you quite miserable, and three days could kill you. Bees and birds can lead you to sources of fresh surface water. A primitive solar still can collect enough water for survival from plants and ground moisture. 8. Survivor Personality: Developing the mental traits of the "survivor personality" will help you to navigate and thrive in spite of life's challenges. The best survivors are flexible, tend to keep their cool in stressful situations, don't give up, have a playful curiosity, have a good sense of humor, don't tend to "cry over spilled milk," follow their "gut feelings" and are often "bad patients" and poor rule followers. 9. Learn the "Plant Edibility Test": Most people will not happen to have a guide to wild edible plants on hand when they are thrust into a survival situation. If you know how to perform the "Plant Edibility Test" (see page 81), you will always have a safe way to test local plants for potential edibility. 10. Learn How To Make a Primitive Shelter: Learn how to make a "Scout Pit," "Squirrel's Nest," snow cave and other primitive shelters. In severe weather, a shelter could save your life, and at other times it will make your life far more comfortable.

+1000 on ATG. Never had a prob with them at all, always order via the net.