KIss your HCP goodbye.

[peejman]

5 hours ago, Jamie Jackson said:

chances R is right...you can't legislate stupid away...   

Unfortunately I feel sure this moron will certainly prompt one of our esteemed elected representatives to initiate that very thing. 

[Tuffus]

10 hours ago, bersaguy said:

I had some really smart people in my class both in classroom and on the range when I went to take my permit class. It was not a to diversed group. Did have two middle aged ladies that aced their classroom and Range tests both. Then we had 1 elderly gentleman That did fine in classroom grade but range test was a lot different and I have to had it to Chad, our instructor as he ask the class to bare with him and Chad and his partner were down on the range trying to assist the gentleman in passing the range test. The issue was the gentleman showed up with a Smith&Wesson Snub 38 brand new in the box that he had never fired and 1 box of ammo. 1.5 hours and 4 boxes of ammo later the man was able to get a passing grade.

  Chad told the gentleman if he planned on using the gun for anything he needed to dedicate a lot of time and ammo at the range with the gun. 

When I took the class I had shot many rounds before deciding to take the class and brought a .22 LR. We had a young lady to show up with a borrowed 44 magnum and she had never fired a gun before. With the first cylinder emptied she never even hit the board that housed the target. Before the day was over (after a bit of personal instruction from the teacher) she was proficient enough to pass but the beginning was a bit scary for the rest of us.

[beebee233]

18 hours ago, Jamie Jackson said:

This is a very valid point and one I too struggle reconciling. 

With Rights come Responsibilities.

When I long ago made the decision to obtain my permit and carry a handgun daily I understood the need to learn to do so safely and competently. I received my first State wide permit when my then home of MS became a Shall Issue State. That was 1990. They didn't even require a class of any type. So I took it upon myself to start down that path. Many thousands of dollars and many hundreds of hours of training and practice, and many, many miles traveled, and I am still on that journey, and it's just that, a journey, not a destination. I pray I never stop learning and improving. That's because I take that responsibility seriously. I know many of you do as well. But we are not representative of the majority. That's unfortunate and we see it manifested in actions like this fool in the article. Sad indeed.

chances R is right...you can't legislate stupid away...   

I've said it before and will keep saying it, we could tax it (stupidity) and fully fund the government. I would probably be in for a tax liability increase should the country take such action, at least initially.

As far as training goes, a basic firearms class should be pre-req in grammar school, another in high school, and a few electives offered along the way. Since we are no longer teaching students to read, write, and cipher, they should have plenty of free time for it.

[Steelharp]

One of the guys here at the shop (firefighter/paramedic) knows him. He's from Cottontown, too. Said he's been out to this guys' house on three calls the past month. He's a belligerent drunk. Trouble from the get-go.

[Dirtshooter]

He looks like he needs psychiatric evaluation. Would gamble he wouldn't pass it. He is very lucky he didn't require an ambulance ride!!

[E4 No More]

13 minutes ago, Dirtshooter said:

He looks like he needs psychiatric evaluation. Would gamble he wouldn't pass it. He is very lucky he didn't require an ambulance ride!!

Or a hearse. 

[DaveTN]

They had the victim on Jesse Watters show Saturday.

[mikegideon]

4 hours ago, DaveTN said:

They had the victim on Jesse Watters show Saturday.

I saw that. My take was that the guy almost got pistol whipped with his own gun.

[mikegideon]

On 2/19/2019 at 6:02 PM, Garufa said:

In case anyone is wondering why Tennessee does not have “Constitutional Carry”, add this dolt to the list of reasons.

As if the law had anything to do with it. Idiot with gun happens anywhere you have rednecks. I agree that our anti-gun "Republican" legislators would be happy to use the example.

Sorry if I sound a little like John Harris.  He's right a whole lot of the time.