Lenior City traffic stop

[Spots]

Sounds like maybe someone is not happy to be able to post here on TGO. Or that they feel that us Tennesseans are out to gouge officers.

And this is how it begins, and that all too familiar downward spiral.

Especially considering this forum usually goes out of its way to ensure nobody starts bashing cops just because they are cops.

Sent from the backwoods

[Wingshooter]

I had forgotten about this thread

:popcorn: Edited September 13, 2015 by Wingshooter

[Dolomite_supafly]

Here is a warning for anyone who cannot seem to get this. I will erase their existence here, every post, every blog entry and even their profile will be nothing more than a figment in someone's imagination. I don't want to be an ass, and trust me when I say I am here to help, unfortunately not everyone is going to feel like they are being helped.

Want to know what rule I have banned more people under? I have given people vacations for months for violating this single rule. 
 

2. Maintain a good fellowship with others.

Members should treat each other as they would like to be treated themselves. Name calling, flame posts, racial slurs, and other insulting remarks meant to cause conflict will not be tolerated. You should always try to maintain good fellowship with the other members of this community and be respectful to your fellow shooting enthusiasts whether they are new shooters or seasoned veterans.

Debate is welcome and encouraged, but you must always stick to attacking the issues rather than the person or profession. Personal attacks, and name calling, serve no purpose in the exchange and debate of good information. Keep in mind that in life there is no guarantee that others will agree with your thoughts or comments. You absolutely must try to handle disagreements, criticisms or opposing viewpoints with tact and maturity.

 

 
And I realize that is more than a few words but it breaks down to one word, RESPECT. If you cannot respond to another members post in a respectful way, without attacking, you will be gone. This is the single most important rule we have and is the one rule that is most often violated.

 

And it is a very, very simple rule to follow yet there are some who cannot seem to get it. I don't expect everyone to agree with everyone else. I expect, and encourage, discussion between opposing parties but it will be done in a respectful manner. If a member decides to become disrespectful to other members or to the site themselves they will be gone, period.

 

I understand that we are in stressful times but now is the time for us to come together and not attack each other instead of tearing us apart.

 

People (even some here) are looking for ways to divide us into smaller and smaller groups and I believe this is not by chance. We use all kinds of terms and categories to define us as individuals and that is not going to bring us together. We should all start out with the assumption that everyone else wants to be treated with the same respect that we want to be treated. We should be inviting them and not be attacking those who do not fit in our category because the more allies we have the longer we will be around as gun owners.
 
And that is because we are in stressful times but think about this before you attack another member. The person you are about to attack does at least have one thing in common with you, guns, and we should all strive to look for common ground rather than attack those that you may not agree with.

 

 

 

 

During the carry permit class I was in. (yes there are states that call it a CCW and the great state of TN calls it a HCP again what difference does it make.) (I usually say I have a permit to carry concealed.) The instructor when off about the clip magazine debate saying it is a clip!!...The class had veterans from most of our armed forces. During a break I was honored to be talking with the OLDER veterans that were in the class. By older I am saying in their late 60's or so which included a retired marine and a navy vet. They were laughing aobut how they always refereed to it as a clip and didn't understand what the big deal was these days. I amazed that we survived our military time using the word clip.

It was the slang to call a magazine a clip in the 70's 80's.

Here is the problem. Some people are so miserable or have such a low self esteem that the ONLY way they can make themselves feel better is to attack others. It makes them feel as though they have some sort of authority over those they are trying to correct for what they feel is the wrong use of a "technical" term. I do have one question, I would like to hear their background that makes them qualified to be able to make the determination whether something is a "clip" or "magazine" especially without even knowing what it is they are talking about. Most "experts" do not need to go around letting everyone else know they are an "expert".

I could spend all day, every day, correcting everyone who uses can, suppressor or any of the other terms they use other than "silencer". There is but one person that matters when it comes to silencers and that is Hiram Maxim. He was the first to use the term "silencer" making him the expert. Our government also uses the term "silencer" and it would seem that if anyone is a "expert" on silencers it would be the inventor as well as our government and not some random stranger telling me I must use the word "suppressor" because a "silencer" does not do that. I just let it go because NOTHING good will come of it and honestly what would change if I convinced someone to start using silencer instead of "can" or "suppressor".

 

 

 

Our country is on life support, we have millions of Americans who are without a way to support themselves, American children are starving as we send billions to other countries, more veterans are killing themselves everyday than ever before in our country's history, Americans ARE killing each other for no other reason than the color of their skin and our government is not doing anything to fix any of it because of the widespread corruption. And despite being in such dire straights as a country we have nothing better to do than to find the differences to divide us rather than find common ground to unite us. It seems like we are more concerned over whether someone uses HCP or CCW or clip or magazine than the future of this country, ourselves and our children.

 

 

 

 

[dralarms]

I stayed out of this until now because IMHO the only thing the officer did was unsafe handling of the gun.

That said, I can't believe all the heated comments over something like this, we are supposed to be a family here but it seems like lately we're a bunch of inlaws (those of you that are married understand).

[E4 No More]

I stayed out of this until now because IMHO the only thing the officer did was unsafe handling of the gun.

That said, I can't believe all the heated comments over something like this, we are supposed to be a family here but it seems like lately we're a bunch of inlaws (those of you that are married understand).

Nope, I love my in-laws.

[TNWNGR]

All to often threads which start out with a picture or video of an officer conducting a stop or arrest go off on unpredictable tangents. There is and has always been a significant number of people who challange, criticise and question everything an officer does or doesn't do to pieces. Most of those who do so fall into a lot of different catagories on the level of authoritism and actual real world experence. Situational judgemet and the decision making matrix in some police actions fall into the fractional second mode sometimes just on a briefest of glance or sound. Some will simply not let a thread die...which this one's long overdue...

[Dolomite_supafly]

And with that this thread is done.