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Tennessee Restores James Yeager’s Concealed Carry Permit

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Gun guru James Yeager lost his Tennessee concealed carry permit after saying he’d shoot someone if the Obama administration continued to pursue civilian disarmament. They did, he didn’t, Tennessee pulled his permit and now it’s back. Happy ending? Not entirely.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Although in many ways he is a jerk, you cannot question his passion for 2A. With that said, making threats during his rant was beyond stupid.

    As to being “politically correct”? Screw that. The time to get real, and be plain spoken in our support of our rights is NOW!

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    • I don’t question a crackhead’s enthusiasm for cocaine either…..both a crackhead and Yeager are beyond stupid though, so maybe they do have something in common. Such a blowhard…..they should bring back dueling, but if they did Yeager would talk smack about it and then never accept a challenge. Oh wait, he already did that…..

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  2. Meh, let the moron keep his permit… He’s certainly not the only idiot with one. It’s the fact that he runs a training facility that bothers me. An arrogant hothead like Yeager shouldn’t be allowed to teach people how to lawfully defend themselves. He’s made multiple public threats to assault/kill people for reasons as petty as insulting him.

    And what’s worse is there are people who actually respect this guy and pay him money to take his classes! Seriously?

    Looks like the slap on the wrist Tennessee gave him calmed him down somewhat though, wonder how long that lasts…

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  3. The man is a lying coward. When he came under fire he ran leaving his comrades in danger and hid in a ditch. When they found him he was in a fetal position crying like a baby and had peed his pants. He’s nothing but a big mouthed coward. All talk.

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  4. Just sent this:

    Dear Senator,

    I supported your run for Senator and even made campaign contributions.

    I’m not pleased that you are recommending additional gun legislation; in light of the fact that we aren’t enforcing existing laws.

    I will not support your re-election unless your legislation gains us gun owners additional rights like universal carry permits.

    If both sides don’t get something it is not a negotiation.

    Kind Regards,
    PA voter and gun supporter

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  5. Hate to say it RF, but I’m afraid for my daughter too someday… colleges these days have still been very slooooow to protect their students, especially female students, from crimes like rape. The statistic of 1 out of 5 (20%) of women will be sexually assault at college is unacceptable. From an NPR series:

    http://www.npr.org/series/124073905/seeking-justice-for-campus-rapes

    Serial offenders as well, probably knowing their victims are unarmed and they’ll never be punished, tend to act with impunity.

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124111931

    “Documents from Indiana University and a later federal investigation of Margaux’s case show that the accused man had left a trail of trouble. Another woman said he’d tried to rape her in her bed, but she fought him off. She did not report those incidents to campus police. But she did send an e-mail to Margaux, who passed along the information to campus officials. When they asked the woman to come to the hearing, she declined. Still, the man, a freshman, like Margaux, was known to campus police. He’d been arrested and charged with a felony for beating up a male student.”

    and

    “NPR’s investigation found that most men found responsible for campus sexual assault get only mild punishment. Reporters at the Center for Public Integrity obtained a database of about 130 colleges and universities that got federal grants because they wanted to do a better job dealing with sexual assault. Even when men at those schools were found responsible for sexual assault, only 10 to 25 percent were expelled.”

    Terrible.

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  6. He has done what 99% of the rest of you will do when the government comes a calling,you’ll get on your knees and say mother my I.

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  7. I used to mock the black helicopter crowd too, until these clowns like Biden vindicated them. Regardless, even if it wasn’t rational for the black helicopter people to have their ideas then, it certainly is now.

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  8. Six or seven years ago, I bought a box of Remington 8mm MAuser ammunition for one of my rifles. From the outside, the box looked like it was new. When I took it home and opened it (it was sealed and the cardboard could only be opened by cutting / tearing it) several of the rounds had verdigris on the cases, and almost every single round had deep scratches or dents on the case. To call the quality pathetic would have been an understatement, and I wrote about it on several forums and posted pictures at the time. If that company prefers staying in New Yuck and selling to that state’s Gestapo, let it stay there. And, if there are idiots who want to spend money on Remington’s junk, it is their money. Personally, I think there are several superb Model 700 clones being offered to very, very high specs that Remington themselves can’t be bothered to offer. Just check the gaps between the receiver and the barrel and the stock on any Model 700 – synthetic stocked or wood stocked, if you want to assess their quality for yourself. Let that crap stay where it is, and let enough other gunmakers boycott that state so that its strong-arm forces buy only Remington crap. They’ll deserve what they get.

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  9. I look at it this way. The gun and ammo makers have their futures and the futures of their companies at stake on the outcome of these gun control laws being pushed by the grabbers. Why should I, the end consumer, have to devote my time and money to defend the gun makers right to sell their products to me? I’m the little guy, not a major company. I do not have their resources.

    I will meet them partway. I have joined and pay to support gun rights groups. I vote pro gun and I yuck it up to who ever will listen to me about gun rights. But these companies need to get into the game too. They need to carry a greater load than I.

    I have purchased all the guns I will ever need. Does that mean I will never buy another gun? That depends a lot on the level of support I see from the individual gun companies. Bear your share of the burden and I will look favorably at your product.

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  10. Here’s the thing: The last thing I need is a loose cannon on my deck. The best safety, the best survival tool is the one between your ears but it must be engaged and scanning the Big Picture, not engaged in self centered narcicisistic contemplation and bouts of acting out.

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  11. He owns a lot of NFA Class 3 guns. I guess it’s harder for ATF to revoke those permits than people seem to think. Same goes for his FFL.

    He’s not my idol, but I don’t hate the guy. He’s just passionate and has a big mouth. He does seem to hire good people to lead his training cadre. I wish I could have trained there when Paul Gomez was his lead trainer. His classes are also quite affordable. I’m sure most people would learn something that made it worth while. Plus, they look like a lot of fun.

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  12. Gun Owners of America has an extremely dim view of the Toomey-Manchin sellout. They say the sellout is “worse than the Feinstein gun ban.” I’ve tried to cut and paste their article, but this site keeps kicking my comment off as spam. Go and look it up for yourself. If the antis are able to get the motion to proceed and get this pile of crap on the floor, then we’ve lost. Please call your Senators and demand that they not vote for the motion to proceed, and to back the Rand Paul filibuster.

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  13. More like, We can do better, you have given up homes, jobs/employment opportunities, endured racial discrimination & now we ask you to give up your lives so that a misunderstood minority criminal can live to be a pillar of society. This is the decent thing to do. I don’t have a cherry tree, lol, Randy

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  14. Here’s the real version: “We must continue to make the people of Chicago victims – victims of crime, political corruption, a horrible education system – because without low-information voters like yourselves, Barack and I wouldn’t be in the White House. So we’re going to take your guns away, keep electing corrupt politicians and extravagantly fund teachers unions. And do not, under any circumstances, pay attention to any media that aren’t liberal.”

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  15. “Mrs. Obama then proudly displayed an AR-15 and shouted ‘Molon Labe!’ A phrase popular with violent right wing extremists.”

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  16. Purchased a EAA pistol on March 1st, still waiting (was told probably another 3weeks). Spoke with my FFL dealer about the 7 day requirement and was told that MSP instructed dealers not to release until paperwork was returned. I hope all of the criminals are abiding by these same rules. No drive-bys, stick ups or home invasions until there NICS checks come back.

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  17. I think the opposite. If inflation and the devaluation of the dollar continues at its current pace you will think you got an awesome deal on the rifle. But then again they may just cancel your order two years from now and send back your payment. They get to keep the interest on it though!

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  18. Understand I am 100% against any new gun control laws (I live in Colorado). The problem I see is the government needs to pass something. Whether it is just a watered down piece of crap that does nothing or god forbid repeals the second amendment. Until they show something was done this current gun grab BS won’t settle down.

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  19. Law abiding gun owners deserve a vote. I want to see who supports any anti-2A laws. 2014 will be interesting, that’s for sure.

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  20. You have to stop calling it slavery; at no point are you chained and forced to work without any rights. You are free to move, vote, write an do whatever you want (for the most part). It’s extreme and unnecessary language.

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  21. This should be interesting. A politician asking a businessman to renege on a contract. Irrespective of who the sponsor is and whether or not Mr. Murphy likes them, it seems he fails to understand the ramifications of legally binding contracts. For this race to happen there are players involved other than the NRA and FOX TV. What about the company who owns the track, what about the myriad businesses who have already paid for advertising, and what about cable companies who would handle the distribution? Does the legislator in question even bother to think of them? Does he bother to think what these companies will do if their contracts are not honored? Furthermore, what of all the fans sitting at home, waiting to see their heroes zip around the track? Of course not, the only thing that matters to him is his moment on the national stage, the moment “when I tried to do this for the children”. What a grandstanding hypocritical POS………….

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  22. “The race not only brings national attention to an organization that has been the face of one side of this heated debate…”

    Huh!?! So you, Schumer, Biden, Bloomberg and Obama showing up on tv every day shows both sides of the debate? It’s ok to have the people that agree with you say/do/slander whoever they want but not for those who don’t agree with you? Let people make up their own minds. And if you think one nascar race is really gonna make that much of a difference then you need a new hobby… wanna go shooting sometime? Silencing the opposite side of an argument is an age old tactic but it shouldn’t be an American one.

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  23. So they violated the Constitutional rights of one David Lewis, but they actually intended to violate the Constitutional rights of some other David Lewis. Is that what they’re claiming? Well, I don’t know about you, but I feel totally relieved knowing that they didn’t just pull some poor b@stard’s name out of Governor Mussolini’s @ss.

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  24. Hmmm… athletic scholarship?

    More likely just a bit camera fuddled; it happens.

    I’d have thought Texas would allow like, you know, campus carry.

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  25. Robert,
    You forget an import part of RI politcs. You can’t protest at their place of business. The majority of the legislators in RI are union organizers, state employees, and school teachers. (No kidding, officers of the State Employees Union, Providence Fire Union, and all kinds of teachers’ union members not only are in the RI legislature, but they get paid by the cities and towns for the time they spend doing union duties and attending the legislature. It boggles the mind.) The people of RI have no representation, they haven’t in a long time. RI is a state, of the unions, by the unions, for the unions.

    I agree with you on primaries, but I fear your task is Quixotic, the RI machine is similar to the Chicago machine if not worse. When the union president tells membership to vote for the union vice president in his primary they do. Plus if you protest outside of union halls you will get hurt.

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  26. The Skinner Sights peep sight in black and gold is just perfect for this rifle. If you have the new drilled receiver, there is a receiver mount peep site that is just great. Then, drift out the buckhorn sight and replace with their dovetail that allows mounting of a spare aperture. I use the .96 for normal and .40 stored for target work. Really quality rifle improved by the longer sight picture and great machining from Skinner. If you don’t have the drilled receiver, the stock sight can be replaced by a Skinner peep as well. I have one on my Winchester 1892AE as well.

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