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Tamara

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Well, JobQuest 2000 has led me to seek employment in Knoxville. After 20+ years in Georgia, some ruminations from a freedom-loving, mildly libertarian, gun-owning anti-authoritarian on moving to a foreign land...

Minuses first:
1) What's up with the thumbprints to buy a gun?
2) The entire state highway system seems to be under construction. Hey, TN DOT, here's a hot tip: pavement. The Romans invented it, give it a whirl... ;)
3) K-town's nightlife not quite up to Atlanta standards, but since I'm slowing down in my old age, perhaps that's not such a big deal. :)
4) Oy vey! The gas prices!
5) From what I can gather, they aren't as cool as Georgia about just tossing a loaded pistol on your front seat or dashboard.
and
6) Toter's Permit costs Big Union Dollars (relative to Georgia, anyways) and requires some sort of rudimentary training class & proficiency test.

Pluses (and they are some doozies):
1) No state income tax.
2) My Trans-Am doesn't need to submit to an anal probe to get a tag.
3) No mandatory vehicle insurance.
4) Switchbla... er, automatic knives available to peons.
5) Lower cost of living.
6) The native tongue is very similar; "Y'all" still means "Y'all". ;)
7) (Second best thing) No more "Hell of One Million Cars" Atlanta traffic! :D
and
8) Best of all, for a more-or-less-native Georgian: FIREWORKS! It'll be quite some time before my vehicle stops trying to automatically steer into the parking lot of every fireworks emporium I drive past....

The Big Gun-Related Tie-In: My dominant-hand shooting is still questionable with defense-grade handguns after my big accident in June. Also, I'm no Robbie Leatham with my weak hand. Anybody know just how hard the TN Toter's Permit proficiency test is?


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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!

[This message has been edited by Tamara (edited November 11, 2000).]
 
Congrats on your move, Tamara! Change can be positive!

Are you sure about car insurance not being mandatory a good thing? What if you are hit by an uninsured motorist (gad, I used a PC term). Auto knives are cool. And very legal in Wyoming also. As is every other knife, no matter what its blade length.

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The proficiency part of the test as well (as well as the written part) is a joke. I doubt anyone who posts here would have the slightest problem passing it.
 
and another minus to add to your list, a carry permit does not negate the need for a background check and fee for each firearms purchase, that was the biggest thing i had to get used to when i moved from ATL,

and another plus is TN is an open carry state, your permit will be a Handgun Carry Permit, not a Concealed Carry Permit, so one does not have to be as worried about printing and can get away with toting a bigger pistol if so desired
http://www.tennesseefirearms.com/

[This message has been edited by AndABeer (edited November 11, 2000).]
 
Cowboy Preacher,
you and I are neighbors. I'm in
Johnson City.

Tamara,
East Tennessee is a hotbed of handgunning.
In Oak Ridge-near you- there's IPSC and,
I believe, sillouette shooting. Pigeon Forge
has sporting clays, Greeneville has a great
IDPA club.

The Smokey Mountains are within minutes.
That means hikng, fishing.

Knoxville is large enough to attract good
touring bands/shows. It's not so large that
you feel megaopolized (I think I just made
up a new word!).

Welcome to Tennessee. If you ever want to
shoot IDPA at Greeneville, email me and I'll
get you directions and introductions.
 
I can tell you that Hotlanta was a bunch neater when "Underground" was the newest thing. The last 20 or 30 years have not been kind. Per my Jawgia-gal wife: Other than Johnny's Hideaway, the decline of Lennox Square Mall since the change of ownership has pretty much ended any "point" to that city...

:), Art
 
I am likely to mve to TN next year, too. So far, two things have bothered me: the fingerprints Tamara mentioned (could someone provide details?) and talk of frequent "prophylactic" roadblocks by police. Again, wtf?

[This message has been edited by Oleg Volk (edited November 11, 2000).]
 
Welcome, Tamara. The cities do have construction going on. Chattanooga is in perpetual highway construction, it seems. You seem to have a good grasp of the negatives and positives.
Oleg, It is one of the best places I have lived. The Police in the South seem, to me, to be very easy to get along with. On finger prints . . . they took all of mine for the carry permit. Seems like the Army already has them anyway. As for Chairman Gore, we showed him the door.

[This message has been edited by Keiller TN (edited November 11, 2000).]
 
Tamara,
sport has it right.........if you can keep the shots in the black on a black silouette target you will pass and Im not sure if the caliber even matters......thumbprints same as here in fla....roads seem to be perpetually under construction.....thank of that as growth...well sorta.....now for the good parts......Oakridge has a 1000yd rifle range, I never got to shoot on it....but I sure wanted to......I did shoot for dcm qualifier there....a very nice range....beautiful scenery, great to ride in weather permitting......the western Carolinas are not that far and they are spectacular.....see if you can hook up with the tnssa....the tennessee shooting sports association, that will keep you reasonably well informed of the matches.......good people up their enjoy yourself........fubsy.
 
Tamara,
Pleased to hear that you are moving to "God's Country". As a gunner you may want to ponder living in a county other than Knox. Reason is, it is illegal to discharge a firearm in that county [at least the city of Knoxville] other than in a firing range. In some of the surrounding counties however, if you are situated in an environment where there is room and terrain to safely shoot.....let her rip! It's kind of neat when shooting, that your neighbors will answer back by shooting on their "range".
At times, we have a number of gunners "talking" to each other using their blasters! Don't get me wrong, shooters act safely and if not, are dealt with by the LEOs.
Ahh...the sounds of freedom.

As for the nightlife deal, I am sad to say that Knoxville is in a definate lull period.
I was in a band that played in downtown Knoxville back in the early 1990s when there were a large number of live music venues open. The leadership in Knoxville has failed to deliver anything other than more movie theaters and restaraunts. They would not take the initiative that the folks in Chattanooga did. Also, believe it or not, Knoxville turned down not once, but twice, The Rolling Stones on their last two tours to play in Knoxville's Neyland Stadium. Really backwards.

The overall cost of living is cheap and the gunshows are plentifull, a large one almost every month. The Knoxville area is a hunter's, camper's, boater's, and hiker's paradise. Gotta mention that for the most part, this area is extremely conservative and Mr. Gore got wiped out here. You will also find that we still embrace the spirit of "southern hospitality" here in the hills. East Tennessee is a great place to live.
 
If at all possible you may want to try Virginia. The living cost is lower. The roads are maintained. THe best thing is CCW is real laxed. The cost can not be over $50 that is in the state law. The only training required is a hunter safety course that take just a couple hours for three days. No fingerprints where I am at. Open carry is legal if you don't want the permit.
 
Virginia! Good heavens, no! The lady has an extensive book collection...so extensive, in fact, that it can only be moved so many degrees latitude and longitude per year in order to avoid tectonic shift and alteration of the earth's gravitational center. Knoxville was barely in the approved range circle. What are you trying to do, cause tidal waves?? See "Deep Impact" for an idea of what would happen. :)

Note to self: Check with Knoxville FD on how many metric tons of books they consider a fire hazard in a dwelling.

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"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice." -- Albert Einstein
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Glock/Benelli/Enfield -- the all-purpose threat management system.
 
My parents live just outside Knoxville, and are quite pleased with the area, being transplants from The Heart of Dixie.
I can put you in touch if you wish.
Oh, by the way , my dad has the nicest M1 that I have ever seen or shot.

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Tamara, All of us' Vol fan's can sing Rocky Top in our sleep!!! I ain't
never met another VOL fan that I didn't
like!!! :D :D :)

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

GO VOL'S
 
You're overlooking one key issue. The weather is marginally better (by my lights) in Knoxville. A little less oppressive in the summer, and a bit of snow in the winter. The fall colors are a bit more vibrant. Sigh...
 
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