Les Jones

Tamara's pretty cool, but I didn't know she had a blog. I really like that MP5 they rent.

"Pretty cool"?!?!?!?!?!?

1. She likes guns.

2. And motorcycles.

3. And works in a gun store.

Dude, that's like the freakin' trifecta in my book.

The fact that she's easy on the eyes doesn't hurt, either...

My father does not, however, own a liquor store. ;-)

Got gout. Don't drink. Liquor store is completely irrelevant.

Gun store, OTOH... :)

I was just up at Coal Creek, and wanted to shoot, but it started feeling a little like a government background check combined with military range BS, and I was told I would have to wait for the orientation before I could shoot, but the subgenius who was holding things up couldn't read his form so I didn't feel like spending a half hour before I got to shoot, that and they won't let you rent anything full auto until your third visit, so I bailed, and won't be back.
I wouldn't want to own a public range, because I know all that crap they put you through is necessary, but after my military experience, I'm generally nervous around untrained civilians anyway, and doubly so for West Knoxville suburbanites, and I damn sure don't feel like being herded around with them, so I go to Norris.

If you had asked me, you would have found that your .mil ID would have sufficed.

Ultimate Ninja or Hapless Soccer mom, insurance is insurance. We're sorry that our telepathic powers didn't pick up on your Special Forces (no doubt) background.

I know about the insurance, and I empathize. I just hate getting treated like I'm some sort of Wal-Mart Rambo, which, unfortunately, you have to do when someone you don't know has a gun on your property, which is another reason I don't go to the John Sevier range anymore either.
I don't have a military ID anymore, not for a few years now, so that wouldn't have done me any good. It was really just my impatience at having to wait around, and like I said, I'm nervous around armed people I don't know, I've seen too many AD's at close proximity, and West Knox people are bad enough unarmed, so I bailed, and I was considering giving it another try, but your last remark is just a little too smartass to let go, so I won't be back since you obviously don't need my business.

After reading the comments in which you assert your unhappiness about your experience with Coal Creek Armory. I tend to want to help you in your moment of grief. It reminds me of an experience a friend of mine once had. Let's just call him Chris. Chris whined and cried fiercely after being told that there were legal ramifications as well as a moral obligation to provide a safe experience to others when providing a fully automatic firearm to someone who could possibly be an escapee from the loony bin. Chris was beginning to feel like his ego had taken a swift kick to the ass. Not realizing that the problem was in his ego and not the safeguards that were in place to protect the untrained " suburbanites ". Regarding the AD's...Will penicillin cure that?. Bet it's embarassing in public. Get well soon!