Timberland
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My wife and I have owned a vacation home in Sevierville, TN for 7 years. Over the 4th of July week this year, 2013, we were at our cabin and stepped out for dinner between 4 and 8pm. We had our labrador ( not the best watch dog as she doesn't even bark ...nor is any stranger a threat to her...she views everyone as a new tennis ball thrower, hence friend. If you were a duck, rabbit or cat ..well game on, ) in a dog crate in the basement with the house stereo turned up for her to *think* someones home. Welllll...the unfortunate happened. Some dope head broke into our back fiberglass door and another was trying to get the widow open adjacent to it ( two sets of foot prints in the sanding dust ). The dope head with the crow bar entered the door first and then stole our living room 42" flat screen TV and laptop from the counter during the 4-8 departure. I have plenty of shot guns in MI although no handguns. I have recently purchased my first hand gun....well it resembles a hand gun. I purchased a Smith and Wesson Governor. Ya' know it as a 45 cal that shoots a combination of 6 bullets or home defense shot gun shell loads Sooooooo, my question I havent been able to get my class in to CC here in MI ( thinking reciprocating too TN ) yet. However, we are making another trip this week to our cabin. Can I legally open carry the S&W in the door panel of my truck without a trigger lock and carry bullets in a glove box? Or even open carry in the door panel with the gun loaded ?? My wife is a little bit freaked out that when we arrive at 2 am from the 9 hour drive from MI that we "may" meet the dope head coming out our drive way or worse - home. Our cabin is not visible from the road and we have one way in /out via our 350' drive way.
Ohh, this was the second time we have been burglarized within a year. The other time was Aug 2012 where they broke into the window mentioned above and stole all three flat screen TV's and remotes in the cabin. No one was at the cabin at the time. I'm willing to wager green money that the dope head figures we will replace the TV's again and will be back once again for those too. An alarm is not an option as we are too far off the main road, not to mention the local Sheriff deputies are more interested in being income generating than protect and serve officers.
Ohh, this was the second time we have been burglarized within a year. The other time was Aug 2012 where they broke into the window mentioned above and stole all three flat screen TV's and remotes in the cabin. No one was at the cabin at the time. I'm willing to wager green money that the dope head figures we will replace the TV's again and will be back once again for those too. An alarm is not an option as we are too far off the main road, not to mention the local Sheriff deputies are more interested in being income generating than protect and serve officers.
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