State Suspends Handgun Carry Permit Of Tactical Response CEO

[highplainsdem]

Source: TPM

The state of Tennessee has suspended the concealed handgun carry permit of James Yeager, CEO of Tactical Response, who recently said he would "start killing people" should President Obama take executive action on gun control.

State officials explained they revoked the permit because of Yeager's "material likelihood of risk of harm to the public," according to a local TV station. Tactical Response is a Tennessee-based company that specializes in firearms and tactical training.

"The number one priority for our department is to ensure the public's safety," wrote Commissioner Bill Gibbons. "Mr. Yeager's comments were irresponsible, dangerous, and deserved our immediate attention. Due to our concern, as well as that of law enforcement, his handgun permit was suspended immediately. We have notified Mr. Yeager about the suspension today via e-mail. He will receive an official notification of his suspension through the mail."

Yeager released a second video Thursday in which he refused to back down from most his statements.

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Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/state-suspends-handgun-carry-permit-of-tactical-response

[Comrade_McKenzie]

1. If I were a governor, I'd create a task force to monitor social networks for similar threats...

And start suspending like crazy.

[Wernothelpless]

13. I'm sure they are ...

Have you been over to the Tea Party page on FB? ... there MUST be someone monitoring those lunatics ... they are OUT there ...

[upaloopa]

2. Well they castrated him I guess.

[Laurian]

3. Thank God! His army will have to manage with a toothless tiger.

What an asshole.

[johnnyrocket]

4. Wow, just wow. This guy probably needs to be arrested. At least monitored.

[Luft]

79. Definitely he should be arrested

The man threatened to start killing people. I don't see why he isn't already in jail. If he doesn't get arrested and he does kill someone there will be hell to pay.

[Trajan]

5. Oh hell yes !

Time for a little trip to the woodshed, asshole ...

He should learn that he cannot violate the law by threatening his fellow citizens with homicidal violence ...

This nutcase is exposed ... Good!

[marions ghost]

6. Is that going to stop him?

[Kolesar]

7. What do you mean?

Please be explicit.

[marions ghost]

18. What do I mean?

I mean he sounds like a cold dead hands kinda guy. In other words, insane.

[pasto76]

31. since he has been all over the interwebs, when he is caught with a concealed handgun, big trouble

firearm law violations will end his stupid company

[marions ghost]

36. As I understand it he can still carry unconcealed handguns?

AND any other guns?

Weak, weak -- response to obvious open threats to kill. But the thing that's most disturbing is that this video INCITES others who are even more unstable...probably his intention.

Hard to believe this is all they can do to him. These gun nuts really do rule America.

[Tempest]

51. Permit required for open carry in Tennessee

His permit was revoked.

He carries one in public in the open, he goes to jail.

[marions ghost]

55. The OP said Concealed Carry

was revoked. So this applies to open carry as well? Well...really the point could be moot if he (or some admirer acting on his behalf) wants to commit Murder Without Permit.

[Tempest]

56. One permit for both is my reading of the law. n/t

[Luft]

81. Right or Privilege?

If something is a right how can it require a permit? Doesn't having the government, State or Federal, tell the people "you can do this if we give you permission" reduce a right to a privilege? Has this law been challenged in the U. S. Supreme Court?

That being said this nut job seriously threated to kill people. He should be arrested and all of his guns confiscated.

[ancianita]

9. It might slow him down. He knows he lucky he wasn't arrested by DHS. He knows he's being monitored.

Good enough for now.

[SharonAnn]

10. He still has the guns, doesn't he? Just not the Concealed Carry permit.

[Wernothelpless]

16. This means Yeager gets pulled over in his vehicle every time he leaves his house ...

The governor and local police in Tennessee are NOT going to allow this fool to drive ONE block with a weapon in his car and now that he's lost his permit the ONLY thing he can carry is a deer rifle mounted in the back window of his truck ... just like Grandaddy ... he won't last a week before they have to apprehend him .... this guy is a 72 hour hold away from a mental hospital ... boing! ...

[DeschutesRiver]

21. Revoking the CCW didn't affect his gun ownership. And he may still be able to transport firearms

so long as they are unloaded and in a case, which is common in many states.

But I haven't seen the TN statute on this to know for certain.

I think that he is also restricted from carrying in the open if his handgun permit has been revoked.

[Tempest]

52. You are correct on open carry in TN. I just read the law.

The one permit covers both and since it was revoked, he would be in violation of the law.

[DeschutesRiver]

68. Thx for the confirmation; dialup wretched here tonight; impossible to research anything. nt

[Grantuspeace]

25. You know he still has his guns.

Unfortunately this is all they can probably do to him for now. And that just illustrates the need for regulation.

[PSPS]

40. Correct. He should have his guns confiscated before his promised killing spree instead of after it.

[Tempest]

53. +1

[damnedifIknow]

8. Seriously

That's a guy who needs to be watched carefully.

[Laurian]

12. And anyone who is associated with him. I don't know

if his "army" comments were just bravado or not, but he may well have a cohort of like thinking dumb asses.

[Kingofalldems]

11. Confiscate his guns immediately

[LeftInTX]

14. Oh, the irony

He was complaining about the Feds, but the state of Tennessee took his permit away.

[Tempest]

54. I'll bet you $10,000 he blames Obama. n/t

[Laurian]

20. You think this unhinged freak should be allowed to carry concealed weapons?

[jody]

22. I said "Agree" which you overlooked. nt

[Laurian]

26. I did see your agreement, but was puzzled by the rest of your comment. n/t

[jody]

28. RKBA is just one of our civil rights and I suggested denying all of them. nt

[Laurian]

39. If you think his permit should not have been revoked, why

not just say so instead of speaking in some kind of code with an implied message.

[jody]

42. See #15. Do you know what "Agree" means? nt

[LanternWaste]

59. In the language of Petulance, 'Agree' means...

" Do you know what "Agree" means? "

I've inferred that in the language of Petulance, 'Agree' means, "I've failed completely to make my clever point, and am now backtracking so as deny looking like a greater fool"

[graegoyle]

65. In this, instance I think you have misunderstood something.

The poster seems to support the revocation of the permits and suggests even more restrictions of his rights; that post needs no decoding.

[2ndAmForComputers]

70. Do you think we were all born yesterday? YOU. ARE. DEFENDING. JAMES. YEAGER.

[Luft]

82. I'm hoping his statement was misunderstood.

I'm hoping by "remove all other civil rights to make the point" he means that the man should be arrested, convicted and jailed which would remove all his other rights and make a point. But I have to agree that he came off sounding a bit like a troll.

[Kingofalldems]

27. That cannot be done. Looks like sarcasm.

Puzzling.

[jody]

30. Good question. I don't know of any legal way to deny just one of a person's civil rights. Do you? nt

[Kingofalldems]

33. You brought it up.

[jody]

34. Then remove all his civil rights? nt

[Trajan]

45. You presented this ridiculous dichotomy

1) "Agree" he should lose his concealed carry rights

then ...

2) ALL civil rights should be denied ?

C'mon ... admit your. cynical little ploy .... absolute non sequitur ..... red herring ... completely fallacious.

Your intent is to disrupt this forum, and I really do wish you would simply admit this to yourself and the rest of us. Stop your little lie and find some honesty in your soul ...

If you had a scintilla of integrity, you would immediately remove yourself from this forum, and never return.

Fat chance of that, though ... eh?

Yeah .... Fat chance ....

[jody]

46. Trajan you really are good for laughs. RKBA is a civil right. If it's removed then a logical

question is why not remove all civil rights?

That was the point of my suggestion "remove all other civil rights".

I'm so sorry that you were not able to understand that.

Thanks for trying anyway.

[Trajan]

49. Oh .... I understood completely ....

Last edited Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:17 AM - Edit history (1)

Your intent is clear: cast the sincerely and correctly applied loss of the right to carry a concealed weapon as a 'bad thing', and poison the well by demanding ALL civil rights then be denied .....

There is no obvious rationale for this line of argument, except to purposely toss a monkey wrench into the issue ....

Your intent is to disrupt the discussion, plain and simple ....

I see Pave and d_s were finally shown the door ... there are still a few of you left, eh?

How long, Jody? .... How long will it take?

[2naSalit]

62. Pretzel logic...

This individual used it in another thread earlier... makes no sense, keeps demanding answers to rhetorical questions that make little or no sense.

[tabasco]

38. Really?

That's not a hard thing to do. I can't imagine why a reasonably intelligent person could not comprehend a method to prohibit a person to carry a concealed weapon, while at the same time allowing them - for example - to vote or enjoy freedom of association.

Of course, "reasonably intelligent" is stipulated.

[Luft]

83. Due process

When a person is arrested and jailed they lose there right of liberty. It requires (or at least it is suppose to require) due process.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. Are you're saying you believe concealed carry is a civil right under the second amendment?

Which should not be regulated by the states, or subject to review? That it's somehow protected beyond ramifications?

Since in the US a person can lose one or more of their civil liberties and still retain others as a consequence to their actions, that still makes no sense to me.

What exactly are you saying, and which other specific rights are you thinking they should lose?

[jody]

48. RKBA is a civil right. That's all I said. nt

[Lone_Star_Dem]

57. No, you also said to remove all his other civil rights.

Which promted me to ask if you believed his right to carry a handgun should not be regulated by the states, be subject to review, and if it was somehow protected beyond ramifications no matter what his actions?

I also pointed out that one can lose some of their civil liberties in the United States as a consequence of their actions, and still retain others. Which made what you said all the more confusing to me.

The laws are how our civil liberties are applied to our everyday lives. Not adhering to the law has consequences, which in this case cost him his right to publicly carry his handgun.

[frylock]

61. herp derp?

[Electric Monk]

74. With anchovies and extra cheese :)

[frylock]

75. wow. that fools been here longer than me..

guess he really really liked guns. well, he's in a better place now.

[2naSalit]

63. With rights come responsibilities

It would appear that this individual has forfeited his "right" to conceal/carry by his choice to eschew his responsibilities that accompany said "right".

[jody]

64. Agree but why not remove all his civil rights. nt

[2ndAmForComputers]

66. Hi there.

Have you recovered from that bad, bad, bad, BAD day you had some nine weeks ago?

[2naSalit]

67. Perhaps it's because that's the one he seems to not

give a rat's ass about at the moment. And perhaps there will be other rights he will choose to forfeit, though it seems he already has, so I suspect that some others will be at stake in the very near future. Instant gratification doesn't always work in legal issues that may bring others into harm's way while trying to enforce the law.

[Luft]

84. Because that would require putting him to death

Jody, after reading your posts I have to believe you are trolling.

[hrmjustin]

85. Jody has been removed from DU.

[jobycom]

17. Now they can pick him up in two weeks for an unlicensed concealed weapon...

Since he hardly seems like the type to stop carrying just because the law tells him to.

[marble falls]

23. Highly appropriate. As will be the follow up visit from ATF to determine the legality of his arsenal

and his free mental evaluation for anger management and impulse control.

[Enrique]

24. i'd like to see a local news show visit him and ask him for comment

be sure to have the cameras rolling

[Kaleva]

29. kicked

[RKP5637]

32. Fortunately, he decided to advertise his intentions. He's a hazard. One would hope

he's under surveillance. Watching the videos he sure doesn't seem very well wrapped.

[jody]

37. "under surveillance" Don't worry, Poindexter's Total Information Awareness office didn't go

away. it's tracking every post, email, phone call, and movement of those on both the fringe of the Right & Left.

[frylock]

76. grave dance..

too soon?

[PatrynXX]

35. Tennesse is rather red

So the guy obviously had to be rather dumb to put that statement out. Old coworker of me did something just about as dumb but he's in jail and this nut isn't. and maybe for a good reason but he never meant to kill anyone. This guy however.......

[samsingh]

41. kick

[Dems to Win]

43. In Tennesse? Call your police, demand they boycott Tactical Response

Put this treasonous outfit out of business.

It is a MYTH that the 2nd amendment exists to facilitate treason. It was written to facilitate defense against sedition and rebellion, as in the Whiskey Rebellion, when the militia was called out to put down armed resistance.

These folks plotting treason, and there are a lot of them, need to be treated as the traitors that they are.

Surely we can start with getting them out of government contracting.

[freshwest]

78. Good post.

[CJCRANE]

80. It's right there in the words...

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

The militia is to be "well regulated" and help provide security for the "state". It is not meant to be used against the state.

[Ilsa]

44. Maybe we'll get lucky and Yeager

will pull a concealed weapon on someone and they'll do the same and shoot him. The world will be a better place.

[Tempest]

50. Words have consequences. Especially excessively violent ones like this guy spouted. n/t

[SoapBox]

58. Good...this guy is unhinged.

Now, pick him up for mental observation, in a nice cozy cell.

[Kablooie]

72. But I'm sure he's not alone. Fox News spews the seeds of instability on millions every day.

[DumbBassRepublicans]

60. CUCKOO...!!!!!!!!!

Does an assault weapon make you MENTAL, or..............
Does a MENTAL case need, an assault weapon..??!!

[Zoeisright]

69. Hopefully he'll have some kind of breakdown now.

And be institutionalized.

[Kablooie]

71. Thank Fox News and the radio right. They convinced this idiot that Obama is Dr. Evil.

[thucythucy]

73. Can you imagine being this guy's neighbor?

That sound you hear is property values in his neighborhood being flushed down the toilet.

[onehandle]

77. Ha Ha!

[Earth_First]

86. Honestly, they need to take this a step further...

Revoke the training credentials to any individual or organization which used Tactical Response as a training facility.

Let it be known that this sort of behavior will not be tolerated.

Don't like my opinion on this; you should hear my ideas on gun control...