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Governor Lee in his state of the state address mentioned bring legislation forward again to make Tennessee a constitutional carry state. I’m hoping that goes through.
 
KYregular said:
Though our governor socks, hes way outnumbered in both houses giving them power to overturn his veto.
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Just like his father. They are part of a political family that keeps getting big jobs and doing nothing with them. Sadly he is an improvement over the previous one, and they are all of such caliber that it makes me proud to not be there anymore. The whole family seems to just read the democratic ads and put their stamp of approval on whatever is being pushed. Be ahead is a snake in the grass and he will most likely support extreme gun control measures even if he claims that he doesn’t to help him save a few votes.
 
I moved to TN from Ohio a year and a half ago, my annual property tax bill went from $4000 to $625, no income tax. Gun laws are a hair better in KY.
 
I lived in SE Tennessee for a while (cocke co.), my mom still does. I loved it but couldn't make a living. Lots of friendly people and if you're outside of town, a lot of people shoot in their yard. Knoxville and pigeon forge/Gatlinburg aren't too far and smoky mt natl park is awesome. Other than that I can't add much.
 
Born, raised, and still work in Tennessee, but live across the line in Kentucky. I made the move up here five years ago. Bowling Green is a nice area with good restaurants , shopping and entertainment etc but I hate paying Kentucky income taxes.
I’m not sure how that works with retirement income though.
David
 
WestKentucky said:
Just like his father. They are part of a political family that keeps getting big jobs and doing nothing with them. Sadly he is an improvement over the previous one, and they are all of such caliber that it makes me proud to not be there anymore. The whole family seems to just read the democratic ads and put their stamp of approval on whatever is being pushed. Be ahead is a snake in the grass and he will most likely support extreme gun control measures even if he claims that he doesn’t to help him save a few votes.
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Good things there's not near enough votes in legislature for gun control here.
 
BigBore44 said:
I’m just thinking out loud here. But hear me out. You’re talking about upending your life to move closer to your son who only has a few years of college left. Then he’s going to get a career (no one knows where), possibly get married, and have a family. The absolute last thing I would do is move right now. If you move there and he gets a good job and starts a family in Colorado or even back in Illinois, are you just going to move again so you can be closer to the grandkids? I think it’s awesome you want to be close to your son. I mean that. But I don’t think now is the time. You could actually be hampering his future. He might have an awesome opportunity in another state but he won’t take it because of moving farther away from you, after you moved to be closer to him. My advice is just wait. But my advice is also only worth what you paid for it.
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Yeah, this makes sense to me too. I had always heard that the best place to retire is somewhere other people would like to go on vacation. That way, friends and family will always want to come visit.
 
I would definitely look at the taxes in each state, some states tax retirement pensions and others don't or have a reduced rate, our property taxes went down 2/3 when my wife turned 62 and it is still higher than what my mother was paying in another state, I believe TN depends on higher property and sales tax and no income taxes.
 
BigBore44 said:
I’m just thinking out loud here. But hear me out. You’re talking about upending your life to move closer to your son who only has a few years of college left.
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I hear ya. Not doing it for the kid and yes, if we hover, it would not be good for him.

I've always wanted a place where I could shoot in the backyard with the closest neighbor at least 1/8 to 1/4 mile away. Gotta be outside city limits. Believe it or not, I used to shoot my air rifle in my backyard as I was growing up in Chicago and this was in the 70's. Cops would cruise by the alley and actually wave! Probably get dead quick nowadays.
 
Onward Allusion said:
I hear ya. Not doing it for the kid and yes, if we hover, it would not be good for him.

I've always wanted a place where I could shoot in the backyard with the closest neighbor at least 1/8 to 1/4 mile away. Gotta be outside city limits. Believe it or not, I used to shoot my air rifle in my backyard as I was growing up in Chicago and this was in the 70's. Cops would cruise by the alley and actually wave! Probably get dead quick nowadays.
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Just throwing it out there. My vote would be Ky. Just stay away from cities. I love where I live. And I had the opportunity to move a couple years ago to Benton Ky. I chose to stay. Here, electricity is cheap, lakes are plenty, hunting is great, tons of corps land, land isn’t expensive, constitutional carry state.

Both TN and KY are beautiful states. I go to both fairly often. I would be concerned about cost of living more than anything else. Like was just stated, Gun laws can change with the stroke of the pen.
 
KYregular said:
One law that is overlooked in almost ever one of these discussions is, "do no gun signs carry force of law", which they do in TN and not in KY. In others words, if a no gun sign is posted in TN and your caught carrying your in trouble. In KY your not unless your asked to leave and you don't. KY is also constitutional carry, and open carry permit less. KY is probably has better gun laws than just about any other state, including AZ where signs carry force of law. And, with a conservative supermajority that is very pro gun. Though our governor socks, hes way outnumbered in both houses giving them power to overturn his veto.
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TN law still recognizes those "no guns allowed signs?" When I lived there in '98-'05, I remember reading they had to be worded per TN law and the gunbuster signs were not recognized. (I never really paid any attention to any signs when I lived there; carried a gun every where; LEGALLY I will add.)
But thought I read they fixed that law. Guess not.

However, I did love the state. Almost retired there; but mountains pulled me to the west. Nashville was a fun town when I was younger.
 
KYregular said:
KY is probably has better gun laws than just about any other state
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Just about is right but just off the top of my head I would say ID or UT is better. UT might be a bit better since permit owners can enter a public school legally with a handgun; then, ID allows 18 and up for permitless carry. But KY laws are still damn good.

It is a beautiful state; my Dad came from there and still have cousins outside of Louisville and Bowling Green.
 
RETG said:
TN law still recognizes those "no guns allowed signs?" When I lived there in '98-'05, I remember reading they had to be worded per TN law and the gunbuster signs were not recognized. (I never really paid any attention to any signs when I lived there; carried a gun every where; LEGALLY I will add.)
But thought I read they fixed that law. Guess not.

However, I did love the state. Almost retired there; but mountains pulled me to the west. Nashville was a fun town when I was younger.
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They sure do, looked it up to check for sure.
 
Buzznrose said:
Nope...bourbon is about what majority grain, how it’s distilled, and how it’s aged. You can make it anywhere
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Sure, as long as you have the geology of limestone to filter all the water through like Kentucky, then you can have Bourbon anywhere.


As an Ohioan, having spent a good deal of time in both of those states, I would pick East TN. Knoxville and the mountains are awesome. I love Nashville for the music and everything it offers, but the serenity of Lake Norris and knoxville would be my choice.

Shooting on your land can easily happen in either state in rural areas. Laws in KY, TN and OH are all pretty similar.
 
Onward Allusion said:
That's good info.

Yeah, personally leaning toward KY but wife likes TN and wants to be close to Nashville - grrr.
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Gun wise I'd rather be in Kentucky but everything else I'd rather be in Tennessee. I'm not sure how the laws get much better gun wise but Kentucky is terrible from a tax standpoint. We have all kinds of more taxes than Tennessee. My sister in law lives in Tennessee and I wish my wife and I could pick up with our jobs and everything and be in Tennessee too. Tennessee has a large sales tax but no state income taxes plus we are nickel and dimed to death here in Kentucky where we live with school taxes and taxes on tangible property like tractors and such.
 
Jeff H said:
Sure, as long as you have the geology of limestone to filter all the water through like Kentucky, then you can have Bourbon anywhere.


As an Ohioan, having spent a good deal of time in both of those states, I would pick East TN. Knoxville and the mountains are awesome. I love Nashville for the music and everything it offers, but the serenity of Lake Norris and knoxville would be my choice.

Shooting on your land can easily happen in either state in rural areas. Laws in KY, TN and OH are all pretty similar.
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Most bourbon today is made with water right from municipalities.
 
Onward - in studying the tax trends for the last several years, one thing of interest has surfaced. While they may rotate, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee have been #1-3 when it comes to "combined state and average local sales taxes" since 2016. In that year, KY sales taxes were #37. In July, 2020, KY was at #38 @ 6.00%. TN was #1 @9.55% and AR was #2 @ 9.53%.
State and local property tax collection per capita for FY 2017 placed TN @ #45, KY @ #46, and AR @ #48.
As of last July, gasoline taxes were TN - #31, KY - #34, and AR - #35.
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