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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:48:29 PM EDT
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I don't know how y'all do things in Finland but 16 is a minor here in the US, even in California of all places. So yeah, Taran knew her as a minor. Again, their professional relationship started when she was 18 and dating some time later. In the video she was 19. Also, for this very discussion the only relevant definition of a minor is the age of consent. And while 18 in California, it's appears to be 16 or younger in 27 states, including in Nevada, just 200 miles from where this happened. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:51:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: maybe she is behind it? to defame him. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:53:07 PM EDT
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I’ll quote myself again... I provided the citation for the story from the woman in question. Taran was a friend of her fathers. She met him at 16. He approached her when she turned 18 to work for him. He then asked to see the precious. And by all account entered into a sexual relationship with her for several years. Creepy. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Cite According to her, She met Taran at 16 (and was clearly in awe of him) and Taran called her dad at 18 to give her a job. Then shortly thereafter he was filming her while asking to see her precious and checking her lube status for a black clients cock. LOL. Y’all feel free to continue to white knight a predator. Taran was a friend of her fathers. She met him at 16. He approached her when she turned 18 to work for him. He then asked to see the precious. And by all account entered into a sexual relationship with her for several years. Creepy. And yet despite all this apparent innate skill hasn't won any matches... Just amazing! 
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:53:32 PM EDT
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the yoga pants. So you're saying there's a ring of velcro around the yoga pants. And the gun belt then velcros to this ring of Velcro? And yes, Practical gun belts are two piece, a thin velcro belt that is either sewn to the pants (mostly by women because their pants don't have belt loops in the correct position) or routed through the belt loops. The thick (often carbon fibre reinforced) outer belt attaches to the lower belt by velcro and holds the holster and mag pouches: 
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:55:39 PM EDT
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the yoga pants. So you're saying there's a ring of velcro around the yoga pants. And the gun belt then velcros to this ring of Velcro? 
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Posted: 1/29/2020 6:57:14 PM EDT
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Amazing how she was miraculously such a prodigy at 18 she instantly became a trainer for a big name, Hollywood connected training firm at the owner's invitation! He offered her a job, but what job was it? Why do you think it was an instructor position? If she was not taught as an instructor, then clearly it could not be that job. Do you think a company like his runs with everybody being an instructor and nobody handling office work, customer calls or being a personal assistant to Mr. All Precious Belongs to Me? Again, crafting the story to meet the expectations of your creepy mind. 
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:00:28 PM EDT
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Who else than you have claimed that? He offered her a job, but what job was it? Why do you think it was an instructor position? If she was not taught as an instructor, then clearly it could not be that job. Do you think a company like his runs with everybody being an instructor and nobody handling office work, customer calls or being a personal assistant to Mr. All Precious Belongs to Me? Again, crafting the story to meet the expectations of your creepy mind. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Amazing how she was miraculously such a prodigy at 18 she instantly became a trainer for a big name, Hollywood connected training firm at the owner's invitation! He offered her a job, but what job was it? Why do you think it was an instructor position? If she was not taught as an instructor, then clearly it could not be that job. Do you think a company like his runs with everybody being an instructor and nobody handling office work, customer calls or being a personal assistant to Mr. All Precious Belongs to Me? Again, crafting the story to meet the expectations of your creepy mind.  Attached FileYou must have some weird personal investment in Taran to be in such white knight mode. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:14:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:14:44 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/102941/2020-01-29_17-58-46_jpg-1254892.JPG You must have some weird personal investment in Taran to be in such white knight mode. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Amazing how she was miraculously such a prodigy at 18 she instantly became a trainer for a big name, Hollywood connected training firm at the owner's invitation! He offered her a job, but what job was it? Why do you think it was an instructor position? If she was not taught as an instructor, then clearly it could not be that job. Do you think a company like his runs with everybody being an instructor and nobody handling office work, customer calls or being a personal assistant to Mr. All Precious Belongs to Me? Again, crafting the story to meet the expectations of your creepy mind. You must have some weird personal investment in Taran to be in such white knight mode. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:16:11 PM EDT
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Read the comments!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B768RTknFMx/?igshid=1etlzkzmtqb1t |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:17:48 PM EDT
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So she worked for some uknown capacity for up to a year and when she was [still] 18, she became an instructor? Do you know of any formal firearms instructor training course that takes longer than a year? How about when TTI considers their personnel fit for duty as an instructor?  Attached FileQuoted:
At 18 years old, there is no way she could possibly have the knowledge, skill or experience to be an effective firearms instructor. 
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:19:20 PM EDT
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Amazing how she was miraculously such a prodigy at 18 she instantly became a trainer for a big name, Hollywood connected training firm at the owner's invitation despite having ostensibly only met him once two years prior! And yet despite all this apparent innate skill hasn't won any matches... Just amazing! https://i.imgur.com/5esYx3Y.gif |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:23:12 PM EDT
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Page 50 is a possibility!
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:24:19 PM EDT
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The companies dropping this guy are not playing. And is he a official GLOCK spokesman ?
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:30:20 PM EDT
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I'm not sure you are aware of the differences in male and femal anatomy? The rules in Practical shooting, including 3Gun, allow women to wear their gun belts lower than men due to the shape of their hips. And yes, Practical gun belts are two piece, a thin velcro belt that is either sewn to the pants (mostly by women because their pants don't have belt loops in the correct position) or routed through the belt loops. The thick (often carbon fibre reinforced) outer belt attaches to the lower belt by velcro and holds the holster and mag pouches: https://quickbutik.imgix.net/6727l/products/5d404bd592a43.jpeg Thanks while I did live in my parents basement for quite some time I am familiar with female anatomy |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:32:56 PM EDT
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Here's my mental image of the handful of posters in this thread who have racked up dozens of comments going after Taran Butler full-bore:
I honestly don't know what some of you think you have to gain personally by tearing this guy down when he's done a good job of that all on his own. It just reads like piling on at this point, and smacks of more than a little bit of jealousy over seeing some other dude living the life (though he's not living it any longer thanks to having some of his private life made public without his consent). Watching some of y'all clutch your pearls is like watching a bunch of gossipy old hens in a sewing circle. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:37:33 PM EDT
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Page 50 is a possibility! |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:38:29 PM EDT
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Lol
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:39:35 PM EDT
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This is just what is on video. (Edit: there are three videos in the post.) Not my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7leIVGpupc/ |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:39:42 PM EDT
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I still say that he has grounds for a tortious interference/economic interference lawsuit against the person who leaked the video. There is nothing illegal shown and it was obviously released to cause TT embarrassment and economic harm
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:40:07 PM EDT
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This is just what is on video. (Edit: there are three videos in the post.) Not my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7leIVGpupc/ |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:40:43 PM EDT
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I still say that he has grounds for a tortious interference/economic interference lawsuit against the person who leaked the video. There is nothing illegal shown and it was obviously released to cause TT embarrassment and economic harm |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:41:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:42:00 PM EDT
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My image editing skills aren't the best, but... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/339101/TTI_png-1254067.JPG |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:44:12 PM EDT
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Just got this friend suggestion on the book of faces. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/266317/0E693075-7166-4A94-B43E-98B99B81E9C1-1252307.jpg |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:45:38 PM EDT
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Can anyone make this hot?
The name of this knife is very interesting https://battlehorseknives.com/product/jade-struck-dead-meat/ The Jade Struck Dead Meat knife |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:52:51 PM EDT
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Can anyone make this hot? The name of this knife is very interesting https://battlehorseknives.com/product/jade-struck-dead-meat/ The Jade Struck Dead Meat knife https://battlehorseknives.com/product/jade-struck-dead-meat/ |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:55:03 PM EDT
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B7leIVGpupc/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is just what is on video. (Edit: there are three videos in the post.) Not my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7leIVGpupc/ |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:56:20 PM EDT
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Here's my mental image of the handful of posters in this thread who have racked up dozens of comments going after Taran Butler full-bore: http://ci.memecdn.com/8466317.jpg I honestly don't know what some of you think you have to gain personally by tearing this guy down when he's done a good job of that all on his own. It just reads like piling on at this point, and smacks of more than a little bit of jealousy over seeing some other dude living the life (though he's not living it any longer thanks to having some of his private life made public without his consent). Watching some of y'all clutch your pearls is like watching a bunch of gossipy old hens in a sewing circle. 
Personally, I don't give two shits about Jade. She's clearly an unabashed, trashy Instaho. What I care about is a big industry name like Taran being a weirdo that creeps on 16-18 year old family friends and gives the gun owning community a black eye. So many on here have said, "We need gun ownership shown in a positive light in pop culture," and lo there was private gun owner/sportsman/businessman Taran training big Hollywood stars in popular films/shows on actual gun craft and making scary guns and training cool, only to have it turn out Taran is just like the rest of the Hollywood pervs. What you're seeing at this point is response to a handful of equally creepy people that have some sort of bizarre fixation on white knighting for a creep, who himself publicly apologized for his creepiness, when you should rightfully be seeing people want to distance themselves and our community from it. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 7:59:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At 18 years old, there is no way she could possibly have the knowledge, skill or experience to be an effective firearms instructor. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:04:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Take 10 seconds to learn how to hotlink correctly, no one is reading your shit |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:09:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At 18 years old, there is no way she could possibly have the knowledge, skill or experience to be an effective firearms instructor. At 18 I was teaching and out shooting OSI agents, Security Police personnel, etc.. That was pretty common. For reference the OSI course was based on FBI qualifications at the time. Training under someone like Taran could defiantly make you an effective instructor in a few months. That’s not to say wold class shooter, but a damn sight better than most of their students. To clarify, I think Taran is a very talented shooter and creepy. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:11:16 PM EDT
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I'm not sure you are aware of the differences in male and femal anatomy? The rules in Practical shooting, including 3Gun, allow women to wear their gun belts lower than men due to the shape of their hips. And yes, Practical gun belts are two piece, a thin velcro belt that is either sewn to the pants (mostly by women because their pants don't have belt loops in the correct position) or routed through the belt loops. The thick (often carbon fibre reinforced) outer belt attaches to the lower belt by velcro and holds the holster and mag pouches: https://quickbutik.imgix.net/6727l/products/5d404bd592a43.jpeg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the yoga pants. So you're saying there's a ring of velcro around the yoga pants. And the gun belt then velcros to this ring of Velcro? And yes, Practical gun belts are two piece, a thin velcro belt that is either sewn to the pants (mostly by women because their pants don't have belt loops in the correct position) or routed through the belt loops. The thick (often carbon fibre reinforced) outer belt attaches to the lower belt by velcro and holds the holster and mag pouches: https://quickbutik.imgix.net/6727l/products/5d404bd592a43.jpeg I wouldn't load up mags and go shoot all day, but I also don't have birthin' hips either. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:11:55 PM EDT
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Yeah I guess Jon Wiedell is qualified to teach since he is only 17. Neither was Tim Yackley at that age. Both are/were champioship 3 gunners. Not saying Jade is anywhere near their level but age is not the determining factor in skill/ability. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: At 18 years old, there is no way she could possibly have the knowledge, skill or experience to be an effective firearms instructor. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:12:24 PM EDT
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Yeah, you nailed it...
Personally, I don't give two shits about Jade. She's clearly an unabashed, trashy Instaho. What I care about is a big industry name like Taran being a weirdo that creeps on 16-18 year old family friends and gives the gun owning community a black eye. So many on here have said, "We need gun ownership shown in a positive light in pop culture," and lo there was private gun owner/sportsman/businessman Taran training big Hollywood stars in popular films/shows on actual gun craft and making scary guns and training cool, only to have it turn out Taran is just like the rest of the Hollywood pervs. What you're seeing at this point is response to a handful of equally creepy people that have some sort of bizarre fixation on white knighting for a creep, who himself publicly apologized for his creepiness, when you should rightfully be seeing people want to distance themselves and our community from it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's my mental image of the handful of posters in this thread who have racked up dozens of comments going after Taran Butler full-bore: http://ci.memecdn.com/8466317.jpg I honestly don't know what some of you think you have to gain personally by tearing this guy down when he's done a good job of that all on his own. It just reads like piling on at this point, and smacks of more than a little bit of jealousy over seeing some other dude living the life (though he's not living it any longer thanks to having some of his private life made public without his consent). Watching some of y'all clutch your pearls is like watching a bunch of gossipy old hens in a sewing circle.
Personally, I don't give two shits about Jade. She's clearly an unabashed, trashy Instaho. What I care about is a big industry name like Taran being a weirdo that creeps on 16-18 year old family friends and gives the gun owning community a black eye. So many on here have said, "We need gun ownership shown in a positive light in pop culture," and lo there was private gun owner/sportsman/businessman Taran training big Hollywood stars in popular films/shows on actual gun craft and making scary guns and training cool, only to have it turn out Taran is just like the rest of the Hollywood pervs. What you're seeing at this point is response to a handful of equally creepy people that have some sort of bizarre fixation on white knighting for a creep, who himself publicly apologized for his creepiness, when you should rightfully be seeing people want to distance themselves and our community from it. I guess some of us are just making this a bigger deal than it really is since 99% of people have no idea who Taran and TTI are and there's no way it could negatively impact the gun owning/sportsman community.  Attached File Attached FileOh, just for comparison...  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:15:02 PM EDT
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Page 50 is a possibility! |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:15:10 PM EDT
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Shit stirring
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:16:09 PM EDT
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Quoted: Yeah I guess Jon Wiedell is qualified to teach since he is only 17. Neither was Tim Yackley at that age. Both are/were champioship 3 gunners. Not saying Jade is anywhere near their level but age is not the determining factor in skill/ability. Quoted: That’s funny, the USAF used to have lots of 18 year old firearms instructors. They trained them to be instructors. You’d be amazed what six weeks of daily training can do, especially under a good instructor. At 18 I was teaching and out shooting OSI agents, Security Police personnel, etc.. That was pretty common. For reference the OSI course was based on FBI qualifications at the time. Training under someone like Taran could defiantly make you an effective instructor in a few months. That’s not to say wold class shooter, but a damn sight better than most of their students. To clarify, I think Taran is a very talented shooter and creepy. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:22:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Point being, A) Doogie Howsers of the gun world are the exception, not the norm and B) how many 18 year olds that are talented enough to be a firearms instructor right out of the gate at a major Hollywood training house can't win any matches? Might there be some other... mitigating circumstance? |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:34:36 PM EDT
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Different levels of instructors teaching different levels of skills. Does not take a tremendous amount of experience to teach Handgun 101 to novice students. Not everyone is training Rangers and Delta. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Point being, A) Doogie Howsers of the gun world are the exception, not the norm and B) how many 18 year olds that are talented enough to be a firearms instructor right out of the gate at a major Hollywood training house can't win any matches? Might there be some other... mitigating circumstance? I think I, and most people being honest with themselves, know the answer to that. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:38:20 PM EDT
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So the chick was over 18, right?
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Posted: 1/29/2020 8:53:10 PM EDT
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True but suffice to say novices attending even a TTI novice training course are not the same as novices attending Joe Bob's Guns novice class so, what elevates a non-winning shooter like Jade to be qualified to train at TTI and be Taran's self proclaimed "right hand". I think I, and most people being honest with themselves, know the answer to that. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:00:00 PM EDT
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Can anyone make this hot? The name of this knife is very interesting https://battlehorseknives.com/product/jade-struck-dead-meat/ The Jade Struck Dead Meat knife https://battlehorseknives.com/product/jade-struck-dead-meat/ |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:04:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: At 18 years old, there is no way she could possibly have the knowledge, skill or experience to be an effective firearms instructor. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:04:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't know what is more stupid, the name of the knife or someone who buys that shit. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:13:56 PM EDT
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I guess some of us are just making this a bigger deal than it really is since 99% of people have no idea who Taran and TTI are I've yet to see this "story" reported and discussed anywhere other than gun forums/social media. Wonder why that might be? It's not as though there aren't anti-gun/anti-2A media outlets in existence who wouldn't relish the notion of finding the shooting community's Harvey Weinstein, so why hasn't some eager beaver liberal reporter jumped all over this "scandal"? Could it be that there's not much to report? So far we've got a private video released without the consent of two adults engaging in some dirty talk/play at the office. There have been reports that 54-yo(?) employer and 19-yo employee were involved in a romantic relationship, so this type of banter (including pet names for genitalia) isn't exactly newsworthy in and of itself. Some pearl-clutchers have suggested that due to their working relationship, these short video clips indicate all sorts of bad behavior on the part of the employer, including but not limited to sexual harassment and grooming a minor, yet the employee in this case has yet to allege anything along these lines. So I ask again, what exactly would the media use in this instance to hold gun owners and the shooting community at large up to scorn? Last I checked, creepiness is not a crime, nor is it particularly newsworthy. Until Jade Struck breaks her silence and accuses Taran Butler of odious or criminal behavior, this is a giant nothingburger. And spare me the "then why are sponsors abandoning Taran like rats from a sinking ship?" Because it's 2020 and virtue-signaling is absolutely a way of life for those in the corporate world, no matter what the industry. Being the most virtuous of the virtue-signalers, I highly doubt Hollywood will be sending any of their business Taran's way ever again, so this particular slice of pie will wind up costing him plenty in terms of money and exposure. His days of being surrounded by scantily-clad gun bunnies is likely over. |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:17:44 PM EDT
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Precious
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:19:34 PM EDT
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https://youtu.be/wwaQM56gu8E
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:20:07 PM EDT
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This explains everything !
https://youtu.be/wwaQM56gu8E |
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Posted: 1/29/2020 9:24:20 PM EDT
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Another creepy video
https://youtu.be/_E9LJq7-Zbw |
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