” We are expected to take care of our own problems in whatever way we must way out here in the hills of TN and the Feds are going to be really surprised at how much of America is armed and ready, I think.”
I lived in White Bluff, Tn. for years and we had a Constable but it took him a long time to respond and the Sheriff’s Dept. could take an hour or more. Everyone was armed and you could hear gunfire at night frequently. It was a bad idea to go prowling around at night.
Rural people in TN are very friendly during daylight hours but you don't go messing around their property at night. I know very few rural Tennesseans that don't have plenty of firearms. The only one I know of in my area lives on the large farm across from us. He doesn't keep guns but he has come over to borrow my shotgun a few times when the coyotes or wild dogs were after his cattle.