McDaniel reportedly would often visit a local historic highway marker to read a brief narrative about the first raid in West Tennessee by Confederate Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest at Parkers Crossroads.
[9][10] Within a 2009 American Battlefield Trust interview that was published online, McDaniel briefly responded to the question, "If you could have been a Civil War general, who would it have been?"
[13][14] During the last year of his serving during the 110th Tennessee General Assembly, McDaniel, who agrees with the right to carry concealed firearms, was quoted for his opposition to a 2018 proposal by both House Speaker Beth Harwell and Lt. Gov.
Randy McNall to allow licensed concealed-carry permit holders to possess their firearms within the Cordell Hull Building where the state legislative offices are located.
[22][23] McDaniel also reported income from both Forrest Estates and Crossroads Mini-Storage within his last (2018) Statement of Disclosure of Interests (ss-8004) filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission.