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I don';t think these cases are listened to or won based upon strategy. There are a number of justices that don't want to accept the second amendment for what it is: an essential part of the bill of rights. Until they are replaced these cases will not be heard. And if there is a good chance of losing we are better off not having them heard. As with most things with SCOTUS we are going to have to be very patient. Trump's biggest achievement so far has been his federal bench appointments. The numbers far exceed previous presidents. And for that to continue we need McConnell and a majority in the senate. By the end of hist first term he may have appointed anywhere from 30% to 50% of the judiciary. That will ge HUGE.

Ooooohh, man... this news today made me sooo sad! To say David Cassisdy was my first "crush" would be a gross understatement to the epic "one for the ages" love that I felt for him. (Stop rolling your eyes...! No snark allowed when I'm paying homage to my David). I always wondered why my older brother put up with me blasting this album (particularly this song, which I played to death)... I found out years later it was because HE was an admirer of Susan Dey. Something for everyone in that Partridge Family, I guess....! RIP, David.

Here's a couple delicious recipes for Thanksgiving day. These are favorites that I've been serving for a few years. Pumpkin Pie Martini. 2 parts pumpkin spice vodka (there are several brands, any will do) 1 part Baily's Irish Cream. Splash of light cream or half and half Whipped cream Ground nutmeg Ice Shake vodka, Baily's and light cream mixture in ice filled shaker, pour into chilled martini glass, top with whipped cream, sprinkle with nutmeg, drink, repeat until unable to repeat. After Dinner Espresso. 2 jiggers Van Gough Espresso or Double Espresso Vodka Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino Whipped cream Chocolate covered Pocky sticks. Ground cinnamon Pour 2 jiggers vodka into a coffee cup (use the nice ones with a saucer if possible), pour Frappuccino leaving enough room for whipped cream, top with whipped cream, sprinkle lightly with ground cinnamon, garnish (optional) with Pocky stick or any similar confection such as chocolate coated pretzel sticks. This goes extremely well with dessert.

Wagner and griswald cast iron, the original non stick frying pan. If anything sticks, ya doon it wrong.

I have two I inherited from my grandmother. I don’t know the make but they are just perfect. I use them for meat searing and cornbread. I use basic recipe that’s never failed me. Cup each corn and white flour, 2 teaspoon baking powder and 1 baking soda, two eggs, 5 tablespoons butter, sugar to taste (1-4 tablespoons),1/4 tsp salt, 1cup buttermilk. I make my own by using whole milk and the juice of a lemon, mix and let sit 5 mins. Melt a tablespoon of butter in your skillet and pour the mix in. Bake at 400 15-20 mins.

Changed from sparchcocked to completely deboned. Scored myself a nice kamikoto boning knife and wanted to try it. Brining it now and will lay the stuffing and roll and tie it. Baked my cornbresd in a cast irin skillet a this afternoon. Yummy, I feel fat just thinking about it.

I'm an NJIT alum who graduated in 2002. When I was a student, a friend of mine took me shooting on a few occasions, and I had a fantastic time. I would have continued to go shooting, except: I didn’t have a car I was a broke college student I graduated, paid off debt, bought a house, got married, had kids, and finally picked up the hobby again when I had the means. And I want to do for NJIT students what my friend did for me years ago. But I’d like to do it at a larger scale. I was inspired by Tony Simon's 2nd is for Everyone and Diversity shoots, and I'd like to give back to my alma mater in a particular way. I’d like to facilitate monthly range trips for NJIT students. I'm open to everything from an informal group that just gets a van to ride over from NJIT to Gun For Hire for quick safety instruction followed by an hour of rimfire, to a full blown club/school USPSA team. I'm also willing to foot some of the bill for this sort of thing, and seek other sponsors. I'd want this to be ideally no cost for students, at least first-timers. If not free, at least low cost. The thing is, I still hang out with some of my friends from those days, but despite the fact that I live only a few miles from campus, I've not kept any connection to the student body or alumni organizations at large. If there are any students or active alumni interested, and want to either form a club or do something informal, please reach out to me. I think if we want to win this fight long term, we need to get younger people from NJ who have zero exposure to guns to have positive exposure to the shooting sports. Lord knows that guns are demonized on virtually all college campuses. If I'm successful here, I'm happy to expand it to other schools in the area.

Personally I think the main problem is the character of judges in U.S. judicial system. If I'm a Supreme Court Justice, I can vote a case either way I want, based on my opinions or others, legal arguments or not, national or international laws, social norms, my grandmother's politics or the color of the tie under my black robe. And no one can do a damn thing about my vote. (Except impeach and remove me from office.) We gave up appointing jurists who demonstrated true fidelity to the Constitution (as written!) and the law (as written!) and starting appointing proponents of like minded policies. The courts are now used as trump cards over the law, common sense, or the will of the people. Consequently we have lost control of a large part of our government and our country. Our 'votes' are mainly symbolic. Of course whether 'the people' abide by decisions is something the courts have no control over. The people still have free will.

Agreed. MD & its courts are traitors to the Constitution and personal freedoms. They know what would happen if they directly come out against 2A, so they are dancing around. Unfortunately SCOTUS is no better either. They know the real answer too, but don't want to say one way or the other.

tell me this isn't cool. i don't understand a word any of them said. but i can tell ya that little engine made some dam sweet music.

I don't know of any 2A groups that do this but there is a guy I know who specializes in training women in self defense, martial arts and firearms training. His company is called Pro-Tec Training out of Old Bridge.

nah. she was hittin' on all 8..........

Let me check mine but it’s normally same as brake in the same caliber.

The government isn’t dictating winners and losers. The government, through NN is saying the ISP’s can’t either. The ISP’s have to treat all data equally. That is what the ISP’s don’t like. The reason there aren’t examples are because NN has been law for most of the period that streaming has gotten popular. There are examples of what the ISP’s want and it is bad for everyone except the ISP. If they’re not going to enforce NN then what they should do is force the separation of content providers and delivery mechanisms. Given the enforced monopoly and physical barriers to entry the content creaters shouldn’t be able to use that as a compenditive advantage.

Darpa created the internet. That's why in the early days it was called arpanet. The reason we didn't need it before is that the internet is run on peering agreements. Rather than behaving like telco or wireless telco and charging additional fees for communication that involves networks other than your own, they decided to omit that and just agree that if you accept my network traffic at no charge, I'll accept yours. We do this as peer networks, and save everyone lots of billing hassles. The problem is broadband ISPs decided they wanted to court customers that primarily pull data in rather than send it out. Oddly, this happens when you mandate huge disparities between upload and download speeds. SO after creating their own problme they scream it is not fair and they can't afford it!!! And ain't shit gonna trickle down. Even under the current state of affairs, the margin on broad band is 97% for cable companies. NINTY-FRIKIN-SEVEN!!!!. That's after infrastructure, employees, customer acquisition and retention, etc. They need either price controls or de-regulation where we can have total service resellers and no government protected monopolies. Because right now they can charge what they want, and want to sell you service they don't deliver, all while having a state granted regional monopoly. Which is BULLSHIT.

This will be my first Thanksgiving off in a long time (Yay promotion!). We are going to my Mom and Dad's for dinner. I'm going over early so she can teach me how to do everything. She is one hell of a cook but her health is on a rapidly accelerating decline. I want to make dinner for her and Dad next year at my house - because without some divine intervention, she won't be able to.

Kolbe v. Hogan. Very good read. https://newswithviews.com/supreme-court-the-2nd-amendment-and-the-nra/ Supreme Court, The 2nd Amendment And The NRA Oct 17, 2017 Read More Articles by Edwin Vieira Jr. As the readers of my columns on News With Views are aware, for more than the past decade I have attempted to awaken Americans who consider themselves “constitutionalists”, “patriots”, “friends of the Second Amendment”, and like-minded people to the importance of revitalizing “the Militia of the several States”. But my efforts have met with scant success. Whether the fault lies with the author of these missives or the audience to which they were directed may be debatable. The facts remain that, not only have vanishingly few Americans evinced any interest in this matter, but also all too many who have taken note of my work have reacted to it in a singularly negative, if not overtly hostile, fashion. The latest manifestation of this dog-in-the-manger attitude is the refusal of the Petitioners in the pending case Kolbe v. Hogan, No. 17-127 (U.S. Supreme Court) to consent to my filing of a brief amici curiae on their behalf. The decision which is the subject of this petition—Kolbe v. Hogan, 849 F.3d 114 (4th Cir. 2017)—is, in my estimation, the most egregious affront to the Second Amendment which has ever been handed down by any court in the United States. So my attempt to intervene in this case is not simply a quixotic, let alone an uninformed, effort on my part. For those who are unfamiliar with procedure in the Supreme Court, a potential amicus curiae (“friend of the Court”) first seeks permission from the parties to file a brief, usually on behalf of one of the parties. If either party refuses consent, the amicus may file a motion for leave to file, requesting the Supreme Court to accept his brief notwithstanding that refusal. Now, usually, parties who desire the Supreme Court to review their case through a petition for a writ or certiorari want to marshal as many amici briefs on their behalf as possible, in order to convince the Court that their petition not only has theoretical merit but also raises issues of general rather than merely passing concern. Indeed, in yesteryear, the all-too-close coördination of various amici with the parties they supported became something of an abusive “cottage industry”, which resulted in the Supreme Court’s issuance of its Rule 37.6, under which an amicus must certify that no counsel for any party has authored the amicus brief in whole or in part, and that no such counsel or any party has made a monetary contribution intended to fund the preparation or submission of such a brief. So, today, an amicus must be completely independent of the party whose position it supports, except to the extent under Rule 37.1 that the amicus brief brings to the Court’s attention matters which not only support that party but also apprise the Court of matters that the favored party will not emphasize in its petition but which nonetheless will be useful for the Court to consider. In my brief amici curiae, as something of an expert on the Second Amendment I seek to inform the Court of critical matters related to the first thirteen words of the Amendment—to wit, “[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State”—that (as my brief explained) will “not * * * [be] brought to [the Court’s] attention by the parties”, but nevertheless “may be of considerable help to the Court.” Because these matters have “not [been] specifically noticed in the objections taken in the records or briefs of counsel” for the parties in a satisfactory manner to date, and are unlikely to be raised hereafter, th[e Supreme] Court should take them under consideration by way of the Amici’s brief, “that the Constitution may not be violated from the carelessness or oversight of counsel in any particular.” See Pollockv. Farmer’s Loan & Trust Co., 157 U.S. 429, 604 (1895) (separate opinion of Field, J.). Of course, one would expect that the Respondents (here, Hogan et alia) would balk at having such information brought to the Court’s attention—but that, on the other hand, the Petitioners (here, Kolbe et alia) would be grateful for whatever assistance they could obtain from an amici brief prepared by someone who knows his business. After all, at the petition stage, the strategy must be for the Petitioners to amass whatever support is available that could convince the Court to hear the case on the merits. If the reader goes to the SCOTUSBLOG on the Internet, and searches for Kolbe v. Hogan in the compilation under “Petitions”, he will find, not only Kolbe’s Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, but also the amici briefs filed on the Petitioners’ behalf. These include briefs from such amici as the NRA and the Cato Institute. Of these briefs, mine is the only one as to which the Petitioners have denied their consent to file. When the reader peruses these briefs, he will see that mine is the only one which focuses on the first thirteen words of the Second Amendment. The rest rely on what I should describe as the erroneous “law-school solution” to the problem raised in Kolbe—focusing on such really irrelevant matters as whether so-called “assault rifles” are in “common use” by average Americans for individual self-defense in the home, and such ultimately self-defeating arguments as whether “the right of the people to keep and bear [such] Arms” is subject to one or another anti-constitutional judicial “balancing test” (so-called “strict scrutiny” or “intermediate scrutiny”) under the Supreme Court’s decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008). None of these briefs, other than my own, points out that the actually controlling precedent is United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939); and that, applied in tandem, both Miller and Heller demand reversal of the Court of Appeals’ decision in a manner which absolutely guarantees—indeed, if the Second Amendment is properly construed, requires—average Americans’ possession of “assault rifles”. Under these circumstances, one would expect that my amici brief would at least be welcomed sotto voce by the Petitioners, because they have nothing to lose, and everything to gain, from having the Supreme Court made aware of the arguments which that brief, and no one else, presents. But no—the Petitioners do not want my amici curiae brief even to be considered by the Court. Having kicked around in Supreme Court practice over the years—and not without some notable successes—I find Petitioners’ reluctance to further their own interests rather perplexing. This is a conclusion in which I expect those of my readers who study the various amici briefs to concur. So the question I raise for my readers’ consideration is: “What is going on here?” Why do the Petitioners (and, for that matter, the other amici ostensibly on their side) treat the first thirteen words of the Second Amendment, not simply as irrelevant to their case, but also as so dangerous to mention that they refuse both to address them in their own briefs and to consent for my amici brief to bring them to the Supreme Court’s attention? Do these people really believe that the first thirteen words of the Second Amendment are actually irrelevant to the last fourteen words, even though they all are included in the very same sentence? If this the way English grammar works? Is this the way constitutional interpretation works (or ought to work)? At this point, the matter is in the hands of the Supreme Court. But, in the long run, the problem goes beyond what happens to my amici curiae brief or even to the petition for a writ of certiorari in Kolbe itself. Kolbe, after all, will not represent the final battle over radical “gun control” in this country. The struggle to secure “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” will continue, unabated, until all of the twenty seven words of the Second Amendment are either upheld in their entirety or so disregarded, discounted, or diluted by ridiculous decisions of the Judiciary that the Amendment is reduced to the palest shadow of what the Founders intended it to be. To be sure, readers of this commentary who are not members of the Supreme Court Bar are not in a position to influence the Court. But many of them are capable of bringing this matter to the attention of leaders of the NRA—who, more than anyone else, are responsible for floating the mistaken notion that the Second Amendment’s overriding concern is to enable average Americans to possess “Arms” for the purpose of individual self-defense. Not simply the words of the Amendment, but especially the pre-constitutional history which informs them, teach that community self-defense is that concern. See my book The Sword and Sovereignty: The Constitutional Principles of “the Militia of the Several States” (CD-Rom Edition, 2012). So I urge my readers—in particular, those who are members of the NRA—to contact that organization and encourage its leadership to reevaluate its position. At no time in this country’s history could such reconsideration be more vital.

Cha Ching , Stay Safe.

Will be cooking for the boys (dad and bro). Keeping it fairly simple - glazed spiral sliced ham, home-made potatoes au gratin, a few sides, etc. Simple, but hopefully tasty. Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

The martini sounds much too sweet for my tastes... I'm more of a dirty martini fan, myself. But, I do like a sweet after-dinner drink (it's like dessert in a glass!) and that espresso sounds divine! I'll make that up.... for myself anyway!

Yes I read the Heller case and the arguments. I will say same again, nobody knows WHY SCOTUS asks certain question. They could use responses to decide in your favor or use them against you or taken you down a rabbit hole. If anyone got better ideas, better skill or better execution strategy, they should pick a case, fund it, find proper representation who is willing to put forth appropriate argument. Complaining about what someone may or may not have done doesn't solve the problem. All I see in Mr. Edwin rant (thats right, I called it a rant) is "my-argument-better-than-their-why-dont-they-ever-listen-to-me". Now, if that was to come from someone who actually went to SCOTUS on their own merit, presented his/her argument directly, won a case (even if they lost), then I (and million others) will listen.

Here ya go Ray: http://www.andrewsleather.com/firepower.htm

Because sometimes it's the cheapest. Using their $20 off coupon in addition to a sale in addition to purchased discounted gift cards I was able to get a dozen flats of remington 12ga gunclub shells for $38/flat (250 shells) delivered to my door If there's a better price than that please tell me where!

Stick 4 of these on the bottom corner of each.

Hi My name is Chris, and I'm from union county and a fairly new gun owner. Ive shot at a few ranges and definitely enjoy this new hobby! I've been lurking on this site for a few months and I've finally decided to register. I've also been perusing the legitious threads as well as some others. Thank you for having me.

These are on sale now at Costco's, 2 ammo cans a 50 cal and a 30 cal for $10.97

But seriously, now, the ending of the net neutrality is not good. Just take a look at what happened in Portugal due to the end of net neutrality. I mean, if you like the pricing structure of the cable companies, then you'll get more of it. http://www.businessinsider.com/net-neutrality-portugal-how-american-internet-could-look-fcc-2017-11

Costco has a nice deal on a safe Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That will happen. Unfortunately not until February. With my job I can't bail until after the holidays and we're pretty busy thru January so February it is. I'll be grabbing some additional bits as well: Badger recoil lug and such. I'll update as the last couple of buts roll in and will answer any questions posed that I can.

Would be a handgun in NJ. Can't see any reason it would be illegal. Can't see a lot of use for it either but I'd buy one if I has spare change.

Why wouldn't it be legal? Works for me.

Nice one R

There's certainly better computer jockey's on here than me, but I bought a new latitude good while back and was pleased with it. If you like Lenovos, you can find them pretty cheap on Amazon. If she is just doing some internet, word processing and powerpoint for school you don't need much horsepower.

LOL. Good Luck. Sent from an undisclosed location via Tapatalk

Barrel is in’da heezy!!!

Yessir. Blueprinting the action Cutting the tenon, threading, chambering and crowning the barrel. Basically all the metalwork. I may send it out for Cerakote but am unsure. Also not 100% on adding a brake.

I'm sorry but your points literally make NO SENSE and you're taking a very simplistic view of this. 1. Change providers. Yeah OK. Most areas have a monopoly with only 1-2 choices, and that's actually about as good as it gets, in rural areas it's often only one company for miles. Start your own network? yeah sure, just hand me a couple billion dollars and an army of lawyers, no big deal. 2. "We didn't need it until now" You're right, we didn't. Broadband internet wasn't a thing in most homes until the mid 2000s and HD video streaming on mobile has only been a practical and affordable thing for about 5 years. The new generation, the millenial generation, does not sit and watch cable TV, they don't go to see movies in theaters, they don't plant their ass in front of the boob tube for 4 hours a night and generate those nice Nielsen numbers that their parents and grandparents did. This has sent the old entertainment industry into a frenzy. The TV networks are scared of Netflix and Youtube, Hollywood is scared of rotten tomatoes. The list goes on. But those old companies aren't playing nice. Like you said, capitalism. Maybe they could start their own streaming? Make their own VOD content? Nah, they're just going to make the government effectively shutdown the new guys. Meanwhile you say "capitalism"

Mosaic ... and installing your own TCP/IP stack because Windows didn't have one...

I have 6 gen 1 I have to send back. won't chamber the first round , and won't lock the bolt back on the last round. The gen 2s work just fine.

You gotta let me know when you post these so I can make sure I'm in purple, otherwise I don't do my name any service Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

It's pretty much identical to the majority of semi-auto shotguns. Spring in a tube in the grip.

It's not a problem to carry one. You could always have carried it. Hell, you can carry a gun on you and 99.9% of the time it will never be an issue. The problem, as always, in NJ is getting caught carrying it or using it.

Not trying to sound like a dick, this is a legitamate question. Why do you guys like guns that are not accurate? Stuff like this if pretty much only good for shooting people within 10 feet and nothing else, except maybe wasting ammo. That's how I see it anyway, I'm could be wrong and if I am please enlighten me.

@USRifle30Cal If they reintroduce and pass the NJ SAFE Act bill, that M1 will be banned as well. Time for Fudds, Mall Ninjas, scattergunners, and everyone in between to unite. I just joined CNJFO, and I'm a life member of the NRA. I want to see the NRA-ILA and ANJRPC put in money for litigation by competent attorneys. I'll throw more in, but I need to see a plan first.

Uhh, that was Christmas, not Thanksgiving. My sister came through with my mom’s bread recipe. One of my favorite memories of my mom was her baking bread at Thanksgiving. I am going to carry on the tradition, and make it for our Thanksgiving dinner.

except President Shepard wanted to come for our guns, and said so. sad part is, I thought that speech was pretty damn well written, except for the part where he buses over 2A. oh well.

I may have posted something similar A year or two ago . this is pretty good animation

A real Colt or like a Uberti that is as close as you can get and not pay through the ying yang? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Just tell them you are building a single shot .50BMG bolt-action pistol.