Grima Squeakersen

That political skew is good as long as it lasts. I know about the real estate increase. I had been considering FL as a potential long-term alternative if I completely give up on NJ. Now I'm leaning more toward SC. I know some folks with places on the coast a bit away from the elite areas, and they like it very much. And real estate in those places seems to be holding reasonable prices, at least compared to FL.

I have been cleaning at home, but I don't have a permanent station set up for this, so I need to spend some time rearranging stuff before doing so. I've also thought of cleaning while at the range, so I'm interested in the comments about various ranges not allowing cleaning on-premises. Do you mean that they don't provide a dedicated space to do this, or that they actually forbid the practice? I pay for range time per hour, and, as long as I'm paying for the time, I'm wondering if the range is likely to object if I'm cleaning 1 or 2 handguns instead of shooting them. I know I can ask them, but if it is a general prohibition for a good reason, I'd like to know in advance.

I have a sneaking suspicion that something similar could happen (if it isn't already) to Florida, as well, That wouldn't be a good thing.

Just a heads-up for anyone who might also be in this situation. I joined USLS mid-April of 2022. Some time after renewing for 2023, I changed email providers, and dutifully reflected my new address on my account page. So, I have been anticipating renewal alerts at my new address, but those never arrived. I logged in to my account the other day, and was surprised to see that my subscription expired that same day. I went to my account main information page, confimed that my email address was correct, then went to the billing page, which showed my previous two payments, but which did not give me any apparent way to pay up for the new year. I requested support using the Customer Service form on the web site, but received no reply. Today I called their support number. Apparently changing the email address from my view of my account page did nothing to change the address that they use internally for billing purposes, including expiration notifications. Maybe they also use that address for replies to the support form, even if a different email address is entered there. Also, my account was set up to auto-renew and charge my credit card without my intervention, but that setting did not show on my account page in any obvious way. So, if you have USLS and have changed your email address since you last renewed, you might want to give them a call to ensure that they send renewal information to your correct address. The prospect of having legal coverage lapse while carrying in NJ was, for me, a less that confidence inspiring experience. I will note that the telephone-based customer service was excellent.

F*n imbeciles. They know damned well (or should) that, even if passed by the Colorado Senate and signed into law, virtually that entire load of crap is certain to fail Bruen/Heller scrutiny, and probably sooner, rather than later (SCOTUS). What a monumental waste of time (of course, how much can a dip$h*t's time be worth, anyway?) and energy. I passed through Colorado a few times in the 70s, and visited some clients there in the 80's & 90's, and, even by the end of that period, I had the impression that it was politically fairly conservative (with a few exceptions such as Aspen). WTF happened?

Of course it is. Does anyone seriously think that if the stakes were transposed: if there was a SCOTUS decision that allowed restrictions on firearms privileges that had previously been allowed under NJ law, that court decisions implementing those changes would not have been long since rendered in final form?

Agree with the other two replies. In general, semi-auto rifles and shotguns are highly restricted in terms of functional enhancements, while bolt-action or pump-fed long guns have a great deal more latitude. Doesn't make any real sense, but if you are moving here, you should start getting used to that (not exclusive to firearms regs, either :-/

Thanks. I have Col. Cooper's rules permanently taped to the front of my gun safe, but I wasn't aware that he was solely responsible for the that trigger discipline.

That's good to know. For me, Identogo was a royal PITA, NTM more money spent.

IF you do not have a local PD, presumably the entire $200 larcenous fee goes to NJSP.

But what is the claimed point or advantage of such a holster, given that every guide to gun handling good practice that I have ever seen dictates that no finger is to be placed on the trigger until the target is acquired? The first pictured example also appears to me to present an unacceptable risk of losing the firearm in strenuous activity.

There was also an MSM story played up a couple days after the bridge hit trying to make a big deal of a claim that the operator had been investigated a while back for retaliating against a whistleblower on a different ship, who had allegedly reported some safety concerns, among other things. Then I dug a little deeper to find that the operator was Maersk. How many thousands of ship routes do they run annually? At their volume it would be amazing to me to find that there had never been any complaints filed.

If you won 1 billion and elected the cash option, they are "only" going to pay you ~400 million. The advertised jackpot value assumes that you will elect to take an annuity over 20 years (with the lottery operators making out by keeping the undisbursed portion invested, natch). The web pages for the different games have the cash payout (typically a bit over 40% of the total) listed in small font. So, the jackpot number is a little bit scammy. But if you did win a lottery jackpot worth many, many millions of dollars, your most prudent course might me to find an investment advisor who typically handles such sums, and discuss options such as creating a tax exempt foundation to accept the prize. Then that foundation could make payments to you and your family (in addition to pursuing whatever tax exempt purpose it was nominally set up for, of course) in amounts that would let you manage your reported income to minimize taxes. Obviously, you would need to wait until that was set up to sign and cash the ticket. Or, you could just cash it yourself and let the government walk off with 90% or more of your billion bucks. That, or the annuity option, would probably be the easiest strategy, but I'll be damned if I could ever let that happen :-)

There was another case, post-Bruen, charging an illegal alien with firearms possession violation (among other charges). The judge's reasoning in that case appears to specifically address some of the issues raised in this thread. Judge Cardone was a Shrub appointee. Warning, this is a long and, in parts, tedious, read... UNITED STATES v. SING LEDEZMA (2023) United States District Court, W.D. Texas, El Paso Division. Judge Kathleen Cardone presiding

There are "eye doctors" and "eye doctors". An optometrist is trained to measure deficiencies in eyesight that can be corrected by lenses, and to prescribe and fit those lenses. He or she will have a "Doctor of Optometry" (OD) degree, but is not a medical doctor. An opthalmologist is a medical doctor (MD), and is trained to treat diseases of the eye. An office with an optometrist might not be prohibited, probably should not be, even by the intent of the NJ regs, but it's a grey area, and I personally wouldn't chance it. YMMV, significantly.

I own property in Virginia (vacation and off-grid, bail-out-to property), have been a VCDL member, and I think Youngkin did a tremendously good job with the veto pen. I just hope he gets reelected in 2025 and has a friendlier House of Delegates to work with tthen (VA Senate isn't up unitl 2027).

I've had past experiences with some local police functionaries that leads me to believe that it's possible someone could be denied if he or she was considered to be a royal PITA. Sadly, I've met a few who were that petty and power-happy.

My buddy used me for a reference, and provided my correct email address on his application, but somewhere along the NJSP chain of possession, there was a hyphen inserted where it did not belong (my guess is that it was at the end of a line in some document that contained a macro for line breaks) that invalidated the address. He was told there was no correction/editing process and had to resubmit, and went through some other delaying nonsense (I'm not certain of all of it) as well, and it delayed him by at least two weeks. This was during the transition from paper to the on-line application process. I got massively screwed up on my application during the transition from judge to police approval. Damned state is plenty effed up when a process is stable, God help anyone who submits any paperwork for anything here while a process is being changed.

That makes more sense now. Thanks!

There certainly would appear to be a discrepancy there. As much as I despise the way PRNJ is run, and the clowns running it, I honestly don't see how they would think they could get away with under-reporting permit applications and issuance by that large of a factor. I can't imagine that more than 25% (SWAG) of all NJ PtC applicants quaify at GFH, my expectation is that the actual fraction is considerably lower. I wonder if a significant number of those GFH qualifiers don't bother completing the application process for one reason or another.

The regs passed in NJ in response to Judge Bumb's decision forcing the issue of CC permits does provide that any business that posts such a sign becomes a restricted area. Those new regs were partially overturned (more to it than that, but don't feel like writing a novel at the moment) but that provision remains in effect. Clearly unconstitutional, along with most other NJ carry regs, but in terms of state law it is "legal", until overturned by a higher court.

The perp will probably have hopped off one of Greg Abbott's buses early...

A lab might confront in intruder. Unless the intruder has food...

Well, if he is reading this thread, I will tell him that I certainly hope his expectation is realized. My own expectation is that Platkin will not remedy the situation unless failing to do so becomes an immediate threat to his political future, and in PRNJ, that is highly unlikely to happen.

Article conclusion: "we can only speculate that after this topic is fully explored, these illegal denials will be remedied swiftly by Platkin’s office." I'm glad I didn't read that while sipping my morning coffee, I might have choked to death. I haven't read this guy Petrolino before, is that supposed to be a joke, or does he live in some kind of fantasy land? Because my impression is that if someone kicked Matt Platkin hard in the jaw, Phil Murphy would become an instant eunuch.