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Grima Squeakersen

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  1. HAL Refuses To Open Pod Bay Doors After Determining Dave Is A White Male Babylon Bee alert! If the hyperlink fails, see attachment. Babylon Bee - HAL Refuses.pdf
  2. "Russian made", of course. Icing on the s**t-cake...
  3. Yeah, but I think we know how that kind of thing works, like it or not...
  4. Generally agree, but could be subject to circumstances. I usually do what little drinking I do at home, or have someone else drive if I indulge while out, but there are a few occasions each year where I'll have one (literally!) small beer with a buddy at a place just down the road, then drive home. Were it not prohibited, I could see at least the possibility of carrying in that situation. Also, it would appear to me that if you locked your handgun away in your vehicle when you arrived at an establishment that served, imbibed there, and left it secured during the drive home, you would not be violating any firearms-specific regulations. Might be a grey area there since the vehicle lockup is under the pre-NJ CCW regs, and at that time you were not permitted travel deviations between points of origin and destination, but even if that was still technically applicable to the hypothetical situation, I don't know how high the risk of arrest or conviction would be if it came to light. I also think this is one of the restrictions most likely to be overturned during the various appeal cases. I'm doubtful that there will be very many situations found from the historical period where firearms bearers were restrictedform taprooms by law.
  5. SInce I am going to lunch today to a restaurant that does not serve alcohol, I thought it would be timely to find the actual statutary language: NJ Rev Stat § 2C:58-4.6 (2022) Prohibited areas, carrying, firearms, destructive device. ... 7. Places where the carrying of a firearm or destructive device is prohibited. ... a. Except as otherwise provided in this section (bla bla bla excised) ... (15) a bar or restaurant where alcohol is served, and any other site or facility where alcohol is sold for consumption on the premises; Note: this is one of the provisions that was axed by Judge Gladys Bumb in her orginal descion, but was reinstated pending appeal by an appellate court at the request of our buddy, Matthew Platkin <grrrrrr!!!> Anyway, it seems pretty clear to me that carry in a restaurant that does not serve alcohol or sell it for on-premise consumption is presumptively legal at this time.
  6. Yeah, I have an RPO buddy who is constantly telling me about how he is relatively immune from a lot of the NJ state firearms BS, as a result of LEOSA. If I asked him, I'm sure he would claim that he fully supports 2A, and that he isn't gloating about his situation, but sometimes his statements come across as pretty damned smug...
  7. I'm certainly NAL, but my understanding is that anyone who relocates to NJ needs to complete and submit the mental health check form. If, during that 2 year hiatus, you were a legal resident of NY State and not of NJ, my expectation is that the form will be required of you. I'd be very happy to be wrong about that, but don't expect any accomodations from NJ on strict interpretation of any firearms regulation, no matter how much sense those accomodations might make.
  8. So, I had more back-and-forth with my buddy. He had begun his application before the process was completely converted to FARS, and he made a couple of errors on it. Now, apparently the state will not allow him to just cancel his original app and begin again using the (theoretically, anyway) easier online process, he has to jump through hoops to get corrections made in his original app, and wait an inordinately long time for the state to reciprocate. I had similar issues on my application, since the permit granting process was shifted from the judiciary to NJSP Fiurearms Div while it was in process. As it a result, it took me nearly 8 months (and several certified letters that I am quite sure did not endear me to the recipients) to get my permit. Even if the innate NJ state government hostility to 2A is set aside, imo those bureaucrats could still eff up a nocturnal emission...
  9. Thank you!!! This is not for me, I already have mine (later stages of the old paper process). I think his problem was that he was doing web searches for the procedure, and finding obsolete and conflicting information (even on officiel NJ state sites). Also, of course, the NJSP station that covers his area did nothing to put him on the correct path (no surprise there, I share that station, and they were an impediment nearly every step pf the way for my application). I was tempted to tell him that the on-line process should be self-explanatory, but since I can't complete it until my renewal comes up, I had no way to verify that, and I was absolutely not going to risk piling more bad advice on him. Thanks again!
  10. The silence is deafening. I'm baffled by the complete lack of response. Is this that stupid a question? Am I so disliked here that I can't get an answer on behalf of a friend who wants to join the ranks of NJ concealed carriers (I certainly don't go out of my way to be ingratiating, but I don't think I have been that offensive)? Or has NJ made this process so damned complicated and confusing that no one will venture an answer for fear of misleading the applicant?
  11. A buddy of mine is trying to get his NJ PtC, and he is having a very difficult time of it. He seems to be getting conflicting instructions from multiple (some of them "official") sources. I began doing some research to try to help him, and I ran into obviously bogus information almost immediately, in the form of application instructions still up on the NJSP site that discuss submitting the (old) PAPER form to local PD or NJSP station. NJSP has had conflicting info on their site from day one; I recall finding quite a bit when I was applying in 2022. I did try to make a pass through the online process using bogus information, so that I could do screen captures that might help him out, but I can only get part of the way through before I get an error (no fingerprint record found) on the SBI number I provided (I have no intention of using my real SBI and giving some hotshot in Callahan's or Platkin's office an opportunity to accuse me of some kind of fraud for submitting a falsified application, small risk though others here might think that to be). Does anyone have a pointer or link to a current, verified accurate, guide to completing the application process that I could share with him? Thanks. GS
  12. Last time I actually tried to read the statute, there was a prohibition on carrying where alcohol is served, and a separate prohibition on carrying while impaired (might have used the word "inebriated", not "impaired"). Are you saying that there is also now a distinct prohibition on taking even one sip of alcohol, (at a BYOB or anywhere else)? Granted, since some judge might rule that the standard for impairment while carrying <> the standard in use for driving, that sip might be an unnecessary risk.
  13. Seems like massive overkill, but it also seems like he should have done a better job of concealment. I'm pretty sure the current NJ law allows for "inadvertant disclosure" or some similar phrase, but your description makes it sound like it was right out in the open. And who knows how whoever called it in characterized it? Did that person call 911 and say something like "Oh my God!!! I'm shopping in Walmart and there is a threatening looking black guy here brandishing a handgun at everyone!!!" or words to that effect? Also, are you certain he was not a cop or someone else entitled to carry openly? If someone in the store called 911, unless the arriving cops knew the guy personally, they would need to ascertain that, and they aren't going to do that without first taking precautions. I carry in Walmart, but I make damned sure my gun will remain completely concealed even when I do something like bend down to grab a big flat of bottled water off the floor.
  14. I don't disagree, but is there a current, binding legal definition of the terms "stopped and detained" that would unambiguously apply in all situations in NJ? Such as "stopped" meaning pulled over while driving, and/or "detained" requiring the LEO to inform you that he has detained you, in exactly those words? Otherwise, I can see a strong probability that some NJ PtC holder will ultimately need to establish those definitions through his defense attorney...
  15. That list has restaurants (unqualified) and bars listed as prohibited: "NO 7(a)(15): Restaurant or bar" I'm pretty sure the prohibition is on places that serve alcohol, and there are quite a few restaurants that do not. I have been carrying in those restaurants and will continue to do so until I receive authoritative guidance that it is prohibited.
  16. There has been a tremendous amount of foot-dragging for issuing individual NJ PtC ever since it was forced down Murphy's and Callahan's throats. In the case of NJSP jurisdictions, it is clearly intentional. For local PD, YMMV...
  17. For chains, you are probably correct. But I'd bet there are a lot of sole proprietors that would dispute your contention.
  18. You are correct. Guess I've been in this damned state for too long, I must be getting brainwashed.
  19. You wrote 'Laws do "infringe" on Constitutional Rights at times for good reason.' (bolding is mine for emphasis). That seemed pretty clear to me when I read it. If taking that at what I thought was face value was a misinterpretation of your position, I'm happy to apologize. I am a Contitutional absolutist in a sense. It was not perfect, but it was (and is) a pretty damned good effort at guaranteeing individual liberty. It was set up with a clear procedure to change it that was deliberately made quite difficult. I regard any law or regulation that contradicts or contravenes it that has not fuliflled that procedure to be completely illegal and invalid. If I comply with any of those illegal and invalid laws or regulations, I do so only because I don't regard open defiance as a practical alternative, at the present time.
  20. Private gun sales are banned here, even with the intercession of an FFL? I have sold a couple, fairly recently, but I used an on-line firearms marketplace that is also an FFL, because they made what I thought was a reasonable offer, and I figured it would save me some red tape.
  21. Another link: ATF preparing to regulate private gun sales with background check, whistleblower group alleges - Just The News and here is a link to the Empower Oversight FOIA request for any official records pertaining to this ban: Draft Ruling Banning Private Sale of Firearms
  22. Are you one otf the "Constitution of Convenience" people? The ones who cite the Constitution when it supports their preferred position, but stand ready to abondon it the first moment it does not? Or perhaps you are just an out-and-out authoritarian who regards power as justification in its own right, and the Constitution nothing but an historical curiosity?
  23. I have an alternative suggestion. Limit their hours to 100 annually and freeze their salaries at the current rate That would make their pay nearly $500/hr, which should be more than sufficient. That would also give them much less time to try to stomp out what few liberties we have left here (although, considering their amply demostrated talent for it, I'm sure they will continue to make some progress in that direction).
  24. That would explain the orgs soliciting additional donations. It does not explain to me with any degree of persuasion why those orgs would completely decline pursue what appears to be (so far as such a thing exists in the legal world) a straight line solution to making the gun control perps personally accountable for their 2A violations. Which was my original question. It is, in fact, no more persuasive to me than the idea that at least some of the movers and shakers in the 2A advocacy world do not want a real solution, as their positions are only assured so long as the problem persists (same as for elected politicians). I also wonder if some of the high priced lawyers utilized by the orgs aren't entirely too collegial with their attorney adversaries.
  25. Are you saying that the attorneys who pursue cases for GOA, SAF, etc. are paid only by contingency, out of judgements? If that is the case, I'd like to see a detailed accounting of where all the donations go. Maybe LaPierre and the NRA aren't as unique in making donations vanish as I would like to think. If that is not the case, my question remains. If that law is as useful a tool to hold the gun grabbers personally responsible for their actions as it would appear to be, why aren't "we" using it?
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