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After Karina, there where laws passed to prevent the seizure and confiscation of legally owned firearms during an emergency. Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act H. R. 5013 - Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 (known as the Vitter Amendment) H. R. 5441

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/fbi-says-chinese-hackers-preparing-attack-us-infrastructure-2024-04-18/ "An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, with 23 pipeline operators targeted, FBI Director Christopher Wray said" "China is developing the "ability to physically wreak havoc on our critical infrastructure at a time of its choosing. Its plan is to land low blows against civilian infrastructure to try to induce panic." I think this is actually just an elaborate Chinese marketing campaign to sell more radios and cheap survival gear.

Good. Hopefully they will pay the legal fees when they lose Carry Killer bill and Mag Restriction and AWB ban cases.

Well this didn't age well. Jumped almost $0.30 in a week.

I've been messing around lately trying to figure out the usefulness of hand held radios. Realistically without a repeater expect 0.5-1.0miles in typical terrain (houses, trees, mountains). Unless you have completely unobstructed view and no interference (mountain top to mountain top, over water, etc) , you aren't going to get multiple mile range. Using a repeater, you can probably go up to 25 miles. This really depends on where the repeater is located and if your radio can reach it. Because repeaters are usually on top of mountains with large antennas and lots of power, you can usually be able to hear them. To be able to have 2 way communication with someone your radio needs to be able to reach the repeater. Because they are up higher with larger antenna's it is easier for your radio to reach them at greater distances. For example, you may not be able to reach someone 2 miles away in simplex mode (same channel, direct communication, no repeater), but could talk to them if you use a repeater 10 miles away. The challenge is find repeaters in your area that you and the party you want to communicate with can reach and use. There are many sites that list repeaters: (note that unless you have a digital radio, you cannot use digital repeaters, so just look for FM repeaters. MyGMRS.com (requires payment to get the tone info, but you can use a scanner to find them. see below) RepeaterBook.com - NJ RadioReference.com - NJ ARRL.org (uses RFinder.net) - requires subscription I found the RepeaterBook phone app to actually work well. Unfortunately I've found that they are woefully not up to date. Many either aren't working, aren't used, or even though they should be in range, apparently I am not. Also I have found (by using a scanner) that there are many that aren't even listed. The best way I've found to see what is actually in range is to use a good scanner (a real one, not the scanning feature of your Baofeng). You will need one that can detect CTSS/DCS tones. Repeaters use these codes to open up the channel and rebroadcast your input. Without these codes, even if you transmit on their input frequencies they will not repeat. Basically in order to use a repeater, you need to know their transmit (TX) frequency, receive frequency (RX, usually listed as either a + or - offset from the the repeaters transmit frequency), and their RX CTSS Tone or DCS Code. Some repeaters do not use tones or codes and so their tone/code will be listed as CSQ. Once you find the repeaters and their receive offset and tones, you can program them in your radio with the CHIRP (or similar) software.

How does obtaining a GMRS license let you know what people are doing? What is your plan?

Shop Rite has Campbell's Chunky on sale for $1ea (6 for $6 with digital coupon, limit 6 cans at this price), and after the first 6 cans they are $2ea (Normally $3.49ea).

Get a ~$100 Uniden Bearcat scanner to find conversations on the airwaves. Program that frequency into your Baofeng in frequency mode and you can talk back. FYI, they may not respond or may chastise you if you do not sound like you have a license. But hopefully in a SHTF situation, they won't be doucheholes.

A good antenna can be more important than power output. Plus power output and range is mostly exaggerated. If you want a decent but cheap (~$25) radio get a Baofeng UV-5R (or whatever is latest version). They have models that are 8 or 10W (not likely, but are probably over 5W though), and have replaceable antenna's. This will be significantly better than your typical GMRS radio, and with a decent antenna and programming can be almost as good as much more expensive radios. Legal notice: IMNAL, but technically they are illegal to use on FRS/GMRS channels because of the power output and swappable antenna. You could technically program the power output to be compliant for each channel, but a swappable antenna is technically not allowed for FRS/GMRS radios. Never heard of anyone getting in trouble using one though. I've also heard that these are illegal for HAM use because they can transmit on UHF and VHF. Again, who is going to know or care (besides the very anal ham operators)? But they are in common use and would be a good starter UHF/VHF radio before sinking a ton of money into pro grade radios. You could legally use them on MERS channels with good results. Again, these will be significantly better than your typical GMRS radio, and with a decent antenna and programming can be almost as good as much more expensive radios.

I did this for about a year and a half in my EDC. I noticed that some of them had bullet setback. They were pushed so far back that you could not see the crimp marks anymore. I disposed of those and then shot the rest at the range with no issues at all. I'll probably do this once a year from now on and just buy a new box to replace them. $25/year isn't so bad for piece of mind.

I carry Underwood Extreme Defender for a short barrel micro .380. Based on reviews on different ammo types for my specific gun, this was suggested as the recommended ammo as most HP will not expand in a .short barrel .380. This gets you the penetration you need but also provides a large wound tract (compared to other options for my gun). https://underwoodammo.com/380-acp-68gr.-xtreme-defender-platinum-edition-solid-monolithic-hunting-self-defense-ammo/

"State said LCM's are a risk to mass shootings and they need to be banned to allow people to escape at the reload." Wow, the argument for restricting magazine capacity is so that in a mass shooting, people have time to get to safety during the reload. This clearly shows their massive ignorance or blatant lies. A mass shooting is typically planned in advance and the shooter will have many magazines on them, strategically placed. Reloads typically take less than 4 seconds and can take less than 2 with a little practice. This is not enough time for an unarmed victim to realistically realize the shooter is actually reloading and flee and get to a safe location in time. If that were actually the case, all mass shootings would be limited to 10 people as after the 10th round, everyone else could flee to safety during the reload. Clearly this is not the case. Further, mass shooters also do not care about laws since they aren't planning on being around after the incident (suicide by police) to face any consequences of using "illegal large capacity magazines", so banning them in one state does not prevent a mass shooter from using so called "LCMs" in a mass shooting. Banning LCM's would have very little effect on mass shootings. On the other hand limiting the magazine round count significantly impacts a weapon's usefulness in a home defense situation for the law abiding citizen. Break ins are rarely perpetrated by just one person these days, but instead by multiple thugs. Again criminals do not obey laws, so they could have illegal firearms with high capacity magazines. During a break in, the home owner rarely has time to load up and secure multiple magazines on their person in a high stress and quickly evolving situation, especially if this is likely occurring at night and you are in your pajamas or worse. You would be lucky to be able to grab your weapon with one mag already in it, and maybe one mag more. While a mag change may not be enough time for an unarmed victim to safely flee, a mag change by a home owner with a low capacity magazine could give an armed criminal the time to safely return fire and kill the home owner. The same could be said in a CCW self defense situation. Not many CCW's carry more than 2 magazines. In a shootout if the law abiding citizen with a low capacity magazine has to stop to reload or runs out, that could provide the criminal with illegal HCM's to safely shoot and kill the law abiding citizen.

The dude who did that is not a welder. He's a grinder.

I saw a video where the ship lost power twice (lights shut off). Guessing this is the cause of loss of control. You can see they gave it a bunch of power (lots of black smoke) right before impact, guessing to try to correct course but too late.

Mine are light and laser combo's. I wanted a light and figured add the functionality of a laser too. Cost difference is like a box or 2 of ammo.

They are definitely not patting down every illegal they come in contact with. You can see videos of them just waiving illegals through.

So if they snuck the weapon into the country they are legally allowed to posses it?

For your AR-15's see here Basically, AR-15 rifles need to be "Post-Ban" configuration. Can have a pistol grip and detachable magazine, but these are realistically your only 2 evil features Non-adjustable stock (you can pin an adjustable stock to make it non-adjustable or replace adjuster spring with solid material) 16"+ barrel (AR Pistols are illegal in NJ, but "Non-NFA Others are allowed) Can have muzzle devices (except flash hider), but must be pin and welded. Cannot have a useable threaded barrel (crowned barrel or pin and welded ok). 10 round mags (not 15) Cannot have folding stocks Cannot have supressors If you have AR Pistols, if you can get them to be over 26", you could convert them to a Non-NFA Other by adding a vertical forward grip (and other things). If your AR Pistol is less than 26" (cannot have folding stock), you can add a VLTOR buffer tube to get an extra inch. You can also pin and weld a legal muzzle device to get about 2.5"

See Q11, Q13, Q14, and Q15 here https://www.nj.gov/njsp/firearms/firearms-faqs.shtml

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I like them. I don't rely on them for aiming, but they really help when sighting in a gun (use laser as reference as you adjust the red dot), and good for backup sighting system for my stuff with Red Dots. The whole 1 is none, 2 is one thing... It's also a pretty fast acquisition system in the heat of the moment. My lasers are green and red dots are red.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Johnson_Coleman Appointed by Barack Obama That should tell you what you need to know. She is not a pro 2A Judge. This is intentional arming of the illegals (mostly military age men) that the Biden administration encouraged to infiltrate the US by opening the boarders. This is an invasion.

This guy has some really good (and sometimes funny) videos on using Baofeng GMRS/FRS UHF/VHF radios without the BS. https://www.youtube.com/@TheNotaRubicon

ANJRPC and NJCFO is the reason we can realistically carry in NJ. Otherwise NJ's Carry Killer law would be in full effect and we would not be able to carry in our cars or on any private property without getting express permission first. FPC and GOA is the reason we can have pistol brace's on our Others again. Support the orgs that are fighting and winning for our 2a rights.