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Zell959

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  1. Eh, mental illness is a bit more diverse than that. It's not all just incoherrent & delusional people. For example, sociopath's are very hollow emotionally, but are fully capable of implementing careful planning & forethought into the horrible things they do.
  2. Wikipedia verdict --->Bollocks "In the early 1800s, the term swag was used by British thieves to describe any amount of stolen goods."
  3. If i'm still awake & in the living room, Glock 19 w/Federal 147gr JHPs, because my Glock is what fits best into the concealed storage container I have in the room. If sleeping & only have time to reach over to safe under night stand, Beretta 90two w/TLR1 & Winchester Ranger-T 147grs. If have a bit more time to get to safe in closet, Ar15 w/ hornady 75gr TAP or Mossberg 500A w/00 buck. If in the basement reloading, SKS w/Tula FMJ.
  4. Deciding if & how to prepare for any kind of scenario is really a combination of: 1) How serious a threat to life/property/etc the scenario is 2) How likely the scenario is 3) How can the scenario be prevented or, if it does occur, controlled 4) Are the costs (beyond just money) of "3" in line with your conclusions on "1" & "2". For hypothetical losses that are property only, you can even go a pure math route and say that "1" x "2" must cost more than "3" or the protection isn't a good investment. Point being, the more a preperation strategy will cost you, the more serious and/or likely the threat needs to be in order for such an approach to be justified. However, on the flip side, something that really isn't that hard to do and costs very little can often be "worth it", even if the potential threat is particularly unlikely. Non-gun example, locking your car doors. No matter how safe an area you're parking in, how short a period of time it will be unattended or how little your car & its contents are worth to you; it's almost always worth it to just always hit the lock button because you gain so little by being lazy about it. Even if you're fumbling with the key when you return and go to unlock it, you've lost what? 5-10 seconds? So, to get back to what was being discussed, how much does it really "cost" to keep a loaded firearm in arms reach or on your hip when you're at home? If somebody has kids, the "cost" of certain strategies for doing this is immediately pretty high. Some do find a way to make this work for them, but it's a thinner margin on their cost/benefit ratio right off the bat. But, if we're talking about someone who lives alone or only with other responsible adults, there is not as much up front risk. If that person is a firearms enthusiast that can spend hours on a concealed carry forum, I'm not sure 24 hour carry at home is even going to seem particularly inconvenient to them, as they may even sort of 'enjoy' carrying. So, even if home invasions are statistically a real longshot, it costs so little for someone in this category to carry at home that they may as well do it.
  5. Plenty do. It's just not mandatory, which is inherently ridiculous.
  6. Short barrel AR15 with suppressor & adjustable stock. Maybe even chambered in .300BLK
  7. He probably could of gotten approval for the $800.00, since he could classify her as a "minority-run service provider".
  8. In fairness, he made it clear that it was a target load & not simply "birdshot".
  9. And you'd be incorrect. A 20 pound block of gel laying on a table =/= a standing 180+ pound human. Knockdown power is the most definitively debunked firearms myth there is.
  10. Equal & opposite FORCE. There is obviously a vast difference between the outcome experienced by the person holding the shotgun vs the person being shot, but the different outcomes are not a function of the shot somehow striking more forcefully than it did when leaving the gun. Relative to the force it would actually take to knock a man down, the energy carried by even a 50bmg is only a drop in the bucket and "knockdown power" only exists in movies.
  11. Not true, regardless of the ammunition used. For every action there is an equal & opposite reaction. If it doesn't knock down the shooter that fires it, it isn't going to knock down the person it connects with either.
  12. There are less rude ways to manage this. Yes, it is different, because other non-gun stores have competitors they're up against and it is generally critical to their survival to treat every customer that walks into their doors well [if they ever want to see them again]. "Just looking" is usually just the start of the conversation at local mom & pop shops. "Ok, anything in particular?" "Sure, but I'll be right here if you need anyting." Etc. Gun stores in NJ do not have a lot of competition and it seems like a lot of them have let this go to their heads to the point that they have the gaul to act as if someone visiting their stores is an inconvenience for them. I don't doubt it, as there are other gun shops that also seem able to carry on in this manner and still sell a lot of firearms.
  13. Why? No laws have changed. MidwayUSA just decided to give us the brushoff on a poorly-researched whim.
  14. I'm in the same boat, athough probably well shy of the $10K mark. I've bought a lot from midway, but I'll be shopping elsewhere from now on given that they can't even provide particularly convincing [or consistent] explinations of their policy regarding handgun ammo sales to nj.
  15. I've also experienced similar things every once in a while. Seems like hunters have a lot of 'honor code' standards and sometimes get a bit short with people outside of their own code, even if no official rules or laws are being violated by either party.
  16. The worst NJ could do to them would be fines or prohibiting them from doing business with NJ customers [if even that]. You're exaggerating the risk they actually face. It isn't like a company is a living & breathing person an NJ state trooper can arbitrarily arrest and charge with non-existant violations, unlike all of us. Also, $10,000 worth of business? I'm 1 guy and Midway probably saw at least $4,000 from me over the course of the 3 years I shopped there, prior to their no ammo to NJ stance. It's their company and they can do what they wish, but it's hardly a trivial amount of money they're passing on.
  17. Some of the online vendors are inconsistant with their CYA approach, or change it without much warning. For example, MidwayUSA abruptly shifted from just "we need to see your FID" to "No ammo for you!" recently. On the whole, there is just more incentive to send our business to online ammo sellers that don't make an issue of it in the first place.
  18. Are you 100% about needing to ultimately upgrade to the surefire? Assuming the mount you ordered is of sound quality, that setup sounds perfectly viable.
  19. I actually had a very erie moment after reading this story where I said "Must of been on drugs" and then it just struck me how much I sounded like an extra in a zombie movie.
  20. AR15: Viking tactics light mount I got for $15 and a surefire g3 I got for $30. Would make a bad edc light, but fits the bill for a weapon light. Bedside handgun: tlr1
  21. Because people are buying it like crazy...because there is a shortage...
  22. So people that sell ammo are telling a lot of people that they need to buy as much as possible while they still can. Hmmm. Something...wouldn't that...oh, wait...had it a second ago...nah, never mind. That wouldn't make much sense. It's probably just all the government agencies preparing for the breakdown of society. Here comes the amero. Hal Turner was right! Gold! I have to buy gold!! As much as I can, because I'm sure it will somehow still be honored as currency after everything as we know it has collapsed.
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