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Thanks dd817!!

Yes, I believe it is. I have already packed up he mag to mail back for a refund...no more on line purchases for me. Can anyone suggest a dealer south of, say, New Brunswick where I might try before I buy? Thank you everyone.

Thanks to all for the suggestions. I will give them a go.

I have tried to insert it both empty and with as many as 9 rounds in it--the spring is still too tight to allow the 10th round. Nothing seems to permit me to seat the magazine so that it locks in place. Have tried to do so both gently and with significant force. Color me puzzled.

Yes it is.

Purchased new 10 round mag for G21 (3d gen, I believe, since it has rails) from on line retailer. Glock brand mag. received today. Slides right in, but won't lock in place. So apparently it's not the right mag, but why? And anyone have any ideas how I could identify the right mag so I don't make the same mistake again? Thanks in advance.

As bad as this new gas tax idea might be, there may be something MUCH worse coming down the pike--I believe the Dems in Trenton led by state Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-Gloucester) have proposed a ballot referendum to constitutionally mandate large annual contributions into the pension system. That is, the voters would be asked to pass an AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION MANDATING THAT THE STATE WORKER PENSIONS BE FULLY FUNDED. You know, those pension funds that the politicians have been playing games with for years and years--increasing benefits and decreasing funding. Anyone care to guess where and from whom all that $$$$ is going to get squeezed out of, once it's become part of the state constitution? You know, that state constitution that has mandated that gusher of extra education funding for decades now, that has been so tremendously successful at bringing all the inner city schools up to equal performance with their suburban counter parts?

If I had a daughter, she'd look like Allison.

The result here (way to go, Texas!) reminds me of the famous saying from Admiral Yamamoto at the start of WW2: "You can not invade the American homeland. There would be a gun behind every blade of grass." At least in Texas, anyway....

One more question: Is it just me or is there, since about Day 3 after the shooting, an almost complete absence of any news or information about the shooter coming from the media? (I know, if it doesn't fit the narrative...which is guns, guns, guns...they don't have any interest in it.)

Just one question: Precisely how would any of the things BHO proposed today have prevented the evil piece of dung who did the shooting in Ct. from doing it?

A big reason they target the innocent is that in addition to being sick and evil, they are cowards--and they know it. In the same way, those terrorists who blow themselves up in a train, or who shoot up a night club, whatever other horrible and shameful things they are, are first last and always cowards.

A+++ to Mcbethr! A terrific reply filled with real, practical, genuine, useable advice! As the father of two daughters, 28 and 26, I speak from experience. If you can raise and guide your children while they are yours to raise and guide, and send them out into the world undamaged and enriched by their years with you...that's all you can do. We don't own them...God just lends them to us for a few precious years.

Had to laugh at this one: In the first episode of that new series "Alcatraz", the cops are trying to track a bad guy (who is a time traveling felon escaped from Alcatraz who has been officially dead for 30 years...don't ask) who is known for using a specific type of "high-powered sniper rifle". They go into a gun store, and ask the clerk if he has sold any of those weapons recently. He says, yes, some guy just bought one a couple days ago. But he has no record at all of the guy's name or address, and it's a dead-end for the cops because the purchaser used "a pre-paid credit card." And all this happened in California!! The thing is, most people who just hate guns and don't know anything about them assume that's true--you can just walk into a store in The Peoples Republic of California and walk out with a "high-powered sniper rifle," using a fake name, non-existent address and nothing else. Love it.

Trigger you idiot!

CZ-75B owner here. Terrific firearm--reliable, solid and dead accurate. The only weak point is the guy shooting it, but I'm trying! Also own two CZ long guns, and am saving for a third. They are tops in my book.

Lots of good suggestions and advice in the earlier posts. My two cents: If you or your wife are truly new to firearms, there's no better way to start than to seek out and take an NRA course. You will learn lots of new information, meet some great people, get to see and handle different firearms, if your wife is a little leery of guns, it will help get her over that, and MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, the rules for safe handling will get introduced and start to burn their way in to your brain. Super important to start right and know how to stay safe, especially with kids in the house! Enjoy!

Apologies in advance for this elementary question: In the Peoples Republic of NJ, is the Kel Tec Sub 2000 considered a long gun--therefore no Permit to Purchase Handgun required in NJ? Thanks!

To the original poster: Every trial has disputed facts (Did the defendant run the red light or not? Was the defendant the guy with the red shirt and glasses who sold the heroin?) and disputed legal issues (Should the witness be allowed to testify about something someone else said outside of court (hearsay)? Is the defendant's old conviction for drunk driving ten years ago relevant to the heroin charge and something the jury should know about?) There are usually laws and legal rules that have developed over centuries dealing with answering the legal questions. Under our system, no one but a jury can or should answer the factual questions. What you heard on the tape or from the judge is said in every courtroom in American everyday when juries are selected or charged before deciding a case. All that it means when the judge or the video says "I am the judge of the law, etc..." is that it's the judge's job to decide the legal questions, and it's the jury's job to decide the factual questions. Granted, the line between the two isn't always crystal clear, but when the system works (a judge who does his or or her and doesn't care who wins, a lawyer on each side who does his or her job as best as possible for whoever their client is, and a jury that listens and discusses and decides the questions they are asked based just on what they heard in the courtroom), it's the best system. And if it ever breaks down, well, that's what 2A is for! Cheers.

Sounds like the original poster has the wrong female; that's too bad--it happens, unfortunately. Probably best to just keep looking. I just got into shooting a couple years ago, and took my wife with me to the NRA course that started it all. (She said, "If there's going to be a gun in the house, I want to know how to handle it.") She never thought she'd ever like or want to shoot. Surprise--she loved it ("It's empowering!") Now we go to the range together, and she shoots better than I do (and we have a lot more than just A gun in the house!)