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  1. Not for nothin', but it's trivially easy to see what's linking where. In a Google world, it isn't a very good idea to publicly brag about stuffing a ballot box.
  2. I got mine last Monday, 25 days after filing the paperwork. Now, my town's always been good by NJ standards, but never _that_ good. Does this _happen_?
  3. Ah, good to know. Thanks for the advice.
  4. My first handgun was from GunBroker. What I mean is that if we were taking the Constitution--in particular, the 2A--seriously, we wouldn't have all the useless burdens of the 1968 GCA, and would be able to mail-order guns without involving local gun dealers.
  5. Good info--thanks a lot, guys. Once I burn the pistol permits I have coming, I'm definitely saving for one of these.
  6. Good to know. Thanks, everybody. Time to start saving up for some bulk purchases. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure states can still regulate how their citizens mail order products. Didn't California's recent new ammo law make so many headaches for internet dealers that they stopped selling to CA residents? edit: Obviously they _shouldn't_ be able to regulate interstate commerce, but if we were taking the Constitution seriously, we'd be able to buy our _guns_ over the internet.
  7. How do NJ laws deal with buying ammo through mail order? With our ridiculous laws about recording FIDs to buy "pistol ammunition", I assume you can't mail order it, but NJ gun laws are so convoluted it's hard to tell. I know people _do_ it, but is it legal? And doesn't ammo have to be shipped with a big sticker identifying it as ammo? Doesn't that invite legal complications or theft? Thanks.
  8. [reposted from another relevant thread] I actually got a copy of our form in hand. Here are a few excerpts: - "Reference Questionnaire: Firearms Applicant" - "Please answer all of the following questions and return this letter to the address below as soon as possible. Please consider the seriousness of the nature of this application when replying." [There's also a note explaining that companies can answer N/A to all of the questions.] - "Would you consider this person capable of handling firearms properly?" - "Do you know of any reason(s) now or in the past, why this person should not be issued a NJ Firearms Purchaser I.D. Card or Permit to Purchase a Handgun?" - "Does this person consume alcoholic beverages? Excessive__ Moderate__ Seldom__ Not at all__ Unknown__" - "Does this person have a violent or uncontrolled temper?" - "To your knowledge, has this person ever been arrested?" - "To your knowledge, has this person ever been involved in a Domestic Violence situation?" - "If you have any other pertinent information regarding the character and/or advisability of the applicant owning a firearm, please explain on the reverse side of this letter." According to my PD, this crap is a state policy, not theirs. And I believe them; my permitting officer's been nothing but professional, and has zipped right through the process, contacting me with updates. He expects the permits to actually come in less than 30 days after my application. This isn't an anti-gun department.
  9. I actually got a copy of the form in hand. Here are a few excerpts: - "Reference Questionnaire: Firearms Applicant" - "Please answer all of the following questions and return this letter to the address below as soon as possible. Please consider the seriousness of the nature of this application when replying." [There's also a note explaining that companies can answer N/A to all of the questions.] - "Would you consider this person capable of handling firearms properly?" - "Do you know of any reason(s) now or in the past, why this person should not be issued a NJ Firearms Purchaser I.D. Card or Permit to Purchase a Handgun?" - "Does this person consume alcoholic beverages? Excessive__ Moderate__ Seldom__ Not at all__ Unknown__" - "Does this person have a violent or uncontrolled temper?" - "To your knowledge, has this person ever been arrested?" - "To your knowledge, has this person ever been involved in a Domestic Violence situation?" - "If you have any other pertinent information regarding the character and/or advisability of the applicant owning a firearm, please explain on the reverse side of this letter." According to my PD, this crap is a state policy, not theirs. And I believe them; my permitting officer's been nothing but professional, and has zipped right through the process, contacting me with updates. He expects the permits to actually come in less than 30 days after my application. This isn't an anti-gun department.
  10. I'm sure this is kids' stuff for people with rimfire rifle experience, but I have no rifle experience period. I'm considering a rimfire rifle to start getting the feel for rifle shooting at my indoor pistol range, and the Henry looks like a winner. The price is right, I love the lever action, and I like how compact it is. I haven't gotten to handle one yet (so that may obviously sour the deal), but in theory it looks just right. Any opinions? How's the quality of Henry rifles? Any reason I should stay away? Thanks.
  11. And quite frankly, a J-frame is a fine home defense gun. I keep a 1911 in the bedside safe, but usually have a Ruger LCP in a pocket holster when I'm around the house. If you really need to defend yourself in your home, you may not have time to run and get a gun; a lightweight J-frame is just the thing, if you like revolvers.
  12. If you're nervous, just tell 'em you're planning on getting a Florida permit for carry in Pennsylvania.
  13. On my initial FID and all my pistol permit applications since then, the PD (Mount Olive) has sent the gun form to my employer, which includes questions like "in your opinion, is this person qualified to own firearms", "how often does this person drink", and "is this person prone to moments of explosive anger". For the FID, the form was just sent to my employer's street address, and got lost in interoffice mail. The permitting officer told me he couldn't issue my permit until he got the form back, giving my employer a de-facto veto on my Second Amendment rights. I ended up picking up another form, walking it to HR myself, and having them fax it over, but if the department had been pathologically anti-gun, as so many Jerseyans are? It could have threatened my job. Because the officer told me he just needed to verify my place of employment (as if that has anything at all to do with firearms permitting), since then I've included a photocopy of my pay stub with my applications, and a cover letter explaining the issue, and never had an issue. Interestingly, I just applied for pistol permits a couple weeks ago with the same extra paperwork, and the very next day got a call from the new permitting officer (the old one had retired), explaining that he still needs to try to "verify my employment", but that they no longer block applications if they can't contact an employer. He waits a couple weeks to get the form back, then tries to contact them by phone, and failing that he proceeds with the issuing process. He said the New Jersey Attorney General had "clarified the rules on that". It's still ridiculous and unacceptable that they alert employers to an employee exercising an unpopular Constitutional right, but it looks like the state may have realized that giving an employer veto power over a fundamental right goes to far even for NJ. There's an outside chance the state sees which way the wind is blowing, and is trying to minimize the damage of the inevitable McDonald suits.
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