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MILLER: Backdoor gun ban Microstamping drives up costs without solving crimes By Emily Miller - The Washington Times Gun grabbers need to be sneaky to accomplish their goals. Their latest trick is to convince anti-gun states to mandate that handguns be microstamp-ready. That means the weapon's firing pin is redesigned to imprint a code on the primer so that, in theory, it will give law enforcement the ability to identify a specific gun from shell casings left at a crime scene. Like most left-wing endeavors, this one isn't going to work. That didn't stop the New York State Assembly on Tuesday from passing a microstamping bill backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The legislation, which passed 85 to 60, specifically says guns manufactured in New York or delivered to a dealer after January 2014 have to produce a unique alpha-numeric marker on at least two locations of each spent cartridge that identifies the make, model and serial number. Fortunately, the state Senate blocked the bill on the last day of this session on Thursday, as it has done in four previous sessions. Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Cuomo don't care about the negative impact of their proposal, which they estimate to be $12 per pistol. Manufacturers stuck with the actual duty of implementing the legislation put the cost at hundreds of dollars per gun. "We don't know how to do microscopic etching. The equipment to do it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and we would also need a scanning electron microscope to verify it's on the pin," said Jeff Reh, general counsel for Beretta USA. "We wouldn't invest a half-million dollars to sell guns in one state." A spokesman for Remington Arms said if it had to add microstamping to all its pistols, it would "reconsider its relationship with New York and certainly the manufacturing of our handguns in the state." New York-based Kimber Mfg. Inc. said the law would make the firm rethink its current expansion in Yonkers. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which represents firearm and ammunition manufacturers, estimates this bill would send 5,200 New Yorkers to the unemployment lines. "Manufacturers will simply stop selling handguns into a state that requires microstamping," explained NSSF's senior vice president, Lawrence Keane, of the ultimate consequences for the industry. "This is, in effect, a handgun ban." California and the District of Columbia are the only places in the country that have passed the mandate, but neither has actually implemented the law because the technology isn't ready. Several independent, peer-reviewed studies, including one conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, have concluded that microstamping is still flawed and unreliable. Maryland, New York and the District required ballistics testing on spent casings for each gun sold - until they realized it was extremely costly and didn't actually solve any crimes. Each of these jurisdictions recently jettisoned the testing requirement. The gun grabbers talk about fancy technology, but nothing will stop the bad guys from merely using an emery board to scratch the stamp off the firing pin. It also won't work on revolvers, which don't leave casings behind when fired. It's obvious that the only purpose left is to discourage the sales of handguns and infringe on Second Amendment rights. Emily Miller is a senior editor for the Opinion pages at The Washington Times. © Copyright 2012 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.

OMFG. I love People of Walmart but that video is amazing!

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Another leech rings the cash register. Though I will admit, having some skel's head explode right next to your face could cause you some mental issues. Maybe the mall should pay for her therapy for a few years, but not the township. Bottom line, the mall gets sued either way so it's lose lose for them (not providing safety vs PTSD). Does WPD carry .45? Is that a carry round for many cop shops?

I believe you will owe regular NJ tax as well. It would have to be a former employer too. (cannot withdraw from current employer plan) I think the cutoff age for the penalty with 401k is 55 not 59.5 Finally there are some types of withdrawls you can make while still active in a plan .. mainly after tax contribs and earnings on the same. (only the earnings are taxable). Roth 401k principal and earnings can be withdrawn w/o penalty after 5 years I believe. But of course I would like to hear the answer from a pro in the business too!

Bergen County local and county cops are (I thought) not supposed to engage in hot pursuit of stolen vehicles. There was 1 incident of a bystander killed in Oradell many years ago (pursuit began in some other town). Plus there was the incident in New Milford about 3-4 years ago where a bystander's car was cut in half, 2 fatalities, I knew the mom of one of the kids who survived, he was in Bristol Myers Squibb children's hospital in New Brunswick for 6 months. It was another guy who left his keys in the car running while washing the car or something, and went inside his house, car drives away drive by some mope, so he then jumped in his other car to pursue the stolen car and got police involved. I think he was charged with something, not sure what.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4wHGDIAdhg

Simo Häyhä, “White Death”, Sniped Over 542 Soviet Soldiers in WWII Daven Hiskey January 29, 2010 7 Today I found out Simo Häyhä, arguably the greatest sniper to ever live, sniped over 542 invading Soviet soldiers in World War II using nothing but a bolt action rifle that had no scope. He also has the distinction of having recorded the highest known number of confirmed kills by any sniper in any major war; with the runner up being Soviet Ivan Sidorenko with 500 in WWII. In addition to his 542 confirmed sniper kills, he also managed another couple hundred kills with a Suomi 9mm machine gun bringing his total for the “Winter War” to just under 800 kills. Even more amazing is that he did all of this in under 100 days with his personal best sniping 25 Soviet soldiers in one day. The “Winter War” was a conflict between Russia and Finland beginning on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of WWII, with the Russians invading Finland. The Winter War officially ended on March 13, 1940 with the Soviets having captured most of Finland. Simo Häyhä was a member of a group very similar to the old American “Minute Men”. He served his required one year with the military in Finland and went home, back to farming and hunting. When the Soviets invaded he grabbed his standard issue M/28 rifle and gear and reported for duty. He preferred his rifle, which only had an iron site rather than a scope, over Swedish sniper rifles as it allowed him to keep a slightly lower profile over a scoped rifle; the scopes made you raise your head an extra inch or two making a nice target for other snipers. In addition to this, scopes on sniper rifles tended to reflect the sunlight which is how he says he was able to kill so many of the Soviet snipers who were sent to specifically take him out. The really amazing thing about just using the iron sites was that many of his kills were shot at people over 400 yards away. Simo was assigned to the Kollaa battlefield where an estimated 32 Fins held off over 4000 Soviet Troops at one point and indeed even by the end of the war which the Soviets won, never conceded that particular ground. Temperatures there typically ranged from around -40 F to -4 F. As such, Simo would go out by himself to snipe dressed in white camouflage with nothing but a few clips of ammo and food provisions for a day. Tired of getting their heads blown off all the time by Simo, the Soviets eventually dispatched a group of snipers and a series of artillery strikes to try to get rid of “Belaya Smert” (“White Death”) as they nicknamed him. He managed to get the best of the snipers sent against him and apparently wasn’t where they thought during the artillery strikes. He was however finally shot in the jaw with an exploding bullet in a pitched battle against a large group of Russian soldiers. Some of his fellow Finish soldiers pulled him from the battle and he survived even though, as they said, “half his head was missing”. He was then in a coma for nine days, during which Finland lost the war (Coincidence? I think not!). He didn’t regain consciousness until March 13th, the day the war ended (presumably the Soviets heard he woke up and decided to stop trying to take any more of Finland and just ended the war right there). It took Simo a few years to fully recuperate from his wounds, but he went on to live to the ripe old age of 96, dieing April 1st, 2002. During the war, the Soviet army lost close to one million soldiers, close to forty times the number of Finnish casualties. Simo credited his incredible sniping ability to knowledge of the forests, patience, and practice. He typically liked to snipe from a sitting position, normally not used by snipers due to giving a larger profile to be seen from. However, he was very short (5 foot 3 inches), so he was able to sit and still make a very small profile and he felt it gave him a better platform to shoot from. He would also pack the snow in front of him so that when he shot, none of the snow would waft up giving his position away. In addition to this, to get around the problem of his breath potentially giving away his position in that frigid place, he would breath through his mouth but keep snow in there to keep his breath from showing up in the air. Sources: Simo Hayha The White Death: The World’s Greatest Sniper Simo Hayha, Greatest Sniper Badass Simo Winter War http://www.todayifou...ldiers-in-wwii/

This document seems to cover everything: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/kbyg_regulations.ctt/kbyg_regulations.pdf

Apparently it's considered a bad thing to run over geese too. Especially if you back up and hit them again.

Unfortunately that vote (ballot proposition) failed. As you can imagine the politicians and public employee unions were scared sh*tless of the idea Oh, think of the children! :-)

Hudson City must be loving those high interest rates in their portfolio. Funny thing about banks. You stop paying, they start trying to "help" you. YMMV.

Liquor is expensive on the boat, real drinkers will try to smuggle their own alcohol on board past security (who will try to take it away for the duration). Heard the folks in the next cabin over bitching about this. If you stop in St Thomas you get a duty free allowance of 5 cartons of cigarettes per person (2 cartons elsewhere abroad) from US Customs. Even if you don't smoke this is a no brainer. We were on Oasis of the Seas for Easter Week. They actually check you on and off the boat with a facial geometry scan (biometric scan) which can be annoying as it doesn't always match the first time.

What are your property taxes compared to 10 years ago? My mortgage payment breaks down to 800 principal 900 interest 1100 prop tax+insurance that just makes me crazy

A passport isn't always required, though it is the path of least resistance. If you're on a closed loop cruise starting and ending in US apparently you don't need it Probably your best bet is a cruise to Bermuda on Royal Caribbean out of Bayonne or Baltimore. They're usually 7 days. You save the cost and hassle of air travel that way. Here is one article I googled on the passport issue: http://www.rushmypas...ts-for-cruises/ I am not a big fan of cruises, since I caught mono on my first cruise to Alaska in 2001. P.S. Baby due in Sept? Obviously you want to go very soon since you don't want medical issues at sea.

Not sure if this helps anyone, but Ebay is giving double Ebay bucks (4%) today only, if you got the message from them announcing the promo. You have to make sure to pay for the item today with paypal.

It's also a way to distract attention from their failed socialist policies. "Bullet" points for next years elections.

N465VL sure seems to get around There are quite a few pictures that come up on google Here is just one (from Malta). Also sighted else where in Europe. http://www.planepict...w.php?id=915561

However it does say training will end by 11pm each day. Last night heard two loud helos flying over us (Hightstown area) about 1:30 am. I presume somebody is navigating by following the NJTPK. Could it be NJSP, where is the local trauma hospital?

From "Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" on facebook believe it or not: Several U.S. Marine Corps Reserve units will conduct artillery-fire training at the Dix ranges through June 14. Training is scheduled to cease by 11 p.m. each day. This essential training helps ensure the readiness of America's fighting force. As a result of this important training, some residents may hear more noise than usual coming from the base's ranges and may experience possible ground shaking. It is important to note that noise from the ranges may travel farther during overcast weather conditions. The joint base works very hard to ensure training has minimal impact on its local communities. JB MDL is grateful for the overwhelming support it has received throughout the years. Base leadership values this relationship and will continue to work hard to ensure we remain good neighbors. Contact the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs Office with any questions or concerns.

Looks a lot like the gal in the series Homeland but it's not her. Claire Danes http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000132/

Ah, that's where I remember her from. Couldn't figure it out. Thanks. Katee Sackhoff - plays the deputy "Vic" http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755267/

Yeah I enjoyed it too. Got points for watching it from viggle (it was a featured show).

I think Amazon structures their business so the warehouses in NJ are owned by a separate entity under the corporate umbrella to evade paying sales tax. I think where the sales/use tax issue comes into play is if you operate a business in NJ, as I understand it the tax nazis come down hard on people like dentists for use tax. Big corporations are too big for IRS or NJ Div of Taxation to fight, they know they can't win,so they attack the little guys.

+1 Pizza Bob you're my hero. Make 'em squirm in Trenton. The arrogance is simply stunning.