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  1. Even though, in principle, I agree with everyone's stance here and understand where they are coming from, this will boil down to what your life's experience's are and your choices based on those experiences. In this case, I have to side with High Exposure and his more cautionary approach with not consuming alcohol in public while armed. NO one is right or wrong, it's more about what you are willing to deal with during the aftermath. Having been involved with interrogatories and depositions myself, I would not want that "monkey" on my back even if a justifiable shoot had occurred. 

     

    The link to the Federal Law that Shane posted seems pretty straightforward, though I do have question about the " has/had statutory power of arrest or apprehension under the Uniform Code of Military Justice" part.  Several paragraphs below the listed criteria it states that you must meet all of the requirements above.  Since there is no "OR" mentioned in that requirement, I would have to think that it is a sticking point, just as any of the others could be, dependent upon circumstances. I could be completely wrong (it won't be the first time, LOL).


  2. The answer is simple, and we can all do it, and have fun doing it.

     

    Take people who have never shot before to the range. One of the major differences, that I've observed, is that in many pro-gun states, even those who do not own guns have at least handled and shot a firearm.

     

    In NJ, most of the people I know have never shot, they all want to, but don't have anyone to take them.

     

    Great point right there!  The vast majority of people who (think they) are against guns have never owned or even fired one.  They believe what the hardcore anti's, media, and politicians tell them without having any first hand knowledge to make an informed decision on their own.


  3. Seems as if 9/10 was their official e-mail response day since we all seemed to have gotten the same one on that date.  To me, his response was geared more toward the anti's since he went into detail explaining why he vetoed certain bills and didn't pass them.  Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he vetoed them and the explanation certainly helps to understand the thought process behind it.  Overall, I am somewhat pleased with the outcome, though I think the mental health bill could be a nightmare for our 2A rights in general.  Now if we could just get a little back instead of having to constantly fight to keep from losing more and more, that would be something I could feel a lot better about.


  4. I had mine laminated to help protect it from wear and tear.  Generally, I keep mine locked up with other documents, ss card, etc. and out of my immediate possession.  If I plan on purchasing ammo, another gun, or need it for carrying to a range I'll retrieve it.  It also helps to keep my impulse purchases down to a minimum. :lol:


  5. Sorry to hear that you are having problems with it.  I have several Gamo air rifles over the years and they have been darn good for the most part.....trigger being the biggest issue.

     

    Typically accuracy can be affected by these:

     

    type/brand/weight of pellet

    loose screw connection between the receiver action and stock

    scope/mount creep

    spring powered air gun quality scope

     

    Worst case scenario is that you have a cut piston seal.  Its not unheard of since it can happen upon assembly as there are a fair amount of sharp edges on the chamber tube.  It can play havoc with velocity consistency and result in poor accuracy also.  If you know anyone with a chronograph you could run a string of shots to check to see how consistent the velocity is.


  6. I'll cast my vote for the AR15 as well.  But the other calibers mentioned would definitely fit the bill also.  My wife is small framed and has hardware in her neck from a fracture (from years ago) and has been able to shoot an AR with no issues.  I mention this because she isn't able to fire a gun that has too strong of recoil energy.


  7. I never watched one episode of the sopranos. That really is a joke. But then, we did vote in an actor for POTUS didn't we?

     

    Same here, I never watched the show, though I had seen him in several movies and think he was a talented performer.  However this would not warrant the lowering of a flag for him or any other entertainer.  I find this current trend regarding the lowering of the flag for celebrities disgustingly disrespectful to the true fallen heroes who deserve such honor.  Just another sign of the times I suppose. :facepalm:  


  8. I had ridden dirt bikes and have been a fan of Mx/Sx for years.  One of my regrets will always be that I didn't put in the effort to train and enter at least one organized race when I was younger.  Still love watching it on TV though.


  9. So after about 5 shots, it's seems to have quieted down quite a bit. This normal?

    yes.  Spring/piston air rifles do need a "settling down" period.  Sounds as if you had excess lubricant in front of the piston seal and your gun was "dieseling" (lubricant was igniting from compression) a bit.  This sometimes does happen with new spring/piston magnum air rifles primarily from when it was assembled at the factory.  After a couple of "hot" shots it should be good to go.  If it continues for too many shots, it can eventually damage your gun.  Get rid of the PBA ammo as BillC mentioned.  Get yourself several different brands of normal weight pellets and see which your gun likes best.  (I had a much longer explanation written but for some reason it did not post).   Just as well, LOL.


  10. I'm guessing that a normal or heavy weight pellet won't help much in this case since the gun is so powerful.  Sounds like you want a break barrel air rifle that shoots normal weight pellets (approx. 7 grains) at around 800-1000 fps max.  Keep in mind that if you use lightweight pellets (such as Raptor PBA) in a 1000 fps air rifle you will still get that loud "crack" as if you shot a bullet also because of the increase in velocity to approx.1200 fps. There are many .177 cal break barrel rifles that shoot in the 800-1000 fps range with normal weight pellets (gamo has quite a few).  Also Lowslowmiata brought up an excellent point in that the majority of .22 cal break barrel air rifles won't fire their pellets supersonic (due to their extra mass) either .  I have several air rifles, two of which are gamo's (Shadow and CFX) and with normal weight pellets these are plenty powerful without the loud cracking noise.  


  11. First off, great job James!  Very well spoken and I saw no yelling or threatening behavior whatsoever.  The $hitty part of this is that Norcross didn't want to hear any more and decided to declare you "out of order"  which, by any reasonable persons standards, was inappropriate and uncalled for. The comment about your first amendment rights was a nice touch also, but obviously didn't matter since your opinion was different than his.

     

    The mere fact that the politicians get away with this sort of thing is both frightening and disrespectful.  I'm hoping some of the more moderate or conservative media outlets get their hands on this video (we all know the liberal media won't care) and make this politician look like the jackass that he is. 


  12. Have any member ever participate and won a budsgunshop.com firearms auctions?

     

    I question the legitimacy of this auction.

    I was winning a rifle bidding last night but was outbid by $1 at the end.

    (I am not sore about the losing as I realized I should be starting putting away college funds for the kids).

    The reason I am question was because all my bids in the last 10 seconds (which was all higher than the $1 that won) was not accepted.

    The system responded that “BID NOT ACCEPTED!!! A Higher Bid for this Item has Already been Placed” which was not true.

     

    Tonight, I notice a bidding for a Kel-Tec RFB 308 Win High Effeciency Rifle Forward-Ejection Bullp” started at $2 and now is at $100000000 ???

    Auction ID # 3734 Details

    Auction price: $100,000,000.00

    Highest Bidder: xxxxx

    Auction expires on: 05/12/2013 22:00:00

    Time Remaining: 21 hours 09 minutes 11 seconds

    Bidding increments must be at least: $1.00

     

     

    Any thoughts?

    Do they have an "auto bid" function similar to Gunbroker?   If so, you would've had to keep increasing your bid until you surpassed the other bidders max bid setting. 


  13. No, they are NOT representatives of us, their constituents.

    They are placeholders for the party powers-that-be.

    Shovelers of the crap they are told to dole out to the ignorant masses, the taxpayers.

     

    This is no longer a 2 party system.

    It's a 1 party system - THE BIG GOVERNMENT PARTY.

    With a Democrat wing and a Republican wing.

     

    These treasonous politicians are in for a rude awakening one of these days VERY soon.

    One way or another.

     

    Very well stated and I couldn't agree more. :fan:

     

     

     

    I just sent this email.

     

    Dear Esteemed Public Servant of New Jersey,

     

    I am sending this email in regards to concerns pertaining to one of this state’s senators. I would first like to state that statute 18 USC § 241 states that it is a crime to conspire in order to deprive American citizens of their constitutional rights.

     

    On May 9th, 2013, at the end of senate budget committee hearing, Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-37) is caught saying “we needed a bill that was going to CONFISCATE, CONFISCATE, CONFISCATE (firearms)”.

     
    This is an audio-clip of Loretta Weinberg (D-37), Sandra Cunningham (D-31), and Linda Greenstein (D-14) discussing confiscation -

    Confiscation of lawfully-obtained firearms owned by law-abiding citizens is a DIRECT VIOLATION of the 2nd amendment.

     

    I would like to see some accountability, as well as action, for the thoughts expressed at the senate hearing. Federal crimes are not to be taken lightly.

     

    Sincerely,

     

     

    I would give anything to see their reaction to this.  Way to go on the offensive.  I love it! :superman:

     

     

     

    We need CNN to run it also. Post it everywhere, for everyone. Let the nj state civilians as well as those nationally hear how nj politicians really think.

     

    It's never EVER funny to joke about our constitutional rights and keep this in mind if the try to poo poo the "confiscate" reference. How dare those nj politicians speak about confiscation as well as mock legal, law abiding citizens. They want to chip away, shove back.

     

    Tired of pro-2nd amenders constantly playing defense. Get aggressive, push forward, and stand shoulder to shoulder with your fellow citizen.

     

    I definitely agree. What we really need is for some legislators to push for gun bills that are less restrictive than current laws in order to push the line back in the other direction.  As was stated by yourself and as was mentioned in a another thread on this forum, we are constantly playing defense and, as such, will eventually lose our right.  When you think about it, in too many instances some type of anti gun bill is proposed and it is either, signed into law or some sort of "compromise" is reached. Sadly, the compromise still ends up being more restrictive than the current law.  We are incrementally losing our right to bear arms slowly but surely.  When was the last time any gun related law was relaxed in this state?  Oh wait, maybe I spoke too soon, they did want to lessen the degree for the criminal charge for unlawfully possessing a BB gun. :jester:

    Sorry for the rant.


  14. Every NJ driver's License has a PDF417 barcode on it. You could include an SBI number in that barcode for use by an FFL.

     

    I would also suggest that since we are trying to stop "prohibited" people from buying firearms we should be marking their driver's licenses as being prohibited rather than marking ours as being "permitted".

     

    Thats a great idea.  But unfortunately it makes too much sense for NJ to do something like that. :banghead:

     

     

    So now. Every cop who pulls you over for a burnt out tailight, has PROBABLE CAUSE to search you and your vehicle.

    And what would be the difference if he saw your FPID card in your wallet?  Either way it doesn't establish probable cause.....maybe on some tv shows but not in the real world. 

     

     

    So now you are an expert on pc...a cop might have reasonable suspicion but not probable cause. PC is a much higher standard. Easy with the paranoia

     

    Yup thats the problem.  Too much misinformation gets spread based on peoples ill conceived perceptions.  On that end, I'm a firm believer that media plays a huge part in it.

     

     

    So here is a big question, say you get your DL revoked for something.  You no longer have your FID card either?  WTF? 

     

    Having to prove you are not a criminal over and over in this state is getting old. 

     

    If this were done properly by the state the burden would be on the criminal to have a disqualifying identification on his/her state ID.

     

    Bingo!  This, and as was posted earlier in the thread......Driving is a "privilege" (entitlement that can be taken) while lawful possesion of firearms is a constitutional "right" (guarantee) and there should never be anything that would blur the very clear line separating the two.  How does everyone feel about losing their FPID for having too many points on their license or not paying an insurance surcharge, etc? :suicide:


  15. Ok few comments only one of the comments is useful. Dicks requires my dl and fid on all purchases so its not odd that ammoman would either. They clearly state this requirement as well as their others all over their website.

     

    The owner had a brand new Bentley fresh from the dealer and parked it in the handicapped parking space but he wasn't handicapped physically.

     

    The receptionist who filled my order was super hott!

    Amber is Very Very HOT!!!!

    Yeah who ever it was, was a knockout and in a hot outfit.

     

     

    Ummm, Pics please....LOL


  16. I will say this, I've spoken with the owner a couple of times and he always seemed pretty decent. Nice store, but his pricing leaves a lot to be desired. He does seem to be anti military style weapons, but I'm certain that with the current price markup he would make an exception. He had loads of shotguns and hunting rifles with only a handful of "black" rifles when I was there last summer. But I suppose the reality of it, given his location, there is a large populace of hunting enthusiasts in the area and I'm sure he's geared his business for the those locals. But, like others have said, his prices are much too high. For instance, I made a purchase of PMC .223 ammo in July and he charged $9.99 a box. Granted, that it may be cheap by todays price, but keep in mind, this was before the recent AWB stuff and ammo "shortage" and I had gotten the same ammo from A-n-A for just under $7. Thats $3 a box difference!!!! I was going shooting that day and needed it so I bought some, but I WILL NOT go back to purchase any more. So I'm not surprised in the least that he is against online sales of ammo. Want to purchase a gun elsewhere and then get a transfer to his store? LOL. He wants $75.00 to do transfers. So far, that is the most expensive I've found anywhere.

    Would I do business with him again? It depends....I suppose if I had to. I would have to be in need of something at that particular moment and unable to get it locally elsewhere, but in all reality, I don't foresee that happening any time soon.


  17. Hmmmmm, one of my ammo purchases was scanned in Parsippany this afternoon. Looks like I'm gonna have to sweat this out as well. And I still have another yet to be shipped....this is going to be interesting.

     

     

    That happens to me as well. I think it's more that the driver premarks packages as delivered then doesn't make it to his destination. Union employees "at work". Before you hate; I'm a union guy and see similar stuff all the time.

     

    Makes sense. A couple of years ago, I had that happen twice within a month where there was no package delivered even though it was listed in the tracking history as being left on door step. Call in to FedEx to report it and In each case the packages were delivered early the next morning, each time by the same driver.


  18. I could be wrong but I thought the gas block rail was level with the rail on the upper.

     

    nope, I had thought the same thing when I first got into AR's. For example, check out a Stag model 3 (shorter gas block) and a Windham SRC (gas block even with upper) and you'll see the difference. Also keep in mind, if you find a front sight that says its for a gas block, then it is for the shorter gas block, not the one that is level with the upper. In that case you would need a "same plane" front/rear sight combo.

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  19. I have a set of Yankee Hill Machine same plane folding iron sights on my AR. They function great, seem to be well made, and don't cost an arm and a leg. If you have a railed gas block (like I have), I'd be very careful using Magpul polymer sights on it.

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