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MOA stands for "minutes of angle" Each degree of an angle (360 off them in a circle) is further divided into 60 minutes. It just so happens that an angle of one minute is almost exactly 1" high at 100 yards (actually 1.07"). So at 100 yards, a gun that shoots 1/2 MOA will shoot groups that are within 1/2" at 100 yards, 1" at 200 yards, 2" at 400 yards, etc. Scopes often have additional lines or dots that are 1 MOA apart. If you know your bullet drop at 200 yds is 2MOA, you just move your point of aim to the 2MOA line under the regular cross hairs. Because MOA works out to nice easy numbers to work with it's become the common unit of measure for long range shooting. The other is mil-dot which uses milliradians to measure angles instead of minutes.

Was the gun purchased after NJ's de facto registration program (permits to purchase handguns) or before. If after, the gun was purchased by the husband and belongs to him. The law does not make provision for transfers between couples without permits. If before: The husband and wife purchased the handgun out of their collective money. I'd say he left and left her gun behind. Of course, this is just my opinion.

Since he stopped at Dicks, Federal FOPA does not apply. NJ Law applies and he can't legally possess at Dicks unless he is having his gun worked on at Dicks. NJAC 2C:39-6(e). Nothing in subsections b., c. and d. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 shall be construed to prevent a person keeping or carrying about his place of business, residence, premises or other land owned or possessed by him, any firearm, or from carrying the same, in the manner specified in subsection g. of this section, from any place of purchase to his residence or place of business, between his dwelling and his place of business, between one place of business or residence and another when moving, or between his dwelling or place of business and place where such firearms are repaired, for the purpose of repair. For the purposes of this section, a place of business shall be deemed to be a fixed location.

If your employer says you can't carry a knife, wear sneakers, wear jewelry, come to work without bathing, or park on the lawn you have two options: do what they tell you or find another job.

And if the older gentlemen from PA had the handgun in his car, unloaded and locked up in the trunk, he's a felon in NJ too.

Well written and good for you for helping get the word out. The last paragraph is the best in my opinion. You'll never convince someone that is truly anti gun, their position is based on emotion (usually fear of the unknown) not fact so facts won't sway them. But there are lots of people that lean anti simply because they have never been exposed to the other side and you've helped them to consider another side. Thanks for doing this.

If his mental state disqualified him from having firearms for his or other's own protection, then I'm okay with them being removed. I do have two problems with how this was handled. First is Being in such a hurry to do so. If he's really a danger, the hospital will keep him for an evaluation and there is time for some due process before removing rights. But the big problem is that they have a man that is probably suffering from some mental disease, has a perfectly legal collection of something at home and the local police take this as an opportunity to photograph his perfectly legal and private collection, send the photos to the newspaper and announce the "bust" and imply that this poor guy was crazy and dangerous and that they saved the day. This guy deserves his privacy as much as anyone with a disease. Whatever problems he was having, he gets a lot of credit for going to the police to ask for help. But he's learned his lesson and will never ask for help again. If they were doing this for he public good, they would have done it without parading this mans problems in front of the media. Isn't there a law now that prevents releasing the names and addresses of legal gun owners in NJ?

Boycotts have never worked. The fear of boycotts sometimes works but in practice, nobody actually boycotts anything in big enough numbers to be noticed. I hope the media covers the boycott and gives real numbers.

Most people are open minded on both sides and willing to listen and learn. However, someone that is so firmly entrenched into a position that has so many flaws in it's logic is not going to be swayed. I'm beginning to believe that moms demand action is more of a cult. Alternately, most of us stand where we do because we value freedom, liberty, and independence. We may be like minded on this one issue (mostly) but it's unlikely we're ever going to be convinced of things that aren't true. We value freedom of thought too much. More than any other issue, gun rights advocates on each side are inherently different. The good news is that It is possible to convert 90% of our friends that lean slightly against gun rights due to misinformation and we should all be talking about gun ownership (not being over bearing), inviting a friend to the range, and simply behave as if gun ownership is as normal as bowling or football - because it is.

What if someone used a laser pointer to knock down an oil refinery?

We were not happy with sleepy's. We got a crumby bed for the price we paid and we left feeling like had just haggled with a used car salesmen. Mattress manufacturers may only make half a dozen different mattresses but they change the fabric, quilting, and model name for each store they sell to so you can't compare prices. Once upon a time, we bought a mattress from Mattress Cowboy in New Brunswick. I don't think they're around any more but they gave us a chart that showed which models at each store were the same models. I found some of that info online the last time we mattress shopped. Our last mattress came from Boscov's and we were really happy. The prices were fair, the sales person we dealt with was knowledgeable and there was no pressure to buy anything. I'll buy my next mattress there too.

501( c)(3) organizations are not allowed to participate in campaigning or lobbying activities but can promote whatever cause they want. 501( c)(4) organizations can participate in campaigning and lobbying. I don't know what type of non profit ceasethinking NJ uses.

Same with 45 Colt. It was still available everywhere when everything else was scarce. Now that other calibers are starting to show up in stores again, 45 Colt is nowhere to be found. I was told that there was less demand for the less popular rounds so they stayed on the shelves longer after the panic started. In the mean time, the manufacturers retooled to keep up with the demand for the rounds that were in demand and are not producing the more unusual stuff right now. I wish I was smarter, I would have stocked up but I wrongly believed that since demand was low, supply would always be high.

Thousands of us showed up to the hearings in Trenton, emailed the governor, sent letters to legislators, tweeted to anyone that would listen, posted informational comments on every online article we could find, and lots of other things. But Frank gets the credit for organizing us to work together. NJ2AS has done more for NJ gun owners this year than the NRA has in decades. If you're not a member, join today.

It happened before. The rest of the country just stared getting their right to bear arms back 25 years ago. I wish I could credit the site where I found this image but I don't remember.

Before we had tiny hands: in my underwear drawer, mag next to the gun. Now that we have little hands: trigger lock at first - cheap but terrible if you need it quick. I eventually bought a $30 digital safe on sale. It's not theft proof but will keep the kids out, I added hand cut foam to keep a handgun in place. The mag is stored outside the firearm but I like a belt with suspenders so stuck a piece of 3/8 steel in the muzzle end of the box. This was a much cheaper option than the "real" quick entry gun safes you can find and it can be opened just as fast. It sits on my dresser 5' from my bed. Other handguns trigger locked in pelican (and other brands) cases.

5 years in prison. And it's likely SCOTUS would never hear the case, they only choose a small percentage of cases each year. If they did, by the time your case made it through all the appeal courts on the way to SCOTUS, you'd be out of prison. The best you might get would be a dismissal of the felony charges you already served (although NJ would tack on others that wouldn't be overturned). The worst is that the case is heard after Justis Kennedy retires a new Obama appointee votes No to the right to bear arms and the whole country starts losing their rights along with ours.

Spending this whole week ccw in 8 or 9 states. Currently in Memphis and heading north. I've tried IWB - uncomfortable and the holster's itch. I'm too chicken to try OWB. I know my shirt would cover it but I've still got a NJ mentality and assume that if anyone can tell I'm carrying, I'll probably go to jail. I just pocket carry an LCP

You;re right, no statutory reference. However, a loaded magazine could be construed as part of the firearm and therefore a loaded mag could be considered a loaded firearm. All it takes is an anti-2A prosecutor to convince an uninformed jury that a magazine is part of the gun and you've won a 5 year stay on the state's dime. And there are plenty of anti-2A prosecutors and it's pretty easy to find an anti-2A jury in NJ. I'll carry my mags unloaded while I'm in NJ. Silly that I can load them as soon as I cross the bridge out of NJ and actually carry the gun around with me. Silly NJ.

The young guy waiting on her did well, kept his cool, and treated her professionally. But he's young. Those of us with a few more years would have shut her down and sent her packing. She can sue me for the value of the strawberry coolata she's out if she wants.

.22's available all over the internet for 8 to 10 cents a round now. the problem is most places limit you to one or two per order and the shipping doubles the price.

A small tack weld with a mig welder or even with a very thin welding rod should make no difference. If you were welding in the middle of the barrel,it probably would but at the end of the barrel, I wouldn't worry about it. I would tack on only one side though to allow the barrel and sight to move independently on the other side. It's probably not that critical but if you weld both sides or all the way around, when both parts cool, each will pull against the other. In bigger parts, this can cause warping. If I was doing this, I would probably drill and use a small roll pin instead.

When and Where in NJ? Freehold, NJ WHEN: August 8, 11:00am – 12:30pm WHO: Moms Demand Action NJ WHERE: Rep. Chris Smith’s Freehold Constituent Services Center Freehold, NJ 07728 Morristown, NJ WHEN: August 13, 6:30pm – 8:00pm WHO: Moms Demand Action NJ WHERE: Vail Mansion South Street Morristown, NJ 07960 One guy with a big sign that read "Honk if You Love Guns" would be a lot of fun.

It's still there, you have to click on the story which is low on the left side of the page.

I was in a gun shop the other night. The dealer and I were chatting about the state of NJ and he said that a lot of guys were contacting the AGs office when they weren't getting their permits within the statutory 30 days and were getting the permits approved immediately, even without the background checks being done. I haven't heard this before and I though that there was case law that made it official that the 30 day requirement could be ignored by local PDs and the state. Anybody else heard this rumor that a call to the AG's office gets the process done?