Silence Dogood

18V Makita here - great tool! Light and powerful

"It is important to keep the head of the bobcat pinned down to the ground. Quickly place a foot ..." YOU go first, LOL. I've seen coyote in Montgomery and Princeton

As I recall, it is even an offense in NJ to have a FAKE gun (like one of those rubber training guns) on school property.

I do remember that ad.

For mil-spec, yes. Otherwise blue locktite (not red). Oh, and:

http://law.onecle.com/new-jersey/2c-the-new-jersey-code-of-criminal-justice/3-4.html 2C:3-4. Use of force in self-protection. 2C:3-4. Use of Force in Self-Protection. a. Use of force justifiable for protection of the person. Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 2C:3-9, the use of force upon or toward another person is justifiable when the actor reasonably believes that such force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting himself against the use of unlawful force by such other person on the present occasion. b. Limitations on justifying necessity for use of force. (1) The use of force is not justifiable under this section: (a) To resist an arrest which the actor knows is being made by a peace officer in the performance of his duties, although the arrest is unlawful, unless the peace officer employs unlawful force to effect such arrest; or (b) To resist force used by the occupier or possessor of property or by another person on his behalf, where the actor knows that the person using the force is doing so under a claim of right to protect the property, except that this limitation shall not apply if: (i) The actor is a public officer acting in the performance of his duties or a person lawfully assisting him therein or a person making or assisting in a lawful arrest; (ii) The actor has been unlawfully dispossessed of the property and is making a reentry or recaption justified by section 2C:3-6; or (iii) The actor reasonably believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against death or serious bodily harm. (2) The use of deadly force is not justifiable under this section unless the actor reasonably believes that such force is necessary to protect himself against death or serious bodily harm; nor is it justifiable if: (a) The actor, with the purpose of causing death or serious bodily harm, provoked the use of force against himself in the same encounter; or (b) The actor knows that he can avoid the necessity of using such force with complete safety by retreating or by surrendering possession of a thing to a person asserting a claim of right thereto or by complying with a demand that he abstain from any action which he has no duty to take, except that: (i) The actor is not obliged to retreat from his dwelling, unless he was the initial aggressor; and (ii) A public officer justified in using force in the performance of his duties or a person justified in using force in his assistance or a person justified in using force in making an arrest or preventing an escape is not obliged to desist from efforts to perform such duty, effect such arrest or prevent such escape because of resistance or threatened resistance by or on behalf of the person against whom such action is directed. (3) Except as required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, a person employing protective force may estimate the necessity of using force when the force is used, without retreating, surrendering possession, doing any other act which he has no legal duty to do or abstaining from any lawful action. c. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:3-5, N.J.S.2C:3-9, or this section, the use of force or deadly force upon or toward an intruder who is unlawfully in a dwelling is justifiable when the actor reasonably believes that the force is immediately necessary for the purpose of protecting himself or other persons in the dwelling against the use of unlawful force by the intruder on the present occasion. (2) A reasonable belief exists when the actor, to protect himself or a third person, was in his own dwelling at the time of the offense or was privileged to be thereon and the encounter between the actor and intruder was sudden and unexpected, compelling the actor to act instantly and: (a) The actor reasonably believed that the intruder would inflict personal injury upon the actor or others in the dwelling; or (b) The actor demanded that the intruder disarm, surrender or withdraw, and the intruder refused to do so. (3) An actor employing protective force may estimate the necessity of using force when the force is used, without retreating, surrendering possession, withdrawing or doing any other act which he has no legal duty to do or abstaining from any lawful action. L.1978, c.95; amended 1987, c.120, s.1; 1999, c.73.

Returning the favor

Latest reports have him refusing to give up the keys because his wife was still in the car.

There's a longstanding tendency among prosecutors (one in the family) to evaluate situations based on roughly equivalent force. If the scene is a dead perp on your kitchen floor, two of his rounds in your kitchen walls, evidence of a break-in and two center mass from you it's one thing. Dead on the kitchen floor holding a baseball bat and eight HP rounds from you, rot-roh. Dead on the curtailage (immediate area outside your home) no firearm, BIG rot-roh.

You can make a citizen's arrest in NJ - here are the judicial rules: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/civil/charges/3.20C.pdf IANAL but I think this applies only to indictable offenses. Burglary is, I believe, a third degree indictable offense. You do run the risk of being charged with unlawful imprisonment (rather than assault). Given the state of things in the PRNJ (especially no Castle Doctrine) this would be really risky if you could, in any way, be considered the initial aggressor - you lose your protection. IIRC if you are the initial aggressor and the person chases YOU into your own house, YOU have a duty to retreat - even out of the house.

"The COE is not a form of registration - only the buyer and seller have copies." If the seller is an FFL then ATF and others have access to the information via compliance inspection, do they not?

Thanks everyone! North-central Mercer County for now - Happy Holidays!!

Ditto on Dave Descoteau (pronounced Dakota) - Deceaux Electric in Pennington - (609) 737-7919. Service only. Don't know if he goes that far.

Greetings from a new member (Mercer County). I've been 'lurking' for more than a year and have learned a lot from many of you (thanks). Finally signed up. Silence Dogood Member NJ2AS