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1 hour ago, JohnnyB said:There are times in a man's life when he has to draw a line in the sand, I will NEVER do these horrible things to a perfectly good AR!
So you'll ditch the standard cap mags.
And you'll pin the telescoping stock.
Ditch the flash hider for a useless muzzle brake.
But the pistol grip is where the line is?
Sorry, there's a line in the sand, yes. It was crossed long, long ago.
I don't understand the "I won't comply!" crowd.
You already comply...
On 11/21/2017 at 1:25 PM, PK90 said:Until 2018
Nah, they're gonna "not comply" and pass on these while they're worth nothing now.
Then they're gonna line up and pay double in 2018, plus wait an extra month for NICS.
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"Oh but there's something else going on"
Of course there is something else going on. There always is. That isn't the damn point.
The point is whether or not a mother, a woman, can or cannot carry a handgun for self defense. And whether or not she should be arrested and imprisoned and her life ruined, for no violent crime based on a phone call by someone who simply hates her.
You can do a lot of illegal stuff and no one will ever find out. People do all sorts of illegal stuff, and no one ever finds out, until "something else goes on" - it's called "life" and something else is always going to go on.
This sort of logic is the #1 cause we're sitting here today playing internet lawyer on a message board over barrel threads, stock pins, and counting how many rounds Papa Murphy will let you buy online (the answer is 0)
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But is it more people buying guns?
Or is it just people who own guns, buying more?
What we gun owners need, more than anything, is more PEOPLE who own guns, not people who own more guns.
Politically speaking, that is.
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This was internet video about ten years ago:
This was internet "video" 20 years ago:
So if you're sitting here acting like "well see there, the government caused this because blah blah they weren't throttling nothing ten years ago!" Well then you maybe need a refresher that ten years ago Netflix used to mail you DVDs....
There is literally no such thing as "it was fine in the past" with this issue.-
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No hard feelings!
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1 hour ago, voyager9 said:I get the feeling you’re either confused or a troll. It’s ok either way but don’t pretend your not.
Theyre not proposing new rules. They re proposing to repeal existing rules that keep ISPs from favoring or charging more for some data over others.
If you think your examples above are bad, the ISP’s will be able to do much worse when the rules prohibiting it is repealed. You want to connect to Netflix, iTunes, or Prime? You need to purchase the streamin video bandwidth package. You want Pandora, Spotify, or IhR, you need the streaming music package. Social media, extra.
Uh...you're saying exactly what I'm saying....were 100% in agreement with each other...I am against Ajit Pai altering what we have now...
ISPs want exactly what you described and what they're about to do is not good for the consumer in any way shape or form. I was using my examples to try and show Malsua that these companies are already doing everything they can to restrict new media, and will only get worse if they get their way
Not cool of you to accuse me of being a troll when I'm on your side...sheesh....
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32 minutes ago, Malsua said:Who is throttling content? Who is creating fast lanes? The government needs to be out of the way, not dictating winners and losers because when they do, we all lose.
What exactly is it that you think Net Neutrality has done for you? You couldn't get your streaming content until it was in place and now you can? What? Everyone is talking about this fast lane boogeyman and there are NO examples of this.
Um...
AT&T already counts all data towards your data cap, except for DirecTV which it owns, you can stream as much of that as you want...
T-Mobile has TV-free data and special agreements with Netflix...
Numerous other examples under the current rules. New rules would be even worse...
I get the feeling you aren't very well versed on this? It's okay if you aren't. Just please don't pretend like you are.
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On 11/20/2017 at 3:30 PM, Malsua said:Net Neutrality is like price controls, the hallmark of socialism. Tim Berners Lee is a big socialist, in deed if he's not admitting it openly.
If your provider is slowing down your sites...change providers. We haven't needed it until now, we don't need it.
Capitalism created the internet, keep your government controls to themselves.
I'm sorry but your points literally make NO SENSE and you're taking a very simplistic view of this.
1. Change providers. Yeah OK. Most areas have a monopoly with only 1-2 choices, and that's actually about as good as it gets, in rural areas it's often only one company for miles.
Start your own network? yeah sure, just hand me a couple billion dollars and an army of lawyers, no big deal.
2. "We didn't need it until now" You're right, we didn't. Broadband internet wasn't a thing in most homes until the mid 2000s and HD video streaming on mobile has only been a practical and affordable thing for about 5 years.
The new generation, the millenial generation, does not sit and watch cable TV, they don't go to see movies in theaters, they don't plant their ass in front of the boob tube for 4 hours a night and generate those nice Nielsen numbers that their parents and grandparents did.
This has sent the old entertainment industry into a frenzy. The TV networks are scared of Netflix and Youtube, Hollywood is scared of rotten tomatoes. The list goes on.
But those old companies aren't playing nice. Like you said, capitalism. Maybe they could start their own streaming? Make their own VOD content? Nah, they're just going to make the government effectively shutdown the new guys.
Meanwhile you say "capitalism"
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NRA, ANJRPC, NJ2AS and all others are jokes of an organization. They had almost 30 years to accomplish something, anything, and got nothing done at all. Not even one small victory. Why would I toss my away now on them? I may as well burn my cash if I want to waste it.
The cynical part of me thinks that businesses in NJ may even be happy about this. No more undercutting from those pesky bulk websites. Get ready for $1/round .223 for those fish man AR-15s (that you'll have to pay them $150 to neuter for you)
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On 11/14/2017 at 9:28 PM, jackandjill said:The contents of such letter would indicate how they are being discriminatory, potentially causing stir at work, opening door for job loss and more importantly interfering with your individual right.
Or, as New Jersey politicians and judges would describe it "Working as intended"
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DirecTV Now actually has DVR in beta and they expect it to go live next year. It will be cloud based and not need physical storage, so you can for example DVR on your Roku stick and finish watching later on your tablet etc.
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The main difference between something like AT&T & Cricket (same network) or T-Mo and Metro, or Sprint and Boost, is that one is the main carrier, the other is what is called an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)
So it's 100% correct that it's on the same network, but here is the catch. Well, two main things to be specific.
The first is you're on the same network, but you may not get the same bandwidth. For example AT&T gives you ~60mbps on LTE, which is about what the technology is capable of. However a Cricket user is throttled at ~3mbps. If you're the type to just check e-mails and social media, you probably won't see a difference. But if you like to watch movies in 1080p or download stuff, you're going to see a drop in quality.
The second is priority. If the network is overloaded or a cell reaches max capacity, the network may have to drop a call or give some users a slower load time for a few seconds/minutes. And guess who gets the short end of that stick? The guy that pays $100/mo instead of $200, that's who. However, if you live in the suburbs this is irrelevant really as it's just not going to happen often enough to matter. But if you work in a city, or a crowded building, or go to events in a stadium, then it will.
Another thing can also be customer service. T-Mo, VZW, Sprint and AT&T have retail locations in your area and call centers in the US where someone gets paid to pretend to care about helping you understand your bill or how to install apps on your phone. The MVNO, tend to be independently owned shops or kiosks where basically you can buy something or get the fuck out. Is this an issue? Depends once again on you really.
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Just now, sota said:A case could be made that, you being a gun owner, are already into some "shady shit", since They get to determine what qualifies as "shady shit." It's analogous to the "I smelled pot" excuse.
Speaking of pot, that's gonna be a lot less revenue from fines, and empty beds in the jails. I wonder if the state will start looking to fill those beds with a new batch of people. Maybe they could criminalize something common and play a little game...hmmm...
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16 minutes ago, Ray Ray said:Show me one piece of legislation of anything anti gun RIGHT NOW
Sorry but "Getting Tough on Gun Violence" is literally the top row of issues on Murphy's website. In my district the political ads for state assembly were about gun control, no idea why. But it's going to be an issue, a big issue, and there's going to be a giant stack of gun control bills on the table by no later than April 2018.
The anti-gunners thought they won back in 1993 or whatever. They thought when they put down "Avtomat Kalashnikov type" and "Colt AR-15 type" that they had gotten their once-and-for-good ban. They did not anticipate the game of two-feature counts, wood blocks inside of welded magazines, companies making a variant that doesn't have a flash hider, so on and so forth.
This time around (post Sandy Hook) they got a lot "smarter" - set an 8 round magazine limit because they only come in increments of 5, 10, 30 etc. Require those fish man grips and magazine keys. Has anyone here ever held an AK-variant with a fish man grip on it? Ever tried using one of those bullet buttons on an AR? It makes the rifle pretty much unusable. Remember all those endless internet arguments over the superior ergonomics of the AR-15? Yeah, they're a moot point when you're holding onto a 1.5" nub, with your face rested on the buffer tube and a key on your belt to swap magazines. I found the fish man to make it so awkward to hold that I kind of felt it was unsafe altogether. This time around they're going to word things a lot differently, and catch a lot more in the net.
However, I feel like this time around the big thing is going to be mental health evaluations, mental health screenings, etc. Pro-gun advocates have used the "there's a mental health problem, not a gun control problem" for decades and now the anti are going to ram those words back down their throats. "What, so you're against mental health checks? You said you were!" And now you've got some "psychologist" asking you trick questions at your tri-annual screening and bam, there goes your gun collection.
I have to stress that this is not paranoia. Look at the news, there is a growing national controversy over psychologists and doctors approving irreversible hormonal blockers and sterilization on children as young as three years old in the name of transgender rights. These people are sick and can't be allowed to determine who is fit for a damn shoe size, let alone a constitutional right.
So yeah, some pretty restrictive stuff is coming, and it's not a good idea to ignore it. It's time to get together some sort of in-state RKBA organization, pool together money for lawsuits, etc. Time for conservatives to do something conservative and help themselves, not rely on outside orgs, or outside courts, who are not going to help them.
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From my experience it's pretty much purely cosmetic. I've run slant brakes on 7.62x39s and there is no difference that I could tell at all.
Supposedly the main point of the slant brake is for full auto, or if you're shooting prone and don't want to kick up dirt. I'm not sure of the veracity of those claims so take it with a grain of gunpowder. I doubt you'll be doing much of either in NJ.
That said I had 74 style brakes put on a few of the x39s, not the TAPCO crappy 74 brake but actual milsurps bored out to .30 instead of .22. Nothing wrong with the TAPCO slant brake though.
If reducing recoil is your main concern, you should also try a good sling. I've found nothing to work remotely as good as a nice sling keeping my arm tied nice and tight. At that point these rifles feel like a toy!
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Sell it now. Make yourself almost 2 grand. Come January 1st, they'll be sitting on the shelves at your local store and the guys there will probably give you some sort of extra credit to buy it then since the store will be so dead. Same thing happens with the iPhone every January.
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18 minutes ago, CMJeepster said:“They” know nothing.
This is honestly the closest thing to it. A lot of these politicians talking about the "gun show loophole" are fossils that have been in office since the 80s when gun shows were a big deal. It's literally just a bunch of old people spouting nonsense that haven't heard of "the internet" on which there are tons of local and regional online forums and you don't have to wait for the gun show to come around.
Maybe it's a good thing
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On 10/24/2017 at 0:45 AM, fatty said:screw take-out...
Now I want to take a trip to china town and hit up Wo-Hop
Oh man, It's been 5+ years since I've had it, but I used to work in North Jersey and a buddy of mine would often go to this place and bring back a dish that the restaurant called Three Treasures. There was duck, pork, and I think beef if I remember correctly? The duck was beyond incredible.
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Singapore Style Mei Fun. It's beef, pork, chicken and shrimp, with angel hair looking noodles and a mild curry.
Also, try out the chicken wings with fries and sweet tea sometime. They're pretty good, almost as good as the chicken shacks in "the hood".
Apart from the usual General Tso's, Boneless Spare ribs, etc.
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Seems like it would be a simple request, but so far Google turns up nothing. The FN-FNAR has a pistol grip stock but would be better with a regular, non-pistol grip style stock instead (in my opinion). However I am unable to find anything of the sort. I am also wondering if anyone knows, does this take the same stock as the Browning BAR MK3? And if so, where would one find a stock for this?
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Loose lips sink ships
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If there's anything I learned from AOL Chain e-mails, it's that retired Marine Corps officers spend an awful lot of time writing chain letters
How come they're never from the Army? Air Force? Navy? Wouldn't someone in the National Guard have more free time to write these?
Serious, go on Snopes. Every single one of these things is written by a "retired Marine Corps _____" for the last 25 years
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31 minutes ago, 124gr9mm said:Yeah, while it seems crappy that they're focusing on gun sites, it's their prerogative to do so.
They're actually not focusing on gun channels. It's a long story, but I'll try and make it short.
Over the last few years, old media (TV, newspaper, radio, HBO etc.) has been losing massively to new media (social media, Youtube, Netflix). This caused sort of a "war" in the industry.
One particular journalist from the Wall Street Journal decided to fire a shot, directly at the Youtuber with the highest subscriber count, Pewdiepie. He dug up a video where Pewdiepie made some Nazi jokes and another where he paid a guy $5 to hold up a sign saying Hitler Did Nothing Wrong as a (very distasteful) joke. He then followed up this salvo with some screenshots of hate videos for things like white supremacy or ISIS, next to ads for Pepsi and H&M; The reported alleged that Youtube was not doing enough to control where ads appear and thus is not a desirable place for advertisers.
It later turned out that this same reporter was in the process of trying to patent software related to controlling what content ads appear on. He was also likely just jealous big brands are advertising on Youtube instead of his dying paper. It also turned out some of his screenshots were fake, and that he had made the same sort of jokes about Jews and African-Americans on his Twitter. None of this matters because people only read headlines.
Thus begins the "ad-pocalypse". Companies, fearing a PR nightmare of having their logo next to hate speech, as well as probably wanting to take any chance they can to pay less for advertisements, start pressuring Youtube to remove their ads.
The reality is that Youtube can't "smartly" filter for this. 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute. Yes you read that correctly. All they can do is make software, specifically "the algorithm" to try and control content. The design of this software is secretive for obvious reasons, it's like their 11 secret herbs and spices.
Some people speculate, that it controls content based on machine-learning from several selected thumbnails from the video, snippets of audio content, keywords in the title and description, or a combination of all that. So it's wrapped a lot of channels up in getting demonetized. For example, it can conflate a video about not bullying LGBT teens with sexual content. It can stop a video about ending animal abuse because it contains animal abuse, etc. It makes no sense and they're likely working on it. But this is pretty cutting edge technology and I wouldn't expect a fix overnight.
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A couple of the big Youtubers have been warning about this for years, notably Boogie2988 as far back as 2011. As a result, a lot of Youtube channels began "diversifying" their platform, by branching out to other social media, selling merchandise, mentioning sponsors or sponsored products in their videos, and taking direct monthly donations from sites like Patreon. These gun channels should have long ago begun doing the same, or should start now.
At the end of the day, yes Youtube's policy is crap, but it's free enterprise. No one owes you a platform. Youtube is not a right, nor is it an employer where you have any rights or regulations. It's just a website.
Why all the angst about pistol grips?
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Has nothing to do with old movies, politicians being sheep, or any of that nonsense.
The ultimate goal is the banning of all firearms, or at least, any firearm somewhat useful for self defense or insurgency, riots, etc.
The pistol grip is a common feature found on everything from the AR and AK to, well, pretty much every single firearm designed after WW2.
By banning the pistol grip, or centering legislation around if a firearm has one or not, they're simultaneously attacking anything designed in the last 80 years, as well as saying "you can have a gun, just not that one". It puts these firearms into a separate category.
One of the worst mistakes in any kind of conflict is to underestimate and/or misunderstand your opponents.