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  1. Posted

    10 hours ago, Mr.Stu said:

    If you are going to use deadly force it doesn't matter what job you have. You have to show that there was reason to shoot the shape you saw. Not being supposed to be there is not the same as being an imminent threat to you or anybody else.

    If someone is wandering around inside my house at 2 or 3 AM, I can guarantee they aren't there for a Birthday Party. First, they had to break in to gain access, so that is the first point of being an imminent threat.

    What would you suggest I do? Go ask the tweaker to sit down, put on a pot of coffee and have him tell me all his inspirations why he broke into my house and explain all his motivations why he came in uninvited?

    Then ask him if he has any weapons on him and what he's carrying in his pockets to see if he planned on causing any harm to us?

    Sure, that sounds like a great plan, right up to the point he beats us up and robs us.

    10 hours ago, checko said:

    No. But if you just start squeezing off rounds in the dark at 2am you have no idea who or what youre shooting at.

    First off, I already said, between ambient lighting and strategically placed night lights, I can see fine at night and can readily determine what I would be shooting at. I've run through different scenarios at night, so I have a pretty good idea what I'll encounter in different areas of the house. I've practiced and moved around and tried different cover positions. To insinuate that I'd be stumbling around and shooting haphazardly at boogiemen isn't accurate. I subscribe to the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared".

    With that said, I hope I NEVER have to encounter a situation like that in my lifetime, and that was a BIG decision I had to make when purchasing weapons for HD. Could I pull the trigger in self-defense?

     

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  2. Posted

    5 hours ago, Lambo2936 said:

    always wanted a camper but then my S/O will have somewhere to kick me out to.

    Isn't that a feature and a benefit? Sure beats sleeping out in the shed, right? :)

    4 hours ago, sota said:

    speaking of backup to backup generators... eventually I'll be "upgrading" from my emergency bought 5500/6500 generator to something bigger. 

    One suggestion I would make is to seriously look at your power needs during an outage, and make plans to reduce them or figure out what you don't need to run. In my opinion and experience, bigger ISN'T better with generators, because it takes so much more fuel to run them. Unless you have a huge fuel depot, you'll burn through a ton, and not use the majority of the power you're generating.

    Plus, in most outages, the primary thing you run is lights or small appliances. Why run a 8K generator when you need 1K of power? It's only sporadically that you'll need big bursts of power, for like a furnace. Even newer fridges don't require a lot of power to run.

    The only reason for a big generator is to fire up central A/C, and that takes a big surge. The question would be weighing how often that situation might happen, versus running a big generator for all the other smaller needs.

  3. Posted

    2 hours ago, lethalshot said:

    To me Apple users are like being in a cult or like a Harley rider who won't look outside the box.

    I agree..

    It has always amazed me that Apple fanboys will pay double for a product, just because it has a piece of fruit on it.

    When I ask people why, they say it's because they do so much. Then I ask what does the Apple do better than a PC or a generic tablet, a generic MP3 player or a Android phone, and what specifically do you need the Apple for, all I get is the deer in the headlight look.

     

  6. Posted

    17 minutes ago, High Exposure said:

    I spend a lot of my time in the dark. I spend an unusually large amount of time pointing guns at people in the dark. Believe we when I tell you -or not, it’s your life: If you are going to use a gun for HD/SD it needs a light on it.

    We are visual creatures.

    We can make correct decisions faster if we can see.

    I agree with you, but your situation is a little bit different, because it's your job, and out on the streets, it's a whole different scenario. So yes, you need to be 100% sure of your target and what's going on.

    At 2:00 AM, if there's a body coming down my hallway in my house, and my wife is still in the bed, I can be pretty sure it's not the pizza delivery man or the UPS guy delivering more ammo.

    In that situation, I know what decision I have to make.

    Actually, if the guy makes it that far down the hallway and the dog didn't alert me before that point, poochie is going to have a lot of explaining to do..

     

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  7. Posted

    33 minutes ago, Lambo2936 said:

    You have a backup for fuel sources, but if the generator itself fails you're SOL. 

    Exactly... I consider the genny as a mechanical item, which can easily fail. Which is why I believe in other sources too.

    33 minutes ago, Lambo2936 said:

    This is the correct way to operate. I wouldnt rely on a single genny with 3 fuel options.

    Yep, I actually have 4 ways now. The genny, solar, a wind turbine and my truck. Most of the time, we're running off of the battery bank during a power outage for lights, TV, computer and any other small items and only running the genny occassionally for the fridges or fire up the furnace. When the genny is running, I'm also recharging the batteries. Using this system, I only had to run the genny like 3 or 4 times a day for like an hour or so each time. Keeps fuel usage down. Sure beats having to run a genny 15+ hours straight during the day/night. That would eat up a ton of fuel.

    If we have sun, the solar panels recharge the batteries. I haven't used the wind turbine in an actual power outage yet, just tested it. That will charge the batteries too. So, a sunny day, the panels work. On a stormy day, hopefully it's windy.

    Then, in a pinch, I can run one of my inverters off of my truck to recharge batteries, run the fridges, etc. if needed for backup. Soon, I'll have a 5th source, when I get the motor home I'm looking at, and will be able to use the generator on it for backup.

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, High Exposure said:

    1) Acquire a target - Is there someone standing in my kitchen or is that a something my wife left on the counter?

    2) Identify if the target is Friend or Foe - Is that my son who snuck downstairs for a snack? Or is that an intruder?

    3) Discriminate the target for the appropriateness of deadly force - OK. That’s not my son, and I don’t recognize him. Is he holding a can of soda, or a gun? 

    Now these are good points, and situations like this will vary from house to house. Who else lives there? Who might be coming in late? How aware or groggy is someone in the middle of the night if woken suddenly?

    I think these type of scenarios will have to be decided on a case by case basis, and plans designed accordingly. Plus, has the person actually done a nighttime drill to understand and know their surroundings in the dark. Then plan accordingly with situational awareness.

    In my case, there's two of us in the house and the dog. If I wake up in the middle of the night and hear something, if she's in bed next to me, then it's an intruder. I know the sound the dog makes. I have enough ambient light and night lights that I can see if it's a person, I don't need to illuminate them in 300 watts of light.

     

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  12. Posted

    55 minutes ago, sota said:

    Also, I'm planning on setting up a redundant battery backup system, as well as some solar eventually. I

    That is the correct way to do it. Only run the generator to recharge the batteries and run the fridge. Run lights and small appliances off of the battery bank in between. Then, use solar during the day to run appliances or charge the battery bank.

    This method saves on fuel for the genny, by only running it a few times a day and also keeps your property quiet, as during a power outage, everyone knows who has a genny blocks away.

     

  13. Posted

    15 minutes ago, sota said:

    You'll notice that North Jersey had trouble with gasoline, but South Jersey had a problem with natural gas supply.

    That's why you go with propane.

    15 minutes ago, sota said:

    Either way, whatever you do make sure you have a backup to your backup.

    My philosophy... one is none, two is one, and three is where you need to be.

  14. Posted

    30 minutes ago, GRIZ said:

    You'd be hard pressed to find any magazine that can't be modified to 10 rds or less.  Can anyone name one?

    I was wondering about that. Some handgun mags can't be shortened (ie: a 10 round in place of a 15 round) and work correctly, like can be done with a AR15 mag for instance, so the handgun mag can only be modified internally without changing the physical external size. For instance, I just can't go buy a shorter 10 round mag for my CX4 Storm, as the 14 round sits flush now and doesn't extend out.

    Then, we get back to the discussion of what's a "permanent" modification (rivets, pins, epoxy, blockers, springs, etc.)

    So much fun....

  15. Posted

    4 hours ago, Greenday said:

    No they are not. We just have a 180 day grace period where they are not enforcing the law to give people a chance to be in compliance with the law.

    I was thinking about this point of view. Members of this forum have discussed this new mag law ad nauseam for months, and we still have members here who don't understand it.

    What happens to all the casual shooters that shoot once or twice a year, who aren't members here, and don't know the new law, when they show up at a range after Dec. 13th with their "high capacity" 15 round mags? I'm sure there will be plenty.

    Murphy will be able to make a killing, just park a sheriff's office bus at a range and arrest people all day long. He'll make millions!!

  16. Posted

    5 minutes ago, capt14k said:

    Not in NJ.

    You missed the point, the young man was insinuating that was how the law was written, and the LEOs were told to not enforce it for 180 days.

    @Greenday

    @Greenday

    1[4.]   5.1   (New section)  1[Any] Except as provided in section 7 of P.L.     , c.   (C.       ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill),1 a person who legally owns a semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 10 rounds or a large capacity ammunition magazine as defined under subsection y. of N.J.S.2C:39-1 which is capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition on the effective date of P.L.     , c.     (C.       ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) may retain possession of that rifle or magazine for a period not to exceed 180 days 1[from] after1 the effective date of this act.  During this time period, the owner of the semi-automatic rifle or magazine shall: 

         a.     Transfer the semi-automatic rifle or magazine to any person or firm lawfully entitled to own or possess that firearm or magazine;

         b.    Render the semi-automatic rifle or magazine inoperable 1or permanently modify a large capacity ammunition magazine to accept 10 rounds or less1; or

         c.     Voluntarily surrender the semi-automatic rifle or magazine pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.2C:39-12.

  17. Posted

    One section of the new magazine ban in A2761 listed the availability of registering a mag/firearm that can't be reduced to 10 rounds for a fee of $50. Has anyone done this yet? The Law said that the State Police was tasked to develop a registration form in 60 after the law was passed to allow this registration. Has anyone seen that form?

    Here is that section:

    17.      (New section)  a.  A person who legally owns a firearm 2[with a fixed magazine capacity holding up to 15 rounds which is incapable of being modified to accommodate 10 or less rounds and was purchased on or] as set forth in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection2 prior to the effective date of P.L.      , c.    (C.        ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall register that firearm within one year from the effective date2[this act]:

         (1)   a firearm with a fixed magazine capacity holding up to 15 rounds which is incapable of being modified to accommodate 10 or less rounds; or

         (2)   a firearm which only accepts a detachable magazine with a capacity of up to 15 rounds which is incapable of being modified to accommodate 10 or less rounds2 .

         2b.2  In order to register the firearm 2pursuant to subsection a. of this section2, the owner shall: 

         (1)   complete a registration statement, in the form to be prescribed by the Superintendent of the State Police; 3and3

         (2)   3[pay a registration fee of $50 per firearm; and

     

     

  18. Posted

    1 hour ago, Greenday said:

    No they are not. We just have a 180 day grace period where they are not enforcing the law to give people a chance to be in compliance with the law.

    Dude, laws don't work that way. They don't give law enforcement the "option" to enforce or not enforce. It's black and white.

    Every time you show up and post, you really embarrass yourself.

  19. Posted

    1 hour ago, Scorpio64 said:

    Adware Doctor for Apple machines is stealing your personal information and sending it off to China.

    To be totally honest, EVERY app on your phone (Apple or Android) is siphoning off personal data and sending it somewhere.

    Nobody reads the permissions they give apps, if people REALLY paid attention, they would take a hammer to their phones.

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  20. Posted

    4 hours ago, 345Sire said:

    I'm not a fullblown "prepper" but I was a Boy Scout and am a dad to an Eagle Scout, so "being prepared" has always been something I have been into. 

    First, congratulations on having an Eagle.... That's a HUGE accomplishment for a teenage boy!

    I know exactly what you're saying, it becomes a mindset. I'm a former Scoutmaster and have two Eagle Scouts, so the "being ready" mindset is always there. My wife always says, "if she ever gets lost in the woods or gets caught in a natural disaster, she hopes one of our sons is with her, and she'll have no worries".

    4 hours ago, 345Sire said:

    After reading Ted Koppel's book "Lights Out" I became more determined to try to have at least the beginnings of a plan, and have been working towards being ready. 

     

    4 hours ago, 345Sire said:

    Someone mentioned the trilogy beginning with "One Second After", I enjoyed AND learned from it,

    Two great books that help people wrap their heads around what will happen. Everyone has been too complacent about being able to flip a switch and power going on. Not having power for an extended time is a game changer for MANY.

    I've been through multiple power outages over the years, but the biggest test was Hurricane Sandy. I was prepared, so it wasn't a big deal for us, but we went without power for like 8 days, it came back on for a few days or so, then we had the snow storm that knocked it back out for like another 4 days. Living through that helped me to refine my overall plan for the next one and longer one.

    I've always believed there is only ONE person that will take care of me and my family, and I see that guy every morning when standing in front of the sink in the bathroom.

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  24. Posted

    1 hour ago, Mrs. Peel said:

    Sniper22 --- You guys! Always picking on the wives! LOL. If a guy's wife doesn't like to shoot, she's raining on his parade... but if she does like to shoot -

    Ha Ha

    I'm lucky, my wife doesn't like to shoot and won't even go to the range with me, but she doesn't rain on my parade. When she sees the UPS guy getting a hernia carry a package to the door, she just shakes her head and walks the other way.

    Now, if she really liked to shoot, I'd probably be broke with all the "shopping" she would do, if it matched the way she shops at "her" stores... :)

     

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