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Says the guy that prides himself on being cryptic.....

Seems like people in general have a fear of what they don't understand. I have a friend that we took to the range, she loved it. Was checking out a pink AR15 in the gun shop afterward. Flash forward a few months and the "media" is reporting about a shooting and the gun man used and "assault rifle". Same friend it going off about you shouldn't be allowed to own "assault rifles" why do people need them etc? So when I explained that it was the same pretty pink gun she saw at the range. And it means ArmaLite rifle not assault rifle, her mouth dropped. "Oh, why would they call it that then... that gun didn't seem bad?" We learn everything we know from our environment. The prejudgment, fear, gender biases etc. So it seems to me eduction is the key.

Barnegat Bay gave up the bounty today 80 on the nose , only getting better now.

I love Aimpoints... not a fan of AIM Surplus.

OK, here goes. As merely a means of showing perspective, please allow me to write about myself for a moment. I don't usually pat myself on the back, especially in a public way like on a forum, so please forgive me if I seem too full of myself. I tell you about what I've done & been a part of so you all know where I'm coming from... I met my lovely bride on a blind date July 24, 1980. I had a beer in one hand & a cigar in the other when she walked into the room. Took us to see the movie "Airplane" w/ Lloyd Bridges & Robert Stack and an all-star cast. Laughed my balls off. I taught my wife to shoot when we were just dating. That was over 36 years ago. She learned on my S&W Combat Magnum (Model 19 K-Frame) and THAT's what she likes to shoot. She prefers wad-cutters, and she's great with LRN (lead, round nose for Peel), and able to tolerate .38 Spl +P hollow points (that reside in it ALWAYS)! She's darned good with my lever-action Henry .44 magnum too! She gets to the range when I drag her around once a year, as she's "not into it anymore". She still wants "Her revolver" in the hiding place in our bedroom though! When our only child (a son) turned 4, she gave her nod to the beginning of a wonderful relationship for father & son to share to this day: a LOVE of the Shooting Sports! So in addition to teaching friend's wives for well over 3 decades I've taught kids to shoot for almost 24 years now . I've helped as a hand gun Instructor (representing my PPC League that I Co-Chair) for the Old Bridge Rifle & Pistol Club with its' "Ladies Day at the Range" since my good friend & fellow Black Powder shooter Mrs. Anna Brunner came up with the idea about 17 years ago (in 17 years I've made 15 of them!). The NRA came to her & copied the format from which they created "NRA Women On Target"! Old Bridge's NRA Women On Target does four shooting disciplines: Shotgun, Black Powder, Static Steel and mine (Police Practical Competition). I've helped the Second Amendment Women Shooting Club (based out of the Gun For Hire Range in Woodland Park, NJ) since almost its' very inception. I've taught them how to clean hand guns, how to shoot with safety & confidence, how to teach their kids to shoot, how to hunt pheasant & hogs (via the CNJFO fundraisers), and yesterday at their 4-year Anniversary Party at Sandy's house that my wife & I had the pleasure of being invited to, I brought a 1/2 case of iced Rolling Rock nips & 2 racks of baby-back ribs that I dry-rubbed & cooked on Sandy's grill (she & Shari Spivak are the Co-Founders). Women do pee in packs. I've been married to one for 34 years so I know this to be a FACT! Yes they do feel somewhat threatened by overly aggressive males telling them what to do. Yes, H.E. is 100% correct in that women are much easier to teach, and for ALL of the reasons he lists! Some women LOVE the pink guns genre, others HATE it! They're all different in what shooting disciplines they like the most. One of my best friends is a women shooter that's been pouring EXPLOSIVES for decades (the previously mentioned Anna Brunner) right along with "the Guys" and because of camaraderie & club-style competition she decided it was time for her to earn her NRA Distinguished Expert in Muzzle Loading Rifle! Some women only can stand to shoot .22's, others gravitate to 1911 .45 autos like SAW member Karen Casazza. Still others like to shoot 2011 double-stack race guns like nationally-ranked 3-Gunner 17 yr old Katelyn Francis whose exploits have been on You Tube for 4 years now. There's a 4 yr old video of her 3-Gunnin' with a selective-fire (full auto) 5.56 rifle, a youth model semi-auto 12 ga. scattergun w/ extended mag tube (ILLEGAL in NJ for Peel) and her Glock that was specially cut & shaped at the grip to fit her (then tiny) 13 yr old hands! Not every female shooter is a competitor. Some (most) do it for self-protection or they treat it like a fire extinguisher: great to have around the house, but not really eager to deploy it & have to clean-up a huge mess afterwards. Women like to shoot together recreation-ally for the same reason(s) they like to paint together at these popular painting parties where wine is served, or go to a women-only gym class. Just because it's fun & they can "let their hair down", not wear make-up(?), commiserate about daily hectic life in NJ, their husbands & boyfriends, etc., etc. Form a Peel post: ".... getting into shooting. If a "women only" beginner-level class - or a women's shooting club - helps get their feet in the door, gets them acclimated to the range environment and feeling more comfortable, and emboldens them to continue on their journey solo and in regular mixed classes... I just don't understand why you think that's such a bad thing! I mean, everyone's different... right? Some women, I think, really prefer (or even need) that softer entry into the shooting sports. Why should they be denied that?" ------SAW & Women On Target were invented to satisfy this very need! So my answer is they shouldn't be denied it, BUT they shouldn't take women's only Force-On-Force Training classes because statistically their Rapist isn't 5' nuthin', 125 pounds & unarmed. He's 6' tall & outweighs them by 50-100 pounds or more. So when it's time to learn a disarming technique, practice roundhouse leg kicks or how to kick or knee testicles please keep it REAL by askin' your Instructor what size adversary he or she plans to use, cause there's a time & place for "Women ONLY" and then there AIN'T! Mrs. Zeke needs to attend a Beginner Class for IDPA because that competitor within her would LOVE it! Period! Mr. Stu (a member here) is running just such a class. Suggest you PM him here or friend him on Facebook (Stuart Gepp). Stu is a great guy & a personal friend of mine! He's a Blimey Englishman, so he "talks a bit funny", but don't let THAT bother you! The largest growing market segment for the firearms industry is the 21-50 year old female. All the Trade Journals are filled with articles about women shooters. From security to competition, from scattergunnin' to 3-Position Small Bore (what Peel just tried with her Uncle's older rifle), from concealed carry under the boobs (via a Flash Bang Holster) to attending Tony Simon's "The 2nd is for Everyone: Diversity Shoot", there are more women than ever before yearning for firearms education. The BSA Shooting Crew that I volunteer at once every-so-often has just as many girls age 13-21 as guys, and a female member is in charge of the Crew! Women sometimes need a "little push" to realize their full potential in the shooting sports. They've been "programmed", especially in the urban areas of NJ, that guns are evil. One such SAW member brought her daughter to a SAW Shoot at Gun For Hire a coupla-three years ago. She wanted her daughter to "try it out" & asked me to try to encourage her. I volunteered for Sandy & Shari to help them get more shooting ports "covered" with an Instructor. After showing the daughter that my S&W K-.22 Masterpiece wasn't going to bite & had almost ZERO recoil by doing a demo shooting it with only my pointer & middle finger and thumb of my weak hand holding the revolver and my strong hand pinky to squeeze the trigger to fire the gun, the soon-to-become softball player tried the revo with BOTH hands & shot several cylinders' worth of .22's I was enthralled to donate to the cause. Worried about what her Facebook friends would say & think, she asked not to be tagged as being anywhere near the Range. Fast forward to present day and this SAW Member & Mom quit her day job and is now a full-time FFL, and together with her business partner (a Man--OMG!--and he's a Hunter with his son too!) is seeking final Investors for NJ's first 100 yard Indoor Range! Mom (my good friend Melissa Deeney of Legacy Indoor Range & Armory in Cinnaminson, NJ) now has a daughter (Baelie) that loves to shoot Trap with her, so they bring a 12 ga. for each of them to shoot on the firing line while squaded together! There's LOTS of other stories & experiences I can recite from memory. Guys at the Old Bridge Club have brought their wives to me to teach them a discipline they're only "marginal" in (I'm sorta multi-disciplined). Grannies loving the kick of a 12 ga. or a .45-70 Trap Door during "Ladies Day". A female friend with a neck injury that loves to bench rest her AR. A neighbor (a Nurse w/ 9 yr old daughter) I brought to the Range several times & convinced her to join the Club now shoots our Static Steel league competitively with her .22 hand gun. She even ordered a custom pink kydex holster for it! The list is never ending, and so are the reasons women like to shoot. I embrace them all with open arms & an open mind! If any of the readership here would like to get their woman to the range, I will assist you. And to our women reading this: Ladies, take your time, pick your platform/discipline (figure out whatcha wanna try) and I'll get you pointed in the right direction Rosey, VP, Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners (CNJFO) http://www.cnjfo.com P.S.: Our first General Membership Meeting is Tuesday July 25th at 7:00pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall in South Amboy. All are welcome! Here's (then 13 yr old) Katy Francis from FOUR YEARS AGO (see video). NJ's Shyanne Roberts is now in the Carolina's putting down roots & searching for 3-Gun action after a brief stint in Texas. Look for Shyanne's videos as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rXjgRd90BE

Just imagine if the state shut down or even slowed the processing of welfare checks! That is right, they would burn down the four big cities and riot.

To all those surprised, raise your hand...

If you are going to make the decision to carry a gun, carrying any less than every day is short sighted. That's true whether you are male or female. You can't make an appointment to get in a deadly force confrontation - if you could, instead of deciding to carry you should decide to stay home. Carrying is a lifestyle choice. I have a hard time getting this point through to my people with regards to off duty carry. You can't just carry at Christmas time, or only if you are going to Newark or Trenton*. You can just as easily get into it at the Wawa around the corner tomorrow night in the nicest part of the safest town in America. You are trained, you have the equipment, now you need the mindset. Be prepared. As an Instructor, I'll take women students over men all day long. They pay attention, they listen, there is no ego, they take criticism well, they make the suggested changes, they are all around better students. As for women only classes - I think that's a mistake. They don't make women only convenience stores, or women only food stores. As a women you are going to use your gun in the real world. Get used to it. No instructor worth his salt will tolerate any harassment, belittling, etc.. from anyone towards anyone. Yes, Vet your instructor and make sure they are teaching what you want to learn. Yes, by all means take classes at your level - beginner, advanced, whatever - but don't restrict yourself to classes based on gender. All of the quality instructors I have attended classes with refuse to do women only classes. They all also prefer to coach/teach women over men for the reasons I have stated above. Women shooters, on the whole, are growing in numbers, getting more involved in the shooting sports, the 2A movement, and the training world, and that is awesome. * That's not to say you shouldn't conduct informal threat assessments before traveling. You should absolutely be aware of your surroundings and have realistic expectations for the places you are traveling to - and then possibly make adult decisions to NOT go certain places based on your assessment.

The wife and I headed over to sedge island for a little bit of clamming ,

Sorry for the ignorance I understand now after I read up on the whole "legacy" suppressor and incompatibility issues.

flash hiders are illegal in NJ and what your'e doing is called a straw purchase lol anyways i looked for about 30mins and came up with this.

First one is a water filter. Second one is a crappy picture - Bent oil dipstick? Can't tell the shadow from whatever is on the ground...

Me and the wife are in.

Nada, still waiting.

ah yeah i agree with that...

They put up a drone to photograph the big guy sunning is fat ass on state park land. There is a pic of him looking right at the drone. Did he think it was an amateur doing that? Then he goes on and says he didn't get sun because he had on a baseball cap. As is said when this was looming, republicans are seen as the guilty party. People don't even know who the hell that 70's mustache asshole from the assembly is. This helps Murphy. No doubt.

SAW = Second Amendment Women shooting club: https://www.facebook.com/sawshootingclub/ http://sawshootingclub.com/

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Now that's not nice! [emoji35]In fact, dreamt I was dead once but the heat woke me up. Careful what you wish for. I have friends in real loooooooow dark and hot places. Muhahaha! [emoji83][emoji84] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

700 bucks is 200 too high.

Ooooook. Sounds like my ex.... I got some pink socks. I better buy a ton of the same style pink shoes to match. Are you really going to use it? Hunt? Target? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

not a pain in the ass at all.. some simple forms.. some interaction with the ATF.. and $200.. and you are good to go.. 7.5in AR15

Greetings from Westfield. I also shoot at RTSP, not a member and don't get to make it there quite as often as id like.

Pyrethroids (like permethrin) are just about the perfect insecticide. Non-persistant, and safe to most mammals. One quirk to watch out for; while they are pretty safe for dogs, they are a lot more toxic to cats.

I have a buddy that does LEO Womens only courses. @Servo Group @High Exposure is right. Women are generally way better learners with guns than men for the reasons listed above.

That's an interesting perspective! The only class I took so far was "mixed" - which was fine by me. But I don't want to judge by my own personality - or my own limited experience. You clearly have a ton of expertise about shooting, and granted, I have none. But, my understanding of human nature makes me think this: some women clearly feel a little timid initially about getting into shooting. If a "women only" beginner-level class - or a women's shooting club - helps get their feet in the door, gets them acclimated to the range environment and feeling more comfortable, and emboldens them to continue on their journey solo and in regular mixed classes... I just don't understand why you think that's such a bad thing! I mean, everyone's different... right? Some women, I think, really prefer (or even need) that softer entry into the shooting sports. Why should they be denied that?

There's plenty of studies and polls showing that women get into guns more for "protection" than sport or hunting. I just posted an article about that earlier today. Here's another one (though from a few years back, so numbers have probably skewed higher already). https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2013/0214/Why-gun-ownership-among-US-women-is-climbing Here's the money quote IMO: But personal safety is the overriding reason women become interested in guns, at least initially, experts agree. “Women typically own guns for safety reasons, then branch out to target shooting and hunting,” says NRA spokeswoman Stephanie Samford. “Men, on the other hand, get into guns for hunting. Safety is a secondary concern.” Paxton Quigley, the author of women’s self-defense and gun books, says broad lifestyle changes – women waiting longer to get married, choosing to live alone, and more often serving as head of household – coincides with women’s rising interest in guns. “There is a different attitude now, that women need to take responsibility for their own safety,” she says. That part in boldface... that's always been my theory of why women are getting more into shooting. Demographics are changing. Single women are statistically much more likely than single men to buy a single-family home for instance... well, if you're going to buy your own castle, why wouldn't you protect it?... and its inhabitants? And women know that if someone breaks into their house, it's most likely going to be a guy --- bigger, taller, heavier, stronger. You're physically outmatched. That's just harsh reality. A woman's experience/attitude about personal security is COMPLETELY different than a guy's! If I (or any of my girlfriend's) are leaving the mall late at night, we are keenly aware if there's a rundown old van parked RIGHT next to our car. Wheels in the brain are spinning, we're calculating risk, figuring how best to approach the situation, etc. And hell, I'm a lifelong risk-taker, and even I'm leery of that situation! Most guys I know wouldn't think TWICE --- they wouldn't even notice the van any more than a motorcycle. Another example... the first thing my single girlfriends do when they move into a new house? New locks and motion detector lights! My single guy friends --- it wouldn't even occur to them! They are either more confident that they won't get jumped - or - if they did, that they could fend off an attacker. Yeah, you're wrong on your loose statistic. Even 3 or 4 years ago, apparently 15% of gun owners were women. Not a huge number, but a lot bigger than 4% --- and it's probably even higher now. 1) For god's sake, we even go to the bathroom in packs! Women are social creatures. 2) Ranges are still testosterone-filled places that some women might find intimidating... a woman in a range is greatly outnumbered. A chicks class is probably more comfortable for many. 3) On a practical note, for places like Pennsylvania with concealed carry, how utterly ridiculous does a male instructor look "demonstrating" a concealed carry purse to the students?... or worse yet, one of those bra holsters?! LOL.

I don't consider it "dangerous".. the problem I have with it is the locking mechanism failing... I used a Serpa a bunch.. and it was OK.. I never personally had one fail.. but I see the potential for failure.. Safariland FTW if you want a traditional type holster... IMO of course..

So did this couple, apparently.

Wrong finger for that Rob!