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^^^THIS^^^ Additionally, the NYSR&PC case also has meaning for NJ's infamous "To & From" Law which requires an exemption for NJ gun owners in order to transport LEGALLY! What we all tend to forget in NJ (perhaps because we're all so USED to BEING INFRINGED) is that statutorily ALL GUNS ARE ILLEGAL, and merely exist in the hands of us serfs due to the benevolence of our Masters through EXCEPTIONS & EXEMPTIONS. So if SCOTUS ruling declares ownership & transportation to ranges in your own state to be lawful, NJ's entire House of Cards could come crashing down. It all depends on how the majority opinion is written & how narrow the interpretation actually IS. IF it's far-reaching and NOT narrow, we could see BIG changes to ownership, practice and transportation laws here in NJ! As a 2A Leader, I understand fully that every time SCOTUS grants CERT on a 2A case, it can mean a better or worse reality for the entire nation's gun owners. I therefore am very hopeful that we in NJ may see some relief from our current status-quo. Rosey

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(This was originally posted at An American Thinketh) Like President Trump or not, he has exposed how truly powerful and motivated our media is. They have the power to mold public opinion and are motivated to get eyes on websites and clicks on pages to earn their ad revenue. No longer do many media companies earn their income by paper sales and advertisements, but by online advertising, clicks, impressions, banners, pop-ups, and who knows what else. With that being the basis for advertising revenue, journalism has shifted from he who breaks the biggest and most important story, to he who breaks todays clickbait story (often involving the terms MAGA, Trump, or Conservative). No longer are facts checked, sources verified, or the smell test even applied. Media sources, major ones, now run with a story of an unverified source from an eighth rate, high school drop out blogger for fear of missing out on the clicks. It is a model that breeds...and excuses negligent journalism – so long as eyes are on the page. They can always print a retraction on page 17 of their paper which no one reads anymore, or at 3 am in a list of retractions no one will ever see, or at a page on their website that has no way to access unless you type it in directly to your browser. The current overhyped media train-wreck deals with the republished Buzzfeed report about white, MAGA hat wearing teens harassing an American Indian war veteran. It seems an odd premise to begin with, but it went from Buzzfeed to CNN to MSNBC to Huffpost to Mother Jones to The New York Times to the Washington Post to hundreds if not thousands of other media outlets, and even Fox News. The perpetrators, according to the media, were a bunch of MAGA hat wearing, private catholic school attending, white children from Kentucky participating in the March For Life, a march that the media gave no attention to until MAGA got involved. A clip surfaced showing a young man named Nick Sandmann and a now known, professional protestor, Native American, and Veteran Nathan Phillips face to face. Phillips banging his drum in Sandmann's face and Sandmann standing firm with a smile on his face. Immediately the media went nuts on the White, Male, MAGA hat wearing, Catholic teenager from Kentucky. How dare he? Who is he to smirk? Legislators, actual legislators, called for a ban of MAGA hats for teenagers. A sitting US Congressman actually said "I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of teenagers wearing MAGA hats until we can figure out what is going on. They seem to be poisoning young minds.” He has since attempted to walk this back as an actual joke, but his tweet sure didn't seem jokey to me. Judge for yourself: Eventually, after millions of people visited media websites for hours and hours, watching the edited video of the altercation, did the full video come to the public. A new set of videos people could watch on the same media websites for more clicks and impressions and whatever else you call them. This video now showed those students and others, including those participating in the Indigenous Peoples Rally, being subjected to the ire of the Black Hebrew Israelites, a group of the most racist people around. In law school, I was subject to their verbally harassing street attacks and have had several friends experience the same. They hurled racist insults at many in the area. Then came the showdown, as all we had been privy to previously, was the video of young Nick Sandmann smirking in Nathan Phillips face as he beat a drum. We were told he walked up to Phillips and blocked his way. Of course, the video told another tale, the truth. Phillips walked up into the face of the teenager and began to chant and bang his drum in his face. Im glad that Nick had the self restraint to sit there and take it, because a lot of people would have pushed the drum away, pushed Phillips away, or worse. But not Nick Sandmann, he stood his ground, as a teenager, in the face of an adult professional protester hoping to evoke a response. To see what a real disrespect to an elderly protester looks like, this was video taken during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Please don't get me started on the mass of fake news spewed during that fiasco. Before this, Buzzfeed put out a report that the President directed his now disgraced Attorney, Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. This was spread around the internet and social media, to the point that Robert Muller had to have a statement drafted, refuting the claim. CNN even had the Buzzfeed editor on to discuss how he would stand behind this story, despite any lack of credible corroboration. But hey, how many eyes got on pages, how many clicks were made, how much in advertising revenue generated during the one to two days this was sensationalized. Let us also not forget about Jim Acosta and his series of broadcasts that he thought would demonstrate how safe our border is. Each video showing the serene sunsets, the local restaurants, the shuffle board courts, and no migrants trying to enter. He did this, and chose these locations to show a lack of people trying to get in, to create fake news that there are no illegal crossings occurring and thus no need for any wall. Of course the nation mocked him and even called out his nonsense, including President Trump who comically tweeted: This all isn't to say that mistakes don't happen. Look what Fox News broadcasted earlier today... Shortly thereafter, an apology was put out and an admission made as to their mistake. What can be taken from this? It's part of that continuing need to be first, whether correct or not. He who breaks the story first, often gets the greatest exposure. No one should be surprised that the media wants to prepare for this. Think how fast a teenager from Kentucky and a Native American beating a drum filled up every social media news feed, whether you are a news addict or the most uninformed social media user in America. Now imagine a 3rd Supreme Court pick for President Trump, being able to replace a relatively liberal Justice with someone center to right. Every conservative will be celebrating the President's ability to nominate, every liberal lamenting the passing of one of their Judicial heroes, fearing the next nomination of the President. This is big, big, big bucks to the media. I make it a point, when I see a sensationalistic headline, to not believe it until I verify it. Part of that is to read the article, yes the whole thing. Far too often, headlines seem to be from outer space, preaching the worst, the craziest, the scariest notion, to find nothing about the headline in the article. Once upon a time, we lived in a world where we could trust the honest journalist trying to break a story. Now, we are often left with half stories, edited videos, unconfirmed sources, and sometimes abject fabrication. Our media frequently tells us what to be mad about, what to care about, what to discuss, and on and on and on. This isn't done out of the goodness of their heart, their desire to be transparent media, or their desire to inform the masses. Journalism is a business, and while the tangible paper may be dying, the online business is booming - and dependent on your eyes and mouse using their product. Be smart and vigilant in what you believe. Misuse of the 1st Amendment is every bit as dangerous as misuse of the 2nd Amendment. Just ask Nick Sandmann, the subject of death threats, doxxing, and attempted derailment of his future. Oh, and proposed violence from former CNN religion specialists...

The real value in a SCOTUS decision in this case may be in terms of how the Court breaks down, whether it's 5-4 or maybe 6-3; who writes for the Court and, most important, the Court's comments upon its prior decisions in Heller and McDonald in terms of what those decisions mean; the comments may foreshadow where the majority is regarding other restrictions from the mag ban to carry outside the home.

I'm hoping this doesn't fill their quota for the next decade. While I agree this one is a good case there are others that have a much broader impact on the 2A, and/or have conflicting circuit court decisions.

Our rights were taken away one chip at at a time, so I guess we're going to have to get them back one at a time. I hope they strike it down and make heads explode in Trenton, Scanners style.

Well, one writer over at Slate (a reliably left-wing online site) seems awfully concerned about this case. I'd say that's very promising, lol. Here's his take on this case - which can be pretty much summed up as "the sky is falling": https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/supreme-court-new-york-gun-case-heller.html

Just confirming that Infringed means Infringed, would settle most of the cases out there.

Already sold a 43X. I like it better than the 48. Still like the P365 better. Also, sticking with my Q5 Classic over the SF. Does Ruger have a PC Carbine in .45ACP?

I live about 30 minutes south of Winchester. It is great out here. Home is my shooting range, everyone seems to have a backyard range. People are much nicer and the taxes are way lower.

http://gunrightswatch.com/news/2019/01/19/virginia/icymi-all-26-of-26-gun-control-bills-in-virginia-fail-to-pass/

As far as I'm concerned, the more people representing NJ at the NRA, the better. I'll keep an eye out for the packet.

Does someone having a nickname in the neighborhood raise any flags?

Even worse, they will make YOU pay for those demographic changes, much like Murphy has proposed free legal advice and free tuition for people who come here illegally (on the backs of taxpayers). That's where I really get offended... that we're getting stuck with the bill for all this "generosity". (It ain't generous if you're using someone else's money!)

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Me too. Transportation = Possession. Could NYS Sullivan Law also fall, thereby allowing NJ gun owners to cross thru NYC with their hand guns while traveling INTO NY State for a match or to hunt upstate? And what of NY's Safe Act and what possible scrutiny might that succumb to?

I have the same hopes. If the law is struck down and broadly interpreted NJ gun owners may finally be able to stop at a restaurant and leave the unloaded and locked handgun in the trunk of their car while they have dinner. It would be a small win but I would take it.

I'd go with that:

They are trying to sneak it through via special election. They changed the date to today, a Tuesday after a holiday. I bet there will be record low turnout. I am sick of hearing how much more money they need for the schools! Teacher salaries, pensions, benefits, buses, emergency funding for buildings, sports, and now a 20 year Bond program that will come out of our pockets again every year. Don't forget, we the 2019 tax increase ahead of us this fall and a mandatory county property reassessment coming next year (2020) that will raise our taxes again. Add the bond issue and that's THREE increases in 2 years!

They are going to keep throwing spaghetti at the wall regardless of how much sticks or does not stick.

It is. Before Trump won I was predicting civil war by 2024. I certainly hope some rights can be restored to undo the progressive policies destroying the republic.

Great question and I will bring it up in my meetings today. Frankly though, what’s good for gun sales is not exactly what’s good for gun rights. While smaller companies are all for supporting the 2A, the majority of larger manufacturers and distributors would likely be justvas happy if not more happy with a President Clinton.

It sounds like you're right. But I'm sure you agree that this outrageous law being overturned (as @ChrisJM981 pointed out) would have a demoralizing effect on gun grabbers and a galvanizing impact on the 2A community. Thus, it would be a good psychological win - and would send the right signal - that the 2A is a "1st class" amendment, not a 2nd class one. I'm just delighted that SCOTUS is even taking up a gun case - that's a good sign IMO!

Great article and spot on. I believe it will be the FAKE media that will be leading the country into the next Civil War. The primary reason for such a huge divide in the country is due to the inaccurate reporting by the media, and they are never held to account when publishing total lies. This situation with the teenagers is just another example. ALL the Liberal media as well as Dem politicians, Liberal Hollywood, etc. all jumped on this FAKE story to excoriate the teen, when in fact, he was totally innocent. The comments people posted on social media were totally disgusting. At some point, the Liberal media will Dox the wrong person/group, and that's when the shooting will start....

Well, 1 - Thats all I mostly do now but I cannot drive everyone to a rally or the polls. So sad. 2 - If elected I will be pissing a lot of status quo people off at NRA. Move? Nope. I own GunForHire and my family, friends, and 24 hour diners are here. Fight I will. Anthony

nonono ya gotta say it right.

That's where I was going with it, @High Exposure. Thanks for explaining my thoughts.

I heard his statement to police began with, "There I was, minding my own business..."

Early twenties and known as Flaco? 5 guys try to break in and he was ready with appropriate firepower, like he was guarding something? The family members of the deceased knew to arrive at that house? Yup, maybe it’s just cynacism, but yeah - raises a few flags. I hope I’m wrong. I hope that Flaco is just a regular good-guy homeowner that is well switched on, well armed, and well trained with the forethought to always be within arms reach of a long gun. That would be a great PR win for all of us. But if I am being honest, I have my doubts about the motivation behind the whole thing.

That’s one prepared scout. Loaded AK in arm’s reach and getting the drop on five armed guys. Like he was just sitting in his recliner waiting for the door to bust in.

Red Dawn: Jed Eckert : How did you get shot down, Colonel? Col. Andy Tanner : It was five to one. I got four.

The homeowner reportedly used an AK pattern rifle. ”Officials told KTRK that the homeowner shot the men in self-defense using a fully-loaded AK-47, an assault rifle.” https://www.theepochtimes(DOT)com/texas-homeowner-shoots-5-men-during-home-invasion-police_2773876.html Also of note, bad guys also reportedly had rifles and investigators described several dozen shell casings in the ground outside.

Saw that this morning. More to that story for sure. But to answer your question, not well. Also brings the rifle vs pistol argument for hd into play.

I just can't warm up to my G43. I find it snappy and just a bit too big for pocket carry. The G42 is a great fit. Very easy to shoot. I would like a few more rounds. I carry a spare mag on the other side If Sig would offer the P365 in .380 with that capacity I wouldn't think twice about buying it. I find .380 to be a great choice for pocket carry.

I remember going to a Drive-In theater in North Hoosick NY quite few times in the late 90s with an old girlfriend that went to college in Bennington, VT. It’s funny, I don't remember a single movie we saw..... but goddamn, those were good times.

My favorite of the day:

It's funny that no one knows him up here in NH. 2 gun shop owners and some people at green mountain barrel works have never heard of him. Has he spoke at any rallies or anything like that other than his law shield pitches. I think he wants to maintain the status quo in NJ so he can keep his cash cow. He kinda reminds me of a time share salesman.

Awesome new iron sights.

I went to the new location for the Grand Opening day on 12/8. It is an excellent store and range. I used the range for about an hour, and I was going to buy a 1 year membership before I left, but I never did. I am planning to go back there tomorrow morning to use the range again, & this time I will definitely buy the membership. When I was done shooting, I looked around the store for quite a while, but did not buy anything. I am certainly planning to get there at least once a month, if not twice, because it is only 12 miles from my house. If I am able to go there as much as I would like to, I have to bring a couple of different pistols each time, to use some of my pistols that I have not shot in many years.

" But in an act of mass defiance, New Jersey residents refuse to comply." Should say: But in an act of patriotism , New Jersey residents follow the United States Constitution.

that hasn't stopped gangbangers in newark from having guns or illegals in california from voting. at all