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I hope you're right, but I'm pretty sure they'll bring it up again. The Heller decision won't stop them from enacting it, and then counting on years in the courts to maybe get a rejection. IMO there's not a single Democrat in Trenton that believes in, supports and defends the Constitution as written.

Just a Public Service reminder. You only have a few days left to get into this game, and purchase up to $10K in savings bonds to get that 7.12%. Then, in the beginning of January, you can purchase up to another $10K. The reports recently are that higher inflation is with us for a while, so this rate should stay up.

You'll shoot your eye out!

hope whatever situation you're in works itself out

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Looking to sell my Walther PPK/S. 380acp.This is the latest model. Beautiful stainless finish. Has 40 rounds through it max. Everyone loves a James Bond gun. Only reason I am selling is I want a rifle. Price is 750 OR best offer. Comes with 140 rounds off ammo 50 of which are hollow points. Also comes with a holster and 2 magazines. Buyer must have valid FID and license. We can meet at a ffl of your choosing. Willing to drive 30 minutes or so. Buyer pays transfer fees Having trouble uploading pics. if interested DM me and I can text you the pictures.. thanks

As I have mentioned in other threads, I've had a real awakening over the last 2-3 years re: Prepping. I used to snicker at preppers... now I realize how unprepared I was for even the most basic & common of life's disruptions. My cupboards were sooo skeletal, if I just caught a cold, I'd have to drag my sick, sorry ass out to the store to score some cough medicine and a few cans of chicken soup. Pathetic! Disruptive stuff happens all the time in life and every adult should be able to deal with it. I've come a long way, but I can always learn more! Below, I've laid out my prepping parameters & goals, so you understand what I've been hoping to achieve. Anyone who is willing(!), I ask that you please fire away with questions! Hopefully, you will soon reveal "gaps" in my planning that I can then address. I'm doing this now because within the next week to 10 days I'll be at about 80% of where I initially wanted to be, so I'm really closing in on my plan's completion. This is a good time for me to double check my own planning. I look forward to tapping the collective NJGF brain trust and enjoying a great (though perhaps humbling!) learning experience in the process! I'm sure this exercise might help other new preppers, too. Parameters: Cost - everyone is limited by their own budgetary constraints. I only ask that you don't scold me too badly (lol), for not buying Lamborghini-level equipment if I've already told you I could only afford Toyota-level equipment. Nuff said! Investment Portability - I do plan to leave NJ in the next few years. For that reason, I wanted to avoid investing heavily in permanent infrastructure (cost that I would unlikely recoup on the sale of my house). My thinking was: wherever it makes sense, I'd like to be able to move any investments right into the next house. Physicality - in some cases, honestly, I admit that I have splurged a bit where it would save me from excessive buggy-lugging. I simply cannot be hauling heavy fuel tanks through icy sidewalks and a snowy yard, for instance. (I think that's practical though! A slip & fall and a resulting broken arm would certainly throw a wrench into the best of prepping plans, especially for someone who lives alone!) So, I do have some considerations that many of you probably do not share & you'll see those concerns come through in some of my answers. It is what it is!... I'm not a particularly robust beast of burden, lol. Goals: 1) - To weather any "ordinary" problems (like a bad storm knocking out power) fairly seamlessly & without having to leave my house/yard IF I choose not to. FYI, for context, my town loses power up to 3x times a year pretty regularly & it is one of the last towns in my county on the list for power restoration. So, we were out 11 days during Sandy, but in the years I've lived here, I've been stunned by how many times and for how long we've lost power - 8 or more hours has happened several times. (That never happened in Bridgewater where I grew up! or in any other place I lived.) I was always just so lucky that these longer outages in my current town didn't happen in bitter cold temps (though I did, more than once, have to toss the contents of my refrigerator in warmer weather). So, let's say for this first goal, I want to be able to shelter comfortably in place for up to 2 weeks - that probably is more than ample to cover 99% of events. That includes full work capacity since I work from home (Internet access, etc.) - and keeping the refrigerator on so I don't needlessly lose perishable food, etc. Being almost fully functional is the goal here! 2) To even handle an "extraordinary" challenge (like the grid going down, perish the thought) again, by mostly sheltering at home, definitely "roughing it" more, and probably leaving my house for minimal, very local trips (e.g., down to the river to fetch water, down to the gas station to get more gas, etc. - so, I mean quick trips within blocks of my house.) And, to be able to hold that pattern for at least 3 months. I envision that if something as bad as the grid going down has taken place, frankly, I'm not as concerned about working from home - because I suspect even my clients would be in survival mode (not sitting at their laptops waiting to receive my stunning Word documents, lol). So, I'd probably be living off of my savings, I guess? 3) For both situations 1 & 2, I want to have some reasonable redundancy. If this first method fails, what do I move to next? This was a question I tried to ask myself throughout the planning process. Frankly, sometimes cost interferes with this goal, so I just tried to strike the best balance between redundancy & cost. OK, FIRE AWAY, PEOPLE! TEST MY PREP! Have fun! [...said as she nervously dons her flameproof suit...].

Location: Millville, NJ 08332 Thought I was done but looking to clear out some ammo as well. This is what I've got: -Remington Golden Saber 124grain +P JHP (250 rounds) -Magtech First Defense 124 grain bonded JHP (200 rounds) Not looking to sell these piece meal, it's all or nothing. EDIT: Ok, we all have a different idea of what a reasonable offer is, so I'll make this easy. $150 FIRM for all of it. Thanks. First to post "I'll take it" wins the sale.

These people in charge are really stupid. this pretty much takes the cake

Yeah, I thought that input method was a little weird too, but it must keep the bad guys out. For someone who has some idle cash sitting around or has some money parked in Money Markets, this current return on the I bonds can make some coin in the near future.

In my opinion you could argue that it is "in use". If you're actively holding, carrying, practicing, cleaning, admiring, etc. a firearm, it's "in use." Just to highlight the ridiculousness of this: first offense nets 10+ hours of anti-gun propaganda "community service", while the second is a disorderly persons charge. That could mean jail time! In reality, this is impossible to enforce and should disappear.

I store my guns inside the house, house is always locked, so is my house a LOCKED CONTAINER? What about when one home carries? Can it be loaded?

You may want to go ahead and get that genny operational. Many years ago, my bro-in-law bought a brand spank'n new 10kW JD genset, never used it, only unboxed it and put on the wheels, then Sandy hit. He went to fire it up after sitting in his garage for almost two years and guess what, it didn't work. There was an open circuit in the windings. Bad time to find that out. Also, there are many moving parts that can rust if the unit is not operated periodically. I had a genny sit for four years before I needed it again since its last use. What I didn't know was the sealed bearing that supports the rotor shaft rusted. After running the genny for maybe four hours, the bearing seized and killed the genny because it stopped dead under a load.

That one exactly. NJ gun owners had as much a problem with NRA as with the democrsts. NRA authored some horrible gun legislation here.

Moot point as the Heller decision addressed this directly.

IMO this one does not have the legs to go the distance.

I thought this bill died and had been scrapped….

I was not too concerned about any warranty once I knew it wasnt a clunker and worked fine after several runs. My concern was to have emergency power and to optimize that power source with a tri fuel converter. So there, warranty gone anyway. That was my priority,, not on getting my money back.. Go big or go home lol. I don’t even know how long a warranty is, 90 days, 2 yrs....whatever. back then a factory duel/tri fuel portable gen was a rare bird especially after Sandy.

great discussion and of keen interest

OT, but a story worth mentioning. Bill Jordan told a story where a Border Patrol Agent confronted a smuggler on a small wooden bridge. The smuggler drew, the Border Patrol Agent responded and won the fight. The smugglers's gun fell in the creek, canal,, whatever it was. As it was dusk it was decided to go out in the morning for a thorough investigation. They dragged the creek or canal with magnets. Recovered something like 20 guns. FWIW

There are many who carry a throwaway piece just in case its needed to save your life. Can always say you struggled over "his gun" and it accidently went off

2 of them with plenty of spare 8 rounders.

Thanks to all who participated in this thread and to some who PM'd me with suggestions, too. As expected, your comments were thought-provoking, insightful... and really quite helpful! I learned a lot and have revised my Prepping List... already placed an order for a few smaller items... am pricing others... and identified some I can wait to purchase down the road. Here's wishing for a healthy, happy 2022 with NO major emergencies! Frankly, it would be nice not to actually need any of this stuff... but I've learned that it does bring a certain peace of mind to: "noodle" on some of the likeliest scenarios, put basic plans in place, have the right tools, have a maintenance plan to be followed, and to know exactly where all those tools are located in the house... so there's no fumbling around in the cold and the dark, as I used to do, just to try to find a flashlight. What an idiot! . Honestly, I would NEVER have made this journey if not for these forums in general. It totally changed my mindset - shifting me from snarking about about "those weird preppers" to viewing "preparedness" as what it actually is: a sensible, pragmatic, and forward-thinking mindset. I'm making progress!

This definitely falls into the category of "we built it because we can." As cool as it is, I would not be so calm standing next to the guy

Trying to get my youngest to go to texas a&m. My father got his doctorite there. Got her an a&m polo for Christmas. Lets see if it makes any difference to sway.

Go take a look at Series I Savings Bonds. They're tied to inflation and are currently paying 7.12%. As long as inflation stays up (and today's report shows that), these bonds will make you some coin. You have to hold them for at least 12 months and can buy up to $10k a year per social security number. This rate is a lot better than the 0.5% being paid by the high yield savings accounts. https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/products/prod_ibonds_glance.htm

The fact is that Democrats are an evil pro-communist scourge, elected by idiots of the same interest, and they completely control the state. Republicans have not only proven themselves weak and gutless, but when they have been in power, have not "undone" one sight Democrat gun ban or law.

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The prosecutors will probably dismiss any gun owners from those cases. More people need to own guns. If this country keeps going the way it is, more will.

Just remember - Every single gun owner should absolutely vow to NEVER convict another gun owner of any paperwork induced crime. He had a fukll auto UZI - Not Guilty. Belt fed 50 cal, Not Guilty. 40 round AR clip - Not Guilty. All government prosecutions at this point should be viewed as corrupt and unjust - takes just 1 juror to not convict. Just Vote No.

Bucky and his pos AG are going to get their asses handed to them in court after Scotus defines which test to use for constitutional rights and sends the mag capacity and carry cases back down to the lower courts. Just my humble opinion.

Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. If you're working in an "unpleasant" area in Rahway and you keep a gun in your tool pail and don't hide that fact, the local denizens keep back. That's just a rumor of course. No one would actually do that, certainly not me.

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I lived in a black area of Jersey City and carried my .45 often. Once I walked down to the corner liquor store to purchase a 6 pack for my dad right before 10 PM. I had my 1911 in my back. At the door, the store owner let me in and then locked it saying he was closing. When I left some black guy outside begged him to sell him some cigarettes so the store owner let him in and locked the door behind him as he did me. The store owner was murdered, shot dead. In just a matter of seconds it could have been different and life changing. I called police to say I had seen the murderer as I left the store. No one ever showed up to even take a statement.