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If you're carrying 10 rds in a semiautomatic the fight is likely to be over before you go through those 10 rds. You're carrying for SD not a combat situation where your handgun is your primary weapon. However, you need to carry at least one reload. I've tried magazine carriers like the NeoMag and inevitably what happens is some crap collects at the mouth and lips of the magazine. Not conducive to reliable feeding. I prefer a magazine pouch that covers the mouth of the magazine. IWB pouches usually get uncomfortable no matter what your physique. I prefer a OWB magazine pouch. If you carry a pocket magazine pouch as shown above remember you need to dedicate that pocket for only the magazine. JMO

Ison said the Greenwood Police Department has trained for a mass shooting scenario and has performed "multiple mall exercises" to prepare for active shooter situations. "But I'm going to tell you, the real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop this shooter almost as soon as he began," Ison said. I'm surprised CNN included that quote. Headline scanners that don't bother to read the full story will never see it, but good on CNN for even including it.

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^^^^ so much this^^^^ As soon as I hear anything from a government agency I’ll update. I submitted app on 7/5 and had my prints done 7/6. Identogo has my pcn number dated 7/9. Just a waiting game now. Fingers crossed I get approved. No reason I shouldn’t be, just, you know … yeah. Fingers crossed.

I checked their instagram feed - they were asked which qual they used.

Welcome to New Jersey, where everything is expressly forbidden, unless it is expressly permitted by a narrow carve out . Living under the thumb of dems is such a joy.

I use US Law Shield.

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I am very concerned about SCOTUS siding with any permitting that purports to ensure "law abiding and responsible". Anti's long game (among other things) is to hack at 2A in following ways: 1. Restrict and eliminate (taxes, regulations, lawsuits, supply restrictions, tariffs etc) manufacturing of Arms , Ammunition and related parts for private / commercial market. 2. Eliminate private / do-it-yourself making of Citizen own arms, ammunition and related parts. A.K.A laws against "Ghost guns", constrict supply of reloading parts, supplies etc. 3. Criminalize trivial things under much more severe category so as to use that to strip and deny 2A. This is where "law abiding and responsible" is going to be used against the People. Anti's are atleast 30 years (in SCOTUS ruling timeline) ahead of the game in sh*tting these laws out like there is no tomorrow. We all know 1A, Due Process etc do NOT have any of this non-sense. We as society afford Due Process to even MOST HEINOUS criminals out there without fail, without a test, without exceptions. So, I am highly disappointed most of the SCOTUS watered down the 2A support where as they could have just kept quiet and leave it future cases if need be.

Ruler and scissors... Just ask them to give you some space in the photo so you can trim it.

I took mine myself and used photoshop to place 1.5 x 1.5’s on a 4x6. Printed them at cvs for like $.50 and cut them out. I also have photography gear. Read the passport requirements and you can probably do it yourself. Or have passport photos done and cut .25 inches off all the borders.

OK... do you remember all the noise over metals markets being manipulated by a number of banks? Well 1) The same people who predicted that behavior and how much it would cost also calculated that it would take even less money to manipulate the crypto market. 2) Those banks got into crypto and put themselves in the same position where all "market" transitions of the commodity being turned into recognized government currency had to pass through them. (i.e. everything but small person to person.) The exception to this being some even LESS ethical people playing that game. 3) The market was even less regulated than the metals market and metals ETFs. And those were very, very manipulated. Unlike with the metals market, there is no commodity with an industrial value at the bottom of the bullshit. Additionally, unlike when that manipulation came home to roost, the banks weren't trying to figure out how to not get caught manipulating a half dozen other things. The SEC blessing unlimited naked shorting in the form of single security ETFs might have eased that pressure in one spot, but imploding CMBSs are going to come home to roost real soon now, so they will still want their cash. Especially with their government co-conspirators looking for a fig leaf to cover the corruption... which will likely be the market with the least exposure for the banks.

Yes but GFH Anthony is saying he’s seen others qualify with his qual get issued as well. Time will tell. Hopefully NJSP doesn’t take too long for me

This sums up the community I live in.

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I wear Wrangler work pants on a regular basis. They do have cargo pockets, but they don’t scream ‘tactical’. They scream ‘this guy works for a living’. I don’t keep my pockets bulging with stuff, my EDC is pretty minimal, and I try to look as nonchalant as possible. Regular old working schlub.

Be the grey man.

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Crypto markets may be at risk this time around until the traditional markets find their footing. One day soon they will disconnect and do their own thing. Imho

And I see the new version still has a 'G. Lack of justifiable need' checkbox in the "Reason for Disapproval" field.

And oddly, after decrying how bad nuclear, and coal energy is, Germany makes plans to extend the life of nuke plants, and restart coal fired electric plants. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gas-crisis-prompts-germany-consider-extending-life-three-remaining-nuclear-2022-07-18/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/world/europe/germany-russia-gas.html Why???? Isn’t all that green energy supplying enough power? Lol

The newest form has a revision date of 6/22 and can be found here : https://nj.gov/njsp/firearms/pdf/sp-642.pdf when I picked up my packet on 6/27(ish) my local pd gave me the older version. I printed the new one myself (double sided of course) to be used and handed in. I’m happy I went looking for a fillable pdf version . Edit: damn you MikeL417 and your quick fingers!

Updated one says (Rev. 06/22) on the bottom and the old one says (Rev. 03/15). Simply googled NJ CCW and the old form is the first thing that comes up so you gotta be careful. Updated application: https://nj.gov/njsp/firearms/pdf/sp-642.pdf

Discussed in Defensive Firearm Use thread. Locking it up

Statistically, the chances of needing a reload in a civilian self defense encounter are almost nil. People who study these things (like John at Active Self Protection) say it rarely ever happens. Despite that, I keep a spare mag in the lower pocket on the left side (support side) of my cargo shorts.

I spoke with my car jacker this weekend while being assaulted on the streets of Trenton. He took the basic pistol class.

An RSO at Reloaderz posted a pic of his permit on Instagram. He’s not a LEO and he said it took a week.

I wonder how the criminals have been handling all these concerns all these years. Gun carry laws NJ: There's more to it than the permit (njherald.com)

Griz beat me to it. They have options that you can turn on and off as desired, and the fees are pro rated for the time that you use them. I like that there is no limit to coverage, or access to an actual lawyer, not an answering service. 24/7/365.

Law Shield has other options if you feel you need them.

I have Law Shield too. They cover you 100% for any criminal or civil proceeding with no limit. I can carry under LEOSA so I pay a little more for 50 state coverage which I recommend. Your NJ Carry Permit will allow you to carry in some other states. Law Shield has other options if you feel you need them.

he wasn't convicted of ANYthing? give the guy his permit

somerdale exactly. to me that means that as long as no one sees it(which to be honest should be how ANY of us carries) they're fine with it. i can tell you without a doubt......if me or mine is injured.....mentally or physically by an "incident" at a place with "no-guns-allowed" posted, i will sue the ever lovin snot outta them. including my cost of sueing them.

We know that criminals do not read signs so I have this question, CC is legal, and a business forbids CC, God forbid, something happens, can we sue the business for not allowing us to defend ourselves? I totally agree with the 'We don't want your business' argument but still.

Walmart policy is against open carry. No problem with concealed.

Well, the sign says: OPENLY carrying, concealed is another thing.

Where is that sign? (Which Walmart?...I'll have to go to my local walmart and check for signs now!)

I guess they were taught to sniff for Hoppe's #9

Willowhood and some of these other malls already had it. It’s corporate policy. Spend your money at a small business instead.

Where I'm at in FL, the only store I can think of is Sprouts. Guess who does not get my grocery monies? The botanical garden also has a sign that gets ignored. A park where they have pickleball championships has a sign or prohibited items as well, it just shows a gun, and you can see where they removed the circle and line through it. Once upon a time you could not carry in a park, but that was corrected. Here most no guns signs are I don't want your business signs. Unless it is a prohibited location, a sign is just a suggestion, not a violation of law. At most you will be asked to leave if found out. If you don't you risk trespassing. Unfortunately NJ will probably do the same thing as NY, making it illegal to carry just about anywhere unless you are given permission to do so by the owner.

AKA as target rich environments.

Honestly? I love a good afternoon of shopping. But I would not want to shop in a mall that was promoting/advertising the vulnerability of its shoppers. We have plenty of evidence by this point of mass shooters passing by hard targets and driving a little further down the road for a "soft target". So, why would I want to spend my time in a soft target? This is just dumb.

I feel much safer already.