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During a recent qualification, I had the opportunity to fire a .45 EFMJ into ballistic gelatin.

RIP Dustin Friedland - Murdered in front of his wife inside the parking garage at Short Hills Mall December 2013. It seems the mall and store owners have forgotten.

The Mall at Short Hills (Essex County) has faint "No guns allowed" signage on all entrances. Entrances that lead into specific stores, eg. Neiman Marcus are worded to fit that store. "Anyone with a firearm will be asked to leave." Funny, once I was there and saw an armed cash delivery. Guess their money's more important than your life.

That's a feature of the law, not a bug. They are salivating at A permit holder injuring a non combatant with overpenetration so they can say see we told you it would be the wild west.

I know that Hornady's "Critical Defense" offerings pass muster as not hollow points as did Federal's Expanding Full Metal Jacket (no longer made) and Corbon PowR ball (availability unknown). These three offerings were cited by name in a 2009 NJSP memo. That was almost 15 years ago and while ammunition has advanced I'm not sure the ruling has kept up. The ATFE (Association of firearm and toolmark examiners) supplied the NJSP the definition of a hollow point bullet as, quite simply as: A bullet with a cavity in the nose to facilitate expansion. It was based on this definition that the three offerings above were blessed for NJ use. How much of a cavity does there need to be? Hornady pretty much owns this market right now with the original Critical Defense and Critical Duty (the latter not specifically named but in essence identical to CD except for bullet weight). I ask this in light of Winchester's new offering: USA Ready Defense ammunition which follows Hornady's lead by using a polymer insert in the bullet nose. However, the insert is set back slightly in the nose cavity and is not a solid piece, but rather has petals that work with the skived bullet jacket to insure expansion. Does this pass muster as not a hollow point? Will it take a court case to decide that? [/IMG] Part 2 Given that I post here so infrequently, I need to get as much said in each post as I can. Recently I e-mailed the following to every member of both NJ Senate and NJ House Law & Public Safety Committees... NEW JERSEY FIREARMS LAW ENDANGERS CITIZENS Like it or not, with the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Bruen case, the number of legally armed civilians in New Jersey has increased exponentially. With that in mind, there is currently a law on the books with which all New Jersey residents should be concerned. It has to do with prohibited types of ammunition. New Jersey is the only state in the union that has a law which prohibits hollow point ammunition. This law is patently misguided and a danger to all, even more so now that there are more guns among us. The problem arose when someone conflated hollow point bullets with the infamous Teflon-coated, KTW bullets, improperly dubbed “cop-killer bullets”. The two bullet types are diametrically opposed in their purpose and performance. The KTW bullets were invented for penetration of hard targets like automotive glass or doors and were to be used by the police in the case of barricaded subjects. The purpose of hollow point ammunition is to limit penetration by expansion of the projectile. This facilitates the total transfer of energy within the target. This effectively eliminates whatever threat existed, while negating any collateral damage caused by over penetration. With the increase of civilian arms on the street, which are most likely loaded with high penetration, full metal jacketed ammunition, due to the prohibition of hollow points, the potential for over penetration and collateral damage is greatly increased. Most police departments are issued hollow point ammunition for this very reason. This situation is easily remedied. The terms “hollow nose” and “dum-dum” need to be removed from the verbiage of statute 2C:39-3(f) thus allowing use of hollow point ammunition. This should be a bipartisan issue that will protect all NJ residents from the chance of harm brought about from this misinformation. I didn't receive even an acknowledgement, let alone a form letter or constructive reply from any of them. Kind of tells you where we stand in their list of priorities. This should be a no-brainer (perfect for politicians), non-partisan issue, but....crickets. That's all for now. Adios, Pizza Bob

Wanted to sell Glock 19 and 26 Gen 3 with extras. Both include the original boxes, paperwork and accessories. Both are in excellent condition and function perfectly. Both pistols have been completely taken apart and cleaned. Both pistols have the smooth Glock trigger and not the serrated version as shipped from Glock. The Glock 19 includes 8 magazines (2 are Glock gen 5 and 6 are Magpul), Glock steel sights, and 2 new Glock recoil assemblies. SOLD The Glock 26 includes 6 Glock magazines with Pearce pinky extensions and Glock steel sights. SOLD I am asklng $350 for each pistol. I am in Bergen county and will travel a reasonable distance to complete the transaction at the FFL of your choosing. Buyer to pay all transfer fees. If you want more pictures or have any questions please send me a message. The first to post" I'll take it" wins the sale.

Merry Christmas to all.

Of all the potential 'what if' things to worry about, I'd say this one is as far to the bottom of the list as possible.

If you duct tape mags together it doesn't in any way shape or form increase the capacity of each individual magazine. Tell them to squeeze an extra bullet into the magazine. It will be physically impossible. CAN they TRY to make an argument that it does and have you arrested. Yeah, they can arrest you for just about any reason if they really want to. But it's never going to hold up.

they don't care............we carry to protect ourselves and our loved ones.....last time I was there, didn't care for the element that I saw walking the mall...... have no reason to shop there any longer.....omo.

I prefer the term "arkancide."

The first one i ever seen in Southern Ocean County. The Lacey Elks Club. Not exactly a Woke organization, by any means.

!. FBI Q target 2. Any gun you legally own can be carried.

i don't know. i know from reading that the nra seems to have a history of selling us down the river though.

For what it's worth (not much legally speaking) the new Winchester offering would not be permissible under NJ's ban on hollowpoints. The definition does not specifically say a single cavity, and it looks like the Winchester round has 6 cavities. Also, the plug does not reach all the way to the nose of the bullet, so I think it fails there too.

Several years ago there was one down in Carney's Point (reportedly)

I use Overture Professional. Stronger than the usual PLA+. Yes I printed it standing up. It came out great!