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A denied FID application is another black mark on your record that you don't want to let stand. Nowhere near the same as a convicted felon however. As mentioned, you really should call Frank Pisano, get this all cleaned up now and go ahead with the expungement if necessary, it will be money well spent. I'm not sure how it works with juvenile offenses but these days with the internet its very easy to run background checks on people. You don't know how this may affect you negatively in the future.

Yeah, you screwed up a little bit. Now you may end up with FID denial on your record as well if not corrected, plus the time lost. Calling the chief of police to plead your case isn't going accomplish anything and might make you appear slightly nutty. So frustrating when people come here for advice after they submitted a questionable FID application. Anyway, if denied be prepared to hire an honest lawyer to handle the expungement request, in fact I would go forward with that the regardless of how the FID application plays out. You need to get that off your record ASAP. Afterward, if successful you'll have to reapply for the FID. I highly recommend Frank Pisano. http://frankpisanolaw.com Don't know what the going rate is these days, probably around $1200-1500.

https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/Canik TP9SFX https://www.gunbroker.com/Guns-Firearms/search?Keywords=Canik TP9SFX&Sort=13&PageSize=96 (Keep in mind you need to find a 10 rd. mag model, or purchase 10 rd mags separately at $35+ each).

Getting quality AR rifles into the market is never a mistake. The mistake was shutting Expanse production down right before the biggest panic buying of all time and then stopping civilian sales of Colt rifles soon after and months before an election year. Ranks up there with Remington closing down Bushmaster/DPMS around the same time.

Yeah, you're right. Upper receiver is C marked Colt, the barrel is the heavier profile Expanse version with M4 feed ramps.

Mine is very late production and has the 6920 upper. Only gripe I have is the barrel is slightly nose heavy. CL lined would have been a nice option. Otherwise no complaints.. Zero play between the upper and lower, excellent trigger, smooth action, F marked FSB, finish is perfect.

It has a 1/7 twist barrel BTW. S&W M&P15 is non-chromed lined as well and they sell boat loads of them, which was my original point, not that the Expanse was the equivalent of the 6920.

I'm well aware of how and where they were built.

Paid $600 for my Expanse. They currently sell around $1000 on Gunbroker, even without a genuine "C" marked upper. I could likely get a nice premium as well since it's now N.J compliant.

Don't care, and neither would the many buyers in that segment of the market. Colt could take some lessons from them. They were well made rifles at a good price, very accurate and as I said mine has a genuine 6920 upper.

I'll add Colt really messed up opportunity to capitalize on the Colt Expanse as a direct competitor to the S&W M&P Sport (which Smith is selling as fast as they can make them). I have a Colt Expanse, the fit and finish is excellent and it has a 6920 C marked upper. If Colt had included flip up sights and some Mag-Pul stocks like they offer on the new 6920 it would probably be a top seller now.

Just for comparison, last year before Coronavirus and the FARS system my town processed PP's in about 35 days. Extensions were easy as well, just walked in and the girl in the records dept. wrote a new date on the PP. No idea what the time frame is now.

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They pulled that crap on my GF at the time in East Hanover. What do you want a gun for? Target shooting she answered, (for some reason I suspected they were going to ask that and had briefed her on what to say. Then the cop whips out to a polaroid camera and takes her photo! Yes, she was very attractive but that is not part of the application process. Sick bastard probably took it home with him..

I usually take off my own inspections sticker and clean the old adhesive before going because my vehicle has heating elements on the glass and I hate the way those guys hack off the old stickers with their dull scrapers. Last time I wasn't paying attention and the guy put on an April sticker when I had a September due date, he said that what the registration date was, true, but now I lost 5 months and didn't want to be stuck with an April due date. Covid rolls in and with the extensions I didn't have to go until Sept after all. I took my sticker off as usual beforehand, got a lane where I could watch and talk to the guy doing the inspection. He was grouch of course but told him that I always had September due date but they gave me an April sticker last. He said if was always Sept that what it should be and he put a Sept sticker on for me. Moral of the story: it never hurts to ask if you know what I mean.

That was exactly my thinking when I purchased the .380 EZ. Now that I've spent time with it I'd rather have the thumb safety version. The trigger is too light and the grip safety very easy to engage. Not worth the risk with the internal hammer just for some hypothetical quick draw situation IMO. Also, the thumb safety version can be easy converted to a non-thumb safety but not vice versa. S&W offers inserts to close the gaps in the frame after removing the safety lever.

The .380 EZ is noticeably easier to operate and control than the 9mm EZ, even more so for a female with an injured finger. The 9mm EZ is a nice weapon but has the same 8 round capacity as the .380, thus you get more weight, recoil and a harder to operate slide for the debatable increased stopping power of 9mm. If it was for you I'd say get the 9mm, for her, the .380 EZ. Much better for your GF to comfortably put 8 rounds of a slightly less powerful cartridge on target then miss with a snappy 9mm. As for the thumb safety: YES. The EZ Shields are internal hammer fired guns with short, very light triggers. IMO the Performance Center models are gimmicky and a waste of money. The stock trigger is already very good, (although on the light side as mentioned). And porting an already soft shooting .380 makes no sense and while putting muzzle flash in the line of sight.

That isn't an easy option for some. People have jobs, family, lack of funds or elderly parents that can't be abandoned or uprooted and dragged to another state.

Why would they need 2023 stickers for 2020 inspections dates?

Whew, don't get me started on the hassles of yearly vehicle inspections. That was one of the best things Christie did by going to two year intervals and getting rid of the safety inspection BS. As a teenager I'd would have to go to GI auto salvage on a hot sunny day and peel off a valid inspection sticker on one the junkers then slap it on my car. Can't do that anymore, the stickers fall apart if you try to remove them.

Better get that registration renewed. It not like like years ago where they had to run plate #'s manually. Now the cops have license plate readers on the cars and can tow the vehicle right out from under you for expired registration plus a big fine.

And they dropped the Colt name from the roll mark.

Better move quick. N.J. is ending the practice of getting a DL license in hand the same day. https://www.nj.com/news/2020/10/sorry-nj-the-thrill-of-getting-a-new-drivers-license-in-person-is-over-its-in-the-mail-instead.html Randolph DMV was reasonably good last time I had my license renewed. Lord knows what the experience is like now. I used to go to Wayne DMV but it became a third world SH.

That was horrible, I think he used a S&W .357 magnum.

Probably a white male. Suicide is very popular among white males these days. Understandably so.