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Yes, most of the stuff was Holster Draw, but some was from ready position. The idea was to see how you handled the gun in the ready position and make sure you kept it safe. They did 2 hand, strong hand, holstered, ready position, standing and kneeling. 2-15yrds.

This sounds like a similar qual that TTC is doing but TTC only goes out to 15yards and there was no sitting or weak hand shooting. Why do you think the one you took was easy for you but TTC's with less requirements is overly stringent? What I saw was that TTC's qual method worked and exposed those that were not proficient. I was just surprised so many people showed up that hadn't practiced in a while and thought they would pass. Without looking at the scores, just by watching them shoot I knew who was going to fail. For most who failed, it was pretty obvious. TTC did not want people to fail, and even helped out and gave extra time to some if they had to reload if the course of fire did not call for a reload.

It was not that stringent. 15 yards is not that far. Can you draw, fire, hit the target from 2-15yrds 80% of the time, and reload your gun safely on command in a very reasonable time limit? I passed very easily with 50 out of 50 mostly in a tight group with a 3.3" gun and I don't consider myself a great shot. The majority of the issues where because people were not proficient enough with their guns to either operate them properly or safely under just a little stress. Imagine what would happen in a real world life or death situation. These people would be putting innocent by standers at risk. There were people who could not operate the safety, could not operate the slide lock, could not seat the mag properly when reloading, where flagging people when reloading, or could not even hit the paper. If you feel you are this bad with your gun and can't pass, don't go somewhere else that doesn't actually test you. You have a much higher chance of winding up in jail or dead and making the rest of the CCW community look bad and be an example to the gun grabbers why CCW needs to be more restrictive. Just don't do it. If you think you cannot pass the simple test TTC gives, you really should not carry until you are proficient enough to do so. Buying some $10 snap caps and doing some dry fire training with your gun at home would have helped these people tremendously. You don't just go out and buy a gun and think you can CCW. You should be experienced, you should be proficient, you should be able to hit a large paper target at 15 yards that isn't shooting back at you.

Wouldn't recommend .22lr, but as other have said, it may be better than nothing. Look into carrying Federal Punch ammo. It's pretty much the only round that will consistently penetrate ballistics gel the 12-16" out of a hand gun. Most .22LR HP ammo will not open up well out of handgun, and if it does it won't penetrate far so might as well go with a round nose designed for the job. Also there isn't a .22LR HP round you can legally carry in NJ anyway. You may also want to go with something that has a longer barrel to get the most velocity out of the round.

Trying to figure out how to make a NJ legal AR style pistol that's shorter than 26" and shoots rounds at rifle speeds and distances. Obviously it wouldn't be an AR since it the mag is in the pistol grip, but that size/function gun was the inspiration. Wouldn't be opposed to .22WMR but just figured rimfire vs centerfire would be better. I built a lightweight AR that is just over 70oz. I would think that using lots of polymer and shortening it enough would keep it under 50oz. May have to sell the pistol brace as an add on/option so that the as sold weight was under 50oz.

Would something like the Keltec CMR-30 be legal as a pistol in NJ if the barrel was shorter, weighed under 50oz and had a pistol brace? And of course 10rd mags. Something like this in 5.7x28 would be cool. Thoughts? https://keltecarmstore.com/kel-tec-cmr-30-22-wmr-semi-automatic-rimfire-rifle/

I did the qualification test at TTC . There was 13 people in the class. Only half passed. There were several courses of fire from 2-15yrds. 50 shots total, with a pass of 40 or more (80%) inside the Q target. I was pretty surprised the pass rate was so low, but when watching them shoot it was obvious they were going to fail. You would think people would know to be very proficient before trying to CCW. Of the half that did not pass, half of them did not pass because they had troubles with the gun, and others who when they had issues or were pressured due to time limit made repeated safety mistakes. You need to be able to demonstrate proficiency with your firearm and always display safe handling at all times no matter what. Some where proficient, but under stress of time limit had issues hitting the Q target, even at these close distances. I was really glad these people did not pass. They would have been a big liability to themselves and given a bad rap to the rest of the CCW community. I would suggest, that if you haven't shot or practiced regularly recently, or not sure you'll pass, don't waste your money on the CCW Qual. Spend the money on range time or better yet training, then do the Qual. Under just a little bit of pressure, there were people who had issues with the safety selector, issues locking slide back, reloading mid course of fire, handling the firearm safely, etc. Halfway through, it was pretty clear to these people that they weren't going to pass. One thing I noticed is those that hit all 50 and had very tight groups had Red Dots. Everyone with iron sights were all over the place.

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Firearms Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) | New Jersey State Police (nj.gov) See question 13 on the NJSP FAQ. Basically, use Critical Defense or Critical Duty. From what I read Critical Defense was designed for smaller guns, Critical Duty is more for full sized guns. The Defense will penetrate less, the Duty will penetrate car doors and windows better. While HCD seems to do well in ballistics tests as far as expanding, when researching it, I've read a few stories of people being shot with it and it not opening. At any rate it would still be better than ball ammo. Is there any good soft point handgun bullets? Spear Gold Dot 5.56/.223 ammo is soft point and is supposed to work well with good expansion, but the Speer Gold Dot hand gun ammo is hollow point. I'm guessing this is due to velocity difference between HG ammo and rifle ammo.

What is the difference between Restricted by HG, and Restricted by HG on Court Order? What are the implications of court order?

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Thanks. I've got a Gen 3 Glock 17 with a RDS on it and a suppressor height fiber optic front sight. What class would that be? I also have a XD-S Mod.2 OSP (3.3") which I think would be BUG-S, but it also has a RDS.

@Mr.Stu Is Somerset IDPA matches still going on? Just looked on the IDPA and didn't see any matches or even a club in Somerset. Got a link?

AFAIK, M855 is not considered armor piercing. It does have a steel core, so you can't use it at most indoor ranges as it damages the backstop.

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Midway is having a sale on Fiocchi Defense Dynamics 9mm JHP for $0.42/rd and free shipping with code freeshipping92122. Fiocchi Defense Dynamics Ammo 9mm Luger 115 Grain Jacketed Hollow (midwayusa.com)

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My point was that this could lead to another case trying to get rid of the ban on felons having guns. If that were to happen there would be backlash.

Judge holds gun ban for felony defendants unconstitutional (msn.com) If this leads to removing the restriction for felons on buying guns, there could be a big backlash.

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Georgetown professor: AR-15 'commonly owned' and 'incredibly popular' (msn.com) the CNBC video has lots of local gun ranges shown in it.

Went to Walmart yesterday. Many food shelves were bare or sparse. Mostly meat, pasta, dairy, and poultry were noticeably low quantities. Yet other items had lots of stuff.

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