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I'll take it. PM me.to.arrange pickup. I'll send you my cell phone number. We can communicate that way.

That's nothing. 3 years ago (just after Biden took office) a place I frequent was offering $20 an hour, over 41k a year, for a dishwasher. Couldn't get anyone.

Both our memories are a bit lacking. 3 bystanders were hit by NYPD bullets and 6 were hit by fragments at the Empire State Building shooting. The bullets later were determined to have passed through the bad guy as I said. He was not a big guy. The police fired 16 rds and 7 hit the bad guy. Spray and pray? I think not. These officers fired until the threat was stopped and everyone is moving. Have you ever tried to hit a moving target whilst you're moving. If you watch the video from where the police encounter him, the BG draws his gun from his bag, NYPD guys shoot, and the BG hit the ground is about 2 or 3 seconds. The closest officer is maybe 12 feet or less. The closest cover are those concrete flower pots. If the officers chose to take cover before drawing the BG would have had a chance to shoot at least one officer. Know your target and beyond? Agree 100%. However, this by the Empire State Building at 9 am during the week. There are bystanders and traffic in every direction. The officers had a choice of doing what they did or letting the BG shoot them with his 1911 and shoot someone else. I think they made the right choice and the same one I would have made. The officers exercised the best option in protecting themselves and the public. The first video is the police shooting. The second is more detailed and gives you a lot of background information on the shooter. One thing this shows is if NYPD had to use fmj undoubtedly more bystanders would have been wounded perhaps killed. NJ's hollowpoint law. only creates more danger to the public.

Near it. Now don't argue a few inches of penetration here. That can vary to the testing conditions using ballistics gel. But ballistics gel, properly used, gives a consistent standard for evaluation. 45 hardball runs about 30" of penetration. 9mm parabellum fmj runs 24-26". Not much difference. I have seen 45 fmj hit heavy bone like a hip and not exit. But the shot stopped the guy. Made the bad guy fall down. He dropped his gun in the process and offer no further resistance. Remember, as good guys we dont shoot to kill we shoot to stop. If you get the first shot off, miss the bad guy, and he drops his gun and surrenders that is a successful shoot. From the tests I've seen most of the 9mm copper rounds run about the same or a bit more than std fmj. They get their penetration from their high velocity. AFAIC I'd just as soon use fmj than pay the premium price copper rounds cost. Remember, once you get an entry and exit wound on the bad guy anything else is wasted and dangerous. There was a shooting by NYPD in the past few years. IIRC the bad guy was kind of big and was coming after two NYPD officers with a knife. Both shot him and they found bullets in the bad guys jacket. Initially it was reported the jacket stopped the Gold Dot the NYPD officers were using. When the boys (and girls) from forensics got done with their stuff the bullets had penetrated the bad guy and lodged in the jacket. Perfect performance of a SD bullet. There was another shooting outside the Empire State Building. The bad guy wasn't that big. NYPD shot him and there were claims bystanders were hit by the NYPD bullets. The crew from forensics proved the bystanders were hit by fragments of the NYPD bullets that had penetrated the bad guy. So much for all the people who claim cops can't shoot. I bring these incidents up because I always wait "for the rest of the story" before making a judgement. I'm not a fan of +P except in 38 special. I carry factory wadcutters in a j frame. Ive stated my reasons why several times. However, if you havent seen them pm me and I'll tell you. NATO spec pressure falls between SAAMI spec and +P. +P in 9mm really doesn't get you much more in performance over standard 9mm rounds. I've drifted from your question but felt my answer is applicable. The hollowpoint law in NJ only puts bystanders at risk.

You need to research some of these solid copper rounds. Some of them have extreme penetration. I can carry under LEOSA. So I can carry hollowpoints. My first choice is WW Silvertips. The round the FBI condemned after the Miami Shootout. I can explain my choice if anyone wants to hear it.

That's about $2 a gallon more than NJ. What's Newsome's plan to recoup those taxes if everyone goes electric?

Keep.in mind expiration dates on canned food are really for best quality. You can eat it after the expiration date (usually 3-4 years after manufacture date). It's not going to kill you. May not taste as good. When I was in Vietnam we'd get C rations from WW2. How do I know they were from WW2? Got Lucky Strike cigarettes in a green pack. Lucky Strike went to a white pack in 1942 to save green dye for the war effort. These c rations were canned with 1940s technology. Kept me fed and over 50 years later I'm alive.

Carry your mag in a mag pouch.

If a prosecutor is scrutinizing the ammo you used (as long as it's legal for you to use) there's something fishy in your case. You don't need a :"gun lawyer" you need a good criminal defense lawyer. He or she will do their utmost to ensure the case never goes to trial.

I believe its out of plain sight

Seems a bit pricy. Now if this safe has a much stronger box it might be worth it. However, the weak link in most safes is the cable. A thief would cut the cable and figure out how to get the safe open later. If they.cant they'll probably just toss the entire safe with firearm in a dumpster.

I agree with what you say but...reparations would still be paid with tax dollars.

If you do that where do you think the money is going to come from for reparations? Tac dollars.

Depends. I think PA residents pay their state tax. I could be wrong.

A lot of industrial dumping all over the state.

Most likely. Nobody.knows.whos.armed and.whos.not. Polite society.

And you know this because...? I know what I know as I worked on the border for over 2.years and have worked there tdy several times since. OTOH, there is little reason for aliens to smuggle a gun. Reasons? 1. They know if they get caught with a gun by USBP they'll be in trouble. No gun? I can tell them any name I want and walk right in 2. They are coming from countries where guns are very difficult or impossible to obtain. 3. Those so interested know they can obtain a firearm easily off.the street.

Looks sloppy.

I can guarantee there is no way USBP or CBP let's an illegal "slip" in with a firearm. Yes, all government agencies on all levels are governed by policy. Can it happen that an illegal slip in with a firearm? Yes, but not something that happens routinely. More like rarely. Very rarely. The "got aways" who have crossed between the POEs may have smuggled a bazooka or 50 lbs of fenatyl. They were never encountered by USBP or CBP. Don't blame the mean and women of the agencies for that. There's only so many of them.

If you're implyimg Border Patrol and CBP turn a blind eye to drug smuggling you're wrong. You have little vision of the volume of drug smuggling. Sadly, I'd say maybe 10% of the drugs smuggled are intercepted. That's not due to lack of diligence by Border Patrol and CBP. I guarantee you no Border Patrol Agent is going to put an alien, caught between the POEs, into a vehicle for transport without a search. No CBP officer is going to sit down an alien.for processing without a search. Exit searches, although legal, are rarely done. Mexican Customs are not big on searching anything unless there's some money in it for them. You can load your trunk up with guns and ammo and drive into mexico with 99.9% chance of not being searched.

Letting illegals into the country and letting illegals into the country with smuggled firearms are different issues. I'm certain CBP or Border Patrol give them a pat down and search any bags they have.

That would be an importation issue for CBP. Generally if you import a firearm without declaring it it becomes contraband.

This is a major point many are not thinking of. If you're not convicted you're not a criminal. Same thing as an unconstitutional law is not unconstitutional until a court has ruled it so.

Hmm...that seems like a stretch saying "the people" refers only to citizens. Illegal aliens have been granted every other right why not 2A?

Okay, but if you're a strict "Constitutionalist", you'd have to go along with this. No where in the Bill of Rights does it say citizens. It says people. The 2A doesn't say citizens, it says people.