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Not constructive intent. Conspiracy. I'm not familiar with NJ conspiracy law. Under Federal law you need at least two people to form a conspiracy. There has to be an overt act. The acts do not have to be illegal. Commission of the overt act completes the conspiracy. You only have to have one actor for a drug conspiracy. If you decide to cook meth and go out and buy the lab equipment the conspiracy is complete. Hard to get a conviction on that one. If you buy the lab equipment and have all the precursor chemicals you will get convicted. Even though you haven't cooked any meth. Kind of the same thing here.

A 80% lower and the jig to transform it into a working lower.

Don't know if that's the correct term. The explosion sucks up a lot of air in all directions. Undoubtedly some in the tunnels died from asphyxiation

Apples and oranges. What you have to make a zip gun are common household items. Every one of us has the components to make a bomb in our homes. No one will be prosecuted for zip gun or bomb components. This kid wasn't arrested for household items. He was arrested with gun parts. Add to that he's 16. He's not supposed to "own" his own gun at 16. Add to that his record for bringing a handgun to school. Oh yeah...and a bit of cocaine. This is the first case of constructive possession I've seen however.

That's dead insurgents they can count. No telling how many were blown to bits or in the tunnel complex. They're not going to dig the bodies out for battle damage assessment.

This kid is not a poster boy for gun rights. No one should be defending him.

Premiums paid with pre-tax dollars are not deductible. They should already be deducted from your taxable income. Premiums paid with post tax dollars are deductible. For example if you're on Medicare and have a private policy to cover B,C, and D you pay out of pocket that's deductible. If you pay for any medical insurance out of pocket it's deductible. Not really legal advice, read the instructions from IRS.

You can deduct insurance premiums you pay even if you're employed by someone else. That would include Medicare B, C, and D premiums if you're over 65. I think if you're over 65 the percentage goes down to 5%. You can deduct copay for doctors, procedures, prescriptions, medical equipment, and mileage for going to any of those.

I've been there,done that. Warriors hate war too. When you haven't been there you're kind of excited, kind of apprehensive. After the first time, you're scared but you don't let your fear overcome you. Somebody has to do it and you're the one who took the job. The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things. I think that dates to someone in the Reagan administration. The military kills people and breaks things to convince the enemy to quit. Halsey said "kill Japs, kill more Japs" and "when we get done with them the only place Japanese will be spoken is in hell". Patton said, "I don't want anyone going out there dying for their country, the idea is to make the other SOB die for his country" and "we'll use their entrails to grease the treads of our tanks". OMG, liberals will have a seizure if someone said those things today. Collateral damage? Yeah, it happens but let me tell you how a victim of collateral damage feels. We all have seen the photo of a 9 year old girl burned by napalm in Vietnam in 1972 dropped by the South Vietnamese Air Force. The SouthVietnamese soldiers in the photo were doing nothing for her. Her name is Kim Phuc. She became a poster child for the Vietnamese Communists. She had "special" privileges and even allowed to go to University in Cuba in the 80s. There she met amother Vietnamese student and they married. They were given a honeymoon...in Moscow. When the Aeroflot flight landed in Canada to refuel, Kim and her husband asked for political asylum and have lived in Canada ever since. Kim still undergoes treatments for the burns she received almost 45 years ago. She runs a foundation to help children affected by war.She chose to live free in Canada vs being "privileged" in Communist Vietnam. My brother met her last week at a conference in Borneo. Guess I got off track but it is a story worth telling.

Don't know if NJ is open too.

Close tomorrow not friday.

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CJRPC allows metal targets. Min range 25yds for handgun and 100 yds for centerfire rifle.

Most soldiers can't reliably engage targets past 200 meters. That's a fact. Hit probability is about 50% for targets past 200 meters. Having a weapon and ammunition capable of long range hits is one thing. Training soldiers to do it is another. Then there's the issue of who needs to be trained to this higher standard. Infantry? Okay, but what do you do with an infantry soldier that can't shoot to the higher standard? Make him a cook? Or should a cook be held to the higher standard to? There are a lot of questions to be answered before one goes looking at different calibers and weapons. I've used M16s/ARs/M4s for almost 50 years. I've used them and M14s in "serious social situations". Based on my experience I'd pick the M16/AR/M4 as my battle rifle. No matter what environment I was. It also is a good weapon for most soldiers and that would include infantry. Special Operations people usually pick what they want. Most use the AR platform in 5.56. That should tell you something.

That would be the most boring accumulation of guns. Just as boring if you only had one make of any other handgun IMO.

I met him once. He was really a nice guy when not doing his stage schtick.

Or you could 2 conservatives and 2 liberals who feel it's an important enough Constitutional issue to be settled.

Agreed. If you really get jammed up with a double feed (most likely from a bad magazine) you'll wish you didn't put that plug in. I oversaw several hundred Glocks and had knowledge of any issues encountered with maybe 15,000. Never any problems with reloading quickly either. FWIW, the agency I worked for had guys attached to the 4th Infantry in Iraq in 2003. They carried Glock 19s in open top holsters. They didn't have any problems with the Glocks or M4s they carried. Of course they cleaned their weapons on a regular basis. So much for the magical moon dust in Iraq people were claiming jammed guns.

MSM is not interested in having a story where an "evil black rifle" does good. Not part of there agenda. It's all about agenda and not news with MSM. I did see reports of the original incident on the internet. I also saw a report where the grandfather of one of the criminals killed said the AR was "too much firepower". Can't see how that can be. No one but the thugs were hurt.

One thing to think about. A gunsmith that can have it for you tomorrow isn't very busy. That may say something about the quality of his work. Top smiths like Grant Cunningham had a 2 year turnaround.

Separate in NJ does not mean ammo and magazines need to be in a separate bag. IIRC FOPA says separate container.

I like an open top toolbox like you can get at Home Depot or Harbor Freight. Plenty of room to pack ammo, stapler, felt tips, etc.

LEO can initiate the examination. Thats a short term commitment.

Everyone talks about how gun friendly FL is. It is to most extents. FL has the Baker Act which allows involuntary commitment under emergency circumstances by doctors, mental health professionals, judges, and law enforcement officers. Even if you get committed under the Baker Act and they say you're not mentally ill if you get Baker Acted you lose your gun rights under Federal law. When I was a on a local PD in NJ in the 70s there were times when we would encounter people that were really looney tunes. They would be taken to the ER and the ER doctor would make an evaluation and if the doctor thought the person needed it they'd be taken to one of the state mental hospitals. This all stopped when states (not only NJ) found it cheaper to prescribe drugs than spend money on state mental hospitals. Now there are many people out there that just about anyone can evaluate and and determine that person is nuts. While I understand there are valid reasons for emergency commitments I don't think short term ones should disqualify you from gun ownership. I can see a doctor or mental health professional ordering one. A judge should be able to based on evidence from professionals and that should come from both sides. A LEO in FL can have you short termed committed based solely on their evaluation.

Federal NICS most likely requires you to involuntarily committed or declared mentally defective by a judge. The law as quoted doesn't meet that requirement.