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You mean LEOSA. HR218 was the bill number for LEOSA. LEOSA specifically allows you to carry hollowpoints. As I understand it MD law forbids the sale of magazines overy 10 rounds but permits those already in possession of those magazines to keep them. No prohibition for possession by non residents as long as they don't transfer them to MD resident. LEOSA never mentions magazine capacity. If you're a Federal LEO carrying under your agency's policy for off duty carry all state laws can be ignored.

Till and Bullzeye are correct. Invest a little in some instruction. This way you know what you are doing wrong. I've had the good fortune to get major league instruction at no cost due to my job. Learn to shoot bullseye. All the fundamentals are there. As T Bill said after that everything is easy.

You can develop a flinch shooting a 22. Several LE agencies tried training new officers with a 22 first and then a centerfire. It was tried with revolvers amd semi autos. They found it didn't make a difference starting with 22s. People who had problems with 22's and there was no benefit to starting with a 22. Shooting with both eyes open takes time. If you shoot more tactical or action shooting games. I think too many people shoot too long or too much thinking it will make them better. 100 rd 3 times a week is better than 300 rds all at once. Quality of practice is more important than quantity. If you're shooting more than 200-300 rds a hour, you're generally just throwing lead down range with no real benefit. It takes 300-500 repetitions to learn a skill and 3000-5000 before it becomes muscle memory. This applies to martial arts, shooting, or any other type of motor skill where hand/eye coordination comes into play. Dry firing, more so with a revolver, let's you practice sight alignment and trigger pull anywhere. BE SURE THE GUN IS UNLOADED AND THERE'S NO AMMO NEARBY. IF YOU STOP FOR SOME REASON AND GO BACK TO IT ENSURE THE GUN IS STILL EMPTY. Dry firing a revolver will smooth the action and develop your muscles that shooting a semi doesn't. You will also realize that a smooth trigger is much more important than light.

Nothing is 100% as was said. The parachute example is one they give in Command & General Staff College in the block on writing specifications. To make the parachute 95% reliable would increase the cost maybe 20 times. To consistently meet the 90% the chute has to be more reliable than 90%. You don't see 10% of chutes fail. You always have a reserve chute. The odds of both failing are rare. But it does happen.

Yes made by the lowest bidder but made to a specification. Most milspec stuff far exceed the specs. For example, military parachutes are designed for 90% reliability. It actual use they are much more reliable. More like 99.999%.

The fact is any decent watch is suitable for wearing while you shoot. Even a cheap watch won't affected by shooting...unless you put a bullet through it. Most watches I've had died because they wound up losing their water integrity not from shock. I've been shooting for nearly 50 years and this thread is the first time I ever heard of "a watch durable enough for shooting". The limitations of watches with thermometers, barometers, and altimeters have been discussed. If you feel you need these at the range you can get a pretty good combination instrument on Amazon. Spend whatever you want $30 on up for a watch to tell time.

Need for a trainer depends on the dog. I mentioned my dog Tramp. Dumber than a bag of hammers. Took him to a well qualified trainer. Tramp became a dog school dropout. My wife's dog Lady was a genius. She only had to be told (by my wife) once and she would listen. That included setting limits in the yard. Lady knew family members by name. She was always calm as long as my wife was. If my wife was upset Lady knew something was wrong. She could have been a movie dog with little training. She was a mutt. Some Jack Russell in her and only God knows what else.

I don't see much concern in a LEO asking to search your Uhaul. Why would they? I imagine you're talking about Brian Aitken when you mention the guy convicted of moving hollowpoint ammo. He was at his mother's house and made a comment about hurting himself (suicide?), left, his mother called the police, he returned to his mother's house knowing the police were there, gave a consent search of his car, handgun, high capacity magazines and hollowpoints were found in the car. Not supporting the law but he shouldn't have had the gun in his car anyway. He gave at least two explanations why he had the gun in the car (he was screwed with the magazines anyway). So if you do something stupid like him I wouldn't worry about a LEO asking to search your truck. If you look like a gangbanger and the truck cab smells like weed you will probably be scrutinized. Don't allow a consent search and don't give a LEO probable cause to get a warrant and you should be fine.

Flash hider or surpressor is okay as long as it is the only evil feature. No pistol grip, folding or telescopic stock, or bayonet lug. If you have a threaded muzzle for that Mini 14 you need to have it welded.

I'm no dog expert and can only speak from my experience. I've only owned mutts. All rescued except one that was the result of an Airedale and German Shepherd procreation through a fence. Female dogs seem to be more protective of their turf. At least the ones I had. My last dog Lacy was all business. You could pet her for awhile but she was all into security. Didn't need to hear the doorbell as Lacy would announce someone's presence as they walked up the driveway. Fencing can be an issue depending on the dog. Lacy was about 45 lbs and a terrier mix. I have a 4 ft chain link fence which had no problem containing our bigger dog, Tramp (dumbest dog I ever had but none was as loyal). Lacy would get a 15-20 foot running start and vault the fence. She would clear the fence completely. I saw her do it. I came up with a cheap fix for this rather than replace the entire fence.

All of which is useful...but. I have calculated firing data for artillery using sophisticated meteorological data. Keep in mind your ballistic coefficient changes with velocity. Using a ballistic calculator is less sophisticated. Nothing is as good as putting rounds on target. Otherwise we aol would just zero at 50 yards and not worry about checking the zero at the range we intend to shoot at. $100 buys a good watch to tell time with or use at the range for such a purpose. Anything more is window dressing or for impressing someone.

You're overthinking this as HE said. I used a Benrus Dive Watch in Vietnam. This was exposed to literally thousands of concussions from artillery. I'm talking 8" howitzer, 175 guns, and 105 howitzers. The concussion from firing a 175 was so great you got off the gun and fired it with a 50 foot lanyard. I have a photo taken of a 175 firing which shows the recoil would lift the 30 ton track off the ground. This watch also lasted through 1000s of rounds shooting small arms. I stopped wearing it when I bought a stainless steel Seiko (like $20 at the time). I also bought a stainless Rolex but just sent it home. Didn't want to screw up a watch that cost... $200. I've worn a variety of watches including cheaper Casio and Amitron. Wore them for a lot of shooting. The only thing that killed these watches was taking the backs off for battery replacements killed the water resistant integrity. I don't think you need a "special" watch for shooting.

You've thrown something else in the mix. If you legitimately are a dual state resident you can legally buy or sell guns in any state you have a residence. Doesn't make a difference where you acquired the gun. You just need to follow the laws of the state you're making the transfer. If you have dual residency in NY and NJ you can transfer or accept transfer in either state from a resident of that state. You didn't bring up dual residency in the post I quoted. There is another flaw in your post #8. You say a NJ resident can purchase a long gun in NY and bring it back to NJ if they have a FID. Federal law requires that purchase of a long gun in another state must follow the rules of both states. Ergo, the NJ resident needs to have a NJ FID to purchase the long gun in another state. That would be Federal law. Everyone I purchased a long gun in another state I gave the FFL my NJ FID for ID along with my NJ DL. I have heard that some people say the FFL in another state wasn't interested in seeing the NJ FID which is required in NJ for long gun transfers. If that's the case it's on the FFL not the purchaser. The COE is a different issue. If you buy a long gun in another state some FFLs will do a COE, some won't. IANAL but have a lot of experience interpreting laws. There are times I have had to explain laws to lawyers. My take is there is no need for a COE when purchasing a long gun from a FFL out of state. I will go out on a limb and guess no state law requires a FFL to maintain the COE other than NJ. The COE is a NJ form. There is no Federal requirement for maintaining a NJ COE. NJ law says the COE must be completed at the time of transfer. The law doesn't say you have to keep it. That's for private transfers. You can complete terms COE, make the transfer and then throw the COE away if you want. NJ FFLS probably have to keep them. It's smart to keep them in case you need to prove who you transferred the long gun.

18" barrel and 26" overall length are minimum dimensions. Many shorten the barrel to 18.5 so if you ding the muzzle you can trim some off and still be legal. A little longer in OAL to remove any doubts. 17.95 and 25.95 are illegal.

You can sell or have a FFL transfer a gun anywhere. NJ law basically stops at the NJ border. There are some exceptions but this ain't one of them. NJ requires the COE to be filled out in private transfers of long guns. Once they are filled out and signed there is no requirement for you to keep it. You can buy the rifle in any state. However if you are transferring any firearm to anyone who is not a resident of the state you reside in it must be transferred through a FFL. Buying the rifle in NY doesnt change this. You can buy the rifle as a NJ resident in DE and transfer it to a NY resident at a FFL in PA. It must go through a FFL. If you buy the rifle ANYWHERE and just hand it over to anyone who is not a resident of your state, you've broken Federal law. You can buy a long gun at a FFL in any state as long as the transaction follows the laws of each state. Then you just tuck it under your arm and walk out the FFL'S door. You can buy a handgun in any state but it must be sent to a FFL in your state to be transfered to you.

Take to NY FFL for transfer as has already been said.

At least in more recent times S&W has always made various precision metal components for a variety of other manufacturers. Last time I was in Springfield for an armorer's course (late 90s) they were making golf club heads.

Probably just a mass mailing. Check requirements on their website. Sailors are eligible if they served in "hostile waters". All those sailors that patrolled off shore in hostile wars all eligible even if they never fired a shot. You never had to set foot on foreign soil.

If he never left CO in the Army he can't join the VFW. You have to serve in a combat zone to join the VFW. Not necessarily in combat but in a combat zone. I agree with Vlad. I'm a Vietnam Vet but I'm not into stickers on vehicles, baseball caps, jackets or anything advertising that. I've encountered phonies at different times and if the setting was appropriate I've outed them. Sometimes to their face, sometimes just to my friends who were present. It's not someone's fault if they joined the Army and wound up fixing trucks in CO. I know one guy who was in Vietnam and has all kinds of stories about patrolling and ambushes. Claims he was a sergeant. I found out he was a SP4 radio teletype operator. Not the kind of job where they yank you out of it and turn you into an infantryman. As for me, I wasn't a special operator or dodging bullets everyday. I did fire a few shots on occasion though.

I would also recommend a 4" DA 357 as a first handgun. I've been called a dinosaur in some circles for doing so. It's the best all around handgun made. Get a 686 or GP100, learn to use it, and any other handgun is easy to learn. DA revolver shooting is not that hard to learn. Millions have done it in the past and are doing so now. You don't need an action job no matter what many say. Smooth is more important than light when it comes to DA triggers.

See HE's post #4. I'm not familiar with the slings he listed but any 2 pt is much better than any 1 pt sling.

I have had a G30 for about 15 years. Like any Glock I've had no issues with it. However, I would not recommend it to a new shooter for the following reasons. Many think limp wrsiting a Glock is a fallacy. Give someone with small hands a G30 and have them shoot it one handed and you will see it happen. Not that they can't learn to shoot it well but it introduces an additional issue. Recoil is manageable but heavier recoil is not conducive to learning a handgun. Ammo costs will be at least 50% higher over a 9mm, usually more than that. 9mm is the cheapest centerfire handgun ammo out there. I'd suggest a G19 for a first handgun for a simple reason. It's the best all around 9mm made IMO. Lower ammo costs will enable more practice. Anything you can do with a 45 you can do with a 45 except make a larger hole with a single bullet.

Marijuana is still illegal under Federal law. That can be enforced by the Feds. Those states with legal marijuana have chosen not to have state laws prohibiting it's possession or use. There is no state I know of that has any illegal immigration laws. Immigration is solely a venue of the Federal government. Sanctuary cities will get a wakeup call when the Trump Administration lets the USBP, HSI, and ICE enforce the laws Obamanocchio has not let them. States have no obligation to enforce federal laws.

Didn't care for his politics but he earned the right to be what he wanted to be. He flew about 150 combat missions in WW2 and Korea. After Korea he became a test pilot which helped get him selected as an astronaut. Many are unaware he was the organizer among the original Mercury Astronauts. This story was told in the book "The Right Stuff" and dramatized in the movie. His organizing the astronauts resulted in them having control of the spacecraft instead of just being controlled from the ground. The astronauts forced NASA to refer to them not only as astronauts but as astronaut pilots. Being the leader in a group of hot shot pilots is no easy task and exhibited an extremely high level of leadership by Glenn. Glenn certainly paid his dues. RIP.

NJ can't "legislate" around a Federal law. They could establish more no carry areas as I stated previously in this thread. It would be a Federal law and while a state may be more restrictive it can't be contrary to Federal law.