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No problem. If I wrote an answer as comprehensive as yours I might leave more out:)

Aiming is to accuracy and choke is to pattern size, density, and effectiveness. Believe what you want to.

The choke influences the range you can deliver an effective shot pattern not sighting. If you shoot a shot load through an open choke and the same load through a full choke using the same aiming point you will have two different patterns. The open choke will have about a 48" pattern centered around the aiming point and the full choke will have a much denser (18-24" pattern ?) centered around the same aiming point. If you're shooting birds on the fly at 50 yds with a full choke you may lead them a little less but that's because of the smaller pattern the choke produces. You have much less chance of hitting one with an open choke (deleted not) because of the density of the pattern not the aiming point.

There is one thing to add to what T Bill said. The bearing surface of the bullet and how deep its seated are also factors. You can use the same data for a RN, FN, HP, or SWC but I wouldn't for a full wadcutter seated so the bullet is entirely contained within the case. This reduces space in the case and gives more pressure for a given powder charge. If you look at max charges for full wadcutter they are lower than other bullets. Hollowbase bullets are limited to lower velocities as higher pressures can blow out the base and leave a ring of lead in the forcing cone or barrel. However I think you're safe using data for any 225gr bullet other than a wadcutter.

The choke controls the spread of the shot. How does that influence sighting? FWIW I can shoot slugs with a gun with a bead sight and shoot a 6" group at fifty yards pretty much at point of aim. That's using the bead the same way I do when shooting shot. The drop of shot at 50 yds is negligible and compensated for by the pattern.

It may be because he has felony convictions that prevent him from owning a gun. Among other things he was charged with attempted murder for beating the crap out of someone and pled to assault.

If you confine your travels to the Ironbound you won't find rude and unfriendly people there. I still meet friends I worked with there to eat. There are some other pockets of decency in Newark but the Ironbound is the biggest. I grew up in Elizabeth and in the 50s and early 60s and then a trip to Newark was a treat. There was still some hope for Newark after the riots. When Ken Gibson was elected mayor in 1970 he was supposed to be the answer to Newark's problems. He left office 16 years later admitting the city was only hanging on providing minimal services. I saw things first hand when I taught in Central High School for the 72-73 school year. There were high school kids who never stayed back but were juniors and seniors that couldn't read at all. Federal funding was based on attendance and you lost money for having kids tardy. The administration's response to this was to take attendance after 2nd period. I really didn't find the kids that hard to deal with and that was my first year teaching. The administration is why I left after a year. Ten years later I was working as a Federal LEO and worked out of Newark for 22 years.

I can't comment on having the cops pull a gun on you at a traffic stop as there is only one side of the story here. I can assure you it wasn't just because you had headlight covers. Maybe they thought you were the other Shawn Moore you have told us about? Exactly what was your buddy trying to prove with the pay stub? He made too much money to do something wrong? I've arrested a lot of people that made more money than me. Can't see what a difference their income made.

Its against the law for a individual to ship a handgun to anyone USPS. FFL to FFL can. You must ship UPS or FEDEX and pay for expedited shipping. No special markings required but you must tell the shipper its a firearm. Be prepared to have a copy of the FFL to show them. The one handgun a month is on the buyer not you. How are you supposed to know if they bought a handgun within the last 30 days?

Puerto Rico has very strict gun laws, much moreso than NJ. You need to get a Firearms License issued b the police to own guns and I believe all guns are registered. I believe you need to get the license before you bring any guns to Puerto Rico. Google "Puerto Rican gun laws" and click on the link to the NRA/ILA. The laws are much to complex to go over here.

I'm not sure about what you said about MD. A few years ago a couple od dealers there were willing to sell me anything as long as its NJ legal. Unless you go to a big place like Cabelas most dealers will say "a COE is a NJ form, I don't have to fill out NJ forms".

I don't think that's the answer. It would alienate us from the fencesitters and only give the anti-gun crowd reason to call us dangerous. You only have to look at the American Revolution for an example. At the start there were equal divisions of revolutionaries, those that didn't care one way or another, and loyalists. Winning over those that don't really care and following the rule of law is the only way rights will be restored. Chief Kessler apparently thinks alienating people will do us good. He's wrong.

BTW I don't think if Mr Stewart was a veteran with PTSD that gives him a pass. His family said he was medicating himself with the marijuana. Rather then self medicate himself I think his family should have convinced him to go to the VA.

Let's focus on Mr Stewart's guilt or innocence. If you want to rely just on Mr Balko's article I've already posted my views on that. How about we get some more information like.... http://fox13now.com/tag/matthew-david-stewart/ Just watch the first two videos. I'll hit the highlights for those without the time. The first video shows the following: 1. The blood stained raid jackets with 6" high "POLICE" that Stewart claims he didn't see. 2. The actual tape recorded unterview with Stewart where the detective asks him, "Do you know who they are?" to which Stewart responds, "You've got a lot of branches out there". The detective asks him to clarify that and Stewart says "Branches of the government". He didn't know if they were local police or DEA or whoever but he knew they were from the government . 3. According to the prosecutor the round count was 32 for Stewart vs 98 for the police. 4. Several of the police officers were shot when they tried to pull wounded officers to safety. This includes a uniformed officer. Instead of Stewart saying "Hey the police are here to help me", he shot the uniformed officer. 5. The prosecutor says after receiving the information from the ex-girlfriend, the police visited Stewart's house. There was no answer and they looked through the basement window and saw the marijuana plants. Looks like they did their homework for the warrant. 6. Some of the police didn't have body armor as they considered this a low risk warrant. 7. There were explosives found in his house. His family said he was making flares. Who do you want to believe? 8. There was also a search warrant for child pornography for Stewart that the prosecutor wasn't pursuing as Stewart had the capital murder case against him. 9. There was also evidence that Stewart was planning for a "suicide by cop". You have to consider that this wasn't released by the police until a public records request was made by Fox News. They couldn't release this info until the trial or in this case after Stewart was dead as the defense could claim it prejudiced the defendant. The police could have just released this info and shut down a lot of the criticism but didn't. Raid jackets, BDUs, body armor, and long guns do not make a SWAT team. However some, like Mr Blako and others think so. I've seen it myself while serving warrants. Many of them were reported by the press as served by SWAT teams and it was agents in raid jackets and body armor. The Stewart case is far from an example of "militarization of the police" . Also note the release date on the Fox videos, June 12, 2013. That was a week before Mr Balko's article was published in the WSJ. He had no interest in recanting any of his article as he most likely was already paid for it. As far as Mr Blako's other claims, I'm sure many of them would be clarified with additonal info.

Losing your license for under age drinking or gambling doesn't have to have anything to do with a car. You can try calling the prosecutor and ask if you can plead guilty to something where you don't lose your license. That may or not not work. If you get a lawyer he or she may be able to bargain with the prosecutor. Some lawyers have the attitude "I'm a lawyer and only deal with other lawyers".

Same here.

Good luck with your endeavors.

Is your name on the FFL?

Why did the Trooper go on his driveway to begin with?

Once again, back in the 70s they did away with state statutes and city ordinances dealing with drunk and disorderly. Not against the law just to be drunk, you hsve to be doing something else. I never heard of an "intent to drive statute". If your BIL was charged with DUI he had to be drunk. Nothing illegal about drinking a beer while working on your car. Back in the 70s, there was no open container law in NJ. You could legally drink a beer while you were driving your car as long as you weren't drunk.

Unless they've changed it DUI is the only MV statute you can be arrested for on private property in NJ. A drunk farmer driving his tractor in his field can be arrested for DUI in NJ. AFAIK you can't be charged with open container on private property if you're 21. Key in the ignition is only one factor in "intent to drive". Yes, there is case law on this but I can't remember it and I'm sure there is more since the last DUI arrest I made (1978).

Someone said he "donated them to the department". Based on that I surmise that he bought them on department letterhead he signed. That means there was no transfer tax and he can buy a new M16 or FA AK for what they are really worth (maybe $1500) vs a pre 86, that you can buy in a state that let's you (like PA) for $15-20,000 plus transfer tax. I mentioned this in a previous post in this thread without those details. What I said is true, its something the resr of us can't do, unless you're a chief of police. It seems many of Kessler's supporters are also advocates against "militarization of police" but accept Kessler in his BDUs, ACUs, and FA weaponry. Does he have any clothes that aren't military? I watched some of his videos on Youtube. Based on those I'm not concerned with him teaching his army as he needs to learn himself first. Its also a good thing he's a one man department because he couldn't lead anyone out of a stall in a mens room.

+1 Yeager almost made it through the video without using profanity.

I think you are driving at a DUI under Title 39. Yes, intent to drive is enough to get you in trobule. So is letting a drunk drive your car. Underage drinking and losing your license doesn't have to have anything to do with a car. They will take your license if you are caught underage gambling in AC. No car need be involved.

The difference is many times one shot stops on humans occur just because the guy doesn't want to get shot anymore. Animals don't do this and will continue running, attacking or whatever as long as it can. Pumped up, drugged up you are correct. A friend went to Alaska for Brown Bear back in the 70s. His guide showed him a skull where someone has shot the bear. The bullet, a 30 cal of some sort, had cut a furrow in the skull and was stopped by the skull. Bone had grown back over but you could still see the base of the 30 cal bullet.