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If you shoot a bad guy and call 911, you have admitted your guilt to murder in most states under most conditions. You are guilty of murder, and the burden has shifted to you to prove a defense. You have to admit shooting the bad guy in order to claim self defense. if an intruder is in your home.. and you have reason to believe that you are in grave danger.. you should defend yourself with every ounce of fight you have in you.. coupled with every tool at your disposal.. period... I agree with Vlad on this. The BG is in your house and most likely has a criminal record. This kind of shifts the burden to him to prove what he was doing there.

The more police that are put on the street equals more crime found, therefore it looks like that more police = more crime. "Found" crime and reported crimes are two different things. In high crime areas many police are going from one call to another and they don't have a lot of time to "find" crime. If you're talking about a not so high crime area and the police are agressive, yes they will find more crime. Reported crime is a better way to determine crime rates and clearance rates. There will always be unreported crime however. Although he had many faults, Giuliani reduced serious crime in NY. He consolidated NYPD, Housing, and Transit which should have been done long ago. Initially, there was more crime as NYPD was not letting anyone get away with anything, arrests were made for any petty crime. When the players saw they couldn't get away with the small stuff few graduated to the big stuff and the crime rate went down. Also, don't forget that the ratio of residents to law enforcement is greater in resort and business areas. This is a gimme in any resort area be it NJ, Las Vegas, or anywhere else. You need a police department to take care of how many people are in your town on a regular basis. Crime rates in resort areas are skewed toward certain types of crime as in Seaside Heights the rate for assault skyrockets in the summer compared to say January. The statistics can be skewed anyway one likes. True but reported crimes seem like a more logical place to start.

Most places in dem controlled areas are overcopped. I don't see that of some master plan of the Democrats to create a police state. It's more Democrat adminstrations are more likely to initiate the types of programs that don't punish criminals. Look at our NJ cities and places like DC, Chicago, Detroit, etc. Police departments are as big as their crime rate. Comparing Newark, Camden, or Elizabeth to a national average is meaningless. Police presence does nothing to eliminate crime. An experiment was conducted in Kansas City about 40 years ago. They literally put a cop on each corner in a high crime area. They found the criminals jusrt moved to adjacent areas and committed their crimes there. Crime wasn't eliminated is was just moved.

Luis, it sounds to me that you have a slight timing problem as you say it only happens rapid fire. It may need a slightly thicker hand to bring it back totally in spec. When people hear timing and the hand they usually think they need a longer hand but the thickness of the hand has more to do with timing. Not a hard fix if you know what you're doing but I'd send it to S&W. Your gun doesn't sound dangerous to use but I'm sure you want to get it fixed ASAP. I'd like to throw a word in here on springs. Many shooters modift, replace, screw with springs for a lighter trigger pull etc etc. It has always seemed to me that the engineers that designed the gun kind of figured out what strength spring to use. In addition to turning the screw out on a S&W many cut down the recoil or trigger return spring. This actually slows down your shooting as it takes longer for the trigger to return to battery moreso if you're rapid firing DA. Ed McGivern who's speed records stood for quite some time until Jerry Miculek beat them always used stock springs in his S&W revolvers. He put 6 shots into an Ace of Spades at a distance I can't remember in something like .40 seconds. I think I read something about Miculek saying he used stock springs also but don't hold me to it. I'll save my epistle on semi auto springs for another time.

So should I turn it until it's tight? Yes all the way in. Now if you want to find out if its the gun or ammo go to the range with some of the ammo that was misfiring and some you know to be reliable. Try the reliable ammo first if that doesn't work its the gun. Then use the ammo that misfired, if it works it was because the screw was backed out if it doesn't it's that ammo.

how much do i turn it? I turned it maybe a full turn and a half. The answer to your first question is turn it in un til it stops. If your strain screw was turned out 1 1/2 turns that is most likely your problem. Turning out the strain screw is a shade tree pistolsmith job and will eventually turn into a failure of some sort as you have experienced. No one should be doing it. If you want to screw with springs get a Wolf spring kit and make sure it works before you rely on the gun for anything

Model 59 started production in 1971 Correct, although there were prototypes built for Navy Seals earlier. I don't know if you were around then but among the most fashionable guns in the 70s were the Model 29 (yeah Dirty Harry), the Model 66 4" (until they came out withe the 2 1/2", and Model 59.

Uh, Ray....the Model 39 was a single stack. The 59 was a double stack, making it "hi-cap" by today's standards. Ray, you are wrong! (OK to use that in your signature line) Adios, Pizza Bob Bob is correct. The 39 was produced initially in the middle 50s as a possible replacement for the 1911. I had one I traded for...a Model 59.

Ray, you've had us stumped for nearly 3 hours. If M59 is not correct please give us the answer and post another question.

MA DEUCE Acceptable, full nomenclature to my null and void question is the 50 cal Browning M1921. Okay what was the first hi cap produced in the US?

Okay two clues. US considers anything smaller than 20mm is small arms. Its older than the M1 Garand.

Come on its still in use.

Not the M14. I will post the question again. Variants of the 1911 are the oldest small arms in the US inventory. What is the second oldest? Includes crew served weapons, extra credit for year of adoption.

Who said you get to ask? Is the answer right? Sorry missed that rule question deleted.

S&W Model 59.

(b) The actor demanded that the intruder disarm, surrender or withdraw, and the intruder refused to do so. This is one point in 2C:3-4 all need to be aware of FWIW.

are there any exemptions for walking from your building to your car? Theoretically for a short period of time I am standing on a public sidewalk in the middle of a city with handguns in a bag... isn't this technically illegal? Common sense would dictate that what you are doing is fine but I understand your concern as this is NJ.

I wonder how many rounds this fella lit off before realizing he was shooting 9's out of his 40. Probably one round. Everytime I've seen this happen the gun will usually lock up as there is not enough extractor in the groove. I've seen 9mm rounds loaded and retained in Glock, S&W and H&K 40 mags. I can't speak for other manufacturers. 40 magazines can also retain and feed 357sig in most magazines. No wonder as the 357 SIG is based on a necked down 40 case. Fire forming is not done with a bullet in the case, rather paper or bread is used as wadding. My experience with fireforming dictates the use of a bullet with a reduced charge. The reason is is pressures would build up sufficiently to form the brass without a bullet giving some resistance. You may be onto something. Not only did he load the wrong caliber, but he loaded them backwards so they bulge at the mouth! So then i suppose the shell gets gets fired and the bullet gets ejected? Jon, come on this wasn't a serious answer was it?

It's possible Hornady's brass is sized longer than the other 357 ammo Alec we are talking thousandths of an inch I would think Hornaday's brass would be in SAAMI standards all the time. A few thousands wouldn't make that much difference to affect extraction. OK, so this myth (have seen it many times before) states that the crud is basically crimping the front of the round down, and makes high pressures. glennp is correct on this. If you had enough crud in the chambers to increase pressures you'd never get the round in the cylinder.

If you plan to carry it, consider the 19, 23, 27, etc they are slightly larger and might fit you better. The 27 is the same size and weight as the 19. We used glocks where I worked and std issue was a 17 or 19 and later they bought 26s for a smaller gun. Many who shot the 17 or 19 well couldn't or wouldn't adapt to the smaller size and shot lousy. The 19 is the best overall 9mm Glock IMO. Not too big not too small. Only about 1/2 inch longer and 3/4" taller than the 26. These added dimensions have no effect on concealability vs a 26 unless you are trying to fit the gun in a certin size box. For CCW there is a difference between the 26 and 17 but none bewteen the 26 and 19. If you put grip extensions on the 26 you make it about the size of the 19. I like a 17 but wouldn't buy one as I'd have to use neutered magazines or factory 10 rounders.

http://www.gunforhire.com/ http://www.njfirearms.com/ Here are two places near you that offer classes. I haven't been to either of them and don't know the people running them so I can't say one is better than the other. There are probably more places in the state. I'm sure you can understand why I'm trying to get some practice and training before the academy i can understand this but I've seen people with no experience go to the police academy or other basic course and turn into fantastic shooters because they were willing to listen and devote time to practice after learning the basics. I have to go but I'll PM you later.

ammo costs are much highercheaper Thanx for the fix old school

My first time shooting a gun was yesterday at a firing range in PA. due to the fact that I'm eligible for hire as a police officer in our state for the next two years I wanted to get my firearms permit to get some arms training before the academy I would suggest getting some professional instruction. It may cost you a little but worth it in the long run. I was a "self taught pistol shooter" at one time and really pretty good. The problem is I developed bad habits which stalled my advancement. Once I got on a PD and had people who knew what they were doing teach me my shooting ability skyrocketed. I became a firearms instructor and found you never stop learning. I had the good fortune when I went to a federal job to have instructors like Jim Cirillo and a lot of other not so well known guys who were true "pistoleros". I've decided on a Glock 23, from what I've been reading, its an extremely reliable gun and is seeing more and more use in the law enforcement fields If you like the G23 I would suggest you get the G19. Same size in 9mm. The 40 is a good round (although I refuse to buy one) but ammo costs are much higher than 40. You can get a lot more shooting for your money with lower priced 9mm. Bear in m ind your department will most likely be telling you what you will carry. Bigger department more rules. Keep in mind that once you get on a police department you will be able to carry almost anywhere in the US. I'm sure they will cover this in the academy as you will be subject to some restrictions depending on what state you go to. If you wind up getting a federal job almost all the restrictions go away. Good luck and PM me if you think I can help.

NEXT question.....what COLOR?? Tan(FDE), Black, Multi-Cam?? Whatever matches your battle dress.

I haven't used either but the Viking seems way overpriced. Using it with open top carriers makes it more of a "games" belt than a "battle" belt. I want flaps covering my mags in combat for a variety of reasons.