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@Zeke see me for your needs. Family price for you.

You've told that story before but still good to hear it. When Austin was on The Boulevard in Kenilworth I overheard a conversation. He had the price of a standard action job listed as $35. This was when a really good job paid $10,000 a year, you could buy a new car for under $3000, and a Model 27 S&W cost $185. Someone commented "that's a lot for an action job". Austin responded, "$5 for the labor and $30 for knowing how". He used that line often.

@Cheflife15 I'll throw my 2 cents in regarding revolvers. I'm not as devoted to them as @Pizza Bob but still like them. I carry one for SD often. Most people are turned off by revolvers because the trigger is heavier that SA and striker fires semiautos. They're looking for instant success. Shooting a revolver DA is harder than most semiautos. You need to develop your finger and hand muscles to shoot a revolver well. Back in the old days I've found that people who spend a lot of time gripping something, a hammer or someone into martial arts, picked up a revolver quicker because their grip and finger muscles were developed. Roofers, before nailguns, had a really good grip. 40 hrs plus a week of swinging a hammer was how they developed it. Nonetheless, I've seen people who never fired a gun before be issued a brand new service revolver out of the box and in a week qualify expert. That included shooting out to 50 yards with a 2" 38 special. Many are intrigued with action jobs and light trigger pulls. There are 3 jobs those effect. Reliability, trigger pull, and function. A really light main spring will effect reliabity. A lighter trigger return spring effects function. When one gets more experience in revolvers you learn smooth is more important than light in a trigger. Renowned pistol erosion Jim Cirillo would say the best way to smooth out a trigger is to dry fire the revolver a 1000 times. Not only will you smooth out the trigger but you'll develop your hand and finger muscles. I see people brag about the action job they did resulting in a 4 1/2 pound trigger. Of course that's not reliable with all ammo. Austin Behlert, one of the most talented pistolsmiths of all time, used to do an 8 lb trigger that was reliable with all ammo. Maybe the guy who does the 4 1/2 lb trigger has learned a way to defy the laws of physics. A 4" 357 is about the most versatile handgun made. You can do just about anything with it. You can match the power level with a lit of semiauto calibers but you can't go lower than the semiauto will function. You can get an assortment of lower powered ammo for the 357 and that is a good place to learn how to shoot a DA revolver. If you learn to shoot a DA revolver well everything else is easy. Just my 2 cents.

IMO, your kit is tailored to where you're going to hike. Going to hike well marked trails you're familiar with? Water and a pocketknife are enough. Poorly marked trails you've never done? Extra food, compass, map, signaling device, etc.

Now for an opinion but IANAL. Don't take a handgun on your boat unless you can already carry. If you're a cop, have a carry permit, or covered under LEOSA you'd be fine in NJ waters. If you have an FID you can carry an unloaded long gun in NJ. Some people with an FID keep an unloaded long gun in their car. I would think the same would apply to carrying one on your boat. At least in NJ. When I worked in South Florida in the early 80s doing a lot of hoardings the first question I'd ask the captain was, "do you have any weapons aboard". If they said no I became suspucious. But that was almost 40 years ago and a different place.

I'd say youre okay.

Most people can't but you probably can.

I do like my Taurus but my favorite 4" 357 is my GP100. @Zeke I don't have objectophilia.

Not an easy answer to this question. There have been changes in the laws since I used to do this. I will make it clear what is history and what is still applicable. Don't believe that because you have living facilities on your boat makes it your "home" unless you truly live on it. Most states look at boats, campers, rvs, and motor homes as vehicles when they're moving and homes when they're stopped, tied up, hooked to shore power, etc. Now who's enforcing the law. The US Coast Guard has the broadest authority. They can board a US vessel anywhere in the world for a safety and document check. If they have suspicion you've been out of the US they can do a complete Customs search. No PC or warrant required. They can board foreign flag vessels anywhere with permission of the country they're reqistered in. USCG can board any vessel for various reasons out to 200 miles out. Customs and Border Protection, Marine Division can board your vessel out to 24 miles at sea and on any waterways that have access to the ocean for a safety and document check. They can board your boat if you're on the Delaware by the I80 bridge. If they think you've arrived from foreign or had contact with a foreign flag vessel they can do a complete Customs search. Once again no warrant needed. Most state LE agencies, including NJSP, allow boardings for document and safety check. I believe this also applies to local LE. Some NJSP were cross-designated as Customs Officers but I dont know if this is still true. Things get more complicated with state boundaries. Say you're in VA and going to find in the Potomac between VA and MD. You're open carrying (legal in VA) and launch your boat from VA. You don't go more than 50' from the VA shoreline. Think you're okay? NO! MD's boundary with VA along the Potomac is the low water mark on the VA side. The boundary doesn't go down the middle of the river as most do. So you can get arrested by MD LE. Federal agencies are not out there to enforce state laws. No Federal law about keeping a gun on your boat that I know of. However, if Feds find you in violation of a state law they can make a referral to a state agency. I know of an incident a few years ago where a guy was bringing his yacht down the East River. He was boarded by USCG and they found a handgun on the guys boat. He was arrested and charged by NYPD. I know this doesn't answer the question but gives you something to think about. One other thing. If you're boarded by any LE agency the first question you'll be asked is if you have any weapons on board. That includes spearguns, crossbows, or anything else. Now you may take the 5th but if you decline to answer or lie that will only make the LEO think what else you're hiding. LE agencies don't need a reason to board you. Just the fact you're on the water is reason enough. What happens after that depends.

Get a military aviators kit bag. If your keeping it in your vehicle size doesnt matter that much.Keep it 4 season. You don't want to keep switching stuff out. You know this from CAP. Survival vest stuff may vary by region. If you have a problem acquiring an Avaiators Kit Bag PM me. I get food, water, shelter, armament all in a large Alice pack.

FWIW, I got a cab of G96 throgh Amazon and it came with an ORM-D sticker. No hazmat fee

Excellent photographs!!!

More later. Your quote and my response exceeded the volume.

I let this sit for a week before responding. There are a lot of things people here are unaware or misinformed. LEOs give up a lot of rights when they take the job. So does anyone going into the military. LEOs and the military are supposed to be politically neutral. There are not only department regulations but laws that govern the conduct of LEO's conduct in political activities. The Hatch Act is the Federal law covers employees of the Executive Branch which includes all Federal LEOs and even state employees where Federal funds pay most of their salary. It is designed to prevent government workers from being involved in partisan politics. Using one's postion to endorse a political view is not allowed. I have seen this interpreted to include making a public statement even if they don't mention their government position. NJ has similar laws as do most states. These laws don't apply to officials in elected positions like Sheriff Bianco. His political position will be judged by his voters. There are those that say the laws and regulations should be overlooked in Anderson's case. I don't agree. When the laws and regulations are overlooked and LE can be involved in partisan politics we wind up with phony "Russian Collusion" dossiers used to get FISA warrants. We get an attempted coup by a rogue AG and a corrupt FBI Director. Anderson was given several chances to take the video down. His chief was trying to keep him out of trouble. Anderson decided to do what he did. He's losing his job as a police officer. He got a payday anyway. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-officer-anderson/campaign/gallery/0 Over $436,000 in two weeks. Pretty good severance package. We'll see what he's going to do with it. Fight in court to get his job back? He violated regulations and probably some WA laws doing what he did so that seems like throwing the money away. Maybe he'll take a couple years off and sail around the world as he said he'd like to in his video.

I looked at the 21, 30, and 36. The 30 is like the G19 of 45 acps. The 21 is a big gun. The 30? Not too big, not too small. I got the 30. Eventually I got a 21 and have gotten rid of it. Still have the 30. If you are in a position to use higher capacity you can use the 21 mags in the 30.

Underdoggy, you apparently didn't read the first sentence in my first post. It was, "Contrary to what a lot of people think here this is the attitude of most police". That was agreement with what was said in the video in the OP. You've gone on to cut snippets out of my responses to throw a totally different twist to what I've written. I take exception to your efforts to portray me as something I'm not. Your character attack is so wrong as others on this forum who know me could tell you. I'll set that straight now. Police need to have a show of force at any demonstration. It's got nothing to do with power tripping. It has to do with maintaining order. The show of force is tailored to the level of the threat. I saw, in the past few weeks, some Catholic nuns were picketing the Supreme Court. There were a few police there. More to ensure the right to demonstrate wasn't interfered with rather than expecting trouble from the nuns. So yeah, that was a show of force. You probably didn't like that. You'd call that too much power tripping. If there's a demonstration where there is a likelihood of turning violent the police need to show up with more than a few cops. You should be ashamed of yourself. You've been making all these claims about rights but apparently only read parts of the COTUS that support your ideas. Your understanding of the COTUS and the system it establishes are seriously lacking. The police, part of the Executive Branch has no power to determine the constitutionality of a law. That power lies in the Judicial Branch. The shutdown restrictions that have been imposed are by executive orders which, for the most part, have the force of law. However, EOs can be nullified by the Legislative Branch. As far as declaring a law unconstituional, that is a job for the Judicial Branch. Most cases that go to appellate courts don't question the constitutionality of the law but the constitutionality of the procedures used. So yes, you can say a law is unconstituional when it is written. It gets passed by the legislature, signed into law by the chief executive or his veto overriden by the legislature. But until that law is found unconstutional by a court or repealed by the same process that passed it you can be arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced for violating it. Blame the legislature for not nullifying EOs. I've said in this thread cops don't want to be bothered with enforcing all these EO shutdowns. I said that and made the point that's because they they think these EOs are bs. You've tried to turn that around to say it's a lack of sympathy on my part but you're wrong. Instead of blaming someone of a lack of sympathy I've supported relatives and friends during this time. If I get the money back, fine. If not that's fine too. I put my money where my heart is. Do you?I You talk about holding cops accountable for the actions of other cops. So should you be held accountable because your 20 year old commits a heinous crime because you didn't bring them up right? Your way of thinking is how North Korea is run. You want to hold cops accountable for the actions of other cops. America doesn't work that way. Communism and Nazi Germany do or did. As I've already noted you lack an understanding of the COTUS. Now there has been many instances of police over eagerly enforcing these shutdown EOs. I never defended that. You fail to realize when they were making arrests the EO was legal. You want them and all cops held accountable. The COTUS prohibits ex post facto laws. You forgot that part. Yes most cops don't want to be bothered with enforcing shutdown restrictions. I've said that most of these restrictions are bs. This is evident from the lack of hundreds or thousands of arrests for violations. How many can you find? Cops not arresting someone because they took their kids to a playground or not arresting someone for anything doesn't make the news. Why do you applaud Officer Anderson and Sheriff Bianco for not wanting to be bothered with enforcing these bs EOs but when I say the same you show me no respect? That's okay. I don't need or desire respect from you. You blame police for getting paid while others are suffering. Do you have the same attitude about other "essential workers"? Yes, there is a difference between the way police and non-police think just as there are differences between every other profession. The big difference is there are many more people with no knowledge who think they know how cops should do their job

I'm not embarrassed by that. I didn't have any part of it. It is troubling based on what the video shows. Your last paragraph explains why most police don't want to be bothered with enforcing these shutdown mandates. I said that in my last response.

I'm not saying cops don't slam people into sidewalks. Sometimes that's what has to be done. Sometimes the cops are wrong. You're projecting an image that everyone arrested comes along peaceably. That's not real life. A show of force at a peaceable protest helps keep it peaceable. More so when there's a demonstration and a counter-demonstration in the same place. Tactical gear bothers you? I guess you think they should show up with pool noodles and water pistols. There is a lot of talk about unconstitutional laws. The fact is a law doesn't become unconstitutional until a court says it is. Cops or anyone else can't decide that. That's our system. Many of this shutdown due to the virus is bs. Cops don't want to be bothered enforcing mask wearing, social distancing, and most of this other stuff. The PBA in NYC told DeBlassio so. Many mayors and sheriffs have refused to enforce stupid shutdowns mandated by governors.

Contrary to what a lot of people think here, this is the attitude of most police. Cops are pounded with Constitutional Rights in the police academy. Most cops are not out there to screw with you. No matter what you may think. If the law said you were okay with carrying a bazooka in your car they'd be okay with that. Don't blame the cops. Blame the lawmakers.

108th is KC135s. 177th is F16s.

STOP IT!!! I have full confidence in my Taurus handguns, revolver and semiautos. Whilst one may use them for sport they are effective combat pistols.

One needs to realize. There are two separate supply chains. Consumer and commercial. Commercial has been pretty much shutdown. Example? I saw a commentary and they said 2/3 of the bacon in the US is consumed by restaurants. That's pretty shut down. I assessed my tp consumption a,while back. Found no consumer tp at a normal price. I found those big commercial rolls at a normal price. I bought a case (they equal 4 consumer rolls). I'm set for some time. Commercial can't just switch over to consumer. That's a problem.

Not pure profit. They has to truck it up from Mexico. Thank God for captialism.

Regio is made in Mexico and Colombia. Big producer. Not an off brand.