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@Zeke looking for my pants now. Should find them by Sunday.

I DO????

Thanx, thought it was earlier.

The problem is so many of NJ firearms laws are purposely written so vaguely it's hard to understand what they want at times and they change their mind. For example when the AWB was first passed they were satisfied with you merely blocking your magazines to 15. Then in the late 90s (IIRC) they said magazines had to be "permanently" blocked to 15. There was no grace for this. Instantly thousands of gun owners in NJ became criminals.

Same here.

I know a few people that had success with Chantix. More than those using patches or gum.

You need to understand politicians play politics within their own party. The Democrats don't care if one of them votes against a anti-gun bill as long they know it will pass anyway. More so if that's what it takes for that legislator to be re-elected in their district. Just as long as they pull the party line on other votes. If you look at Van Drew''s voting record he usually votes against anti-gun bill. That's the fallacy of the NRA rating. They only look at gun issues. Van Drew voted for NICS for private transfers. That's the biggest PITA for gun owners in NJ. It's also another "tax" as the state will collect more from NICS. He also voted for tuition assistance for illegal aliens. Given the choice between a candidate with a NRA A rating who's for higher taxes and more government control and another with an NRA B rating who's for lower taxes and less control I'll take the B rated guy. You can't be a one issue voter.

Not really. I've shot all those. Nice guns. I can understand people wanting to shoot them if they never have. Mushsashi said not to have a favorite weapon and be acquainted with all weapons. I shoot a variety of firearms for fun. A Glock is a good choice if you're going to a fight. If you're shooting for fun it doesn't make a difference what you shoot.

Like I said relative term.

Good guns is a relative term. I know of some S&W Model 10s and GI 1911s among others that are not particularly sexy looking but they proved to be very good guns.

Ray, you will be one of the few people around that knows how to shoot a revolver in the future. I'm sure you can write cursive and know how to use a dial phone. I'll bring some revolvers too.

Might that be with Spam and pineapple?

I thought the same thing but have confirmed with Chef @Zeke the pineapple is in the sauce not mixed in with the meat. Having sampled Zeke''s meat loaf I can now give my full review. I tried the sauce by itself and while very tasty I might put it on French Vanilla ice cream before putting it on meat. Ground turkey instead of beef? Hmm. My first concern was most things that are healthier for you it wouldn't taste good. However it was delicious and the binder used passed the firmness test for meat loaf. That is firm enough to cut a piece and hold on a fork without crumbling. Too little binder and the meat loaf falls apart, too much and you can wind up with a brick. Another thing that gives Zeke some street cred is he's actually lived lived in Hawaii. Now if I were to make this, without the sauce of course, I would use Maui onions to qualify as Polynesian meat loaf. @Displaced Texan if you duplicate Zeke's creation you might want to use Pecos onions. Would this make it Texas Meat Loaf? There is another interesting connection here. Turkeys are not native to Hawaii. Wild turkeys were released in the Hawaiian Islands in the 60s. These were Rio Grande Wild Turkeys from Texas so they were legal immigrants to Hawaii. Now none of these turkeys are alive today but their ancestors, by the common law concept of jus poli, are Hawaiian. I must mention another food that danced across my palate in the past 24 hours. I have always liked fine examples of beef brisket. This is usually satisfied with pastrami and corned beef. Yesterday I had @Displaced Texan''s brisket. The best Texas Brisket I've ever had!!! @Mrs.Zeke haven't had the cake yet. Will post review when I do. I'm sure most are more interested in that than what range pants we all wear. FWIW, contrary to what some think of my food rules and dietary habits I supplied a vegetable to the gathering.

Chobham and reactive armor are two older technologies that have proven themselves. The M1 has been around over 35 years and there's been many improvements since then.

Modern armor might work. After Gulf War 1 I saw some Abrams coming back through Bayonne that had taken what I thought unsurvivable hits. However, they were still running and fully functional.

1000 mile range? Not tomorrow but maybe not impossible. Gerald Bull was getting fantastic ranges from artillery in the 60s. Too bad for him he got pissed at the US and Canada and wound up selling his services to Sadaam Hussein resulting in his assassination by the Mosaad in the early 90s. Time will tell what technology will develop. The H&K VP70 was pretty much ignored by most in its nearly 20 years of production. Who wanted a polymer frame pistol? The Glock 17 was around for about 3 years before it was imported to the US. I guess Glock got it right. The US actually tried this in the 70s IIRC. I saw some prototypes that were in storage at Picatinny Arsenal. They worked well in tank to tank combat I was told. This was going to be the answer so we could take on the greater numbers of Soviet tanks in Europe. There was one factor only realized late in their development that killed the idea. Things like electronic countermeasures were designed into these unmanned tanks. What killed the idea was there was no way to protect them from the Russian private with a RPG. He could turn that unmanned tank into a static pillbox that could easily be destroyed by direct fire weapons or artillery.

Check Grab-a-Gun and TSS Warehouse. Grab-a-Gun has them as low as $359 with a 5 Rd magazine. Don't know of that's the newer one that takes AR mags. Call them and ask.

I've been looking at a Ruger American Ranch in 5.56. 1 in 8 twist will stabilize heavier bullets, 1 to 2" accuracy at 100 yd, takes AR magazines, and available for about $400 are all plus factors AFAIC. Add a half way decent scope and it's pretty hard to beat the value.

There are people that collect just about everything. Train schedules, pencils, matchbooks, and anything else you can imagine. I don't see a lot of sense in some of these collections but I don't have to, the person doing the collecting has. As far as value that's debatable. A friend has a collection of beer taps. Most were given to him and some he bought in junk shops and flea markets. Some are worth several hundred dollars. He also buys fishing reels. He has one he bought in a box of others for $10 that's worth over $2000. Two $20 single barrel shotguns might make one nice one worth $100 with 10 minutes work.

Field grades can be a good buy. My best shooting Garand is a field grade with a VAR barrel. I handpicked it at the North Store.

Out of state dealers only have one obligation to follow the laws of another state. Federal law permits a FFL to sell a long gun to an out of state resident if the sale would be legal in both states.

I would doubt that. Much easier to get a phony prescription or buy off the street.

I've never met a doctor in NJ with a carry permit. Most doctors keep few drugs in their office. No one makes house calls anymore so there is no need to keep drugs of any kind there. A doctor would have to meet the "justifiable need" like anyone else in NJ (or be politically hooked). When was the last time a doctor was held up for drugs? I can't remember any in the past 40 years. No sense in taking a remote chance a doctor has the drugs you're looking for with him or her. Hold up or break in to a pharmacy is more of a sure thing.

Keep in mind a FFL can refuse to do a sale. Just like someone can refuse to do business with you as long as it's not based on race, sex, religion, etc.

IIRC the FID has always been yellow on front and white on back.