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Please tell me what probable cause would the police have to make that arrest? Please post examples of that happening so I can be better informed.

If you are going hunting you don't need the FPID. That is one of the few exemptions if you don't have a FPID. Hunting and back with only reasonable deviations. If you have the FPID you don't have to worry about reasonable deviations. That and many places require it to buy any ammo. The "capture papers" enhance the value of those milsurps.

The seizure of the magazines was discussed thoroughly in the thread. Read my responses there and we can continue that discussion in that thread. To respond to two points that haven't been discussed to death: 1. The police are not a delivery service. You offer no rationale why they should be. 2. Transfer of the magazines from the seized property room to the original owner is not an exemption under the law. Not saying I agree with the law. You need to read it. 3. Reaching? You're claiming there are no gun owners who habitually use marijuana? That they could get away lying on the application because they never were caught? Based on the number of people who are for recreational marijuana just on this forum you need to open your eyes.

The magazines were never released. There is nothing to allow police to serve as a delivery service for returned property.

You need to lighten up. Law really doesn't allow possession of greater than 15 Rd magazines outside your home now. How are the police supposed to legally transfer those magazines back to the person? You also have to consider the police were acting under directives written by the county prosecutor. The Taser charges will be or have been dismissed with or without the defendant hiring a lawyer. That's 2 incidents in a state of like 7,000,000 people. Neither have to do with firearms. One can avoid gun problems by: 1. Don't own any. 2. Just follow the law as difficult as it seems at times. What battle do you expect if you get in a car crash if you legally have guns in your car? Do you walk around with receipts for that expensive camera or wrist watch in case you get stopped by police? The FPID doesn't prove you aren't a prohibited person. It only proves there is no records making you a prohibited person when you got it. How many habitual marijuana users have FPIDs? Don't know because they lied applying for the FPID. Police can't legally seize your guns while they investigate whether or not you're a prohibited person .

Please show me cases of where the police seized guns that someone couldn't prove that they owned them. Show me cases where people have been legally transporting any gun and have been hassled. Running serial numbers will only show stolen guns and handguns purchased with a P2P in NJ. The computerized handgun registry in NJ is only accurate back to about 2000. If a handgun comes up on it in someone else's name there are a multitude of ways it may have been legally transferred. It is up to the police to prove you are a prohibited person. The onus is not on you to prove you're not. Yes, it's just you.

All depends what you want to do with that rifle and how much you want to spend.

Many people have guns they legally purchased from private parties when they lived in other states. No invoices, registration, will, or any other way of proving they are yours. If you are in possession of something in a legal manner police must prove something is not yours. Even in NJ. Like others have said, get a FID and load your trunk up with long guns and drive any where except prohibited places and you're not breaking any laws.

No no. Not a competition!!! When you get down to it the Navy is the only one designed to fight on or under 70% of the surface of the earth. They also can fight on the remaining 30% from the air.

@Displaced Texan is that what they use on submarines now?

Keep in mind if you patch it like @Displaced Texan says you need to remember you have electrics in the door. Window, door locks, and mirror controls. Get that patch with sealant on it ASAP. If you don't have time to get that metal patch on soon at least put some duct tape on it. A junk yard door (especially if you find one in the same color) is the easiest fix. Depending on what kind of car it is it may not be the least expensive. A body man who really knows how to weld may be able to patch it and paint it for less. Just something to keep in mind.

You might want to run a bead of silicone sealer under the sheet metal to keep it waterproof.

Being you had your FID already how long did it take to get your pink card?

Note in the linked article that Murphy says hiring convicted felons for state jobs may become "the new norm". Yeah, this is an appointment job but Murphy couldn't find someone who isn't a felon and violated public trust like this bumpkin?

Murphy also thinks it's a good idea to give a convicted felon a $70,000 a year state job. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://nj1015.com/murphy-hires-ex-con-to-work-in-education/&ved=2ahUKEwiGlfud4MrdAhXHV98KHWM-DmkQFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw03WDMAM4zy0fY-sJ2ro-P8

FID shows criminal history check already done and has SBI number making another easier. IIRC there also is an additional NJ State ID required for employees at a gun shop.

Cleaning your firearm is not just about restoring accuracy because you shot X number of rounds. It's also about inspection to avoid breakdowns and ensuring proper lubrication and reliability. Cleaning a small amount of copper fouling from the bore is a lot easier than the amount that causes accuracy to suffer. If you keep the bore clean you restore that counter back to zero before you reach X. You may not be in a position to clean it when it reaches X. I don't shoot cap ammo either. Never did. I will agree to disagree with you on this issue. My way has worked for me for a long time.

I don't think that's good advice. Do you drive your car until it doesn't run anymore? If you want to have confidence in your firearm preventive maintenance is a good idea. Whether it's for serious social work or games.

See @PK90 post above. I concur.

@Howard try putting the stock recoil spring back. It looks like you've been getting away running a softer spring until now. Is this new ammo softer or standard? A softer recoil spring makes the slide come back harder than a stock spring. This puts more wear and tear on your gun. It also makes your slide come back into battery slower. I don't think your magazine springs are bad. I think they're performing as they are supposed to. By using a softer spring the timing of your gun is screwed up. Engineers figure out what weight springs to use to get the gun to work reliably. There is a balance here that you've upset with that softer spring. I'm speculating what's happening is this new ammo is loaded to standard pressures and running the slide back harder than it was designed to be. The magazine, assisted by the extra hard whack of the slide when it comes back and extra time it stays back, is letting two rounds out instead of one. If the mag spring was soft it would have a hard time pushing one round up. The major function of a recoil spring is to return the slide to battery and chamber a fresh round. That's it. When one does something to change the parameters the gun was designed to do this in there can be problems. Many put in an extra power spring in the belief it will help them shooting +P ammo. See the first sentence of my preceding paragraph. Now +P does make sense in ammo that is underloaded from the factory like 38 special. However a semiautomatic pistol is designed to work within a certain pressure range. Shooting a softer recoil spring slows down the return of the slide and a heavier one speeds it up and slams the slide back harder than it was designed to be. My idea of +P 9mm is called 357 SIG. A 10mm is a +P 40 S&W to me. How much of this new ammo do you have? We need to get your gun working so at least you can use it up.

I've seen a lot of guns that ran fine with a broken ejector. Can't say if a Glock will as I've never seen one with a broken ejector. However I agree it should be checked. @Howard if your gun runs fine with all the other ammo you use this had to be an ammo problem a's @RichP speculates. Get out your calipers or micrometer. 40 S&W (according to the Lyman manual) should be.423" at the case mouth, .424" just forward of the extractor groove, and .424" at the case head. If undersized I'd take this up with the ammo manufacturer. Howard, is that recoil spring "extra power" or "soft"?

If there's a round still in the chamber it would be the extractor not ejector. A broken ejector usually will induce a stovepipe malfunction.

When this happens do you have in the chamber: 1. Fired round (just brass) 2. Round with a dead primer 3. Live round in the chamber

You really can't compare NJ law with CA. NY, etc. It all depends on how NJ writes their law. That said, NJ law will be confusing when it comes to firearms.

If he has a double feed caused by a failure to extract he would have a fired round in the chamber. That would most likely be an extractor problem.