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Not necessarily. If you rent a house, only your name is on the lease, and your brother lives you, that is his residence. Just like you own your house and your kids live there.

What town is this? I've never heard of this anywhere in NJ. Maybe if they weren't doing this they could get the FIDs and PPPs out on 30 days instead of however long it takes. It sounds like they have too much free time. What long guns you buy is none of their business. I also think it's inappropriate for a police department to waste their time doing this.

I've used Breakfree for about 30 years. I've cleaned guns, put them away for a couple of years and they ran fine. I only use grease on Garands. Then it's Mobil 1 grease. I like Dri Slide for the innards of an AR. Breakfree everywhere else. I use Ballistol on wood stocked guns. This has worked for me for years and see no reason to change.

Not really sure about the law in NJ about this. Some advice I got from someone long ago is when your rv is rolling it's a vehicle so treat it like transportation. When you're parked and set up to live treat it like a residence. Sounds reasonable to me and gives you a defense.

That's not the parameters the OP gave. Please find me the person who's been arrested for that one hollow point and nothing else in the past 10 years.

I don't see why telling the truth can lead to anything bad.

A police officer can ask to search your car at any time. There are very limited situations a police officer can search your car without a warrant or consent. There is no reason to volunteer the information you have guns in your car. If you know you're not doing anything wrong the easy answer to how to interact is: 1. Tell the truth. The truth is easy to remember. If you're caught in a lie that raises suspicions. 2. Answer the officer's questions. If he or she asks if you have guns in the car tell them. Tell them you have guns in the car. Tell them you are going/coming from the range. As was said follow the rules and you'll have no problems. I don't know where this paranoia about searches comes. If a cop has probable cause to search your car they will search your car and have no need to ask. Coming from or going to a range and having guns in the car by itself is not probable cause to search your car. You will find very few people on this forum who were stopped with guns in their car because it rarely happens. If this were such a good reason to stop people cops would be sitting on roads that come from a range. That doesn't happen. Yes you will find people who will tell you say nothing, question why the cop stopped you, ask for your lawyer, etc. All that will do is piss off the cop. He or she wants to make the stop and go on.

True Ray. All those things you list can be worked around except reliability. One needs to be concerned with all of them if you're picking a gun for general issue to the troops. Outside of the military I started carrying semiautomatics back in the 70s. The first thing most would comment on is reliability. I was satisfied with the reliability of those guns I carried back then. None of them were as reliable as a Glock. However I have no issues carrying one of those guns today. @USRifle30Cal thanks for posting that video. Clint said basically what Musashi said about 400 years ago. Read Audie Murphy's MOH citation. He fought with what he had. Artillery, a Ma Deuce, and his personal weapon. His personal weapon? What many would say an inadequate weapon, a M1 Carbine. He still managed to kill about 50 enemy soldiers and break up their attack.

@High Exposure the problems you note did exist with 40s. Not in 9s. That's what happens when you take a design and use it for a more powerful cartridge than it was originally designed. Just as one can't expect the same durability from N, L, K, and J frame 357s. The were only 2 recurring issues I experienced with this design. Recoil springs needed to be changed every 3000 rds or so. People would invert the slide during cleaning, slop solvent over the interior, and just wipe it down. The solvent would wash all the crap into the firing pin channel and could eventually lock up the firing pin. The same can happen to Glocks. "Tactical" was all sales pitch then as it usually is now. You want smaller, you give up capacity. The slide mounted safety/decocker was used by just about all manufacturers through the 90s. I do agree with that last statement though @Ray Ray I'll disagree with that. If the gun runs fine it runs fine. I've got a wartime Walther PP I have no reservation carrying for social purposes. I've also got a 469 and 659 from the middle 80s that can fill that role as well. Yeah, I know, I'm just an old guy who can feel okay with a 6 shot 357 too. It's not the tool but the user. I'm in total agreement with Musashi when he says, "You shouldn't have a favorite weapon".

Potatoes are a good source of potassium (good for the heart) and vitamin C.

Don't know what kind of bag he was carrying the mags into the school. Really can't say. Several conservative and liberal outlets reported the 10 Rd mags. Based on that there is probably some truth in that. The mags with the swastikas were in his car from what I read. Fumbled a reload? Cheap AR? We don't know how familiar this guy is with ARS. Yes I can think of several ways you can fumble a reload if you're not well versed with any gun. Did he lube the gun? We don't know this. Most is just speculation. We do know he could have killed just as many people with a single barrel shotgun.

Get the 686. Much cheaper to feed. Plenty of relatively inexpensive 38 and 357 ammo out there. Even if you reload 44 ammo will be more expensive.

Not sure. The RPO course changed January 1.

Not a NRA instructor anymore.

When Reagan announced "Star Wars" there wasn't one piece of hardware in place. We had the knowledge and technology to build it and the Russians didn't. Reagan explained "Star Wars" was totally defensive. At a press conferece a reporter asked "Mr President, might Star Wars start a defense race". Reagan's response was, "wouldn't that be great". Star Wars was a big factor in SALT. The Russians offered to give up a bunch of stuff if we gave up Star Wars. Reagan said no. SALT waa supposesd to be a week but due to Reagan's response it lasted a day I think. This caused the Russians to "build more missiles, build more planes, build more tanks" in a frenzy which contributed greatly to their collapse. You couldn't buy a pair of shoes or a coat in Russia in the late 80s. That's how much of the economy the military was eating up there.

Not sure what it is but SG Ammo has always had reasonable shipping to my experience.

Good point. You may get almost enough or more selling the vr barrel to buy a new one if it's very rare or desirable.

I don't think the old ones are really better.

Another viable option.

Unless you're capable of doing the job yourself you might find it only a little more expensive or even cheaper to just buy another barrel. JMO

You can get a nice L or N frame Smith or a GP100 for well under your $1000. Beefier than K frame guns and will hold up better. Stay away from J frame 357s. Recoil is brutal and you really wont want to shoot magnums in them for fun. I wouldn't consider buying a Colt unless you're collecting. Go with the Smith or Ruger for shooting. Resale value? Yeah, Colts will go up faster. If you get any decent quality gun, take reasonable care of it, and hold on to it long enough you will be able to sell it for multiples of what you paid for it I'm partial to a 4" barrel for general use in a 357. Long enough to shoot accurately. Not too long to conceal. 4" and the power range of OTC ammo in 38 and 357 you can do just about anything. I read about a guy who killed a Cape Buffalo with a 357. He hadn't planned on shooting anything but when he was treed by the Buffalo he was glad he brought the 357 For prices look at some of the on line dealers and see what they're asking. Most guns on Gunbroker and Gunsamerica are overpriced IMO. There are some deals people get but not many. Don't worry about action jobs. Smooth is more important than light. Ruger triggers are usually a bit heavier than Smiths IMO. Both triggers come pretty smooth from the factory. Solve the heavy by building up the muscles in your hands and fingers. JMO

Well AVB, I have to give you credit. Finally a post of yours I, for the most part, I'm agreeable. Armed teachers should be on a voluntary basis. SROs should be LEOs as they need authority and they would be subject to following required protocols. They also should be selected from cops would want to do that job. I know uniforms upset some people. Maybe wearing a blazer that let's the students and staff know who they are. White soils so easily. Ask anyone who was in the Navy or Marines.

I know the NJEA is against teachers being armed. Fact is there are many schools in rural and suburban areas where it would take some time for a significant police response. Trump mentioned today providing funding and training from the Feds for this. He made a point if you just harden the target it makes and someone gets in it makes it just as hard for the good guys to get in the school. Armed teachers are just another layer of defense. A SRO would be another. My concept of a SRO is gathering intelligence to help identify those that may be a problem. The SRO needs to interact with the students to do this. It should not be an easy job to give to someone for their last few years before retirement. Someone suggested identifying the good guys with a baseball cap. That's not enough. It's also unreasonable to expect the teachers and cops to be able to recognize one another even in a smaller town. These things can be worked out though.

I disagree. I've been the one in plain clothes with the gun out numerous times when uniformed LE roll up on the scene. I've never been shot by another LEO. Tactics and training on both sides account for this.

LE has dealt with friendly fire incidents between plain clothes and uniformed officers for years. They adopted some very simple tactics to almost eliminate it. Like anything else, nothing is 100%. I am in favor of allowing teachers, administrators, and other staff to be trained and armed. That's not going to completely solve the problem though. I still think you need a uniformed police officer as a SRO.