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What's the deal with having a hunting license to use ranges at WMA? Everyone need a hunting license or just soneone? There's a lot of people without hunting licenses. Me included.

Your LTCF has nothing to do with LEOSA. If you don't have authority to make arrests you can't carry under LEOSA. That's a simplification. You need to Google and read LEOSA to see if you qualify. From what you told me you don't . The places you called and said you could carry were probably thinking you had the same authority as NJ and NY corrections officers.

The PA corrections officer who got the charges dropped had nothing to do with LEOSA. The PA corrections officer was not qualified to carry under LEOSA. Your PA carry permit is worthless in NJ and has nothing to do with LEOSA. NJ corrections officers are covered under LEOSA. Where do you work and what do you do? Do you qualify under LEOSA? Do you carry at work? Do you have police powers Can you carry off duty by statute or do you need a carry permit? Can you make arrests? These are some of the qualifiers. NJ says if you're carrying under LEOSA you can't carry hollowpoints. Total contradiction of the federal law which says you can. Guess who wins? Answer my questions and I might be able to help you.

There is a lot of shooting from the hip without evidence on a variety of issues. A lot of it is when cops do something that has the appearance of bad. If a LEO suggests "there's more to this story" many respond "that's what all cops say". The same people who insist police all wear body cams bitch and moan when police don't give someone a break. One thing I've learned as a LEO is not to pass judgement on something until I get all the facts. I don't make a judgement on some preconceived notion of someone or something.

I find it interesting there are so many people who believe Sig couldn't screw something up. Anyone can screw something up.

Marked on my calendar! I have no fancy shotguns. Just ones that work.

I read somewhere sequels are generally considered successful if they make 60% of the original. There are good remakes out there. Keep to the original story but put a slightly different spin on it. I liked both versions of "True Grit" and "The Taking of Pelham 123". Upping the violence is something you need in an "action/adventure" movie today. If they didn't, no one would go see it. Sam Peckinpah set a new high level of violence in "The Wild Bunch" in 1969. That movie is pretty mild by today's standards. I'm not against violence in movies. I'd rather see it on the big screen or TV than in my neighborhood. Some of it actually educates some people on how horrible it can be to be a victim. They will probably start talking cap about due process. This is the right political climate for a movie like this. More so with a conservative playing the lead.

Most remakes of older movies suck IMO. Bronson's portrayal is a hard act to follow but I think Willis can pull it off.

There is a requirement that NJSP use ballistically similar ammo for duty and pracrice ammo. I can't remember the manufacturer and bullet weight but NJSP ammo all comes a from major US manufacturer (Speer, Federal, etc). They never used cheap import ammo. Ammo issues were an issue with semiautos back in the 70s. Any service pistol made today should not have any ammo issues when shooting quality factory ammo (or quality reloads for that matter). I have no hate for Sig. I do think Sigs are overpriced for what you get, The Troopers I've talked to said about half of the Sigs on the line had problems no matter what ammo was used. Some Troopers have never had a problem. My take on the Sig problem NJSP had is because Sig tried to take the cheap way out. It got to the point NJSP said enough is enough and bought Glocks. There are many who think Sigs are the finest pistol ever made. I'm not one of them.

Some misinformation being propagated here. In order to help clear things up there is an important question I need to ask. Do you live in post/base housing? I realize all post/base housing is not located on the main post. If you're home and call the police who comes? MPs/SPs? DOD Police? State or Local Police?

Can't speak for flying but you used to need a FCC license for a VHF on a pleasure boat. I remember when you use to have to get a license for a CB. Not sure when they stopped that. All of those, as I'm sure the one private pilots had to get, were some type of restricted license not the same as a ham license. Restricted to use of the radio while engaged in that activity. For CB the activity was breathing.

They will be here when they get here. They need to be processed by DOD and then graded and inspected by CMP. No time line to follow. I'd guess at least 6 months. That's just a guess.

There are 1000s of handguns acquired legally in other states in NJ. If you acquired it legally you own it legally as has been said. If you transport and use it in accordance with NJ laws when you're in NJ there are no issues. No need to prove where or from whom you acquired it. Illegal possession of a handgun in NJ is when you're carrying outside of the scope of transportation laws without a permit, using it in a crime, or a prohibited person. If you don't do any of that it's legal. There is no paper trail for air guns or black powder guns acquired outside of NJ. The burden of proof is on the prosecution not the defendant anywhere in the US.

I agree. One may not like it but I don't see any infraction there. Calling employers is another issue.

And if we get a 5-4 or 6-3 in SCOTUS we will prevail.

The current form of the NR bill requires people to be "eligible to conceal carry in their state of residence". An out of state non-resident permit will do nothing in NJ. If passed in this form it will cause carry permit laws in states like NJ and Hawaii to come under scrutiny of Federal courts. A 5-4 or 6-3 majority in SCOTUS will be in our favor. Few things come all at once.

The Federal government can pick and choose which violations it wants to prosecute. Just as state prosecutors pick and choose what state violations they want to prosecute. A state cannot ignore Federal law. Read the rest of the COTUS before and after the 2A. State laws can be more restrictive than Federal law but not contrary to Federal law. Marijuana laws in the states take three forms: Decriminalization- Marijuana is still illegal but not a crime. No conflict with Federal law, it's still illegal but a civil violation not a criminal one. Medical Marijuana- state laws run the gamut from it legal but no way to get it legal to its legal and it's pretty easy to get if your a state resident or not. Recreational Marijuana- state laws are very specific that it be grown in the state and restrictions on sales to out of state residents. I have a daughter that lives in Colorado Springs and I can tell you it's not the panecea many make it out to be. Once again, as the state law is written, kind of a 10A issue.

NJ has no choice in recognizing National Reciprocity when passed. A state cannot pick and choose which Federal laws they want to comply with. This 21 year old tobacco law is stupid. I've been a VFW member since I was 18. I came off Active Duty as a non-commissioned officer at age 20. Couldn't drink ( although I drank every place else in the world I'd been) but at least I could buy cigarettes. I'm sure there are people coming off AD now in the same boat.

Getting shot at is a very character building experience.

Taurus 85s are going for 250-260 at TSS and Grab a Gun.

1. If it comes to their attention the NJ AG might define a rail as a bayonet stud. 2. An AR/M16/M4 is a POS in bayonet fighting. I base this on my experience as winning the company competition with pugil sticks in basic training in 1967. I also broke two M14 stocks in basic one one a thrust and another with a butt stroke. I've always taken the position "why am I using a bayonet if I still have ammunition". I've always made sure I had ammunition. JMO

There are differences in the Republican Party because it works more like the Founding Fathers intended. You can have a difference of opinion and still be a Republican. Quite unlike the Democrats where you have to tow the party line or you're toast. The fact is conservatism is really what most Americans want. It has to be sold to them though. The greatest conservative salesman in recent times was Reagan. That's why he won 49 states in 1984. He only lost Minnesota by a few thousand votes. Trump has done nothing close to that. He has shocked the establishment in DC by winning though. He's had different political views in the past. But haven't we all? Convoluted gun laws in this country? Sure and you can thank the 10th Amendment for that. There is a lot more to the COTUS than the 2A. Yes, Federal laws put restrictions on the 2A but nothing like state laws like those in NJ. Congress can't fix all the state laws, that's not their job. I agree with Thomas' and Gorsuch's remarks about SCOTUS refusing to hear the Peruta case. However that refusal is really a skillful tactic IMO. Let's wait until next year when Trump will most likely get to appoint another justice and the outcome of a landmark 2A case is more certain. Being realistic? It seems more like you're giving up. Churchill wasn't "realistic" when he became Prime Minister and the outcome of the Battle of Dunkirk was pretty clear. The clerks, cooks, and other "non-combat" troops that held off the Germans at Bastonge and won the Battle of Saigon in 68 weren't "realistic" either. If you throw in the towel and accept defeat that's what you'll get.

Not about being naive. It's about being ready for a positive change. NJ Republicans need a majority in both houses of the legislature and a Republican Governor to bring about change. They have no way near that. The NRA is results driven. They rather spend money to get positive results. They could throw a lot of money into NJ and achieve nothing. Their influence in anti gun states is of course weaker than in gun friendly states. That makes it difficult to get things done.

I don't know how old you are or how well you know history. FDR and the Democrats brought about the NFA. It was supposed to reduce crime. It didn't. The JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations in the 60s along with the rise of violent crime brought about the GCA 68 to reduce crime. It didn't. The Democrats have taken every opportunity to keep guns out of the hands of citizens. That's in just the last 75 years or so. Rights were taken away a bit at a time. Don't expect them all back at once.

As I said earlier in this thread. Trump's immediate concern when he took office was National Security. National Reciprocity has to take a backburner to that. Sorry that Trump hasn't gotten anyone their CCW...yet.