BRaptor

Nice trigger discipline. :roll: :naughty: EDIT: YES, that's all I see wrong with this picture!

Well, I'll have my JD in 9 months, and I don't have a job lined up, yet :cry: . So, instead, I've got a hobby lined up while I collect BHO welfare. :shifty:

No, there is nothing you can really do. There is already a NJ Appellate-level decision that essentially says, they can delay approval of your application well beyond 30 days until they hear back from the SBI and FBI. Basically, take your rights and swallow them. DIANE M. ADLER v. DANIEL LIVAK, Superior Court of NJ, Appellate Division A-4878-96T5 Things to note: 1) This decision was rendered in 1998, before easy access to NICS via computer. 2) The investigating officer was waiting for the FBI to get back to him, which places the delay out of the state's hands. So, I would say this issue is "ripe" for revisiting by the courts under different factual circumstances. Guess what my goal is?

I'm pretty sure the gal's name I dealt with was named Cassie (althought it may have been Kathy). She was the only person I've dealt with and submitted my application to her, not Det. Cusack. I know for fact that I didn't "rub anyone the wrong way," we were very cordial with each other and I was always respectful and friendly. When I came back to check on my application, Cassie didn't even come to the window and I heard her say something to the order of "it's clearly on the papers, he's asking too soon." The dark-haired lady (who is not at all friendly, not matter how nice I am to her) just said there won't be a decision for several more months. I am also of the opinion that it "shouldn't" matter if I'm rude or not, but I've worked my fair share of customer service jobs to know that these people are really the ones that get things done and have the capacity to throw a wrench into the works. I'll wait a week, put a call to the NJSP Firearms Unit (thanks for the advice, PK90), then think about the next step if no results from that. :?

I would start with backstory, but the letter I sent out today explains the whole thing:

^^ Agreed, if you want it, you gotta fight for it.

After a brief read, it appears that the NJSP's Administrative Code is not a reasonable interpretation of the Statute, and, perhaps, is contradictory to the statute. Someone (i.e. a dealer) should file suit and watch the disgusting NJ "judicial" system turn itself inside-out trying to validate the NJSP's interpretation.

May he find the peace that he felt he couldn't find here.

Yeah, my grandmother was a nurse in North Africa and Italy during WWII. She came back from The War and was one of the few females to earn her private pilot's license....in the 40's! I thank God every time I get to see her and talk to her about what she knows and what she's done. One of the most amazing stories she told me was about her journey, by sea, over to N. Africa. She said, nonchalantly, "We used to wake up every morning and count the ships around us to make sure everyone was still there." She was also raised in NJ! Funny how things go full-circle, sometimes, considering I was born and raised in FL with no ties to the Northeast.

Looks like the government censors got hold of that story. Now, all I get is a blank "NJ.com" screen. I love the People's Republik of NJ.

HA! That's one part of my post that I wasn't sure about. Thank you for clearing my understanding up on that. Of course, that now changes my view of the AZ law a bit...actually significantly. Damnit, Kpd, now I have to go back to my thinking hole and chew on this thing a lot more.

I agree that the article is informative, but it misses some of the point. Cliff's Notes: The AZ law is being challeneged on racial profiling, doesn't really address border security and gives Repub's somethine to really scream about (don't think this whole thing isn't choreographed). First, my opinion is that it's disgusting that the federal government (not just Obama's administration, but prior administrations, also) has turned a blind eye to the gaping hole in our national safety and defense that is the US/Mexico border and to an extent the US/Canada border. Second, the article misses the point, a bit. From what I gather, the "attack" that the Obama administration is mounting is based on a theory that the law promotes, calls for or will result in racial profiling. I'm pretty sure the lawsuit is not an attack on Arizona's right to put more boots on the ground to stop illegal immigration (which would make MUCH more sense, IMHO). Rather than spend the money to put more boots on the ground, AZ has elected to use their existing police force to inquire as to the citizenship of "any person" whom they "reasonbly believe" is in the country illegally that they come into contact with while enforcing another law. They are entitled to pursue and detain the person until they are reasonably satisfied that the person is in the US legally. So, AZ's law doesn't secure our borders any better than any other piece of paper that AZ has produced. The people screaming about People Other Than Mexicans (POTMs) coming into our country with the intent of causing us harm are missing the fact that those POTMs more than likely leave AZ quickly, because there are few targets of interest to them and little support. Thus, the AZ law will likely not result in the capture of one, single Muslim Exremeist. The new AZ law does (arguably) make AZ a more hostile environment to illegal immigrants, but it also (arguably) makes the state more hostile to hispanics in the country and the state legally. AZ has foresaken the obvious solution of a militia/more boots and elected a post hoc attempt at border security. What the AZ law has successfully done, is push immigration up on the Obama list of priorities while they fight against and stonewall on any reform proposed in D.C., and it gives the Republican'ts another thing to drag out that "Obama has failed at," when their heroes Reagan, Bush I and Bush ver. 2.0 failed the same way along with the Dummycrat's hero, Clinton. Also, by making being in the country illegally a violation of state law, it provides AZ police with a "clear," Constitutional (Police Power) basis for inquiring as to the legal status of a person whom they reasonably believe is here illegally. However, I don't think AZ needed this law in order to secure and patrol its own south border. While the federal government cannot require state police to enforce its laws and policies, state police are certainly permitted to observe and make arrests based on violations of federal law. So, what this amounts to me, is a gigantic polical game that the Republican party is playing to defeat the Democrats as quickly as possible. Politics is as dirty and ridiculous as ever. I'd love to watch both parties implode on themselves and see a true party devoted to the people, rather than to itself, develop from the ashes.

arbitrary and capricious . . . . . . . . . . . . I see nothing that bars someone from making their own revolver/semi-auto. Am I missing some federal statute?

I kept waiting for the part where Kornegay (the victim) gets arrested for shooting that poor man that just wanted some spending cash and better ride.

I'm 1 for 2 here in NJ (in terms of intent to purchase a firearm). My wife (who was initially shocked that I owned a gun when she met me) now enjoys shooting (although she thinks the 686) is a bit too big for her. She'll be applying for an FID shortly. She'll also be at BH's next ladies night. Just last month, I brought a friend that had lived in NJ his whole life and had never shot before. He enjoyed shooting. He didn't say anything about buying, but he's up for going back out to the range. He'll get bit by the bug soon.

More than a small part of me hopes the Mexican cartels actually follow through with their threats and then take credit for it. I feel that would be the end of the "debate" about illegal immigrants and the border and MUCH more action would quickly follow. I wonder if the cartel leaders are so arrogant?

There's an Alzheimer's joke in there somewhere.

At first, I just thought it was funny. Then, I realized that it represents what I think of the state of NJ.

I've got a 12 year old stainless S&W 686 and I want it to stay shiny. So, it gets cleaned after every range trip. So far, it's 99% rust/corrosion free and I intend to keep it that way.

If the police have a warrant for your address for a person that is suspected of being there and the police have no reason to belive that it is the incorrect address, yes, they can search your house for that person in all reasonable places that the person may be found. But, they must stop searching once they find the person. So, in the newspaper's scenario, a good lawyer could likely get you off the hook, because it's not reasonable for a person to be under a mattress (depending on the bed's type). You might go "free," but, you'd never get the gun back. So, I would keep my guns locked or enclosed out of plain sight in boxes smaller than my adult children could fit into, if my children had a habit of not appearing for summonses.

Thank GOD this willful scofflaw has been taken off the streets to be reformed and, another ILLEGAL GUN has been safely removed from circulation, so it can no longer shoot innocent children. [/sarcasm] :doh:

I miss the old Jupiter. When I was in highschool ('94-'98), I used to ride my bike about 5 miles to the beach every Saturday and Sunday morning to go surfing. We also had a 15.5 foot center console fishing boat that I would take out with my buddies to go skiing/wakeboarding, fishing or hang out at the sandbar in the Loxahatchee River when there were no waves. I'm a pretty big environmental supporter, so when all those condos and non-native palm trees sprouted up (brought to you by NY and NJ retirees), I was heart-broken and realized that Jupiter had changed forever, and it was no longer "my Jupiter." So, in a way, I do miss Jupiter, but it's time (and damn yankees) that has separated me from my home town, not distance. Even Jupiter Farms is invaded by northerners and yuppies, as evidenced by the housing association meeting. Back when The Farms were really The Farms, a housing association meeting meant having a hog-pit-roast with all your friends and neighbors and you planned how to stop the robberies. The Sheriff was specifically not invited due to the content of the discussions.

Tony, Sorry about that, I didn't mean to come off sounding like a jerk. I just couldn't find any additional information. But, after your explanation, I signed the petition. Yeah, it's absolutely stupid (but, sadly, not surprising) that the DEP would halt a clean-up effort over an imagined scenario of someone poaching contaminated oysters.

Need more backstory. Sorry, I don't sign petitions simply because somebody that has something to gain wants me to. What were the baykeepers doing in terms of education and production? Why did the EPA shut them down? What are the consequences of the shut-down?

Heh, I was born (1980) and raised in Jupiter, FL. I left in 1998 to go to college. I watched the place grow. The main street (Indiantown Road) went from 2 lanes to 6, condos sprouted up along the beach and palm trees replaced native vegetation. By the time I left, I hated everything within 5 miles of the coast. Jupiter Farms started about 15 miles inland and was the last vestige of real south FL. A working-class family could buy 5 acres, build a modest house and own a couple horses (it was VERY common for horses/riders to be out on the roads, trail riding), go swimming/fishing in the pond on their property and be about a 10-15 minute drive from prime hunting grounds. The term "housing association" coming from Jupiter Farms shocks me, though. This is probably one of those gentrified, "yuppie-farms" that started springing up shortly before I left, because if a real native had seen burglars coming up the driveway, there would have been shots fired, the bodies would be burned/buried and it would never have made the papers. The neighbors wouldn't have batted an eye, and would most likely have helped clean up the "mess." But the robberies would have mysteriously stopped.