mcbethr

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I respectfully disagree. I think anybody who lived through Sandy thinks a holster (and a tactical light) is a sensible investment, although I agree with you that it may not be of primary importance.

IMHO the best gun for carry is the one you feel most comfortable carrying. But here's the problem: You'll carry your 1911 for a few weeks and you'll realize that it is heavy and bulky and you'll start to leave it at home. What is better, spending $500 on a new gun that is light enough for carry or keeping your carry gun in your bedside safe because it's just too darn heavy? I may be an out of the ordinary because I usually wear suits or sportcoats and my 1911 conceals up just fine under a suit jacket in an IWB Remora holster. You can probably conceal your 1911 with a camp shirt as long as you have an undershirt or tank top underneath to keep the gun away from your skin. Have you considered the SR22 as an option for carry? .22LR may not be the best caliber for self defense but if I were a bad guy, I wouldn't want to get shot with anything. IMHO, get yourself a Kel Tec, Kahr, Nano, LCP9 or if you want to stay with the 45 ACP platform, the XDs.

I actually disagree. Read "Man of the House" Tip O'Neal's book about how he clawed the Massachusetts statehouse back from the Republicans. The Republicans had gotten complacent and Tip got a bunch of new, young hard-charging Democrats to go door-to door and start campaigning. The strategy worked. IMHO we need to do exactly what Anthony Mills is doing and start to push some Pro Gun Democrats onto the ticket. Take a look at Van Drew and Albano - two pro-gun Democrats. Hell, I'm a Democrat and was a big supporter of John Adler. This can be done. Many of these incumbents are used to running unopposed in the primary. We need to change that. They hate having to run a primary because it sucks money out of their general campaign.

The harder it is to make a decision the less important the choice. You can probably find magazines for the 5905 cheaper than the P95 since the 5904 was used by some LEO's and the P95 (to my knowledge) was never picked up by anyone. But... Ruger is still manufacturing the P series. I would go with the P series since it is still in production and parts may be easier to come by if it breaks.

Iffy on this. American Express does not allow its users to purchase online pornography with their card. Does that mean that American Express doesn't support the First Amendment or does it mean that they just don't feel like dealing with the BS associated with chargebacks. Maybe Square is just afraid of liability issues? Need to investigate more, but if they are anti-gun just to be anti-gun, yes, use that reader as a target.

Oh, you're new here...

I am not a lawyer. I think it's ok. Think of it as a short-term lease. I don't think anybody would have a problem with you keeping a gun in a shore home and what is that but a long-term rental? While you are in the hotel, that hotel is your residence, all be it temporary. Ultimately it's up a to a judge to decide.

In my opinion, let it go. My wife was never much for guns. She goes to the range with me maybe once every six months, but it's just not her thing and I'm ok with tat. It's not like she is openly hostile, so just let it go.

Well speaking as a balding, mildly overweight, middle aged Jew... Although this does remind me of an old joke... why are married Jewish men so overweight? A single Jewish man goes to kitchen, realizes his mother isn't there to cook for him and goes to bed. A married Jewish man goes to bed, realizes he married his mother and goes into the kitchen...

Sherri Shepard? The View is taped in NYC. Which means she lives in either NY or NJ. She is in for a rude awakening. Perhaps she will left everybody else in the audience know how hard it is to actually legally obtain a gun?

Well, there is always Small Claims Court if you feel like living next to somebody you sued... I would pay the $500 and be done with it. Sometimes stuff happens. Sometimes people are a-holes. You also don't know her story. Maybe she has to choose between paying for a fence to be repaired and buying food for her kids? Hell, bake her a cake and go over there and talk with her.

Oh, you're new here. Welcome to the forums.

Not to be a hater but...

Eh... the liberal in me is coming out. The problem is that if you send an innocent man to jail for life, you can always release him. If you sentence a man to die, you can't resurrect him if he was innocent. I'd rather 1000 hardened criminals go free than punish once innocent man. But as a soldier, treason, and items like Article 99 need the death penalty to enforce good order and discipline.. So I could make an exception for military justice.

Aw hell, buddy, I was just going to +1 you. Well. You're a standup guy.

IMHO there are two ways we can do this: #1. By filling the Assembly with pro-gun democrats (like Anthony Mills) #2. Judicial relief. We have a chance do change things every two years. NJ2AS has committed to helping run pro 2A Democrats in the primary. Hell, get just one elected and we may frighten the Antis enough to get them to stop the BS.

Well, you could *sell* it to him for $0 by filling out the COE. When he comes back, he sells it back to you by filling out another COE. As long as he has an FID, you are good.

I have not seen a 92 Compact in a very long time.

I only watched some of it while nodding off to sleep. I thought it was fair - especially since they showed the women shooters and they explained why the gun was so popular - it's a platform that millions of Americans are familiar with from the military. I think that one of the reasons the AR is so darn popular is that we just fought two major wars. Now you have millions of vets coming home who got very intimate with their weapons. So when they get out of the Army, what are they going to buy? Exactly what the used in the Army.

I actually had that on my hybrid for a while until last election when I voted for Romney. I thought the president was too smart a politician to lose the house like Clinton did after his AWB. I was wrong.

Your friend wouldn't happen to live in Cherry Hill, does he? Cherry Hill has been doing that for the past 2 years. It's illegal and NJ2AS will get to them eventually.

BTW, If you really, really want to do this, PM me. I will sit down with you and your friend and go over all of my spreadsheets with the two of you. Maybe you can find a way to make it work, but I've already done the research so you don't have to.

I have a spreadsheet about this for when I considered opening my own range. I contacted TarketWorks, and Action target. The rough estimate was about 30K per lane with the cost ranging from $1.50 to $3.00 per lane to run per hour. If you have one person on the range, you are paying as much (running the filters) as you would if they were full. And that is if the building already exists. Either way, you are looking at a $1,000,000 startup cost. You have to buy the building because no landlord in his right mind would lease a building to you that will become a toxic soup of lead. There are gun range trailers and shipping containers that may be a more cost-effective solution, and they are already in the box, just plug it in. That may be better solution for you, but I believe they run $300,000 per lane. You can read more about it here: http://www.ais-sim.com/training_products/training_products_quickrange.htm The real question is: do you want to start a business where: * You are constantly vilified by the public * You are constantly subject to regulation and inspection by state, federal and local agencies * Your margin is only 10% (at least on guns, on ammo it is about 200%) This is why gun shops sell clothes and holsters. * Your products are only available to 14% of the market (estimating the number of gun owners in NJ) * Your biggest seller (pistols) can only be bought once per month Ammo is the least of your problems. I contacted USA Ammo to provide ammunition for my store and they promised that they would deliver 9mm and .45 in pallets of $10,000 as my ammo vendor. But that was 2 years ago. Even ranges are having trouble finding ammunition now. My suggestion is not to do this. It will take at least 5 years to recoup your investment ... if you do at all.

IMHO, I used to shoot clays with a Mossberg 500 Pump, a 28" barrel and Skeet choke. The money you save can go toward ammunition, which will improve your score far more than the advantage you get from a gas or recoil-operated semi-auto. Buy the Mossberg and save yourself $400