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I think that if there was a market for 9mm, there would be more 9mm revolvers. The Charter Arms revolver is interesting and probably fills a niche, but let's explore why people get revolvers. #1. They just like revolvers and prefer them exclusively. #2. They just want one simple gun that is easy to use. #3. They need the power of a revolver for a specific task (Bear protection in Alaska / slaughtering pigs or rabbits with .22LR) #4. They have some sort of condition that makes an autoloader impractical #5. They already have the caliber (.22/.357/.44) in a lever action and want a pistol for commonality of ammunition. All of that being said, what advantage does a rimless revolver actually bring into the mix to a revolver shooter? If you prefer revolvers because you find them mechanically satisfying or are just a traditionalist, you would probably go with a .38 or .44 anyway. Because darn it, you are buying a revolver to be a traditionalist and you want a traditional cartridge. If you want one simple gun that is easy to use, you are probably the kind who will only go to the range once or twice a year and not mind paying the extra money for .38 special. If you want a revolver for a specific task you are getting it because you are using it as a tool that a 9mm, 40 Cal or .45 can't do. If you have trouble shooting autoloaders, again, you probably just bought a revolver for self defense and are only going to shoot it a few times a year anyway. So where does a rimless revolver fit into the panoply of arms? Honestly, it fits in as a backup gun for a cop, or a revolver for a semi-auto guy who simply wants a revolver because he already has rimless ammunition. I don't think that there is a big enough market to support more of these specific types of revolvers. A revolver is still a fine choice as a self-defense or fun pistol, though. But I think there is a reason why they are so few choices out there.

That, my friend, is a good sign.

One more warning. If you are married, get a bigger safe. Once your wife realizes the safe is there she will start keeping valuables in it and you will lose half your space. Also note that one gun becomes 10 very quickly once you catch the bug.

A number of people have asked how to get to the Rally. If you walk from the Trenton Transit Center, where the River Line, NJ Transit and Amtrack link, you are about 1 mile away from the statehouse. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Statehouse,+trenton+NJ&daddr=Trenton+Transit+Center+%4040.218348,-74.755194&hl=en&sll=40.219735,-74.76233&sspn=0.009241,0.015407&geocode=FTy4ZQIdPRqL-yHeYirdO1_XQymVyIbF0VnBiTHeYirdO1_XQw%3BFeyuZQIdhlOL-w&t=h&dirflg=w&mra=ls&z=16

A lot of people from SJ are going. Take the River Line. The statehouse is about a 1 mile walk: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Statehouse,+trenton+NJ&daddr=Trenton+Transit+Center+%4040.218348,-74.755194&hl=en&sll=40.219735,-74.76233&sspn=0.009241,0.015407&geocode=FTy4ZQIdPRqL-yHeYirdO1_XQymVyIbF0VnBiTHeYirdO1_XQw%3BFeyuZQIdhlOL-w&t=h&dirflg=w&mra=ls&z=16

The Beretta 92FS is a fine pistol. But they have other advantages... When you buy a Beretta you suddenly become exceptionally more handsome and interesting than you were before. When I first bought my Beretta 92, I took it home to clean it and... what do you know, a ticket to a fashion show in Milan fell out of the magazine well. So of course I was on the next flight to Italy. That's where I met my future wife. She was walking down the runway modeling a beautiful Armani dress. Well since I was now so handsome, she noticed me and just fell into my lap and asked me if I was a Beretta owner. I said that of course I was. She immediately took my hand and lead me out to her Ferrari 458. She kissed me passionately and pushed the keys in my hand and insisted that I take her to Gardone Val Trompia to be married by Ugo Gussalli Beretta himself. Gardone Val Trompia is about an hour away from Milan... we made it there in about 10 minutes. This is a little-known fact, but Beretta pistols also bestow lightning-quick reflexes on their owners. Ugo Gussalli Beretta was overjoyed to see me and he welcomed me like a son. He married my wife and I in a small private interfaith ceremony with the master craftsman of Beretta standing in as witnesses and ushers. My beautiful bride and I danced the Tarantella until dawn. I have a friend of mine who bought a Glock as his first gun... he found a ticket to a Austria in his magazine well and ended up marring her: You can't go wrong with either gun as a first firearm, but trust me. Go with the Beretta. And please consider Joining NJ2AS.com and attending the Rally in Trenton the February 8th. Have fun, be safe, and welcome to the community.

If you have a gun, you need a safe. End of story. Get a gun safe. This one should fit your pistol just fine: http://www.amazon.com/GunVault-NV200-NanoVault-Style-Pistols/dp/B00384755S/ref=sr_1_4?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1358064697&sr=1-4&keywords=gunvault+safe That being said, you should get a holster. I know that we don't have CCW in this state, but in a Hurricane Sandy type situation, if you feel the need to walk around your house with a gun, you at least have that option. You don't have that option without a holster. I taken to Fobus Paddle Holsters lately. They are of excellent quality, keep the gun secure, and slide on and off your body with ease. Post some pics when you get it. Enjoy the gun and have fun. http://www.fobusholster.com/products/RUGER_GP100_EVOLUTION_PADDLE_HOLSTER-702-0.html

Beautiful. Have fun and be safe.

We need to get Booker into the US Senate. He can do less damage there than he can to NJ as Governor. We need to get Sweeny into the Governor's mansion. He is more pro-gun than Christie and having Sweeny run against Christie will force Christie's hand to deal to take a stand on guns instead of walking the middle of the road like he's been doing.

I do not understand the whole AR-15 craze. I like wood. I prefer the Mini-14 Ranch rifle to the AR. If I could have an M1 Carbine in NJ, I would own one. If I wanted an AK type, I would prefer the one with wood furniture. It's just what I like. I think those Tactical Shooters are all guys who played Call of Duty or Modern Warfare years ago and now that they've graduated college and have a job, they want to own one of those guns for real. More power to them. I also think that the 1.4 million people who served in Iraq and Afghanistan may have something to do with the popularity of tactical shooting. We have hundreds of thousands of men and woman who carried weapons with a similar manual of arms, so they are much more comfortable with an AR type platform than any other weapon and they probably like having the same kit and chest rig that they had in the military.

Honestly, I think the popularity of "The Hunger Games" and "Revolution" have caused this more than anything else. Girls are seeing strong woman shoot arrows and are interested in doing it themselves. But If the "mental health evaluation" and "inspect my wife's underwear drawer" bills don't get the FUDDs interested, nothing will.

It ain't gonna be 50 people, brother or even 100...I think the one thing we have on our side is that this really is The End. I could deal with OGAM. I could deal with handing my ID over for pistol ammo and having records kept in a logbook. I could deal without the bayonet lug and collapsible stock, but when a government agent can enter my house and sift around through my wife's underwear drawer, it's enough. Maybe if I had spoken up when OGAM happened, we wouldn't be in the predicament.

Please, guys, post this video on as many gun forums as you can think of. We need to reach as many people as possible.

I plan to take the River Line.

I don't know. But I hear that he is incredibly handsome, a fantastic dresser, the life of parties, is adored by women, hated by husbands and can talk the devil out of a golden spoon. From what I understand, he also owns a Beretta PX4 Compact which is widely rumored to have given him these incredible powers.

NJ2AS has a new video up on Youtube: A call to all lawful gun owners to peaceably assemble at 10AM on February 8th at the statehouse in Trenton. I will be there. Please share this video with friends. Throw it up on Facebook. Share it on Twitter using the hashtag #TakeBackTrenton . The more people who come, the louder will be heard. Pass this video around to as many people you can, especially the hunters. Please post this video on as many gun forums as you can. AR-15, Smith forums, Taurus forums, whatever. This is how I will fight:

You are right. Unfortunately, no matter how much you've trained, sometimes it's just your day.

So I'll see you in Trenton on February 8th? Right? We are not doomed unless we choose to be doomed.

Well... that depends on whether it is a near ambush or a far ambush and the complexity and intensity of the attack. You really have 4 options: #1. Assault through #2. Break contact #3. Suppress and flank #4. Die. #3 Will probably lead to #4 very quickly if you can't gain fire superiority within the first few seconds of an ambush. It also can be a bad idea since the enemy knows where you are and will have heavy weapons and indirect fire pre-plotted. So sometimes #2 is the correct answer. Was Yeager right or wrong? No idea. I wasn't there and yes, it's very easy to second guess anyone from my keyboard.

So... I'll see you at the rally in Trenton on the 8th, right?

I get a little uncomfortable when I hear the word "revolution" being bandied about. Look at Syria, and that was a country that banned private ownership of weapons back in 2000. Do people really look forward to America looking like Syria? Aircraft bombing residential neighborhoods? Militias executing American soldiers? Government snipers shooting people in the street who are just lining up for groceries? We have the luxury of looking back on our revolution as if it were a quaint oil painting. The Revolutionary War was a horror show with people being hanged as spies and atrocities and incompetence on both sides. No, this time we fight with our money, our time and our votes.

Beretta firearms make your a better dancer, better lover and the most interesting man at parties. It's not surprising that the Italians, a people with such zest for life, would make a firearm with curves that beg to be caressed. Austrians... well let's just say that a Glock is as humorless as the Bundespolizei who carry it. But all that being said, the Glock 19 is a fine pistol and would serve anybody well as a first firearm.

Well, I'll add one more it. Keeping your guns at the police station would be an unlawful transfer. Going to the police department on your way back from the range to drop off your gun is not covered in the exemptions.

Put $100 in a jar for every week that you wait for your permits. When you finally get your permits, you will have enough money for a nice Beretta.... and you are buying a Beretta, aren't you?

I hope I don't sound like I'm wearing a tin-foil yarmulke here, but after looking at those 18 bills in the New Jersey Legislature, including the one where inspectors could come to my house when I buy a gun... I honestly feel like we are at a tipping point. This could really be the end of America as we know it. Not just the Second Amendment, but the Forth, the First. I want my kids to have the same freedoms I have and that desire is so darn powerful that I think these politicians have no idea what kind of wrath they are about to uncork from the electorate.