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It's funny, I heard that too. I wonder why 7? To grandfather in 1911's? I was wondering why Chicago settled on 12 rounds in a magazine. I figured that somebody owned an HK USP and wanted to keep it.

1,000? Why not 100,000? Aim high, brother.

Current is Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Falling Skies. I'm getting more interested in Revolution. All time? As much as I hate to say this because I sound like the biggest geek: Battlestar Galactica. But the rest would be: Jericho, Miami Vice, Tour of Duty and Airwolf. It was a shame to lose Jericho. That was one of the most interesting shows on TV. There aren't many shows where the bomb actually goes off.

They are the finest Pistol Caliber Carbines on the planet. Now go get yourself a Storm Packer Buttstock magazine holder. I put one on mine and now I have 46 rounds for HD physically on the gun. I don't ever see me needing 46 rounds of 9mm for HD, but it's nice to know I have it. http://www.lapolicegear.com/desantis-stormpacker-magazine-holster.html

You could try the PX4 Compact... interchangeable backstraps and the rotating barrel makes it recoil like a cream puff. I'll make you an offer. I can meet you at Bob's or Firing line in Philly one night and your wife can shoot my PX4 Compact. PM me if you are interested,

I plan to take the river line with my son. He's taking the day off from school for a real teachable moment.

I always thought the the "employer" field was intentionally put on there for armed guards. Over time, it just morphed into something everybody had to do because the law was unclear. But that is just my theory.

I would certainly trust my life to a Benelli M4, thousands of Marines do. But unfortunately, I live in New Jersey, so I'll stick with my Mossberg 500. Note that would rather have 8 rounds of 00 Buck in a pump-action than be restricted to 5 rounds of 00 buck in a semi-auto. But if I lived in a free state, I would certainly consider an M4 or Mossberg 930.

Representative Giffords is, or at least was the owner of a Glock 19 - same model of gun used by Jared Lockner to shoot her. She may or may not still own this gun. Also note that the doctor who operated on her also owned a Glock 19.

Whew! I thought I was going nuts there...

Part of me wants to keep silent, the other part wants to bring this up... Aren't AR's supposed to be zeroed at 25 meters since the strike of the round is the same at 25 meters as it is at 250? Did the Army just brainwash me into thinking that all rounds shoot like the M855 or do people with civilian-grade AR's zero in a different way? When I zeroed a friend's AR (with the Remington UMC rounds) I did it that way and the rounds seem to fly true.

I'm in. I just got the day off. My 9 year old son will be with me. He needs to witness this process firsthand.

Yeah, I suppose the newspapers think that all gun owners are overweight white men with pickup trucks and hunter camo. They probably didn't even consider that they may out a woman who is trying to hide from her ex husband.

You know, part of me wondered how many battered women were outed with that newspaper and corresponding map. Some woman finally gets the courage to leave her husband, she is afraid of him. She gets a new job and apartment and buys a gun. And now her former husband can track her down. I don't know what that newspaper was thinking when they did this.

One day I noticed that my Galco Yaqui Beretta 92FS holster made an excellent belt holster for my Craftsman hammer. I even went to Home Depot with it on - nobody cared. Honestly, with all of the phone holsters that people wear on their belts these days, I don't think it would seem out of place. But if you were walking around with a Mare's Leg holster, that could be a different story. Expect a visit from the police and them standing around, detaining you, while they figure out what to charge you with.

Cigars, books and men's fashion - I am the best dressed dad at my kid's soccer games,

I liked the part when they said that single-shot firearms were the most effective for hunting and self-defense.

You would be surprised. NJGF is a family and many of us will offer to take a new guy to the range. This is no substitute for good training, though. Welcome to the sport and the community. Now join NJ2AS and the NRA. We need your help to fight the good fight.

There is a little more to this... I'm at work right now, so I can't fully research the issue, but from what I understand, Romney was backed into a corner where there were two bills: an AWB that was bad and an AWB that was worse. The AWB that was bad at least had some provisions that loosened restrictions on hunting and some other gun-rights issues. The AWB that was worse banned things like 10/22's. He picked the lesser of two evils because the state assembly had the votes to override his veto and push the worse AWB through. IMHO, Romney and Christie are cut from similar cloth. Neither of them grew up around guns. Neither really hunted (despite what Romney claimed about being an "avid" varmint hunter. They both probably feel some sort of belief that people should be able to hunt, sport shoot, and defend their homes. But neither of them are Rick Perry, who jogs with a loaded LCP. But the fact of the matter is that Christie is about as Pro-2A as we are going to get without a Governor VanDrew or Governor Sweeny - and they are both Democrats.

IMHO, the problem with requiring training for firearms ownership is that the state can start piling on all sorts of restrictions. This could effectively become a "literacy test" for firearms. "Literacy tests" where what some Southern states did during Jim Crow to suppress the black vote. If NJ suddenly passed a training requirement, how long before it was state run, and only on the 3rd Thursday on odd months with a 25 seat class limit? The constitution is not a buffet.

Honestly, with the popularity of The Hunger Games and that TV show "Revolution," archery is making a comeback, even in school, and even in NJ. I wouldn't see anything wrong with having someone practice in their back yard as long as they were being safe.

It is perfectly legal to purchase a gun with no intention of keeping it. There is quite a tradition of "gifting" guns to people. What's illegal is purchasing a gun for a prohibited person. The R15 is one of those Mossy-Oak furniture 4-legged predator rifles. It actually looks really nice and I've never been a big fan of "hunter camo" guns.

Yeah, my heart just jumped out of my throat at that one. I think this is called "straight pull," when you take a semi-auto and essentially make it bolt action. I believe this was done for many semi-auto firearms in England, but the feature was permanent.

Take a look at this: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/printable/node/7866 Basically, there is no appreciable difference between .45 and 9mm. Still, I would want a .45 if I were limited to 10 rounds. Read the link above. If you take anything away from it know this: if you want a 1 shot stop, use a shotgun.

The PX4 Compact is made in .40 Cal. I have not fired it yet, though. The M&P is a fantastic gun, although again, I have not fired it in .40 cal.