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You could also try your state assemblymen. Yet another reason to go to straight NICS. Don't our police officers have better things to do than shuffle papers - like fight crime?

This could be an excellent test case for the 30 day law... If voting registers were destroyed wouldn't you be permitted to vote by provisional ballot? The constitution is not a buffet. We don't get to pick and choose what rights we want.

I've noticed that the best time is during an Eagles game. But other than that, it's hit or miss.

Boy I wish I could change my Outlook signature at work to that.

I'm a member of NJ2AS, SAF and the NRA. Yes, it's frustrating. It seems like the NRA purely exists to sell wine sometimes. But they push for national legislation that could... one day filter down to the states.

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Let me get this right... you're going on a gun forum and asking us if you should buy another gun... Need is a very subjective word. Life is too short to buy guns that you just *need.*

And if the owner comes to get his guns, he is arrested for possession outside of one of the exemptions.

You won't find the SIG, even used for under $600 The Beretta 92FS / M9 is probably your best choice. The Stoger Cougar will hit your price point and you'll still have money left over. The CZ 75 is all metal, good choice Krdshrk Also take a look at the Kahr MK9 - you may be able to find that for under $600. The Browning Hi-Power is a good gun, and you may find a used one for under $600. The Taurus PT92 is basically a Beretta 92FS copy, and you can probably find it for about $400. Ditto the American Tactical C92 (Paul from Arms and Ammo has one) The Smith And Wesson 5906 is an excellent full-sized pistol and you can probably find it for $300. Maybe the Jericho 941 / "Baby Eagle" But the Beretta 92FS is still your best bet.

I have a Sony Google TV - it's the best TV I've ever bought. You can stream YouTube right to it, so occasionally when I'm on the treadmill, I'll thrown on a Hickok45 Video or two.

The NRA already has this covered if you look up "NRA Legislative scorecard" in google or go to the NRA Legislative action website. You *are* a member of the NRA, right? Right?

The INOX does not have a better trigger. I own an INOX Beretta 92FS and the trigger is the same as the blued 92FS. Beretta aficionados tend to value the Italian guns more than the Made in USA guns, but I don't think that there is any difference. I consider myself to be a pretty darn avid Beretta fanboy, but your S&W M&P 9c is a fantastic firearm. I would consider buying it from you if you were interested - and this from a guy who I loves his PX4 Compact.

Yeah, this thread could get as contentious as bashing a Glock... Cigars are a lot like guns. People tend to prefer specific brands. I agree with Bulpup that El Ray Del Mundo would be a great cigar, but it may not be the best for an occasional smoker. I didn't think of the Ashtons - but I think they are too expensive for what you get. I'm thinking of the "safe" bet - something that won't knock him on his behind with flavor. Also keep in mind that you said he smokes primarily while golfing or riding his tractor. This leads me to believe that whatever you give him won't be smoked until the spring or summer. I smoke cigars in my house - my guess is that he probably doesn't. It also lets me know that you should probably get him Toros (50x6"or Churchills 50x7") that can last a golf game. So how about this: buy him a few cigars and buy him a small humidor to go along with it. Get this holiday gift basket from JR Cigar which contains a good range of cigars and a cigar cutter: http://www.jrcigars.com/jr/index.cfm/hurl/evt=itemDetail/itemcode=3GB and buy him this Xicar travel humidor which will hold all of his cigars and allow him to take them to the golf course: http://www.jrcigars.com/jr/index.cfm/hurl/evt=itemDetail/itemcode=3MAX15/CIGAR-TRAVEL-HUMIDOR:-XIKAR-X-TREME-(15-CIGAR).html

IMHO, the way a gun looks or feels in your hand may be one thing, but it may feel entirely different when you actually shoot the gun. He're the problem - if you buy a gun because of the way it feels and you don't like it, you are pretty much stuck with it for at least 30 days due to New Jersey's permitting scheme. So it's best to make your first choice the right choice. Consider traveling to The Bullet Hole in Belleville (it's about an hour away from you) or any place that rents guns and shoot a few to see what you like. Also consider that you can't go wrong with a Sig P226, Beretta 92FS or Glock 19. They are all NJ Legal 15 rounders, they all have .22LR conversion kits and they all have been around long enough that parts, spare magazines and used models are easy to come by.

You can't go wrong with a Macanudo. It's the Toyota Corolla of Cigars. I hate them, but people who don't know much about cigars seem to like them and it's a good, safe bet.

IMHO, you can't go wrong with a Sig P226, Beretta 92FS or Glock 26. The P226 is a fine gun.

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The military uses lasers mostly as designators - ie: shoot over there. You can even get special filters for the PEQ-15 so that your laser can be a box shape, a triangle, a crescent, a cross and so on, that way you can give one shape to one team and a different shape to another team, making it easier for the support by fire team to know where they should shoot. Lasers can also be used for escalation of force. The PEQ-15 has a visible light red laser. If you want somebody's car to slow down, place the red light right on the driver's forehead. Everybody, no matter what mud hut they've lived in, has seen the movie Predator. Nothing will lock up a car's breaks faster than a laser dot on a person's grape. I think that lasers are useful for people who are older and their eyes aren't what they used to be. I also think that grip-activated lasers are good for self-defense because they are instant-on. Button-activated lasers are less useful because you are fumbling around for a button while scared out of your mind. But I also see a use for them in what the police call "constructive force." I don't want to shoot anybody, I just want the bad guy to go away. Shooting somebody is the absolutely last thing you ever want to do. If you have a red laser pointing down your stairwell while shouting - "I am armed, get out! The police are on their way!" I think the bad guy will decide to rob somebody else. Is it my primary hope? No. Do I think it could work? Yes. I don't think any criminal would want to face an armed homeowner, even if they were armed as well. Do I advocate that the average civilian should point a laser at somebody, hoping that they will just go away? No. If the bad guy is dangerous enough to point a gun at, they are dangerous enough to shoot. You aren't a cop or a soldier in combat who has to follow escalation of force. Now you can get into the details of "what-if"... "What if they are high on PCP?" "What if there is more than one bad guy?" "What if there are 20 ninjas downstairs who have special boots that can climb walls?" "Do you really want your location revealed?" Well, you can what-if lots of things, but if you have a laser, you can use it and increase your range of options. If you don't have a laser you can do none of them. That being said, I only have one laser and it's on my CX4 Storm, which is basically the only gun I have set up for HD. I take it to the range once in a while and make sure it's zeroed at 7 yards. It's more of a cool range toy for me than anything. But if I ever have to use it, it's there and it has a pressure switch on the grip for instant on if needed.

You know what, you are right. I immediately thought of the old State Police gun when I saw P7. It was in the title, but not the body of text, just the P7 was there.

+1. I almost forgot about this. When you fly, pack extra locks. If you first one gets cut, you still have a backup so you aren't running to Wal Mart or Home Depot in the middle of your vacation to get locks.

I have no personal experience with the P7 or EMP, but I do know that the EMP has the magazine release on the side where God and John Moses Browning intended. You haven't really said what you wanted to do with these guns. My guess is that you want to carry them in a free state. If the gun is a range toy, get what whatever you want. Buy the P7 if you want it and enjoy yourself. If the gun is a self-defense tool, or you own other guns with magazine releases on the side, go with the EMP and there is a very simple reason why: you will always default to your lowest level of training. When you empty that first magazine into an attacker, go to reload and reach for the magazine release with your thumb and realize that it isn't there... well, that's not the kind of mistake you want to make when your life is in danger.

I've never had a problem with it. You have to remember that airlines have had customers flying with guns ever since there were airlines. They are used to the procedure. My only suggestion: when you approach the counter say: "I am checking and unloaded firearm" with the emphasis on unloaded.

If the AWB was reintroduced and passed exactly as it was originally drafted, the only difference would be that we would go from 15 round magazines to 10, although under federal law, we could still keep our 15 rounders, we just couldn't buy new ones.

I appreciate the insight, but you may be comparing apples to oranges here. The situations above are more like combat. I served as an Infantryman. I deployed to Iraq. I would not want a revolver in combat. Carrying is always a trade-off between capacity, comfort and weight. If your gun is too heavy, you won't carry it. If you buy a lighter gun, you get reduced capacity, but you carry it. Take a look at gunssavelives.net and look at the stories where the mere presence of an armed individual deterred a criminal. Heck, just the other day there was that robbery of the Jewelry store in East Brunswick where the store owner pulled out a handgun and : Did it matter whether the owner had a 15 shot semi-auto or a 5 shot revolver in this situation? No. But let's say that the owner had to start shooting, let's look at the three possible outcomes. #1. You are going to end the threat. #2. The target will submit or run away and no longer be a threat. #3. You die. I would agree with this. If the target isn't dead or running away after the fifth shot of any gun, he has probably an outlier and is going to kill you no matter what you do. That doesn't mean that I'm in favor of any sort of capacity restrictions, but you have to look at what you are likely to encounter on the street and the likely outcomes. That's the one thing people don't tend to discuss on these forums - the fact that you an get killed. In a situation like the ones you mentioned above where you have a killer with superior weapons and the element of surprise, you are probably going to get killed whether you gave a revolver or a semi-auto. There are just some situations where when it's your time, it's your time and there is not a darn thing you can do about it. All that being said, is 5 shots probably enough for any scenario that the OP is likely to encounter? Yes. But I'm still sticking with my 7 + 1 Kel Tec. I'm a semi-auto guy and revolvers aren't my thing. But if the OP prefers it... well then it works for him.

I never thought of putting one on my ankle. The only disadvantage is that I'd have to kneel to get at the magazine.