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Working on the next video...

Yes. A couple of times.

Well, http://www.nj1015.com/pages/5876220.php They are talking about the video on NJ 101.5 right now.

I did a search on "Mount Holly" and "Mt. Holly." I got a few links about Ice storms and Delran Junior Marksman, but nothing on FID wait time. Maybe there just aren't any active forum members from Mt. Holly?

$4.00 at Firing line for a box of 50 .22 . I've always belived that if you donate the cost of one box of ammo every time you go shooting we'd have met our goal by now. And yes, I am using the Jewish Guilt on you guys...

I took a co-worker to Firing Line in Philly tonight. It was her first time shooting, and by the end of the night, she was doing Rhodesian failure drills. Now she wants to get her FID and P2P. Does anybody know the wait time for Mt. Holly? Oh, and since I am a man of my word, I'm donating the cost of a box of .22 ammo to NJ2AS.

Honestly, I've noticed the best time to go is during an Eagles Game.

Hoboken is District 33. You have Brian Stack in the senate, who is no friend to gun owners. Beth Hamburg is running against him. Call her and ask. For Assembly you have Ramos and Connors. They aren't so hot, but Uribe and Garcia are running against them. Like I said, call and ask.

You can help. Vote for Ken Pengitore for state senate. Contact Puglisi and Connolly and see where they stand.

Berlin Township, Cherry Hill, Collingswood, Gibbsboro, Haddonfield, Haddon Township, Hi-Nella, Maple Shade, Merchantville, Oaklyn, Pennsauken, Somerdale, Stratford, Tavistock, and Voorhees. All of these towns are in Lou "10 round" Greenwald's 6th Assembly district. I spoke with Horton and Richardson, the two candidates running for assembly in District 6. These guys are genuine Second Amendment supporters. They want to eliminate the FID system, allow shall-issue concealed carry and eliminate the evil features ban. There is a very real chance that we could kick Lou Greenwald out this year because his base is staying home. There are 19,700 gun owners in our district. We could swing the election by ourselves. I'm getting together a group of shooters to meet with the candidates. PM me for more details. If you know anybody who is a shooter in these towns who is not a member of NJGF or NJ2AS, PM me, and I'll give you my contact info to give to them. We can do this. Their website is below. Even if you don't live in our district, toss them $10, less than a box of ammo, and we may just get a pro-gun Assemblyman into the statehouse who listens to us. http://hortonandrichardson.com/

Why do you need a gun? "For all lawful purposes" has a very nice ring to it. I've never been asked what I intend to buy. I would probably respond with "probably a .22 NEOS, something for plinking at cans and targets." Which in all honestly would be the truth. You could always change your mind later... If you are looking for a Sig P226, I have a friend of mine who is looking to sell his for $500. He bought it 10 years ago, put 200 rounds through it and its been sitting in a safe ever since. PM me.

Welcome to the forum. What town do you live in? This could make a difference in selecting the gun shop to use for your evaluation. If you are close to Cherry Hill, Fort Dix, or Philadelphia I would be more than happy to meet you and your wife at a range and go over some basics. PM me if you are interested. I would suggest that you and you wife both apply for permits. One gun can become two, and two can become "oh, I want that one as well, it's cute" very easily. I would look at a 9mm semi-auto first. It fires cheap ammo and does a good enough job at stopping a threat. My suggestion on a gun is that you simply can't go wrong with a Glock 19, Sig P226 or Beretta 92FS. All of them are available in 9mm and they run you anywhere between $400 used and $700 new. Try them all, have your wife try them all. If she doesn't have the strength to rack the slide on the gun the you both like, then it is time to look at a revolver. For revolvers, I would suggest a .38 Special or a .357 Magnum (which can accept .38 Special cartridges) with at least a 4" barrel. I would suggest sticking with a Ruger GP100 or Smith and Wesson 686. You can find used models between $400 and $700 although .38 Special ammunition is a little more expensive than 9mm. Congratulations on taking the first steps. Be safe. Be responsible.

Lashana Tova to all my fellow members of the tribe. May 5772 be a happy and sweet new year to everyone. Now its time to eat...

I contacted their campaign manager and it looks like I'm going to meet with these two candidates next week to see what they are all about. What do all of you consider to be NJ's most pressing problem as sport shooters? I know this entire list is somewhat upsetting, but if you had one single important issue, what would it be?

I noticed these guys: Gregory Horton and Allan E. Richardson running for assembly in District 6, which covers Cherry Hill, Voorhees and Collingswood. If you go to their website http://www.hortonandrichardson.com/ you'll notice a rather strange item on their FAQ page. They actually list their feeling on the 2nd Amendment, including one sentence that made me interested: "We fully support every authorized individual's right to bear weapons for the purpose of protecting one's family and state." Sounds like they may support carry law reform to me... I'm going to give these guys a call and see if I can set up a meeting. Considering Lou Greenwald tried to take my 15 round magazines away, these guys may be a much better choice.

My 8 year old had to write an essay at school about 3 fun things he did over the summer. One of those things was exploding water bottles with his .22. No problems, no issues. The police weren't called and the school wasn't evacuated. I think a lot of that stuff is contextual.

That's fantastic, Bob. Here's another $10.

Ok, longer response to your question. Most people think that the world currency is the dollar. But it isn't... it's the calorie. You can't eat dollar bills. Take a look at this graph: The population of the world was under 500 billion for past 1800 years. Then, suddenly BAM! Growth is logarithmic. Why? Coal first, then oil. Fossil fuels allowed us to move grain at unprecedented speed. Grain is what has kept humanity alive for centuries. The only problem was that you had to get it from point A to point B quickly and efficiently. Cities were limited in size for thousands of years based on the capacity of the surrounding countryside. Armies were limited in size based on their forage capacity - the idea of global war would have been laughable before 1800 (and before canning). But then, once we could move grain quickly and efficiently (we could grow it in X and ship it to Y), we could afford to have legions of people stop farming and start making buggy whips, and Frigidaires and iPads. They didn't need to take time off to farm. The farm would come to them. Armies didn't need to stop to forage. Industrial agriculture changed things as well. This current population of 6.7 billion people is basically dependent on two resources: corn and oil. And those two resources go hand in hand. We use oil to harvest the corn, and then we dump the corn back in the oil to put into our cars and drive to the supermarket where we buy... stuff made from corn! Sodas, beer, gum, grits, potato chips, soap and even wallboard. All made from corn. You want a scary scenario? Write a movie about a disease that strikes corn. Could we go back to an organic-based economy? I doubt it. I don't think we could feed everybody that way and still have the American way of life we want. Organic farming is pretty labor intensive. Now you need people to hand-pull weeds and you need a lot more land to feed the same amount of people without genetically engineered crops and gallons of oil for farm machinery. But wait, you say, we could just use ethanol! It takes 26 pounds of corn to make 1 gallon of ethanol. 13,562,662 corn calories are in that gallon. That means you could have fed 5,425 men from the ethanol needed to drive your John Deere tractor 13 miles. Is that sustainable? I think that its theoretically possible to be sustainable through a small supply interruption. If you plan things right, you can last 2 weeks, or 30 days or even 90 days. But I think anything longer than that, and we are in big, big trouble. Heck, we are in big trouble already, and the population is still going up. I think a "Contagion" scenario is more like one of those "Beyond Rule of Law" type scenarios. It's survivable if you plan, although if you survive I think the world will be a much different, darker, harder place.

PM me your email and I will send you the spreadsheet. I'll answer your question, but I'm at work and need to get some stuff done first.

I did a paper on this for my masters degree. The paper focused more on risk management and how a trucking company would get goods to market in the event of a transportation interruption. Most stores only have about 1.5 to 3 days of goods on hand to sell. Just In Time (JIT) inventory has lured us into a very complacent way of thinking. Food is always on the shelves, and companies have algorithms that predict what is needed and where it has to go. I actually took a look at my pantry and I listed everything that was nonperishable. I need 2500 calories per day. My wife needs 2200. My kids need 1500 and 1700 per day, respectively. This totals to 7900 calories per day. I had a total of 14 days of food in my pantry, and this was after my wife went shopping. And I am counting things like tortilla shells, pretzels and so on. How would you like pretzels for dinner every night? I think most people simply cannot fathom that the whole JIT inventory system would suddenly stop since it is such an ingrained part of our lives. The sun comes up every morning, the stars come out every night. Pop Tarts are always at the supermarket... until one day they aren't. I could easily see rioting because you would be jerking people out of a very comfortable reality. People would just explode. Pop Tarts used to be there every time I went to the supermarket. Now they are not. Why isn't the government doing something about this???!!! I also think that you can only prepare for so much. You may have 30 days of food on hand, but what if the interruption lasts for 60 days... or 90? What about water? I think there are a lot of people who fancy themselves getting their .22's and living off the land. And that is fine, although you have to keep in mind that everybody else who has a .22 is thinking the same thing as you. How long will the wild game last? How long will you last when you and somebody else is shooting at the same rabbit? I think the scary reality is that no matter how well we prepare, we all may be out of luck in the case of a big disaster. The prepared may just last a little longer. That's the true frightening reality. I will be more than happy to post the Excel so you can do the math in your own home, but I think I need an administrator to upload it for me.

It seems like this case wasn't put together correctly. They were trying to get "proper cause" to be thrown out, not defined. I don't know if it means that much to the NJ case. I think the Muller Case is more about defining "Justifiable need," instead of throwing out justifiable need. Justifiable need is interpreted in different ways to different permit applicants. I don't think anyone can argue that Robert Muller didn't have justifiable need. I don't think that anybody can argue that the FBI employee or the part-time deputy doesn't either. Now is their life any more important than yours? No. But we need to take baby steps. Once we get "Justifiable Need" defined, we can work toward lowering the standard.

I saw this a couple months back and thought about converting my 10/22 http://www.1022fungun.com/store/pc/home.asp This basically turns a $200 Ruger 10/22 into a look-alike Thompson. Might not be a bad stopgap until the gun you want comes along.

My suggestion: Go back to Dicks Sporting Goods. Look for a gun safe. Once you've made a decision, buy a safe that is double the size of what you think you need. If you get into clay games... Shotguns ... tend to multiply rather quickly.

Personally, no. It still feels like a block of wood hitting your shoulder at 40 miles per hour. But if you think that's bad, wait till you see how the guy at the other end feels...

Whenever I hear someone pontificate about recoil I always thing of what Herger the Joyous said in that movie: "The 13th warrior:" "Grow stronger!"