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Tony: Kingwood station? Maybe I am starting to see a trend.

On December 3 I submitted an application for three handgun permits at my local NJSP station (we do not have municipal coverage). On February 5 my references were contacted by phone and let me know all is good. Figure I'm getting close now, right? WRONG! Today I called the station to find out where I was in the queue, three months from the date I submitted the applications. The secretary, who was very nice, checked the file and told me they had not even been sent to Trenton yet! She does not understand why and promised to check with the sergeant to find out why. Meanwhile, I have had a new handgun sitting in my FFL's safe since December and a second one should be arriving in a few days. Talk about frustrating!!!! I'm not going to rattle any cages - it can't help to PO the cops, but this sucks.

Uhhhh.. this could end VERY badly. Whenever the S.O. says "whatever", "Do what you want", "It's up to you", "OK, but......" STOP - Run, do not walk, to the nearest hidey-hole. You may want to reconsider your options along about now

I am participating right now. Excellent seminar. One interesting factoid: 88% of workplace violence homicides were committed with a gun (data as of 2006). Thank you for the heads up!

I preach to my family and coworkers to always verify Internet info and emails before forwarding or posting. Can you guess what I didn't do? Also didn't check to see how old the video was, although the hair should have given me a clue! Hanging my head in shame!

Thanks, Lunker. I don't know how I manage to screw that one up so totally!

Maybe this link is better. I hope! i also discovered teh testimony was several years ago - but still valid A friend just forwarded this to me. It is priceless. Sorry if it has been posted before; this is the first time I have seen it. Here's a video that I guarantee you won't forget anytime soon! She didn't cry, although she came close to losing it, and she gave those a reality check they dearly needed. Texas girl, Judy Dorsett Tyler, had the encroachment on her second amendment rights so graphically illustrated. The honorable senator from NY, Chuck Schumer, was getting a little uncomfortable in his chair. The room was absolutely dead quiet throughout her testimony and the gun banners (meaning Senators who want to BAN citizens' ownership of all guns) absolutely speechless as this little Texas gal chews them up and spits them out. She knows what the 2nd amendment is really all about. Watch it. You will be glad you did. And pass it along

And on top of all of that the gun was stolen! I cannot find it on-line but the printed copy of today's Hunterdon County Democrat reports the MAK-90 was stolen from a home in High Park, NY. I suspect that may be Hyde Park, NY but that is what the newspaper stated. It makes it difficult to believe anything from the media.

It can be worked out - it's a matter of trust. Pay for the gun, the seller holds it until your 'due date' and then make the tansfer. I have had a 1911 in the FFLs safe since December waiting on permits!

I was registered for the 1st seminar but had to switch to the follow-up session due schedule conflicts.

Anybody here have contacts that could make a difference? Send them the link to this thread.

USNMARS just got a big+ from me!

The a$$hole was brain dead before he shot the officer.

Mrjam2jab is right. Unless there are other provisions not shown here it should not restrict NJ residents from obtaining the Utah CFP

Thanks for sharing, Wojo. I am signing up

Probably a simple misunderstanding http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/nj_man_is_charged_with_weapons.html Newark - An East Orange man was arrested on weapons charges this morning after he tried to enter a welfare office in Newark armed with a handgun, switchblade and a pair of brass knuckles, authorities said. Essex County Sheriff’s officers stopped Kenyatah Rhodes, 40, inside the county’s Division of Welfare on Rector Street after an X-ray of his backpack revealed he was hiding several weapons, including a "fully loaded Beretta semiautomatic handgun," according to Sheriff Armando Fontoura. "The suspect told us he showed up to apply for food stamps," Fontoura said. "With all the dangerous hardware he was packing it is obvious he wasn’t going to take ‘no’ for an answer." Rhodes has been charged three counts of weapons possession, Fontoura said. He was being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility today. Bail was set at $20,000.

I suspect the confusion is due to two thought streams running at once here: one theft and the other a delay. I was suggesting a theft complaint to Wildbob. I should have been more clear.

I am at week 8. The Sgt at the NJSP station mentioned 3 to 4 months when I applied. My references have not yet been contacted.

Checking the drainage is huge! My neighbors and I (shared driveway) went from stone to blacktop a few years ago. The contractor dug deep, put in a good base and everything was OK until the first big rain. The neighbors driveway is higher than ours. Not only did the water all drain onto my pad in front of the garage area but it all puddled there. Not fun when the ice hits! Don't let them snow you about "minor birdbaths". I'm stuck with mine AND he had many local references. Good luck!

For what it is worth: Stopping dealing with UPS. Do not call the shipper on Monday. Contact the local PD and file a theft complaint today. Then stop posting on the web until it is resolved.

The Tudors series

Thanks for the inputs. A gun show 'cherry' didn't know what to expect. I will watch for one at Oaks. Harrisburg? Possible, but it's a long haul.

I was going to say that but being a noob here I thought I would be politically correct!

This morning I went to my first ever gun show. I did not really know what to expect and had no shopping list other than some CCI Mini-Mags if any were to be had at a good price, perhaps a book or two. Arriving at ~9:45AM found the motel parking lot chock-a-block full. That appeared to be a good sign: lot's of cars means lots of people so it must be a good show. There were only a half-dozen ahead of me to pay the entry fee and I was in. Well, sort of in. The entry hallway was wall to wall people; nobody could move. Eventually got to the main hall to find the building probably had 200% occupancy - again almost impossible to move. The tables were far too close together so anyone stopping to look stopped the entire flow of traffic. It took about an hour and a half to cruise the rows of vendors. There were several offering new handguns and long guns, most had older gear. My impression is that the show attracts regulars who sell items back and forth to each other and hoping to net a stranger who may not know enough about what he is buying and/or what constitutes a 'good deal'. Any hams on here? This was reminiscent of Hamfests (my wife calls them Nerdfests) in the old days. Are all gun shows like this? I have heard the Harrisburg (PA) show is a good one. Is it a larger version of the same? I ended up with nothing, which was OK, as it was an experience.

A bit of a different view: When teachers agree to pay-for-performance, the abolishment of tenure, the disbanding of the the NJ Extortion Association and those putting in their time are weeded out - then I would consider it. In the meanwhile I would not trust many of them with a red pen!