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The best advice on hollowpoints I've heard came from Anthony Colandro at Gun for Hire. Use exactly the load that your local, county or state police are using. It's difficult for a prosecutor to argue you deliberately selected an evil murderous round in a case like that.

That's interesting news, I stand corrected.

Sign yourself up for a real driving course rather than doing a slow parade lap in a pretty car. There are several choices at NJ Motorsports Park and also at Pocono Raceway. The experience will be 100x more enjoyable and you'll walk away with better driving skills.

You cannot use a stock 9mm barrel, you need a conversion barrel from Storm Lake or KKM. You will need 9mm magazines also. I have a 9mm conversion for my Sig P229 .40 and while it is reasonably reliable enough for training it is not reliable enough for defense purposes.

Currently my P229 loaded with 180 grain Federal HST. It's a great pistol but my girlfriend has a little trouble with the thick grip and manipulating the slide with the heavy recoil spring. The .40 is also a bit too much recoil for her. We plan to replace it with a M&P full size 9mm loaded with 124 Grain +P Gold Dots.

It's probably better than no training but for my money there are plenty of reputable non-douchebaggy schools. If you want to spend big money traveling to a top tier school look to Vickers, Magpul, Gunsite, Thunder Ranch.

The M&P 9mm with thumb safety exactly fits all of your requirements. It is available with a 15 round magazine specifically for New Jersey. S&W part number 39498, it's not advertised but available if you call S&W or better, from G&R Tactical: http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=39498 I understand many NJ dealers will NOT sell the pistol with the 15 round magazines, making you buy it with the 10-rounders. I am not sure if that's the case but G&R will sell you the pistol with the correct NJ magazine, and with great service and price. G&R will also install Apex Tactical parts and upgraded sights if you want.

Maybe its me, but I can't get Episode 9 to play through iTunes podcast, nor can I download the mp3 from gunforhireradio.com/podcasts/GFH_Episode_9.mp3. The other episodes work fine.

Never forget that there is ONE and only ONE purpose for having these employer "reference checks." That is to discourage people from purchasing guns for fear of intimidation or being outed to anti-gun employers.

This should be easy to figure out. Can't someone just check the NJSP guideline book for FPID investigations? Oh no, wait ...

How do you "trick" a SWAT team into surrounding a home? Call up and say "This is Seymore Butts, I'd like to order two pizzas and one SWAT team to my home at 123 Main Street please ..."?

Tenafly Rifle & Pistol Club trpclub.org has a junior rifle program and hosts various youth programs with a Boy Scout troop and other groups. I am sure they could use some additional .22's in nice shape.

I am very skeptical of biometric safes for quick access to a defense firearm. Since they tend to work worst when your fingers are bloody or sweaty, they are most likely to fail at a time you would need it most. That's on top of general reliability concerns. Frankly I'm also skeptical of the rubber button electronic locks. I see too many reports of Gunvaults failing. For a quick access pistol box I think a non electronic Simplex lock is much more reliable, such as the ones from Fort Knox or V-Line.

I've had to take drug tests, get fingerprinted and submit to background checks numerous times in my life in order to get employment. If it's OK for me to go through that, its OK for welfare recipients.

I recently discovered that the patent for Frontline expired in 2010, although many people are still using the brand version out of habit. The generic is called Fipronil and you can get it for less money under several brands.

Good point, you might be right. It would definitely make an interesting case.

In the Heller decision the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionally protected right of an individual to own a firearm, and emphasized that this right is paramount above all in the home. Therefore I seriously believe that any restriction infringing on that right by a landlord would be unconstitutional. I am pretty sure the Constitution and the Supreme Court trump Sluggo the Landlord.

As a general rule, anything you hear from a LEO, or from anybody at a gun shop or range is going to be flat out wrong.

Just to clarify here, you do not need a FPID to OWN a gun. It's a firearm PURCHASER id card not an owner ID card. So as long as you transport properly there is nothing you are doing illegal by not having a FPID. You would not be able to buy a new gun, nor buy ammunition.

An apartment is private property, however landlords are not completely free to make whatever restrictions they want if they violate Constitutionally protected civil rights. Landlords cannot exclude people based on race or religion. They cannot restrict a tenant from possessing a Koran or Bible in the apartment, or prevent the tenant from writing books or newspaper articles. I would expect that same limitation would apply to 2A rights just like 1A rights. Of course 2A rights are violated all the time here in NJ. It wold make an interesting case.

Hilton Yam once included Kimbers on his list of recommended duty 1911's, but subsequently changed that guidance based on drastically reduced quality in newer models. http://10-8performance.blogspot.com/2010/07/kimber-warrior.html Hilton's expectations of a duty gun are far higher than those of a recreational shooter. He and his colleagues put a thousand rounds a week through pistols when most shooters declare a pistol "flawless" after a few hundred rounds. Nevertheless when he has an opinion about what works, or does not, in the 1911 world it is wise to listen.

Nothing substitutes for formal training, but this video by Massad Ayoob is an excellent summary. Rather than a total stonewall, he describes how to establish yourself as the victim of a crime and a cooperative responsible witness WHILE making sure you protect your rights and avoid self incrimination. IMHO, being direct and honest this way is better than the "I have chest pains and have to go to the hospital" strategy which nobody will really believe and establishes yourself as less than 100% honest. http://www.gunsandammo.com/2011/05/26/video-after-a-real-shooting/

First rule of firearm safety: NEVER give a gun to a monkey.

Actually, this part might be my favorite quote from the court's ruling:

The ban on firing ranges within Chicago was just declared unconstitutional by a Federal Appeals court. The decision was absolutely beautiful and I encourage all of you to read it in full: http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/9C0NWF4M.pdf The opinion throws out the ban on the grounds that it infringes on the people's 2A rights, and makes many analogies comparing infringement of the 1st Amendment and 2nd Amendment, and throws out any notion of a "balancing" requirement of 2A rights against a generalized notion that guns are harmful to society. It also notes that the range ban is not a regulation but in fact a prohibition. My favorite quote: I am hopeful that this will help set precedent for CCW and all gun laws here in NJ. The court threw out Chicago's (and hopefully NJ's) "thumbing of the municipal nose at the Supreme Court" by enacting prohibitions disguised as regulations, and the infringement of Constitutionally protected rights based on generalized and vague belief that firearms are just bad. They placed the burden on the state to prove specific harm that would justify any infringement on that right, just like they would for an infringement on free speech.