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You're not crazy, just not professional enough to handle that Glock fotay.

The guy had to be walking with his finger on the trigger when he tripped. Glocks don't discharge just by dropping them. My first thought was, I wonder if these people are related to that DEA agent who shot himself in the foot? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41837186/ns/local_news-mobile_al "A small child accidentally shot his mother Saturday night after finding the gun by the side of his injured father — who had just accidentally shot himself"

Dan, nobody here is screaming to lynch the guy. At the same time we need to be truthful about the facts. He obviously broke the law but no reasonable person would think he deserved anything more than a ticket or misdemeanor. Not even those gun control people who favor "reasonable regulation," would believe a technicality like this should a 2nd degree felony. So instead of clamoring "totally innocent man railroaded for owning legal guns," lets keep it on point - "our laws are so badly written that a man with no bad intentions gets 7 years for minor technical violations."

For those of you who have flown in/out of Newark with a handgun, have you brought hollowpoints? Any issues?

I think many in our community got over enthusiastic in defending him and exaggerated the injustice by claiming he broke no law at all. Unfortunately when you exaggerate, bend the truth just a bit, and make overzealous arguments you lose credibility with reasonable people who disagree with you but still have an open mind. Clearly he broke several laws. The issue is that the laws themselves are confusing, overly punitive, and the 7 year sentence was outrageously imposed by a judge with a point to prove. I've said this before - NJ gun laws are bad enough without having to exaggerate, ignore facts or make up stories. The Aitken case is a good example to use when trying to make this point, but if you start exaggerating you lose credibility and your argument goes nowhere.

Didn't see this clip, but last video I saw of Nappen debating mayor Booker he was dressed like Cowboy Ron Jeremy with a pony tail. Come on now.

The reduced reset carry package from Gray Guns beats any other option by far. It costs $300 plus shipping and several months wait time. The result transcends any other Sig trigger you will ever find. And unlike most "trigger jobs" from schmucks passing themselves as gunsmiths this is reliable enough for hard use. I highly recommend it.

The scanner might have missed the handgun, but it did get a pretty good shot of her poon. It's on TSApoonpics.com right now.

I like the current strategy of dealing with separate issues one by one, rather than trying to boil the whole ocean at once. Long wait times are unfair, but I believe the arbitrary imposition of documentation, violations of privacy and 'outing' applicants to employers and neighbors, and the other attempts to intimidate people from getting permits through harassment is a bigger violation of rights.

Another vote for Dan's. Good prices, efficient service and since he's in PA the shipping is slightly lower than from other places. I've ordered from him several times and it's usually delivered the day after I place the order online.

Both the Glock and M&P are as reliable and accurate as a service pistol can be. If you are choosing between them, ergonomics and fit are really the only difference. In my opinion a stock Glock trigger is still better than an M&P with the Apex kit. In my case the grip and pointability of the Smith outweighed the superior trigger of the Glock.

1. They are more effective, which disturbs people who think the goal should be to wound an attacker and avoid killing at all costs 2. People who saw the movie "Lethal Weapon" confuse them with armor piercing bullets. Ask any non firearm owner in NJ to describe a 'cop killer' bullet and they will answer "hollowpoint.'

There is no restriction against ordering ammo online. It does need the "ORMD" sticker, that's all.I do it all the time.

We would be safer if we had background checks before buying a car, checking out a book from the library, buying a house or even just randomly to prove you are still innocent today. China and Iran have had great success with this policy.

Well, why doesn't he just become the CEO of a bank or become a movie star so he can get a carry permit? Jeez, some people are so lazy.

Here is the official statement from the Nassau County Prosecutor: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/DA/NewsReleases/2011/021711gunshops.htm They are claiming that the modifications were temporary which makes the guns illegal. Does anyone happen to know if NY law specifically states that modifications must be permanent? I know here in NJ, the law itself was vague which prompted a letter of clarification from the Attorney General stating that modifications must be irreversible.

Even assuming they are not guilty of any crime, the damage was already done in legal fees, harassment and persecution. If the antis cant get more gun control laws passed they can still drive gun shops out of business and intimidate honest citizens from exercising their rights for fear of false arrest and harassment. So far it looks like that strategy is working for them.

Banning all cars would prevent millions of traffic deaths. If it saves even one life wouldn't it be worth it? Confining all people to their homes under a curfew between 8pm and 6am would prevent many deaths. If this saves just one life wouldn't it be worth it? Banning any book that contains violence would prevent people from getting bad thoughts and committing crimes. If this saves just one life wouldn't it be worth it?

Of all those news articles, the WSJ is probably the most factual. In it they say the gun shops did properly modify the rifles to comply with NY law. The apparent charge is that they then instructed the 'undercover investigator' how to modify it back. I am not aware that this is a crime, it would be a perfectly legal action if the consumer moves to any of 47 other states. Perhaps they are making hail mary attempt to claim the shop is conspiring to help the owner illegally modify the rifle. Most likely it's a PR stunt to get attention at the expense of law abiding people. Truly, being a gun owner in NY or NJ is like being a black man in 1961 Alabama. Even when we follow the oppressive laws we should still expect harassment and persecution.

Anticipating what the prosecutor's position might be is not the same as agreeing with it.

I assume you mean this press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office which includes "During a lawful search of Ray’s residence a small quantity of cocaine was seized along with hollow point bullets which under New Jersey law are prohibited weapons." http://prosecutor.co.monmouth.nj.us/press/2011/020711.pdf So the inaccuracy came directly from the prosecutor not the papers which took the press release verbatim. They do not mention an actual charge for having the hollowpoints, just that he happens to have them. Unless he is already a prohibited person or he used the hollowpoints somehow in the commission of his other crimes, I think this is just fluff in the press release to show they caught a very dangerous bad man.

Oh for crap's sake.

My personal opinion is to get it while you can. I think the administrative work to go out and make existing Utah permit holders show they have a CCW permit in their home state would be too large. More likely they will grandfather existing permit holders and ask for the additional information for renewals over the next 5 years.

If you just want something to fool around with at the range then more power to you. But if I needed a pistol to defend my life with and I had the choice of 3 Ruger revolvers or a Hi Point, the Hi Point would be last in line.

You can only have a handgun in NJ under a small number of very specific places and circumstances. Your parents home is not one of them. You would be guilty of a felony.