TGeorge

This guy needs real justice REAL QUICK. One hour alone with him in a locked room and a lead pipe the truth about Natalie Halloway and this woman would come out.

Any of you guys ever been to Dixon's Muzzle-Loading Gun Show ?

New Jersey is not a plausible place. The Rockefeller Republicans and Democrats feel any gun owner is a potential criminal and will interpret any new rules by the Feds as strictly as possible. Paula Dow and Chris Christie are NOT our friends.

In his recent television interview with Steve Abadabo, Christie responded to a caller about the Second Amendment by stating he will enforce the gun laws of the State of New Jersey. Then he interjected a lengthy praise of Paula Dow, his Democrat AG, stating she was doing a good job and was outstanding in the fight against gangs and illegal guns. I doubt any existing legislation on firearms will be abated by this administration. As we have seen recently with the CMP issue, new ones will probably be coming down the road from the Dow-Christie Camp. There are two wings of the Republican Party in New Jersey - the Rockefeller Republicans represented by Tom Kean and Chrissie Whitman and the Conservative Wing of the Republican Party, represented by people like Steve Lonegan, Michael Patrick Carroll, and others. So far, the Rockefeller Republicans follow the same successful road. Whenever a conservative is nominated by the State GOP. the Rockefeller Republicans throw up their hands and exclaim a conservative can never win in New Jersey and either not support him or her, or only give lip service support. When a social liberal Republican is nominated, the conservatives dutifully close ranks around the nominee and they generally get elected. I believe Christie represents a fiscally conservative wing of the Rockefeller Republicans. On social issues like the Second Amendment and illegal aliens, he swings to the left.

Anyone here interested in traditional muzzle-loaders?

"Wow!!!!! Charlie Stone !!! Ran for president on the Federalist ticket. Bought my first TC Hawken from him. Coolist guy. Do you think he's still around? Gotta be a 100 years old." I don't know. Forgot about his Federalist Run. I'm a Republican, but voted for him. O think he may have run against Tom Kean. The last I heard he moved to PA. Even if you weren't buying anything, you could always go see him in his store, and stand around his pot-bellied stove and discuss guns, politics, history and muzzle-loading. Charlie Stone was one of the greatest guys I ever met and a Great American. Sorry I lost contact with him after I married.

I bought it there back in 1972 or so.

I live in Northern New Jersey. Have been to Dixon's many times - always make their Gunmaker's Fair. Years ago there was store in Neshanic Station owned by Charlie Stone. He only sold Muzzle-loading stuff, but then moved to PA when the State started to go anti-gun under Tom Kean and his successors. I also remember a lot of chain stores selling various B.P. guns, kits etc. I bought my first B.P. gun from a store in Jackson, N.J.

Any gun stores in New Jersey which carry muzzle-loading supplies like flints, caps, balls and/or molds?

GOOD QUESTION!!! My guess - THEY ARE PLANNING TO BAN THEM. This will allow them to identify anyone who purchases one. Remember - that bill to set up a commission to "review" New Jersey's Gun Laws - PACKED with anti-gun advocate appointees which is moving through the legislature. Christie will sign it. He's a Republican in the mold of Rudy Giuliani - fiscally tough,law and order tough and liberal on certain social issues - like guns. Wouldn't be surprised if he starts sending Jersey cops to gun shows out of state to monitor gun sales to residents or even bans them entirely.

As soon as I found out Christie picked Dow as his AG I knew we were in trouble. She is the former Essex County Prosecutor and a Democrat - two very bad signs in New Jersey. Further, when Christie was running he was endorsed and actively supported by Tom Kean Senior - one of the most anti-gun governors in New Jersey history. Kean thought Whitman was "too conservative" for New Jersey. Kean is on record as stating the right to keep and bear arms is not an individual right. His son, Tommy Kean Junior, piggy-backing on his Daddy's money and connections, is an up and coming "star" in the State GOP. He must share his father's views, based on NRA ratings. It is truly amazing that Democrat States like Vermont and Delaware, among others, and nearly all Republican States, are so pro-Second Amendment while New Jersey is so negative on gun rights. I have lived here all life - many years - and in that time I have come to realize that the political thinking here - regardless of the subject - really - is for more and more government control, more state agencies and bureaucracies, more regulations, more fees and licenses, more requirements - it NEVER ends. And THAT is why we are in the economic mess we currently are in and THAT is why Christie - ULTIMATELY - will have little impact on this situation. Like his predecessors, he is part of the problem. I plan to leave this state as soon as the housing market improves. I suggest all other gun owners do likewise. Pending legislation in Trenton - particularly a bill to establish a "loaded" committee to review New Jersey's Gun Laws - bodes very ill indeed. And, based on this latest ukase by the AG Czar and the New Jersey State Police, we can be POSITIVE that ANYTHING restrictive they concoct Mr. Christie will sign. He is NOT one of our friends.