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Nice letter. In certain areas of the country, that "movement" started a long time ago, fueled by hysteria. It didn't happen over night. Ex. page from the Chicago Sun Times, April - 1968 (back when the newspapers were the internet):

Wooly, I can read into what you're implying by "shred the system," but I doubt that is the intent nor would happen. The system they've set up is fairly innocuous and not cumbersome. Unless folks plan to file by mailing in the form, it can be done online. I suspect gun owners are holding out more so for the outcome of the pending lawsuit. As for the handgun privacy registry; that event passed. Those who wanted their information private had until this past Wednesday to register to be exempt from FOIL. The AW registry is submitted to the N.Y. State Police. Handgun registry is handled by the respective county clerk who originally issued the permits. They were the ones who were worked overtime with the deluge of hand-filings. (They didn't get an online form. How sneakily inconvenient.)

Seeing a bear up close can be pretty exhilarating. Let's you know you're alive. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/man-describes-mauling-black-bear-195747568.html Man Describes Mauling By Black Bear By Rachel Katz | ABC News Blogs – Tue, May 14, 2013 4:17 PM EDT Joe Azougar was sitting on the front porch of his cabin this weekend with his new German shepherd puppy, Ace, when he "started to hear a vibration or thunder and I turned around to see a bear." The next few minutes were pure mayhem and panic in which the bear killed the dog and then came back for Azougar, smashing through a cabin window to get at him and mauling him so bad that Azougar said he could feel the bear's teeth on his exposed skull. Azougar, 30, spoke to ABC News from his bed in Lady Minto Hospital in Cochrane, Ontario, where doctors needed 300 stitches to patch up his scalp, shoulder and back. When the bear showed up, "The first thing that the dog did was protect his master and attack the bear…I heard howling and barking," he said. Azougar ran into his 8-by-16 "off-grid" cabin and began to call neighbors, alerting them on what was going on. "As I looked around I saw him [the bear] drag my lifeless dog Ace into the bush," he said. But suddenly, the bear was back and it broke through the cabin's back window. "It took my dog and then it came back to kill me. It had death in its eyes," Azougar said. Azougar began throwing things at the bear, making loud sounds and stood on a chair to make himself appear larger. "This beast was thirsty for blood. This beast wanted to destroy," said Azougar. "I figured my best chance was to run outside by the street so that someone could find me." Azougar began running, but the bear caught him. "He had four paws on top of me…he peeled my forehead skin to the back of my head off," he said, adding that he could feel the animal's teeth on his skull. "Then, he turned me over and tried to bite my stomach and hips. That gave me just a few seconds to curl into a ball and protect my head, which exposed my arm pits and shoulder blades." Azougar began kicking and punching the bear, managing to hit it in the eye. "It doesn't feel anything. It is a merciless creature," he said. The bear dragged Azougar's body into a ditch. "By that time I could feel my body become lifeless," Azougar said. He was saved by the arrival of two women who saw Azougar getting mauled as they were driving by. "Out of nowhere I heard a horn and these two angels saved my life," he said. The horn scared off the bear, which ran back into the woods. "I said please help me, please help me… I managed to put my arm around their shoulders and walked to their car," Azougar said. The women drove Azougar to the hospital. "He was two or three inches from taking out a major artery in my neck," Azougar said. "I am just thankful to those two angels that saved me. I am thankful to the Almighty for giving me this life," he said. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources said the bear was shot and killed and has been submitted for a necropsy, where officials will test to see if the bear was suffering from some type of disease. "I have spoken to people who say they have lived here for 20 or 30 years and they said they have never seen anything happened like this," said Azougar. Azougar had only moved to the tiny cabin to escape the busy city of Toronto a month before the incident, working from home as an online monitor for classified advertisements. He said that he plans to return to the cabin once he is released from the hospital. "This has not discouraged me. I will be going back to my camp, but I think safety will be more of a concern," he said.

The Affordable Care Act leaves the door open on this one. (I first got this question when my daughter started seeing her pediatrician and it was on the "fill out the obligatory information" questionnaire. And that was 18 years ago. Before Obama. Before Obamacare. Before any executive orders.) The five doctors I've seen over the last year have never asked this question of me personally. From Medscape - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/777771 Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolynmcclanahan/2012/07/23/gun-owner-rights-and-obamacare-yes-it-is-in-the-law/ AND I do like that form!

I would liken this move as the first step towards non-compliance. In comparison, I haven't read an article yet out of New York that folks have been registering their "assault weapons" since open registration started April 15th, one month ago. Everyone I know who might fit into that category has not complied. I haven't seen an article in the news that notes that New Yorker's are registering, nor have I read one that they aren't. I suspect it's the latter. It's a topic no one is really talking about now. FYI - In the NYSRPA's lawsuit against the SAFE Act, they've already spent $164,000 on the suit, with another $80,000 contributed from the NRA. I don't think anyone will move to do anything until the case is decided.

Since they invariably will be passing through New York to get to New Jersey, bone-up on New York's SAFE Act as well as N.Y. Penal Law 400 before traveling through there. http://www.governor.ny.gov/nysafeact/gun-reform

Correct. The northern sections of Bergen county are very different in makeup and population density when compared to the southern sections of Bergen county. We still have a few good conservatives here, but they are still in the minority.

Yes, that was the original site I used to reference. Some searches should be conducted for the new info. I have a slew of family members who left NJ & PA for the farmlands and outlying communities of MD some forty years ago only see their state dissolve into a bastion of liberals and liberal thinking.

http://www.mdgunsafety.com/mspfaq.htm Maryland has passed new laws - http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/ad-lib/2013/apr/5/maryland-passes-tough-gun-control-law-something-co/

As it pertains to my neck of the woods; yep.

That map is slightly incorrect. The "well-to-do" conservatives in Bergen County voted for Obama in the last election, and Christie LOST in Bergen County in 2009. (When Corzine ran for Senate in 2000, he won more votes in Bergen County than the opposing Franks.) Of the 530,000 registered voters in Bergen, about 250,000 are "unaffiliated." Bergen County's population is hovering around 918,000.

Sherri Sheperd wasn't sure if the Earth was round or flat......................

This is your answer as to which cartridge and/or rifle to pick. It's a good one to start with. As for recoil, you can use these simplified charts to get an idea of measurements or use a recoil calculator to figure them out based on what you plan on using. They're available on the web; you just plug in the values of rifle weight, powder charge, velocity, bullet weight; to get a more accurate estimate.(A .300 RUM has almost twice the powder charge of a .308W. WHY would you need that? Ouch!) http://www.chuckhawk...ecoil_table.htm http://www.chuckhawk...ecoil_table.htm

Excellent article.

The ANJRPC's response to each bill that Scott referenced yesterday details examples of others banned by S2178. Go to the last two pages of their response for examples. http://c.ymcdn.com/s...egislative_.pdf

My condolences on your loss.

Lots of places to go in New Jersey. List of trout waters in the state: http://www.state.nj..../accesscnty.htm

The BPS is a quality gun, and could be used for all of the clay disciplines. The 870 and 500 would be as well. If you are picking a gun for the target games, pick the one that fits you best. The Remington & Mossberg are probably better choices because of lower cost and ability to be upgraded and outfitted in different configurations. Browning barrels are pricey and after-market products for them are fewer than for the Remington and Mossberg.

I find the beavers that swim back and forth under those deep, undercuts banks and bump into your leg occasionally while you're wading is more unnerving.

I stated that incorrectly. It's not NICS. It will be a internal database the state will build that matches up to a gun registry (starting with handguns) of whether you are allowed to possess/purchase ammunition. Example: If you own a 1911 Govt., you would presumably be authorized to purchase .45ACP if that is the caliber listed on your pistol permit. What is unknown is what triggers will be tripped based on the amount of ammunition someone procures. And, say you buy .223 ammo, is someone going to check to see if you've registered a black-rifle? What if you have a bolt-action .223, and you buy 1,000 rounds; does an alarm still go off? The design of SAFE is simple; winnow away over time arms and ammunition from law-abiding residents. The way the assault weapon law is written now, in less than a century, no one will be allowed to possess an assault-style-looking weapon that matches their criteria.

I have never made it to the Gorge yet. It's still on my list of things to do. But, I have heard it's very good from a friend with TU. Try the Big Flat Brook, although it can get crowded at times. Fish the Blewett Tract of the BFB, which is the fly-fishing only stretch. I fished the Paulinskill when I had some private access to farms as a kid but not anymore. The Pequest is not bad either. Weekdays are better obviously. During fall and winter you may be the only person on the stream if you fish the BFB. The TCA areas are nice and some remote. Fish may not be big but they are selective and wild.

Technically, it's been like that but rarely enforced in New York. With the SAFE Act now, you must present your NY pistol license which denotes every pistol you own and calibers they are in. Come next year, 04/15/14, you will also endure a NICS background check to purchase ammunition, per the SAFE Act.

Nice hand cannon. I think it needs wheels to help tote it around.

Thanks for the sentiments. It's all good, and he's in a better place right now.

My Uncle Frank passed away in a VA hospital last week. He was 88. He had a colorful life and was a fun individual all the years I knew him. I will always cherish our hunting trips together, especially our week-long trips to Maine. Frank honorably served his country during WWII in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division. His service included active duty during the invasion on D-Day as well as the Battle of the Bulge, and the invasion of Holland during Market Garden for which he was honored with a Bronze Star. After serving a tour of duty in Korea and over eight years of service he would return home for good and an Honorable discharge from the service with the rank of Captain. He will have a military funeral on Monday in Delaware. Frank was the first avid gun collector in our extensive family that I can remember. He loved shotguns, so long as they were Italian and had the names Beretta, Bernadelli or Franchi stamped on them. He liked his S&W revolvers, especially the J & K frame .22's, his Colt .32ACP, his Baby Browning .25ACP and he also had an affection for early Ruger's and his Belgium Browning .22SA. He will be missed in our family.