Wojo

Thanks for tuning in. I'm glad you enjoyed it. There were some pretty good twists to the incident. Being the guy who was in the middle, you can see why I valued having my Florida CCW permit. Now only if NJ could see the light on my professional need to have one. Connecticut does, but not NJ and NY.

Question / Suggestion, can a program be developed where we can drop off donation boxes at various sporting goods / firearms dealers to help support this cause? Something that has a collection component and that could hold a simple single sheet flyer in a picture frame type of thingy. I've seen them used for the ASPCA and other groups, so what not this? When a buyer comes in to buy a new firearm or get an initial FID and are pissed about the delay, that is the time to point them to the donation box.

One of the FBI's role is to keep local PD's in line and be on the look out for agencies abusing the US Constitution. However, with all that is on their plate, I doubt they would have the time or resources to address this. After a recent meeting, they have had too address different thresholds before they will consider opening a case. This unfortunately lacks the necessary scale to have them come in and clunk some heads.

I put a few drops in the bucket.

I went to Rutgers Newark and lived on 322 High Street....before it was MLK. It burned down and now some gray building is there. I know the area well.

I wrote a pair of commentaries on this subject matter because of a group of Students who wanted to carry because of high crime on campus and the lack of faith in the university to respond to an active shooter situation. I had the pleasure to meet one of the group's president at the Right To Carry Rally in VA and the 2nd Amendment Rally at the Washington Monument the same day while I was providing protective services to the keynote speaker. One article that prompted an analysis was a report that indicated that 2/3's of faculty and students lacked faith in their university to properly respond to an Active Shooter situation or a genuine disaster. A big part of that was because of the 'secrecy' universities have about their disaster and emergency plans. The Clery Act, named after a student who was raped and killed established guidelines that universities are too follow in regards to reporting campus violence and crime. New provisions to the Act make the universities have more robust training and drills in order to be in compliance. Last year several Michigan Universities were hit with heavy IIRC, $375,000 fines for non-compliance. Because universities do not conduct or involve students and a large amount of faculty with these drills, they have NO idea what to do and have no faith. The might conduct some small table top exercises with a handful of Deans or Admins and that is about it. The Fed's are looking to crack down in the wake of all the school shootings. I've tried unsuccessfully to engage universities to get into compliance with the Clery Act and their position is they don't want to scare people or once they acknowledge they are not up to the established standards and then do nothing, they will be in trouble. Even universities that have some of the most famous campus shootings, still lack adequate plans and training...I know because we were the ones with boots on the ground there within 24 hours after the blood shed and then couldn't get them to do anything after the recovery. Don't get me going on how piss poor universities are...

JQP - IIRC, I think we either met at SJSC for a ARF Meet a few years ago or at Buckeye when Chris Frye did a course at Buckeye.

Just signed my son and I for the Appleseed shoot in March at Winslow. Should be a fun boy's weekend away from 3 sisters and the wife.

I just plugged for the March date. The April date is Palm Sunday and then Passover begins on Monday which means my wife is going to be insanely busy at the bakery. All registered and confirmed. Wojo and Son will be there.

I was going to do one in PA, but will attend one in NJ with my son. I have to look at the schedule and the family calendar to when we can go. Odds are we will stay on LBI for the event unless there will be a group of people from the forum staying at nearby lodging. Thanks Axeman for posting this. I have a new AR upper coming in next week and this would be a good way to break it in. What is the policy on policing of your own brass? If it is a negative, then I will buy some Wolf, if I okay, then I will bring brass. EDIT - Never mind, optics are fine according to the website. Question - At CR the closet rifle target station is 50 yards. Appleseed shoots at 25 and suggests zeroing in at 3" high at a 100 yards. What have others done to get their 22's zeroed for the 25 setting. I only attended Day Two when I went and missed out on a lot of the this part.

Good Call. I'm a life member and didn't realize they had this site as part of the organization. Thanks a bunch for making this suggestion

I have a couple of those kits ready to go contained in a much less conspicuous cases. Did you know, that a AR M4-gery will fit broken down quite nicely in a 5.11 Business Tactical Bag. I have similar to this, but the older version had back pack straps hidden on the back. Carrying this with a half dozen mags, some MRE's and a first aid kit will draw a lot less attention then a Pelican case. If need the water proof feature, ziplocs and the rifle storage bags work pretty good. 5.11 - Business Tactical

I loved the Monty Python reference of silly walks. Spot on. The narrator hit- it,... peacocks, nothing more. Just silly birds showboating and trying to impress the girls.

There were a lot of things that made me go WTF like most of us here. But the stand out remarks was that a M4 with a collapsed stock is concealable and no one uses THIS to go hunting. Yo, beyotch, wanna bet on that one? The hunting remark was a huge swing at her view that gun ownership is only for hunters and only hunters should have guns. I am betting Mayor Bloomie made an offer of some HUGE campaign funds and special interest money. His fingerprints are someplace on this campaign.

Sounds like me, with 4 kids, something is always going on...hence why I do most of shooting during the weekdays. Football, wrestling, field-hockey, birthday parties, sleep overs, ...At least they look forward to going to the range...maybe for President's Day. We could set up pictures of Lincoln, JFK, ..., scratch that idea.

Just thought I would start a thread some people could list any shooting events they are involved with or plan on attending. Me, after a 2 year break, plan on getting back into shooting in Service Rifle league up at CR and do a couple of Garand matches. I want to take my son to the Appleseed event next month or early April as well. Time to start cranking out lots of OTM match again. On a humorous note, my wife was very, very pregnant and I convinced her to let me go shoot a match. We had a friend who is a nurse stay with her while I was shooting. It wasn't 30 minutes after I got home when her water broke and we were off to the hospital. At CR, I get do-do for cell phone coverage so I could only imagine finishing the match only to find out my wife gave birth...talk about never hearing the end of it. Cherry Ridge Schedule For those who never competed, I can only speak of my experiences, but you will find some of the nicest people around. (Provided you aren't some unsafe know-it-all tool). They will help you, loan you stuff, fix things, offer tips, etc. And if you listen or ask, can find good deals on guns and accessories. We all had to start someplace and the only person you are competing against is yourself. If your goal is to get better and learn something new every time you compete, you already won. With that said, I hope to see you guy on the firing line. Wojo

Would it be wrong to shoot the Easter Bunny on Easter Sunday?

You are so right. Back in 1984, we were the only ones issued weapons AND ammo during the Reagan Doctrine when we were patrolling in Central America. Because we were DOT at the time, we were allowed to return fire without asking Washington DC, imagine that! Part of the reason I didn't join the Misguided Children was even after the barracks bombing, the US still didn't issue ammo to the Marines and Army guys on guard. WTF? Being a guy from NJ with our infamous attitude, there was no way you were going to send me into a fight without ammo. No way was I going to become a human sand bag for some Army puke to hide behind in a fire fight. FWIW, I enlisted less then two months after losing all those Marines. If I had a dollar every time I was told in basic or at any of my duty stations, that I should have been a Marine I'd would have had a nice chunk of change. My uncle USMC Vietnam 65-67 and a fraternity brother career MC officer, (was full bird and now probably a one star) actually talked me out of the MC and into the CG. They both figured I was already such a nut and a hell raiser, the suck would have only made me worse. The CG had no idea what to do with me. I specialized in the 3 F's...fighting, phucking and having fun. I'm still asked if I was a Marine. Friends that were Force Recon and other jar-heads still tell me I went into the wrong service. I think that's a compliment.

I have tons of parts for AR's at least enough for 5 or 6 lowers, rebuild several bolts, front sight, buffer tubes, etc. All I need is the heavy metal stuff. Lots of M1 parts as well and other maintenance items for my frequent use toys. I'm starting my part collections for Sigs and Glocks now...spare parts will be worth more then ammo when SHTF.

If we have any Morris County Chamber of Commerce members I invite you to come down to the Business Connections Breakfast this Friday. I am sponsoring the event and will be giving a quick presentation on Workplace Violence and Business Continuity. We have 190 people signed up already. Free grub and comedy provided by yours truly.

Fixed it. I plan on using some of my kids excuses for poor performance.

Tony, l loved the pile-it jokes. When I turned civilian I continued turning wrenches on helicopters for a couple of years while going back to school. I was merciless on the pile-its that wrote stupid crap up.Especially if they were clueless. I was a stan-board member and I could be pretty demanding at times. Being a former USCG aviator, on the hangar line we had a status board. It had different columns and titles running along the top that had title blocks and vertically were lines for each flight. One for the mission type, departure time,A/C #, gallons of fuel needed, air crew and the best was the PILE-IT column. Man they hated seeing that. To really bust balls, I used to carry a Magic 8-Ball, you know the ones you shake while asking a question and look for answer. Well, I used to call it my maintenance manual and would defer to it if I knew a pile-it was watching me or listening. I went so far as to have it engraved with a serial number and ID placard that contained a calibration date and it was entered into our PMS system as a precision instrument. I continued the practice when I went civilian as well. On the civvie side, we had a couple of former jarhead aviators, a few Army pukes and a pair of Coasties made the company a lot of fun. You would have sworn we were still active duty by the way we acted.

Why was a Marine rating BJ's from a Sailor? That is gayer then a glory hole in Panama. If they are talking about Navy wives, then that is a different story. This is coming a puddle pirate. And yes, I am over 6' tall so if our cutter sunk I could walk home...Semper Paratus, FTW! The two groups that didn't have a sense of humor about their branch...sub-mariners and those Air Fart guys.

I vote for a Sunday as well.

In all seriousness, check out the S&W folders. Decent blade, great grip for smashing things and a nice pointed peen on the end, and nicely priced too. I picked mine up at the Police and Security Expo in AC this past summer, but am sure you can find them on line. As far as the automatic center punches, I've owned a few of the pencil type ones from Snap On. I used to use them all them time with I was helicopter mechanic and then keep one on me as a person protection device. Push that on a bone or a hand and you will get a reaction for sure. You hit a window near a corner with those and they make almost no noise and the older car alarms wouldn't even go off...so I've heard. I have a meeting tomorrow morning at the Claremont Tower in Newark, maybe I should try the folder and center punch out. Oh never mind, way too many cameras at that building.