Anselmo

Your choices are all solid. I was interested in the 5904 until I held one. That was the end of that. It just didn't feel good in my hand. I have smallish hands and didn't like it. People complain about small hands and the Beretta 92 but it felt fine to me. The basic difference in your selections is metal vs polymer and striker vs hammer. You pretty much have to shoot some and see what you prefer.

The 2A is horribly written from a grammar standpoint. There are even two official versions of 2A with different commas. This link talks about the comma issue and the differing interpretations. http://www.guncite.com/second_amendment_commas.html

I oppose mandatory sentences.

They took a contrary position, lost the argument and now ban any more discussion of it.

An expungement is the removal and isolation of all records on file within any court, detention or correctional facility, law enforcement, criminal justice agency or juvenile justice agency concerning a person's apprehension, arrest, detention, trial or disposition of an offense within the criminal or juvenile justice system.

Marxism.

They are big on the 4th amendment, too.

I perceive a slight against the ACLU. The ACLU has been fighting for civil freedoms but since their political alignment went counter to some beliefs, they didn't get much support as their causes were not sympathetic or popular. It was a slippery slope. We're slipping down it.

My wife's firm charges about $1100 for expungements. So, $1800 isn't too bad. You can do expungements yourself pro se, takes about 6 months. Well, it will take about 6 months with the attorney, too. The mental health part will be a larger issue to overcome.

The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths author Michael Shermer It's a good read and explains a lot the psychology of the tin foil hat folks.

Every special interest group feels it impossible that a politician is ambivalent towards their cause. Whether it be guns, abortion, prayer in school, global warming or whatever. Politicians are just like you and me, often even less opinionated about these issues. Some politicians are pro-gun. Some are anti. Lots of them just don't care one way or the other. I think Obama and Christie fall into the noncaring category. They don't want to lose any votes so they give the standard "I support the Constitution and we need to enforce our current laws."

I don't understand how you conclude that states that take in more federal dollars than they pay out are fiscally responsible.

I read it quick but I think the USA already meets all the requirements of the treaty. Maybe someone could point out where the USA does not currently meet the requirements.

I would know but how would the police know?

Clearly, the liberal states pay the most federal taxes. It is analogous to compare the USA to the European Union. The wealthy European countries like France and Germany support the poor European countries like Ireland and Greece much the same way that NJ and NY support poor states like Mississippi and New Mexico.

I like a bore snake. Get one in 9mm for your Glock 19.

Personally, I think the worse the treaty does is make every country set up some sort of NICS system. That will cut down on those Somalian pirates getting their firearms.

Hard to say. I've never seen the treaty's wording but I doubt it would mean no import or export of firearms to civilians. That would put Glock out of business if they could only sell in Austria.

No one should flame you because you ask a great question. I'm in the same boat as you. Others, however, see any treaty or UN action as an affront to their freedom and the sovereignty of our nation. Some people think every action taken has at its goal, a way to disarm the American People as a preparation for some sinister New World Order.

Of course you're a firearms enthusiast. That's why you're applying for all the licenses. Cops are trained to be cops. To interrogate and get information by asking questions. Maybe he was digging for info. As long as you appear a decent chap.... NJ gives the local police discretion as a first line of qualification. It's good to on friendly terms with them.

Not the law but the court's interpretation of "substantially identical".

This is the salient point. Up until about 1947 Freedom of Speech (1A) was a federal only right. Meaning that the federal gov't could not punish an individual for speech. States, however, could punish for prohibited free speech until SCOTUS ruled that freedom of speech applied to states, too. In the recent SCOTUS case, SCOTUS has declared 2A to apply to both state and federal gov't. When it comes to national CCW reciprocity, states wants "states rights".

The Illuminati orchestrated the massacre. There, I said it.

That's what they want you to think.

Marines to receive combat underwear By Tony Lombardo - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Apr 12, 2011 16:23:01 EDT New underwear designed to better protect Marines’ groins from improvised explosive device blasts will soon be shipped to the war zone. The Corps is looking to fast-track four pairs of “protective undergarments” to every Marine in Afghanistan, according to Quantico, Va.-based Marine Corps Systems Command. The underwear, already fielded by British troops, does not protect against fragmentation but can provide added defense to the genitals and femoral arteries, the primary blood vessels in the thighs.