Everything posted by JackDaWack
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This is What We Are Up Against
Simply putting an LOL at the end of a statement doesn't make it a joke, especially when it doesn't correlate. You could insert almost any county in NJ into your "joke" and it would have made just as little sense. Your spelling of Bergen was an indication to me you didn't know what you were talking about. I'm not really sure what you were getting at.
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This is What We Are Up Against
Dup.
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This is What We Are Up Against
Did we read the article? "Residents in the state’s urban centers and southern region were the most concerned about gun violence, according the poll." If you poll anything in Bergen county your going to get almost a 50/50 split, just like many other counties in NJ. This survey is actually pretty spot on in terms of NJ's political situation. It's almost a 50/50 split in terms of for/against gun control.
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For sale section
If people are willing to pay the price, then the price is right. I've seen firearms bumped week after week with no sale, and i've seen stuff sell in the matter of minutes. As a private seller you set your price based on a few factors, what you paid for it, what you have invested in it, and what the market is willing to pay for it. Depending on the need to sell usually sets the price high/low in terms of what the market will pay... If i don't need to sell a gun, then i will ask the maximum the market will pay. If i have to sell it for what ever reason then the price will be notably lower.
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tough decision for daughter
I completely understand the situation. Some one else mentioned this, and it's probably the most accurate. It ALL depends on the town your applying in. If they are known for contacting AND disclosing info, either way i would say not a chance in hell should she apply. If they call just to verify she works there, then by all means go for it. Maybe she can talk to the officer who is doing the application, and get a good understanding of how they plan on verifying employment. IMO you can just assume the people getting the verification in the school system will not be happy one way or another to see something like that roll in the door, even if they aren't anti-gun, they will NOT take likely to the situation. The PD shouldn't be doing anything more then verifying you work there. In my town, my boss got a phone call, asked if i worked there, and THE END. Some towns send out a friggen question-air.
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Daniel Defense Omega Rail
Not sure if you have looked into their modular rail, Worth a look and it's priced pretty good. I'm currently using the Lite 10" rail and i love it... but damn do they cost $$$. I wanted the modular rail, but it was only offered in 12" when i picked up the lite rail. Like High Exposure said, the biggest factor with rails is the ease of install. My lite rail had to have the barrel nut installed prior to the LP gas block and having the brake installed and pinned. Not a problem when building a rifle, but a huge PITA if your trying to replace a rail. Which is why the omega system was created. Just make sure your current rails barrel nut is compatible with the omega.
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Brad Pitt builds $400K range as wedding gift
- Mexico's Calderon co-blames the US for drug violence
They are legally non-taxed, along with everything else. Absurd high taxes on commodities is the reason for exploitation of things like cigarettes where people re-sell. Notice, how most illegal sales take place in NY, where the tax is at over $5 a pack. So profit is determined by demographic, in NYC you could make a killing selling illegal smokes, but in say Georgia, not so, at $1.35. You also cant sell them at market value, since it is a "hot" item, further reducing profit.- Mexico's Calderon co-blames the US for drug violence
There will always be some type of black market, no one is really arguing that, but guys selling cigarettes out the trunk of a car aren't exactly racking in the dough. take moonshine for example.- Lack of training for police departments
I dont think anyone on here would say, "It's easy", or even imply that. Most of us go the range often, and know that only practice gets better grouping... I noticed right off the bat every time i hit the range, my shot placement gets better, i have friends i try to teach when they arent hitting their mark, and they say, but im pointing it here, why and i hitting there. And my answer is always, practice, Your hands aren't a vice grip, bolted to the table, they move. You need to find a grip and trigger finger placement that works for you. If you have only shot at a target 7 yards away, do you even know what bullet drop is at that point? or how to even compensate for it, accurately? The fact is, the more training you have with different aspects, the more suited you are to actually be productive in such scenarios. The military trains with live fire, and they try and mimic the stress of battle. It would seem LEO qualifications are the opposite, as in how do we make this less stressful. I'm sure most LEO's on here would like more training, even though they probably do a lot on there own dime.- Mexico's Calderon co-blames the US for drug violence
Either way, its better then giving money and power to criminals. If our government is getting anything out of putting cartels out of business i say that is well worth it. I don't see why the government HAS to profit on taxing it, that's just something people use to persuade to legalization. You can make your own beer and wine for private consumption. We would probably save more keeping non-violent offenders out of jail then we would make in tax anyway. Like you said, it's easy to grow, so every entrepreneur is gonna take a stab at opening up a business. If someone wants to argue how it's a bad idea, i'm open ears. But because our government won't "profit" from it is no excuse. They only profit in the medical industry as it stands, so there is really no argument there. You want to get some from your neighbor who grows? better then giving your money to the career drug dealer.- Mexico's Calderon co-blames the US for drug violence
It's wouldn't be nearly as profitable, take Cali for a prime example, there is such a large production base, it's not even profitable to open up shop, and tons a people get arrested for shipping it out of state so they can continue produce. And right now there is zero legal competition for the majority of the country. Cartels will not be interest in the low turnover rate, there only option would be to sell it on the black market, for a cheaper price.- Lack of training for police departments
A teacher once told me it takes the same amount of time to fail at something then is does to succeed... if your going to have to take time to qualify, why not do it in a manner that is actually productive? instead of shooting at a target 7 yards away, make it further, how about smaller, and possibly moving or with no hit zones? The average shooter, this seems like a complete joke, even new guys would say, what the hell are they thinking? Complete and total lack of responsibility on the departments side, to put under-trained LEO's on the street, and putting the people they are supposed to protect in danger. People could probably sue for negligence, considering 9 people were wounded in the incident in NYC. If they were forced to qualify with no hit zones, i'm guessing they would probably have chooses their shot's a little better. Instead of, what the NYC police is basically known for, which is point and unload. If the guy took a hostage and was using a human shield, would they just litter both hostage and bad guy with bullets? Do you just shoot into a crowd of people because a guy is pointing a gun at you? These guys had some serious balls to think there best possible option was to unload into a crowd of people.- A Beginner's Bike
Take a riders course, and go from there. We had a guy in the course drop out after 1 hour being on a bike because he couldn't balance it, so also make sure you can ride a bicycle. He said he rode one for the first time a week prior, and struggled on it, def.not how you want to start off a 300 dollar class. I learned on a BIG suzuiki 250, it weighed about 50lbs less then my cbr600rrr. It is a small bike in comparison to other cruisers, but for a 250, it was pretty heavy. I enjoyed the hell out of the class, it even down poured for a couple hours during the class and i still enjoyed it, although it was like 90 degrees out. The course will help you not only learn how to ride, and control the bike, but it will help you understand your own capabilities. After taking the course and walking in a shop to sit on bikes is 100000X different then going to one before. You have so many bikes to choose from, don't limit yourself right off that bat. Go to a shop and just sit on every bike you can find, You will be surprised how your body size will determine the overall quality of the bike you buy. I'm very comfortable on my bike, even after riding for a couple hours, while others may find it hard just to sit on. Some one brought up the dual-sport. Which is an excellent idea. Remember, there is no such thing as a beginner bike. Just a beginner rider. Buy what you want and ride it like a beginner. Buy a 250 and ride it like a d-bag and get yourself hurt. Bigger bikes or high performance bikes just have more room for error, slam the brakes too hard, twist the throttle to much. I had a couple times i hit some hard bumps and felt the bike jerk because i inherently twisted the throttle, but i wasn't in low enough gear for it to matter. And i can't stress gear enough, it's $ but ask yourself, is your life, leg or limb, worth what you pay? Don't be fooled by people riding around in t-shirts and shorts, A textile jacket, typical boots and protective gloves can eliminate many injuries associated with riding. And contrary popular belief jeans don't do all that much.- Are people really this stupid?
Nah instead they pushed to have Thomas Jefferson to be removed from our history text books... To say they didn't push their agenda is way off... They tried to sneak it into the curriculum, and when they were flushed out for it, they didn't brink it up again... you can't possibly add something like that to a curriculum with out violating someones rights. how do you teach creation in the class room so as to make sure that you cover every single religions idea of creation? I wouldnt mind teaching kids the different types of religions and ideas of creation, but that's not what it was about, besides most people dont take into account , there are plenty of programs at your church temple and so fourth that have classes that teach all about it anyway. So it's not like they don't or cant get both sides of the argument. What i find highly one-sided is the fact that Texas, good or bad, get's to make these decisions while the rest of the country for the most part has to follow, all on some stupid technicality. I took a look at the Icon, above the "I". It is a copy past of the Nazi symbol. Like someone said, they rotated it 45 degree's... he didn't come up with that on his own.- Anyone fly or used to fly r/c airplanes?
been flying for over 5 years, although i haven't touched anything in over a year. best beginner plane i have ever flown is the parkzone trojan t-28. I basically learned on that,and moved up to an EDF f-16. http://parkzone.com/...?ProdID=PKZ4480 Parkzone also makes micro planes, i have the sukhoi. http://parkzone.com/...ProdID=PKZU1080 Hard to fly on windy days, but you can plant that think into the grass 10x before it breaks. i would start here and move up. these micros really don't require flight simualtors. I didnt use a flight simulator until i started to fly heli's. i got into scale rockcrawling last year which has eaten up most of my r/c hobby time. i also lost my flying spot, they turned vacant field into a sporting field and people are on it non-stop now. Skip the flight simulator, get a micro from parkzone. That think will teach you more, and when you move up, your moving to something bigger and more stable = easier to fly. It will take a lot to break it, and worse case you need to replace a 1-2 dollar part, or glue the foam back together. Flight simulators are good and all, but with the new stuff they came out with in the past 5 years, you can learn on small foam planes that are hard to break. With the development of high density foams, planes are more durable now and much cheaper. My only worry with flying is loosing the planes, not crashing them. I have a ton of money into the electronics of my bigger planes, i can replace the cheap fuselage easily, but all the high end electronics... no so much. I could use cheap components, but that's just creates something else to worry about..- Cars...
Ask any E46 M3 driver about the Vanos.... nuff said. My dads 535i was at the dealership twice for faulty fuel pumps. My friends 325i reverse blew, along with a ton of other issues, and he babied that car. Down the line they are money pits, parts cost an arm and a leg, not to mention the price tag that comes with having reputable shops work on them. I've seen quite a few new bmw's and audi's that have headlight issues since they decided to complicate them all with the led's. If i were buying new, i wouldn't mind a euro car, with a warranty. But used, you better have a rainy day fund, and a big one at that.- Remington and Colt Fire back
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Raz-0, i blew the engine on my 1.8t a couple years ago. Oil light came on, pulled over immediately, the belt had snapped along with a pulley, AAA towed the car to audi, and the engine was seized. 4k to rebuild. One of the oil lines stop pushing oil for some reason, horrible design. I've been in an accord v6 since with zero problems, other then replacing cv joints from torn boots, and even still i got both oem quality shafts for 200buck, honda wanted 800 per side!. It a lot quicker then the a4, and fully loaded they're pretty nice, 6speed, leather, navi. And right in you price range for a low mile 08-09. If you manage to have anything left over for $1000 bucks you can throw tein coilovers on for really good handling, and you don't even have to lower the car. I have had tein basics on my car since 05 and they are still going strong even with a 2 1/2" drop, back then the suspension kit was a good 150 bucks cheaper tho. Installed it myself on a sunday.- Three wheeled motrocycles and scooters.
The t-rex def. is not a motorcycle. It is cool though. Some guy in town has a blue one and i think i remember seeing a cycle plate on the back. I think NJ still classifies it as a motorcycle. The Can-am spyder is pretty cool and they def. look sharp, but not worth the 20k price tag. I think there more dangerous then a 2-wheeler. People think their easier to ride, but they are 10x harder to handle. You loose so much of the riding experience on one too. After riding a cbr600rr i couldn't imagine getting on something that limits control, you need as much control over the bike you can get. You cant exactly dip around hazards on the road on a 3 wheeler with out feeling like your getting ripped off the trike. I always thought trikes were a step in the wrong direction. They really aren't much different then an atv since they moved the 2-wheels to the front. We have some pretty wild kids on Can-am's around here, and i saw a kid almost loose it going around a bend to quick. He was leaning far into the corner, and the trike was still pushing out of the corner. On a bike, a little counter steering would have corrected that. but on a trike, you just have to hope you can hold your line. I noticed they cut alot of corners to carry more speed, which is really dangerous.- More bath salt zombies
You should team up with the anti's carrying around that attitude. Beside, pot is probably the only easily detected drug with in someones system, some we don't even have tests for. The only thing that makes me dislike most pot smokers is their political arguments.- More bath salt zombies
synthetic marijuana? that must have been some reeeeaaalllly good stuff.. So we outlaw the natural stuff that has modest side affects like eating an entire bag of patato chips for this sh*t? Just so people know, synthetic marijuana can mean almost anything, there is no "standard". It could mean laboratory/research grade, or it could mean something legally purchase that has like effect produced when smoking real marijuana, like a green herb with chemicals that would probably be found in bath salts.- Titegroup behind Lead - bad crimp or inherently smokey?
Just to confirm what everyone else is saying, Titegroup DOES produce more smoke with bare lead bullets. Even the FMJ bullets with bare bottoms produce more smoke then fully plated xtreme bullets.- A question from a coworker
It's all about the serialized part in general, or the receiver. On an AR the gun part is 100% built, the stripped lower is already made. If it's say 80% milled, then no, finishing the last 20% would be illegal in NJ. even if it means all that is left is drilling out the pin holes.- A question from a coworker
If you want to sell anywhere in the country wouldn't you need a class # license? or a manufacturing license from the BATFE.... If the sole purpose of making the firearms is to sell them? Speaking in terms of what the FEDs consider a firearm, keeping the conversation more "in general". - Mexico's Calderon co-blames the US for drug violence