Dan

My interpretations... Without the store knowing you , they do not know if you are a prohibited person or now. FID+DL is one way to check in order to lessen the risk that you aren't a prior felon. If you were, the store could get in big trouble for letting you handle a gun as it is illegal to temporarily xfer a gun to a prohibited person. It is for their own protection. They mostly will no longer ask you after they saw you a few times. Also , if it is a long gun, and you have your FID, you can legally posess it outside of temporary location exemptions. As for handguns, unless the store has a range, I believe it is technically illegal to hand over a handgun unless the person looking has a pistol purchase permit in hand. The statutes are pretty clear outside of the temporary xfer exemptions (range, etc), that the person giving or receiving a handgun has to be either a dealer or purchase permit holder.

The bottom line is that someone could be charged for high cap mags if it was a linked belt, or blocked mag via what the state feels is a "temporary" method. Both situations are not covered in the statutes, and all we have are some NJAC guidelines that tell us if you just put a stopper in the mag, that the state will try to prosecute you. In the end it will come down to convincing the jury that your belt or blocked mag does not fit the definition of a "high cap mag" as described in the Statutes. I haven't been able to find any prior case law on either subjects, not that it doesn't exist, I just can't find any. Needless to say, in either case, it is walking the line, just like transporting HG's and hollow point bullets, pinning stocks and muzzle brakes, and many other "open to interpretation" ambiguous NJ gun law related stuff that we try to follow to the best of our abilities. I'm sure in the end, if the State doesn't like any gun owning NJ citizen, they could put on a world of hurt after rummaging through a gun collection or following you around on your way to go shooting... Unless all you own are non-SA long guns.

I also bailed. I can deal with the cold, but I'm not a fan of slopping around in the rain and mud.

Hope you prevail over this ridiculousness that MA is putting you through.

I was told that if you totally block out the light of one of your eyes, it screws with some kind of eye-light regulation muscle that causes fatigue. Same person said you are better off occluding the eye, aka making it blurry or knocking out partial light entry.

I'm the same, left eye dominant, right handed. With rifles I squint the left eye a bit so the right takes over, though it can be fatiguing after awhile. Some competitive rifle shooters put an occlusive cover over their wrongly dominant eye to blurr it out , so they can shoot while keeping both eyes wide open. Its not good to close one eye to force the other to take over, it causes more fatigue with the eye muscles. Pistols I don't have a problem with.

What would the 454 Casull not be feasible for?

So far I'm still a go for Shongum tomorrow.

Good post OP. Very good timing as I was at the CJ indoor range today, and remember thinking to myself about lead ingestion through smoke and particulates. I shot some FMJ's that have an open lead base, which I'm never buying again, and some fully clad copper plated bullets which I felt better about. The ventilation system is good, but you can't help but get that metallic-y flavor in your mouth after awhile. Not good. Outdoors or bust for me for now on, especially after reading your story here.

Nice looking dogs! My grandparents had a dog similar to this one while I was growing up. Herbie was a great dog. AFAIK he was a mutt, but looked very similar to your dog.

They are popping up all over. My GPS has an alerting feature for when you are coming up on one of these revenue generators.

German Shepherd Dog

My dream....

Nice, I have a GSD ball aficionado myself. She has a huge collection, wants to play 24/7 with them, and has figured out how to set ball traps around the house in high traffic areas.

Yup, but it seems there is no case law that I can find regarding "temporarily blocked" magazines. At least we know the State is more then happy with trying to prosecute people with them, they just haven't done so as far as I can tell. edit: Or people plea out to misdemeanors or something when they do get caught... so we never see it go to real court.

Welp I found what the State thinks, they will try to prosecute based on what they feel is a "temporary" block. Appalling. http://www.state.nj....p/rp010702a.htm

I wish we had some case law on someone being charged with temporarily blocked NJ defined high cap mags... That's the only thing that would mean anything one way or another.

Too late to say ...

All IMO, IANAL... Personally I don't buy the constructive possession of NJ defined "large cap" mags. The statutes have sections that deal with constructive possession of AW's, but nothing on mags. IMO technically a person could posses the unassembled parts of a 30 round mag, and not be in violation of the statutes unless it was assembled, and is capable of feeding more than 15 rounds consecutively into a SA firearm. This would make mag repair kits legal. But then you have to deal with the reality of living in NJ, and what the State is able to do in convincing the jury that you are a gun nut future mass murderer that is trying to exploit loopholes.

Correct. According to the NJAC, prosecutors/LE are being instructed to charge people for unlawful posession of a high cap mag if they determine that it is is a modified ex-NJ defined "large capacity" mag and they feel those modifications are not "permanent" enough, aka "temporary". They are free to try to make that stick in court, but AFAIK they can't claim that you broke a NJAC guideline with your mags. They could only say you broke the Statute. At the time of the person's arrest, if the mag couldn't feed 15 rounds continuously, then IMO it doesn't classify as a NJ large cap mag. The State will argue that all you need to do is to disassemble the mag, and remove the block of wood. IMO, Oh well, sorry , construction of the magazine was not defined in the Statutes... so technically the box could extend to the floor, provided it doesn't load 15 rounds consecutively into an SA firearm. Sure it could be illegally modified to feed more, but so could a 10rnd mag by sticking a tube and longer spring on the end of it....

This part is NJAC, not in the Statutes Only this is in the actual Statute 2C:39-1

Sweet I want it! I'd put in some scary computer voice screaming "Nerve Agent Release Detected"

Exactly my thinking. If they want something that badly, and they are willing to go through the trouble to do all that, then nothing short of armed guards and steel bared windows and doors will make a difference. Even if they did cut the power they would still be entering a house that still seems live, as I have about 4 UPS's backing up critical systems like the alarm, network, DVR, etc. Plus they all scream and beep at different intervals creating a sense of "oh shiz , this cutting power thing didn't work out well" in the intruder's mind. This will force them to take the 3min limit tactic of running through the house and just going for small valuables like jewelery and any cash laying around. They will forgo the whole, lets spend 4 hours in here trashing the place, working the gun safes, eating your food, breaking water pipes, and whatever else they want to do. I agree Nick, CO monitoring via whatever avenue being landline, voip, GSM, etc is just one layer that can fail just like any other... exemplifying the need for multiple.

Threats involved with it, I suppose that can add up to some charges. If someone posts a pic on some forum or social media site with them holding a weapon saying they are coming to kill or harm someone, I feel it does cross the line. Its like sending a letter saying the same thing with your photo holding a weapon. IMO, the weapon can be anything, knife, pitchfork, gun, whatever, a threat is still a threat whether it is online, verbal, snailmail, etc

Jersey Shore meets Doomsday Preppers.... will make for some good TV. I'm more afraid of this than I am of zombie outbreaks...