Dan

Wouldn't that leave a molten plastic residue in your barrel after awhile? Like plastic fouling with shotgun wads? I think a good Cinnamon oatmeal mix would work better , and give your gun smoke a nice Cinna-bun smell... ;p

Oh and for fuel. I just went out and bought 4 5 gallon plastic cans from Home Depot. The ones with the spout built in. I throw some stabil in, date it, and re-stabil them every 6 mos until they reach around 1.5 years. I then just use them for gas in the cars and restart the process. I also use the gas for power equipment, so there is some usage/renewal going on through the year...

I ordered it online. Came shipped by one of those bulk carriers like when you get furniture. You can find them online. Like here. Don't forget the bung wrench and pump. Use the bleach, or if you want to go fancy, the chlorine dioxide kits they sell for bulk water sanitizing. Rotate the supply. Its still a good idea to boil or re-treat the water if you ever have to use it. As others said, it is still necessary to have a method of sanitizing water from your environment. Rain gathering, lakes, rivers, streams, even digging a shallow well. The 55 gal drum will maintain survival for a good amount of time for two people if rationed properly. At .75 gallons per day per person, the 55gal drum would last a couple for roughly a month. If you plan on going longer than that you'll need another plan. Water and shelter come before food.

Distilled water is unhealthy to drink for long periods of time due to the lack of minerals. I store water on a 6 month rotation in a food grade HDPE 55 gallon drum. I use bleach using 1tsp per 5 gallons added to the drum before sealing it. I also have a Lifesaver filter as a backup. Good info here http://www.drinkingwater.utah.gov/emergency_water_storage.htm

Why the hell do you go to a convention where there are hundreds of people walking around wanting to know more about your company and products..then you set up a display and booth, man it with representatives, and stand there yourself in person. What...., just to ignore people trying to get your attention? If Brown thought the guy was being a prick trying to get his attention, he should have manned up and told him to F off, instead of his dickery of telling him to come back later so he can take him on some asshat amusment ride.

Do tell about this knife company of yours....

Private COE-FID transfers you can do ulimited times for long guns AFAIK. The paperwork stays with each party , and the state doesn't get a copy. PP's on the other hand, big brother gets a copy of each, and the receiver can only have one processed once per month according to OGAM.

The only thing I saw out of this mess was that Ed Brown should have just said, "no thanks, I don't want to do an interview, I have my personal reasons and hope that you understand." Instead he told the dude to keep coming back just so he can play some kind of mind-fug game. "i'm in a meeting", "I told you that you can come back but not that I would do an interview", "I'm still in my meeting", etc etc. That is just dickery.

I wish I could find new guns just hanging out under the engine hood of my car, lol

I don't know if you can consider a boat as your "dwelling". But if you want a gun on it, just have an FID and bring an unloaded long gun. For instance a magazine based rifle or shotgun where you could load very quickly if it is needed.

Nice, reminds me of the A-Team.

Remember, this information is used for national security type intelligence. The eveidence may not usable in court because it walks the gray line of balancing national security, privacy, and civil rights. Unless they had a warrant or they were military targets. They will not be scanning for porno or gambling sites, and don't give a crap if someone won $300 on illegal wagering. Local PD's do not have access to this data, nor would they provide it. All voice communications are already digitized by the phone companies, they route through specific points throughout the country. It would be super easy to buffer this data in storage during peak periods while their analysis systems convert speech to text for content scanning. The systems only stores content that has been flagged based on automated analysis. Stuff like saying "bomb", "pentagon", "fertilizer", more than 2 time in 5minutes could trigger a notification. The rest of the data would be simply purged to make room for the next day's calls. Also, they would not be recording all internet traffic, just the metadata of activities. Even if they couldnt keep up with the volume, say around the holidays when volume goes way up, they could easily impliment a sampling system, where 3 out of 10 calls are processed. The bottom line is that the technology is here today, even available as commercial solutions. It is simply a matter of scaling it out. The data is used by the three letter agencies in looking for leads for their investigations. Commonly referred to as "chatter"....

48 hour course and $500 per year... that would be another lawsuit. I'd say an 7 hour course and $50-150 every 3 years is more like it. Something along the lines of DL fees.

For years the govt has been recording and rendering to text nearly all voice communications that passes through the US. I'm sure by now they have internet traffic analysis going on as such a vast level it is difficult to believe. Think of it this way... a record of you, the inet connected devices you use, all your search terms, sites you visit, how long you are there, blogs, forums, social media, shopping, internet purchases, IM's, emails, etc etc. it is rediculously easy to capture this information when you have control over strategic routing points of internet traffic. The more data you can collect, the more analyisis you can apply and begin to start drawing correlations to your activity to those of known bad guys. If your activities mimmic those of a large group of bad guys, there is a good probability you are a bad guy, or it could just be chance. What they get out if it is instead of looking for the needle in the haystack, they are looking for a pitchfork in the haystack. Last year, China used exploited internet routing protocols in order to route 1/3 of all US internet traffic to flow through their systems for a few hours. They claim it was human error , and appologized. We were afraid of how easily they did it, and how performance-wise, we barley noticed it happening. During that time, they could have been doing anything they wanted with that traffic, and I'm sure they had a good reason for doing it.

I took the advice of a few others on the forums here and for my first 308 bolt gun I went with the Rem 700 Milspec 5R. $1075 from Bud's. I've been extremely pleased. Do a little reasearch on it and any other rifle you are looking at, there are plenty of write-ups out there with good info. Good luck! The stock on it is so-so, but that's easy enough to upgrade down the line. I'm sure there are plenty of other options out there, but I figured I'd mention my experience.

Never heard of needing a "mother may I" letter like that before. Problably a unique demand of that PD to discourage people from asking for extensions. I guess they could just say "No", so at least you have a chance.

Everytime I apply for permits with OB, it involves calling them 6 weeks later asking what's going on... then miraculously a day or two later I get my permits in the mail.

In NJ, bear spray is the only option... though we are restricted to 3/4 oz of chemical defense spray. I'm not sure if there are futher exemptions when the spray is for animal protection. 3/4oz sprayers I imagine would dispense enough pepper spray for the bear to enjoy as a spicy condiment for his new human dinner.

I would ask to speak with the chief , if they refuse let them you you will be making an appointment with the mayor. That worked for me when my change of address FID was taking too long at the municipality I moved to. They immediately told me it should be done tomorrow and somehow it got set aside, etc, blah blah.

Thats it , I'm moving and not telling anyone where I go! ;p

This Stop the produce/fuel supply chain, throw in a little uncertainty, chaos would ensue in a day or two IMO. We're in the most densely populated area of the country, with a population used to getting what it wants when it wants. When that goes off the track, people panic. Worse if it is something out of the blue. A hurricane at least you can see coming and have a few days / week to prepare and expect it. I feel its prudent for everyone to have a little "prepper" in them. In my book, I prepare by being able to be self sufficient for at least a month. I think its a good hedge. If assistance can't get in within a month, we're looking at something really F'd up, then its time to form a possee and roam the country fighting off the zombie hoards. I just get pissed at my family that lives around me. Their plan is to "go to Dan's house". Argh

They are re-writing the bill to include any bullets that are capable of piercing skin. :wild:

EAA has some nice metal gun alternatives for 10mm Auto. --- I'm no hunting expert, but personally I think a Judge/Governor would just piss off a bear, and most other larger than human animals. Imagine shooting a .410 shotgun with a 3-4" barrel at a charging bear. And 45LC ballistics are uninspiring. Each with roughly the same bullet weight (from inet sources) : 44mag = 1500fps - 1200ft/lbs 45LC = 970fps - 500ft/lbs When I was researching my 45-70 rifle purchase, I started to read about bear loads for fun as this type of rifle is used quite a bit for that sort of thing. I remember reading a passage from a back-country ranger who had to perform some field autopsies of big bears. He said that they frequently found multiple .44mag slugs embedded in the fat/grizzle layers of bears. Most likely expanding types bullets like JHP's. The point was, even a .44 mag is no guarantee, and you have to use the right ammo with it for deep penetration.

Its just an excuse. The anti's continually pump forth false reason after reason why NJ needs even MORE gun laws. They must have latched onto the fiveseven, dreamed up a good "pull at your heartstrings" LE saftey BS story, and blasted it at the many anti legislators we have.

I've wrote to my legislators to support this bill, I got some boilerplate anti-gun response. Yay. Anyway, this bill is a dead-man walking. NJ will not pass any legislation revising CCW laws voluntarily. Federal Court of Appeals or SCOTUS action is needed on the SAF/ANJRPC lawsuit, and even after we win that, the rest of free America may have to send in the National Guard to force NJ into compliance.