Dan

Orange markings on toys are one thing, but I was referring to your comment: The federal says states or local laws cannot prohibit the sale of airguns except to minors. So that means that anyone who is not a minor by federal law can go to the store and buy a pellet/BB gun without any requirements or regulations. What airgun manufacturers have to abide by regarding product safety laws are another thing, such as requiring orange muzzle tips when they leave the factory , etc are a separate issue. It would have to be a federal law that forces something like that. That being said, states, municipalities, cities, etc will place laws around the sale of pellet/bb guns, such as NJ still having them defined as firearms in the statutes. Since there is no punishment associated with breaking this federal law, it will continue to be abused. Just like how NJ PD's can abuse the statutes on the FID and PPP processes without repercussions. All IMO, IANAL of course...

I tried searching for sig p226. I get the error because of the 4 letter limit or whatever... So I try "sig p226", and I get:

Hi Bob, USC Title 15, chap 76, 5001

Are you kidding me? The news article tried to be as vague as possible, by eluding that the guns are pellet guns versus airsoft guns. I guess "airsoft" sounds too innocuous, so they use "pellet gun" instead , which typically refers to a high powered airgun that shoots lead pellets. Are kids allowed to bring airsoft guns to school? No. They should be punished and the parents should have to pick up the toy guns. But this zero-tolerance pussification-based hysteria reaction... drives me nuts. Regardless, under preemptive federal law, neither can be legally defined as firearms.

I got mine yesterday, great knife, I'm very happy with it. The blade tip lock is a good feature, as you don't want this thing going off in your pocket. With practice you can use your pinky to slide the safety lock, then flip the blade with the blade flipper along the spline.

As long as your township/municipality/county doesn't have any discharge laws, you should be GTG AFAIK. Though I'm not sure if I'd want vaporized lead floating around my house, so I'd use clean range ammo that doesn't expose any lead to burning powders. Oh and when walking to your basement with the HG, make sure it is locked in a gun box with both a key and combo lock, the ammo separate in its own double locked metal ammo box as well.

I've been using google. I curse all forum search functions with lame-tastic search rules.

I imagine 50bmg guns are like boats. Always nice to shoot a friend's once in awhile. Maybe if NJ had an accessible 800+ yard range I'd consider something like it. Even then, I'd be hard pressed not to go with 338 lapua or 408 Cheytac over the 50bmg.

I'd 2nd the M1A approach, but you can't go wrong with an AR10, PTR91, DSA SA58, SCAR, and more that I can't think of right now. What are you going for? Precision, fun plinking, long range, combo-good all rounder? If you are worried about NJ-compliant, read up on Vlad's is-it-legal post. You can also find the .308 SA gun of your dreams and contact a few vendors on this site and ask them. Many of them can make-legal many guns that are out there that may not be NJ-ready from the factory.

Those 37mm flare guns look cool, but IMO thats about it. If you want to shoot smoke or flares out of them, be prepared to pay out the arse for the ammo. Talking $10 or more per shot.

So "his place of business" refers to legally having ownership in that business at that location. I disagree but NJ case law backs up this interpretation. and "his residence" refers to a concept of legally "residing" at a location that does not infer any form of legal ownership. As in you do not need to own the residence (noun) for the exemption to apply. In this case, the word would be used as a verb as in "the act of residing" at a place.

No such requirement. AFAIK, there are no laws that allow LE to demand that you show proof of ownership for a gun. Of course that can change if the gun was reported stolen and has matching serial numbers, or if they have some other probable cause to believe the gun is stolen. This is true for anything really, not just guns.

Save yourself a headache, don't try to apply logic to NJ gun laws! There are lots of laws that are on the books put in there by uninformed and ignorant lawmakers that just do not make any sense.

Is there a double standard with regards to the court's interpretation of the exemptions? "his place of business" refers to a person that has a legal ownership stake in a business, and the location is a fixed location where that business is conducted. This is based on prior case law in NJ v. Valentine. now... "his residence...dwelling...land" , I think there is no argument that if your name is on the lease, deed, property title, etc, that you are covered. Now comes the question of other people living with you without paying any rent who calls your home their "home", yet are not on any legal paperwork. They have their drivers license, mobile phone bills, credit card bills, IRS, passport, work paperwork, insurance, etc all listed as your address. They have their own bedroom, with their possessions all in your house. Now lets say they own guns also, and their FID is your house address, etc. Do 2C:39-6 e. exemptions apply to this person even though they have no legal rights to the property/home/apartment/etc where they call "home"?

Old Bridge makes you pay the $18 EVERY time you go for PP's. If its been over 2 years since your last PP, they want you to go through the entire FID process again including fingerprints, etc. I see this as nothing more than a hidden tax and as a method to hinder people from exercising their rights. We already have our FID and other PP's from the same PD station, how can they not know "who we are". I'd also like to know why the local PD just can't punch up our info into their local computer system to see if we have any outstanding warrants, domestics, or felony charges/convictions. Maybe I give NJ too much credit, perhaps there are no such systems?

Good luck with your decision. As what others said, a SKS or Saiga won't be a tack driver/precision platform, but will perform reasonably out to 300 yards and will be fun to shoot. If you want to go to the $700ish mark, you can start looking at your entry level AR platforms in 5.56/.223. For Saiga calibers... 5.45x39 will be the cheapest with the good supply of inexpensive slightly corrosive milsurp out there. 7.62x39 and .223/5.56 will be fairly even in price when looking at the cheapest russian/milsurp stuff.

IMO, I wouldn't go to Cabelas, check out our list of vendors in the vendor section to start. 100-300 yards rules out pistol carbines. In that price range I'd look at Saiga's like this one here. I got started with Chinese SKS's a long long time ago as my inexpensive entry into centerfire rifles. The Saiga makes a fine first SA gun if you ask me. http://www.cheaperth...SG170260-1.html

I EDC my CRKT Van Hoy Yea-Go. Corny name, great knife. Assisted opener. http://www2.knifecenter.com/item/CR5020/columbia-river-van-hoy-yea-go-

This pic make me sad. Looks like a 30-30 lever rifle and an AR had sex. Monsterman grips look way nicer and are not considered pistol grips.. well in CA they arent... http://www.monstermangrip.com/Customer_Photos.php

This is key

I wish my shooting skills were as strong as my google-fu.

Case law unfortunately backing up Vlad's argument that it only applies to the business owner. http://174.123.24.242/leagle/xmlResult.aspx?page=1&xmldoc=1973549124NJSuper425_1477.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985&SizeDisp=7 Sadly predictable, NJ courts have levied their opinion and interpretation of the law against gun owners. Sure this guy sounded fishy, lying to police and he even had a stolen gun, but the implications for law-abiding gun owners are pretty harsh. What was interesting is the mention that there was no evidence that the owner acquired the gun for the manager to use while on duty in connection with operations of the business. Implying that if the owner did purchase the gun and instruct the manager to carry it, it would have been OK. They even list a prior case from 1933 saying that it would be allowed. I also love the basis comment "However, the overriding philosophy of our Legislature is to limit the use of guns as much as possible." Basically the court is saying, "no matter what the law says, we're going to twist it as much as possible to make having or using a gun illegal".

I would say there are legal ramifications if you hire someone under the auspice of them bringing a gun for security guard duty. That is like hiring a guy with pliers and a multimeter under the auspice that they will be an electrician for the company. There are rules, regs, and laws to follow around officially carrying out these types of activities and roles. Now if someone wanted to bring pliers and a multimeter for work for their own personal use, that would be totally fine. Just like someone bringing a gun to work (provided the employer allows it and the "place of business" is a fixed location like a office) for self-protection.

Sorry to say but your lawyer will probably say "no" or "not advisable". There's no money involved, and it won't hurt or benefit your family's business. It is the safest answer for him/her to give, especially living in NJ where gun owners own guns "at our own peril".

LOL, ok my home that I own, and she is living with me for free.