Dan

Power restored here on the Matawan/Old Bridge border... around 4pm. Genny goes back to sleep, hopefully for a long long time.

No damage, just a mess. Without power now since Saturday night. I have a genny, but its only 110v, so can't run the electric appliances nor the hot water heater (all electric house , no gas). Seems the power company is telling everyone 5-7 days as their standard pitch as that seems to be the worst case wait, this way if they have it fixed in 2-3 days they look good. I hope so anyway!

Gifting it is fine. Purchasing it with the intention of gifting it is a "straw purchase" in the eyes of the law. If the father purchased the lower for himself, then a few months later decided he wanted to gift it, that is perfectly legal as his original purchase intent was buying it for himself. Its all about context when it comes to "straw purchases".

You're going to pay a premium for a Yamaha or Honda genny. If you want to drop the coin on either you can't go wrong. If you just want something to act as a standby for emergencies, its more cost effective to go with one of the less expensive brands. They are all usually re-branded chinese models. I have an ETQ from Costco. It starts and makes power, that's all I can say about it. If I needed a genny for my job, using it every day for long periods, I probably would go with a Honda or equivalent. Whatever you go with, be sure to keep stabil in it, re-dose every 4-6 months. Also start it every month and let it run for 15 min.

No in the business, but I use this place Shed Hedz Used them to install my garage door, it was a custom order model because of the size. They were very professional, fast, did a great job, and the price was right after checking 3 others. I also used them to come back and replace a panel when the paving company backed into my door. Again excellent service and price.

Just make sure your final destination in your journey with your pistols is a range or gunsmith. If you belong to a shooting club as defined in the statutes, you are not bound by the "directly to and from" clause. If not, I'll leave it to your imagination.

Everything you need is here: My link

Good thing I bought a snowblower from Lowes today before they ran out! Fortunately when I got there, there were plenty left , and even on clearance sale. Weird right?

Save money on bottled water. Its a rip-off disaster or not. Unless you are out to eat and get some fancy bottled mineral water, that stuff is great. ;p As others have said, fill containers with tap water, if it hits bad, start filling your bathtubs up with water. Make sure your drain doesn't leak of course. You'll even have time during the hurricane to do this, municipal water supplies have backup power.

For what its worth (probably not much), this things looks like its too much trouble. Just get a real carbine that's ready to go out of the box that is 100% NJ legal if you want a carbine.

Make sure you look into the extra yearly fees if you do NOT do your required work hours. If you wholeheartedly plan on doing them, it's a non-issue.

I'm not in a flood zone, so hopefully water wont be too much of an issue. I'm focusing on the necessities.. The insurance companies are probably biting their fingernails off with this one. I sure hope we don't have to use them! Month of freeze dried food - check Propane and firewood - check 55 gal drinking water container filled - check water filtration devices - check 15 gal of gas for the genny, plus all cars filled - check siphon to get gas out of cars - check generator working - check Ham radio working - check tie down/put away crap in the backyard - will do soon guns and ammo - do I really have to say?

I remember one of my first posts here was about gun choices to be used for self defense in the home. Anyone can be sued for anything these days, and as we know NJ's gun laws are very ambiguous and open for subjective argument (in front of a jury). Bottom line, the use of hollow points in your own home for self defense is 100% legal under NJ laws as they are written. I would find it hard to believe that a prosecutor would try to nail someone for illegal possession of a hollow point bullet when clearly the home is an exempted location. What they can try to do is use the choice of gun and ammo as an argument to debunk that the shooting was not self defense, hence illegal manslaughter or murder. They could attempt to sway the jury that you are a blood thirsty gun nut that just wanted any excuse to shoot someone.. and part of the argument is your use of a .50 s&w with 'special purpose hollow point ammunition designed to explode on contact with humans'. The same thing could also be used in civil court. This is a completely different then saying HP ammo is illegal to use in your home for self defense.... Also, the point of my post way back when was that I choose to utilize firearms, calibers, and commercial ammunition types similar to those in use by LE. This way the whole spin that you are a blood thirsty gun nut because of your gun and ammo choices would be moot, as they would be inferring that all LE are the same since they use the same type of weapons and ammo.

Interesting round. HEIAP (high explosive incendiary armor piercing). Looks like you found what you were referring to. The zirconium is the component that burns like hell. Thanks for the info, I never read about this type of round before. Kinda a jack of all trades. From what I could find, the M903 SLAP AP round has better penetration over the MK 211 HEIAP, but lacks the cool blowing up/burning effects. My link "Typical of a modern HEIAP shell is the Raufoss Mk 211 .50 BMG round designed for weapons such as heavy machine guns and anti-materiel rifles. The primary purpose of these munitions is armor penetration, but unlike SLAP rounds (Saboted Light Armor Penetrator) which get their armor-piercing ability from the propulsion of a 7.62mm tungsten heavy alloy bullet from a 12.7mm barrel (.50 caliber) using a sabot with much more energy than is usually possible from a 7.62mm round, HEIAP munitions use high explosives to "blast a path" for the penetrator. [citation needed] The special effect is developed when the round strikes the target. The initial collision ignites the incendiary material in the tip, triggering the detonation of the HE charge. The second (zirconium powder) incendiary charge will also ignite. This burns at a very high temperature, is not easily extinguished, and can last for 10 minutes"

You're probably referring to APDS (armor piercing discarding sabot) rounds with an AP core usually of hardened tungsten. They sometimes use magnesium/aluminum jackets and/or ballistic cap.

Thats funny, my office is on Madison near Grand Central also. Working from home today, felt the quake here in Matawan. They are working on my street, at first I thought it was them, but then realized there's no way they could be causing that motion. First time I ever felt a quake myself. No sir, I don't like it.

SA pistol for me. Current choice is a Glock 31 .357 Sig loaded with PowRball ammo for upstairs, and a Sig SP2340 .357 Sig also with PowRball ammo for downstairs. I was thinking about adding a long gun in .577 Tyranosaur in case of being attacked by charging elephants or velociraptors.

IMO would work fine; as well as provide for a delicious aroma post firing. There's not much that bacon or bacon products cannot do. Kinda like duct tape.

I never really looked into it before, but it looks like CT has an AWB with both a named list and the evil feature list in their statutes. The evil feature list looks to be identical to that found in NJ's NJAC. My link Link to story: My link, My link The NBC link comments that the accused is "disgruntled about the military and the US govt". I wonder if his sharing of his feelings combined with the knowledge that people knew he had guns prompted the anonymous tip that led to this mess. If so, important lesson learned for gun owners.. to restrain vocalizing any criticisms of the govt lest you will get called in via anonymous tip! I really would like to see the details of this so called AK-47, and whether it has that name stamped on it, and whether it meets the evil feature list or not. AFAIK , CT's named list has not been challenged in the past as NJ's has been with the whole unconstitutionally vague case law.

By far my favorite is the Gepard GM6 Lynx!

Apparently it can be done..why, I have no idea but here's some evidence that some people somewhere train for this! My link

Steyr has halted US production of their AUG variants. That being said they had an A3 model that did accept AR mags.

Old School, I guess that means I agree with you!

MSAR really dropped the ball here. They finally got the prices down to where they needed to be for the STG and E4, but by that time their name brand reputation was completely tarnished, along with all the financial trouble FUD. I've always wanted an AUG style gun, and now I have one. I also have the Ratworx hybrid bolt that takes AR extractors, and a spare parts kit. I'm prepared for when parts will be far and few between. Everyone wants to see Ratworx buy up the assets and run with the ball. They have a great reputation and could probably pull it off, but then comes the $$$ needed along with a big gamble on demand. Most people who wanted an EBR and never happened to get one in the past, already picked one up during the Obama-scare.

Course of action was appropriate. Punish him, then get him back out there. As for cops having AR's, I'm all for it. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.