Dan

Seems many people like them. I'm on the fence over the PTR or a DSA SA58. Matter of $$ and gun safe room at this point. :0 Regarding your wood stock parts, I would call PTR as that may affect the legality if they are foreign parts. Lots of times these types of guns are built using US and foreign parts, and sometimes the furniture counts as US parts for 922r compliance.

This is called illegal vigilantism. Punishment for crimes can only legally be doled out by the justice system. No matter how much I agree with you regarding "who cares", as I for one do not... but it is still illegal and is why the guy got nabbed on murder charges. A person is permitted to use force in self defense up to the point that the attacker is no longer a threat. In this case, there was a clear time period (46 seconds) in which the defender had observed the attacker was incapacitated on the ground, long enough for him to go back to safety to retrieve another gun, come back, and finish him off. Sure I don't care about the scumbag, and the pharmacist did the world a service... but it would have been better to leave justice to the justice system. Imagine if the pharmacist was a cop, shot a bad guy in self defense and he is on the ground incapacitated and bleeding out. Cop goes back to the car to get his patrol rifle, comes back, and rips a string of 6 shots through the guy on the ground. Would that cop be in jail today? My guess is yes.

If you like CETME's check out a PTR-91. http://www.ptr91.com/

One thing to consider is that you can't carry in Florida with a non-resident Utah. Pretty odd as Utah allows you to carry in their state with a non resident Florida. That doesn't sound reciprocal to me!

I moved from Woodbridge to Old Bridge. Took OB 6 months process my "change of address", which for all intents and purposes is a complete re-application for a FID. That was after I started calling every 2 days at month 5 and asked to make an appointment with the chief. For some reason I got a call the next day saying it was ready. Go figure. Knowing what I know now, I would commence harassment at day 29.

Maks, I got the non-blemished ones for $79. I'm running one now so I know they are good. I thought about the blemished ones and saving $20 each, but I'm always leery since "slight blemish" is very subjective and means different things to different people. Perhaps the blemished ones are good to stock up on to be ready for the impending ATF registration/"non-sporting" regulatory stealth Obamination ban...

Agree with most here. Initial shots were self defense and justifiable. He retreated back to saftey 46 seconds later with the guy incapacitated on the ground. If he could grab another gun from behind the counter, he could have easily covered the guy with the other gun while dialing the police. Going back and shooting him 5 more times is just plain murder, as how could he say he felt his life was in danger threatend by the bleeding guy on the ground with a gunshot wound to his head?

We have technology now that can create fuel cycles that produce far less long term wastes, being high level for only a few hundred years rather than thousands. There is also technology around passive safety designs, in which the reactors are designed that they will not melt down even if you shut off all the power and control to them. Their safety mechanisms rely on the laws of gravity and physics. The problem is the innovation and development of these technologies are stifled by these issues with Gen1 reactors that have been in operation for 20+ years.

Worth reading if you are interested about future energy demands, greenhouse gasses, geopolitical issues around fossil fuels, and why nuclear power is still a viable solution. The deaths per Terawatt/hour chart is very eye opening. Also, found this very interesting My link

Congrats to both you and your son Jimmy. Nuclear engineering program sounds exciting. I'm sure he will learn skills that will serve him well either in a military or civilian career.

Spontaneously ordered 2 Spike's lowers from Aimsurplus. My logic at the time was "they're good to have around, and its a great price with free shipping". Hopefully I can exercise restraint from looking at uppers and build kits.

lol, thats great. SAF should use that argument against NJ

Good outcome under the circumstances. I'd let it slide accepting the parent's concessions. If something like this happened again in the future, no more Mr Nice guy. That is something I would make very clear as it seems you have proof it was an actual attack, and here this boy and his friends(surprise) are lying to try to cover it up as an accident.

+1 on all previous posters. I have a BCM 14.5"+welded comp upper with a DD Lite 12" rail, best AR upper I've owned. Go with a midlength gas system. No reason to go with a carbine length gas system anymore. Reconsider going with a rail system instead of the fixed A2 front site block. Definitely more $$$, but if you want to do a slow build, you can save. It would give you more options, but ultimately its personal preference. Yes, once you find a BCM upper you like, you should pull the trigger on the purchase as they sell out quickly, esp on the middy rail system options One other thing, If you are building a premium AR, take a look at Geissele triggers. Night and day difference over a standard build-kit trigger systems. Just a warning, I've tried in the past to do a "slow" AR build. In the end "slow" translated into 2 weeks.

No doubt! I'm just being a jealous a**. ;p

Means nothing, if not actually hurts the State.... All this demonstrates is how how basic civil rights in NJ are arbitrarily granted or denied from the bench. Rights aren't supposed to work that way...

I'm pretty sure the mannequin was full of tannerite. It blew up from head to toe, and I'm pretty certian they weren't using HE shells there as the shrapnel would have been a problem.

Got mine today. Great cans, only slight rust here and there. I just wish they had their original contents. ;p

We feel your pain Join the various organizations that are actually doing something: SAF, ANJRPC, NJ2AS

For food, I purchase around $150 worth of Mountain House or Saratoga Farms freeze dried food every 6 months or so for my stockpile. They come in large #10 cans, and have many servings per can. Get a mix of protein, carbs, and veggies. My goal is to build up a 6 mos supply of food for 4 people. This food is shelf stable for well over 20 years if kept below something like 80F. For water, I have a 55 gal poly container ready to be filled, bottle of Polar Pure, and a Lifesaver 4000 water filter for my water plan. For energy, propane and gas in your car will suffice for the short term. For medium term I have a cord of firewood in the wood shed that I could stretch to get me through a winter. Emergency stores and stockpiles will only get you so far, as in "over the hump" in the chronology of most disaster scenarios. To plan for long term 12mos+ , it can get pretty complicated as you would have to have a sustainable system and resources for food,water, energy, and protection. Maybe something that can be done in a rural area, but not so much in a NJ suburb. Not sure of your goals, but my plan isn't designed to hedge against food prices on the rise, more of a SHTF zombie/natural disaster hedge. If you are just financially concerned with food prices, I'd look into investments that would pay out in the case of rising food prices and shortages.

Devil's advocate, fun game. Any story can be twisted to suit either side in an argument. Look at the recent Tuscon mass murder incident. Both pro and anti's are using Joe Zamudio's story. Pro's are saying he ran towards danger to help, and was prepared to stop the maniac with an armed response, much faster than police could respond. That it was pure luck that others on the scene were able to tackle the attacker before anyone else got injured. The anti's are saying that Zamudio being untrained, could have shot the wrong guy, in this case one of those that tackled the killer and picked up the gun. They say it was pure luck that Zamudio didn't shoot the wrong guy.

If they were all horsing around and it was an accident that's one thing... then I would bring it to the boy's parents attention and would expect an apology from the boy. If this kid indeed maliciously body slammed your daughter with the intent of causing harm (as in out of anger/contempt), I'm sorry that's just a flat out violent attack on a girl. I don't care what age they are. I know its a double standard, but if it were two boys scruffing it up and this happened, I would think differently. Since it is a boy attacking a girl, I just feel much differently about it. I was taught to never lay a finger on a girl no matter how pissed off she made you, and I feel that is a good lesson. The police would be called, and I would speak with a lawyer to at least lay the groundwork in case it goes further.

Great stuff. Pure violation of state laws, and violation of this guy's civil rights (not just OC in this case).

Originally my dreams were for a Lahti L-39 20mm rifle. I think I want to upgrade my dream now.

SAF rocks! They are the only organization that I donate to out of the blue, beyond normal yearly dues.