Dan

I believe some National Parks have designated target shooting ranges. Same for State parks and forests, but it is on an individual basis. I'm going to give the PA State Forest/Park people a call and ask. In their rules it says its up to the area manager or something to that effect.. Mipa, PA does have such a thing : http://fishandboat.com/water/public/rec_use_land_water_act.htm There are some stipulations to be aware of regarding definitions. http://indianlakepa.us/dotnetnuke/Portals/0/Misc/DCNR%20RULWA%20Act%20586%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Basically if it is a large , undeveloped area, it should be covered. Once there are things like buildings, developed areas... like parking lots, facilities, etc... then not so much. I believe this is to prevent commercial or semi-commercial operations from claiming immunity for the purposes of saving money by not buying liability insurance.

For anyone else interested, I did find some information. The only public areas that I could find where you can camp and target shoot would be a National Forest. Allegheny is the closest one to NJ, besides one in NY that may be a little closer (but I'm not taking any kind of gun into NY). State Forests and National Parks in PA, you can carry a gun for self defense, but alas, target shooting permitted. The only times you can shoot are in designated hunting areas while in the act of legal hunting (permits, season, etc). The only other option would be private property.

Thanks for the suggestions thus far, I will look into them.

Me and some friends are looking to do some camping in free America for a weekend. Does anyone have suggestions on some good places in the eastern parts of PA? Looking for something off the beaten path away from others, so a commercial "camp ground" is not what we're looking for. A little bit of a hike isn't a problem, but generally looking for a drive-in/out location. Bonus points if its in an area secluded, safe, and legal for some camping target practice. If anyone has good ideas I'd appreciate it. If its nothing you would like to share to the public, please feel free to PM me. Thanks!

People bitch and complain about NJ's laws and governments because NJ is their home and they care. It is my home, I grew up here and my famility is here. It is our state government which constantly infringes on our freedom, liberty, and Constitutional rights that is the problem. A problem that needs to be addressed, which is done by people of like mind getting together, and working together towards change... like folks on this forum. Sure some of that invovles "whining and crying" as you put it. I can't stand the love it or leave it mentality, its the same as saying "if you are not with me, you are against me" crap.

I'd replace it. It is just not worth troubleshooting, trying to fix it with new parts, then run the risk the fix fails or is the inncorrect one all together. Plus, if that thing bursts, what a mess. If you have gas in your house, I'd seriously consider converting from electric. There is very noticable savings ($20 or more) on my electric bill for a small price for gas ($10 or less). I made the move to a Rinnai tankless and for the past 2 years it has been great. For me, it was a little more investment then a gas tank heater, because I needed a fancy fresh air combustion intake power-vent model due to where the heater is without access to the furnace flu. Still tankless is more pricey, and most likely you will not recoup the ROI over its lifetime in energy savings. There are other benefits that pushed me in the direction... they were 1) space savings in my utility room, 2) unlimited hot water. Those two things alone were worth it to me for the extra cost.

Have it in my left ear for 10 years now. Certain white noise type sounds make it worse. Like noise from a room air filter running on high or a window air conditioner. Just have to ignore it I only noticed it now from reading this thread, thanks! Lol

IMO, technically an illegal transfer and/or aquisition of a firearm. Our laws exempt the posession of a gun in your home, so she can't be charged with illegal posession of a handgun. She can be charged with the illegal transfer 2C:58-3 as she did not aquire a FID/P2P and properly fill out the paperwork in order to legally receive the handgun. Stupid , isn't it? Yet the anti's still want more of these convoluted laws on the books... That being said, tho technically she can be charged, I highly doubt a prosecutor would do so. This is the case for many of NJ's gun laws. I'm betting that the majority of NJ gun owners have all inadvertently committed NJ felony-class violations over their lifetime at least one.

Don't worry, I didn't think you turned or are a FUDD. I shouldn't have said "trap". My point is that many firearms in common use today have military counterparts and military uses. Yes we can agree with the anti's that with the right ammo a .50bmg is capable of firing an incindiary AP round through 1/4" steel from 800yards out. Sure. The same is for a myriad of other types of firearms that , along with the right round can accomplish similar feats, with maybe the only difference being they may need 500 yards instead. This is what we need to educate people on. If a terrorist wants to blow up a refinary, the 50BMG is just one of thousands of options to do something like that... firearms or non-firearm related. It is foolish and short-sighted for anti's and legislators to believe that banning law abiding folks from owning a certian type of gun will reduce risks of terrorist attacks on our infrastructure. There are thousands of these types of guns out there now, and it is foolish to think a well planned plot couldn't involve bringing up military-use-only weapons from central america via the Mexico/US border, like a RPG or rocket artillery round. What are we doing about that threat? I'm more concerned with that scenario then a long range target shooter and his $10,000 .50bmg rifle (who is the only type of person that will even fathom complying with a ban, as terrorists don't care about laws). This is the point that we have to drive home for certian.

The .338 Remington Ultramag has been and is being used as a very effective anti-personnel round in theaters of war by our military. Should we give that to them also? Lump that in with 5.56, .308... all being used for anti-personnel purposes. Meanwhile here in the USA, we go through millions of rounds per year used in a safe and sporting manner. The same argument applies to any type of common in-use firearm platform in our country that shares heritage with military counterparts. Don't fall into the trap. There are other cartridge types other than the 50BMG that could be used in anti-material capacity with the right kind of round. They start with the 50BMG, then in a few years go after those. This is why they started down the muzzle energy route. Anything over "xxxxx" muzzle energy is illegal. They can start really high now, then every once in awhile lower that bar, thus wiping out whole swaths of cartridge types. It is the same AWB tactics at work. They parade big scary looking black guns in front of uneducated legislators and harp about how "this is only for use in war for killing people and blowing things up".

I am not advocating breaking the law, but this is more general advice... Say absolutely nothing other than "am I free to go", "are you detaining me", and "why are you detaining me". Present FID (demonstrating authorization for the carrying of unloaded long arms in the State) and normal documents for a MV stop. Whatever you do, do not lie. It is obstructing justice, and will completely destroy any sort of defense you will have. Afterall, having a COE is only helpful if you do get charged. It will come up as part of the legal process with your attorney and the prosecutor. It will help get those charges dropped by demonstrating that she legally aquired the rifle. Sure you do not NEED to demonstrate ownership and just clam up. It would then be up to the prosecutor to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she illegally aquired the rifle via an illegal transfer , aka one without COE's being filled out.

Its a good start, but unfortunately its the bill that least directly affects NJ gun owners.

Good thing she didn't have her dog with her.

Look up videos on kicking doors in. In most cases it isn't that difficult, especially for a guy the size of this animal. In most cases , all the deadbolt is doing is securing into roughly 2.5" of cheap pine door frame material. Not very strong. The deadbolt and door will hold, the frame and molding will fly right off with a good kick. I installed a Door Devil anti-kick system on my front door. It consists of a long metal plate that attaches to the inside of the door frame, with 6-8 long hardened screws. These screws go through the frame and into the structural part of the house frame. It comes with some other items as well, like a deadbolt plate, and hinge screws. It probably won't make it impossible to kick the door in, but it sure will delay the bad guy for at least many minutes. Crooks aren't dumb, after multiple kicks with nothing budging, they will scoot. Plus it gives the home occupants time to react. Glass doors are more tricky. I am installing security film soon on my sliding doors. This will also serve as a delay mechanism, and will surprise anyone trying to break the glass. They won't be prepared, and will give time for the occupants to react. Combined with a sliding door drop bar and/or anti-lift pin, the crook would have to meticulously break all the glass and film before gaining entry or he/she would be subject to dealing with shattered tempered glass chunks stuck to film which would cause cuts, etc.

Interesting, I'll have to look into that.

I've never heard of a "EMP solar flare". The fact is, solar flare's alone are only a danger to stuff outside of our magnetosphere as they produce high energy rays such as X-rays. Solar flares are typically accompanied by CME's, which are the main cause of concern on terrestrial earth. It is CME's that can induce currents in conductors (the main action by which EMPs can distrupt or destroy electronics). It can do this by how the CME's high energy particles interact with the earth's magnetosphere, causing it to re-align, causing EMP types of events. Not all solar flares are accompanied by CME's, and not all CME's are accompanied by solar flares. Even with a solar superstorm, local electronics such as computers and phones, etc most likely will not be destroyed, though they may glitch out. There is a possibility of a emp induced surge coming in via your electrical service connection, similar to a lightning strike on your local circuit. The real danger is in infrastructure components like huge xformers connected by thousands of miles of HV transmission lines. Those lines as as huge inductors and would blow out anything connected to them. Thats why with the 15 or so minutes warning that we would have, it would be critical that anything connected to HV transmission lines be disconnected. At a minimum the main power distribution nodes throughout the US would disconnect from the transmission lines. At threat would be the local substations along the path of those transmission lines. If our SCADA infrastructural is up to snuff, they should be able to remotely issue disconnect commands pretty quickly. There is a ton of "what-if" and a full out trial run of a power system complete shutdown is impossible to do. You can only hope the theory translates into success. Similar to how the FAA instituted the nation-wide air traffic grounding during 9/11. They never tested it outside the classroom, but it worked like a charm.

Of course we can do stuff to prepare and prevent damage. We will have ample warning that the solar event is on its way to us. The most drastic measures would be shutting down the entire grid, disconnecting major components, shunting entire sections of line to ground, then working your way to more minor sections and equipment. We can save the huge critical parts of our power generating and distribution networks, smaller areas may be affected if the power company didn't move quick enough. NASA Solar Shield program

Easy one... using deadly force to scare off intruders is both stupid and illegal. The act of scaring someone off signifies that you felt that you weren't in serious danger. If he felt his life or his family's life was in danger, he should have shot and killed the guy, then sorted it out in court. If the guy kept his mouth shut, and got a lawyer... any mention of "warning shots" would have been instead "Mr. so-so felt his and his family were in immediate harms way while the felon was trying to break into his home, the wanted criminal did not heed his warnings. The wanted criminal was about to gain entry into the home when Mr so-so shot at and missed the intruder in self-defense"

When will people learn to just STFU when questioned by the police. If he remained silent and got an attorney, all that would have happened as a minor inconvenience of his rifle being impounded, and being charged for breaking a no-discharge ordinance which is almost always a petty crime or misdemeanor. Now he has some insane felony charges to face. "warning shots" are a threat of deadly force directed at a person, and without proper cause is along the lings of aggravated assault. In the law's eyes it is pretty much as serious as actually shooting someone. This is why all self defense classes never promote using "warning shots". Either you are clearly justified in using deadly force in self-defence, or you are not. There's no gray allowed, where "warning shots" live. You can't say "I sorta kinda felt that my life was in danger, but not so much to shoot the guy so I just gave him a warning shot".

I don't see why it would not be NJ legal provided it has a 16" barrel and meets the overall length requirments, of course along with a 15 round mag. Seems to follow the NJ evil feature list. The main problem with these odd-ball type EBR guns is that NJ dealers are very cautious when it comes to selling something that doesn't have a track record in NJ already. Otherwise I see no difference between this thing and say a Beretta CX4 Storm, besides the Storm being prettier.

The evil feature list says "Avtomat Kalashnikov type semi-automatic". Notice the word "type". Unless it was stamped on the gun specifically "Avtomat Kalashnikov", it would be subject to the evil feature list to determine if it is "substantially identical". Whether or not showing AK-74 on the receiver is the same as saying "Avtomat Kalashnikov" is another thing. IMO it is a gray area, and would take a legal precedent set in court to determine. To date I am unaware of any court cases that touch this subject. Personally I believe it does not, and it is up to the NJ dealer. The bottom line is if the NJ list stated "AK-74, AKM, AK-47, etc" specifically, then a receiver marked "AK-74" would most definitely be a no-go. Since the description has the word "type" in it, that implies that the evil feature list must be followed to determine if the gun is indeed a "Avtomat Kalashnikov type" of gun.

Thanks will check it out!

I have a functional reproduction medieval style sword with a carbon steel blade. It is completely dull. I would like to have this sharpened for coolness factor. Does anyone know of a person/place in NJ that can handle this task?

Bottom line. This guy is not a hardened violent criminal that was out to cause harm. He was caught up in the typical quagmire of the patchwork of gun control laws , both federal and state. A gun owner today has to be 25% lawyer in order to prevent one's self from being incarcerated. All he needed was some locks on those cases, and FOPA could have been a valid defense. So did he break NJ State law by sleeping in his car with some cased guns... yes. Does that make him a real criminal fit for years in prison, or just a victim of overly-harsh anti-gun laws in our state? That is the question...

It still works for me Maks. Its on youtube. I think the point is that this type of propaganda has already been played out in our own lamestream media. "why do you need this kind of gun", "why do you need more then 'n' guns", added with the connotation that if you are a gun owner then you are a latent criminal waiting to bloom into murder. This is what we are up against. The perpetual erosion of our rights, made possible by a slow but consistent gradual demonization of guns and gun owners in the media. Unless we can shift the focus to what the REAL problems are regarding violence in our country, they will continue down this path.