Nick S

Happy Birthday to you all. I hope you all enjoy a fantastic day and a wonderful year ahead!

My father was a Free Mason when he was younger. We never really talked about it and he didn't apparently get very far. I just remember that he had a ring with the Free Mason symbol on it. I know nothing about it and wish we had talked about it some more during his life.

My deepest sympathies and condolences to the family that owned the jewelery store. This is a shame to hear. I just saw on the news that the gunman turned the gun on himself and has died.

I hope all LE that I know and that reside on this forum stay safe out there. Always wear your vest! There are just some people out there who lack common sense and will do whatever they have to do to get whatever they want. I hope you all stay safe out there.

JJ did seem cool. That female cop with red hair could frisk me any day of the week too

I have to agree with you there. It was more about the game strategy than the shooting strategy.Not quite what I expected but still enjoyable...more enjoyable then survivor to me....

I hadn't seen the show before today and I thought it was a decent show. The shooters were all fairly talented and some of the challenges looked really difficult. They had some tactical shooting challenges in there but many of them were more just learning the weapon and then firing it at the target. Towards then end of the series tonight when they got to the challenges where they had the marksmen moving about from station to station I found that interesting. I also was into seeing some of the weapons they shot that I had never seen before. I'm anxious to see what the new season brings to the show.

Thanks! I missed that in the original post.

I too would NEVER EVER buy another Dell again if I could help it. I've owned 2 desktops from Dell and several laptops and each one was a bigger hunk of junk than the one before it. Now that being said I do use my computers lots and I have had issues with batteries, processors and hard drives going out on me in every Dell I've ever bought. Dell is a pain because they won't let anyone work on their systems or you to use other parts that aren't Dell. So you are at the mercy of Dell. The first time I sent a Dell laptop in for repair it took 3 months for them to fix it and then they lost it before they attempted to ship it back to me. It took them another month to send me back my laptop and then it died a few months later and I refused to buy another laptop. My experience with their desktops has been much the same. They use refurbished parts and won't use new parts or tell you that they are using refurbished parts, so you think you are getting brand new stuff but you aren't.

I need to know where someone can order these as I too have a few friends in need of this also. I'm dying to give a pair to a few of my married friends who lost theirs years ago. I also know a few political figures that could use a set too

I haven't been there in years but now you have me craving apple butter and cinnamon bread...and calves liver! I miss that place!

Same here....my wheelchair ramp was a sheet of ice this morning. Had to go out and break up the ice just to be able to get out of the house. Snow is melting because the temp was above freezing today. Tonight into tomorrow morning they are expecting icing due to all the melting snow refreezing and turning to ice. I need a vacation or a business trip to a warm climate!!!!

While this is unrelated...I just watch Al Frankin in a hearing on insurance and Obamacare reform. Apparently he's on the one of the committees determining if Obamacare is Constitutional. He's not even an attorney and readily admitted this in the hearing. He needs to go back to comedy and making movies. His jokes in Congress are not even funny!

I'm always up for anything that involves food. When you combine food and guns...how can I say no. As someone who has done planning for many events I definitely suggest you get the money ahead that way you don't have to reach into your own pocket at all. It depends on the time of year that you want to do this whether or not an event outside would work. There may even be a member on the forums here who could get a hall to have things and they would be able to secure a better rate. Send me a message privately if I can help with anything.

Matty thanks for the reply. I have been living out of state since Christie got elected so I wasn't sure what was going on or what he might have been thinking. What you say makes sense to me. It just seems more logical that he'd have put someone in the AG's seat that's more in line with HIS political views...although from what I'm seeing she just may be that

While this is a bit off topic. I am still trying to grasp why Christie appointed a DEMOCRATIC AG??? I know he's not a conservative republican and leans more towards being moderate but come on man! I know you have a Democratic State Senate but try and level the playing field by at least appointing a Republican AG. Ok I apologize for the rant. I agree we have a long way to go in the fight for a NJ CCW law. The lame arguements that the AG puts forth will eventually help IF AND ONLY IF the courts do not get all touchy feely on the citizens of NJ.

I am sorry you got that from what I said. I don't feel that if we allow teachers to carry in schools then everyone should do it. If it ever comes to pass, and I don't think it will because of the liability to the school system having one of their employees carrying concealed even though it is not a major part of their job description.

Unfortunately, the public looks at teachers as not only educators but protectors of their children while they are in school. If teachers were to ccw while working that would put a greater liability on the school system. Let's face it police officers/security go through much more detailed training...even site specific training that the average CCW holder does not go through. To ask a CCW holder to assume security for more than themselves is not fair. People CCW to protect themselves not to necessarily protect others. Correct me if I am wrong, but CCW classes don't cover alternative methods of self defense. They also don't really get into how to de-escalate a situation. Police officers and security officers go through this training. Also, do we want a CCW holder who doesn't have to meet qualification standards as far as shooting in order to get a CCW permit with the responsibility of security? I just don't see it happening even though I do understand that many do not want limitations to CCW rules. CCW doesn't matter in NJ because for the majority of the publice even though we have a May issue law....the likelihood is not high....as stated all over this forum. Just some things to think about.

I am not in favor of arming teachers in the classroom. Kids can get crazy and go after the teacher and then get ahold of the firearm. Teachers would have to undergo significant amounts of training in order to be able to carry a firearm in a classroom full of children. I can just imagine the parents outrage now. In the town where I live only the school safety officers carry guns and they are full fledge Police Officers from our township PD. I don't think many teachers would want to undergo the necessary training to be able to carry a firearm in that type of environment. Most teachers I now know complain about all the training they currently have to take as continuing ed each year. If a teacher ever had to use deadly force on one of their students I could see see the public outcry now that Mrs./Mr. Teacher shot my kid unnecessarily. If the school is THAT bad with violence then having armed and trained officers with years of experience in firearms is a much better answer. My Mom teaches in elementary school and I cannot see her carrying a gun at all. She's not even if favor of me having guns despite the line of work I am in. She's the type of person that would freeze up during an emergency and not able to react even if she had a weapon to deploy.

I am glad to see people paying tribute to this officer and I am hopeful that this saturday everyone will be as respectful for the soldier whom lost their life fighting for our freedom. I lived in Arkansas for about 3 years and the first time I saw everyone pull off to the side of the road for a funeral percession I was in awe. You don't often see that here in NJ. Hell many people don't often let police, fire and rescue vehicles pass in traffic by pulling off to the side of the road like they are supposed to. I am glad to see this and glad to see so many people celebrate this young man who was taken from us far too soon. I hadn't realized until just the other day that an ex-girlfriend of mine was extremely close to the family when the officer was growing up. While I had never met him it deeply saddens me that he was taken in such a brutal way and I hope that his family can have some peace in knowing that he died doing what he loved...being a police officer.

+1 on this. I too might be able to get one because of family connections.The only problem would be the "cost" of it for me. Besides I'd rather not have to go over to the dark side to get what should be something I should have every opportunity to get like every other law abiding citizen.

I misspoke apparently and I do appreciate your correcting me. I am not sure where they are spending their money because I haven't seen their budget. I shouldn't have made the comments I did. I think it's sad that so many people want to write off the town. The money went somewhere and obviously the politicians that were elected felt it shouldn't go to the PD or FD...which I completely disagree with. The question that needs to be answered is where the money went. Someone else commented that the crime rates were high with a full staffing of the FD and PD and that maybe now the remaining PD will get to work on fixing the problem. I disagree with that. Less cops means they will have a harder time getting things under control and responding to the incidents that they have. They will be spread thin and become unmotivated to work. I've seen it happen in other areas of the country. That won't help the situation at all. I saw a similar situation when I lived in an area of Arkansas that was a low economic area. They had a high crime rate and the citizens had a mindset that they had no other way of survival but to have the victim mentality and that got the city no where fast.It's only getting worse too. I don't know what the answer is but I hope Camden finds a better solution. I'm not sure what the answer is but I think taking the PD and FD and reducing the departments is a mistake without any other solution. Unfortunately the money is going somewhere and it's not going to the needed programs currently to protect the citizens. Again all of this is just my 2 cents worth...I do wish the City of Camden luck in getting things improved to make the city a place people do not want to avoid at all costs.

The reality is that calls get prioritized all the time. Nobody ever mentions it. When the department is busy they calls go into a que and get handled based on a priority rating. The sad thing is that they don't talk about WHY the jobs had to be cut? The fact that the City of Camden is broke and not getting as much state aid due to budget cuts that had to be made in order to keep the state out of bankruptcy. Camden can't raise it's tax rate or people will vacate there quick because they already have a high tax and crime rate and people are not going to stand for paying such high taxes and still having such a high crime rate. The first responders in Camden are at a greater risk because of the higher crime rates in the area. Yes they realize this when they take the job and it's part of the inherent risk that they take every day knowingly and willingly to protect the citizens.

Bravo Wojo!!!!! I agree leave it to the professional PR people to handle those situations. Some talk show and media types are masters of misquoting and twisting words around. I don't think it would have served a good purpose being defensive on a call like that or taking the offensive and letting them know you were aware of what they were trying to do. I've learned after being misquoted and misrepresented that sometimes the best answer is "No Comment!"

I really think we as a society have dropped the ball on this whole issue. Guns are now portrayed as being carried by the cops or the "bad guys". There are very few programs on TV these days about guns.( I personally only know of a few on Spike TV on Saturday mornings and a few ESPN hunting shows that show live impact shots). The media doesn't help as they continue this stereotype that only the "bad guys" have guns and then they show how they are used to kill or injure people. The media doesn't go around showing many responsible gun owners at all. Of course they are there to gain viewers and what do people want to see....violence and crime on TV. It gathers the most attention because it preys on the fears of people being a victim. People forget that we had to rely on guns to get food in the past otherwise we'd all be vegitarians and not have a balanced diet. Yes guns were and ARE used in war but wars have provided us with the freedoms we enjoy today. There is nothing wrong with responsible gun ownership.