Old Glock guy

I would venture to say that you're the envy of all of us!

Not sure what you're looking for. If you just want the classes to allow you to obtain your CCW permits, Florida only requires NRA First Steps Pistol, which is given frequently at Gun For Hire; and Utah requires its own class, which is also given on a regular basis. If you're looking for advanced training on how to be a competent CCW permit holder, then you might look into something like GFH's Urban Pistol.

It's definitely pricey. I've worked my way through the videos (a few hundred bucks), and I thought it might be useful to get some hands on training. They were running a special toward the end of the year, so I was able to get it for half price. Still a lot of dough, no doubt. But since we can't carry firearms in NJ, I reasoned that for about the price of a gun, I could have the knowledge to use deadly force in the unlikely event that it's ever needed. Hey, I pay a lot more than that for disability insurance, and I hope that I never need to use that either. I should note that I'm not a martial arts guy. I wanted something that would allow me to learn it in a relatively short amount of time, and then just perhaps brush up once in awhile, rather than spending hours in the gym every week. (Not that I'm opposed to exercise, but I already get plenty of that.)

Anyone familiar with it? www.targetfocustraining.com It's not for the antisocial violence that can occur when you inadvertantly spill a drink on someone or take their seat at a bar. It's purpose is to deal with the asocial violence of a sociopath intent on inflicting serious injury or worse. (They are big on explaining the difference between antisocial and asocial violence.) I'm signed up for a two day class in New York next weekend, and while I'm looking forward to learning the techniques, I sure hope I'm not going to be maimed in the training.

How did I miss that thread??? Well anyway, then let me be the last to welcome you back!

Well if so, let me be the first to say welcome back!

Great advice! Thanks for posting it.

IMHO, since SD/HD ammo is pretty pricey, I've got a bit of it, but most of my stash is target (FMJ) ammo. I would think that would suffice for a SHTF scenario, but I would interested to hear the comments of others. Do people keep thousands of rounds of Hornady Critical Defense or equivalent ammo stashed away?

Oh I don't know, maybe just to be different, I was going to say: GUN FOR HIRE!

Lots of negatives about the BH, but on the plus side, they do have a large inventory there. And while it's nearly impossible to get a smile or a friendly greeting from most of the staff there, I've found Carmine to be a good guy. Even grumpy, old John the RO can be OK once you get to know him a bit.

Just got back from a few days in Florida again. (Pleasure this time, not business.) Flew on Continental from Newark. Took the HG again, and the procedure was different, as it seems to be every time. This time they led me over to a TSA office (which looked like a closet), where the polite and helpful agent opened my suitcase, had me uncase the gun, asked me to lock the slide back so he could verify that it was unloaded, had me re-lock and replace the case, X-rayed the suitcase while I waited, then gave me the OK. The whole procedure still took less than 15 minutes. The funny thing was that the gun never made it out of the locked box, which never made it out of the hotel safe, because most of my travels included stops at bars, where it's my understanding that guns are prohibited.

Interesting symmetry that Carl's little excursion to the dark side ended up saving one life (for now), but then costing another. Can't really blame the kid for wandering around getting into trouble, after all he has no Iphone, no Game Boy, not even television and video games to keep him out of trouble.

That is indeed interesting, and encouraging news. Of course, that's only one of many 2A issues with we have to deal with in NJ. And yes, I have noticed that you start a lot of threads.

I love when people say that the Consitution is a living document that needs to be re-interpreted for modern times. It's too bad that the Framers didn't think to make some provision so that the Constitution could be altered when necessary. Oh wait, they did! They're called amendments. So unless there is a new amendment, things are pretty well spelled out for us. Problem now is that the courts have gotten overly involved, and they feel free to legislate as they desire, with little accountability to the rest of us.

Or you could spend a little more and get something like this: http://www.rhinovault.com/

Plus, it's kind of tough to conceal and carry around with you. Best advice I've heard for the use of pepper spray is that it's not to be used as a deterrent. In other words, don't say, "Stay away from me. I have pepper spray," because the BG (or at least any BG worth his salt) would just put his head down and charge you. Experts I've read say to keep it concealed, then deploy it at the last moment to surprise the perp with it while you make your escape.

Wouldn't it be more civil of them to simply deny the purchase? Couldn't gun stores have a sign similar to ones they have in liquor stores saying, "You cannot buy liquor if you were born after... date"? They could say something like, "You are not eligible to purchase a handgun if your last purchase was after... date." Also, as others have noted, there is a one day difference between, "One handgun in a 30 day period," meaning you could purchase one on the 30th day after your last purchase (counting the next day as Day One); and "30 days between purchases," which would force you to have to wait another day. The language of the law is the former, but it seems that the way it's enforced is the latter. BTW, what does it say about the absurdity of this law, that we're still discussing it?

Great information, but unfortunately, relatively useless to us in NJ other than the parts about how BG's approach and such. I suppose we could try the bluff and hope it works. Other than that, we just have to trust that heightened awareness keeps us out of trouble. To the OP, thanks for posting that. I'm finding it fascinating learning about the BG mindset. I have given a fair amount of thought to the fact that they know a whole lot more about being bad than I (we) do.

As was noted above, the bad thing about it is that it's really tiny. The good news is that it shoots anything, which is not true of the Sig Mosquito. Not sure about the M&P 22.

Just last week I had an ejected casing catch in my safety glasses. I usually wear a hat when I shoot, but I didn't feel like dealing with hat head, so I wasn't wearing one. I quickly, but calmly, put the gun down and got the shell out. It didn't really hurt, but the next day I had a small scab over my eyebrow. People kept asking me what happened, and I would just tell them that I scraped it on a branch while I was running some trails.

Ah, fond memories. A Glock 23 was my first gun (hence my handle). What generation is yours?

The ideal solution would be if one of the ranges would let you store your guns there for a little while. I know that RTSP provides this service, so it's possible that those other ranges might as well. Otherwise, if it were me, I would probably take the chance on it. Does anyone know if anyone has ever been prosecuted for stopping off for lunch on the way back from the range? Gosh, Irish Pete is a lucky guy to have a wife asking questions like this!

Nicely done, both on the shooting and the video.

Good article. Thanks for posting it. BTW, nice meeting you at GFH on Sunday.

The only reasons I can think of that you would need a holster are: 1.) You're going to carry when you're home. 2.) You're going to compete in events like USPSA or IDPA where one is required. 3.) You're going to do training where they're required.