Old Glock guy

How awful! So sorry to hear that.

So glad I got to see that before it gets deleted!

I often think the same thing, especially when I'm hiking or running in the woods, and I see the boulders deposited by the retreat of the last glacier a relatively short time ago. Yes, there is definitely climate change over time, but it's the height of hubris to believe we can prevent it, IMHO. Meanwhile, these warm temperatures are all fun and games until the seas rise.

No reason not to have them both. I have the old Ruger PCC (not takedown), and I love it! It's one of my favorite guns to shoot, and I've run it hard through a number of training classes. OTOH, my Sub 2000 is also fun to shoot, and I can carry it in a backpack folded, but deploy it quickly. It's like a parent having two kids. You can love them both for different reasons.

I have a Primary Arms RDS with about a one inch riser. It's quite comfortable to shoot with that. As 124gr9mm notes, you really need to get into an uncomfortably low position to use the iron sights (plus, suffer from cheek smack), so I assume the same would be true with a lower RDS. Makes a lot of sense. I know that purists like a co-witness in case the RDS stops working, but I have found it to be extremely uncomfortable on this gun, so I guess I'll just leave it as is. Thanks for the input.

Better hurry up and push it through before the Dems pack the court!

Not sure if this is worth starting a separate thread, but for those who have Kel-tec Sub 2000, curious at what height you have your optic mounted? I'm currently using the MCARBO mount with a riser, and it seems to work OK. But I'm wondering if others have it lower for a co-witness with the iron sights? I'm thinking the rear sight might get in the way, and one might need to get into contortions to get low enough to see it (as with the iron sights).

Don't give them ideas. From what I understand, the Brits have now banned most knives, because people started using them more for violence after guns were banned.

Welcome to our clubhouse! Curious what made you decide to come out of the shadows?

To the OP: Are you presenting something you read or heard, or are those your predictions? Not disputing you conclusions, but just wondering where they came from? Off topic, but where do you shoot in the Palm Beach County area? I'm hoping to spend some time in Jupiter over the winter, and would be looking for a place or places to shoot.

I would say that this thread is almost over after that, except to add that CR is open to members only, so you would need to attend their new member orientation, which is given on the first Sunday of every month, and join.

I'm pretty sure he said that four years ago, and yet even when the Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, they were unable to get it done. I believe the only way it's ever going to happen is with a SCOTUS ruling about equal protection, as was the case for gay marriage. But I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

Greetings from north Jersey! Where y'all from? There's lots of helpful info on this site. Let the search function be your friend. BTW, a warning: Guns are a lot like potato chips. It's hard to have just one.

Don't worry about your membership. It should be fine. I've been a gold member there since they opened. It seems that Anthony's partner is locked in a test of wills with his wife over a divorce settlement, and it has been holding up completion of the huge new addition for well over a year now. But the rest of the range is operating at full capacity, and remains a first-rate operation.

So, how did it go? I agree with siderman, that if you can get over there during the week, you will have a lot more elbow room. It’s a beautiful facility, well run. If you can get there early and bring along enough ammo, you can have hours of fun.

Unless you are really, really good, you are going to find that most ammo is more accurate than you are. I don't mean that as any kind of disparagement, just that variations in accuracy are more likely to be shooter induced than from the specific ammo being used.

Actually, I recently started carrying OC spray. Found one that's pretty compact and easy to deploy. (POM) USRifle30Cal, sounds like it's not right for you, but I'm still going to keep mine.

Yes, I've practiced emergency loading one into the chamber and shoving two into the tube, but depending on the proximity of an adversary, the gun could be up after the first round is in. Exactly! Having a concealed carry handgun available would be a lot quicker, but that's not an option in NJ. Clearly, this wouldn't work as a Tuller drill. You would need some time to get the gun up. Here are a few possible scenarios that I came up with just off the top of my head: 1. You are at a mall. You are outside and your family is inside, and there is an active shooter. 2. You come home to find that home invaders are holding your family. 3. You turn a corner and are surrounded by a mob which begins to close in on you. You make the calculation that the crowd is too large to drive through. Are any of these likely? Of course not. But neither is the chance of ever being the victim of a violent crime, yet it happens to people all the time.

There have been many discussion on this board, including one currently, on the legalities of keeping a "truck gun" in New Jersey. The requirements are that one needs to possess an FID, and the gun has to be unloaded. There is no need for it to be stored where it is inacessible, but generally they are kept in a trunk or in the back compartment of an SUV. My concerns in this discussion are what you would or do keep close by, and could you imagine a scenario in which it would be feasible to access and load it in an emergency? I believe a lot of the decision on what to have with you depends on how one feels about loaded magazines, a subject which is a gray area, and has been frequently discussed. If you are OK with loaded mags, I would think your best bet would be to have a rifle or carbine with loaded mags nearby that could be quickly used to get gun up and running. If, like me, you are leery about carrying around loaded magazines, I think your next best bet would be to have a shotgun with some buckshot and/or slugs in a pouch nearby. I have found that I can go from my driver's seat, uncase the shotgun, and load a few shells in about 30-40 seconds. Would that ever be useful in a real world scenario? I'm not sure, but I feel more comfortable having it with me than not. Curious to hear how others feel about this.

These discussions of effective defensive calibers are at least as old as the internet, and probably a lot older. While they are kind of fun to have, they are ultimately pointless. They remind me of similar discussions on which is better, the Mossberg 500 or the Remington 870. While my personal choice of ammo for a carry gun in places where I am permitted to do so is Hornady Critical Defense in 9 mm., any caliber is better than none, as others have stated. I think one would be hard-pressed to find anyone who had been shot with a .22 round who laughed it off, and said, "Is that the best you've got?" Home defense opens up another whole set of questions: What's the best weapon platform? What's the best ammo? Where and how should they be stored/staged? And on, and on. Then again, if we didn't ponder questions like these on this and similar forums, what would we have to discuss?

So they want to take more money from millionaires, not to prop up the budget shortfall, but to give it away to other people? Isn't that scheme the very definition of income redistribution?

Welcome to our clubhouse. So much one can learn here. Let the search function be your friend.

Of course, this will discourage other companies from doing business with customers in NJ, which is exactly what Murphy and Grewal want.

FWIW, as a member at Gun for Hire, I pay only the $15 NICS fee on transfers.

This is good advice. I've found that a pistol grip makes it hard to manipulate the safety and slide release on a pump shotgun, and they are illegal on semi autos in NJ, so I would suggest a tradtional shoulder stock.