Old Glock guy

I find it amazing that with concealed carry so prevalent around the country, when you go to those places, not only do legal CCW holders not run around shooting each other, but one never even sees a gun. Yet, here in PRNJ, our overlords (legislators) fear that if they allow us to defend ourselves all hell will break loose.

I count 7 posts on this thread. Why does his post count still say "zero"? Does this thread not count? In any event, welcome to our clubhouse. Much to learn from this gang, and at the very least, we have a place to commiserate about how miserable life is in this god forsaken state.

And don't think that's not their ultimate goal! When I hear talk of banning "assault rifles" or "weapons of war," I often wonder if any parent would feel better knowing a school shooter used a handgun or a shotgun. Don't they realize that the issue is dealing with evil people, including those who are mentally ill, and making schools safer, not the weapon.

I'm surprised they don't just pivot and say that this proves that access to guns is a bad thing.

Good (short) video from Prager U about heroism during a shooting in California last year: https://www.prageru.com/video/the-borderline-bar-and-grill-a-tale-of-men-and-masculinity/

Try dry firing with a penny or dime balanced on your front sight. The steadiness you need to squeeze the trigger without the coin falling off is what you need when live firing to accurately hit what you are aiming at. (Assuming, of course, that you have your sights properly aligned.)

From the NJ Second Amendment Society: https://nj2as.org/moms-demand-action-hosts-event-with-illegal-large-capacity-magazines-ghost-gun-parts-and-tools-bayonet-and-live-ammunition/ There's a picture of the guy who cut his AR in half "if it would save the life of just one child." Pretty sure his AR was not going to shoot anyone. Besides, he could have saved all that trouble by just pulling out the takedown pins to split his AR in half.

Interesting piece. The authors twist themselves up in knots to reach their convoluted conclusions.

Good advice from High Exposure, as always. I wanted to add that if your new AR is just going to be a range toy, and perhaps a home defense option, if you are going with a red dot sight, you could probably get by with something by Primary Arms, Vortex, or Sig's Romeo 5. I have an Aimpoint PRO on my AR, and it works fine, but I have some of the less expensive options on my other guns, including AK's and 9 mm carbines. They have held up well through many range sessions, and even some fairly intense training classes. While I might be reluctant to trust my life to them in a multi-day grid down scenario, they are fine for most everyday situations at a much lower cost.

I couldn't get the link to work. I tried making a donation, but it kept tell me I needed to donate more than $1, when the amount I entered was substantially more than that.

I believe it was LBJ who also started the War on Poverty. How's that working out?

This whole thing is pretty weird because one of the demands among anti-gunners is to pass laws requiring gun owners to carry insurance, similar to car insurance, an analogy they are fond of using. And yet, they then turn around and call it "murder insurance." I'm pretty sure this would eventually be found unconstitutional, but NJ just makes laws, and the Constitution be damned.

This is 100% true, and I'm pretty sure an NH NR permit does not give you access to additional states, so I don't know why this discussion continues.

I understand your frustration, but comments like that don't do anything to advance the dialogue. I admire AVB and Greenday, even though I rarely agree with them, because they continue to come back here to provide opposing views in the face of nearly universal hostility Without them, we would all be in near total agreement on most issues, and the discussions would be a lot less interesting. That is my understanding of it, yet the anti-gun people continue to obfuscate, and conflate manufacturing defects with intentional misuse of a product to claim that the firearms industry is the only group that is protected from liability lawsuits.

I have tried to consolidate calibers, and not stock too many of them. My first handgun was .40 caliber, but I never shoot it, so I only have a small quantity of ammo for it that I bought a long time ago. I have stockpiled 9 mm, 5.56/.223, 7.62, .22LR, and 12 gauge. Keeps it simple for me.

In fairness, he said that over 20 years ago. Anyone know if he's changed his viewpoint since then?

What a horrifying story! I sure hope the unfortunate victim of this negligence is going to be OK. While I don't dwell on it, it frequently crosses my mind on the way to a training class that someone could end up getting shot. In the last few years, I have twice been in classes where there was an NG. In one instance, there was a break in the action and one of the other students was fiddling around with his trigger, causing a round to go off. Luckily, the gun was pointed in a safe direction, and we all still had our hearing protection on, so it was just startling. In the other, we were running a drill, and one of the students put a round into the floor, so again, we were saved by relatively good muzzle discipline. I've done F on F a few times, and this was my experience as well.

If I'm reading that correctly, it looks like it applies only to "commercial sales," is free of charge, and no records will be kept of the transaction, so no registry. Also, it does not apply to lending guns to friends or family at a range, or while hunting. Seems like a good way to give the antis their beloved "background checks," and then tell them to STFU. Has anyone else noticed that whenever Democratic politicians of members of the mainstream media talk about background checks, they also say that it has anywhere from 90-97% approval? Doesn't it seem that when pollsters ask people, "Should there be background checks?" the average person doesn't know that they are already done for most sales, so they just say, "Sure, that sounds like a good idea.," hence the high approval number.

Absolutely. You can keep a long gun with you at all times in NJ, provided that you have an FID card, but you can only have it loaded at home, at a place of business, or while hunting. If you are the business owner, you do not have to own the property. If you lease your business space, you can still be legally armed if you are the business owner.

Just a follow-up: Emails to her have gone unanswered, and a couple of calls requesting a meeting have gone unreturned. When I was asked about what I wanted to discuss at the meeting, I said "gun control," but didn't say which side I was on. Pretty sure they put my request together with the notes I sent. I was told they would get back to me. Still waiting...

Yes, I saw that. It's a big win, indeed! It never seemed right to me that the 9th Circuit could overturn a presidential order in 50 states, especially one involving national security, which is supposed to be outside the domain of the judiciary branch. While this ruling makes perfect sense, still I was surprised to see it go 7-2. In connection with this, never fully understood why we can't go to a conservative circuit to rule in favor of concealed carry to make it legal in all 50 states.

I heard that's part of Murphy's welfare program, that he is providing them at no cost to people in inner cities who can't afford them.

Tell him to check www.longislandfirearms.com Chris Fry of MDTS Training used to offer some classes out there, but he doesn't seem to be teaching this year.

Nice explanation. Thanks for that.

This has the ring of fake news. I'm waiting (and hoping) for it to be debunked.