Old Glock guy

Well, like the rest of you, I'm happy for Albert Almeida, I really am. He worked really hard to prove that he had justifiable need. But unless there's something I'm missing, this does nothing to lessen or remove the impossible "justifiable need" standard (a modern-day Catch 22), and does nothing to to help the rest of us.

You have received good advice from both of the posters above. The only thing I would add, is I'm not sure how conducive the parking under Northern Blvd. is for tailgating. It's kind of dark, and closed in. Howard, care to comment?

Can we have a group hug and sing Kumbaya?

Yes, I've heard of clay shooters using release triggers for just that reason. Believe I stumbled onto it on a message board somewhere. Seems like it would be really weird to use.

Something like that is great, if for no other reason than that it will keep Loretta Weinberg and her pals up at night.

I've heard many of the so-called low information voters say that the Democrats will take care of them, while the Republicans only care about the rich.

Most of the time when I click on a long-running thread that I had previously ignored, it turns out to be pretty interesting. This one is a notable exception.

Ya gotta admire a legislator and a legislative body that will go to such great lengths to save us from ourselves! (Everyone knows that was sarcasm, right?)

SC, much truth in what you say. One needs to evaluate the situation, and make a split-second decision based on whatever info is available. Wiser people than I have said that if you have reason to believe they are just going to take your money and leave, at that point it's just a business transaction. And BTW, while I am glad the woman escaped unharmed, it's hard for me to call it a happy ending when someone dies.

Here's why it's significant that loaded mags are OK: It's not that it makes it convenient to load them at home so as not to waste range time. It's so that if one is carrying an unloaded longarm, say in the trunk of a car, one could have a loaded mag or two nearby, so the gun could be up and running in seconds. In EN's situation, with a folding rifle in a briefcase, it would seem to be relatively useless if one needed to start stuffing rounds into a mag to get it into the fight.

Second the Crossbreed. I use a Super-Tuck (IWB) for my Spingfield XD 9mm SC. It also works fine with my Glock 19. I carry at 4:00 (never earlier than that, ha, ha), and the only time it's uncomfortable is when I'm in the car for a long time.

I was there from the opening until around 5:00. I enjoyed the fast pace, and thought that the speakers were all good. Wish there could have been a way for NJGF people to connect. I did get a chance to meet Mr. Stu through Irish Pete's Wife/Boss.

Or just a small step up, the Bushnell trs-25 would work well.

Nice AAR! Sounds like it was a great class. I'm just a little jealous that I wasn't there.

I call a guy. I'm way too old to be going up onto my roof.

So the Massachusetts AG can summarily and unilaterally change the law to ban a weapon in common use, but our useless AG won't uphold the Constitution and permit us to defend ourselves with CCW's.

I see what you did there. Nice!

Yes, I believe the consensus on here is to not risk flying out of the NY airports with firearms. I have left from La Guardia a couple of times recently, and have left the shooters home. As you appear to be aware, people have been arrested and detained, in total defiance of the law. And even though they are ultimately exonerated, it costs them a lot of time and money. Plus, from what I hear, it sucks to spend a few days in jail.

Some fancy footwork there gentlemen!

AVB-AMG, you are clearly a deep thinker with lots of time on your hands. I did not even have the attention span to read all that. Please don't take that as a negative. I appreciate your observations, and admire your intellectual enthusiasm.

Thanks. I'm old and clueless on these things (even though I started this thread).

What's the difference? Is the game competitive?

Ditto.

I certainly feel bad for the family of this person. But incidents like that give all of us a black eye in the view of many of the public.

Has anyone heard of this new fad? Just heard about it on the news this morning. It's a game that uses a phone app, where people walk around looking for virtual (I presume) Pokemon in their environment. There have been many reports of people bumping into things and each other, while they have their heads buried in their phones playing the game. I think it may have been invented by pickpockets and muggers, because situational awareness pretty much plunges to zero, or condition white if you prefer. Here's a complete explanation: http://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12129162/pokemon-go-android-ios-game