Old Glock guy

If you're going to do dry-fire training, using a laser cartridge makes it a lot more fun and productive. It will show you where you are hitting when you fire. You could either pick up a cartridge in your caliber from Laserlyte; or you could go all out and get a SIRT trainer. (You can search for them just as easily as I can). The advantage of the former is that you can use it in your own gun, to become familiar with your own trigger. The latter is more expensive, but it can be fired repeatedly without re-racking. You will gain a lot more information about your skills from those than you would from live fire, and you can practice more frequently and save on the cost of ammo. If all else fails, consider a private lesson from someone like Jimmy at Gun for Hire.

Yes, pretty sure it wouldn't be Van Drew.

Is there any possible explanation for requiring new fingerprints than this? I thought the point of fingerprinting is that they never change.

I thought the same thing. Looked like hardly any. Also, as howard notes, the ammo cost could really get frightening in a hurry. Still, pretty sweet, and I must admit to being a bit envious.

Sometimes I feel like I'm living Groundhog Day. Don't we do this discussion once every week or so?

Funny!

I drove down there last night to check it out. Had a hard time finding the "rally," as there were just 5 or 6 people standing around a table. I politely asked what was going on, and they asked if I would like to sign a petition to urge Congress to pass "common sense" gun laws. I asked which ones in particular they had in mind, and one lady was unable to answer me, but another one told me they wanted more background checks and laws so guns could not be sold to terrorists. I advised them that our governor had already signed off on a law prohibiting people on the Terrorist Watch List from purchasing firearms. I was not confrontational enough to ask if they really believed that terrorists would go through legal channels to obtain weapons. They seemed like sincere, well-intended people who just did not have a clue. I think all of us agree that we're against gun violence. The question just becomes what are we going to do to stop it? I took solace from the fact that people walking by showed little if any interest in what they were doing. They offered me a cup of lemonade, and I drank it. So far it does not seem to have had any effect on me.

The possibility of being shot in a training class is always in the back of my mind; however, I always imagined it might be from a fellow-student, certainly not from an instructor!

Howard, I'm guessing you are being a bit sarcastic. They are indeed beautiful creatures. I would be hard-pressed (or very hungry) to shoot one.

Yes, you could get through most of their training with mild physical impairments. You can opt out of specific drills as needed, since they are accomodating you, and you're not training for SWAT team duty. I completed Urban Carbine 2 with a torn meniscus, although I must admit that some of the drills proved a bit challenging.

I'm not a Facebook guy, so I'm not privy to that stuff. Plus, I was not really looking to be confrontational with them, more to just go and see what it's about. But if I go, I'll look for the NJ2AS group.

I like that! We would have to analyze the potential downside of playing hardball with them, but since nothing else has worked, something like that could well be worth a try.

Also, if you shoot it much for fun, .40 S&W is a handful in a full-sized gun, so I would imagine it would be even less of a joy in a sub-compact.

I'm thinking seriously about going. Kind of curious as to what goes on at something like that. Anyone else plan to attend?

Congratulations! I can remember that wait seeming interminable, and mine was only around 5-6 weeks vs. the disgraceful six months that your town took.

I grew up in New York, and had not heard of this until moving to New Jersey in late October many years ago. I had gotten married just a few days earlier. When my bride informed me that it was "Goosey Night," I got all excited until she explained to me what it was.

I totally agree with that. Plus, anti-gun politicians love to throw around questionable statistics, like how 90% of people are in favor of universal background checks; but you will never hear them citing figures like these.

Clearly, everyone has their favorites. But it's virtually impossible to name a "best" Italian (or for that matter, and other kind of) restaurant. For a number of educated opinions, check out this month's issue of New Jersey Monthly, which features a selection of restaurants by categories. Plus, it has News 12's Roxanne Evans on the cover, making it almost worth the money for that picture alone.

Hey Joe Danger, you related to Carlos?

LOL! That could truly be EPIC.

Nice! I may have to use that one.

They still have police in California?

Gone already. Damn hoarders!

Don't we do this once every week or so?

Why in the world would you want to modify a Glock? They're so beautiful right out of the box.