Kaiser7

I like it, except it's wrong about machine guns. Machine guns refer to firearms that are capable of longer sustained fire fed via large-magazines, or through belts, and which are heavier, and designed for a squad support role. That is, they are meant to be stationary and lay down surpressing fire as the squad riflemen move to better positions to outmaneuver the enemy.

I hate football, it's stupid and boring. I'd sooner have Obama issue an EO declaring all football players must wear tu-tus, hug each other, share the ball, and every game ends with both teams winning and learning the values of comradarie than for him to do anything anti-gun related. Well, little late for that last part, but you get the idea.

Best way to do it is to be a huge pain in the ass. Call, email, and send regular mail. Well.... my grandfather was a postal worker, guess I can justify all my postage costs now in his memory XD.

...Isn't a PDW actually a compact, select-fire weapon that fires ammo such as 5.7mm, 4.6mm, or other ammo similar in bullet shape to a rifle, but with a shorter case than an intermediate rifle cartridge? I guess I learned all my firearm classifications for nothing.

I really need to take a CMP course....

Don't they have a lot of mock-ups of Afghan cities out west in the desert, complete with mock explosions and casualties? I figure they could perform these drills out there...

Not at all, and yeah, the spacing got screwed up posting here. I appreciate it. Here's another. I am a concerned NJ resident writing you regarding NJ Bill S2430. I oppose this legislation, and the language used within. In particular, the call to adopt stronger anti-gun laws upsets me. I am a NJ gun owner, one who owns a semi-automatic firearm, one which meets all of NJ’s restrictions. I have never been in trouble with the law, having never even received a traffic ticket; I am a college student, and a hard-worker. I am the average NJ gun owner. I am one of over one million NJ residents who exercise their right to own firearms, and I believe I speak for all of us when I say that we don’t want to be treated like second-class citizens anymore. The state has made it very difficult for us to exercise our rights, and we have had to fight to preserve what freedoms we have left. I will say that I believe the decision to expand our mental health system, which, in my opinion, has long languished is excellent, and is the proper step towards reducing violence. However, tying it in with support for federal anti-gun legislation, the “Assault Weapon” ban, ruins what is otherwise a very well-written and helpful bill. Were this removed, I would have a different opinion on S2430. I take issue that our state claims that AR38, which condemns the National Right to Carry act as an infringement upon state’s rights, and yet section O of S2430 supports federal restrictions upon state’s rights. Such actions seem to be deliberately hostile towards legal gun owners, gun owners who, as I’ve stated before, comprise over a million residents of NJ, a million residents who pay taxes, and deserve to have their rights protected, and their voice heard. I thank you for taking the time to read my letter, and I sincerely hope that I can count on you to stand up for me, and my rights.

I'm going to try and send letters to all these legislators, for every one of these bills, and do all my calls and emails tomorrow. I tend to be defeatist too, but better to have been defeated going down fighting than just laying back and accepting it.

Any tool which would be helpful would be great. This should be stickied. And thanks JM1827, This is really useful, I already wrote one letter to Cryan, this will make it easy to voice our opposition to the trampling of our rights.

So I'm trying to write letters to every legislator, Assemblyman, and Politician who may support new anti-gun legislation. I want help in honing my letters, and perhaps turning these into form letters for others to use, naturally, you will need to change some things (IE- I doubt many of you are Rowan Students. First up, letter to Cryan regarding the online ammo ban (A3666) "Dear Assemblyman Cryan, I am taking time out of my busy schedule as a college student to write you about Assembly Bill 3666, which is of great concern to me. I ask that you please withdraw this bill, and that you do not support any other anti-gun legislation. I understand that many believe that such legislation will curb firearm violence; however it will only harm legal gun owners. As a state with some of the most stringent anti-gun laws, we have seen little in the way of crime reduction, and other states have shown that legal firearm ownership is, in fact, a deterrent to crime. There are over one million firearm owners in NJ, and we too have a voice, we do not wish to be further marginalized, demonized, and our rights trampled. To make it difficult, and more expensive, for law-abiding citizens such as myself to purchase ammunition is not fair to the one million NJ residents who own guns, and who have never committed a crime. Do not punish those who wish to legally pursue their constitutionally protected rights, instead we must go after the criminals who do not follow the laws, and who harm the communities in which we live. As an individual who wants to get into competition shooting, I need to practice as one would with any sport, and I do not wish to see my past time become costs prohibitive, which, like poll taxes, work to deny rights by making them too expensive to exercise. Many NJ businesses which cater to the legal firearm community already charge more for the same product than other states, since there is less competition. The fear is that with the elimination of competition, we will face conditions similar to the cartels of the late 1800s which lead to the adoption of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The government has often stepped in to break up monopolies and cartels which prey upon the consumer, and it is not fair to millions of people in the State of NJ to risk them having to endure potential price gouging. Sincerely, Matthew Freidel"

I was pissed Discovery cancelled Sons of Guns, and American Guns. God forbid they show firearm use in a responsible way. I knew it was too good to be true, all those pro-gun shows on TV.

I tried searching, perhaps I've missed it, and I'm not sure where to go to get all this, but would someone compile a list of what politicians are supporting which anti-gun bill, both federal and state, so we know who to contact regarding what. I think that we should sticky that too. The easier we make it for people to contact legislators, the more people will voice their opposition to new gun control. I'm just a little lost in the sauce regarding who, what, and where with the deluge of anti-gun legislation being introduced.

There are also old "tricks" sociologists use to skew data by phrasing a question a certain way. I'll try to make an example. "Do you believe that felons should be able to purchase guns without a background check?" They'll phrase it something like that in order to "bait" people into a certain response. That question would then, when the data is collected, be considered closing the "loophole" on private sales or something like that.

Depending on your rifling twist, that sort of determines what weight bullet you need. I prefer 55 grain because it's slightly cheaper than heaver ones. Otherwise, just buy some dies, some lube, and powder. Personally, I recommend varget, I like it quite a bit, and I know that if you have an AR, CCI makes primers specifically for AR rounds I believe (otherwise any small rifle should do) I'm perhaps one of only 3 people I know who loads for .223, so let me know if you have any questions.

Well, if they were talking about militias, how about we form one, and own whatever we want? XD

Actually, I remember when I first mentioned that I was loading for .223, people said I was wasting my time because I wouldn't be saving money. I have to admit, I feel pretty good now XD.

Glad to see this. Shows we have an overwhelming majority.

I don't know, I've played videogames my whole life, and airsofted for a long time. Actually, airsoft is what taught me trigger discipline, since no one in my family shoots to teach me, I learned how to safely handle my airsoft gun when in staging, or other places. To blame video games is just as stupid as blaming guns. The only effect media may have is the fact that we've had a societal shift where we no longer value human life, I'm not sure why that is, but for all I know, it could be due to that stuff, they should study it.

I believe the Mauser Broomhandle, uses stripper clips to load the rounds.

I roll my own, get me components, and i'll help you guys out. Let me know.

Signed

I was at the Oaks gun show for about an hour or two today. All I heard was people waiting crazy long times due to NICS.

Boss just threatened to fire me today because I'm a gun-rights supporter. This isn't going to go well for us law-abiding citizens...

Well, about a week ago I had given a -1 to Krdshrk, reluctantly. I had not been aware that he was getting married, and what with Sandy, and all that other jive, he did have a valid reason for not sending my stuff out, but once he found out, he got in touch with me, straightened it all out, and hooked me up for the trouble. No doubt that in a less-crazy time, he'll do you right, I'm pretty sure I've bought from him in the past with no troubles as well, so I will recommend him, he is a stand-up guy, and the trouble I had before was just due to other circumstances. I'd totally recommend him.

I'm pretty damn tired, so I'm probably missing it if you mentioned it, but how much did this whole project cost? Any unusual tools? How much was the frame and parts? Eventually I plan to get a handgun, and I've been leaning towards a 1911, I figure I could build it myself to 1) save money 2) Get something more "me" 3)learn more about firearm operation, design, and maintenance. Let me know more about this, Honestly, I'd like to do more builds, but I don't know where one goes to get kits and things like that.