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Yet most Town halls around me don't lower them for fallen soldiers. Everytime a soldier from the NJ, PA, or DE area died, our NJROTC unit would go in early the next morning, and we'd lower Sterling's flag to half stalf.

Not at all, it was states rights. If it were a different scenario, where the south didn't own slaves, but wanted to protect some other state's rights, then I wish they would have won honestly. I mean, I do think the Feds have too much power now.

I do my part to educate others with their historical misconceptions. It's hard to undo the damage done by the public school system though.

] Fortunately, I've supplemented my history education. I'm practically an encyclopedia of History. I partially get that from my Poppop, instead of watching Barney, and stuff when I was little, I'd listen to his war stories, or he'd show me documentaries on the World Wars, or the Civil War, things like that.

Sterling didn't even do that. As I recall we pretty much covered the same topics year after year, from elementary to high school. Pilgrims Revolution Slavery Civil War Reconstruction (in 5th grade) NJ History, Robber Barons how the unions saved the world, etc. SOMETIMES WWI (but only about one class period a year usually) WWII, with a focus on the holocaust, not so much about the events leading into, or the actual fighting, and though we mentioned Pearl Harbor, we NEVER discussed the Pacific war, apart from the Atomic Bombs. Civil Rights. That might be why I'm so fascinated with history, when you read other sources, the stuff they don't teach you about in school, you learn a lot more, and you tend to see that not only did the schools leave a lot out, but a lot of stuff didn't happen the way that they teach it. I usually buy older books for this reason. The worst thing, When talking about how Germany got a raw deal in World War ONE, a kid asked if I was a Nazi symapthizer. I told him Germany deserved what they got in the SECOND world war, but that in the FIRST one, they got screwed. He told "corrected" me saying that the world war was the one with Hitler. He didn't even know there was a FIRST World War.

Who should we call, and what are their numbers?

Well, I'll give you that Sterling High School in Somerdale doesn't have enough textbooks for everyone, but we do have ten or so flatscreen TVs in the cafeteria so that they can play ESPN during lunch.

Technically, we are SUPPOSED to have it, it's the 2nd.

My school never even taught the constitution. Most kids knew the first amendment, but other than that, they couldn't name any of them.

I smoke WHILE running.

Even if some components are produced by other firms, that doesn't mean the quality of a product, indeed, of even those specific components within the product are the same. I mean, look at airsoft, you should know about that. Companies like Echo1 though claiming to be American airsoft companies, tend to outsource their stuff overseas, however, they have better Quality Control, and specify their designs to be slightly different, and made with better materials than some of the cheapo airsoft brands. I mean, if you compare a piston manufactured to JG's specifications, to one manufactured to Echo1, there's a world of difference, even though they're made by the same company.

The problem is, the history being taught is skewed, and many believe the lies they are fed, and accept them to not only be fact, but to be history as well. We never once talked about the Soviet Union, Gulags, or Chinese human rights violations. We never discussed Democrat opposition to civil rights, or support of slavery, or the Republicans shutting down the KKK during the 1800s.

Look at the price of 5.56/.223 ammo. A few years ago, it was pretty cheap, about $2-4 per box of 20, IIRC. Now it's around $7-9 per box. Demand has skyrocketed. I believe I read an article, some guy who helps run SHOT show said something like firearms sales have shot up 500%. And personally, I'm NOT one to believe the anti-gun people who claim, "more guns are owned by fewer people". Sure, some people may own more firearms, but I think that there are a lot more people now who are getting into firearms for the first time. For example, out of myself, and four of my friends(Gio, Barrett, Rosati,Midget, and myself), only one of them has been raised around firearms (Rosati). Barrett- He has a serious interest in applying for an FID when he has the money to do so, and has been pestering me to bring him to a range for a while. Rosati- Is currently applying for his FID, he needs to get his fingerprinting done. Gio- Started taking up shooting, and I BELIEVE he's applying for a PP, and FID when he moves out. Midget- Taught her to shoot a .22, she thinks she wants to own a gun when she's older Me- Come from a fairly anti-gun family (support the right, don't want them around though). Yet I'm a very enthusiastic firearms owner, and 2A rights supporter. I think that my friends and I are actually examples of the dynamic shift in opinion in America. People are starting to LIKE guns again, and they're not listening to the anti-gun rhetoric as much. Best of all, I know more young people who are interested in exercising their 2A rights. Of course, the biggest hurdle is that they don't know where to start. The FID process is confusing, and not easily done for them. I mean, my town had the forms right on their police website, while trying to help my friend find his town's forms, I couldn't find them after an hour of searching online. But what's most important is that there is an interested, and willing supporters of shooting rights, we just need to reach out to them.

I agree with that. It was (sort of) funny. My friend's step-dad texted me to tell me, and said, "Bobby Brown killed singer Whitney Houston!!!" I asked him, "Did Bobby actually kill her? Or was it just crack?" The Jury is still out... By the way, has anyone seen the more important *RUMOR*? Apparently there's rumors going around that Kim Jong Un was assassinated in China. I'm a little skeptical, but still the rumor is the military staged a coup because they thought he was too soft... This could be bad...(If true)

The part where you say, "In this case, VA" makes this not sound very hypothetical. I'm pretty sure that's a no-no, I'll defer to the people who know best though. I do believe the best thing to do would be to have a relative buy it, let you shoot it when you're down there, and then just transfer ownership when you move out of this state.

Lunker, you are the man. I saw some links on google, but I wasn't sure if they were reputable or not, so I figured the NJ gun community would help me out by only recommending good sites. Thanks!

My brother in law just bought a Hi-point 4595 about two weeks ago. I told him I'd help him find more mags for it, but I really can't find any online. On their website you can call to order them, but I figured that's sort of a pain. I looked on most of the online stores I know about, such as CTD, but I couldn't find any. I was wondering if anyone knew where he could pick some magazines up.

My brother in law picked up a 4595 Carbine the other week. I can't say how it shoots yet, I've been too busy to go to the range, and he's hurt his shoulder. For the $300 something price, it doesn't seem too bad, not a looker, but he wants it for home defense, I think it'll be good for that, as long as he ACTUALLY cleans it... I liked the sights on it actually, but then again, I'm partial to peep-sights. It's fairly light, and easy to shoulder. I liked it, I'll post again later when I actually shoot it. The magazine seems sort of cheap, it's plastic, and you have to slam it to get it into the carbine, but that might be because it's fairly new.

I somehow have a feeling that, perhaps, in just a teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy way, this was sort of an F-you to North Korea. They hardly have food, despite their glorious leader, yet the South Koreans are one of the best economies in South East Asia. That's the insanity of it, our labor in America, though of better quality, is SO overpriced, it's cheaper to outsource the job overseas, and then import it to America. Personally, I think this is due to the unions... We may disagree on the cause, but that, likely along with government regulations, seem to out price American labor to the point where products we make, even though they're higher quality, are totally outpriced by Asian goods. I do believe that American products are the best made. Though it's not an EXACT comparison, look at some of the old service rifles, with a little care, they still operate just as well as they did when they were new.

As far as I know, it's banned by name. Our state is the most anti-gun in our country. They ban certain guns by name (like the G3, CETME, M1 Carbine, AK, etc. even if they're semiautomatic, and otherwise follow the laws). I'm not sure, but I THINK the M1 Carbine was the weapon used by this criminal in the 1960s who killed a cop in NJ. That was what really kicked off NJ being so anti-gun. If you get bored, look up our gun laws on this forum, for America, they're crazy. (Also, important to note, despite all our laws, we have some of the highest gun crime in the nation.) As for the BDMP, when I get some extra cash, I'm totally going to buy a some of their hats and clothes, I'd like to support them, and besides, I always need more clothes with the German flag. haha

I have a VZ24, which is the Czech "copy" of the Mauser K98. Not as nice, since it has a straight bolt, and the sights aren't the best, but I do love it. In NJ we aren't allowed to own M1 Carbines. M1 Garands are okay, but Carbines are verboten. Actually, most of the guns I like are either German, or American in origin. The only non-German/American gun I really like is the Belgian 5-7 pistol. Otherwise It's G3s, ARs, M14s, Lugers, K98s, etc. I just checked out your link. Though I can only read about every third word, I was suprised to see the NRA on there. I didn't know that they helped other countries out, I figured they focused on America, and considering England's gun laws, I'm surprised they even have a chapter there.

G43s are expensive as hell. I figured they might be around the same price as a Garand, maybe a little more. BOY was I wrong! I often wonder who holds the patents to old guns like the STGG, or the Luger. I've toyed with the idea of doing a simple redesign on such guns, and then filing the patent, so that they're reintroduced. To me, it's important to have access to old arms, and ammunition, for historical context. And, well, guns are just fun XD

Probably won't get it any time soon, looking for an AR build, but as opposed to the mini-14, I think that's what I'll get. Well, that or a full M1A. I'm an M14 variant whore. M14 EBR, M14, M14 scout, Mini14, if it has that sleek, sexy profile, and that equally sexy 7.62x51mm NATO, I love it.

It was... I ordered it two days ago. great deal though.

I WANT that gun. What do they go for? I've never seen civilian variants of those.