rdsmith3

You probably know this, but if you're near the GS Parkway, get gas today. All the gas stations on the GSP raise their prices on Fridays. In periods of rising gas prices, you get a good deal on Thursday, before the weekly increase. Today it is $3.13

Here is a PRO self defense blog post about this incident, but he mentions the ANTI gun questions directed at this woman on CNN http://www.dennyburk.com/was-this-teen-mom-wrong-to-kill-an-intruder/

Welcome. I'm in Morris County, too. I played zero rounds of golf last year. I hope that changes. Do you play Flanders Valley? I live close to there.

Sorry to hear about your injuries. You're right, but the problem is bigger than a faulty legal system. So here is a guy with an obvious disregard for the law. His mind is so twisted, and life is so cheap to him, that he would have shot you just so he didn't get caught jumping a turnstile. How does a person turn out that way? I believe that a lot of the crime problems arise from a break down of the basic family structure. Parents should be teaching morals to kids. I don't see this problem getting any better.

I was riding my motorcycle a few years ago in Randolph Twp. I got stopped for speeding on a back road, which I was. In my defense, it was on a stretch that is downhill and the speed limit drops. But, yes, I was speeding. A cop stopped me and asked the usual routine questions. Then he got chattier. This was in the morning (and I don't drink) so he was not trying to assess my sobriety. In my judgment, he was just trying to have a conversation with me, and I went along with it. We ended up shooting the breeze about motorcycles for a while. I was riding a BMW Roadster at the time, and he was interested in that model. He let me off with a warning. I imagine that if the conversation had gone differently, and I was difficult or defensive, I may have gotten a ticket. LEO's are human, too.

That makes a lot of sense. I've never had to break a car window, thank God, so I don't have a good feel for how hard it is to do.

I read that story, and kudos to those guys for taking action. However, I was wondering why he shot the window instead of using the gun as a hammer to smash the window? I guess it was the better/quicker option under the circumstances. The kids under water had to be removed as quickly as possible.

What is it? Do I see a seatbelt cutter and windshield breaker? I've been looking for something like that.

I thought about that, but it would be just my luck to get rear-ended, either in our parking garage or on the drive from work. I'd rather not take the chance.

I was considering a self-defense/hangun training class that starts at 6:00 PM on a Friday. The class is in Morris County, but I work in distant Bergen County, almost in NY state (near Montvale). The earliest I can get off work is 4:30, so I would have to go directly from work to the training. Because of Friday traffic, I do not have time to stop at home (which is on the NW edge of Morris county). That means I would have to bring a handgun with me from home to work, and leave it in my car all day, then transport it from work to the training. The first issue I have is that my employer prohibits weapons on company property. I could probably get around that by parking across the street. The second issue I have is that driving from home to work, and keeping a gun in my car all day, is probably not a reasonably necessary deviation. In other words, I could be a criminal for doing something simple like this. If I had a softball bat in my car because I was going to play softball after work, it would not be an issue. I'm going to take the training at a later date, when I can take a 1/2 day off work so I don't have the issue of potentially illegally transporting a weapon. However, I just wanted to illustrate how ridiculous our laws are. I am a law-abiding person, and I just don't want any problems. It is quite possible, for example, that I could be rear-ended driving home from work and the officer sees a gun case in the back of my SUV.

It used to be that people stayed in NJ because the schools were better than those in, say, the Pocono region of PA. I am not so sure any more. I have had two kids finish in our local school system, and three more are currently in it. When they are out of school, I would like to move out of NJ, but I'm not sure my wife will because her two sisters are here. I grew up in PA, but I like NJ. However, as we all know, the cost of living is just unbelievable. Property taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, car insurance costs, etc. all add up to a very heavy burden. Add to that the population density and massive amounts of traffic, and it is enough to push one over the edge.

Is your hunting license for shotgun? If it is bow and arrow, you will have to qualify for shotgun, too.

Thanks everyone for the information. My mother has the rifle right now at her house in PA. The next chance I get, I am going to bring it back to my house and take some better pictures.

I took my step daughter to Ramsey (Succasunna, formerly Ledgewood) at 9:00 this morning ... to look at Ugg booth. Ugh. I honestly did not look at any guns.

Could be worse. She could have wanted to go to the mall.

Yes, it has the chrysanthemum symbol intact. The dust cover is loose, and it sometimes comes off when you move the bolt. Thanks again.

Thanks very much. That is very helpful. What caliber are these? Are they rare or common? I am not going to sell, but any idea how much these are worth? I do remember my father saying that it was junk. I believe he traded cigarettes for it. I think that GI's were issued cigarettes as part of their rations, but he did not smoke. He would trade them for souvenirs. They were a form of currency.

I'm not sure of the best place to ask this, but here goes. I inherited a Japanese rifle from WW II. My father got it in Burma. I'm looking for some basic information on it. The cell phone pics are not very good, especially the one with the markings that I believe are the emperor's stamp.

It is over the top (and I have only seen it a few times) but that flame thrower was really something.

Congratulations, and thanks to both of them for their service.

I see the price has gone up $3. I shouldn't have delayed ordering one.

If you're carrying your handgun from your bedroom to the basement range, and you deviate to go to the kitchen, is that an unreasonable deviation?

I am just a newbie here, but I was thinking the same thing. It seems like it would be easier/better to change the magazine rather than the gun.

Welcome to the forum. If you're looking for cheap bulk shotgun shells (birdshot) go up 287 to Airmont, New York to the Wal-Mart

I understand what you're trying to say, but that is your mistake right there. I am a very law abiding person, but I am not going to easily give up my constitutional right. The LEO has no probable cause to poke around in the bag, so it is an illegal search unless I give him permission. I will not give him permission. Last Friday I went to a range to try out my new Remington 870. On the way home, I stopped 1) at bank, 2) to get flowers for my wife, and 3) to get coffee at DD. My shotgun was unloaded and in a case. The ammo was in a separate case. It occurred to me that I might possibly be violating some code by not going directly home from the range. It also occurred to me that traffic is horrible in NJ on a Friday afternoon in December, and it was not convenient for me to go home, and then go back out to run those errands. So I did what was convenient for me because I am not going to let vagueness in the law (what is a reasonably necessary deviation) scare me or inconvenience me.