45Doll

I wonder what job you would expect to fill as a communications and history major? (From that article.) My degree was in Philosophy, and I had no expectation whatsoever of using it in the job market. I got out of college and my first job was as a news reporter. (Holy crap... a conservative news reporter! I have stories about that.) Unexpectedly, with the rise of two-state Boolean algebra machines (otherwise known as computers) I was perfectly positioned to do very well with them. I was frequently the only person within office distance who could think in a straight line. Aristotelian logic ended up doing very well for me. Many benefits in my personal life too.

Not explicitly. But which online retailers will decline to ship to NJ if that law goes into effect? Some currently require FID for shipment now, some don't. Who can say what the effect of the new law might be?

Yes they would. When we bought our first pistol as PA residents, we exchanged many comments with the clerk at the FFL about progressive NJ citizens and their gun laws. And he was all for building a wall at the Delaware River as well as blowing up all the bridge crossings. We told him if he got that plan rolling just to wait until we got to the PA side.

Not really. They're advancing their private objective. Not the public one. Don't underestimate their strategy or discount them. They must be opposed, and hard.

Read the comments on that last article. At least some citizens are awake.

You must remember: when you're a progressive jurist, words mean whatever you want them to mean.

And here's the follow up shooting. If only we had tough Federal gun laws.

Thanks for those several informative posts. Here's one more thing to think about for those with potential college graduates. As previously mentioned, take care of yourselves and your retirement first. Why? Because even if they graduate there's no guarantee they'll get a job that will pay their way in the world, and you may have to help out (if you care to). That is our scenario now, and fortunately we can do it and our child is well worth it.

I don't know anything about this topic as we have no one to send to college. But I'm curious. Let's say you save $50,000 for college starting from birth and when your child graduates high school he/she decides to do a trade instead. (Welder, electrical, etc.) What can you do (or not do) with that money?

LOL yes, I'm a guy. And to make it worse for you, when I graduated college my mother purchased a late 60's muscle car (brand new) for me which I drove accident free for about 10 years. 400 hp and 4-speed Hurst shifted transmission. Of course I did the drag race bit, even on public roads. But only under controlled conditions and never with other traffic involved. Nor did I excessively speed on public roads. So... am I not toxic enough? At least I lived to tell the tale.

Make it three votes. We don't have children in the house, but an umbrella policy ($1MM) is an excellent hedge that costs relatively little. Children that drive are not the sole cause of any lawsuits you might face. Side note: Things have changed. I was on my parents policy and drove their cars (some new, some not) but I never drove recklessly. Thinking back, I never had an accident before 25. I'm sure part of that was luck, but the other part was not asking for it by driving like an idiot. You know, like going 117 on a back country road? And I find that as I get older, I drive even more defensively because I probably should.

Yes. Have her read this story and realize if she makes the wrong decisions this could happen to her too. The inside info up in Sussex County is the driver was going 117 when he crashed. The night before (prom night) he was doing 119; someone photographed the speedometer and posted it to Snapchat. Have her read all the comments too. The legal ramifications of this crash will last for years. Who knows how long the social and psychological scars will take to heal.

I must say, lots of Click for Photos that don't work, and Pizza Bob's jpg leads to Image Shack that want's me to join but doesn't show me his Benelli. "I'm On The Outside Looking In" Little 45Doll And The Imperials

So it's around midnight and four guys with handguns kick in the front door of your trailer home. You are back in the bedroom. Here's what happens next.

Right. I'm M1. My wife is M2. That's the Ying and Yang of marriage.

I stopped into my local FFL yesterday and was surprised to hear that these mags are nowhere to be found, unless you're buying a new PPQ with the 10-round option. I did a little searching on the Internet today, and that seems to be true. So I'm just curious: anyone aware of any other 10-round pistol magazines that are really, really, really out-of-stock?

Yes, I too had to refresh my vocabulary on that one. I think it was in the Brothers Karamazov.

A comment seen on Town Hall: Hillary Clinton and her driver were cruising along an Iowa country road one evening when an old dairy cow loomed in front of the car. The driver tried to avoid it but couldn't. The aged cow was struck and killed. Hillary told her driver to go up to the farmhouse and explain to the owners what had happened and pay them for the cow. She stayed in the car making phone calls. About an hour later the driver staggered back to the car with his clothes in disarray. He was holding a half-empty bottle of expensive wine in one hand, a huge Cuban cigar in the other, and was smiling happily, smeared with lipstick. "What happened to you," asked Hillary? "Well," the driver replied, "the farmer gave me the cigar, his wife gave me the wine, and their beautiful twin daughters made passionate love to me." "What did you tell them?" asked Hillary. The driver replied, "I just stepped inside the door and said, 'I'm Hillary Clinton's driver and I've just killed the old cow.' The rest happened so fast I couldn't stop it."

As an aside, this reminds me why we both have explicit wills that include specific firearm bequests.

The small decisions we make are sometimes the most important. Phew!

OP: If you want a firearm just to defend your family against intrusion, this whole discussion is moot. The intruder(s) will not stand around while you unlock the dial, dial in the combination, remove the firearm, unlock the cable lock.... etc. So don't bother with a safe. They also won't wait for you to go to the offsite storage facility and retrieve them. If I had young children in the house my firearms would be in the safe at all times, unless they were on my person or under my direct supervision. The ammunition would also be locked up somewhere else, just as impenetrable. Children, especially young boys, are very resourceful. And curious. For this I would have to forgo the idea of immediate self defense and accept the possible consequences. Fortunately I don't have that issue. On the other hand, if you want firearms and your wife does not, that's a different issue. It might be time for a high level discussion. Finally, I'm not sure my opinions are relevant to your marriage. Your scenario does not exist in my married universe.

Well I guess a lot of us know how rare that is, so it's good to hear. I think I'll check out their product line. My only lever action is a Marlin 336C in 30-30 from the 1980's. The first rifle I ever bought. Remember the 80's?

I don't have a Henry, but I do know about them and I've wondered the same thing myself. I'm thinking of Magpul's exit from Colorado for example. I saw this article today that explains why. It also pointed out that Henry is in Wisconsin too, which I didn't know. There's also a substantial conversation with the owner, Anthony Imperato.

I think I mentioned this movie a couple years ago on the forum. If you want to see what life is like living in a hostile surveillance state watch The Lives Of Others. And that was before the Internet.