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Yes. And on the web site's brass return page right now is this: ** Currently not accepting brass shipments ** Any brass credit packages that are shipped after 5/22/2018 will not be accepted and returned to sender. So that's that.

2nd Amendment rights have been on a simmer since 1934, went on medium heat with the Federal GCA of 1968, and Jim Florio turned up the gas considerably more in the early 80s. (I can't remember what year the original NJ 'all guns are banned' statute went into effect.) As for accepting the fact and succumbing, that is a choice you can freely make. There are other choices, unpalatable as they might be. Perhaps some of us should be thinking about where our 'red line' is. If we have one.

I already constructed my safe room in PA, so I've got one foot out of the pot right now. Perhaps I should consider rental space. BTW, there are two other options. For frogs who might choose to #Resist.

OK all you frogs (including me): the water temp in the pot is now around 180.

Yes, it would be. And if it's paid by (1, 2, 5 ...?) some low number of people it's a pointless exercise. Because arresting, prosecuting and incarcerating under nn (pick a number) people is a low price for the state legislators to pay to enforce their will on you. Last year New Jersey housed 19,453 inmates state wide. If 50,000+ NJ gun owners chose to break the law by deliberately committing a process crime (waving that 15-round mag) and subject themselves to the legal and penal system, what do you think they would do? Triple the budget? Build three times as many cells? Jam 50 to a room? Or would they reconsider the results of their laws? Their whole gun control scheme is premised on 1. You'll capitulate and/or 2. You'll go underground, and they'll pick off individuals one at a time to scare the hell out of the rest. They are not prepared to handle mass disobedience. If only six people had showed up in the 60's to sit at that white lunch counter or in the front seats of the bus, there might not be any civil rights law.

OK Ant, I'll hope for the best.

I have done this. But on this page one thing stood out to me. "Lawmakers need to understand that if they don’t see the light, they’re going to feel the heat." I'm wondering exactly what heat that would be. All the Democrat legislators have asbestos britches. All these bills will pass tomorrow because the legislative majority and the current governor considers NJ gun owners a vocal and annoying minority, but not an actual threat to their power. Reason and reality simply don't have a place in their equations.

That's right. Is there anywhere between here and there where we will be prepared to pay the cost of freedom, whatever that is? BTW I'm not holding myself in some special regard. I'm just as reticent about this as anyone else.

Exactly. Freedom has a cost. And not enough are willing to pay it. That's what the government is counting on. The 2nd Amendment is not that important to enough people. So the repression will advance from state to state until someone stands up. If ever.

" Since a crime of the second degree is punishable by five to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $150,000, or both, the bill may cause indeterminate additional court and criminal prosecution costs to the State (Judicial and Executive branch) and localities, indeterminate increased costs of incarceration to the Department of Corrections, and indeterminate additional revenue from court-imposed fines. In revising the definition of large capacity ammunition magazines as containers capable of holding more than 10 rather than 15 rounds, the bill makes possession of these magazines, if unregistered, a crime of the fourth degree. Fourth degree crimes are punishable by up to 18 months imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000, or both." As I've said before, if the majority of gun owners of this state wanted to stop this nonsense for real, after this law passed there would be at least 10,000 in Trenton waving 15-round magazines in the air. And force the state to arrest, prosecute and jail them. Ideally this plan would have been in place and publicized before they passed the law. It might have changed their mind. Their assumption is that they will pick off violators two or three at a time and discourage the others from non-compliance. In other words, make them pay for their plans, and overwhelm the system. Alinsky tactics work for us too.

Here's another review with info about 12-round magazines and comfy holsters. I'm hoping to get one by the end of September.

Done.

I would agree with you that needlessly detail stripping without a definite reason is probably not a good idea. Glocks not so much, but definitely with Sigs. Driving the roll pins in and out repeatedly only makes them looser. I realized that after learning on the guns in the course (which had been torn down and reassembled who knows how many times). When I came home and took down one of my 220s, a completely different experience. Much tighter all around. Personally I don't do it often. But I know that without any practice at all it's a skill I will eventually lose.

Sounds like you've had a lot of experience. Can't dispute that. I got the idea from the instructors at the Glock and Sig Armorer's courses. One was an ex-LE armorer. The other was ex-military and a shooting competitor.

That's fine with me. But who's going to clean my wife's pistols??? Actually, the thing that got my interest was having someone available do a full detail strip (annually?) of pistols I'm not comfortable doing. I'm good taking Glocks, Sigs, and some HKs all the way down. But there's others I'm unfamiliar with, and haven't been able to get to an armorer's course. The after-range normal cleanup is something I wouldn't pay for.

Excellent! Well done.

Well here's a novel idea. A company in northern Virginia now offers to come to your home to 'professionally' clean your firearms. That apparently means a full detail strip and cleaning regardless of make and model. The concept itself raises a couple interesting questions, but the bottom line of the reviewer is that they clean firearms really well. It is pricey as you might expect. Of course it will never work out in the PRNJ, but depending on someone's time and talent I think it may work elsewhere. High Caliber Weapons Detailing

Well some time has passed and other gun stores are having fun with those who are Dick's. Also some Memorial Day sales opportunities in there.

Well now that I've got your attention... not exactly. It seem this Labrador in England has adopted a gaggle of ducklings whose mother disappeared. I caught the short video on Fox News, but found the link too the entire story. I thought with all the dog-specific (and other pet) lovers on the forum this was a nice story to start the weekend with. Have a good three days.

Just in case anyone else gets a Kobalt box, the correct locks are not a secret of state. They are here at Lowes, and $9 cheaper than at Amazon. If I was going to store firearms in it, I'd probably get the 5' model to provide for really long guns. The 4' holds an amazing amount of ammo.

My safe and ammo are all in my basement. I have a dehumidifier and can easily keep the humidity at 60% or less, so I'm OK. 10 years in and no issues. For extra measure I do have renewable desiccant in the safe just to be sure. The brass ammo could care less. If by chance you get a Kobalt box, PM me for the correct padlock model to lock it with. You need a pair of them and it was a circus a year ago to find the one that works properly. The 2x4 box holds a ton of stuff. It doesn't come with a shelf but there are interior ledges that could support one if I made it.

True story. Two weeks ago we met neighbors from across the street at our house in PA. Learned both were from NJ, both teachers. OK, yes, I thought "uh oh, what have we got here?". Every PA person I've met so far has been pro gun. Really amazing. But will these two break the streak? When we said something about having been shooting that day the husband blurted out "do you know something about guns?" Yes, I know something. So it turns out he has two revolvers I believe he inherited that are quite old, and he'd like me to help him check them out. The wife was also quite interested in them. So I'll be getting together with him (or them), take them to the PA range I joined and check them out. Not one hesitation or funny look. Genuine interest in firearms (and other topics as well). So the streak goes on.

Start here. In addition to safes, he also reviews alternative storage methods. I have a Kobalt job box from Lowes that's great for ammo and accessory storage. Although there's no reason you couldn't keep firearms in it.

Great looking Sig there Bob. Nice combination of features, especially the SAO. Don't feel bad about the dot acquisition. I have an FNP-45 with a Burris on top and even shooting at the range I have frequent issues finding the dot when I bring the pistol up. Obviously haven't worked enough with it yet. We'll subtract 15 seconds from your time for having the nerve to take it to a match first time out!

There are two females in the house this morning, and they both slept through it. I happened to wake up around 7 and flipped around. 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, CNN, PMSNBC, Fox News all had it on. The funny thing was it looked to me like they were all carrying the exact same single 'pool' feed. Just the commentary was different. I didn't watch more than three minutes. But it was better than the harping I expected on the shooting yesterday. I suppose that will come later today and this weekend.