SpacemanFry

So jealous, that sounds like an awesome day!

Good thing the Pats crushed them. And I hate the Pats too, but Tebow is an annoying douchebag.

What's more shocking is that so far not a single "anti-gun" comment either.

Same story here. Both my grandfathers spent time in jail for speaking against "the party" to the wrong people. What irks me the most is when people dismiss clear infringements on our rights because they say "oh that won't affect me" (a very common sentiment with respect to Patrioct Act, illegal wire-tapping, NDAA etc).

TBH I haven't looked into what it takes to be a "collector". Probably worthwhile to look into it.

Nope and nope.

I leave it blank. I don't like giving it out if I don't have to. Then again my name is unique

LOL, nice Given the hassle I might not have bothered while still living in NJ but he has some really nice revolvers I'd love to shoot on a regular basis. I guess one a month will have to do....

Anybody who thinks government will lower or eliminate a tax or fee once it's in place should take a look at the Federal Telephone Excise Tax.

So, my soon to be father in law has a bunch of guns that he's indicated he would like to give to us. Among these are 4 or so handguns. They live in PA now, so I know the transfer will have to be done through an FFL in NJ and obviously will need P2Ps, but my main question is regarding OGAM exception. According to the NJSP letter (http://www.nj2as.com/Resources/Documents/NJSP%20Letter%20to%20Chiefs%20of%20Police%20033010-1.pdf) gifted guns are exempt from OGAM and even from applying for the exemption. But, when I went to read the laws regarding OGAM I cannot find any such exemption for gifted guns. I may be missing in the actual laws, if so please point it out. So my question is what's actual practice? Could I actually go to an FFL in NJ with my FIL with 4 P2Ps and the NJSP letter and have all the handguns transferred to me?

Fairly simple... I'm a big fan of Futurama and never seen anyone else use this particular name.

Should have been fired a LOT sooner. They should look into why the judge dismissed the earlier charges.

Just saw this, and it's probably too late, sent you a PM anyway. Really cool of you to do this.

Cool stuff. USMC has acquired some of these: http://www.marathon-targets.com/ to do the same thing. These use the Segway robots as the underlying platform so they are a lot more expensive (but also rugged).

I have no proof other than annecdotal evidence from my circle of friends and other gun owners I know, but I think it's completely in the other direction actually (ie most people have more long guns than handguns). I think handguns get more talk here because they are harder to get so you have to be more careful what you buy when the calendar dings every 30 days.

Even better just point her to: http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/

I second the Boy Scouts idea. My parents were very anti-gun so my first time actually shooting a gun was in Boy Scouts. Was a great place to learn and they made sure you learned it properly. Of course I have no idea how it is nowadays and if they're more paranoid/restrictive about it then 2 decades ago. Then my high school had a skeet club and that was another level of fun. My personal opinion is that anything you restrict or deny or make taboo to your kids they will want it that much more. You need to present them as just another tool, a dangerous tool but just another tool like a nail gun or power saw etc. Teach them the safety rules early on and just repeat them over and over at every occasion. Start with toy guns then bb guns etc and take the opportunity to correct them of any safety mistakes. At some point you will need to show them what damage a gun can do to truly instill respect of it. A friend of mine was telling me how his dad was an avid hunter and he'd hang the deer up in the shed while he cleaned them and there was no better lesson for him about the power of the gun then seeing those dead deer with the wounds that killed them.

Haha that's awesome. You should teach her the word "tacticool"

That's really cool! Wish I had the property to do something like this.

The parking deck is just a couple streets behind it and it's cheap (like $0.75 and hour or something).

Completely incorrect. Lasers have EXACT wavelengths. A red laser is usually 650nm wavelength and has no other wavelength component. Now NVG (night vision goggles) operate over visible range and near IR (up to about 960nm) and amplify the light. So they will see any visible laser because they see any visible light. Also because they amplify light a lot they will see any reflected light from the laser beam hitting particulates in air even if such reflections are generally not bright enough to be seen by the naked eye.

That sounds a hell of a lot more plausible than the actual story.

Indeed they have. Bush & his cronies are the ones that pushed Patriot Act and a whole slew of infringements on us. Ironically, I think most immigrants (legal ones) are more worried about this than the average American. That's because most immigrants to this country are from countries that are or were significantly more oppressive (you are a minority in this aspect) To me, the idea that police can stop me in the street and ask for "my papers" brings a very ominous chill down my spine. Same reason I find "National ID" a very bad idea. The beauty of this country however is that we know we can reverse this. There have been worse periods in our history in terms of civil liberties infringements and despite the gloom we did manage to reverse a lot of it (McArthyism comes to mind).

In pilot speak there is something called the 200th hour, which statistics have shown that around the 200th hour of flight experience pilots have gained enough knowledge and experience that they get over-confident and thus make a mistake. If they're lucky it's nothing major and then they are vigilant again. Wonder if this was this guy's "200th hour"...

Well that's kind of the point. Distance is only relevant when it's combined with location and time. I can probably drive 80-100 miles in AZ for the same amount of time it takes to drive 20mi in NJ at "rush hour" and for the same time it takes to go cross town in Manhattan during the day. So yea going 20-30 miles north to pick up a gun or meet can be a risky proposition at certain times of the day.