Hooligan

My favorite car was an early 80's caprice classic. Velour bench seats. It was like driving your living room around. Awesome car.

Very true. I wasn't sure how much price factored in, since some people buy them for the purpose of creating a poorer man's Marauder. Either way, Caprice/ImpalaSS is a better performer, and they're still out there if you look. I think the Crown Vic is a better everyday driver. I need a better job so I can buy the new Caprice when it's available. That thing hauls.

The Crown Vic isn't the sleeper sedan that older police cars were. Plus,when you go to police auctions, you may be competing with cab companies; they sometimes buy them up for parts. IMHO, if you're set on the Crown Vic/Marquis, try to find someone selling their mid-life crisis Marauder.

I keep reading/hearing stuff like "give in this much, it's better than a ban" Someone's always going to be threatening gun bans, but some day we may not have any freedoms left to carve off to appease them. My $0.02 is similar to some above ideas: to streamline the NICS into an automated PASS/FAIL system that charges the user a few bucks. I don't think bring required by law to pay a private business (FFL) for the privilege of selling your own property is fair or reasonable. I suppose we'll be paying tax on every gun sale, also, since it'll be through the dealer and in-state?

I am glad I lost mine in a tragic boating/airplane/volcano accident. No worries here.

Signing, but wish the punctuation was a little more polished on something like this.

See what I mean?

That's going to be one interesting FAQ with questions like "why are they so loud?" That answer is going to be different depending on which riders you ask, and may cause the FAQ to appear biased if different points of view aren't presented. In this example, the loud-pipes-save-lives crowd vs everyone else.

CMP Eligibility page: http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/eligibility.htm Hunters Ed is listed, along with many other ways to fill the requirement for shooting activity.

I think the Service Grades are your best bang for the buck when buying sight unseen through the mail. There are a couple of hoops to jump through, such as proving shooting activity and joining an affiliated club, but it's worth it. Get an M1 while the CMP still has them; great value and the CMP is a top-notch organization. As far as joining an affiliated club, the easiest to join is the Garand Collector's Association. You can join online and they send you a magazine once in a while. Maybe quarterly? I forget. You check a little box to have them send your membership information to the CMP to fill that requirement. Don't forget to buy a case of the HXP ammo to go with it. The M1 was designed to fire a specific loading of 30-06, and not just anything off the shelf. The only NJ hurdle is the transfer has to go through a dealer.

As long as you realize you're getting a locking storage cabinet and not a "safe," I think they're a good buy. The lock may not deter a thief, but it'll keep your collection neat and out of the hands of children and curious adults. FWIW, It's been my and my friends' experience that some of these cabinets don't comfortably hold as many long guns as advertised, depending on what you keep in there. Pistol grips, optics, tall sights, and bolt handles may cause some guns to take up additional slots. I got the 12 for around $100 and I'm happy with it.

Hail to the Redskins!

Currently playing Borderlands 2 and X-Com: Enemy Unknown. Moved on from Gears of War and Battlefield (too many expansions to keep up with). F Blizzard/Diablo 3 and their online-only BS. 2 weeks with no internet so I couldn't play their F-ing game. /endnerdrage

Maker's Mark and zombie fiction.

I posted in the forum above this that I had trouble with mine. Florida sent me a letter stating the training certificate must include the instructor's name and #. The hunter ed card wasn't sufficient, and neither was my SAFS certificate from last year, which should have met #5. Another member mentioned that you can get a replacement hunter ed certificate that has a name and #, so I emailed NJ and am waiting for a response.

This is news to me. Who exactly do I contact? Have you done this before? For anyone concerned, I intend to take a defensive handgun course before actually carrying.

Just a heads up to anybody who intends to use their NJ hunter's ed card as proof of training when applying for a Florida CCW license. I sent a copy of the card and they sent me a letter politely informing me that training documentation must include the license number and signature of the instructor. Just for S&G's I threw in a copy of my SAFS certificate from Camp Perry last year. Didn't seem to help. Flame away if you think I'm a dumbazz. Just trying to save someone else a headache. Off to find a class asap...

I have a CZ 712 I got new for around $450 with 5 choke tubes. It fed target loads perfectly right out of the box and I've had a lot of fun with it so far. One thing to keep in mind is that there aren't many aftermarket add-ons for CZ, if you're into that sort of thing.

I just got an envelope from Florida. Inside was an application for a $5 rebate due to reduction of fees. BAH!

So, at what point does breaking and entering cease to be a crime and become squatting? Is it the time frame or what? This makes me angry.

Indeed. 100% accurate headshots on a moving target from 30+ yards with a pistol. A couple friends and I are wondering something: if everyone is already infected, why does a bitten limb need to be cut off? It would have made more sense if a bite was the way the zombie infection was transmitted.

I've been calling the automated number weekly, and it's still "received and being processed." The pleasant pre-recorded lady tells me their current turnaround is 6-8 weeks, so it's just pushing it now.

They cashed my check on 8/15. I'm still waiting.

Eventually, I'd like some type of non-firearms self-defense training. Something along the lines of krav maga. I'm not interested in learning an art, just some practical, intuitive, no BS skills I can use if attacked when unarmed. With MMA as hot as it is, it seems like everyone and their cousin has jumped on the bandwagon and claims to be an expert who can teach you to fight, so the challenge is finding a legit instructor. Does anyone have a recommendation on where to look for training in the NW-Central NJ area? Aside from KM, what other systems should I look at? Thanks in advance for any advice/direction.

I admit, Call of Duty and Medal of Honor are partially responsible for my M1 Garand, K98, and Mosin Nagant.