Gorilla800lbs

I just got my FID/P2P so I feel like I am entitled to greet the newcomers too!! P.S. As an NNJ snob, I must ask: what does it take to be an SNJ snob?

Lots of batching, time traps, non-value-ads manual processing.... Gorilla800lbs, a Six Sigma Black Belt.

The science of martial arts tells us that the human arms work better when exerting force "inward" (toward the body's center-line) than outward or up/down. Large pectoral muscle group sees to that. It makes sense, therefore, that by slightly rotating your gun inward you're distributing some of the recoil toward the cebter-line, where you'd be more comfortable controlling it.

I think the historical origins of retired LEOs being allowed to carry have to do with the fact that over the lifetime of service, the policemen accumulate a lot of enemies who might be inclined to settle their score once the cop isn't wearing a badge anymore. Honorable as the LEOs sacrifices during their service may be, their CCW is NOT a retirement perk in recognition of their years. It's their protection. Now, I admit I may mother fully informed, but it does seem that being an arson investigator for 15 years is NOT the same thing as, say, being a beat cop for 15.

Sadly, as far as executive orders go, it's the same deal as with the POTUS and the Congress. He can issue executive orders all he wants, but if the relevant agencies need extra funding to carry them out, the good luck with that. The agencies budget is controlled by the Congress. And while federal agencies can to an extent circumvent that by issuing agency bonds, the state agencies can't do that. Bottomline, even if Christie wanted to introduce a computerized permit system, he can't do it without the state legislature. Unless he cuts the budgets elsewhere (har har).

What my buddy said about MK23 a week ago or so:

I was told by the sales clerk at gun counter that they "don't sell handgun ammunition" not longer than 3 weeks ago. And yes, they had .22LR in the cage behind the counter. I chose not to challenge his assertion.

I hear they have handgun permit system in MD, but the legally mandated turnaround time is 10 days. My buddy got a tax stamp - a tedious, but uncomplicated process - and now legally possesses several silencers. All things considered, I'd keep the jobs market in mind as an all-deciding factor, and thus I'd prefer MD over DE.

Are other factors being considered at all, such as availability of jobs, quality of school systems, situation with ecology, crime etc?

Yes, that's how Ramsey Outdoors does it (the only store that sells air guns that is not a gun shop per se that I know in NJ). They sell CO2 and BB and pellets without FID though.

Exactly. Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (symbol: DKS) is a for-profit corporation that is free, within the limits of law, to run their business whatever way they damn please. To declare that they MUST sell this or that ammo is tantamount to what is commonly (and incorrectly) called in this country "socialism". Dick's in Paramus does not sell handgun ammo. But Ramsey, 100 yards away on the same strip mall, does. Behold the triumph of the free enterprise.

In my view, the FID/permits/CCW should be ENTIRELY within the state's purview. I still don't understand what value does the local PDs add to the process, other than being a time sink (I.e. acting as a step that DELAYS the process). Ideally, the approach should not be principally different from obtaining a license to operate a motor vehicle.

God bless your son, siderman. Here's for him returning home safely. What I have clipped in my pocket: Gerber Paraframe Mini Extremely durable and versatile due to its combination of compactness, a very sharp drop-point tip, and serrated edge. Whether it's opening boxes or cutting apples for guinea pigs at home, or picking mushrooms or slicing food or sharpening wooden twigs to get an occasional tick out in the park, it gets the job done. Gerber Crucial A multitool, really, but with a really beefy, fat blade. Always clipped in my bag, goes with me when I am biking or skiing. Has pliers and a Philips-nose screwdriver for working bindings and chaindrive, and that give you a plausible "I use it to fix computers" explanation in an unlikely but conceivable event that you ever get asked.

The advice is surely appreciated -- not that I am indeed planning on such a modification (I don't even have an AR-15 to begin with -- yet).

Question: is it a good practice to just lightly spray some gun oil or silicone onto the interior surface of the egg-shell foam?

Can you combine this stock/grip with some form of a resilient strut that would brace the grip and perhaps the magwell, and will do the forward pushing for you?

There is a bill A524 in the 2012/2013 legislative schedule which proposed to de-classify BB guns as firearms, with certain provisions. Write your assemblyman and state senator and ask them to support it. I actually mean to make a post about it...

There should be a recycling logo on it somewhere! Seriously though, congrats on the cool purchase!

If the family is inside, the the scenario gets upgraded "burglary" to "home invasion".

Since the only side of story we heard came from NYPD, I think it's safe to assume that it is presented in a way that benefits NYPD the most (see "cocaine" in Meredith Graves's) pocket. That said, if a SEAL operator was detained like that, I would not expect him to yell that he is a SEAL. He'd just need to give cops his his military ID (which would only go as far as indicating that he serves in some ho-hum Navy unit or USMC), and let the cops to make the calls and receive intsructions to release him from somewhere high up in Pentagon. But that is a moot point. Given the circumstances of his arrest and his subsequent behavior (again, disclaimer, possibly twisted by NYPD), his operator skills look very suspect.

If you were to arrive home and notice that a burglar is clearly in progress (as in there there are signs of forced entry and an apparent activity within the house), and you call the police, the first thing the dispatcher is likely to instruct you to do is to be safe and to stay away from the structure. The last thing they want you to do is to storm inside with your gun drawn, or to start a shootout outside. Both acourses of action are highly likely to be ruled as premeditated violence without an immediate and clear need for self-defence. If you were, however, to enter the house and only realize that there is a break-in in progress, the situation would be different, I guess.

Thanks guys, I didn't know that. Live and learn.

15 days is seriously fast, congrats!

I think one needs to distinguish between some of the top-of-the-line estate safes which this guy is selling (with that one with $150K in valuables in his backroom which the robbers tried to pry), and gun safes, which hold a strictly utilitarian purpose. With the post's title being The truth about Gun Safes, I think that's the focus. If someone comes to my home with a thermic lance, chances are, they can easily have far better guns than I will ever be holding in my meager safe, what do you think?

What strikes me is the particular idiocy of this crime. An armed hold-up of a waffle house on an early Saturday morning?! One must be really dumb (or pressed for money) to risk his life or freedom while trying to raid an empty cash register. I thought that up until now, my native Fair Lawn held the dubious crown of "dumb armed robberies" distinction, when two youths from Paterson with a Mac-10 tried to rob a Blockbuster store (the one that was under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings).