JrzyGuy30

Makes me sick. Ugh, guess wife and I should wait on having kids so we can afford to send them to private school... Not some liberal/racist/sexist public(Federal) education system. Now if I could get them to stop billing me for this stupid school system in my property taxes, I'd consider spending the rest of my life in NJ.

nice... But nah- Its my duty to protect my family

I understand what you are saying but here are two things: #1 - no one knows me on here and that I am on here... And I was protecting my home. If that's an issue, well they are more than welcome to deal with an armed intruder and see how they fair without any protection. #2 - my finger was on the safety and you know what, no one was going to be shot unless they proposed a threat. Me carrying my firearm ready was called being prepared - and if a B&E intruder was armed, I'd be ready. And if it was someome that shouldnt be in the house but I knew, well they would NOT be shot, but they'd certainly never sneak into my house again! As the much repeated saying goes, better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

So I had a laughable but through provoking experience this morning... Woke up out of a dead sleep this morning at 4:10am to a loud crash from downstairs and immediately sat up and so did the dog in the bed but wife was still passed out. Heart starts pumping and I was like "sh*t, did someone get in past our security system?!"... Went for the bedroom door to look out the hall to downstairs and then realized I have nothing to protect myself, and quickly slid open the nightstand and got my 9mm. Already loaded, I opened the bedroom door and chambered a round in. Meanwhile wife is still sleeping but dog is sitting by her side. Walk around upstairs and don't see anything over the open foyer or hear anything and thought, what the hell crashed downstairs. So I slowly crept down with my pistol in hand pointed in front of me... And investigated. Alarm was still armed and I saw that the casing for the blinds over the kitchen window had fallen off and crashed onto the granite counters and knocked off some dirty dishes by the sink.. Heh. I was ready to pop someone if they came at me. Nerve racking, but surprised at how steady and calm I was (but then again I've never been a guy to panic in a situation)... So I told the wife this morning what happened and she jokingly/laughing was like "did you take your gun with you?" .. And I said "of course. If someone was in the house with a weapon, I think I'd rather be the guy to shoot than get shot because I didnt have a gun!" She stopped laughing an agreed and thanked me for looking out. Did make me think though about how important it is that we have the right to own firearms. If god forbid some prick was in my house robbing it, I don't think the police can get to the situation as quickly as I can walk down with a gun and stop him or protect myself if he comes to me, my wife and dog. I am glad to be able to own a firearm and not have to shudder in a corner calling 9-1-1 waiting for some lone officer to show up 10 minutes to late.

Well an update... I called United to provide them feedback and see if they would reimburse me for the rental car + Gas (suv to take 5 people) from Indianapolis to Chicago- and the lady said she doesn't handle negative feedback about previous experiences(per her customer service guidelines). Told me to go online and write an email. I was so blown away I think I was stoic for the rest of the convo. As of to date- have not heard a peep from united after sending them feedback. Next step is BBB or something along those lines. It's not like I could burn $300 for fun, you know? Ugh...

article on the front / top page of Drudge right now: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/09/nra-takes-aim-at-weapons-treaty

Agreed- but what if it's HP?

Stated perfectly- these are my thoughts exactly. I tell my wife someone walks in the house - tell them you have a gun(forget the kickboxing), and if they still come at you, point at them and keep pulling the trigger till it stops. One out of the 13 will stop them, and if not, they won't kill you with an empty gun and you can use your licensed kickboxing technique!

Man! Between all the posts and videos, just spent 20+ minutes of my train commute on this post.. Wow.

United SUCKS. Extremely annoyed with them.

Okay! So this isn't firearms related... But I decided I'd spread my experience about United Airlines here since they royally pissed me off last weekend. Last weekend was my wife's cousins wedding in Chicago and my wife, her sister and her boyfriend and my mother in law were flying out Friday morning at 11am to Chicago. We arrive at Newark airport on time- grab breakfast at 10 and start waiting for our flight. Well at 10:30 they delayed our flight to 12:30. Then 12:00pm rolls around and they push it to 2:00pm due to "mechanical issues". Then 1:00pm comes around (mind you 3+ hrs now) and they push it out to 3:00pm departure! Now we start getting edgy since we have a rehearsal dinner/party to attend at 6pm and that's looking bad. 1:15 rolls around and they announce flights cancelled due to weather issues (mind you it's sunny out here / Chicago!). Mind blowing. We ran around the terminal (lots of walking/running) looking for an unoccupied customer service counter since 100+ ppl waiting for the flight made a mad dash out to try to get another flight at CS counters. We find a counter and our party is broken apart into two with flights to Indianapolis since all Chicago flights were OVERBOOKED for that day and the next and that was the closest they could put us to get there(imagine if you're flying home to NJ and they said the closest they'll get you in at is Boston). We were told to rent a car and drive up! Let me tell you how hilarious I thought this was! But we did it since we had no choice ...and we paid $200 to rent an SUV and drive up 5 hours to Chicago from Indianapolis. What a sh*tshow! And no remorse or offer to reimburse the rental car + gas! NOW PART TWO: (return flight)! We had 2:02 flight out of Chicago back to Newark on Sunday. Get there early, eat- hang out and thinking what happened Friday was a hiccup. NOPE. Flight gets pushed back one hour.. Then two hours (IT IS SUNNY OUT)... Then finally at 5:15pm- THREE HOURS later, we leave. And they tried to push us off the flight for other people who were trying to get on because by 5:15, 3 flights to Newark were delayed by UNITED and they overbooked it!! They said it was weather related again and that is such bs!! It's the best excuse since they can't be liable for what happens. I don't understand what is wrong with this airline except they don't know how to run an airline and have BS customer service. I plan to call them later when I have time and demand $$ for the $250 car rental to chicago. Can't stand UNITED! Worst airline ever. Okay. Thanks for listening to my rant

The idiots who were involved all deserved what they got. They are the ones who ruin it for everyone else! Made me mad to see someone letting their dog run around with the fireworks- pisses me off since the dog doesn't know better and relies on their owners to take care of them.

What are the fines/penalty for setting off fireworks in a backyard? (not doing it myself).... Personally it's fun watching the neighbors set them off.. Except for that one neighbor who decided to do it every Saturday night at 10:30pm for 4 weeks till the local PD caught him...

Brought gun, check. Brought headphones, Damn it! Classic.

Maybe firearms manufacturers should just not sell guns to law enforcement in NY to make a point. Heh

Still trying to find this in Greece: University of Meropis... Lol

LMFAO!

Ford all the way... Forget GM- they are such a joke now and I hate saying that since they have had some great history with the different models they have made... But Obama and his friends took it over and it's definitly not the good old' American GM anymore

+1 Soon it'll be guideline that a police officer will have to ask the hostage wants to be saved... This lady disgusts me

Makes you wonder... Medical Examiner: Causeway Cannibal Not High On Bath Salts « CBS Miami http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/06/27/medical-examiner-causeway-cannibal-not-high-on-bath-salts/

Makes you wonder... Medical Examiner: Causeway Cannibal Not High On Bath Salts « CBS Miami http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/06/27/medical-examiner-causeway-cannibal-not-high-on-bath-salts/

Good. Now they need to do something about Obama trying to cover this up for Holder. So much for a transparent presidency! Ha

+1

Riding NJ transit and I feel bad for police and transit ppl- man it's a hot one out here!

265lbs?