Jfoster99

I actually had that in my first draft but pulled it ... I agree.. good idea. I will update this post in early December when I have a date to offer.. Glad to see their is some interest...

I will be getting my NRA Basic Pistol Instructor Certification this week. For my first class I was thinking about offering a small 2-4 person course for cost (or free) to a few people in December.. The presentation may be a little rough being my first class but I assure you all the material will be covered. Class would likely be in my basement ( North Jersey) with a trip to ANJRPC or Bullet Hole for the Live Fire. FYI - This class plus an existing CCW from say Florida or Virginia is all you need for the Connecticut CCW. Thoughts, comments, interest?

In the last 5+ years I was unable to find a single incident of someone being arrested at the airport that did not involve the person technically breaking the law in some way. Mostly what I found was people who traveled to NY with a handgun getting busted flying out. If someone could point me to a report contrary I would truly love to see it.

The point here is very simple and has gotten severely off track by outdated opinions, paranoid fears and anti Bloomberg agendas. Jersey residents are not getting thrown into jail for showing up at NY airports with handguns. If you are confident in your knowledge of the laws involved and stay well inside them you can travel thru JFK safely. Period end of story. If I need to travel with firearms in the future JFK is an option. There has been no first hand knowledge offered on the issue here or any other forum I could find with any recent /relevant information. Now you know the facts from the field. The rest can offer there arm chair opinions without me. Signing off this post..

Meant to say PA not TSA as in Port Authority Police..

Not being intimidated to exercise our dwindling Gun Rights just because TSA does not like it is supporting our 2A. (Use them or loose them) My trip involved a 10 hour drive thru the Nevada Desert at night by myself so being armed was well worth the concern/stress of flying out of JFK. Sure Officer Thompson had a serious demeanor and I had to wait 10-15 minutes but at no time did I feel threatened or intimidated. He was professional at all times.

You seem informed enough to make your own decision. It is not for everyone... For some their support of 2A ends at a strongly worded message board post, for others that is where it begins... It is not for me to judge your reasons...

If you take a class with NJ Training you can shoot there for free whenever they are doing a class...

This is it. Notice the dirt floor at waist height just in front on the bench and all the garbage on the left side wall... Not exactly a "Premiere Shooting Center" Place looks time frozen in 1975...

I think it is ground floor but it has a low ceiling.... There is a catering hall over it...

I would not say bad decision...I would advise It is not for the novice and extra precaution certainly needs to be made to ensure all ducks are in order as they will not give you a legal inch.. So that alone creates extra risk... I would try to fly out of anyplace else first but I would do it again... I also think the "General Advice NOT to do it is a good policy". But if no one does it the situation has no chance of improvement.

They are in Began.. Just a few miles north of jersey city..

Schuetzen Park has a bar 20' from the range.. Did my NRA Basic Pistol there in June.

I just completed my last checkin in Houston, TX and yesterday flew out of Reno Nevada. Reno had me sign an unloaded vouched , the called TSA who did a very cursory check of my back in the back room and had me place the unloaded vouched nest to the locked gun safe. Never asked to see the gun. Took 5-10 minutes. Houston had me sign the unloaded vouched and then said throw it in thee bag. No TSA search... Took all of 30 seconds...

Because I knew I was being taken to X-ray next with the Police in tow... I did not want any surprises.... Not to mention I had a case of the nervous blabber mouth. I have two more airport checkins on my trip. One in Reno Nevada and lastly in Houston, Tx... Something tell me not police will be called unless there is an issue. Sitting on Tarmac in Phonix waiting for connecting flight to take off. I hope my bag made it on... I barely made it myself...

I appreciate everyone's effort to offer advice on this matter. Ultimately I decided to follow my own research.. A sincere thanks to all who offered to help... I am writing this from Terminal 4 at JFK waiting to board a U.S. Airways flight. I checked in 2 handguns without issue and the whole process although cumbersome was about what I expected. I would do it again but not without double checking everything... I have no doubt if my ducks were not in order I would not have been cut any breaks. For those that are interested below is a walk through and my experience... I had my Ruger LCP .380 and NAA Mini .22WMR field stripped in a Nano Vault NV300. In the case also are copies of my Pistol Purchase Permit for both guns. In my wallet i have my NJ Firearms ID card, FL CCW, and the receipt from the Luk Oil Gas station down the road from my house as well and a Cash receipt from GW bridge and Throgsneck bridge ( I usually pay via EZ Pass but wanted the receipt today to show direct travel to the airport. I walked up to the checkin counter at U.S. Airway and printed out my boarding pass, I handed it to the agent and said I needed to checkin an unloaded firearm. He instructed me to go to the supervisor. The supervise said the TA Police had to verify all handguns so I had to wait for them to come. While waiting I asked how often non police check in hand guns and he said only once or twice per month at his counter. Officer R. Thompson Badge 813 arrived after a 15minute wait. He asked if i was LEO. When i said no his demeanor became serious. He checked my FID and drivers Lic, then asked to see the weapons and confirmed they were not loaded. He asked where I was traveling, then wrote down the make and model of my guns in his book as well as my contact information and asked for my phone number. The checkin agent also viewed the firearms were not loaded and put a red label in the case before I closed it. As I was placing the gun case back in my suitcase I asked the agent if he need to see the ammo as no one had ask about it... As I was reaching in my suite case the agent said no as long at it was packed separately. For some reason this caught the attention of officer Thompson who reached for the lid of my luggage and forced it open to take his own look.... Officer Thompson then handed me over to another officer and the three of us walked over to a TSA X-ray machine. My bag was to big for the machine I was escorted to a back room when my back was hand searched... They did not reopen the gun case... Once they completed TSA gave the suite case back to the checkin agent who went walking off thru the airport with my gun in tow.. I was lead to the front of the security screening checkin line before being allowed in the secure area to my gate.. The whole process was about 30 minutes. TSA Searching my bag Officer Thompson

Wow...ok I thought this way they do not need to page me.... Guess the point is for me to be present...

I know this is an old post but did not want to start a new one.. I just spent the morning researching for myself the risks of a NJ resident flying out of JFK airport. I spoke with the airline, the tsa and port authority Police. All told me it will not be an issue as long as I followed the rules for locked case, unloaded ect. I went a step further and got in touch with the Port Authority Police desk sgt at JFK. The guy who would be responsible for arresting me if it came time to do so... In addition to regurdgitating the rules we had a candid conversation about past issues and the present status of Traveling with handguns thru JFK and explained the process. He said it is routine and would not be an issue. He said most likely when I declare the firearm at the airline counter PA Police will be called over.. ( this is not something I have read about happening at other airports).They will verify I legally possess the handgun in NJ AND that I traveled DIRECTLY to the airport. He mentioned people coming to NY with a Handgun staying a few days and then attempting to fly out as the ones who have an issue... I ask how they verify the directly to part and he said that coming from NJ with a NJ Drivers Lic they would take my word for it. I mentioned getting a Toll receipt and he said that was a good idea. If anyone else from NJ has flown out of JFK or LGA recently I would be curious to here about your experience. I am Traveling alone this trip... No wife, kids or colleagues so if the whole plan goes south so be it... I don't wan to be intimidated out of my right to keep and bear arms....

I am thinking about going light for my upcoming flight to the mid-west. I picked up one of these little Lockable cases. It will snuggly hold one Ruger LCP or similar size gun. It is a hard plastic case and I plan on using a TSA combination lock...Does anyone think this is a bad move and I should stick with the Metal "Gun-Vault" type Safe in the first post.

I got a ton of paper work from the ATF with my C&R. A lot was junk but these Federal Law books are a nice reference. Sometimes I prefer reading on paper then a PC Monitor. They also sent CD with everything as wel. PM me if you would like anything in the picture. It is all duplicates. I also got a follow up call back from the ATF investigator regarding the C&R exemption for the one gun a month. The short version was the NJ State police said not... They do not recognize the C&R exemption..And they instruct FFL dealers not to accept this exemption. In my opinion if a C&R holder purchased from two separate FFL dealers in a month and got a call from the state police they would win in court.... I could even see the state police dropping the charge so as not to set a precedent and open the way for everyone to just get their C&R.... This seem like a good cause for NJ2AS to peruse... There should be a way to take them to courts on this without someone having to risk jail time...

The left hand twist supposedly helps the gun cam correctly for a lefty.. I built a dedicated spikes .22 from a stripped spikes lower for my son and have a right hand bushmaster already. I want a lower with an ambi or dedicated bolt release.. Not a B.A.D.

I have been researching left option and have narrowed it down to either a Rock River Arms Left hand AR. These are lefty uppers with Left only lowers. Nothing is Ambi. This means the dust cover flips down like it should. other lefty uppers have it flip up so as not to interfear with the bolt release. The RRA even have rear sight adjustment knobs reversed and a left hand barrel twist. Everything is a mirror image. MSRP $1150 The other setup I am considering is a POF Gen4 Ambi Lower ( safty and bolt release) $649 plus a Stag Arms Left Hand Upper. These have the flip up dust cover. $730 Total Rifle = $1379 Aside from Price which one is the better option? Are both manufactures comparable? Is there anything I need to consider I am not thinking about? The RRA ships AWB compliment which is nice, also RRA has a 4 month wait which is also ok as this would be an Xmas present anyway... RRA Stag

This page at CTD has my head spinning.... Way to many choices.. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemListing.aspx?pagesize=1000&sort=priceLow&catid=1664

In addition to the Ruger Single Six by whch all others are measured it seems I found these. The USFA 22/12 shot look nice but cost more then the Ruger.. Cimmeron Plinkerton .22lr SA Heritage Arms Rough Rider .22lr SA Chiappa .22lr SA Colt New Frontier Buntline ..22lr SA USFA .22lr SA 12 shot

Thank you... I guess I would have learned that in class... Come to think of it the .22 I used in the class I took as a student was a single action. So given this information I need to add a single action revolver. Why was .22 not recommended? Can anyone recommend a good single action revolver? In .22lr or perhaps .22wmr to satisfy the class requirement?