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No pun intended?

State of Emergency, non essential state employees off. Any FFLs can confirm?

The snow should be over by Tuesday morning at the latest. Things should be fine by Wednesday night. Plus the already cancelled last month's meeting. I doubt they'd cancel another one if they don't have to. Last month they just cancelled it, no rescheduling. So that wouldn't really do much to help you, unfortunately.

Math? Government work? Sounds like a plan.

Yup. Dismissed on Prosecutor's motion.

Yeah. I was on the fence about joining because of that rule. But I mostly shoot revolvers, so it's not a big deal. They did mention that one of the rationales for it is the fact that once there are six shooters on a range, one them has to be the RO (and therefore can't shoot), so 5 rounds at a time allows everyone to get on the line without waiting too long (ROs switch out between volleys). The only real inconvenience is gonna be my Marlin 60 (tube fed).

The run has a total ascent of 164.04 ft and has a maximum elevation of 160.76 ft. That's 16 stories spread out over 3/4 mile (give or take).

Yeah. Magnums outdoors only, and the 5 round rule applies to all ranges.

Families with money/connections often find ways to avoid the stigma of their kid ODing by having it listed as cardiac arrest, asphyxiation, accidental poisoning, etc. Same way that rich people used to never commit suicide, but had an inordinate amount of "hunting accidents".

Same here, though I probably wouldn't hang anything on it. I dig the 8 rounds of .357, the lighter weight, black matte finish, 5" bbl and overall good looks.

I have a some bottom feeders (9 & 45) and have plans to add a couple more. But if you're only going to own a couple of handguns, I say yeah get another GP or a Smith. Same caliber, same manual of arms and totally reliable. I own more than one GP (they're my favorite guns, especially the 3"), an SP101 and a Smith & Wesson model 10. No regrets. I mean, yeah, revolvers aren't slick looking, tactical and accessorizable (usually*), but if push came to shove, I'd take a wheel gun over a semi every time. Even at the range, my revolvers get more use. And if you can master the DA trigger on a revolver, you'll be able to shoot any gun well. *sometimes wheelies are tacticool too:

"The rifle and magazine declarations will be included in information given to police responding to a certain address. “This would be a factor in deciding how to respond to different situations,” Lawlor says." In other words, you go on a bad guy list age your neighbor calls in a noise complaint, they're coming in full SWAT mode, kicking in doors, flash bang grenades and shooting the dog. Over a late postmark. F***ing great.

Well, "can't second guess" except to say that he should've been carrying a big bore wheel gun, .357 mag at least.

Don't know what I would've done. FWIW, the description says he had his kid behind him. Turning those snowmobiles around may not have been an option or even possible and there was nowhere to go right or left. Still, before drawing the gun, he stood up to make himself look bigger and made a lot of noise. And he still didn't draw after the first time the moose charged. He only pulls out the gun after the second charge, when moose actually makes contact. Whether he should've done something different before then is up for debate, but he did show a lot of restraint once the distance was closed. Probably too much, in fact. He and/or his son could've been killed or seriously hurt on that first charge. Even just a broken arm or leg out in the middle of nowhere can be disastrous. Again, I don't know what I would have done, but I can't second guess a father protecting his son and himself in that situation.

Are you saying that in NJ, a person can apply for and obtain a P2P, without previously or simultaneously obtaining a FPID? Or just that you can apply for both in one shot?

Sportsman's Guide packaging is awesome. Always a bigger box than is necessary and instead of air bags, bubble wrap or styrofoam peanuts, they use one long sheet of bunched up, thick paper about 2' wide that's perfect for making your own targets. This one was 7.5' long, used to package two 25 rounds boxes of sd ammo.

Condition 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImgFG0kMQ88&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Regarding just keeping your "old" FID- A. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. B. The FID (or rather FPID) serves the following functions: i. Allows you to purchase long guns from an FFL. (Hence the 'P' in Firearms Purchaser ID). ii. Allows you to purchase handgun ammunition from an FFl (.22lr is handgun ammo). iii. Allows you to apply for a permit to purchase a pistol ( P2P). As point out by Bob and Paul below, not needed to apply for P2P iv. Alllows you to transport/possess a long gun (unloaded, etc), without having to adhere to the standard exepmtions which DO apply to handguns (ie to from range, only reasonably necessary deviations, etc). C. That for which a valid FPID is NOT needed: i. Owning or possessing firearms (so long as said firearms are otherwise legal for the person to own or possess in this state). ii. Owning or possessing (nj legal, as above) ammunition. iii. Transporting (nj legal) firearms and ammunition to/from range, gun shop, hunting grounds, gunsmith. D. I am not a lawyer and none of this was legal advice.

Definitely. Once I'm official, I'll shoot you a PM whenever I head over there.

Thanks for the heads up. I was going to post a reminder tomorrow just to make sure none of us forgets.

FWIW, this is what pro-2A Sweeney used to look like (not my pic/letter)

I don't know. I get that the comp/brake directs the noise and blast out the sides, where other people are shooting, but how loud does it really get? AK/AR= 155dB 357 mag = 164dB That's nearly 10x louder. Even 38, 380, 9 and 45 are louder than modern battle rifles. http://www.freehearingtest.com/hia_gunfirenoise.shtml

The Fudds.... As long as mag limits don't go below 3 and only apply to semi-autos, they'll happily side with the grabbers.

http://extranosalley.com/?p=27241 Someone came by searching for “what percentage of american murders are gang related.” Since all murders are not solved, and an actual motive is only a matter of conjecture for many more, an exact answer is not possible. Doing some data mining with 2010 numbers, and extrapolating from the number of murders solved by arrest to all known murders, it appears that approximately 78 percent, slightly more than three out of every four murders, are gang related. For 2010, the FBI reported 14,478 murders and non-negligent homicides. Of those, approximately 11,290 were in some way gang related. And, for those of a thoughtful turn of mind, those numbers mean that were it not for gang activity, the United States homicide rate would be in the 1 per 100,000 range.