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Update: Got the email to pick up my permision slips yesterday. Seems Passaic County has cut their processing time in half- I put in for these on 10/30/13, they were dated 01/16/14*. Good. Here's hoping for under 30 days on the next set. *This is a whole separate issue: in my town, the permits are always dated about 1 week prior to me being notified that they're ready and I usually. I'm thinking that the CLEO signs permits once a week or something. It's usually not a problem, but this round it's going to make it tight for me to use all 3 within 90 days, so I'll may get to find out how they are about extensions. P.S. A funny annecdote: The woman who handles permits wasn't at her desk when I came in (FWIW, she's great). So one of the other ladies asks what I need. Me: I got an email from D that my permits are ready. Her: Oh. She's not available right now. Me: That's ok. I'm off the rest of the day, so no rush. Her: Ummm... I think I can probably figure it out. Me: Oh that would would be great. It's actually pretty striaghtforward. You just verify my ID, I confirm all the info is correct on each permit and then you watch me sign them in front of you. Her: How many are there? Me: Just three. Her: THREE!?!? Me: Yup. The rest of the transaction went smoothly, though as I was signing I said to her "Don't worry. They're all for old-school, police style revolvers." Which seemed to make her feel a little better. LOL

I haven't run any PPU through my bottom feeders, but can attest to the dirtiness of the .38 LRN.

Maybe I'm way off here, but there's no reason why a ruling in favor of Abramski would eliminate all paperwork between private sellers. Despite J. Scalia's excellent exchange w/ Abramski's attorney SCOTUS could rule that BATFE overstepped and question 11a is out. But that doesn't automatically invalidate all state laws requiring paperwork for private sales, or even requiring all purchases go through FFLs. Of course I really hope the decision is that wide ranging, but the conservatives on SCOTUS tend to address as little as possible (i.e. only the actual issue at hand), unlike the liberals who try to make law rather than interpret.

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Update on Passaic Co. mental health check: The past two times I got permits, my wait was right around 5 months. I was able to confirm that everything was gtg as of week 4 or 5, except for the mental health check. Well I put in for permits on 10/30/13 and got the email today to pick them up (dated 01/15/14). So we're down to 10 weeks. Here's hoping for 30 days on the next set...

Don't be so sure. I probably won't happen, but one email/call/chat w/ a supervisor or if one was listening in (they do that in customer service depts) saying "Hey did you know bayo lugs, flash hiders, etc are a no go in NJ?" and PSA might stop selling those to us altogether.

Nothing wrong with shipping directly to your FFL. Probably smart, not just legally, but also logistically (saves you a trip as mentioned). However, there's def no reason to be explaining anything to the vendor. Since when is someone selling me something entitled to ask me a bunch of questions that are none of their business. But if you really, really felt compelled to explain yourself, "my FFL is doing some work on the build" should be more than sufficient.

+1 for froglube. I tried it on one gun, shot and post range clean up was much faster. I've switched to froglube on all my guns now. EDIT: one caveat- it's supposedly not that great on copper fouling. So if you shoot a lot of fmj, some foaming bore cleaner every few hundred rounds might help. In my experience though, I haven't noticed that it's any worse than hoppes on copper. YMMV.

I'm covered up here, but that's awesome. You're the man, Zeke.

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I did have an almost "pop the trunk" moment last summer. Back in July I got pulled over on my way to EFGA. Trooper comes around the passenger side, asks for my papers. As I'm retrieving, he’s looking at my (messy) interior. On the back seat I’ve got a homemade target stand partially covered with a shemagh. But clearly a target stand, w/ lots of holes in the wood (#5 shot). Trooper says something like “going shooting?” Luckily I figured the question or something like it was coming so I didn’t have the ‘guilty’ pause/look of surprise. I just said “yeah”. He then says “PA?”. I respond “Yup, friend is a member at some outdoor spot over there. Never been before, but I hear PA has some nice ranges.” That second part was meant to convey ‘I don’t have a Utah/Florida CCW and I’m not carrying’. I then added “I’d like to get out there for turkey this fall, because I’ve had no luck in Jersey.” Turns out he’s a hunter too. The rest of the 10 minutes was about turkey, coyotes, public vs private land, etc. No questions about what guns I had with me and no ticket. Definitely luck of the draw.

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There's a listing in the marketplace for a 5.7 pistol, PS90 and a bunch of ammo.

There's a definitely a middle place between confessing to the cop like he's your priest and refusing to open the window more than an inch (youtubers, lol). Usually being polite and not looking squirrelly goes a long way.

The argument against that approach would be that (after Illinois) concealed carry *is* available to everyone. So that's not really an issue. What needs to get reviewed by SCOTUS is the justifiable need b.s. Using Kern's argument won't work, since states can still set "reasonable" restrictions on marriages in their own states, like the various age requirements, parental consent, etc. The only thing that's changed is that gender is no longer considered a valid rationale for restricting marriage.

Thanks! This is a 3 paycheck month, so I might be able to pick something up.

It was supposed to come home on my last set of permits, but I ran into a great deal on a Model 10 at Efinger and burned one of my permits on that, so now I'm waiting again. My turn around has been about 5 months (Passaic Co. mental health check is the delay). I put in for them October 30, so probably late March, early April. Ugh.

I have a gun that's been paid for since August that I'm still waiting on a permit for.

Citizen's sounds great and it's only 30 minutes from me (making it the closest range). Looks like I may have to do it.

Message movies usually suck. I'm sure this won't be any different. Hopefully that scumbag spend 100s of millions on it and loses every penny.

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I think the last time I was asked that I was in H.S. In any event, that's not a question you need to answer. Though if I was on my 2 min drive to the bank or on my way to a bank branch 1/2 block from a range, yeah I would say "going to the range". And my car wouldn't get searched. I mean NJ sucks, but it doesn't suck anywhere near that bad.

There's a TD Bank 500 feet from GFH. I'm sure other ranges, gunsmiths, etc have bank branches close by or on the way to them. You may also live close to one (I live 2 min driving from three different banks, 5 min away from at east seven or eight). But really, what's the fear here? That the fuzz will stop and search your car? "I'm on your way to the range, officer". I'm always super cautious about doing everything gun related by the books, but you guys really gotta relax here.

Apparently, yes.