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The more you have to spend the better safe you can get (generally speaking). But often you are getting just a larger safe not a more secure safe. Most safes are rated RSC (UL Label - Residential Security Container) so they tend to be easier to break into (check Youtube for some interesting video's). This rating will withstand 5 minutes of attack without using any sophisticated tools. The higher ratings of TL-15 and TL-30 can withstand up to 15/30 minutes but using more power equipment. Their prices are significantly higher. Some safes have no ratings so you might want to stay away from them. And as others have said you will always (ALWAYS!) outgrow the safe and want a larger one.

The specs on the safe you purchased say it is a fire only safe. As others have said safes in this price range are not going to stop a determined thief but they should at least stop your kids. Check out the Bighorn safe at Costco which is on sale now at $599 (they run these sales throughout the year). It is a little larger than the one you had. http://www.costco.com/BIGHORN-Safe-%7C-19.1-CuFt-%7C-30-min-Fire-Protection-%7C-59%22H-x-28%22W-x-20%22D-%7C-Electronic-Lock.product.11625662.html

Welcome. I see the gun nut virus is starting to hit you (it never ends for sure). Nice YouTube channels. Just like guns pretty soon you will be spending way too much time watching them.

In Before The Lock (by the moderator).

IANAL: Isn't a case decided by any Supreme Court the final decision (unless they are going to appeal at the federal level)?

A few years ago I had to send in a copy of any other states concealed carry permit (I used FL).

I think this will be very useful. A non-resident NH carry permit will now be valid in PA again.

But in both pictures the tube goes to the end of the barrel. With an overall length difference that is only 1.5" how can this hold 2 more 2.75" shells?

I am confused about the specs for shotguns. I am comparing two Mossberg pump action 590a1 shotguns: An 18.5" barrel model has an overall length of 39.5" and holds 6 shells (+ 1 in the chamber). http://www.mossberg.com/product/590a1-7-shot-50776/ A 20" barrel model has an overall length of 41" and hold 8 shells (+ 1 in the chamber). It is 1.5" longer than the 18" barrel and 1.5" longer overall length. http://www.mossberg.com/product/590a1-9-shot-51660/ Both magazine tubes seem to go the full length of the barrel. So how does adding 1.5" to the barrel length add 2 more 2.75" shell capacity? The only thing I can think of is that the magazines have plugs to limit the number of shells but I am not sure why they would do this. Thanks.

I knew what you were saying and agree. It just got me saying she is being in anyway honest. Diane Feinstein was truly being honest when she said: "If I could’ve gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them — Mr. and Mrs. America turn ’em all in — I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren’t here." Most of the pro gun control people agree with her and would as you said just slowly achieve their goal over years.

The DC Attorney General has changed his tune. They are now not denying applicants that don't have a "good reason" to carry a gun. One can only go so far in ignoring court orders.

Really? "CLINTON: Well, I do support the Second Amendment. That has always been understood." Face the Nation transcripts January 17, 2016 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcripts-january-17-2016-clinton-sanders-rubio-kasich/

The feds might not know but NJ can and not from these boards. Privacy from the government, well that horse is out of the barn.

Only in NJ do we have to disarm to pick up our mail

I checked and my town is also off by 2 so probably shouldn't use this chart and check with your township. When you fill in the online form after you enter your towns ORI code it will display the town to make sure it is correct so make sure it is the correct town!!

You view all municipalities 4 digit ORI codes here: http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/omb/forms/pdf/municodes.pdf

https://www.njportal.com/njsp/criminalrecords/ApplicationRequest/RequestApplication.aspx You will need the ORI number for your township.

A friend sent me an email they sent out this morning. It looks like they will accept any order postmarked by May 16th. I still have a chance for my first Garand!

OBRPC has a separate 50 yard range with tables setup for each of the firing positions.

I watched the video this morning (they have pretty good videos on their channel). He does make the case that you need more training to make sure you are comfortable with the DA/SA triggers and also get used to always decocking. Some people are going to get them because they are "safer" but not get the training. In the stress of an encounter I still believe the less you have to do the better. One could make the case that a revolver fits the bill with less things to learn and do under stress.

Handloads: Not a Good Idea for Concealed Carry http://www.gundigest.com/gun-blogs/books/handloads-not-a-good-idea-for-concealed-carry "As an expert witness in shooting cases over the past few decades, Massad Ayoob has drawn a few conclusions about what works and what doesn’t. In this excerpt from his recent book, Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob, he explains why he avoids the use of handloads for defensive purposes." "While it’s a slam-dunk to defend your use of hollow point ammo, the use of handloads in a shooting presents much more serious problems to your defense team. Defensive shootings are often very close-range affairs in which gunshot residue (GSR) from your muzzle is deposited on your attacker’s body or clothing. This can become a critical evidentiary factor if the other side insists he was too far away from you to endanger you at the moment he was shot. The distance testing is done with exemplar ammunition, that is, ammo identical to what was in your gun, but not the same exact cartridges. Don’t count on the crime lab testing the remaining rounds from your weapon as taken into evidence at the shooting scene. If the fight was sufficiently intense, there may not be any rounds left in the gun that saved your life. Even if there are remaining cartridges in evidence, they may not be tested. The prosecutor can argue, “Your honor, firing those cartridges consumes them! It’s destructive testing! The defense is asking the Court’s permission to destroy the evidence! You cannot allow it!” Do you think that’s a BS argument? So did I…until I saw a judge accept it, in a case where handloads were used in the death weapon, but the state crime lab tested with a much more powerful factory load, based on the headstamp on the reloaded casings. That gave a false indication of distance involved, and the defendant – whom I have strong reason to believe was innocent – was convicted of manslaughter."

When they get a search warrant for your house and walk into your reloading room?

Oh man....lead ammo-the environmentalists on the jury will vote for conviction and a cheap handgun sounds like a Saturday night special and we all know those are for committing crimes. Better be careful.

One of the problems with hand loads is the inability to run ballistic tests. If you are using factory ammunition your expert witness can show the facts that this ammunition was proper for its use. If you use a hand load this is impossible to do and they won't take your word about it either. The prosecutor can claim anything at that point. Prosecutors can and so say anything to get a conviction. This is the way the system works. People have been convicted of carrying too much spare ammunition. "the only purpose of carrying four spare magazines was to kill many people". In the end you do what you can to eliminate as many issues as you can and if and when you have to defend yourself in court you get the best expert witnesses and defense attorneys. Massad Ayoob: Carrying Spare Ammunition for Self-Defense http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2015/01/massad-ayoob-carrying-spare-ammunition-self-defense/#massad-ayoob-spare-ammunition-self-defense-ammo-1 Gun Modifications, Light Triggers and Reloaded Ammunition https://www.armedcitizensnetwork.org/gun-modifications Take some courses on the law and you will be amazed at what you don't know.

btw: I have Federal HST in my home defense guns.