jm1827

Welcome, and you can't go wrong with a 686

Yes it did, thanks for asking. Got it back on May 17, iIt took nearly 6 months but is did finally go through. Now I am waiting on 2 P2Ps, submitted the paperwork on 17-Jun-2013 and was told 4-5 months due to the "volume".

Codey is the one who is out of touch with the NJ public. I think we have seen enough evidence that these gun bills are really only supported by a small number of people who have an agenda to push, whether it is a part of a liberal manifesto, or a political strategy to push our governor into a corner, or simply a red herring to deflect the attention away from their complete incompetence. We have seen that there is also a fairly large number of people who feel strongly that these gun laws will only have an impact on law abiding citizens and not violent criminals (i.e. that brutal home invasion, how would these laws prevent that, they won't they would only make it more difficult for law abiding citizens to protect themselves). Then there is a critical mass of people, that are probably a majority, that don't feel strongly either way about these gun laws, but tend to support them because of the spin that is put on them, "it is for the children", "if it only saves one life", etc. These same people have clearly shown is what they do want is lower unemployment, better jobs, a better future for their children, affordable education, lower taxes, and the list goes on. So I would wager that it is Mr Codey and his team that are out of touch with the public. But then again, who am I.

As the title says, I took my 13 year old daughter to Range 14 today to shoot for her first time. She was smiling ear to ear the whole time, she had a blast. Overall a great experience, she was hitting paper at 100 yards and shooting 2 inch groups at 50 yards. Not great but not bad for a first time out. Took her over to shoot some trap but she decided she would pass but would give it a try next time. She want's to try my Mosin next time.

Or you can give it to your wife and buy a new one for yourself...just a suggestion

I also think that everyone needs to assume that any home invasion has the potential to turn violent very quickly, especially our politicians and the media. I am 100% positive that this would not have garnered as much attention as it did without the video footage. It is all too easy for the pols and the media to judge a homeowner that does fight back. There was an elderly man several months ago in another state that killed 1 or 2 individuals that invaded his home and attempted to rob him and he was very harshly criticized because they were unarmed. I think everyone needs to assume that this is the intent of the intruder and they need to be dealt with appropriately. I do not want to hear about how good the boy was that invaded someone's home, how he is "misunderstood" and that he deserves a second chance. Anyone that makes the decision to cross that line and enter someone's home is capable of and likely to harm those that live there. Period.

This will determine his standing on the national level, and he knows it...

We need to articulate this in the correspondence as well!

Well done. My letters, faxes and phone calls will start going out this evening as well.

Wow- still going fast.

Took me almost 6 months just for a change of address on my FID. Like others, after about 4 months I wrote to my local legislators, the Governor, NJSP super and NJ- AG. Don't know if it helped or not, but I after 30 days on my recent P2P I will start writing again. Hamilton NJSP told me 5 months (I submitted paperwork in early June), so we will see.

Join, they are a great organization and do so much more than the NRA at the local/state level.

So, to some of your points. First of all, is this legal? Constitutionally probably not, at least in it's basic tenant, I would venture to guess at least some of our founding fathers had allergies and I am 100% sure they would not even consider limiting anyone's right to bear arms based on whether they had watery eyes and a runny nose. Now as to NJ legal, and this is a very slippery slope, probably. Asinine...absolutely, legal in this cesspool of NJ nonsense... probably. At the very least very difficult and expensive to overturn.

This is an easy one- get a .357 first, this way you have a .38 and a .357.

After my wife saw that video she asked me to teach her how to use our guns, her exact quote was "we have these guns and they are useless to me, I need to learn how to use them" I hope to get her out to the range this weekend.

That video was a turning point for my wife. After watching it yesterday she came to me and said "we have those guns upstairs in the safe and they are useless to me, I need to learn how to use them" I couldn't agree more.

So sorry for your loss, my prayers are with you and your family.

No, and on the paperwork I received directly from the NJSP thay clearly state that you can apply for as many permits as you would like and you have 90 days in which to use them and that you can ask for an extension if needed.

I hope he vetoes it, I really want a .50 at some point in my life!

They are never with us long enough!

When you say gun permit are you referring to a permit to purchase a pistol? I think the wait times vary depending on the local PD or if you don't have a local PD the NJSP. From what I have seen the wait times can vary from a little over a month to 5 or 6 months, again depending on the PD and how quickly your references reply.

Classic rock and country mainly- Toby Kieth and Zac Brown Band are some of my recent favs.

let's see...how long until he is a reformed - born again something or other running a non profit and collecting handouts from members or the government.

Great idea, thanks! Mine are currently on the wall but I could definitely better utilize the wall space and move the rods to the ceiling.

I will never go back there...just last week they were still selling .22 for $99 per 100 round box. Complete opportunistic gougers!