ryan_j

They will usually do the fingerprints at the belleville office during the week and also at the weekend ccw classes. Email Charlie just to make sure he's there. Some local PDs are refusing to do fingerprint cards since their fingerprints are now done at morpho trak.

So while I do not want this ban to pass, does it exempt the Desert Eagle?

wow must be a real rash of drive bys committed with 50 cal weapons for them to contemplate this.

That's not what I'm talking about. You are talking about the process. I'm talking about the motivation. The declaration talks about inalienable rights granted by our creator. If there is fear of a higher power, there's less justification for doing wrong things. As a child, didn't you fear your mommy and daddy taking off their belt and giving you a good paddling for doing something wrong? That's exactly how the Government should feel about the citizenry, and there should be NO QUESTION about rights because they are not man-made, period. And the simplest way to say "not man-made" where everyone will understand is to say "God-given."

But as I said, God is not necessarily a supreme being. It is a legal concept. An "Act of God" is used all the time in contracts.

Well if you don't want to acknowledge God anywhere, time to take down the stars and stripes and fly the union jack.

Okay, so if God has no place in the discussion, where does your right to keep and bear arms come from, and what exactly is preventing politicians from legislating it away?

That's exactly what I said. God is a legal concept, not just a supreme being. An "act of God" is something beyond human control.

Some people are so hung up on religion. All I can say is, look beyond religion. I make no bones about the fact that I am a Christian but at the same time I respect the religious beliefs of all, including the right not to believe. When speaking about "God" with regards to public policy, you have to view "God" as a legal concept. "God" as a legal concept means yielding to a higher power than mankind. Once you yield to human beings, that's it, your "rights" become arbitrary and are at the whim of people, including tyrannical Governments.

The guy is a former LEO too. Not saying all LEO are opposed to 2A (most that I know aren't) but some believe in "reasonable restrictions."

Saw that yesterday on America Live... but it's not really new. Gun control will end up in the SCOTUS and I believe they will allow carry. I think they'll leave it as open carry because the founders never said anything about concealment and throughout history open carry has been the norm.

I have gas a year old stored with marine formula sta-bil with no problems. But every spring I usually cycle it out by using it in my car and van. Keep the container FULL. Less oxygen to oxidize it and less moisture to get into it. Use marine formula sta-bil or something similar. The #1 problem today is ethanol which attracts moisture. I would have bought ethanol free gas but we don't have that here. I keep 50 gallons in jerry cans no problem. I didn't want to spend 10 grand on a whole house standby generator. I do have a 500 gallon propane tank so I may get a carb kit for my generator and a quick disconnect. I don't wait for storms to stock up on stuff. By the time the storm warning is out, too late to get stuff. Stores are practically JIT inventory anyway and any panic buying usually cleans the store shelves. I badly want off grid solar capability but I really don't think I want to invest that in a NJ home the way things are going.

So what do you want us to say, that the Government wrote the constitution to give us the right to keep and bear arms? If that's the case, if the Government gave us the right to keep and bear arms, what's to prevent said Government from taking it away?

Honestly when you start talking about the 2nd amendment and American values in general, North Easters will write you off as a nut.

^^^^^^^^ This!!! Congrats on the kid!!!

I guess you didn't read the declaration of independence then. You should read it to gain some context. Our rights aren't given to us in the constitution. They are recognized. Our rights are inalienable and we are born with them. Whether you think it's from God or they just came out of nowhere that is your choice. The fact is that those rights are out of the reach of the Government because they did not give them to us.

YOu don't have to believe in God to understand what a God given right is. "Act of God" is a legal term. Both mean things that no human really has any control of. If you concede that all rights are man made then they can take away any number of them. My rights are inalienable because they are God given rights. The Government doesn't give them to me, it only recognizes them. Remember, the only reason they don't recognize God is because they want to assert that without God, they can make up whatever rights they want for you. So in essence without God you have no rights. God doesn't have to mean Jesus. God just has to mean not human beings and not the Government.

Still looking for some 45ACP. My last trip to the range kind of depleted my stocks. I have the 2 box reserve but I don't want to dip into that. Simon Peter said they had in stock but all they had was that awful blazer aluminum cased ammo. I guess I better learn to reload.

On another (non-gun) forum a really hardcore liberal and anti had the nerve to tell me that "the government is not taking away any of your guns." So what the hell will an assault weapons ban do? In NJ under the proposed bills won't you have to dispose of the weapon within 90 days? Even after I explained this, I was told, "the government is not taking away your guns." I asked, "well then what is the use of gun control laws if I get to keep the scary guns?" No answer. Then s/he said, "then what the hell are you doing with illegal guns in the first place?" And I said, "HELLO they are not illegal now, but may be if the laws pass" This is exactly the kind of bald faced lies we are dealing with. They are flat out denying that they are grabbing our guns while they hold it and tug until it prys loose. They use this with EVERY cause they are in favor of. The worst part is that people actually believe and side with them. How do people convince others with obvious lies? I have no idea how we are going to fight against this...

Connecticut had just such a bill, IIRC.

We used to be #1 when they enacted OGAM. California used to be #1 before that, IIRC. What I don't get is how NY could be #1. Yes they have 7 rounds but it is relatively easy to get a CCW there in some counties. At least compared to NJ. I know that's like choosing between a cup of piss and a shit sandwich but still.

TWO BLASTS... that's all you need.

I think the issue was that the knife was out in the open. I had no idea and I've been carrying a multitool sheathed all these years. Now I know better and I leave it at home. The priest who was arrested was a sikh priest. The knife is called a kirpan. They can wear a smaller symbolic one that is harmless in places where they cannot wear knives.

Then when Christie runs for President and we end up with a democrat replacement they'll get legislated out of business.

Christie does seem to be sympathetic towards "sportsmen" though, specifically because he approved the bear hunt.