ryan_j

I don't really like these ethical culture societies all that much. Not so much because they are usually atheist (I don't mind atheists, in fact some of my best friends are atheist) but because they believe that individual freedom gets in the way of their vision of a perfect society. So I think arguing freedom with them is pointless. What we do need to do is drown them out. Freedom is the better way, not societal perfection.

Out of curiosity, is the state Gov't still NJ's largest industry? Maybe it's where I live but most New Jerseyans I come in contact with lean conservative. And that's not just up here in Sussex, it's in Bergen, Morris, Passaic and even Essex outside of Newark and Paterson. Maybe it's just the crowd I hang with...

I support all of them but I am a bit disappointed that NRA isn't doing more for us. That said I will probably spring for $300 life membership some day if only to add to the numbers and keep the magazine coming. But I am getting encouraged by the SAF's work in the courts. Alan Gura is a freaking genius. I will be supporting them and NJ2AS more, especially if they get a win with CCW. I also support GOA, and I notice that they tend to fight more for gun dealers which is often overlooked by the other organizations. I like how Larry Pratt goes head to head with tools such as Piers Morgan.

You don't need a LLC to be self employed. I was self employed sole proprietor for a good few years in addition to my regular job.

Good question. I did mine last year. I told HR (not my supervisor) that I needed a contact for the state police to conduct a background investigation on me. I also said that it was for firearms licensing, because frankly given who I work for that reason should not be a problem. I have no idea whether the HR person was contacted or not. They didn't tell me.

You neeead to be... Oh great, now her voice is stuck in my head.

Fat chance. They won't even reveal pricing without a C&R or FFL.

This guy started out selling contraband and made a fortune from smuggling. Crime DOES pay apparently: http://en.wikipedia....oman_Abramovich His partner is having a baby, so they want to have the baby in America so the baby will be a natural born US citizen... That's probably the very reason they are here. In addition to the yacht, he also owns a 767... wow.

He may not like guns but he knows a money maker when he sees it.

I don't imagine any police department or township that would be happy with this from a manpower and cost perspective. It's more work for them and more cost. Sure, they'd pass some of the cost down to us but you're still taking away an officer's time from other things. That is one of the things we need to hammer away at. They may not care about the rights issue or even the safety one but when it comes to dollars and cents that's when people pay attention.

That's awesome. Thank you.

Anyone applied for VA recently? How long? I emailed them for an application packet yesterday, typically how long do they take to send it out?

To be fair, the NYPD have extremely heavy trigger pulls on their guns. No doubt a "safety" regulation by nanny bloomberg and Ray Kelly.

I might be tempted to go.

Absolutely this. Piers Morgan has been saying that the 2A was intended to apply to muskets, and not AR15s or machine guns. My liberal friends have taken this up and pushed it saying that we should ban everything except muskets. My pro-2A friends and many others in the pro-2A community have correctly said that an AR15 is a "modern musket." Fact is that if you give the Government consent to regulate limits on arms they are going to give us as little as possible, enough to keep us sufficiently quiet. The 1st amendment was ratified when printing presses were the free press and christianity was the freedom of religion. Today we have radio, TV and the internet, and we have other religions and atheism all wanting the protections of the 1st amendment. And they do get them so why the hell not us with the 2nd?

LOL. Yes, you know it. But I think we already do have a 5/4 the other way, with Justice Kennedy and Roberts...

Really? No. The black helicopters aren't going to show up just because you made some threats at very non specific things. It takes specific threats against specific people and/or things for the powers that be to initiate contact. Threats against federal public officials will absolutely get you a call from the FBI if they manage to come across it. Threats against the President especially (obviously) will get the secret service involved and they follow up and investigate very vigorously. In fact one time I was at a bank and a woman decided to mutter how this country should be blown up to pieces. The NYPD officer right next to me didn't do a damn thing.

Once you're 3 miles from land or less you're in US waters, not international.

19 CFR 4.2 4.2 Reports of arrival of vessels (a) Upon arrival in any port or place within the U.S., including, for purposes of this section, the U.S. Virgin Islands, of any vessel from a foreign port or place,any foreign vessel from a port or place within the U.S., or any vessel of the U.S. carrying bonded merchandise or foreign merchandise for which entry has not been made, the master of the vessel shall immediately report that arrival to the nearest Customs facility or other location designated by the port director. The report of arrival, except as supplemented in local instructions issued by the port director and made available to interested parties by posting in Customs offices, publication in a newspaper of general circulation, and other appropriate means, shall be made by any means of communication to the port director or to a Customs officer assigned to board the vessel. 4.3 Vessels required to enter; place of entry. (a) Formal entry required. Unless specifically excepted by law, within 48 hours after the arrival at any port or place in the United States, the following vessels are required to make formal entry: (1) Any vessel from a foreign port or place; (2) Any foreign vessel from a domestic port ...

It sucks for me. I have to pay AMT. I wonder how much the evil big oil companies are paying? I am a Ron Paul supporter and somewhat of a libertarian but I held my nose and voted for Romney.

$200 for two TVs? Wow! My DirecTV bill is $73 for 5 TVs including one in the van...

I've joined: ANJRPC NRA GOA NJ2AS SAF The one friend who got me into shooting thinks that the NRA is useless. He joined for a year then dropped off. No he's not a fudd. He thinks that the NRA is useless and is more interested in hunting than the real purpose of the 2nd amendment. Jury is out on that one but I think they're doing a lot of good. Can they be better? Most certainly. But so can everyone. But I'm not ungrateful for what they've done so far and I'm constantly reminded that without a united voice we are more vulnerable.

Some places keep electronic records instead of a bound book. If you don't want your purchases recorded buy your ammo out of state.

Oh I got a phone call for someone once. They really do interrogate you. Just make sure your reference answers truthfully and only what they ask.

If they do that they'll have a mass revolt. They didn't reassess the whole town. They only did a few select areas which were supposedly overvalued to begin with. They had a big re-assessment in 2005 or so I think it was which is how everyone's assessments and taxes went way up. They only did this because everyone was appealing their assessments and they were getting hammered so they just lowered the assessments. They wanted to do a town wide reassessment but the state said they did not qualify.