Howard

Thanks. If I get anything back I will certainly post it. I sent it to all the members of the "swamp of Trenton".

My letter of the day to our esteemed lawmakers in the People's Republic of New Jersey: Why is it that the state of New Jersey insists on treating me and others like me as criminals? I have lived in this state for almost 30 years, own real property here, pay taxes here, have never committed any crime; yet the state treats me as a criminal. I want to know why? The state does not require people to get photo ID to vote, as that is deemed a right and rights should not be restricted. Yet when it comes to firearms, I am a criminal unless I can prove otherwise. Why do I have to prove I am not a criminal to get a permit to buy a gun, yet the criminal who illegally has one (if caught) is presumed innocent of breaking that law until proved guilty? Why is it that I can pay my NJ taxes with a personal check, yet you won’t trust me to do the same when I want a firearms permit? Why must I use a money order, you know the form of payment people use when they want to do many illegal things and don’t want things traced? Why is it you will not issue me or anyone like me a permit to legally carry a handgun? Why is it that the only ones that seem to be able to get those are the politically connected or those that seem to know a judge? Why is it that several other states where I do not live, do not pay taxes, do not own real property will issue me such a permit (with a personal check) and welcome me to come there where I have no roots and carry a weapon yet NJ where I have roots will not trust me with the same? Why is it that NJ already with some of the strictest gun laws has so much gun violence, particularly in some of its Democratically controlled regions? Why is it that these crimes are almost always committed with illegally obtained and possessed weapons yet your solution is not to solve that problem but rather further restrict the rights of legal gun owners who never commit crimes? Why won’t you leave us law abiding citizens alone and instead go after the criminals? I would like to know why, and I would like a personalized answer to my questions not a form letter stating your talking points. Thanks, I look forward to your well thought out response

I have one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Barska-AX11644-Multi-Access-Small-Biometric-Keypad-Safe-/390576203093?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af027e555 I think I got it for $163 including shipping. Works very well and has lots of room.

I have an older Passport that works very well. Its battery operated so no cord hanging down and if ever stopped it is long down before anyone can see it. As for the newer one that locks stuff out based on GPS I would be very careful of that, cops are not as stupid as those detectors assume. I have seen cops shooting radar at places that I know always trip my detector for other things - they use that to get people that "know" there is a false signal there. I find the detector very helpful in the quasi residential areas, not on the interstate. There are too many areas where I live that go form 25 to 35 to 30 to 45 to 40 to 50 to 35 to 25 to 40, you get my idea.

It appears that Cabelas does not know how to run an inventory management system. Yesterday I placed my order and quickly got an e-mail back that it was backordered and would be available on 5/24/13. This morning I get the following: 1 of 21-2176 REMINGTON RIMFIRE AMMO 22LR THUNDERBOLT/500 Backorder-Tentative arrival to Cabelas 06/30/13

As others have said, the batteries last a long time, and they all have keys for "just in case". That said there is no law that says you can't wire in an AC adapter if you don't want to rely on the batteries. I think you are much better off with these quick open keypads or biometrics than with a traditional mechanical dial that you have to turn "left-right-left" in the dark under a high stress situation.

This is what Sweeney and Norcross and the other idiots in NJ government should be looking at. This is the prime example of the problems with our common sense gun laws - they do nothing to stop criminals like this person. They need to enforce existing laws and go after these repeat criminals not legal gun owners.

Backordered to 5/25 - just think you could go buy a gun today and start the nics check and you would have that ammo before you got your "Instant" nics approval.

Yup I ordered some on Sat and it came today and ordered more on Monday and it is coming tomorrow. No need to send paper work, and they let me buy as much as I wanted. Got some .38spl and some .357 magnum.

I hate MACs, but I love my iPhone5 and iPad!

Hey, the form does NOT state that you must list your PRIMARY employer. So, if you have any small venture on the side you can 100% claim that as your employer and have not violated anything.

I've never been asked such a question. Any time there is info on a form at a doctors office that I don't consider germane I just leave it blank, if they ever ask why I tell them I don't want to participate in their unpaid research project.

Good list. #4 is a non-issue if you just list that you are self-employed, retired, or unemployed.

It was one in Morris County at the County Library.

What you say is so true about non-gun owners being clueless as to how strong our laws already are. I went to one of those SAFE meetings a couple of months back, mostly an anti-gun crowd. At the end of the meeting I asked if I could take two minutes to explain the FID/P2P/Nics process. You could see the people in the audience in total shock. Most of them just assumed you went to Walmart with $150 in cash and walked out with a gun. Many of them left saying that we really have things controlled fairly well already. Its amazing how uneducated people are, which explains why we are governed by such idiots - its ignorant people voting for 20 second sound bites that sound good.

This seems very strange, I would think they should either let you buy more hand guns OR come take away the ones you already have. How can they justify not allowing you to buy more when you already have some - these laws are just so stupid.

If the roads could only be paved with good intentions we would be free of potholes in this over regulated over taxed state.

Seems kind of silly that this state is so messed up that you even need to do this. Why can't you just get a sticker with your new address just live you do with motor vehicle for your driver's license. You go through hell to push around a 115 grain object but it is trivial if you want to push around a two ton object - makes no sense!

Maybe the state has gotten so cheap they are now recycling old numbers

I applied for my initial FID and 4 P2P's Jan 15th, it took two weeks till I had my prints done and my references returned their forms. I got a call on Feb 11th to come pick them up, but they had actually been approved on Feb 5th or 6th. Went in last Friday to get four more P2P's and they apologized that the state is now taking four weeks to return the SBI 212A form so it might not be for five weeks till I could get the new permits.

Yup, all over the map. My town extended mine for the full maximum 180 days when I first picked them up!

Its NOT a QR code, I just said it looks a little like one. Take a look at the back of your license. Its about 3/4" high and 2" long. It has what looks like bar-code like lines at both ends and what looks like QR type stuff in the middle. The question becomes does the "code" actually contain local information, or does it just point to a record in a database - I have no idea.

According to what Sweeney told me it will be encoded in the thing on the back of your license that looks sort of like a QR code. He also claimed that police will have no access to that in their patrol cars -- let's not hold our breathe on that. The joke of the entire thing is we know that a 12 year old hacker will probably very quickly come up with a way to read this information. It will likely then be used by employers to discriminate against people with guns.

Finally got my S&W686+, gotta love the Freaken Peoples Republic of New Jersey where "INSTANT" now means 18 days!

18 Freaking days! Put mine in on 4/25 and just got it today.