Howard

Congrats, and welcome to the crazy NJ gun law joke. What part of "Instant" does our stupid state not get?

I was hesitant to buy a previously owned weapon, what if something was wrong. As someone fairly new to guns I was not sure what to really look for to make sure I was not being taken. Mike at RTSP was wonderful, he showed me all the features of the weapon which really made me confident in it. Then Brad told me that he would stand behind it. The first time I went out with it I had a bunch of problems, but true to his word Brad had his gunsmith (Tom) take a look at it. He tried a few things and then called the manufacturer. They sent him parts to replace the extractor which he did at no cost to me. The gun was working better, but I was having some feed issues. Tom then decided to polish the feed ramp, which helped a lot but there were still some issues with one of the mags. We looked at it and made a slight modification and now the weapon performs flawlessly. I guess the moral of the story is that when you buy something you never really know how it will work till you use it, which is why you want to buy from an outfit that you have confidence in that will stand behind what they sell and work with you. Hopefully the outfit you purchased from will work with you the same way that RTSP did for me.

Peter, why not just update pricing and inventory on your own website instead. That way you can just post links here and on facebook that go back to your own site and don't violate any issues FB might have as you are free to do whatever you want on your www.rtsponline.com site.

It all depends on your town. When I got mine I asked, because I knew I could not possibly use more than two in 90 days with OGAM and the current 14 day (or more) NICs process. I was told they would be glad to extend them to the full 180 days right there on the spot on day one. Its nice to live in a non-Left leaning town in this state

The show started off really well. I was very disappointed when they showed the AR trainer's video where he threatened to start killing people if King 0bungler took some action. That just made him, and us by association, look like dangerous people with dangerous looking weapons. I also had a big problem with the doctors showing how bad these weapons are because of the damage they do. They made it sound like these "evil looking" guns were the most dangerous things on the planet, and we all know there are much more dangerous ones out there - they just don't look as bad. Why did they not show the damage that is caused by a regular handgun or what about a knife or what happens when a crazy person rams his car through a crowd. Pure NBC/0bamba propaganda.

What if you don't drive? Isn't it a violation of your civil rights to make you get a non-driver photo ID -- isn't that what the 0bungler admin has ruled as it relates to voter ID's? Why should this be any different?

Sucks to have to rush. Why not see if you can get the permit extended for the full 180 days that is allowed. RTSP has a fairly good inventory and has lots of hand guns that you can rent so you can try before you buy. If you have a specific item you want to try why not let us know, I am sure you would find someone that has one and might be willing to let you try it out.

Darn it I only got 13 correct Oh, wait there were only 13. 13 Total number of questions answered correctly These percentages only reflect the 1,006 adults that took part in the national survey; online quiz results are not included in the sample.

Here is the email I just sent them: Subject: We need common sense gun laws! TO: Donald Norcross Linda Greenstein Chistopher Bateman James Holzapfel Nicholas Sacco So, please use some common sense and don’t approve most of the bills that are now being considered – as they lack almost any resemblance to common sense. Let’s just take a few by the numbers. Reducing magazine capacity limits from 15 to 10 will only hurt law abiding citizens that have a handgun for home defense. I will grant you that under a late night panic situation having only 10 rounds in a weapon will limit your ability to defend against the three bad guys that enter your home with weapons with bad intent. Unlike in the movies one round does not usually stop anyone immediately and in low lighting under panic you might not land all those rounds. But in a planned situation where someone is mentally unstable and plans to kill many it is very easy to come prepared with many magazines and it only takes a fraction of a second to change magazine and / or bring multiple weapons. New Jersey already has mini-magazine laws set at 15 while most of the country has 30 rounds. Please don’t put legal gun owners at a further disadvantage to criminals. You do know they call them criminals because they don’t obey the laws. You are only going to place at risk the most law abiding portion of the population. Limiting our ability to purchase ammunition over the internet will achieve one and only one thing – it will raise the cost for the most law abiding segment of the population that use large quantities of ammunition for shooting at ranges while honing their skills to make them safer and more proficient. Doing so will force many to cut back on practice which will lead to more accidental shootings. To legally purchase handgun ammunition in NJ or from most online sellers you must have an FID card. Criminals do not have these and do not purchase ammunition legally to start with. Your path here is to make sure that all ammunition suppliers respect NJ law and require an FID card on file for an online purchase, most already obey this. Just enforce the existing laws; reducing competition yet again only hurts legal citizens. Gun free school zones are nothing but sheer stupidity. I’m not a hunter, but let’s use hunting as an example. If I could legally hunt in the woods or at the zoo, where do you think I would choose to hunt? At the zoo of course, as it is much easier to find the animals and they are in an area where they can’t get to me. Gun free school zones provide that exact scenario for the crazed killers. They know they have easy targets and know that no one else has a gun so they are safe. While the concept sounds good, it actually has the exact opposite impact of what you are trying to accomplish. Further, how does increasing the penalty stop the crazy shooter who’s typical end game is to kill themselves when done or commit suicide by cop? Lastly, the FID, NICS, and pistol purchase permit (P2P) system in New Jersey is badly broken; but the current proposal will only make the system worse without achieving any positive results. The law currently says FID and P2P permits are to be issued in 30 days or less – but currently many are waiting as long as six to nine months to get permits – why? The current system is so outdated and over stressed it cannot handle the current workload. To require that FID cards be renewed will cripple the system further burdening those that actually obey the laws while doing nothing to stop illegal gun possession. Some argue that we need renewal because good people may have turned bad over time – but we already have safeguards for that in that you go through the NICS check at time of purchase to ensure no change in status. The concept of an FID endorsement on a driver’s license is the worst concept ever. While most law enforcement officers are good hard working people, there are some that will use such an endorsement to harass drivers just because they are legal gun owners. Others that require a driver’s license for ID will likely give gun owners a hard time. Did we learn nothing about how bad it is to force people to display badges when the state mandated stickers on the cars of new drivers. These systems while they sound good have some very negative side effects. Please fix the broken system. Why do Nics (the “I” stands for instant) now take as much as ten to fourteen days, while they are supposed to be instant and are in fact almost instant in Pennsylvania and most other states. I agree we need a common sense approach to violence in New Jersey. That means enforcing existing laws. Why are criminals allowed to plead down gun charges? Why not enforce existing laws to their fullest and go after the criminals rather than discriminate against lawful gun owners which are the most law abiding segment of the population. Legal guns are almost never used for criminal purposes, your goal should be to go after the non-legal guns and enforce penalties on those that don’t comply with what are some of the most stringent laws in the entire country. So, I urge you to think through all the negative side effects of what is being proposed. I know it takes conviction and a strong will to put common sense ahead of what might sound good your constituents that truly are not aware of how strict our gun laws already are in this state. I spoke at a meeting of mostly anti-gun people recently and detailed what someone must go through to legally purchase a handgun in this state – they were shocked and came out of the meeting with a different opinion than what many polls show. Your job should be to help educate people and shape policy that will actually make life in New Jersey better not take the easy road that sounds good but will really do nothing to make us safer. Thanks for reading this and for your consideration in this matter.

Congrats! Don't put that pink onesy on in the hospital - they might not let you take her home and call dyfs.

Yup you need to be careful. I was at the range a week or two ago using both my .40 cal Glock G22 and my .45 cal 1911. I asked the RO to check something out with my 1911 and he asked if it was ok for him to fire a couple of rounds. I said no problem. He took the weapon and proceeded to grab a few rounds and I shouted NO NO NO!!! He looked at me with a very strange look, then I told him why. He assured me he would have realized it when he put them in the mag. The moral of the story is that even though you know how you have your stuff laying there make sure you tell another person if they are sharing the port with you.

The bitching about the traffic is just bitching about the traffic - has nothing to do with that place - just the entire horrible area. The place is very nice and I am sure will do very well, but getting to and from it will be horrible at certain hours, but that is beyond their control. I worked in that area years ago and it would take me half and hour to get there in the morning and well over an hour getting out in the evening. Them be the facts.

Just wait till people have to deal with the god-awful traffic there. Don't even think of going there around 5pm on a weekday in that traffic.

Money order, birth certificate? When I did mine I just wrote them a personal check and they took a quick look at my driver's license. They did ask for a utility bill to prove I actually lived in the town, that surprised me. I did not have that but went out to my car and got my registration and insurance ID and asked if that was good enough, and she said sure.

Wasn't part of the thinking behind the creation of the second amendment to give the people protection from politicians that wanted to "reinterpret" the constitution?

This video is so stupid it is actually funny. I sure hope it was not shot here in NJ with those "standard" size mags: Note- unfortunately you have to click the watch on youtube to actually see it

I have had that problem once or twice due to high humidity.

I have gotten e-mail like that from Freedom Munitions and others, and the stuff is always gone. I have even jumped the second alerts pop on gunbot and the stuff is gone by the time I get there. I sure wish I could own a business where the stuff never makes it to the shelves, it just goes from receiving to shipping without ever pausing.

Actually having owned a retail business I will offer some sympathy. You are entitled to make your desired margin, and people are entitled to decide if they want to buy or not. Anyone that has a problem on these margins should ask themselves what they think the margin is on clothing, or fast food or most other retail goods that they purchase. Your margins are not out of line, and may actually be on the low side. Further, you are providing ammo as a service and are not trying to be a distribution house competing for bulk sales. Its sort like the media that likes to b'tch about Exxon and how much money they make, but they never look at the fact that while Exxon is huge their margins are much thinner than companies like P&G or Coke, and no one bitches about those guys. Bottom line, it is what it is.

Just heard it was 250 rounds. Heck I'm glad they did not see me go with my son to the range last weekend, if they did we might be on our way to Gitmo right now.

Just got a news flash on my iPhone that will likely cause us problems - "Watertown police chief 'amazed at how much ammunition Boston bombing suspects had" You know the leftist lame stream media is going to pick up on this and use it for all its worth. I don't know the number of rounds, but I would be willing to take a guess that more than half of us probably have more rounds than what they had.

Congrats. I have heard some horror stories of how long it can take. I was lucky too, got mine in Feb in Randolph and it took 28 days. I just looked at my P2P permits that I got at the same time and see that they were actually filled out in only 21 days, it just took them a week till they actually called me. Its nice that some towns are actually obeying the 30 day rule.

Because I was looking for a much more expensive means other than a paper punch to put holes in sheets of paper Also because when seconds count the police are only minutes away.

Yup, great event - here are some more photos:

Very nice facility, stopped by for the big celebration and pig roast today - huge crowds: