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Heard that five states, CA, NY, CT and two others have bills pending to require all gun owners to buy insurance to cover gun related crime compensation. WTF -- us legal owners will now have to pay for what illegal people do -- more income redistribution it looks like.

That is fine, I would not expect them to reinvent the wheel. He has a well thought out response and seems to be honest about it.

Legalizing has some positive impacts - but I sure don't want to see that happen until they have good tests and laws in place to be certain we prevent people from driving while impaired by it.

I sent out faxes and made phone calls to my elected officials asking them to vote against the stupid anti gun owner bills being proposed. Today I got the following back from my assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll who represents the 25th district which is in Morris County NJ: Let me take the opportunity to thank for taking the time to call me on the subject of Second Amendment rights. Among the first bills I ever introduced was a proposal to bring NJ into the modern era and permit concealed carry. Naturally, given the present, anti-freedom majority, that bill continues to languish. A noted political extremist once opined, "never let a good crisis go to waste". Whenever some deeply disturbed individual goes on a rampage, the cries go up to restrict the freedom of the 99.999999% of the people who don't abuse their Constitutional rights. While the shootings at Sandy Hook were a horror, not a single one of the new restrictions presently proposed would have had the slightest impact. The massacre is being cynically employed by the enemies of freedom as an excuse to advance their ideological agenda,. Simple logic demonstrates that freedom does not cause any shootings. While it seems obvious that we need to pay greater attention to those with serious mental instabilities, that can be accomplished without imposing upon law abiding citizens. Of course, the advocates of freedom face an administration in DC actively hostile to freedom, a media which simply echoes their talking points, and an often uneducated public. (One poll showed that a majority favored a ban on semi-automatic weapons, although they have no clue what that phrase actually means.) That means that freedom advocates need to patiently explain to an often uneducated public why anti-freedom proposals simply make no sense. I've been doing my best. I appeared on NJTV on this subject; you can find the interview here. http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday/video/assemblyman-carroll-says-nothing-could-have-prevented-sandy-hook-massacre/ Again, I appreciate your note. Rest assured that I will continue to fight for defend and expand freedom for as long as it is my privilege to serve. Michael Patrick Carroll

I got a very nice e-mail back from my Assemblyman in the 25th district (Morris County) thanking me for my input and assuring me he is pro gun owner! I will post his reply in its own thread.

Guess it depends when you go. Was just there this morning at 11am and it was me and two other shooters total.

Don't forget the risk of owning that range today. What happens when the anti-gun idiots decide to hold an anti-gun rally in-front of your range, it makes the news and the sheep-a-tions in the town decide to not renew your permits or pass laws basically making your business illegal.

So, 0bungler wants to take away our rights to have guns while he just signed an executive order allowing him to kill American citizens with drones without a trial - what's up with that?

That is a very good thing, I am fairly certain they are responsible for far more deaths and injuries than are legal gun owners!!!

Just enter an address that is in their district - play their game

Welcome. I too am new here. Have been shooting at your range but only renting so far.

But they are in Randolph not Roxbury

OK, I followed up with faxes. I would urge everyone to write their own fax, if they get lots that look a like I think it dilutes the value as they assume it is coming from a group.

Just called, they were very nice. They asked for my name and county and are documenting all the calls they get -- so everyone start calling!!!

Found it the way you find anything on the "interwebs", I just put on my Googles

Good thing you got one before they are outlawed

This seems very similar to saying that your wife owns a car and drives it all over town as she has a driver's license; therefore it must be legal for you to drive it all over town too even though you don't have a driver's license. I don't think you would be ok doing that, or taking her gun off the property without correct documentation.

Nah, the M&P did not seem upset yesterday. They were laying next to each other at the range yesterday and seemed very happy together

Wow I was really liking this place, but I may have to reevaluate that if it is loaded with Canon people

In that case, riddle me this: Nikon is to Canon as Glock is to "_____________" ?

Don't give up, there is hope - try closing both eyes before shooting - it should cure that problem

I am far from an expert Have been out shooting a grand total of four times now - but was having the same exact problem. One of the members here was kind enough to take me out yesterday and gave me a bunch of pointers that just about totally fixed the problem. First he suggested that I shoot Isosceles rather than Weaver - that helped some but the bigger issues were my sighting and hands. I had my thumbs up and my left was not even on the gun. He showed me how to hold with both thumbs pointing straight forward. Next was to be smoother on the trigger, pull straight back and actually follow through and hold it back after shooting rather than quickly release the way I was doing. After his great pointers and assistance I was shooting straight on with much better groupings. I would urge you to go out with someone that knows what they are doing and they should be able to fix what is going on. Best of luck from another newbie.

Troy, you are a great teacher, but you do exaggerate just a bit. I saw a lot of improvement, but it was still far from great. But I think based on some of the things you showed me that I am on the path to becoming much better. It sure was neat placing those three shots like that - I guess I now have a goal that I know I can do if I just pay more attention to each shot. I am really enjoying this new "hobby" but I think its even more expensive than my photography hobby where I buy the newest and best Nikon Cameras and lenses. At least since photography went digital there are no more consumables to have to buy as you practice. I am shocked at the price of ammunition. Maybe we could all get together on the board and buy a case of say 100,000 rounds at close to cost.

No he did not, but he did tell me about its features when I asked about it.

As a new shooter I have found this board to be a wealth of useful information. Its great that so many experienced people here are willing to take the time and effort to help others. Hopefully one day I will get to play that forward. One of the members, 67gtonut, was nice enough to offer some great advice and offered to help me out at the range. I met with him this morning and got some great pointers that will help me out greatly in becoming a better shooter.