Howard

No marks on my G35 and I installed them with a punch and then punched them out and installed Dawson Fiber Optics with a punch and still no marks.

Good article.

It's one thing to take the entire lane when there are multiple lanes, it's entirely different when there is only one travel lane. I really think bikes should stay on the sidewalks - a lot less risk to pedestrian vs bike versus bike vs car. Roads are for cars.

NJ is so screwed up and it is not just gun laws. Throughout Morristown they now have painted bicycles on the road and have signs up that bicycles are entitled to take the entire lane and it is illegal to pass them. Are they crazy out of their minds? So if a guy on a bike is going five miles per hour he has the right to backup traffic throughout the entire town? This is crazy.

I don't think it really matters, sort of personal preference. Just like some people like red, orange, green for fiber optics. The sights are great for what they are designed for. I have them on a gun that I use for competition and the problem I have with them is that at any distance beyond about 12 yards the front sight appears larger than an 8" steel plate which makes it difficult to be accurate on the plate.

Thanks, about a year and a half old. Perhaps I'll try to sell them or maybe I'll just put them on my G22.

Is there a market for used sights? I have a set of Trijicon HD night sights (big bright yellow from sight) that were on my Glock 35 that I no longer need.

Speaking of SEER here is an article that just popped up on another forum that those of you looking for systems should probably read: What is a good seer rating

I had a bear in my backyard two years ago. We heard terrible crying and then saw it up the tree and our puppy was missing. When the bear finally came down and went in the woods I went out back with a .357 magnum revolver and went looking for the dog. Turns out the crying was when she was smart enough to run through the electric fence. My wife had called the cops and when they arrived I asked the officer about shooting the bear. I explained I went out back looking for my dog and took the gun just in case the bear came back at me. He told me that had I shot the bear there would be no issue as I was protecting myself or my dog. He said it would be a different story if the bear was just out there and I shot it for shits and giggles. He told me his dad had a similar situation just the week before.

16 does not make economic sense in New Jermany as you likely don't run it enough in our climate. That does make sense in the south but not here.

Check with DeerSlayer here, he runs has an HVAC business here in Morris County and is a good guy.

My current car is a 2015 red Hyundai Sonata Limited Hybrid with all glass top. Handles well, is very comfortable, and gets 40 MPG! Gas mileage wise it sucks compared to the tiny 2002 underpowered Prius I had that got just about 50 mpg. Previously I liked my land yacht, a 2001 BMW 740iL with a big V8. My favorite was probably my 1985 Volvo 740GLE, it was the first non box shaped Volvo to every hit our shores.

Wow I really wish I did NOT own a 5" PPQ M2, as I would definitely buy one now! Great gun, anyone that has tried mine has ended up buying one.

Don't recall exactly but there is a contact us link but it is buried somewhere at the bottom of the page. Once you find it you click on it and they actually call you in about two seconds after you click it.

Well one thing I'll add to this, having gone to Trenton for hearings a couple of years ago - when this next round starts PLEASE go but dress in a suit and tie or at least business casual attire. Don't go wearing gun related hats and shirts and the likes, it only plays into their narrative that we are gun nuts. Let them see us as normal everyday hard working citizens. While it is hard to change their minds based on facts we need to get them to see the error in their ways of wanting to ban things. I like this analogy, it makes little sense to require hybrid cars to double their gas mileage to improve the fuel economy of tractor trailers - the same applies to gun regulations. Taking away larger magazines or restricting the rights of those that already obey gun laws does nothing to reduce CRIMINAL gun usage. The solution is to enforce the laws already on the books and to stop the plea bargains they give where they don't press the gun charges on criminals.

I'm not sure why you are having issues with the phrase militarization of police. There was no judgement here, neither pro nor con, it is just a fact. I actually have no issues with it. I was just commenting if police no longer need one gun that can "do it all" it makes more sense to have a 9mm which they can probably control better since they also have fully automatic high powered weapons for those other situations.

I've got 9mm, .40 and .45 cal. I probably shoot 9mm the most as it is both cheaper and for most competitions makes the most sense. Lately I have been shooting quite a bit of .40 cal for USPSA L10 or limited major. Thanks to the police moving away from .40 the prices have dropped so low that the last batch of .40 cal I bought was only a penny a round more than 9mm. Forty has an advantage for those that want to compete shooting minor power factor if they load themselves as often times you will be shooting out of a bigger heavier gun than you would shoot 9mm. As for why police are abandoning .40 cal I'll add something that I don't think has been addressed. They went to .40 because of its ability to pierce car doors and windshields much more effectively than 9mm. That was needed a few years ago when cops carried a handgun and perhaps had a shotgun in the trunk of the car. Today with the almost full militarization of law enforcement in this country it is common place for cops to also have long guns, some fully automatic which mitigates the need for their side arm to be higher power than 9mm.

My comment that what you say has no bearing was not meant as anything derogatory about you individually. You actually said a similar (and correct) thing regarding the word of a lawyer. Nothing except the prosecutor, judge and when applicable jury, really matters. The point being you take all this advice and have to make decisions on your own because if you run into a problem you are shit out of luck if your response is a cop or a lawyer or anyone else told me this was ok to do. Our gun laws in New Jermany are very unfortunate and filled with potential land mines. I have been told many blatantly false things about them from lawyers and LEO's alike. The best bet is to read the laws yourself when in double err on the safe side. It is sort of like the old game The Price Is Right where the contestants would guess the price of a product. You could win if you went up to the edge of the price and were closest. But if you went over, even by just once cent, you lost everything. The guns laws unfortunately are a lot like that game show. Going to the edge opens you up to losing everything, and you don't really gain much by going that close to the edge anyway. BTW - thanks for sharing your interesting background.

Agreed, Dave is usually spot on but I believe his analysis here is flawed. Is it reasonable to move out of your home into a friend's when a natural disaster takes place with your gun - probably yet. That is a VERY different case than just deciding because you don't want to make a trip home after work that you can just leave a gun at a friends house. Similarly it really does not matter what some retired Federal LEO says for many reasons. They are not NJ cops, and even if they were their word means nothing if you are picked up. It is up to the prosecutor to decide. Even the word on the phone from the State Police firearms unit means nothing. The only ruling that means anything is the written one from the AG. Tread at your own risk. Common sense will likely keep you safe, but it is no defense, so be careful. As Dave did correctly point out, hand guns are strictly illegal in the People's Republic of New Jermany except as carved out by specific exemptions. Violate those exemptions at your own risk.

I believe the FFL thing is different because you are in fact renting a physical presence, albeit a very small one. I don't have all the case law at my disposal, and can't tell you what has happened, but that does not mean it won't happen when some cop or prosecutor decides they want to make an example of YOU. The point to all of this stuff is your chances of every getting caught are near zero unless you do something stupid. The problem is that the potential penalty is so extreme that you have to be crazy to take the risk. Don't know about you but I don't want the opportunity to get two years or more of free food, housing and medical care in a NJ state facility.

Why do you think a lease is phony baloney? People that don't want to charge but want a legal lease often set the rent at $1. Just like Trump is taking a salary of $1 a year. If you have such a lease they legally the house is one of your residences and you can transport and store hand guns there. Are you claiming that to not be true - please show me how that is not true? Storing a handgun in a locked box at a relative's house is not legal. It is a transfer, as you gave them possession of it. It is not a transfer when you leave them at home as that is an exempt location, someone else's home is not an exempt location. The FFL thing is different as they have filed papers with the State Police. You are right people over think these things, and your odds of ever getting caught are minimal and if you do then likely you did something really bad and they are looking for stuff. That does not mean what you are doing is legal. Here is an example, I have a Tavor and no one is ever going to stop me and take it apart to count the number of US made parts in the gun. Yet the manual warns to never use non-US made magazines in the gun because if you do you are in Violation of US 992R which states the gun must have at least 10 US made parts to be legal, the magazine is one of those parts.

Please provide more info on this, as it is contrary to anything I read in my orange book. As far as leaving gun at a relatives house, well just right up a lease where you rent a bedroom from them ($1 a year should do it), now that house is one of your residences and you should be good to go.

I assure you Dave, no tizzy. I really could care less if someone is breaking the law as long as it does not impact me. Check the DMV regs, when you change your address you change it on your license - it is really that simple. Has a kid at school changed their address, well I guess that all depends. If they are in a state different than where they lived before school and are claiming in-state tuition for that out of state school I would say they have changed their address. If they register to vote at the location of the school then they have changed their address. If they are paying taxes at that new location then they have changed their address. I grew up in NY but changed my address to PA when I went to school there and got a PA license and PA plates on my car so that I could pay PA insurance rates. I understand you can have multiple residences. But your mom and dad thing does not fly except for NJ stupid (you know they are stupid) gun laws. They have a different definition that includes land owned and other words that have nothing to do with residences - but drivers licenses don't include those words. But governments have rules as to what your primary residence is and even what you can call a residence based on how long you live there. My wife recently was a candidate for a senior level job with the state of NY and one of the requirements was living in NYC. We reside legally in New Jermany and it was determined that she does not legally reside in NYC even though we have an apartment in our name and pay rent monthly on that apartment in NYC - they said too bad that is not your LEGAL residence and you don't qualify! Again no one really cares and do as they like and it is never an issue until it becomes one. Bottom line, when you go to the gun store as long as your FID address and the Address on your NJ license match you are golden even if you no longer actually live in the state. Conversely no matter how many millions you have and how many mansions you own in NJ if your FID card lists one mansion and your licence lists a different mansion many FFLs will refuse to deal with you. That is just the way it is.

Dave you are confusing practical reality with legal facts. If the law says you must notify DMV (or whatever they call themselves these days) within 7 days or 60 days and you do not do so then you are in technical violation of the law. Will you be caught or fined, probably not - but that does not make it legal. Further if the law requires you to store your guns at your "residence" and the college does not allow that the powers that be could really care less - go sue the college, but if that is your residence then you have a problem. I don't think the powers that be would accept me storing some of my guns at my parent's house even though I have a bedroom there from 35 plus years ago. It is not my residence. This is especially the case if you have changed your drivers licence, voter registration, and place you pay taxes. Again will you ever get caught, well probably not unless something bad happens and things are investigated. The bigger issue with not changing a drivers licence has to do with no informing your insurance company as if the rating would be higher at the new address in the event of an accident they might charge you with insurance fraud and nullify your policy for fraud.

This was a case of a person trying to save a few pennies and he picked up a round he saw laying on the ground thinking it was .45 when in fact it was .40 cal.