wooly bugger

The more I think about it, the more I think the Cryan affair was probably triggered by someone friendly to us. It appears there is a witch hunt on for the leaker, so there could be serious consequences for what he did. http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2013/03/prosecutor_says_hell_investiga.html#comments So, thank you, whoever you are, for the courage of your convictions.

I wouldn't volunteer the information but if asked would tell him. Of course, if A4001, requiring a scarlet letter to be stamped on your DL goes through, we'll be asked every time.

At what point does this rise to the level of a class action suit? 1 year? 2 years?

76 anti-gun bills.

I, too would like some guidance from ANJRPC and NJ2AS. If Scott or Frank just gives the word, I'm willing to do just about anything short of going to jail at this point. If that means using up the rest of my vacation days, fine.

I've been thinking about why this whole fiasco has had such a profound effect on me. As much as I love our way of life and the 2nd amendment, it's only one part of my life, yet this has really changed my whole outlook. I think what's so disappointing is the mob mentality and the refusal of otherwise reasonable people to consider principle and due process. When a majority can essentially destroy an unpopular minority with no judicial or legislative protection, that's a major failure of the entire democratic process.

I just sent an email to Albano and Mainor about my feelings. Basically it risks potentially dangerous escalations any time a cop pulls over a gun owner, and if a wallet is stolen, it gives a nice pointer to where to steal a gun. It seems like there's a lot of revenge activity in response to the AWB. Just to put this in some context, there were 8 meetings of the Law & Public Safety committee last year. We've already had 3 this year. If Oliver really intended most of these to come to committee, she would have assigned some for the March meeting, and she didn't. I think she made her point, and now the fight will be on the bills that passed the Assembly. So, that leaves 5 meetings. If a significant number of these bills go to committee, there will be literally no time to consider any other legislation this year. I don't think anyone wants a repeat of February, and based on what happened to Mainor and now Cryan, hopefully people are starting to realize that radical behavior has consequences.

So, if they're so unpopular, how are a small number of members able to pretty much ignore the mandate of the membership?

NJEA is the number one contributor to Cryan's campaign. I wonder how parents would feel about their kids' teachers supporting this creep. I'm going to speak with my son's school principal to see if the membership can make their disapproval known. If I get an answer I don't like, I'll be sure to let fellow parents know that their principal supports a man who uses government property and time to indulge his perversions.

I heard Clinton also had a lot of protection with Monica Lewinsky. IMHO, this is much worse, because of the abuse of public resources with the army he sent after her and the use of government property to write his romance novella. Do any tech/legal people know if there's a way to go back and collect the IP addresses visited by his computer? I'll put down good money that there's porn to be found. Is it just me, or do he and his girlfriend look like fraternal twins? Someone needs to get her into a witness protection program, or we're going to hear a monotone confession from her that she was paid to make all of this up.

Remember, fewer than 1000 swing votes in last primary would have put him out of office. He's not as untouchable as people tend to think. http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Joseph_Cryan I wonder how this was released now? One of our friends?

The bolt action debate seems to often boils down to the Savage Mk II vs. CZ 452. Savage reportedly has a great trigger, but overall not as well finished overall as the CZ. I went with the CZ and am very happy.

Our legislature astutely picked up on the fact that, due to NJ's recklessly lax gun laws, people were flocking to NJ to make straw purchases. OGAM has forced straw purchasers to reluctantly jump through the arbitrarily imposed hoops in states like VA and as a result, saved the lives of countless children. We should be grateful for the endless wisdom of our rulers.

Ok. I'll admit. I'm a life member but tend to throw out the mail I get from NRA. Does anyone know if there's an election process for LaPierre's position? If so, rather than rubber stamping him in next election, I hope there will be a thoughtful process on who is best for this increasingly media-centered job.

link?

I did the same thing to my 870 Wingmaster within a couple of weeks of getting it. Closed my safe door on the stock. I like the advice I saw somewhere. When you get a new gun, the first thing to do is to bang the stock, so you have your first dent out of the way and can enjoy shooting it.

Do you need an FID to buy magazines? If you're really worried, nothing to stop you from buying now. OTOH, if they don't grandfather in old mags, we're screwed either way.

Exactly. I used to be a "reasonable" moderate. Now I'll never trust an anti again and will do everything within my ability to destroy their careers. Radicalizing one's enemies is just plain stupid, and there's going to be payback. This scarlet letter on the DL thing (see other thread) is pure hate. Hate begets hate.

This is either less than it seems, or Albano has completely turned on us. He's the same guy who is pushing toward right to carry. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A0500/499_I1.HTM Then again, looks like he has a history of using DL's to try to stigmatize people. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A2000/1795_I1.HTM Maybe he considers gun owners to fall into the same category as drunk drivers. Generally anti-freedom. Here's a bill that would allow municipalities to limit the amount of wine that can be brought into a restaurant for BYOB. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A3000/2825_I1.HTM

I just called Albano's office. They directed me to Mainor's office. They said they'd ask him for details and get back to me. I can't take any more of this.

No, I'm not. They want everyone to upgrade to a photo FID. NJSP has to comment on that bill, and they'll likely flip out when they figure out what this will do to local PDs. DMV is resourced to handle an order of magnitude more applications than PDs and already has the technology for tamper proof photo Id's I am confused by the unholy alliance of Mainor and Albano. Albano has been an ally in the fight. I'm going to call his office later.

Is this instead of fid?

It's a hilarious coincidence that just a couple of minutes ago, I was thinking about my own NICS. I put in my NICS at my FFL on Wednesday. It's a one hour drive from my house. I'm traveling for other reasons near there today and was guessing at my odds of getting a surprise call while I'm there. Before I read the message, I was thinking 5%. Now I'm thinking more like 1%

I just discovered Mark Levin and will buy the book. He's hilarious. He is a fiery preacher, preaching to the choir. I think 6 months ago, I would have thought him a sneering, self-righteous blow hard, but in these times he gives perfect voice to my own anger and disillusionment, Mr. Producer. I used to listen to NPR and read the NYT. Now I can't do either, because I've been conditioned by their garbage to feel physically ill when I either hear the NPR hosts' pretentious little voices or see the NYT home page. I really dislike how these past few months have put me into an intolerant, besieged mode. I wasn't like that before, but now that I see how the liberals truly see me, I don't think I'll ever go back. I've even seen it with my "friends." Some have taken to baiting me, and it's just embarrassing to both of us when I leave them stammering and red faced after exposing their ignorance. I've actually cut off friendships, because I now realize that the antis are true enemies, with guns being just the surface manifestation of their irreconcilable antagonism to my values and way of life. Sorry for the off topic rant but had to get it off my chest.

McDonald determined that the Heller ruling is "incorporated against the states." I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I believe it means that states can't pass their own laws in violation of Heller. OTOH, the Heller opinion explicitly stated that it was not meant to apply to CCW. Scalia recently hinted that gun control is coming back to SCOTUS. I hope this means that they'll resolve this once and for all, using the same impeccable logic displayed in the majority Heller opinion. It's really a pleasure to read. I completely fail to see how crime or accident protection can be used as a pretext for violating a constitutional right. The same people who oppose shall issue are in a frenzy over stop and frisk. Why not just take it a step further and set up random car inspection checkpoints? Or ban pro-gun speech, since it clearly promotes gun ownership, which we all know increases the risk of "misuse and accidents."