Stonecoldchavez

I will be there. For a little while anyway. Leaving shortly.

I am going to try and make it. How will I recognize everyone? Will I just say "AR-15 here" outloud? lol.

I have never received an emails from them since I joined last year. I only hear stuff about them from this website.

Does NJ2AS send out renewal notices? I think my membership expires this month. I have not received anything about renewing though. Thanks. S.

mark_anthony_78 - Ditto. Hence the reason I have not purchased ammo in NJ in years. They do not need to know how many and what type I bought.

It must be new within the last 5 or ten years. I haven't bought ammo in NJ in years.

I agree. LGS need to attract more people to become gun owners then turn them away. It is not like in car sales where if one Honda dealership pisses you off, you can go to another one 20 miles away. If you LGS pisses you off, you might not have another GS for 50 miles. I have been to Cheyenne Outfitters and Sportsman's Center more times than I can count and have never once been asked to see my FID card to look at a pistol or rifle. The only time I was asked to show my DL was to purchase ammo, but that was years ago. When did NJ require your FID card to purchase ammo? I never heard of this before. S.

My condolences. Putting down your best friend is the hardest thing to ever do. Sorry for your loss.

I agree. If gays can claim not being allowed to get married is a violation of their Civil Rights (and win), why are we not going on the offensive to fight that New Jersey is violating our Constitutional Rights??? We need to go on the offensive and stop playing defense to "concede" to these bans. How we consolidate this is the question.

Response I received yesterday from Sen. Cardinale: "Thank you for your recent letter regarding the Second Amendment. Please be assured that I am well read on the subject and will not be swayed by the emotions of the moment when determining future public policy for New Jersey. My voting record and sponsorship of bills over a legislative career approaching 35 years should assure you that I will vote responsibly. Sincerely, Senator Gerald Cardinale"

GRIZ- Back then there was no Web, No mass media channels, no cell phones with texting, etc. No one knew about the ban back then like we do now. The internet age has made more people informed and involved. I know it has made me. I think it is on the back-burner because the Dems are up to something to change in the bill. This is the major bill to back Christie in a corner knowing for well they will use it against him either way. There is no money in the budget to buy-back magazines. Why would they anyway? Christie is going to veto the bill if he ever wants to become President. It is after he is no longer Governor that will see this bill passed. S.

I have a Rossi lever action in .44-40. Close to 15 years now. No problems with it ever. Other than the expensive and sometimes hard to find .44-40 ammo. Fun gun to shoot.

Went today. Got there early this morning. Same old, same old. Lots of new AR's; prices still high. LOTS of junk being sold there like jewelry and handbags. Saw some decent prices on shotguns (1100's, A5, etc.). Ammo still way too high; close to $400 for .223 stuff I saw. No .22 at all. I was looking for Glock 23 and Sig P239 mags and could not find any. I also don't think there was 2000 tables either.

I might be up for this. Where?

Wrote all the Senators this weekend. Got this response back from Sarlo today: "At the present time, I am not aware of any schedule to post these bills in the Senate. If the legislation is to be considered, I will take all of your comments into consideration and will be back in touch. Thank you for contacting us. Sincerely, Paul A. Sarlo Senator, District 36"

Thanks for their email addresses. I wrote them last night. S. PS: Is anyone concerned of us being put "on a list" by writing these people? They obviously know we a pro-gun and most likely gun owners. I just wonder if they have us in a database now.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/the-second-amendment-a-sy_b_4980918.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592#closeOverlay Surprisingly good pro-gun article from the Huffington Post (btw). I think it was thoughtful and insightful. "the Second Amendment's right to bear arms reflects not only a concern for one's personal defense, but serves as a check on the political power of the ruling authorities. It represents an implicit warning against governmental encroachments on one's freedoms, the warning shot over the bow to discourage any unlawful violations of our persons or property." S.

Good topic. Every year I have ground hog problems. Must be my lawn. Lol. Humanely to get rid of them is a Havaheart trap. I tried this. Problem is you get rid of one; another one (or family moves back in). I have tried everything: cementing the hole; they dug another one around it. Flooding the hole did nothing either. I have tried smoke bombs, gas down the hole; caster oil, a mixture of cayenne pepper & ammonia. Using mothballs down the hole. To putting dog/people hair in the hole. Nothing has ever worked for long. To get them to not dig under my shed was I dug an 8" deep trench around my shed. I then stapled thick chicken wire around the shed base. Then back filled it with stone. This has prevented the GH's from digging underneath my shed. They run in my yard, but have no place to hide, so they run into the field underneath the fence. The only thing that has ever worked at getting rid of them was my dogs. Unfortunately, it does not end up well for the GH. Some ground hogs stood their ground and fought my dogs; the jig was up as soon as they turned to run. One summer between my two dogs, they killed 17 ground hogs in my yard. Wiped out one family; another one moved in. My Dobermann used to hit the ground hogs so hard, it looked like a Great White hitting a seal. He killed one Mother (literally) that was so big, I had to use a snow shovel to pick her up.

My EDC is my old Camillus drop point knife that I have been carrying for close to 15 years now. Has worked fine for me.

Thanks Vlad G. What about the quality of the Ontario ASEK-AircrewTM Knife though?

Any thoughts on this knife? http://www.amazon.com/Ontario-ASEK-AircrewTM-Survival-Egress-Knife/dp/B000NPFP9I/ref=sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&qid=1394316382&sr=8-45&keywords=survival+knife

Done. Made the call today; spoke to some woman. She never asked for my name or number. Just said she would pass my "no" vote on to the legislature people.

JSF01 - By the time this works through the court system and challenges, we will have a Democrat Governor, along with Dems controlling both houses. It will be all over for us come 2016 once a Dem Governor is in office. All of these anti-gun bills will be passed, regardless of any SC decision.

While I think this case is good for our cause, I do not see NJ changing in the near future. Like someone else said it is a NJ "guns are bad" mind set that needs to be changed. I know plenty of my friends are "pro-gun" and would apply, but there are thousands of soccer moms out there that are anti-gun. I also think it depends on what part of Jersey you are from. I grew up in farm country and guns were a staple. Others from the bigger cities have no clue. What I liked about the decision was the CCW ban vs. Open carry ban; that CA cannot have both. It is one or the other. Here lies my problem with NJ even if the SC overturns our "justifiable need" clause, I believe that NJ will make it so expensive and full of red-tape to apply for CCW or Open Carry (doesn't matter to me) that people will not apply. The ilk like Sweeney, Greenwald, Weinstein, Lesniak, Cryan, et al. will not give up so easily. They will come up with expensive fees, licensing, and training requirements just to keep people from applying.

Didn't say Municipal ones. I said State and County ones can.