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So is he still a Trooper?

That nice of them. It's rare that being fugly works out to my advantage.

I stopped at Cabelas in Delaware this afternoon. Wasn't really looking for anything in particular but I was driving past on 95 after a meeting in Baltimore so I stopped. I found a holster I liked in the bargain cave for at a nice price and I took it to the cashier. The conversation went like this: "Did you find everything you were looking for?" "Yes, I did". "You found a holster.", she said. "Yup" With an approving nod, the cashier said, "Bargain Cave." "Yeah, I think I got a good deal." Then she said "You guys get a discount too." "We do?" Looking on her cheat sheet of discount codes, "Yeah....You guys get...20% off on purchases." "Great" I said. She totaled up my purchase, including the bargain cave discount and my 20% additional discount and I paid and left. Now if she says I get a discount, who am I to argue? She obviously knew who I was, even if I don't. I figured I'd check the receipt to see what the discount was for but it just lists "store promotion". So now I'm wondering who I am that's important enough to get a discount and who else is in the secret club with me.

I understand that there's concern that if this is done, we won't end up with one entity to file a suit against. Because, many different PDs will block the applications before they ever get to the Superior Court. If this is a real problem, maybe we focus on those who live in areas served by the NJSP. The rural areas of the state are where the most gun owners are going to be found so this probably isn't that difficult to do.

Every 11 year old who gets his junior hunting license and picks out his first gun.

Absolutely. I know a few hunters who got busted with pot 30 years ago or once pled guilty to a disorderly persons for an argument in a bar. These guys don't want to be denied an FID so they do exactly this. Buy from friends or have a buddy go pick up the gun. I bet 50% of FUDD guns were aquired without any government permission. And they won't know this bill passed either.

But it doesn't meet the rest of the federal definition. It's not "constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium" nor is it "whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile" The projectile is steel tip, lead or bismuth core (depending on age) and a copper jacket that isn't nearly 25% of weight. The newer M855A1 has a copper core - according to what I've read. This stuff IS NOT ARMOR PIERCING BY FEDERAL LAW!

The truth is, I feel like we're now in the post-rule-of-law era where it no longer matters what the law actually says. It matters what the regulatory agencies, prosecutors, and judges wish the law says. Just because it's not armor piercing doesn't mean it's not armor piercing. Ayn Rand was right. 2+2 really is starting to equal 5.

I believe that's the long range plan. M855 does not meet the definition of armor penetrating ammo under federal law. 18 USC 921(a)(17): "(B) The term `armor piercing ammunition' means- (i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted uranium; or (ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the projectile. M855 does not meet i or ii above. The ATF is banning it based on the fact that it can penetrate body armor and is a danger to police. That's not a legal reason to ban it but the ATF did so anyway. Guess what? ALL RIFLE AMMO CAN PENETRATE BODY ARMOR. So if the ATF has this authority, they can ban it all. Handguns are used in 97% of crimes committed with firearms. Still, in the name of public safety, the government wants desperately to ban rifles. They may have found a way to do it. If congress doesn't stand up, they may have found a way to disarm us.

NJ law makes it illegal to possess any ammunition capable of penetrating body armor that is primarily for use in a handgun. Federal law prohibits the ammo if it's a handgun round. The AFT is using AR handguns as part of their justification for banning green tip ammo. So, does that mean that green tip ammo is now handgun ammo and that we're all felons in NJ? We'll probably find out when the first guy is charged. I figure his daughter will file a restraining order against an abusive boyfriend. The local Sheriff will show up with the jaws of life to cut open the gun safe. They'll find a box of ammo and the local prosecutor will decide he's a danger and needs to be put in prison for many years.

Right. Only illegal to purchase, possess, or transport - outside of narrowly written exemptions.

I've been in discount ammo and guns once since they moved. Their inventory was pretty limited. Seemed like good guys to deal with, I hope they're growing at their new location.

That's part of the plan. Make everything illegal so you have something you can use to charge anyone. This is exactly why VanGilder was charged...because somebody thought it would be a good idea if there was some extra stuff that could be used to charge the really bad guys when they did something really bad. The problem is that once it's illegal, it can be used against you too.

And this is THE problem with those of us who value liberty and freedom. We value liberty so much that we can't get behind any one cause because we want to do our own thing in our own way. Our opponents are successful because the last thing they want is to have to think for themselves. They crave having someone to tell them what to do, what to think, what to vote for, which petition to sign, and what rally to attend. They are good at walking in lock step with whoever will step up to lead them.

I don't mind the dirtyness. A good scrubbing solves that. I once thought my rifle's barrel was shot out because I was trying to do my usual spring sighting in and was getting 5" groups at 50 yds. I bought a scope figuring my scope was bad with no improvement. It turned out to be the ammo. I'll shoot this stuff if I'm just shooting tin cans but if I'm depending on hitting my target for a clean kill, I'll use the mini-mags I have left.

Your last question is an excellent point. I'd like to know.

When NJ2AS came up with that idea, it was to appease those of us who wanted to tackle right to carry. At the time, NJ2AS leadership was very clear that carry was not something they were interested in. After hundreds of facebook posts demanding it and a mutiny of members at one of the monthly meetings, NJ2AS grudgingly (in my opinion) put an announcement on their website but never really promoted it or had a plan. I wasn't interested under those circumstances. But that doesn't mean I'm not interested. I wonder if there are others in the same situation that might do this now.

I plow snow too. My advice, if you can't drive it, don't buy it.

We had a rash of mailboxes being knocked over in our area. Probably kids with a baseball bat. My father built a mailbox out of 8" square steel tubing - 3/8" thickness and a 4" square steel post. He set this in a concrete footing 3' deep and 18" diameter. He never had his mailbox damaged again. One night he hears a crash. Guy in a pickup truck hit the mailbox. Mailbox is laying on its side, truck parts all over the road. The driver was fine but shaken up. The truck was totaled. Dad stood the mailbox and attached footing up in it's hole and it's been there since. Lots of homes around here have a mailbox on a long swinging arm that can be rotated out of the way before the snow comes.

Amazing what personal business people will put on facebook for the world to see.

Ruger couldn't come up with a way to shave off .08 oz? I know NJ's not a large part of their market but come on.

I was once carded at Dicks for 12 ga slugs. Was told single projectile needed to be recorded in the book.

A large group applying also has media power, and will excite people to join in financial support. But there needs to be something to support first. Few people are going to fund an idea.

Part of the state's defense in Drake was that NJ already issues 97% (I might have than number wrong but it's close) of the permits applied for. THIS is why a large group is needed. If 300 apply and are denied, the state only gets to say they issue 65% of permits issued. If it's 600 that apply, the state now only approves less than 35%.

I guess I have the dissenting opinion but I'm not having an animal around that I know has already bitten my kids. I have no problem with this guy putting the dog down. This is no less humane than the way it would be done at the vet or animal shelter.