maintenanceguy

You just have to apply common sense because the law does not specifically address owning springs and I doubt that there has been any case law from the courts yet. So, the real answer is that nobody knows the answer. I would not hesitate to own 30 round springs if I didn't own the rest of the stuff to make them into 30 round magazines. If I owned "permanently altered" 30 round mags that were now 10 round mags - owning an extra 30 round spring doesn't make it possible to convert your magazine to 30 round unless you "permanently alter" them the other way.

Yesterday - had a FEDEX delivery coming that I needed to be able to ship to one of our customers. It was going to be delivered Thursday but was delayed to Friday. Got a notice Friday morning that it was on the truck for delivery. Late in the afternoon, my wife said "there goes the FEDEX truck as it drove past without stopping. 10 minutes later the status changed to delayed again. I'm sure the driver already put in a long day and probably had to get to his daughter's birthday celebration. I don't blame the driver. I even understand why FEDEX can't keep up right now. But, at least, give us realistic delivery estimates. They certainly track enough data to know days ahead if there is a 10% chance of your package making it on Friday or a 90% chance. Just share the info and I'll plan around it.

Two weeks ago, had a customer who paid almost $100 for next day air before 10:00am on a Saturday to Massachusetts. The package was picked up here at noon on Friday. She called Saturday morning to make sure it was on it's way. Package showed up for the first time in the UPS system on Monday and it arrived on Wednesday. This was pretty critical for the customer to close out a big job and we probably would have driven to meet them half way if we knew UPS couldn't get it done. No way to be reimbursed for shipping - no guarantees during COVID.

It is an interesting coincidence which states are destroying their economies and which ones aren't.

We have a warehouse at work. We just put them on the curb and they disappear by morning.

I don't agree with it but I think I know the reason. Most "close" socializing happens in the evening. Drinking with friends, playing poker. board games over drinks, game night at church. By instituting a curfew, a lot of this is prevented. But, a curfew needs to include everyone for it to work.

None of it makes sense because...The state passed a law that banned 60 firearms by name and then said that any firearm that was "substantially identical" was also banned. Somebody went to court and argued that "substantially identical" can't be defined. Who knows if a firearm is "substantially identical" to another firearm. The court agreed and let the AG write a better definition of "substantially identical". This is what the AG came up with and the Judge allowed it.

Everybody bought a 6 month supply 6 weeks ago. Everybody is stocked up. Nobody's going to buy TP for a long time. There are probably truck loads of the stuff now with no place to unload.

The info I read said that everyone had 2 years to comply. The Queen of Canada has said that the government will pay "fair" value for the guns when people turn them in.

That's true here too. Lots of bills already written and sitting on a shelf. Press conference speeches already written. Talking points for all members of the party drafted. Just waiting for the next tragedy to implement the plan.

I use TD Ameritrade. They're fine. Lots of "no transfer fee" funds and no commission on stock trades. I'm not really sure how they make money... As for services, They offer an "elite" service that I don't have. I don't day trade so I can live with the 15 minute delay in quotes and there are stock screeners available online so I don't need to pay for the high end screener. I guess don't get any services but I don't want any. I just want a place to put money and buy stocks and mutual funds. Never had a problem with them. How do they make money?

If that were true, he wouldn't be able to shut down the state parks that our taxes support. If the law had anything to do with it, he wouldn't be able to tell people not to peacefully assemble or not to bear arms. A lot is being allowed by royal decree - why not shutting the WMA's too?

I don't think it matters what they like. They have a master plan and they are required to follow that. Whatever the zoning is for that neighborhood, you are allowed to build anything that's lower on the hierarchy. Your attorney will talk to the city planner or to the planning board's attorney to remind him/her what their job is and you will get approval to build a commercial building in a commercially zoned neighborhood.

This is going to pass. It won't pass right now but the next time we have a democrat president, house, and senate it will absolutely pass. And, more bans will follow them. There is nothing we can do to stop it because each of us is only one vote and it's obvious that a big chunk of the country either doesn't agree with us or doesn't care about this one civil right. The only place this stuff has any chance of getting stopped is in the Supreme Court. In the last election, judge appointments was the most important issue and it will be the most important issue in the next one. We can elect a president and stop this stuff for 4 years but if that president appoints a justice to SCOTUS, we can stop this stuff for 30 years.

I don't know what you're paying but putting a steel building on an empty lot is a lot less hassle than a house you can't occupy and will have to maintain.

That's a long drive to get something fabricated.

Worth the read: ww1-food-horders-charged.pdf

I spent hundreds of hours using "Walt's Welding" shovels and hoes. Nobody made ones that were as durable or as well thought out. They also make trailers and used to do a lot of custom welding but I don't know if they still do that or not. As a kid, I was in his shop several times picking up something custom that he had fabricated.

My first gun purchase was at Rays. .22 Beretta 21A handgun with the tip up barrel. I haven't lived in that area for a long, long time. I didn't know Rays was no longer in business.

I suspect the President's guidance gave Murphy a way to change his position on gun shops and still save face. "keeping" arms requires being able to purchase them. I think he knew he would lose that fight in federal court. But, there is no Constitutional provision that protects the right to shoot recreationally, he's more likely to win that one so he's not budging on range closures.

I suspect a fatigue failure from thousands and thousands of cycles of flexing, instead of a single event. A single event would have resulted in something being bent - maybe also cracked, but definitely bent. And, from the location of the cracks, the flexing was in the direction of the axis - like when the bottom of an oil can is pressed in and out - as if the transmission and engine were moving toward and away from each other. This part is speculation since I don't know much about transmissions: I don't know if it's possible that the transmission input shaft was moving forward and backward, maybe as the transmission was shifting? A tiny bit of movement can result in fatigue failures if it happens enough times.

I don't remember the guy's name - others here will. He was kidnapped by a motorcycle gang TWICE and managed to escape both times. He was denied a permit because he didn't have a "justifiable need". You can't get one in NJ and you can't have a handgun in your possession without a permit unless you are at home or traveling between home, gun range, gun shop, or your own business (that you own and is stationary). Sorry. As you said: SOL.

I've sent guns to the manufacturer and they sent them back to me. Packed in my own box and dropped off at the nearest drop off location. I did ship second day air (I think) because it provided better tracking. I think all UPS packages provide tracking now. I didn't tell anyone what was in the box and nobody asked. It arrived back at my door shipped UPS..

Google the rules for inheriting firearms in NJ before you fill out the Form of Voluntary Registration. If the firearm wasn't listed in the will, it's not as simple as it should be. I don't want you to get the answers wrong and end up with problems.

Mistakes happen. Sounds like they made it right and he went back to the store and got his 3 mags. I'd be annoyed that I had to drive back to the gun shop a second time but worse things have happened.