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I haven't done it since I was a kid, but as I recall, trimming back the 4 or 5 longest primary flight feathers on each wing (kitchen shears worked fine) was enough to keep them from flying.

"To address your safety question, No, we don't keep a physician in the house. Were we to acquire one, we'd be sure and keep it locked securely in a safe where it could do no harm." http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/medical-malpractice-deaths-nine-times-higher-than-gun-homicides-lets-end-the-ama/

I'd also reach out to Scott Bach/Evan Nappan to see if this is the kind of case they've been waiting for. It certainly seems to have a lot of potential!

Only another Python. By making this your first revolver, you will be disappointed by every subsequent revolver you purchase. I'm not saying you shouldn't buy others, just be prepared... :-)

Many think the bottom of the high-end market is the Browning Citori. That's an attractive spot in the market, I think, as there is virtually no top to the high-end market, and I can't justify buying an O/U that costs somewhere between a new car and a starter home. Browning introduced the Citori Crossover Target at the Shot Show this year, and if you can find one they are running $1800 or so--a fair bit less than most Citoris sell for. Ottomanelli's had one a month or two ago. It's a huge amount of gun for the money, though too new to find on the used market yet, I'd think. Otherwise, I agree that finding a used quality O/U is likely to be a better deal than a new bargain model. http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail-historic.asp?fid=008B&cid=013&tid=639

That could happen for part-time workers, and they do make up a good percentage of the minimum wage workforce--but a full-time worker would have to more than double their hourly wages to get bumped into the 25% bracket.

I'm out. I had to look it up. Was surprised, though, to read that this star of so many westerns was born in Brooklyn, and was one of only a dozen athletes to ever play professionally in both the NBA and MLB.

Every Saturday morning, AMC (Channel 43 on Optimum, in my town) runs back-to-back episodes of The Rifleman. Late 50's, early 60's black-and-white TV goodness, starring a Winchester 1892 rifle. Also Chuck Conners. And an absolutely iconic opening credits sequence. You youngsters can see the opening here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IVCwYPjFXc Anyway, I channel surfed to it this morning, and they were airing an episode I'd not seen before, titled The Anvil Chorus (which I suspect might be a 'swords into plowshares' metaphor). It seems the new sheriff in town decided that to preserve the peace, keep everyone absolutely safe, and generally create a utopian society, all he had to do was take away everyone's guns. Once everyone in town had handed over their weapons, everything would be perfect. What would happen next was obvious to everyone except the temporary sheriff's character and presumably most NJ legislators. The law-abiding folks reluctantly complied, the bad guys rode into town and did not, and everyone was in peril until our hero, the 1892 Win....er...Chuck Conners arrived to save the day. Episode synopsis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0686671/

Well, to be fair, I can't count the number of times i've walked out of a Lowes or Home Depot with an unduplicated key in hand, because for 30 minutes or more they couldn't fine anyone who could copy a key. Those machines would have to store the key blank information, for inventory purposes. I wonder if they keep a digital record of the key cut dimensions? That, along with the credit card address info (the machine does not appear to take cash) would make yet another attractive target for hackers.

In case of fire. Even if it's a fire safe. Storing powder in a locked safe is a bad idea--powder magazines are constructed the way they are for a reason. I'm less nervous about loaded ammo than components, but would still never store more than an inconsequential amount in a locked safe.

I greatly prefer storing ammo, and certainly powder and primers, in a locking wooden cabinet instead of a safe.

We could call it, I dunno, Med School?

If it makes you feel better, shipping was over $12 for a brick of 500, which was also the limit one could buy.

6" Python

I hear you, but that is a slippery slope we do not want to venture onto. In NJ, it is the gun owners who would be cast as the extremists and misfits.

Newport, RI is pretty cool, but I think some of the big mansions are closed in the winter. I know you had ruled out ski towns, but Lake Placid, NY may have enough to keep a non-skier interested. Or look for something next to a Cabelas...

I finally found my stickers from when I was a member, and when I emailed Josh I noticed he hasn't logged onto the forum for two months. So, I'll offer them to the rest of the forum. I have 14 of the white $1 CRRC stickers. I'll sell the batch for $8, postage included. PM me if interested

So was I wrong to read the title of this thread and think "Good trade!"?

The question passed. Not sure of the margin, but it had bipartisan support. Christie and the ACLU backed it, and I doubt they've ever agreed on much before. It doesn't take effect until 2017. It still makes me uncomfortable.

Bad idea for several reasons. First of all, "The measure, introduced in October, is aimed to decrease gun accidents through increased legislation says the bill’s sponsors." sets me off. The only result, which is exactly the result they want, is to 'decrease gun ownership through increased legislation'. Nothing ever gets better through 'increased legislation'. Second, if the the safety training must be approved by the NJ State Police, and they don't get around to approving a training curriculum, no one gets issued a Firearms Purchaser Identification Card. Think that's unlikely? Look at what is happening in DC. Don't give them more power to block gun ownership.

On an unrelated note, I stumbled across the parody Twitter feed for Los Feliz Day Care ("we do not accept immunized children"). It's a pretty funny spoof of all of the new-age yuppified pre-schools out there. Twitter.com/losfelizdaycare

Yeah, it was kind of challenging. Also, shooting in that wind weakened my argument that it was too windy to possibly do any work outside...

My son was young when the family that owned the theater in Dunnellen had the brilliant idea to knock down the wall separating the theater lobby from the bar/restaurant that they also owned in the same building. They removed every other row of seats in the theater and replaced them with tables, and allowed theater goers to order from the full restaurant/bar menu. So, for years, my son got to happily munch on chicken fingers and french fries while watching every good/bad/indifferent kids movie to come down the pike, and I got to watch same while enjoying pizza and beer. Kids movies are MUCH more watchable if you are enjoying a beer.

You could buy a Colt Python as an investment; claim it's to sell when it's time to pay for college. The plan, of course, will break down in 18 years when you find yourself unable to part with it.

I'd planned to do a little shooting today, but since it was so very, very windy, I realized that spending the rest of the day trying to blow leaves around was a futile gesture...so I gave up on the notion of doing yard work. First up was the weekly Northern New Jersey Police Revolver League match at Riverdale. Right after lunch, I went to the North Jersey Clay Target Club for a couple of rounds of trap Then it was off to the Sunday night action shoot at Tenafly--this week, a Bianchi Cup short course. So, three events, at three clubs, in one day. A new record for me. Livin' the dream.