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There is an auto indexing provision, that came along with the big gas tax increase a few years ago. If/when gas consumption goes down, the tax increases to maintain the state's revenue flow. It's a nasty bit of legislation. I don't recall the details of how often the tax can be re-set based on consumption figures, and if it truly is written to maintain gas tax revenue at the same level, or simply increase the tax enough to partially offset the revenue loss as consumption drops. Only NJ would figure out a way to penalize drivers for using less gas.

Try to convince yourself it's like an unopened GI Joe from the 1960's...if you open it, you'll destroy it's value. Then go find a re-run of Die Hard.

Use leash to drag dog to a new spot every time. Our problem was: dog pees, grass dies, dog pee must be bad for grass. Every spring, his winter's work revealed hundreds of dead spots on the lawn when it started to green up in the spring. But, our yard isn't fenced, so leashed walks are a must...and there is a small triangle of land where the driveways to three lots meet-not entirely sure who owns it...so starting last fall, every walk starts there. After 5 or 6 months of three walks a day, the triangle is a now a superfund site. Nothing is greening up there this spring...

Wasn't that Ray's, on 22 in Watchung? Heckofa fine choice for a first firearm! Most of us start a few notches further down the quality chain...

Bagpipes. The Red Hot Chili Pipers

I dunno...the email update I got from ANJRPC about 20 minutes ago reads in part: However, the Governor’s office has confirmed to ANJRPC sources that ranges are to remain closed, despite Trump Administration guidance to the contrary.

Ranges are included as 'essential' in the Federal guidelines. Murphy made clear that they are NOT allowed to re-open in NJ, according to the statement just issued by ANJRPC. So it's but a partial win for the citizens of NJ.

They also invented the bowling pin shoot, as I recall. The Second Chance owner would demo his product by shooting himself in the vest, then blasting a bowling pin off of a table. That lead to the Second Chance pin shoot, which I understand got to be a huge event. They’d give away a gently used Mercedes as the grand prize.

Unfortunately, I can't walk there, but good people, yes... I knew the Dad from work (he's yet another chemist who decided brewing was more fun), met the kids who are doing the day-to-day operations during their grand opening week.

I kept a MEC 600 in my dorm room in college*, in my closet with my shotgun and a Colt revolver. I’d C-clamp the press to my desk when I needed trap loads. *This was some years ago, and in a state not rabidly anti-gun. Buncha guns and a few other reloaders in the dorms then. Never a problem. Imagine that.

Ok, the notion of a timeout when we're already under lockdown made me laugh...

Perhaps this has been posted before, though I don't recall seeing it. Either way, it's excellent. From the folks at Black Rifle Coffee Quarantine

Yep, suspend. I went back and overruled the autocorrect to fix it.

I've been watching the shore town mayors telling people with second homes there to stay the hell out. I know that if I owned one, my position would be that I'll stay out if you suspend collection of my property taxes until I'm welcome to come back. But if I'm paying property tax on my home, I'll live in it if I want to.

Another test; observe the bloom. Now rotate the optic 90 degrees. If the bloom rotates, it's in the sight. If the bloom is still in the same place, the fault is in your astigmatic eye.

What, no Snowpiercer layout?

I doubt it, I think because drugs like Ambien are legal at the federal level if you have a prescription. Marijuana is illegal at the federal level, even if you have a prescription. Which is weird. But here we are. The relevant question on the Federal form 4473 is: Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance? Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

I agree--it never made sense to be Schedule 1. Schedule 3 is about where it belongs, but even if it dropped to Schedule 4 it wouldn't preclude Honolulu (or Murphy) from taking the same action--it would just look like even more of an overreach.

Honolulu still won't issue permits to anyone holding a medical marijuana card. No firearms permits for medical marijuana users. And let's not forget, when they first implemented that they also sent letters to Honolulu gun owners giving them 30 days to surrender all firearms and ammunition to the Honolulu PD. They later backed off of the 'surrender' requirement. For now.

You can't. NJ isn't processing NICS requests, and the idiots in Trenton believe that rifle is indistinguishable from a Barrett .50.

I'm still not seeing any mention in the various early release programs of whether or not the prisoners will be tested for the coronavirus before release. This concerns me. If they aren't promising the testing will take place, I assume it isn't happening.

I'm fortunate in that I can work from home. That said, the conference calls span 5 or 6 time zones on a daily basis, and 12 zones on occasion, so the days are long and wearing the headset all day, while looking out the window but unable to go outside, is getting old. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm one of the lucky ones in this mess... I am slowly catching up on my reloading, but have a few more calibers to work through before that is done. I plan to get back to dry firing a couple of times a week. I've got a few commonly-used guns overdue for a thorough cleaning, and I know this is also the time to get out all of the safe queens and clean/re-oil them. Aside from shooting, I'm trying to make some time to get more proficient on the wood lathe. I've made a few small turnings that don't suck, and I've also learned that if you drop and lose one of the little brass locator pins from a Dillon 550 caliber conversion kit, you can turn a perfectly serviceable replacement out of hardwood.

You can have hours of fun flinging clays at neighbor's houses and passing pedestrians.

Did Academy stop all ammo sales, or just handgun? As of a couple of weeks ago, they would still ship shotgun ammo.

That homemade N95 mask looks really uncomfortable. I think you used more painters tape than necessary. But kudos for giving one to the dog as well!