Mr.Stu

There is nothing different in the correct procedure for any holster, in the waistband or not. There is never, ever, not even once, any reason to rush putting a gun into a holster.

Get a pass on what? Any other place, that is not a range, is not going to go along with you removing your loaded gun from your holster without a damn good reason - i.e. you are being attacked. A mishap is far more likely to occur whilst handling a gun than when it is left to sit in its holster. If a particular establishment has no idea who you are, or what your safe handling abilities are, I think it is completely understandable for them to ask you not to draw from a holster until such time as they have established what your skill level is. Typically that would be through completing the range's holster draw class. The private range where I am a member has similar rules, but the qualification on whether you are trusted to have holster skills is to be LEO or have an IDPA classification. Without either of those things, a member is not allowed to use a holster unsupervised.

That is a euphemism for "I was playing silly beggars with the gun which caused it to fire, but I have decided to lie about it in a useless attempt to convince everybody else that I wasn't playing silly beggars with a gun"

These are typically commercial ranges and they don't want any Tom, Dick or (Dirty) Harry messing about with holsters. Pretty much all these ranges will offer some kind of holster draw class which will then allow you to use a holster on their range. This policy does not conflict with concealed carry permits. They are happy for you to carry your gun, just don't draw it. I'm guessing even that rule would be waived if an urgent situation arose. I can understand the policy. I have heard of plenty of qualification courses of fire that have been used to obtain a carry permit, but had no element of safe holster use included. Having a permit to carry in a holster does not equate to proof of any level of knowledge or ability on safe use of a holster.

I'm super cheap. I use a piece of corrugated cardboard.

I run a Streamlight TLR7a on my G19. I'll be adding one to the soon to be mine P-01 as well.

It will work, but is a sub-optimal solution. The dot will sit higher and there is more reciprocating mass.

You can transport it to PA yourself, but as you appear to know already, the transfer must be done through an FFL.

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This is what happens when congress is so inept that they cannot fathom the details to put into statutes. The temptation to break from the Constitution and delegate congress' power to an executive branch agency is too great to resist. "Hey, they are the experts. How can we tell them how to do their job?" say the elected cretins who then claim it is not their fault, "the agency did it!" Well, how about it's your freaking job to tell them. If you can't do that, maybe you should never have put yourself up for election.

I run it as a free-for-all when the registration opens. The only exception is for regulars who are Safety Officers - they get a pre-registration code to improve my chances of having enough SOs on hand to run the match.

You do not need to be a member of Phillipsburg Pistol Club, although members will benefit from a $5 discount on the Sunday match fee. If you have not shot IDPA before, you can take part in up to 3 matches before you are required to join IDPA (https://www.idpa.com/) This gives you the chance to figure out if you like it (you will if you have only ever stood in a static port shooting a target that is also standing still) before you have to join. As a member of IDPA you can take part in any IDPA match worldwide.

I think the link is that self defense situations do occur in casinos and the casino management were unable to defend the victim in this stabbing. Therefore, banning lawfully permitted carrying of guns in casinos is detrimental to the safety of people there.

Having seen a resurgence of attendees at our monthly Wednesday evening match, we are now going to restart matches on the weekend too. We used to run on the 2nd Saturday, but attendance fell so low it was not longer viable to keep it going. I am hoping we will see the same resurgence on the new weekend matches. We are starting back up on the 4th Sunday each month - the first match will be May 28th. There will be 8 stages - 4 on the outdoor range and 4 on the indoor range. Bring a flashlight as there is always a chance of low light stages. Signup is on practiscore.com and registration will open May 20th. https://practiscore.com/phillipsburg-idpa-may-2023-sunday/register New IDPA shooters are welcome, but I do suggest being fully familiar and experienced with your handgun before entering into the practical shooting sports.

Those new sensitive locations apply to all firearms, not just handguns. Did you know they snuck that in there?

It depends on what piece of paper you have. FPIC = travel around with an unloaded rifle or shotgun. PCH = travel around with a loaded handgun. The background check for either is the same (but with a few extra hurdles like quals for the handgun)

For sale: Used FN FNAR semiautomatic rifle. 20" heavy barrel marked 7.62x51 but the FN manual says .308Win as well. I bought this rifle used so do not know the total round count. I don't have much time or places to take it out to stretch it to the distance it is capable of so it has been sitting in my safe for a few years. I have rung steel with it at 800 yards. It will come as pictured with 3 10 round magazines. https://photos.app.goo.gl/PaTU9vP1pRXN5zbJ9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/NYxdb8JKfuNE3JYL8 Looking for $800 $700. FPIC and valid photo ID required. I am willing to travel a reasonable distance to meet at an FFL for the transfer - buyer pays fees. The first to post "I'll take it" wins the sale

Meeting the requirements to obtain an FPIC is a prerequisite for obtaining a PtPP, but I don't believe they ever changed the statute to require actually obtaining an FPIC to be able to obtain a PtPP. The disqualifiers are inherited from the FPIC requirements. When it was still a paper form process, you didn't have to pay the $5 for an FPIC to obtain a PtPP. You could just check PtPP box and leave the FPIC box unchecked. For the sake of $5 it didn't really make sense to not apply for both at the same time as exactly the same background check was done for either. However, strictly speaking, it was not required by law.

With an FPIC, there is no "properly stowed". Technically, you can drive down the street holding your unloaded rifle out the window of your car, but it would invite a public disturbance charge - but not a firearm possession charge.

Not completely correct. Your valid FPIC does 3 things for you: Can be used to acquire rifles, shotguns, stripped lowers and Non-NFA Other Firearms Allows you to possess unloaded rifles and shotguns outside of the exemptions Allows you to acquire handgun ammunition in NJ. You have to read the statutes to know about #2 & #3 as they only mention #1 on the card these days. Very old cards mention #2 as well. You do not need an FPIC to acquire a handgun. Only the PtPP is required for that although many retailers ask for your FPIC too. There is no legal requirement for that. However, with the FARS system, you get a new FPIC whenever you apply for PtPPs so these days if you have a PtPP, you also have an FPIC. Asking for the FPIC makes it easier for the FFL to find your PtPP in FARS as it shows your SBI number.

Whether you have or have ever had an FPIC means nothing with regard to handguns. Unless you have a permit to carry a handgun, you are and always were relying on the exemptions to travel directly to the range. Yes. Without a valid FPIC you can travel directly to/from the range with long guns, the same as you can with handguns. Your home, or other land owned or possessed by you is also an exempt location. This means you can legally have them in your home. What you cannot do is possess them outside of an exemption, so you cannot put them in your car and go to the supermarket, for example, as that is not an exempt location for the purposes of the transportation exemption (unless you own the supermarket).

If you are taking handguns to the range, your FPIC does nothing for you. It does not give you any permission to possess a handgun so you are relying wholly the exemptions to travel directly to the range and back home. If you have a permit to carry a handgun, you are not reliant on the exemptions and can travel at will without being restricted to directly to and from the range. A permit to carry a handgun is not tied to your address. For rifles and shotguns, your FPIC allows you to generally possess an unloaded rifle or shotgun. Similarly to the PCH, you are not relying on the exemptions and are not restricted to the directly to/from law. For a period of 30 days after you change address the FPIC will still be valid, but after that it becomes invalid and you have to obtain a new one for your new address. Between the end of that 30 days and obtaining a new FPIC you would have to rely on the exemptions. Therefore, so long as you are travelling directly to/from the range you are within the law and can take your unloaded long guns to the range to shoot. Once you receive your new FPIC, you are free to possess your long guns generally so long as you do not venture into prohibited places. From the NJ Administrative Code: § 13:54-1.7 Validity of a State of New Jersey firearms identification card and permit to purchase a handgun and form of register (a) A State of New Jersey firearms purchaser identification card shall be valid until such time as the holder becomes subject to any of the disabilities set forth by law and this subchapter pertaining to an applicant's eligibility. Upon becoming subject to any of the disabilities set forth in this subchapter, the card shall be void and shall be returned to the Superintendent within five days. A State of New Jersey firearms purchaser identification card shall not be valid for more than 30 days after the information contained therein is no longer reflective of the issued person, that is, current address, name change, and/or sex change.

That magic phrase was in the old statute too. It is a shame that the courts decided to ignore it and write court orders restricting permit holders to specific handguns, even though they were only authorized to restrict to types of handgun. I guess NJ judges just making stuff up and doing whatever they want is the norm.

You are an oddity amongst oddities.

Gen 3, 4 & 5 are interchangeable if you have the mag release set up for a right hander. Only gen 4 & 5 work if your mag release is switched to left handed.