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Are you, perhaps, close to one of those border states that you could move to it and still have access to those family and friends? I still have family in the Northeast (my Mom, sister and her family all still live in western Hunterdon County, NJ). I can travel to and stay temporarily in the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area and still visit them. I know I'll be coming up in June or my nephew's HS graduation. I have others, both in NY and Mass, but I doubt I'll be going that far...

Well, we almost got the Hughes Amendment petition. If fell short by 2351 signatures as of the closing time. So close...

Precisely. Does anyone really think a little thing like "National Reciprocity" is going to stop someone like Weinberg? I can almost hear her saying "Bring it on..." They will find all kinds of ways around it. Or they'll simply refuse to comply and then slug it out with the feds in court... knowing that it could take years, or that a single plaintiff probably doesn't even have 1% of the financial & legal resources NJ has to fight it out there, and/or knowing the difficulty in trying to build a "class action." And it sure ain't like the ACLU is going to step in and help... I keep saying... the only way to ensure that NJ complies with pro 2A federal laws/regs is to tie compliance with the receipt of any federal funds NJ receives (just as they did with "incentivizing" all the states to raise the drinking age to 21). Money talks!

Things are further along this road than I anticipated, then. It's come down to a fight for life between the GOB's (rescue squads) and the town bean counters. And it *will* be a fight. You must realize how personal the squads are for some of the volunteers. It is their life... their "raison d'Etre." They won't give it up that easily.... and they'll have the town citizenry on their side, for the most part. For an "outsource" to be effective, the outsource contractor will have to take up the stations that Hillsborough Squad currently occupy in order to ensure the town will be covered effectively. Hillsborough is a huge township area wise... They won't be able to be centrally dispatched from RWJUH and get to the southern regions of Hillsborough (near Belle Mead/Montgomery) in a similar time frame as the squad does, currently. Furthermore, they'd also have to be available for "mutual aid" calls in other townships. That's a huge thing. If the bean counters haven't accounted for that, then that might be an advantage to the volunteer squads, if they can demonstrate the flaw in the plan.

I feel for ya OG, having served on the Randolph Squad for 5 years back in the 80's and early 90's. I think the problem a lot of the volunteer squads are facing is a lack of volunteers... especially during the "business weekday." I think some municipalities now hire paid people to operate the apparatus during those days/times. That or they hire the medic units to do it... or they do a whole lot of mutual aid from other towns. People just don't have the time to volunteer anymore, as many people are having to work full time to support their families. Very few stay at home, unless they're in charge of raising children... in which case they probably can't leave home to take squad calls. I agree it sucks because it means patients in those areas will have to start paying for ambulance services, full time. When I was on the squad, we often had people upset with us because they thought their transport to the hospital was going to be free. It still was, actually. But if they also needed the Paramedics and if the medics treated the patient during the transport, the hospital billed them for that, not for the ambulance ride. Now, the patient will have to pay for both... <sigh> I wish you luck on that bro. Here in FL, all EMS services are paid as being part of the Fire Dept.

That makes sense. You sent in $112 when it had already gone down to $102. The "Resident" renewal fee also went down by $10.00 as well.

It's not mentioned on their website as "Under Construction" or "Opening Soon." Although I did see other URLs regarding the company that's doing the construction for it, All I saw was "ground breaking." I honestly don't see it happening.

I wonder, though, how many of these Hollyweird folks say they are anti 2a "in public" (but may not be in private) in order to keep working and not be "black listed" by the industry. Most of those who are pro-2A publicly would seem to have enough sustaining power in the industry to withstand any backlash. Yes, Whoopi is pro-2A. Believe it or not, Rachel Maddow also shoots at ranges, etc., but she's not exactly pro-2A. She's more like a "guns for me but not for thee..." type of person. She doesn't believe in personal ownership of firearms. We should only be allowed to shoot rented firearms at ranges, etc. I concur with those calling out the hypocrisy of stars who make money with guns and yet denounce them in their private life. Of course, they'll say "It's the writer's fault... I'm just acting...." I'm not sure, though if I'm ready to boycott any of them, at this point. If I did that, I'd not have very many entertainment choices. I'll boycott the ones whose acting I don't like.

Yeah, I'm a Cabela's guy m'self. I'm not big on Bass Pro. It sucks that the Cabela family doesn't want to be as involved in the day-to-day anymore, but I guess with Dick Cabela gone now, things might be different for them. I hope they don't just survive, but thrive. The only nice thing about Gander is that they had those FOF simulation classes with the machines. I would have liked to try those...

Mods feel free to move this to a more appropriate sub-forum. Anyone know the status of the Bass Pro / Cabela's merger? I read in a different forum that it might be "floundering" and may not survive. That wouldn't bother me so much, as long as Cabela's survives. I'm very much a Cabela's guy. Bass Pro... not so much. I ask, because it was also mentioned that Gander Mountain may be headed towards bankruptcy... not good. Reuters - Gander Mountain may be headed towards bankruptcy...

SUCCESS! As of this morning, the goal of 100K signatures has been exceeded by 500+. Now let's see by how much we can exceed it, further!!!

Bump. As of this morning, only 11,000 signatures left to acquire to reach the goal of 100K, with nine days remaining. If you haven't yet, please sign and encourage others to do so as well.

Yep... Recall this map from several different posts, here...

Just out of curiosity, do they approach you more, asking you to take them, or do you approach them more, offering to take them? I'll admit I'm still a bit cautious about trusting my 2A status with people I don't yet know sufficiently, although here in Florida, it's getting a lot easier to trust people. I never told my neighbors in NJ, although I would have totally enjoyed taking my next door neighbor and her and her 10 y/o son. OTOH, one other of my neighbors in NJ (the "neighborhood busy body" and a total anti-gunner) would have filed a "mental health" case against me, just to have my guns confiscated. Here in FL, I know already that one of my neighbors is pro-2A and shoots like I do. I don't know about the others yet, but I'm feeling them out, and will take any of them to the range who ask me. Likewise, I'm meeting business associates who are also pro-2A or, at least, pro-2a "tolerant." Hell, even my area Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual "sporting clay" tournament. I volunteered to work the "crazy clays" station. It was a huge hit and packed to the hilt. So it's getting much better, but I'm still somewhat cautious.

I think it may result in requesting/receiving more P2Ps than might be used, that's for sure... You always want to have one available when you want to buy a gun.

Looks like the NSSF is weighing in as well, in support of Gorsuch. NSSF - Worthy Successor to Scalia...

I'm starting to see some counters to the American Thinker article, as follows: From: Heavy.com - Neil Gorsuch, Second Amendment, and 5 Fast Facts you need to know... And this: FACO-PAC,org - A closer look at Neil Gorsuch... I think that as long as the NRA stands by him, I will as well.

Yup.... you can't shoot a fleeing felon in Florida, either. Not unless they're attempting to flee with a kidnapping victim or similar scenario. You are allowed to use deadly force in the event of a "Forcible felony" (and there's a list of 13 of those, kidnapping being one of them). But there must still be an eminent fear of death or serious bodily harm, or else you're going to have a lot of explaining to do to the prosecutor.

No, but it may cause the dems not to filibuster when it comes to the nominee. Because they know that the "nuclear option" will surely be invoked. They (dems) might save their filibuster fight for the "next" SCOTUS pick, especially if it is a liberal justice (Ginsbug, Breyer, maybe even Kennedy - the Swing vote).

I would suggest, though, that it's quicker to do it at a regional center than a tax office, as they can do more, there. For renwals, it's the way to go. In and out in 15 minutes.

Yes, and, there are some people in NJ that will teach the FL course. I took it in NJ in 2014. This is the outfit I used. For the fee they charge, they do almost everything including photographs, Fingerprinting, assistance with application prep, even Notary services. The only thing is doesn't cover are the individual application fees for each state. They'll even conduct a live fire session for those going for FL concealed carry (BYOG & A). The next class in in February. I'd go for it. Shooters On Target - Salem NJ...

I've passed it on or have seen it on all my Florida 2A groups. We're on it!

Let me know if you need anything! Enjoy!

Also, check the "throughput' of each of those devices, especially the router. While the device might accept inbound traffic at 1Gig, if it has to do packet inspection and forwarding or NATing, rule checking, etc. (as routers do), the "throughput" might be quite a bit less than 1Gig. I have FiOS 150/150 in my house and two routers (one FiOS router for the TV, and my own for my Internal network). The FiOS router worked fine. Got full 150/150 as measured by the web based speed test sites. But I was not on the router that went to my Internal network. Sure enough, it was the throughput rating, which was about 65mb out of the router. I had to upgrade to the next version of the router which output at 335mb... more than accomodating for FiOS 150/150.

Very simple. Someone at DOACS had to type it into their system from the papers you submitted. That's probably where the error was made. But they won't admit to that error unless you can prove it to them. And they won't have those other docs in front of them when you call. They'll only have what's on the system, and that's what they go by. After all, the system is never wrong, is it? <sarcasm> Always make a copy of everything you submit to them. If you do it on-line, do a Alt-PrtScrn and take a screenshot of it before you submit it. There's no denying that. Bureaucracy at its best.....