TokenEntry

That is unfortunate. Who would have thought that the state of FL that issues to their residents as well as out of state residents CCW, would be passing gun control laws. I'm sure there are other states you can move to depending on what field you're in. I'd like to move to Texas because of the IT industry there. Hopefully this will happen in the next 3-4 years. Regards, TokenEntry

Will you actually be stuck in NJ for the remainder of your life? If not, don't let this affect your handgun purchase. You can always buy the standard magazines, 10+ round capacity, when you move to a more gun friendly state. Regards, TokenEntry

I do not think you will receive an objective response in an interview coming to a gun board. A majority of the forum members are already existing gun owners. Most of the gun owners here usually buy more than one gun per year. Your source audience would have to be a first time gun owner. My recommendation for you to interview someone at a police station, specifically the one who processes the firearm applications, and ask if there had been an increase/decrease in applications since the FL shooting. Regards, TokenEntry

*Why not go through the application process yourself? You would probably garner more interest by publishing more than just the one article if you went through the application process yourself. Additional follow up articles can be about the same process for other NJ residents of different counties and include interviews of several gun owners that state their background and occupation. It just strikes me as coincidental that every known left wing press is putting out a gun article since the FL shooting occurred. Regards, TokenEntry

I've been shooting firearms on and off throughout the years. About 2 years ago, I decided to take a basic pistol course because I wanted to get my FL CCW license. Within 15 mins into the course, I was told to be cross eye dominant. This did not help as I have an astigmatism in my left. The following is what has changed in my shooting technique after having found to be cross eye dominant. Shooting pistols: *Shooting with both eyes open while favoring my left side. Shooting rifles: *Purchased prescription shooting glasses, Oakley FLAK 2.0. This helps when using a RDS on my AR and AK. The red dot used to looked like an ink blot to me before. *Not much changed when shooting with iron sights and still shoot right handed. Shooting shotguns: *Have not shot a lot of other shotguns than the one I currently own, a Benelli M3 with ghost ring sights. *Still shoot my shotgun right handed. Videos links below that I've watched to help compensate for being cross eye dominant . . . . Link - Cross eye dominant shooters Link - Eye dominance and how to shoot with both eyes open Link - How to shoot with both eyes open Regards, TokenEntry

FYI - I noticed that Tim's videos are now available to view again on the Military Arms Channel. Regards, TokenEntry

The reasons why @AVB-AMG dislikes Trump and wants him removed from office had nothing to do with the 2nd Amendment to begin with. It is only now that Trump is proposing gun control measures there is a valid reason to not like him. Regards, TokenEntry

Censorship is nothing new on social media since it is owned and operated mostly by progressives. It's becoming more frequent now as they are losing to us. YouTube and parent company Google have a huge presence on the internet. I was opposed to them being regulated in the past, but now I've changed my mind. I do not watch MSM and this includes Fox News. Most of my news channels I watch are independent media on YouTube. The mid term elections are here and it would not surprise me if they remove conservative outlets on all social media platforms. Regards, TokenEntry

FYI - The CPAC event had concluded yesterday, 02/24/2018. Why is this relevant? Well, throughout the event many guest speakers including POTUS, NRA, and Dick Heller have talked about the 2nd Amendment in the current political climate. The link below is almost a 7 hour video stream of the last day of CPAC. I've watched the first 5 hours already, but if you want to watch specifically Dick Heller refer to the link below. However, I recommend to view the other guest speakers as well. Link - Dick Heller <Video starts at 3:41:16 to 3:58:23> Regards, TokenEntry

Last night I happen to have come across a video by Tim of the Military Arms Channel. His latest video tells of him receiving a strike on his account. As a temporary measure to prevent further strikes on his account, he disabled ALL his videos with the exception of the one explaining why. The possibility of wanting to do any kind of DIY modding on a gun, review a firearm, or increase their firearm knowledge base will be limited to web pages with screen shots like in the past. People will no longer take the extensive time to create web pages explaining such details when a 10 min video can be filmed. I just want to remind everyone who strongly supports the 2nd Amendment should not take for granted the 1st Amendment. Regards, TokenEntry

I do not believe @AVB-AMG should be banned as long as he is not breaking the TOS. It would be an echo chamber if individuals like him were not on this forum. Having debates is good as it shows what the type of people we deal with when it comes to Constitution. Although what I do find funny is that he won't extend the 1st Amendment rights to an American citizen like Trump like we would to him. Regards, TokenEntry

@GRIZ Thanks for the clarification. Something I did not know which I had just looked up is that JSOC encompasses several units under it's command. It makes sense that when you are attached to JSOC, you are also entitled to it's exemptions. Regards, TokenEntry

@AVB-AMG "Rep. Mast provides his reasonable analysis followed by sharing his experiences, then opinion and good faith recommendations regarding the AR-15 rifle. Rep. Mast has more credibility than some of his fellow Congressmen due to his former military service in the U.S. Army and actual combat experience. I find it refreshing to hear a Republican legislator offering more than his “heartfelt condolences, as well as thoughts and prayers to the victims’ families…”. He is making some very reasonable and sensible recommendations that I believe is a very good starting point for further discussion and consideration by his Congressional colleagues, in an effort to possibly reach a bi-partisan agreement for legislation. I hope he is able to influence additional Republican members of the House to join him in his efforts to actually introduce legislation that will reach the floor to be voted on. You find that Brian Mast to be credible because of his military service and that he is a Republican? Brian Mast military service had earned him The Bronze Star Medal, The Army Commendation Medal for Valor, The Purple Heart Medal, and The Defense Meritorious Service Medal. Those medals and the credibility of his character is lost when one is being dishonest, disingenuous, and have become compromised due to possible monetary gains like most politicians do when they come into office. In this case, I find him to be disingenuous. In the NYT article he states that the military provided him with the most effective tool for killing enemies. Is it not obvious being a soldier in the military that is their purpose? If US military had adopted another platform and provided training for it would there still be a ban for the civilian version of that rifle? Also, it doesn't really matter what political party one is affiliated with. Very rarely can you align with someone 100% all the time. RINO's like John McCain and Paul Ryan demonstrates this. Most importantly he states that he would not support any version of a ban that results in confiscating existing legally owned firearms. But I do think that since he is proposing a ban on the FUTURE sale of all AR-15 rifles, that in order to be effective, the federal government would most likely need to also institute a buy-back program for those who want to rid themselves of those rifles and possibly purchase some other firearm. Those of us who want to keep what we have would do so. The banning of future AR-15 sales will do nothing to stop gun shootings. This is a very dishonest attempt to appeal to existing AR-15 owners to make them feel like an entitled elitist in Hollywood. The AR-15 should be available to own by any law abiding citizen. If someone wants to turn in their AR-15 in a gun buy-back program, that is their decision. Realistically, I am convinced and believe that most attempts at gun control will always be subject to our limitations as humans who make mistakes, including human error; lack of or incorrect information entry into databases; paralyzing fear (security guard), lack of appropriate action or follow up (FBI), etc. But unless we try to do something different now, then the regular occurrences of these mass shootings will most likely continue unabated. I think that Rep. Mast’s recommendations, if ultimately result in passed legislation, enacted and enforced, would save many lives and those of us gun owner’s 2nd Amendment rights would be respected and preserved." You want to entrust the federal government with gun control legislation when they have failed in the past and most recent FL shooting? If Brian Mast wanted to preserve gun owner's 2nd Amendment rights, he wouldn't be breaking his oath to office by adding these so called reasonable exclusions. It is very underhanded to say "gun owner’s 2nd Amendment rights" while excluding non gun owners. The purpose of the 2nd Amendment is there for those who wish to exercise their right to purchase a firearm for self preservation. Regards, TokenEntry

Looking at his bio on his government webpage it states that he was a combat engineer . . . *Why would one not use a 30 round magazines in a combat zone? Seems impractical to be carry more mags with less ammo in them. As far as the .40 cal sidearm being carried . . . *He would have to have been an operator in order to have permission to use a sidearm other than what is normally government issued, right? *Carrying a .45 is more plausible as the Beretta M9 was not adopted by the military until 1985. However, at the start of his service it would have been well past this transitional period. Regards, TokenEntry

"Most nights in Afghanistan, I wielded an M4 carbine and a .40-caliber pistol. The total barrel length of my M4 was approximately 14 inches with Trijicon ACOG sights, as well as an infrared laser. I usually carried 10 magazines stacked with 20 rounds of 5.56-millimeter ammunition each." Can someone with prior or current military service explain the following? *Why is his sidearm a .40 cal and not a 9mm? *Does the Army use 20 round magazines or is he downloading 30 round magazines by 10? Regards, TokenEntry

Here is a cached web page I found for 15 round Hexmags. Regards, TokenEntry

Requires account sign up in order to see the thread. Bleh, more regulation on firearm related stuff. <LOL> Regards, TokenEntry

*Back then there weren't that many AR Mfgs. The well known ones were Armalite, Bushmaster, Colt, DPMS, and Olympic Arms. *Choice of either a rifle or carbine gas system to choose from. Don't remember when mid-length gas systems came out. *Common barrel lengths were 20", 16", and 14.5". Not going to include SBR's as they cannot be purchased/assembled legally without a tax stamp. *Rail systems weren't invented until later. Not much accessories to add to your AR other than a bipod, sling, and a flashlight. *The only polymer magazine mfg was Thermold. No Magpul PMags. *ARFcom wasn't the dumpster fire as it is now today. Regards, TokenEntry

Pretty sure that the target was Trump Jr, but his wife, Vanessa Trump, had opened the envelope instead of him. Terrible and shameless people who go after family members just because they do not like Trump. Link - New York Post article Link - Fox News article Link - New York Times article Regards, TokenEntry

Sadly, but sometimes true. I only found out about this after seeing random recommended Youtube videos that came up from Shot Show products I was viewing. Of course ARFcom has a 21 page topic about it since 01/30/2018. However, my preference is stay on this gun board than to deal with ARFcom. If Rochelle Hathaway wants to continue her hobby in the shooting sports, she should foot the bill herself going forward, IMO. I cannot seeing anyone that will continue to sponsor her after making that interview. FYI - For those TWD and Punisher fans. Jon Bernthal is not an advocate for the 2A rights. Regards, TokenEntry

Taran Tactical cuts ties with Rochelle Hathaway on Jan. 30th, 2018. This was due to her comments regarding 2A rights in an interview with Glamour magazine at the 2018 Shot Show. This is not surprising to me as people will exploit the Second Amendment to further their careers especially those in Hollywood. Link - Glamour Magazine article Link - Guns Ammo Tactical Daily Link - Taran Tactical FaceBook post Link - Colion Noir article Regards, TokenEntry *Looks like I posted this in the wrong forum. Moderators please move to General or 1st Amendment Lounge.

The last time I visited EFGA was back in 12/2015 and it was still a 100 yard max range. Many many years ago Sunset Hills Shooting Range out in Henryville, PA had a 200 yard range. I believe it's now down to 30 yards max there. Regards, TokenEntry

MAC has a video out regarding a possible Bump Stock Ban by the ATF. However, it's more than just that. The length of the video is a bit long, but worth watching. Lot of points made that will affect semi-autos altogether. Regards, TokenEntry

Pretty good Youtube channel I came across and this one hilarious video. Beats Alex Jones channel IMO. Regards, TokenEntry

Found some paperwork, customer letter and price list, from Glock back in 1993 when I requested information about their handguns. Unfortunately, I do not have the catalog still. My first handgun which I still have to this day is a 2nd Gen Glock 19. Regards, TokenEntry