Regular Guy

I work in Delaware and there are Amazon facilities there, but there is no sales tax in Delaware. Amazon also has these drop boxes where you can have your package delivered to the boxes. You select the location, they deliver to the locker then they email you the locker number and digital code to open it. There's one at a gas station near my job and I get packages sent there so I can pick it up on the way home from work. Those purchases have no tax since the delivery location is in Delaware. The lockers are not huge so they can't deliver larger items to it, but magazines, holsters and other smaller items fit and it makes me feel like I've achieved a small victory in my effort to evade the oppression of the PRNJ.

It used to be mandatory for a company to collect sales tax on internet sales only if the buyer lived in a state where the seller, i.e. Amazon, had a physical property in the same state. Not necessarily a retail store front, just a property like a warehouse, admin office, port-o-pot, etc. So we got taxed by Amazon because they have facility in NJ. Last year, the Amazon company decided to start charging state sales tax to all buyers in a state that imposed a sales tax, even if there was no Amazon facility in that state. I read an article that Amazon CEOs believes that if all companies did this for all internet sales, the money generated toward government taxes would help increase government funding by 30 billion and the government could then reduce personal income tax on individuals and businesses. Amazon (and other companies) CEOs actually lobbied congress to enact the law. Congress put together a subcommittee to study it. We all know the government will gladly take the new tax revenue and will not reduce income tax on people or businesses in return.

I have another page to upload but it's giving me an error about the size of the document. But the previous one I uploaded should answer the original question.

That 10 yards distance does not appear in any of the documents I received during orientation earlier this year. I'll scan and attach the 2 pages that deal with steel targets. The thickness of the steel and distance from the firing line varies based on what you are shooting. Scan0002.pdf

How is it not treason for a governor to harbor illegal aliens then take OUR tax money and devote it to programs expressly for THEM while we go without (or with reduced or limited) services and resources because of it? I don't feel like I'm being represented on this taxation. This state is financially broke, there is no surplus budget. The governor is recklessly wasting money. He should be charged with wanton waste of resources

Interesting conversations in this thread. I have 15 years of military experience and 7 years of law enforcement experience. I have trained with a hand held light, a weapon mounted light, vehicle mounted lights and no light. In my opinion, there are general advantages and disadvantages to all 3, even in a home defense scenario. It's everyone's choice as to which set of advantages and disadvantages they want to live with. Personally, based on my training, combat, and LE experiences I have a weapon light on a handgun, long gun and I have handheld lights in nearly every room of the house because I want to conquer the element of darkness (my handheld lights are more for power-outage/disaster prep since I lose power a lot during storms). Now I understand you can simply turn on a room light but that evens the playing field in that the environment is no longer dark/low light. While this is comfortable for most people, I have a warrior mindset. I don't want an even playing field, I want an advantage. I want mobility and I want to control the light and darkness. Knowing where the light switch is will give you control of the light but it limits mobility because the switch is stationary on the wall. The weapon light has the best advantage because it leaves your other hand free to open doors, manipulate other objects, or put both hands on the gun. It does have disadvantages since any light can give away your position and show what direction you are approaching from because the light points both ways. A light is a tool and just like any tool, you have to understand its capabilities and how to use it. I only saw it mentioned here once or twice but most people severely under-estimate how advantageous it is when someone is disoriented when a bright light is flashed in their eyes for a split second. It disrupts their OODA loop and gives you a huge advantage in the tactical situation. For those who don't know, I'll give a definition of the OODA loop below. OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. Every human does this for every action from picking your nose to shooting a gun. You work through the process and reach the Act stage faster or slower depending on the stimuli to be processed and your familiarity/previous experiences with it. Example: You have to Observe the discomfort of a booger in your nose. You have to Orient yourself to which nostril it's in and which finger you will use to attack it. You Decide to execute the attack and you Act. You've done this your whole life so the process is carried out on nearly a subconscious level. Shooting a gun is the same. You Observe the target, Orient yourself and your gun sights to the target, you Decide to shoot and you Act by pulling the trigger. Takes a few ticks longer than picking a nose. If you get to somewhere between Decide and Act and get a new stimulus to process, especially from your target, it could cause you to need to restart the process. Maybe the target suddenly moved, disappeared behind cover, blinded you with a light, etc. So if they blind you with a light, you have to start over at Observing them again, but now that they've seen you, they may be ahead of you in the process by already Orienting and Deciding to Act on you.

I keep rifle ammo on stripper clips in cans. For 5.56mm I leave one original cardboard box in the can on top with a magazine spoon in it. It makes the spoon easier to find for loading mags and the box has ballistic data on it for the type rounds in the can. I do the same for my 7.62x51 rounds just without the spoon since the stripper clips can feed directly into my M1A when the mag is empty and the bolt is open. I keep handgun ammo in its original boxes. I should just dump them out in the can. Its probably faster to be able to load mags during matches or practice by just reaching in the can and grabbing some ammo to put in the mags instead of constantly opening boxes and sliding the tray out.

When I went, the field portion was first for everyone. They broke everyone up into groups. Those seeking archery license only, firearms only, and those seeking both. I don't remember if we had any trappers when I went. I was in the firearms group. We did the field portion first, but it was done as a group. It included identifying various parts of firearms (muzzle loaders, shotguns, and modern rifles), safe handling techniques (crossing fences, climbing tree stands, etc) discussing laws and ethics of hunting and finding/tracking blood trails to find your kill. That's not all-inclusive but you get the point. After all the field stuff, we had to shoot a shotgun on the trap range. You had to show you could identify proper ammo, load the gun, safe handle and hit a few clays. Last was the test so this is where you show you certificate and get your yellow card for passing the course. Not sure if it's taught the same everywhere so YMMV.

Take the advice of your attorney and nobody else. No offense to anyone on the forum, but we aren't attorneys. If your attorney said it's ok, please share the circumstances of how your guns came to be taken by law enforcement. With all the recent law changes, we are curious about the circumstances whenever someones guns are taken and even more curious about when they are returned. This state doesn't seem to be very good at admitting when they are wrong and don't seem to be in a hurry to hand anyone a gun, even if they were wrong to take it in the first place.

I was a Deputy Sheriff for 7 years in a full service Sheriff's Office where we answered 911 calls and patrolled streets (most Sheriff's in NJ don't answer calls or have a patrol division). I was in an area of about 100,000 locals with 2 million annual visiting tourists to Mt Rushmore every year and another 500,000 to 1 million bikers coming to the Sturgis Rally every August. We had every crime the major cities have, just not always as often as they have it, but I know what its like to be a cop. Job #1 is stay safe and go home at the end of the day. That does not mean you can't treat people with RESPECT. We had a good relationship with the community because the effort was made to be professional, even when tackling someone and had cuffing them. I've had people apologise for resisting because I pick them up, dust them off and continue calling them sir as I put them in the back seat for that trip to jail. With my experience and training in the profession (I'm no longer in LE, I'm back in the military) I would agree with most of you that the culture within the law enforcement community in NJ is bad. These cops have the perception as being assholes because they are robotic and impersonal and talk to people like they're 2nd class citizens. They really have a bad way of projecting themselves and they are either not aware of it or do not care. I suspect it's a bit of both. They probably don't care that people don't like them because they deal with 1% of society but that 1% is always the bad people. It's easy to get into your mind that "everyone is a criminal" because everyone you deal with is a criminal. After a while, if 100% of the people you deal with are criminals, you think 100% of society is that way and you start treating them that way. What they probably are not aware of is the fact that a lot of citizens already have a disdain for the government as a whole because we are over-taxed, over-regulated and are sick to death of crooked politicians at every level from local school boards all the way up to the Governor. Cops are part of the same government so their image is affected by that as well. I'll end this here since its really off topic for the thread title.

I noticed that WMAs have a "P" on the map designating parking areas. Some WMAs are bordered on several sides by public roads and there are multiple dirt roads and/or trails that go into the WMA off of these other public roads. Is it OK to park at other dirt roads or trails to be able to walk into different parts of the WMA or can you only park where the P is on the map? I've never hunted in NJ (I've hunted in other states) and it seems like a stupid question but NJ has some stupid rules so you can't put anything in that category of "too stupid to be a law in NJ."

One thing they will most likely do is take a picture of the nerves and blood vessels inside your eyes. They put drops in your eyes that will numb them and relax the muscles so your pupils open up all the way so they can do the pictures. It does not hurt but the problem is it could take a while (few hours) to wear off and you will be extremely sensitive to indoor light and sunlight for that time. They don't always tell you ahead of time they plan to do this so if you go there alone they will give you a pair of black plastic glasses like the ones below to wear while outside if you have nobody to drive you. It can still be an inconvenience if you are going to work after your appointment or going to do other things that require your brain to be able to control your pupils. To answer your original question, I go every 2 years because my prescription has not changed in years and I don't have any other eye health issues that require me to be seen more often.

Another problem you have to worry about when "holding someone at gunpoint until the police arrive" is the fact that the police are arriving with guns. I used to be a cop in another state. We were encouraged to carry off duty and were trained to realize that if you pull out the gun, then there has to be a need to use it. You use it then put it away afterwards. Don't use it then have it in hand when the uniforms show up. They may not recognize you right away or you may be in a different jurisdiction where none of the cops know you. Same for civilians at home. The cops most likely do not know you on sight, so they are showing up to a strange house and seeing a person with a gun. That automatically makes the person with gun the biggest threat. Too many times the innocent person gets shot.

This is from 2017 and its not a government data source but it's something. https://www.gunstocarry.com/concealed-carry-statistics/ Based on the numbers, I'm assuming it does not include people in one state who have a non-resident CCW issued from other states.

Yesterday I went to the Utah CCW course. A guy from US Law Shield was also there to present some info and during the course we talked about transporting firearms while traveling through states like NJ and NY (like going from North Carolina to Maine). Be careful not to mix or confuse elements of FOPA (Title 18 sec 926A) which deals with INTER-state transport (traveling from state to state) of firearms and NJ laws that deal with traveling WITHIN NJ from one place in NJ where it's legal to possess a firearm to another place in NJ where it's legal to possess a firearm. I'll post this link to a document from NJ attorney General's Office which deals with traveling from place to place in NJ with a firearm. https://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/agguide/transporting-firearms_guide.pdf I'm not a lawyer, just posting a resource that I recently picked up that looks to be valid toward this discussion.

I love getting those boxes with the ORM-D stickers on it. I actually have it on a T-shirt.

I spoke to a guy who thought the same thing. I found it easy to change his mind when I told him about the competitive matches, how many rounds are spent during a match and how many rounds are spent to practice for matches. Then the dim bulb lit and he realized there is actually a reason why it's convenient to purchase ammo in cases of 500 and 1,000 rounds.

Wow, a single AR constitutes an arsenal? Tell him you want to shoot in competitive matches at a local range. I'd tell him about 3-gun, high power rifle and service rifle matches. A lot of ranges are affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) which was established by the Federal Government in 1903. High power and service rifle matches follow their structure and require a high power rifle or service rifle to compete. Most people don't realize the government established the CMP and that shooting is a sport that encompasses more activities than hunting with just just 3 rounds of ammo in your shotgun.

OMG I can't even describe how painful that looks!

Thanks for the replies. It did dawn on me that follow up shots could be slower without a muzzle device but I forgot to mention it in my original thread. I didn't realize the non-threaded barrels were as common as they are. I did some searching online and they are not difficult to come by.

I can click on your name and in your profile there is a button that says "Follow Member." I think it notifies them when ever you start a new topic. Not sure if it notifies them when you post a comment in someone else's topic.

I shot in a high power rifle match today and saw someone using an AR with a non-threaded barrel. It appeared to be a 16" carbine length. It sounded like a cannon going off and belched a fireball with every shot which was visible in broad daylight. What made it look badass was the shooter had a cigar in his mouth while shooting. The shooters next to him were well aware of the concussion from each shot. Later after the match, I came up with two questions: 1. Is there an advantage to a non-threaded barrel, other than the fact that you do not need to ruin a good barrel by pinning or welding a muzzle device to it to satisfy a stupid PRNJ law? 2. Does a 20" or 24" non-threaded barrel allow the gases to burn more completely, thus eliminating the fireball and/or reducing the concussion?

Wish it were closer to the southern end of the state so I could be there.

Pics or it didn't happen.

I'd like a Chieftain Tank with a functional cannon. I've seen them and Sherman tanks for sale for anywhere from $275,000 to $525,000. (My wife said I could by one if we ever win the lottery and net over $10 million) The Ox Ranch in Texas is the only place I know of off the top of my head right now that lets people pay to come drive and shoot tanks. It's a private business so a functional tanks fits the parameters of this hypothetical thread