KayFabe

Rhetorical question since we are dealing with NJ, but how is it even remotely constitutional to require applicants to provide references in order to exercise a constitutional right? Try to imagine requiring people to provide references in order to register to vote, or to obtain a driver's license, which isn't a constitutional right. This is in addition to the fees an applicant has to pay, which are akin to a paying a "poll tax" in order to vote, which was deemed unconstitutional. This entire process is obviously designed to create as much friction as possible to discourage law abiding citizens from obtaining carry permits.

I concur. Ami absolutely killed it. I will be checking out her other drum cover videos as well.

I haven't started the latest season yet, but last season was completely over the top with the "virtue signaling" by trying to incorporate every leftist, "woke" theme into the story lines and characters. This is unfortunate, because the series is really pretty good otherwise.

Does TSA ask to see ammo during firearm declaration process? 2018 news from TSA says:  "At the airport during the check-in process, a passenger needs to go to the airline ticket counter to declare the firearm, ammunition and any firearm parts." When I traveled out of Newark in October 2018, I had my firearm in a locked case in my checked bag, and my ammo (hollow points included) in a separate locked box. In Newark; I filled out the firearms declaration form per the procedure, gave my bag to the check-in agent, and was given the all clear a few minutes later. No one from the TSA even asked me to open the case, which I thought was weird. I believe the ran it through an X-ray machine and everything appeared fine. On my way back however (from Charlotte); I was accompanied by a TSA agent to a back room where he had me open the locked container with my firearm so he could check for any ammunition in my gun case. I simply indicated that my ammo was in the separate locked box and that was it. No stray rounds in the gun case and all was good. Nice guy as well. No one asked me at any point to open the locked box containing my ammo, nor did anyone ask about what type of ammo I had. Hope this helps.

This is a very common argument by the leftist gun grabbers, but they never elaborate on why those states with less restrictive gun laws don't have the same crime problems. If it is simply a matter of being able to access firearms that is the causal factor behind firearms-related crime; then it stands to reason that places like Vermont (for example) should have the same or greater crime rate than places like inner-city Boston, Providence, or Hartford. The elephant in the room is the demographics, but to even broach the topic of this being a factor is taboo. Strip out the inner-city street crime and we are likely on par with many "gun-free" European nations in terms of murder rate.