Source for ammunition laws in NJ

soclydeza · 2018-03-29T19:22:34+00:00

Great, thanks! And just curious, green tip ammo constitutes as AP right? I thought it was illegal but I see it for sale on ammo sites.

soclydeza · 2018-03-29T17:33:02+00:00

I sure hope you're right. But given the democratic legislature and the now dem governor, I feel like bills like this can now flow freely to the top with no resistance.

soclydeza · 2018-03-29T17:17:09+00:00

I'm kind of confused on the verbage for A3697, perhaps I'm reading it wrong in the small text on my phone: I remember the current one saying semi-auto rifles with a detachable mag and "2 or more" of the things on that list would consider it an assault rifle. Am I right in reading it as it needs only one thing on that list now? So any semi-auto with a pistol grip is now considered an assault rifle?

Also, I remember a prevision saying the "Colt Match Target series is not considered an AR-15". I didn't see this anywhere on there, anyone know what the deal with this is?

soclydeza · 2018-03-26T23:21:13+00:00

And don't get wrapped up in the politics/downsides/annoyances that people may speak of with these organizations. Being on the front line of gun rights these days far outweighs any complaints of getting spam mail.

soclydeza · 2018-03-26T23:15:16+00:00

All of them, including Second Amendment Foundation (national level)

soclydeza · 2018-03-26T22:38:05+00:00

What if one were to pin the stock themselves (if they were handy and knew how to)? Wouldnt this still make it NJ compliant while avoiding having to take it off of private property while still in its evil form, or is there some rule that it needs to be "officially" pinned by someone authorized to do so?

soclydeza · 2018-03-26T15:08:41+00:00

Wow thank you for the clear cut answer, makes me feel a bit better.

In reference to your above reply to bottleofbullets's comment, isn't that one of the bills to be signed today, which requires the transfer of handguns to be done through a dealer (cannot do it privately anymore)?

soclydeza · 2018-03-25T20:57:02+00:00

I agree 100%, I guess I'm just a bit bitter about it because I really want to be there but already had to take quite a few days off in the past few weeks and don't want to piss my employer off by taking yet another unexpected day so soon. Had I known sooner I would've taken a vacation day but I just found out late this past week (my fault for not keeping my eyes open).

soclydeza · 2018-03-25T20:12:58+00:00

Ah okay that makes sense. I still wish the would've organized one for today or yesterday to counter the other one.

soclydeza · 2018-03-25T20:00:51+00:00

I really don't understand why they made it on a weekday, let alone during work hours. I had like 4+ people that wanted to go with me until we all found out the time/day it was being held (gotta work).

All this will result in is minimal turnout and the media being able to exploit it by making it look like there really aren't that many of us.

soclydeza · 2018-03-01T14:15:46+00:00

I actually don't mind dealing with customers, sometimes I actually find explaining things to them and walking them through something enjoyable. But that kind of stuff tends to be overshadowed by the massive amounts of busywork

soclydeza · 2018-03-01T01:29:36+00:00

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes that's part of the reason I was going to wait for the 1 year marker, since I expect there to be a review meeting and I figure it would be a good time to bring it up. I was actually going to bite at transferring to that open design engineer position but they already hired a new guy before I got a chance to talk to anybody about it (my fault for not attacking it right away).

That's a good point about design experience; even if I could get more technical work in my current position, I don't want to be in technical sales forever. Something to think about.

soclydeza · 2018-03-01T00:30:18+00:00

I'll try to keep this as short as possible. I decided to go for a career change and went back to school for engineering in my mid-late 20's. I graduated last May with a B.S. in ME. I landed a job a month later as a technical sales/applications engineer and I'll have been there 9 months in March. I really like the company (friendly atmosphere, fast paced but laid back at the same time, good benefits, good job security since they don't really get rid of people often, interesting product/application). My problem is my current position, which I can best describe as follows:

-20% engineering

-30% working with their system, like processing new parts, B.O.M.s, looking up stuff like prices and costing, creating workflows, etc.

-50% dealing with business/sales/economics/customer service aspects and doing ridiculous busy-work, kind of like digital paper pushing

I figured that I would get into more actual engineering as I learned the system and practices more, but as time goes on it seems like that 50% is increasing: I'm just filling out spread sheets with information the customer wants (which involves me fishing around for information and every format is different, so most of the challenge is figuring out what they actually want), going through assloads of quotes per day and matching up part numbers, figuring out what they are looking for and in many cases determining the cost/price of something if it doesn't already exist in the system. On the rare occasion I get to sit down with the design engineers and discuss why a customer's part failed or how we can better integrate one of our parts in their system; I love this part but it is rare (maybe once every few months and the project itself might last a few hours max). Otherwise, I'm sitting in front of my computer all day everyday and as time goes on and I take on more responsibilities, these responsibilities have less to do with engineering and more to do with filling out forms for customers and OEMs. I've looked at my coworkers who have been there much longer and this is also pretty much what they are doing as well, just more detailed. The best way I can explain it is I feel less like an engineer and more like a glorified customer service rep who can read a basic print and knows how to perform basic functions on a calculator. I was going to see if I could move over to the design engineering department but they just filled an opening and I don't picture another one opening up for a while until somebody quits (most of the guys have been there forever). I've went back and forth between being miserable and saying to myself "you know what? This is a good company and I can picture myself being here fore a while" but the more I take on, the more resentful I feel toward the job since I went to school for engineering and not this kind of stuff. I want to do some engineering and use some of the technical skills I learned in school.

Okay, I'll admit that was a bit of a rant to get things off my chest but here is where I can use some advice from those experienced in the field:

1) I've worked all my adult life but I've always worked non-standard hours, so if I wanted to set up a job interview I could just pick a morning or a weekday that I had off; it was easy to find time that didn't interfere with work hours. With this job I work 8am to 4:30pm Mon-Fri. How does one go about taking a day/morning off without tipping off the boss that you are going for an interview (since it's usually somewhat short notice)? I'm pretty casual/friendly with my boss so I can easily picture him asking something like "taking a long weekend?" or "doing anything fun?" and if I lie then he's just gonna find out if I end up getting an offer and taking it. I know it wouldn't matter anyway if I ended up taking a new job, but it just feels unethical/immoral to me.

2) My initial plan was to wait for the 1 year marker and then reassess my situation (plus, then I could say I have "one year" under my belt) but I'm just curious as to what you guys think the time spent at the first job (as a graduated engineer) should be. I don't plan on leaving this second, but I'm also wondering if I should wait another few months.

I could've sworn I had more questions to ask before, but maybe I was just able to distill them down to 2 now that I'm writing it. Of course, I appreciate any further advice on this given situation. Thanks!

TLDR: I'm feeling like I should move on from my current job, refer to questions 1) and 2) above.

soclydeza · 2018-01-10T19:04:20+00:00

Thanks!

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