Oh Shoot

  Yeah, me too. Remington also has even more riding on the ongoing quality of Marlin firearms too.   - OS

  Yeah, if they can't get the charges reduced, a felony conviction will be the gift that keeps on giving the rest of her life. And the way I read it, if they don't reduce the charge, judge has no discretion regarding the sentence.   - OS

    I have a 336 and 1894 both made in New Haven, but after Remington bought them, both are proofed JM   But I have a Model 60 made in 2009 with North Haven marked barrel but with RE proof (or is that a Remington date code? It still has the Marlin SN convention) . It's unclear whether Remington was already assembling some of these in Ilion or not at that time or what. AFAIK all model 60s now come out of Mayfield.   At any rate, I feel fairly confident that Marlin/Remington will produce more than adequate firearms ongoing at least function wise. It goes without saying that if one wants the beauty of old time craftsmanship, no current iteration by any company can compare. But heck, just that beautiful deep bluing that used to be a standard for various manufacturers would add more than the cost of the rest of the gun these days.   - OS

  According to literal reading of the statute, if only a gun buster sign is displayed, knives are not banned.   As far as using conforming "weapons" verbiage, knives have also been banned all along, whether the poster meant to or not. That's assuming indeed all knives are legally seen as "weapons" (AFAIK there is no definition of "weapon" in TCA).   - OS

  Yeah. And the "JM" vs "REP" barrel stamp is not necessarily indicative of "real Marlin" vs "Remlin" either. I mean, Remington bought them in '07 and they continued to produce guns at same factory for another 4 years. Some barrels during that period were marked REP, some weren't, depended on the rifle model and last time they purchased a barrel run for them. Seems the proof mark was not really always put on them as a last touch before shipping but when received.   There are also any number of left over barrels with the North Haven address on them that got shipped for assembly to Ilion and Mayfield too.   So anyway,  if you want to be an uber purist beyond reproach :),  you have to find one made before 12/07, when Remington bought Marlin.   - OS

  Illegal in Jersey cept at home or "authorized" range, or during travel from purchase place to home, or home to range.   Illegal to otherwise possess them period, let alone to have in gun in public even if you're one of the few favored ones in the state with a carry permit. So it's a separate charge.   - OS

  37-13-1359. It's all about "weapons".   You'd have to successfully argue that a knife isn't a weapon to beat the rap if posted per statute wording or with a knifebuster logo ("the international circle and slash symbolizing the prohibition of the item within the circle")   - OS

Didn't realize we had one anywhere yet, as their website still doesn't show any in TN, thanks. - OS

They're a bit more accurate with this report though:   How to Beat the NRA In 7 (Not-So-Easy) Steps http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-to-beat-the-nra-in-7-not-so-easy-steps-20140714#ixzz37TkCsuGr   - OS

  Simply removes switchblade/knife references in three existing statutes but adding additional penalty for using switchblade in a crime.   http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SB1771.pdf       Read school weapons statute. The "like kind" wording makes any knife prohibited. Degree of enforcement? Varies, obviously.     I imagine our illustrious AG would say it does. Anything's possible in a state with so many gray nuances within so many statutes of weapon law.   - OS

  Where are the doors of the Cabela's you frequent?

  Well, I can't find it.   I got a Wikiarms email alert at 4 am the other night, my email is set to check every 2 min. Went immediately to source, put 8 bricks in cart,  was gone before I could check out. If I can't score any at 4am, looks kinda bleak in general. And hell, it was just Thunderbolt, too   I've gotten exactly 1 box of 50 in a walk in since Sandy Hook. But no, I'm not gonna pay over a nickel a round either.   .   - OS

  The Bill   http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Bill/SB1612.pdf   Which passed with this amendment added:   http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/108/Amend/SA1084.pdf   Main change for some of us (like in Knoxville) is that city/county can't ban carry in parks/rec areas by local ordinance, nor by any formerly grandfathered ones.   - OS

The runs of poor crafted ones actually came out of the same old Marlin plant in North Haven where they had been made all along. I really think it was mostly due to their equipment line ailing toward the end up there after Remington bought them, and Rem being unwilling to throw the money at the problem in the old plant.   I too expect the rifles coming out of Ilion and Mayfield to be reasonably back up to snuff, and from what few I've seen and what I've read in the last year or so, seems they are. Though of course, we'll never see the same craftsmanship of Marlin in it's long heyday -- but you can say that about most manufacturers. It's cut some corners on spit and finish or charge so much they'd stay in the hole.   - OS

  Have doubts it will garner the critical mass necessary for that, unless TFA has standing for lawsuit or something and keeps at it that way?   - OS

  And full page ad in the July edition of American Rifleman, as already mentioned.  Both could just be as you suggest, though, a matter of lead time, too late to edit.   - OS

  To simplify Bubba's FAQ cite, and to add a detail or two they don't mention.   Rifles and shotguns may be transferred between non same state residents through an FFL in any state (assuming the FFL is willing to do it).   Handguns and any other firearm (like a lower) may only be transferred between non same state residents through FFL in the state of the recipient.   All private firearm sales between residents of different states are illegal for the seller wherever they occur, assuming he knows or has reasonable cause to believe the buyer is not a resident of his own state. Only becomes illegal for the buyer when he acquires it out of state and brings it back into his own.   - OS

I have by many folks' standards a quite large stash of .22LR. But since I can't replace it without paying so much I'd feel stupid and angry doing it, I'm not shooting much of it.   I shot a brick every two weeks or less for maybe three years straight before the panic, I've maybe shot two bricks since Sandy Hook.   But I guess I'll hold onto my various .22 rifles and pistols, even though I'm beginning to think this is the new normal, period.   - OS

More detail, but nothing much new about the process overall. The House budget subcommittee is the Bermuda Triangle when the fix is in -- the carry law wasn't unique at all. If there's a single legislator that didn't really know the score on that, they ought to be run off the hill for pure naivete. Nobody on that committee was "conned", it was subtle nods and winks all around.   Y'all must not read WorriedMan's posts much, but ya should.   Also, our Stacey spelled out the dirt nice and publicly back in April, here's from his blog, a short concise one I had saved a link to:   "The gun fight was over on the first day of session" http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-gun-fight-was-over-on-first-day-of.html   - OS

  I too have heard at least a couple of my checks called in, and none of the firearm specifics were given, only the "long gun/handgun" description. Granted, the last one I had done by phone was maybe 3 years ago or so.   - OS

  Well, I'd say the microfilm is generated from digital files as the stop gap measure to complying with no "firearm owner database".   But overall all, I'd opine that a de facto owner database actually exists from these records, it's just not searchable. Legally at least. To think that DHS and/or the spook organizations don't have access to it might be a bit naive though, IMHO, since they've already been shown to have all kinds of "illegal" databases on us.   - OS

  Well, technically, that's correct.  I guess it depends on what you mean by "database". ATF does indeed have ongoing program to scan 4473s surrendered by FFLs to microfilm and has a database to find each dealer's records. I suppose it's splitting hairs to stay on the legal side of things that they don't actually build a database by owner name (as far as can be proven anyway).   It would be interesting to know how the microfilm is produced. If using digital conversion, and the raw data is stored, the data is searchable, so it might be as simple as activating a search program on the stored data to find individual gun owner names "in case" a registry becomes legal.   Also, any trace instituted does go into a separate database file, so they admit at least to that part.   Here's an excerpt from a longer vid I've seen about the National Tracing Center (ABC News, not Alex Jones :))   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lFdLaYcDNQ   And another similar report:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Ef1kMrUXU   And FWIW, here is discussion of the "databases"  kept by the Tracing Center, and their sources, at Wiki:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Tracing_Center       - OS

  Is your information illicit?    It's the White House website, that you pay for,  so I agree one shouldn't give it much credence overall. ;)   - OS

  Those details are not passed along during the NCIS check. But they are obviously on the 4473 so guns can be traced afterwards. And become part of permanent database once an FFL surrenders them of course.   - OS

You're right, unless it's 26" OAL. Really can't tell barrel length from angle myself. - OS