What was the last thing you bought?

[Bulbasaur]

Title is self-explanatory. Last thing I bought was a water bottle for my vocal lesson.

[Neo Emolga]

Hmm, interesting you asked.

An AR-15 rifle. And the lovely state of New Jersey makes you go through a ton of hoops when buying a firearm (and a ridiculous amount of harmless configurations are banned, such as the fact I had to buy 10 round magazines instead of 30 round magazines "just because" with no logical explanation). And only a small handful of states have this kind of mess going on.

I know some people have skeptical opinions about owning or using guns, but to anyone that can, I highly encourage everyone to try a firearms training course at least once, because I know movies, media, video games, and junk like that paint a VERY different and unrealistic portrayal of how guns work. I've taken a pistol and shotgun training course and the instructors were extremely helpful and the experience was very enlightening when it comes to gun ownership, responsibility, and the real reality surrounding firearms. I think anyone that goes through at least some training and becomes educated with them from a trained instructor will have a very different feeling about them walking out of the classroom. If you know how they work, you know how to fire them, and you know the basics about how to be mature and responsible with them, it will definitely flush out a lot of the false nonsense that surrounds them.

[Bulbasaur]

Hmm, interesting you asked.

An AR-15 rifle. And the lovely state of New Jersey makes you go through a ton of hoops when buying a firearm (and a ridiculous amount of harmless configurations are banned, such as the fact I had to buy 10 round magazines instead of 30 round magazines "just because" with no logical explanation). And only a small handful of states have this kind of mess going on.

I know some people have skeptical opinions about owning or using guns, but to anyone that can, I highly encourage everyone to try a firearms training course at least once, because I know movies, media, video games, and junk like that paint a VERY different and unrealistic portrayal of how guns work. I've taken a pistol and shotgun training course and the instructors were extremely helpful and the experience was very enlightening when it comes to gun ownership, responsibility, and the real reality surrounding firearms. I think anyone that goes through at least some training and becomes educated with them from a trained instructor will have a very different feeling about them walking out of the classroom. If you know how they work, you know how to fire them, and you know the basics about how to be mature and responsible with them, it will definitely flush out a lot of the false nonsense that surrounds them.

Well, I live in Jersey too, so I'll probably have to go through the same painful experience you did to get one. :P

[Neo Emolga]

Well, I live in Jersey too, so I'll probably have to go through the same painful experience you did to get one. :P

Oh, you're in for a fun process. No, you're not. >.<

You first need to go to your local police station to get the forms for the State of NJ Firearms Purchaser Identification Card (don't get the ones online like I did, I found out the hard way they were outdated and I had to do them all over again with the most recent versions that only the police station had). If you have any criminal background, history of domestic violence, alcoholism, or history of mental disorders, you might not be able to get it. Once you fill out the forms, you also need to indicate two people that are not family or relatives that can vouch for you. And yep, those two people will get forms also, so you might want to give them a heads up about it (and I didn't know this and never told them about it, so it made for a fun conversational piece the next time I met them! >.<). After all that gets done and approved, you need to get fingerprinted (at a place different from the police station. I had to drive 45 minutes out of the way to the place where I had it done.). After that, you go back to the police station and the rest of the stuff gets taken care of and if it's all good, you'll get the card. But yes, it was quite a few hours of paperwork, processing, and driving from place to place.

Also, if you're buying a handgun, you need to fill out a whole other series of forms for each handgun you want to buy. So if you want three separate handguns, you need to do the same pistol permit paperwork three times over and the police station needs to sign off on each of them. Also, those forms expire in about three months, so you shouldn't get those forms filled out unless you already know what handgun you want to get. Mine expired because I wanted to do some research first before buying and I ran out of time. But, if you're buying a rifle or a shotgun, you don't need additional applications (weird, I know).

And when you go to the gun store, you're also going to need to fill out a bunch of forms when making a purchase (regardless of what gun you're buying). Plan on spending an hour there, that's how long it took for me when I brought the Mossberg 590A1 I have. But yeah, take the training courses before buying the firearm. Besides avoiding the extra paperwork, I found I prefer using shotguns and rifles than pistols (and I'm a much better shooter with those). I'm glad I did that, because I kind of have bigger hands, so it feels a little cumbersome to have them all over a pistol while in the case of a shotgun or rifle, I feel I have more control over it.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Can I ask what you're gonna do with the guns Neo? haha. Owning guns is such a strange concept to me. xD

The last thing I bought was two hot jam donuts yesterday. They were really good. :D

[Rival Max]

I just bought Star Wars Force Awakens and a Pizza! Both totally worth it!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I just bought Star Wars Force Awakens and a Pizza! Both totally worth it!

Hey you didn't invite us?!

[Rival Max]

Hey you didn't invite us?!

You live in the future!!! I would have had to invite you before I ever knew I was going to get the pizza and movie. Plus Ive asked you out a bunch of times. Always the same excuse we live on different continents.

[Neo Emolga]

Can I ask what you're gonna do with the guns Neo? haha. Owning guns is such a strange concept to me. xD

The last thing I bought was two hot jam donuts yesterday. They were really good. :D

Home defense and range practice. Unfortunately, our home was broken into before, but thankfully no one was home at the time (I shudder to think what would have happened if someone was home in bed asleep or sick). The guy who robbed us tore a massive hole through our basement to break into the house, broke a lot of stuff, stole money and jewelry, and threw furniture around all over the place. Yeah, if someone who does stuff like that comes along to do that kind of thing and they don't care we're still in the house, I'd rather not be looking at the edge of a switch knife when I see them and not have some kind of response. And calling the police isn't good enough if way too much can happen while they're on their way (I've had to dial 911 before, they're not very fast at all and it was a good 15 minutes of staying on the line before we got help). That, and if the rest of the world goes to hell in a hand-basket, I don't want a firearm to be one of those things we "wish we got when we had the chance" but can no longer get.

And donuts are always good, but I wish they were healthier. :x

[Chakramaster]

Last thing I bought? This new $1700 laptop. Let's hope it works right this time xD

Also yeah Neo I totally agree there. My parents are really pre cautious like that too. Things just get out of hand sometimes today and we can't rely on just calling the police, but even worse we gotta be careful how it's handled now too cause of all these "tensions" with shootings lately.

We had someone break into our house next door one day. They tried forcing open the front door, but they couldn't break down the door to Fort Knox so they broke the window next to it and opened the window and just climbed in. Surprisingly they must've had limited space because some big ticket items weren't picked up. Mainly some jewelry and ammunition was taken. All DVDs, video games, DVD players and game systems were still there. Few things were thrown about, but it left us thinking it must've been someone we knew, but we never figured it out. Still best to always be prepared for the worst before the fact right?