Ammo Control Had Failed New Jersey, So Of Course They Want More Of It

By Bob Owens

New Jersey Democrats have always made my head hurt.

They think you’re too incompetent to pump your own gas. They want to mandate that all gun buys have smart guns… though they don’t exist in any viable form. They demand that you use FMJ or round nose lead bullets for self-defense, because they’re not bright enough to understand that jacketed hollowpoint bullets are the worldwide standard because they’re both more effective in stopping bad guys and reducing over-penetration risks to those downrange.

Now they’re compounding their ammo foolishness (again) by noting that the previous ammo law didn’t stop bad guys from shooting one another and law-abiding citizens, so they need to make the law even more restrictive for people who aren’t the problem.

Following up on a report it made 10 years ago, the State Commission of Investigation says the state’s laws still don’t go far enough to keep gun ammunition out of the wrong hands.
gun with bullets

Since the Commission’s 2007 report, “Armed and Dangerous: Guns, Gangs and Easy Access to Firearms Ammunition,” legislation has been enacted in order to make it more difficult for non-gun owners to legally purchase bullets in New Jersey.

However, the process is still open to abuse and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms