Posted March 7, 2017 1:12 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

Gov. Chris Christie wants to slightly relax how the state grants carry permits. (Photo: Mykwain Gainey/Governor’s Office)
New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday an effort to cut regulations for those seeking to carry handguns, sparking another fight with state lawmakers who are not impressed.
The revised regulation, adopted after a 60-day comment period, allows a police chief reviewing handgun carry permit applications to consider evidence of nonspecific “serious threats” as a new part of the strict “may-issue” process for granting a permit.
As noted by Christie’s office, the move does not change the process for obtaining a permit but instead aligns the regulatory definition of “justifiable need” with the standard used by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The move is the second since last April that the governor has tried to add the “serious threat” guideline to the permitting process following recommendations of a panel established by Christie in 2015 after the death of Carol Bowne, 39, of Berlin.
Bowne was killed in her front yard by her ex-boyfriend after she obtained a protective order and filed paperwork to obtain a firearms permit that was still not granted more than two months later.
Citing public safety concerns, state lawmakers blocked Christie’s last

Source: Guns.com

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