Domestic Violence To Be Used As Cover For Legislative Attack On NJ Gun Owners

By Ammoland

Tell the NJ Assembly Committee Members to Severely Punish Anyone Who Commits Violent Acts Against a Partner, Instead of Inventing New Ways to Harass and Intimidate Gun Owners, Which Makes No One Safer.

Trenton, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- The New Jersey Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider A4218, revising the state’s domestic violence laws, on Monday, June 1 2015 at 1:30 p.m.

Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs ( ANJRPC ) strongly condemns anyone who commits violent aggressive acts against a domestic partner, and believes that such a person should not have access to firearms, and should be punished as severely as possible. Federal law currently provides for this, and New Jersey’s existing domestic violence law is already one of the toughest in the country.

On the surface, A4218 seems well-intentioned. But instead of focusing on increasing the severity of punishment for those who commit actual violent acts, the legislation seems obsessed with harassing and intimidating anyone who owns firearms and is also accused of domestic violence, even where …read more

Source:: AmmoLand