Multiple NJ Towns Pass Resolutions Opposing National Reciprocity Act

By Brandon Curtis

NEW JERSEY — As no surprise, multiple northern towns in New Jersey have recently passed resolutions that show their opposition to the proposed National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill that is beginning to move through the system.

New Jersey is a ‘may-issue’ state, meaning that applicants must give good cause for requiring a concealed carry permit, and that local officials are able to decide whether their reason is good enough.

In other words, you need to have two feet in the grave before you’re giving permission to legally carry your firearm.

From northjersey.com;

“If anyone is going to have a concealed weapon, it should be based on an application that should be made to the appropriate authority in New Jersey,” Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich said. “I’ll be damned if a state with liberality hands out concealed gun permits and I’ve got them in my town every day.”

Sokolich said Fort Lee, which passed a resolution opposing the bill on Nov. 9, is respectful of the Constitution and recognizes the Second Amendment, and he acknowledges that some people’s livelihoods require them to carry a concealed weapon. He sees that as a very small portion of the population, however.

While the resolutions are symbolic and …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation