New Jersey: Trenton’s Gift to Citizens – More Gun Control

By Ammoland

Fairfax, VA –

SCR117/ACR205, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-37), would reject the state police’s rule change with respect to “justifiable need.” Earlier this year, Governor Chris Christie took the bold and unprecedented step in New Jersey to expand the justifiable need standard to make it easier for law-abiding citizens to obtain a concealed carry permit. This incremental improvement would expand the state’s standard to include more general “serious threats,” rather than the state’s current standard which is almost impossible to meet. Since then, anti-gun lawmakers have been scrambling to do everything in their power to block that effort.

NRA and ANJRPC both testified against the bill late last summer, but the Senate passed the bill in October on mostly a straight party line vote. Clearly, Sen. Weinberg doesn’t believe in self-defense for ordinary citizens. The few permits issued in New Jersey have been reserved for the rich, famous and politically connected. While state lawmakers enjoy armed security protection, anti-gun politicians in Trenton have …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand