Posted April 23, 2019 11:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

When you want rational discourse on guns, you don’t go to New Jersey to get it. I know that and you know that. After all, the state is perhaps one of the most insane when it comes to enforcing laws, continually ignoring federal law and arrested people lawfully carrying weapons through their state, and that’s just the tip of the old iceberg.

Now, though, they’re taking things to a whole new level. They want to make it even more difficult to purchase a firearm legally.

Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey wants to put the state at the forefront of a movement to raise fees on gun permits in order to expand efforts to tackle gun violence and reduce the flow of illegal firearms.

Though New Jersey has strict gun control laws, its firearms fees have not changed since the mid-1960s, making it a bargain for gun owners. A firearm identification card costs $5, while a permit to own a firearm is $2. A permit to carry a gun costs $20.

New York City, which also has stringent gun laws, charges $340 to apply for a permit to own and carry a gun.

Mr. Murphy, a Democrat, has proposed fees that …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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