NRA-ILA | New Jersey: Despite Historic Supreme Court Ruling Gun Bills Advance in Trenton

On the heels of final week’s landmark Supreme Court docket determination in NYSRPA v. Bruen, Majority Democrats in Trenton doubled down on much more Second Modification infringements by passing one more bundle of gun payments.  That is the third gun-control bundle put ahead by Gov. Phil Murphy, because the earlier packages proceed to be abject failures.    

Your NRA-ILA was in Trenton final week to testify in opposition to these payments in each the Meeting Judiciary Committee and the Senate Legislation & Public Security Committee.  This has by no means been about public security, and gun proprietor considerations on these payments had been resoundingly dismissed.  Legislators had been challenged to level to a single case in New Jersey the place a .50 Cal was used within the fee of a criminal offense – no examples had been supplied.  It was additionally identified that not a single state has been in a position to implement microstamping as a result of the know-how shouldn’t be possible.  Anti-gun politicians ignored these points and moved ahead with extra gun bans, registration, and onerous necessities merely to own a firearm. 

The next payments cleared each chambers this week and are headed to the Governor for his signature.  

A.1302 Ammunition registration.

A.1765 Producer legal responsibility.

A.4368 Microstamping.

A.4370 Necessary coaching for FID card issuance.

S.1204 Registration of weapons by new residents.

S.2846 10 years in jail for beforehand authorized gun kits.

S.2905 Bans .50 Caliber BMG. 

Along with final week’s Supreme Court docket ruling, which pressured the New Jersey Lawyer Normal to direct issuing authorities to cease implementing “justifiable want,” the courtroom this week additionally vacated decrease courtroom choices on journal and semi-auto bans and remanded these instances again to the decrease courts for reconsideration.  Nonetheless, New Jersey politicians insist on passing extra gun legal guidelines that ignore the Constitutional rights of law-abiding gun homeowners.  Relaxation assured, we’ll proceed to oppose all infringements and vigorously problem them. 

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