New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- Now this is a bill we can support – The Second Amendment Guarantee Act, introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), would ban most of NJ’s gun control laws.
Drafted for people living in states like New Jersey, the Second Amendment Guarantee Act (SAGA) would prevent states from being able to ban any weapons that are legal under Federal Law. “This legislation would protect the Second Amendment rights of New Yorkers that were unjustly taken away by Andrew Cuomo,” said Collins.
“I am a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and have fought against all efforts to condemn these rights. I stand with the law-abiding citizens of this state that have been outraged by the SAFE Act and voice my commitment to roll back these regulations.”
Though widely available and commonly owned throughout the country, northeastern states like Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York have banned the mere possession of many popular long guns. Though, it’s not clear what effect, if any, these state laws have had on violent crimes.
According to Collins, the bill would ban state or local governments from regulating, prohibiting, or requiring registration and licensing (that are any more restrictive under Federal law) for the sale, manufacturing, importation, transfer, possession, or marketing of a rifle or shotgun. Additionally, “rifle or shotgun” includes any part of the weapon including any detachable magazine or ammunition feeding devise and any type of pistol grip or stock design.
With a law like that, NJ’s “assault weapon” and magazine bans would be toast. Furthermore, the entire permit system would likely be gone as well since it’s more restrictive than Federal law. This bill, plus Trump’s court appointments to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, which takes appeals from NJ, should bring hope and optimism for gun owners in NJ seeking relief from the laws that have been imposed on us for decades.
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New Jersey Second Amendment Society – Our mission is to promote the free exercise of Second Amendment rights within the community and Legislature of New Jersey, to educate the community regarding the enjoyable, safe, and responsible use of firearms, and to engender a sense of camaraderie and fellowship among the members and their families. Visit: www.nj2as.com
Trapped in the New Dork state where Tyrannosaurus Cuntmo reigns, I would be very glad to see this bill passed into law! The rate at which the dumbassocrats and tyrannical liberals shits are pursuing the takeover by violence demands such actions now. It is estimated there are now approximately 2 million instant felons in the state. These are the law abiding citizens that CUNTMO deliberately turned into felons with his ban on the AR-15 and similar rifles. No discussion, instant dictatorship over the spineless assy. of DINOS and RINOS in Albany! He opened a short registration period, then closed it.… Read more »
When will they pass a law that guarantees non-violent felons have their constitutional rights restored? There isn’t the slightest reason why this exists after probation ends. They have just as much need to protect themselves as anyone else.
@ WB, when I read Jonah Hirsh’s response I thought, wait a minute, our Constitution and Bill of Rights have priority over any state laws and I am glad to see that you brought this to the surface. Someone even mentioned that some anti gun congress or president could nulify the law at a later time. The fact that the Constitution and Bill of Rights solidify this law and even though the wolf huffs and puffs there is no changing the Constitution without a convention.
Watch Cory Booker will be the Obama 2.0 nominee of the democrats, with maxine waters as his VP nominee.
TRUMP 2020 will clean their clocks.
It’s the right thing to do, but the wrong way to do it. Such a law would facially violate the 10th Amendment. Not so, concealed carry reciprocity pursuant to Article IV Section 1. That is a black-letter delegation of power to the Congress to mandate Full Faith and Credit for carry permits. This law would exert power for which there is no constitutional delegation; as a matter of fact, the 10th Amendment forecloses such action. In this day and age (200 years after Marbury v. Madison), the only way to destroy NY’s and NJ’s draconian laws is by judicial precedent.… Read more »
Here’s some “wishful thinking”. After what went on in Charlottesville Va. this past week, here’s the plan. Commission some statues of Confederate heroes to be made. When they’re done, pick a quiet Sunday night to install them in prominent places in say, Trenton, Newark, and Elizabeth. Come Monday morning when they are discovered, the leftist college students, Anti-Fa, and BLM will lose their collective minds over the white supremacist racist Nazi plot, and riot and burn things like the small minded bigots they are. The State Police will be overwhelmed trying to keep the peace, the National Guard will be… Read more »
Let’s face facts New Jersey gun laws are set by the liberal Democrates who do nothing to stop illegal gun ownership. What has the so called gun laws done for cities like Camden, Trenton or Newark. The rising star Cory Booker was mayor of Newark and did nothing to stop illegal gun ownership. We will never See right to carry law passed. The worst part is the so called firearms purchasing card. It’s nothing but a cash cow for the state. When You purchase any firearm you pay for an FBI background check which could cost as much as $50… Read more »
I think this is a double edged sword here – yes, it will disable asinine strict states from passing laws banning “legal” weapons BUT it also puts the control of firearms on totally on the Federal government; when the Federal government gets a wild hair up their butts and decide to ban something and they happen to have a quorum in the legislature and a President then we all will lose the 2nd Amendment by fiat instead of the legal reading of the 2nd Amendment. A requirement for every state to recognize carry laws – yes, I see no downside… Read more »
Interesting how the murder rates went up in the 1970’s, after the mildly to moderately mentally ill were no longer institutionalized, and then how it went back down in the 1990’s after states got tough on crime and were keeping the criminals–mostly mentally ill people–locked up for longer periods. So, we can have jillions of laws about the mentally ill not having weapons, but somehow they get them anyway. So, should it be illegal for a mentally ill person to possess a weapon? Probably, but who determines if that person is too ill to be trusted with a weapon? I… Read more »
Why in the heck is there not a a bill going through Congress like this for the state of California and in fact for every state in the union? Why does this bill apply exclusively to New Jersey? I would think a bill such as this would need to be applied to every state in the union equally and unilaterally. I mean, it is not each state in the United States and status under federal law? Do not the residents of each state in the United States deserve equal treatment under federal law? I really fail to understand why this… Read more »