Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Far from the first time, New Jersey anti-gun politicians are once again attempting to implement duplicate gun control legislation and call it a victory.
“Bump stocks” are already prohibited in New Jersey under the state’s existing and Draconian semi-auto “assault weapons ban” because it has a pistol grip and a retractable stock, a combination of prohibited features that make them unlawful. Under current law, the stock would constitute a “part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert the firearm into an assault firearm…” N.J.S. 2C:39-1w(5)).
This raises the obvious question, why introduce redundant legislation? The answer to that rhetorical question is simple.
They want to give the appearance they are doing something about “gun violence” when quite the opposite is true. New Jersey has some of the country’s most violent neighborhoods and, at the same time, some of the nation’s strictest gun control laws. This latest legislative effort is more proof of what we’ve maintained all along. Rather than focus on real problems like drug and gang violence or mental health, anti-gun politicians focus on harassing lawful gun owners and passing legislation that does nothing to punish criminals. It is clear bump stocks aren’t the problem in violence-plagued cities like Trenton, Camden, Paterson and Newark. And, they are already prohibited, so how is this latest legislative effort going to have any impact?
Quite simply: it won’t.
This knee jerk reaction is certainly expected and is nothing more than a calculated ploy to generate headlines after a horrific tragedy. The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee will hear A.5200 (which hasn’t even been introduced yet) in the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on Thursday, Nov. 30 2017, at 2 p.m.
The current ban has done nothing substantive to reduce “gun violence,” and neither will another mirror measure. These hardware bans have been proven time and time again to be ineffective at preventing criminal activity. This is a clear sign of things to come in Trenton. We would urge members to remind their legislators to focus on punishing actual criminals and stop harassing law-abiding gun owners.
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Rock is right. That’s why I left after retirement 8 years ago-to Vermont.
Welcome aboard. I left joisey back in the 60’s, very pleased here in VT. I hate to even drive thru that heII hole now a days. Just keep your eyes open for the libs here. They try every year to make us like NJ, CT, or NY.
I went to Newark New Jersey a few yeas ago for business at the port… Got to the hotel and registered, was asked how much gas I had in may car, I asked WHY ???? They said that cars are routinely stolen, the less gas that shows on the gauge the better chance of not being taken. THEN I was “advised” to NOT leave the hotel after dark because it was so dangerous. on the trip to the docks in the morning we saw a still smoldering car on blocks, the car was stolen stripped and burned. Saw a safe,… Read more »
No more Jersey shore vacations for me!