U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Later today, the New Jersey Assembly is scheduled to vote on A.2426, legislation that would create a rebuttable presumption of no bail for gun offenses. Earlier this month, an Assembly committee heard our concerns over the mandatory rejection of bail for purely possessory charges.
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Fortunately, most of the offenses which were simply possessory were removed by amendment in the Assembly Law & Public Safety Committee. However, there remains a lingering issue with A.2426, and otherwise law-abiding citizens are still in jeopardy if this draconian bail bill were to become law. Over thirty years ago, the state’s semi-auto ban outlawed a handful of guns for cosmetic reasons. By way of example, there is a semi-automatic Benelli turkey hunting shotgun which is prohibited under New Jersey law simply because it has a thumbhole stock. There are other examples. Many years ago, after a short amnesty window, owners risked serious consequences for noncompliance. Once the grace period ended, those owners would no longer be able to transport, possess, surrender, or even destroy those firearms without serious penalty under law. Upon expiration, there is no way to comply. Decades later, relatives who may be left with these guns face harsh penalties with no recourse. A.2426 stipulates that these heirs sit in jail with no bail. Again, this is just one example of the unintended consequences we witness in the Garden State on an all-too-routine basis. This is the quintessential New Jersey gun control bill that establishes harsh penalties for hyper-technical violations of the law with no criminal intent.
Please contact your Assembly members and respectfully ask them to either fix the lingering problems with A.2426 or vote against it.
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No bail with no due process. Joe Stalin is smiling up at us from hell.
Ahh… New Jersey.
Where gun rights go to die.
Meanwhile PEDOPHILES walk the streets. Or serve in Govt. Do you see why ? Remember Gary Plauché
Amendment VIII says that “Excessive bail shall not be required” but unfortunately does not proscribe when it can or cannot be denied. Now there’s a question for future Supreme Court nominees.
REALITY CHECK: Those charged with “possessory” hyper-technical violations of the law with no criminal intent, are the ones they want to lock away for good . . . I mean if it is a legal gun found on a non-felon who by law is eligible for Second Amendment Rights. An inner city gang banger pulling a gun to commit a robbery is the one they want to go easy on. Same in NYC. Gun robbery, no one hurt, NOT charged with a violent crime, eligible for “bail reform”, released back to the streets to re-commit. Licensed gun owner visits NYC,… Read more »
I remember when NRA pissed away NJ, right after pissing away Cali. They winked while “gun rights hero” Bill Ruger cut deals to exempt his “sporting” guns from the assault weapon ban, so the Cali ban passed by one vote.