Gov. Phil Murphy is at it again, trying to push through a huge package of extreme anti-gun measures.
It was this week, during an address at Saint Luke Baptist Church in Paterson, that Murphy called on lawmakers to enact his gun-control agenda, one that he first unveiled in April of 2021.
“The bills that I introduced one year ago are basic measures that will keep guns out of the wrong hands, help law enforcement apprehend the perpetrators of gun violence, and hold the gun industry accountable for its deceptive and dangerous practices,” said Gov. Murphy.
“I hope to work with my Legislative partners to continue making New Jersey a national leader in gun safety and prevent the meaningless violence and loss of life that results from the gun violence epidemic,” he added.
We MUST continue to lead the nation in gun safety – with commonsense measures that will:
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 19, 2022
☑️Keep guns out of the wrong hands
☑️Help law enforcement apprehend the perpetrators of gun violence
☑️Hold the gun industry accountable for its deceptive and dangerous practices pic.twitter.com/GuBpbCcy8Y
As GunsAmerica previously reported with the help of ANJRPC, Gov. Murphy’s proposals include:
- Banning all 50 caliber firearms
- Mandating electronic registration of all ammunition purchases
- Mandating unreliable, useless “microstamping” technology for all handguns (to stamp firearms serial numbers on spent ammunition)
- Allowing gun manufacturers to be sued for misuse of their products by criminals
- Imposing gun registration on those moving into NJ with legal firearms previously acquired
- Banning gun ownership for all citizens under age 21
- Mandating training in order to simply own firearms
- Using $12 million in taxpayer funds for anti-gun grants to universities and cities
- Mandating that firearms dealers carry “smart” guns
- Organizing anti-gun states to implement region-wide gun control
Unsurprisingly, the Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action is backing Murphy’s move to chill the 2A rights of law-abiding gun owners.
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“This bill package includes vital, common sense reforms that would provide comprehensive solutions to the gun violence that devastates New Jersey communities,” said Amy Faucher, a volunteer with the group’s New Jersey chapter.
“Our state continues to lead nationally in the gun violence prevention movement, and furthering that status means passing these important bills,” she added.
Alan Gottlieb, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, criticized Gov. Murphy for targeting responsible New Jerseyans instead of the real perpetrators of gun crime.
“Someone needs to tell Governor Murphy that a gun does not have a brain to hate with or a finger to pull its own trigger,” Gottlieb told GunsAmerican via email. “He needs to support legislation that keeps violent criminals off the streets and stop attacking gun ownership for law-abiding New Jersey people.”
This is the third wave of anti-gun measures Murphy has proposed since taking office in 2018. His administration has already succeeded in passing “red flag” confiscation orders, banning certain standard capacity magazines, criminalizing private transfers, and prohibiting so-called “ghost guns,” among other restrictions.
While Dems control both chambers following November’s elections, they lost seven seats to Republicans. NJ.com reports that Dems have been “cautious about tackling more progressive or hotly debated policy with all 120 seats in the Legislature up for grabs again in two years.”
Stay tuned for updates.
WHAT PART OF “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” DONT THESE ASSHATS UNDERSTAND?
California has all of these laws already in place except for the last three, plus background check requirements to purchase 80% “precursor” parts. Guess how effective these laws have been in keeping guns out of the hands of bad guys. (Ans.: Not at all.)
I’d like to ask Governor Murphy exactly how many bad guys have used a .50 BMG to commit a crime (probably zero, just like California which has had one in 50 years), and if he intends to ban .50 caliber muzzle loaders as well.