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Gov. Chris Christie offered beleaguered New Jersey gun owners a ray of hope last week as he announced amendments to the gun policies that govern concealed carry permits and the transportation of firearms.<\/p>\n

Christie cited the tragic death of Carol Browne<\/a> as his motivation for loosening gun regulations. Browne, a New Jersey resident, was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend earlier this year while awaiting a concealed carry permit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe terrible tragedy involving Berlin resident Carol Bowne last summer was a jarring example of a permitting system that had failed and needed to be reexamined and fixed,\u201d Christie said<\/a>. The new policies, he continued, are meant to ensure that \u201cconstitutional rights will be protected and respected in New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new language will allow citizens to obtain concealed carry permits if they can prove a \u201cserious threat\u201d to their person. The previous language forced citizens to prove \u201cspecific threats or previous attacks\u201d before being approved for a permit, which, according to NJ.com<\/a>, almost never happened unless the applicant was \u201cformer police and sheriff\u2019s deputies and those employed as armed security guards.\u201d<\/p>\n

As an example of a \u201cserious\u201d but not \u201cspecific\u201d threat, the Attorney General\u2019s office described \u201ca taxi driver who works nights in a particular precinct where armed assailants recently and on multiple occasions had flagged down cabs at night and robbed and shot the drivers,\u201d according to NorthJersey.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Christie also announced changes to the rules that govern the transportation of firearms within the state. Previously, the policy allowed residents without a concealed carry license to transport their unloaded, secured firearms to and from hunting grounds or shooting ranges with \u201creasonably necessary\u201d deviations.<\/p>\n

Christie\u2019s proposal explicitly lists examples of such deviations, including \u201ccollecting and discharging passengers; purchasing fuel, food and beverages, medication, or other needed supplies; using a restroom; contending with an emergency situation; or driving around a traffic jam.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the efforts are obviously a step in the right direction, gun rights groups in New Jersey haven\u2019t been throwing any parties. Scott L. Bach, executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, described the change<\/a> to the carry permit standard as a “modest incremental improvement” to an “abomination.”<\/p>\n

The reason for his reticence is simple: New Jersey police officers still control the entire approval process, and the pro-Second Amendment community isn\u2019t convinced the new policies will force them to abide by the law.<\/p>\n

While the new directives call on State Police \u201cto identify best practices\u201d and for local police to process gun purchase and carry applications \u201cas expeditiously as practicable,\u201d New Jersey Second Amendment Society<\/a>\u00a0President Alexander Roubian asked NJTV News<\/a>, \u201cIf [they\u2019re] not following the law to begin with, what is it going to make any difference if the attorney general tells them to do it?\u201d<\/p>\n

The NJTV report cited an undercover video<\/a> taken by the Second Amendment society that shows an Orange Police detective sergeant flat-out denying that New Jersey citizens could obtain concealed carry gun permits (starts at 1:29 in the link above).<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, an un-elected state or local police officer still controls the constitutional rights of thousands of New Jersey residents every year. Christie\u2019s policy changes loosen the letter of the law, but New Jerseyans are not likely to see much improvement until the legislature acts or the state imposes sufficient oversight on the concealed carry permit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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