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July 24, 2019

Latest Round of New Jersey Gun Laws a Prelude to Gun Ban

This is a troubling scam. By using the phrase "Any person who manufactures, causes to be manufactured, transports, ships, sells or disposes of any weapon," and the phrase "or an attempt or conspiracy to commit a crime," it leaves the door wide open for blanket bans, which results in law-abiding gun owners labeled as criminals and criminals who won't abide by the law free to do as they please. All the state has to do is claim the mere attempt to buy a gun is an indication of conspiracy to commit a crime and individual gun rights are over. It also says it bans "a firearm with a fixed magazine capacity or detachable magazine capable of holding up to 15 rounds." It doesn't say "over" 15 rounds. It says "up to." That means anything can be declared illegal. They also ban "assault" weapons without a clear definition, ban suppressors, and any self-defense spray like mace or pepper spray. It states that gun clubs must be organized as described by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, which was dissolved in 1996. This thing also bans folding knives that don't have any device that assists the opening, using the term "gravity knives," (say goodbye to that Buck knife you use at work or out hunting) as well as long thin knives by using the terms "dagger and stiletto," (which would include filet knives for you meat fishermen) plus folding knives with any sort of device that aids in their opening, calling all of them switchblades. It goes further to ban billy clubs, slingshots and private ownership of handcuffs. It also does not describe the measures the state would take to enforce the law. It's all taking on a combination of Orwell's 1984 and the movie "Minority Report" where people were jailed before they ever committed a crime.
7 years ago Venezuela banned individual rights to own a gun and set about confiscating them. Look how well that turned out...and now we have politicians at the national level in favor of the Venezuelan government. That's scary.