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Second Amendment Issues:
Defending Your Rights
The Association supports and defends the constitutional rights of the people to
keep and bear arms. A critical part of the ANJRPC’s mission
is to take immediate action against any legislation at the local,
state and federal level that would infringe upon these rights.
ANJRPC IN HISTORIC
SUPREME COURT EFFORT
ANJRPC is one
of four State Firearm Associations that organized a coalition of more
than 40 similar groups to file a collective “friend of the court” brief
in the historic pending U.S. Supreme Court Case District of
Columbia v. Heller. That case, originally brought to overturn
Washington, DC’s handgun ban, brings before the highest court in the
land for the first time the issue of whether the Second Amendment
protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.
Gun Ban Extremist Attacks ANJRPC
President on Blog
Gun ban advocate Bryan Miller (of
CeaseFire NJ) recently dedicated an entire blog post on NJ.com to
attacking ANJRPC President and NRA Board Member Scott Bach after Scott
pointed out the absurdity of blaming Pennsylvania gun laws for New
Jersey gun crime.
Second Amendment Foundation Blasts NJ Politicians Anti-Gun Plan
Proposals by
anti-gun New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker to
establish "gun courts" and penalize gun owners who are victimized by
burglars and thieves is "an outrage," the Second Amendment Foundation
said.
ANJRPC President to Blog on
Star Ledger / NJ.com Website
ANJRPC President and NRA Board Member Scott Bach now has a weblog on the
New Jersey Star-Ledger / NJ.com website at
http://blog.nj.com/njv_scott_bach/ He will be blogging to a wide
general audience about policy matters concerning the Second Amendment
and outdoor issues.
Legislative After-Action Report
After a lengthy hearing with testimony both
from Second Amendment leaders and anti-gun activists and politicians,
the New Jersey Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee today took no
action on A3494 (firearms license fee escalation); amended A3998 (.50
caliber gun ban) to exempt certain firearms; and passed the amended bill
by a vote of 4-2, with the Chairman’s recommendation that the bill be
referred to another committee for further study and amendment.
URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT
On Thursday, May 10, the New Jersey Assembly
Law and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider legislation that
would ban most .50 caliber and larger firearms (including popular hunting
rifles), increase firearms license fees, and authorize future fee increases
by unelected bureaucrats. Your IMMEDIATE action is requested to oppose these
measures.
ANJRPC
sues Port Authority!
The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. (ANJRPC) announced that it has
commenced a lawsuit against the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey and one of its police officers for wrongfully arresting and
imprisoning for nearly five days a 57-year old Utah man delayed
at Newark Airport by a baggage error while traveling from Utah to
Pennsylvania.
State Police Turn
Honest Gun Owners Into Criminals
Two days after Governor Jon Corzine took office, the Superintendent of State Police issued a letter to New Jersey firearms dealers that appears to turn honest gun owners who possess temporarily blocked large capacity magazines into criminals with no apparent means of complying with the
law.
Animal Rights
Counsel Forced to Admit Bear Hunting a Viable Option
Under intense grilling by a New Jersey Appeals Court on December 2, a
lawyer representing animal rights extremist groups was forced to admit
that bear hunting is a viable option to control bear population,
contradicting his clients' longstanding position that New Jersey's bear
hunt is nothing more than a trophy hunt.
"Guns for Cash" Program
Violates NJ Gun Laws, Helps Criminals
December 1st press release
2005
ANJRPC/PAC Candidate Rating and Preferences
Ratings for the New Jersey General Election November 8
Gun Confiscation in New
Orleans
Links to news footage of legal arms being taken from citizens
Travelling with
Firearms
Basics for the law-abiding gun owner
Transportation
of Firearms through Airports
Dealing with problems encountered in New York City
The Race Against
Corzine
The future of your Second Amendment rights is at stake in the upcoming
election for New Jersey's next governor
Candidates for
the Republican nomination for New Jersey Governor
A list of the candidates with a brief background of each.
NJ Supreme Court
Cancels 2004 Bear Hunt
In a defeat for hunters and conservationists, the court ruled that the
hunt, approved by the Fish & Wildlife Dept. but opposed by DEP Director
Bradley Campbell, could not take place until the two agencies developed
a joint policy for managing the bear population.
2004 Election Results
Gun Owners Turn Out
to Defend Freedom on Election Day
Firearms owners turned out in record numbers
on election day to defend the Second Amendment, providing the crucial
votes necessary to keep a pro-gun President in the White House and
strengthen the pro-gun majority in Congress.
ANJRPC/PAC Candidate
Ratings and Preferences
Ratings for Federal candidates based on their support of Second Amendment
issues
Defend Freedom on Election
Day
The next president will likely appoint up to four Supreme Court justices who
will likely rule on whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right.
The next president will may also enter into the United Nations global gun ban
treaty.
Take Your Best Shot!
New Jersey is considered a “swing state” in the upcoming Federal election.
Make your vote count.
Fifty Caliber Scare
Joe Bilby's “Black Powder Notes" column from the New Jersey Federated
Sportsmen News details the effect that banning .50 caliber firearms would have
on hunters and collectors.
Anti-Gun
Rhetoric Grows Vicious as Demise of “Assault Weapon” Ban Approaches
The term “assault weapon” was
invented by anti-gun extremists to deliberately mischaracterize certain
semi-automatic firearms which look like, but do not operate
like, fully-automatic machine guns. A federal ban on these firearms will
automatically expire on September 13 unless new legislation is passed to
extend it. Expect to be assaulted by a barrage of vicious and deceitful media
attacks.
Notes from the Show Circuit
A thank-you to ANRJPC members for making a commitment to support the
Second Amendment
The Gun Show
“Loophole”
There is NO Gun Show Loophole. The people that coined the phrase “gun show
loophole” are the same people that want to stop the transfer of all firearms
between individuals.
Weinberg Bill Bans All .50
Caliber Firearms
Even though Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg admitted in a Law and Public Safety
Committee meeting that she knew nothing about firearms, her bill, originally
proposed in the 2003-2004 legislative session, is likely to be reintroduced in
some form during the 2004-2005 session.
ANJRPC Political Action
Committee
The ANJRPC/PAC is a separate volunteer
organization. Its purpose is to appraise, recommend and support candidates who
support the Second Amendment.
New Jersey Bear Hunt
Ends
New Jersey’s six-day bear
hunting season ended with a reported total of 328 bear taken by hunters.
2003
Election Results
Details of the NJ Senate and Assembly elections by district
ANJRPC/PAC 2003 Candidate
Rating and Preferences
The Association's Political Action Committee rates candidates in the elections for the New Jersey Senate and Assembly. The ratings also
show which legislators have supported the anti-gun "smart gun" and
"ballistic imaging" bills.
New
Jersey Bear Hunt Scheduled
The New Jersey Division of Fish &
Wildlife has approved plans for the first New Jersey black bear hunt in
33 years, scheduled to take place in December, 2003 in portions of
Sussex, Warren, Morris and Passaic Counties
The State House Beat,
by Carol Katona (5-23-03)
A report on firearms-related bills in the New Jersey legislature.
First
Amendment Victory in Suit Against School Board
by Nancy Ross (5-20-03)
In a significant victory for the First Amendment, a lawsuit against the
Montclair, N.J. Board of Education (School Board) brought by the
Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) was resolved
in a court-ordered settlement. The School Board acknowledged that it
violated its own policies by distributing a flyer supporting anti-Second
Amendment legislation, while refusing to distribute a flyer opposing the
legislation.
Attend the Bear Hunt
Hearing May 22 by Nancy Ross (5-10-03)
The NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife will
hold its hearing on the proposed black bear hunt on Thursday, May 22
at the New Jersey State Museum, 205 State Street in Trenton. The hearing
will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Bear Hunt Proposed, by
Nancy Ross (3-20-03)
The ANJRPC is urging members to support the Fish and Wildlife Council’s
proposal for a six-day bear hunt.
The State House Beat,
by Carol Katona (3-20-03)
A report on firearms-related bills in the New Jersey legislature.
Ballistic
Fingerprinting, A Waste of Taxpayer Dollars,
by Nancy Ross (3-5-03)
A recent report by the Attorney General of California, Bill Lockyear, on the
feasibility of a ballistic imaging system as a tool of law enforcement should
effectively destroy prospects for passage of a “fingerprinting” bill
currently pending in New Jersey’s Law & Public Safety Committee and the
Veteran’s Affairs Committee.
Smart Gun Bill Passed in New
Jersey, by Nancy Ross (12-16-02)
Background on the legislation along with the list of Senators who voted "No" (N) or Abstained (A).
Remember an abstention (A) is the same as a no (N) vote.
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