December 2, 2021. Today, Governor Murphy announced that he is pressing forward with his anti-gun legislative onslaught first announced in April, with the goal of passing all of it in the current "lame duck" legislative session which concludes in January. The proposals target Second Amendment rights and do nothing to severely punish gun criminals.
Murphy’s attacks 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. - Organizing anti-gun states to implement region-wide gun control.
Although the official legislative schedule has yet to be announced, the proposals could begin to be heard in Assembly committees as soon as next week.
Please prepare to take action in a sustained email campaign throughout December and early January -- we will provide updates and talking points as the schedule becomes clearer. In the meanwhile, please email every member of the Assembly (CLICK HERE) and tell them to oppose Governor Murphy's misguided attacks on Second Amendment rights of honest citizens, and demand that Governor Murphy instead severely punish those who commit violent gun crimes.
ANJRPC Executive Director Scott Bach was quoted today in a News12 NJ story on these developments (click here to see the story). Please watch for further updates and alerts, and prepare to take sustained action going forward.
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