NJ - State senator proposes liberalizing NJ gun-carry law

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Terry Hurlbut

State senator proposes liberalizing NJ gun-carry law

September 26th, 2010 7:48 am ET

A South Jersey senator has proposed a new law considerably liberalizing New Jersey's concealed-weapons-carrying laws, but the whopping fee and required proficiency demonstration will not make this new law attractive to libertarians.

Matt Friedman of The Star-Ledger (Newark) Statehouse Bureau reported yesterday on the bill, S2264, which Senator Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) actually introduced last Monday. It amends the current concealed-carry law (NJS 2C:58-4) to allow a person to carry a gun for reasons going far beyond the current standard. According to current law, an applicant may receive a concealed-carry permit only if he satisfies his local police chief, and then a judge, that he has a "justifiable need" to carry a handgun. Van Drew's new law, among other things, strikes that.

S 2264 - http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bi...00/2264_I1.PDF

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.examiner.com/essex-county...-gun-carry-law

Steve

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Daily poll: Should New Jersey law be changed to allow residents to carry handguns?

Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:16 AM
The Jersey Journal

State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) introduced a bill last week that would allow New Jersey residents to carry handguns if they go through a background check, complete courses in firearms safety and the lawful use of force, pass a test and pay an annual $500 fee, the Star-Ledger reports.

Current state law only gives carry permits to those who demonstrate a "justifiable need" to their local police chief and then a Superior Court judge — a nearly impossible hurdle, Van Drew says.

To read the rest of the story click the link below.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/inde..._jersey_l.html

Steve

Poster's Note: There is a poll on the website:

Should New Jersey law be changed to allow residents to carry handguns?

Yes 77.95% (495 votes)

No 22.05% (140 votes)

Total Votes: 635

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Opinion: Don’t touch gun-carry permit law

Sunday, October 10, 2010
BY LINDA E. FISHER |AND JENNY-BROOKE CONDON
The Record

Linda E. Fisher is a law professor in the Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice, where she heads the Civil Litigation Clinic and works with the Center’s Urban Revitalization Project to develop and promote strategies addressing urban housing issues. Jenny-Brooke Condon is law professor in the Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice, where she directs the Equal Justice Clinic.

FEW PUBLIC policy issues in this country — and in New Jersey — are as controversial and poorly understood as gun control.

Despite an endless stream of senseless and horrific gun crimes in our state, some still vehemently oppose New Jersey’s comprehensive handgun permitting scheme — and indeed any handgun regulation at all.

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http://www.northjersey.com/news/opin...ns_101010.html

Steve