Newark, NJ, mayor calls for limits on handgun purchases

star ledger ^ | 07.13.08

[Coleus]

Newark Mayor Cory Booker will hold a press conference Monday afternoon, calling on the state Senate to pass a bill that imposes a barrier on intrastate handgun trafficking. The bill has already passed the Assembly. The legislation would limit the number of guns an individual can buy to one a month. Gun-control advocates argue the bill would prevent straw buyers from making bulk purchases and selling them on the streets to people who cannot pass background checks.

The press conference will take place at 2 p.m., at Elwood Park, located at Elwood and Summer avenues in Newark's North Ward. The location is the site of a recent shooting at a Barringer High School graduation party, which left one student dead and another wounded.  Bryan Miller, executive director of Ceasefire NJ, a gun control advocacy organization, will also attend the press conference.

[neverdem]

Denial IS the first stage of grief. Sheesh.

Psychoanalysis is so passe'.

[ExGeeEye]

Use it like you wrote it. Spread the word.

[tcostell]

Just another example of how New Jersey is the “East Germany” of the United States. The rest of the country takes a turn toward restoring the rights of it’s citizens, and in response our politicians try even harder to take our rights away.

[headstamp 2]

Here’s a real beauty from an insane judge up here in NY. Last time I checked, NY was in the United States.

http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1216025743248580.xml&coll=1

[wastedyears]

Thanks

[Jonah Hex]

As 'gun friendly' as Virginia is, (comparatively speaking) one is limited to one gun per month also.

Unless you have a Virginia conceal carry permit, in which case the 30-days rule doesn't apply.

[El Gato]

In my opinion, we are at most a year away from massive civil disturbances.

Well this law wouldn't affect that, for that you want a long gun, not a handgun. Preferable an evil assault weapon (or better yet a real assault rifle) OR a "Serious Social Purposes" shotgun.

Unfortunately the former are all but banned in New Jersey. Actually they are subject to the same controls and procedures as machine guns, so if you want one, might as well go for the Real Deal.

OTOH, a nice lever action in 30-30, .44 Magnum or even .45 Long Colt, would serve almost as well. Then again a scoped bolt action hunting rifle, in a serious caliber (meaning .270 or larger) might also have it's uses in such a social event.(98K Mausers and 7.62x54 Moison-Nagant or clones would serve quite nicely too, and they are cheap)

[El Gato]

Last time I checked, NY was in the United States.

The judge is correct that the Second Amendment has not yet been shown to apply to the states (well not by the Supreme Court...yet) However, Article 2, Section 4 of the New York Civil Rights Law provides: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed.”

Now another NY State statute could override that, but a city or other local ordinance cannot.

Since the only difference between that provision and the second amendment is the substitution of "cannot" for "shall not", the Supreme Court's definition of the meaning of the RKBA must be the same in both documents. Since it's a state statute, it was already clear that the right (which is assumed to exist by the language of both) cannot be a protection of the militia, since the militia is already under state control and why would anyone in their right mind want to prohibit the state from disarming itself?

[El Gato]

But the judge is wrong about one thing for sure:

Walsh wrote that the ability of New York residents to keep and bear arms is a privilege granted by statute. The state's constitution contains no such guarantee, he added.

Yes the constitution does not contain such a guarantee, but the language of the statute indicates that the right is preexisting, not created by the statute (it does not say "The people shall have the right...". The statute merely states that it cannot be infringed.

IOW, the judge is an AshHat.

[xrmusn]

....Virginia conceal carry permit....etc....
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Thanks
I checked you out and lo and behold there are about 8 different circumstances when the 1 per month is waived.
The original was none but an authorized dealer etc, but there are 8 amendments....
If you are interested, Google ‘virginia gun purchase’ and it is right on top....

[Freemeorkillme]

This is contempt of court, pure and simple.

[Freemeorkillme]

Jumped the gun/pulled the trigger too early. I meant to say will be(my rosy optimism).

2nd Amendment Attorneys and more
http://www.geocities.com/admiralty_lawyer/dfenders.htm#attys
(and,taken from jpfo.org’s site)
http://www.i-sig.com/~rkba/dfenders.htm
http://www.ij.org/
http://www.alumbankweb.com/cc-attorney.htm

New Jersey Gun troubles???
Call NJ’s own top-notch attorney
http://www.evannappen.com/

FMOKM