Update: Though I was not called upon, it was an interesting session. Taxes and jobs were a serious focus point, and Christie’s statements and answers seemed on the right track.
FYI, had he called on me, here is my question:
My question is regarding the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. What part of the phrase “shall not be infringed” does the state government fail to understand?
The requirement for a permit alone is an infringement on our Constitutional rights, and the near impossibility for an ordinary law abiding citizen to obtain a permit adds insult to injury.
Having to show “need” does not apply to the First, or any other amendment; why should it apply to the Second?
Anyone who cannot be trusted with a firearm should not be running around in public.
I totally agree with you.
But knowing Chris Christie, he probaqbly would have told you to sit down and shut up.
Both parties have “plants” in these audiences with pre-conceived questions and they tend to callmainly on them - but not exclusively.
Christie is typical of the New Jersey Republican Establishment - people like Tom Kean Senior.
Their main concern is primarily taxes. That is not a bad thing. But Taxes are merely a PART of the entire issue. You can’t be a fiscal conservative and support the kind of unconstitutional, intrusive regulations which attack basic constitutional rights because the beaurocracies which immplement such regulations need money to operate and that can only come from taxes.
Fiscally responsible government can’t be run by control freaks like Michael Bloomberg and Barack Obama.