Posted on 08/08/2013 5:22:16 PM PDT by lowbridge
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed 10 pieces of gun legislation into law Thursday.
Christie, widely seen as a probable GOP candidate for president in 2016, signed off on the slate of bills, most of which were non-controversial, while leaving five more contentious bills still awaiting his signature or veto.
One of the new laws will disqualify any person on the federal terrorist watch list from obtaining firearms identification cards or permits to purchase handguns.
“To the extent that this bill will keep guns out of the hands of known terrorists, or those who have taken active steps to support terrorist activities, my signature on this bill represents my commitment to keeping the citizens of New Jersey safe,” Christie said in a signing statement. “Our diligence against terrorism must never fade.”
Civil liberties advocates have criticized the watch list for its secrecy. The list is not public, nor can one petition to have his name removed from it. There were about 420,000 names on the watch list as of 2011. It has swollen to nearly 900,000 as of this year.
Other new laws strengthen penalties for trafficking firearms and exempt firearm licenses from public records requests.
(Excerpt) Read more at freebeacon.com ...
Anything to keep guns out of law abiding citizens. Where’s the law that will convict and imprison street gang members who use stolen and illegal guns to commit crimes????
Another non-entity. A RINO that will never see the light of day as a candidate.
So if you are one of the 900,000 and growing list of persons on the no fly list, without due process, and live in NJ, you can’t own a gun? I think not. The right to bear arms is an unalienable right, but then I preach to the choir.
He should never show his face again.
Want too know if yo are on the watch list? Try to buy a gun. If they say no, and you have no priors, you are listed!
Only in NJ, though.
He may become a candidate, but that’s all he’ll ever be.
If November 2016 comes down to Hillary v. NJFatboy, I’m writing in Putin!
If this SOB gets the nomination, I’m done with the GOP. Inexcusable.
I think Christie figures he will by far be the biggest candidate on a 2016 debate stage. He’s looking to dwarf the other contenders.
How many armed bodyguards does he have? Is it 1000 or 10,000? Because I know he needs quite a lot to cover all that real estate.
Gotta lol on the NJFatboy tag!
And to think that Ann Coulter was infatuated with this RINO phony. Ann will never recover from that catastrophic failure of judgment.
And to think that Ann Coulter was infatuated with this RINO phony. Ann will never recover from that catastrophic failure of judgment.
Oh he will because it’s no longer the GOP. It’s the Democrat lite party. We are a one party system now which is why I hope to hell we get a new one going before next election. Can you imagine Hitlery and Christie running against one another?
He would keep the Residents of his State much safer if he signed a Bill banning the Real Housewives of New Jersey along with Snooki.
There fixed it...(I believe he will pull a Jumpin' Jim Jeffords)
And to think that Ann Coulter was infatuated with this RINO phony. Ann will never recover from that catastrophic failure of judgment.
When i hear Christie’s name, i always think of that money grubbing bimbo.
I think that anorexia she has must have fried her brain. No food and her brain went into short circuit. I notice she constantly pushes her books like crazy now, mentions them in almost every article she writes. Low sales Ann? Hmmm.
Don’t worry, Christie will run as a CristiecRat.
The list is not public, nor can one petition to have his name removed from it. There were about 420,000 names on the watch list as of 2011. It has swollen to nearly 900,000 as of this year.
Just short of a million "terrorists"? And if your name goes on the list, (1) you won't know it until you try to exercise your Constitutional rights, and (2) you can't do anything about it, ever? Tell me again about the Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave.
This is utterly contemptible, palatable within the Northeast media echo chamber but indigestible anywhere sane. Stick a fork in Christie, he's done.
One scenario I can envision is Hillary picking NJFatboy as VP and the ensuing “mediagasm” over bipartisanship.
However I suspect she’ll go with DeVal Patrick because he’s guaranteed to “motivate” all the Obama voters.
I don’t know, I heard her somewhere a week or so ago nailing his big azz for being a nitwit.
All I have to say besides that is: Does he remind anyone else of Curly from the Three Stooges? I mean with hair and all?
Sumbish is a nitwit either way, yay or nay.
Your right. This was a cop out. Now the feds can disqualify anyone they want. Anyone wrongfully put on that list ever manage to get off it? I will not be voting for CC under any circumstances.
I think Christie figures he will by far be the biggest candidate on a 2016 debate stage.
If Candy Crowley as the moderator we're going to need a bigger stage.
By his machinations, he has already killed any chance of his being a candidate. He’s already on a serious downslide. He couldn’t win against anyone today!
How DOES one get a gun in NJ? If you own a store, I guess it is easy. Or if you belong to a gun club, you can get one —— if the gun is locked away at all times, and the ammo no way near the guns. But what other reason can you apply for and get a gun?
The guy is a pig. Something is obviously wrong with him mentally.
LOL
CC+CC=OMG!
I mentally booted Christie to the curb the night his convention speech was all about him rather than the platform and the nominee Romney.
He’s a big guy but his ego is bigger.,
They’ll run on the same ticket.
Years ago I wanted to get a gun, and a retired policeman said that if I applied for one, to never say I wanted it for protection -— which is what I would want it for. Sigh.
Yeah, this is the RINO the Republicats want to run for POTUS in 2016 — NOT. Screw Krispy Kreme.
But we have to do SOMETHING!
Don’t we?
/sarc
Wow...nazi germany did the same thing.
“But you can only get 1 permit for a handgun at a time.”
You can get as many handgun permits as you want at application time....you can only buy 1 handgun a month......handgun permits expire in 90 days but can be extended 90 more at your request unless these idiots have recently changed it. Depending on time for NICS and availability of what you want you could get at least 5.
Civil liberties advocates have criticized the watch list for its secrecy. The list is not public, nor can one petition to have his name removed from it. There were about 420,000 names on the watch list as of 2011. It has swollen to nearly 900,000 as of this year.
Sounds like just the program for the Vichy Republican party.
Huckabee 2016. A stuffed pork chop that’s underdone and over sold.
Integrity counts.
So the Feds can deprive people in NJ of their 2Amd rights by placing their names on a list which has no nonarbitrary controls on who may be placed on it. What an opportunity for the Feds. They should push all states to adopt that law. Then they can simply put all those the DOJ has determined to be potential terrorists on that list which would deprive conservatives generally of the RKBA.
Will she recover from her love affair with candidate Romney? I don’t understand how she reconciles her choice of personalities with her stated positions. They would seem to be incompatible. Is that being a woman?
Unintentional humor alert.
"Christie widely seen as a probable the GOP candidate for president in 2016." Headline fixed.
It's becoming more obvious that he ,(Christie) is the chosen RNC "Gee, I don't know why we lost to the democrats again ", candidate for losing the 2016 election.
Who better to pick, than the person who cost the GOP the 2012 election?
I think McCain should be his running mate. He can reassure us that we have nothing to fear from a Hillary presidency.
The question is, since IMO- the GOP has no intention of ever letting a conservative anywhere near the 2016 ticket- What do we do about it?
Third party?
I don't know.
That will probably eliminate us Freepers. Glad I don’t live in Joysee.
I have been detained because my company did not pay my travel credir=t charges on time.Domestic and foreign travel detainments. Thhhese agencies are fools.
Hey fat boy! Don't forget that to the current administration, Terrorist == conservative. Plus, there's no transparency on how the list is compiled nor a guaranteed procedure leading to removal if you shouldn't be on it. Nice work, dickhead!
About Romney:
We run liberals against Marxists. Liberals take the local; Marxists take the express—but they both go to Grand Central.
About Ann: She can’t think straight.
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