Posted on 08/08/2013 6:40:19 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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.
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Hear that RNC?
I am staying home if he is the nominee.
Is Christie a moderate?
I don’t think so. He just showed is true colors.
Christie/Hickenlooper 2016 “Good and hard!”
Run as a Democrat Chris.
I like Christie’s ability to mix it up with reporters and his quick repartee. However, he has shown himself to be a true rino and his anti 2nd Amendment positions will cause me to never vote for him. I will vote libertarian or Constitution Pary if Christie gets the nomination.
I will vote libertarian or Constitution Pary if Christie gets the nomination.
I'm with you, 3Fingas.
I hereby christen Chris Christy, Moby Dick - the would-be-great white whale.
Count me in. I can’t vote for another RINO, especially Christie.
Just one more imbecile that thinks there’s such a thing as reasoned gun legislation.
Guess what your moron Christie, crooks don’t abide by the law.
Cheese whiz! Who knew?
These laws invariably create hurdles the law abiding citizens have to navigate to exercise their own rights.
Bitch is gonna pull a murkowski, mark my words. Destroy him now.
2016...........NO!
Christie will probably run in ‘16, but he won’t survive the primaries.
He just couldn’t resist jumping the shark!
Christie couldn’t jump over a penny let alone a shark.
POS RINO ESAD.
May the bypass fail.
2a...The right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT be infringed.
Good Bye Gov Christie.
1. Previously posted (an hour ago) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3052636/posts
2. Worth repeating if it will help to protect us against that RINO as nominee in 2016.
I have a lot of flexibility on some issues, but the Second Amendment is an absolute. Christie failed that test (again). In 2012, the GOP settled on my very last choice, and I worry they will do the same for the next election.
I held my nose and voted for Dole, McCain and Romney. I always thought people were crazy when they said they were staying home. Well, now I am there.
I am sick of voting for people who have absolutely nothing in common with me. The 2A is my litmus test and most modern RINO’s fail miserably. I will not hold my nose again.
Noncontroversial!!! Only a complete violation of the Second Amendment without any due process.
Christie will never be nominee. He is basically a pro-life Giuliani.
don’t stay home, just don’t vote for him. There are actual conservatives running that have nothing to do with the presidential nomination and they could use your vote.
“Shall not be infringed” you fat, POS, RINO....
Hell, he couldn’t jump a dime...jus’ sayin’....
When “gun crime” skyrockets, like an actual gun commits a crime, what will be his lardness do then? Make a Krispy Kreme run to calm his nerves? Like it really matters.
How about a law for “political crime”? Like that would stop a blood sucking politician, sorry for redundant words, from doing a law that violates the people they were elected to serve. You know a “SERVANT” of the people, not a master of the slave.
Doesn’t matter as since 1789 we have all been slaves on the plantation serving the elected. Ha Ha!
I am just humbled that I was blessed to be born in the South. We do have room for the displaced and freedom loving northerners who know in their heart that freedom is the answer not northern slavery.
I may be down there before all is said and done. Every day it feels like I am living in the Bizarro World. I keep expecting to see Rod Serling off to the side with a cigarette doing a monologue.
Slap a for sale sign on it an move ASAP!
No chance he will be, but if he is ... I’ll invite you over for beer and poker night and we can both stay home.
Deal!
Should I tell the wife?
Does that for my son to inherit or give him my firearms he's exempt? I'm guessing the fine print says so.
would institute background checks for all private gun sales and require all prospective gun owners to attend a gun safety training class.
Does that for my son to inherit or give him my firearms he's exempt? I'm guessing the fine print says not.
There's little or no due process involved in getting on (or off) that list. So how is infringing on someone's civil rights because they're on some goobermint fantasy list (or enemies list) "non-controversial"?
NJ gun ping!
The GOP debate will be hopping if Fat Boy runs.
The GOP is serious wanting to commit suicide. We haven’t had a two party system in years.
If you have to. :) Yankee women do fine down here once they learn the language, make iced tea and grits.
The GOP Establishment NEVER gets this. They think we have nowhere to go. You’d think they’d learn the lesson we keep teaching them and teaching them and teaching them over and over again. Conservatives will STAY HOME rather than vote for a RINO.
But please don’t just stay home and not vote at all. There’s other races down ballot than just president, with conservative candidates who need our supportt.
The question is not if that list can be abused, it's how much.
Just on the TINIEST chance this whale had national aspirations... *POOF*.
In short, he's a blowhard.
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