[Impala64ssa]

I could imagine how foolish the klan and others of their ilk sounded when they demanded "outsiders" to stop meddling in Alabama's affairs during the days of the Jim Crow laws.

[andyk]

"Do they want us meddling in their gun laws?"

You do that every time you support stricter gun control laws at the federal level.

[meatloaf]

Where do I donate to the man’s lawsuit?

[The KG9 Kid]

Turnabout is fair play, New Jersey.

[7thson]

This reads like satire. If it is true however, then the reply to this quote "the guy they’re fighting with over a parking spot might be packing heat" should be a resounding yes. A armed society is a polite society.

[Constitution Day]

"Do they want us meddling in their gun laws?" the paper asks, noting that Wyoming's loose gun laws are a threat to New Jersey because they make it easy for criminals to bring guns east.

Yeah...I'm SO sure that criminals in NJ have to go all the way to freaking WYOMING to get their hands on guns. Solid logic, that.

[Tenacious 1]

States "have broad powers to set gun policy, and in ours, a strong majority supports strict laws,"

Not according to the constitution. "...Shall not be infringed."

[Texan5]

If they get into potentially lethal fights over parking spaces, they shouldn’t even be packing a can of hairspray...

[Starstruck]

This involves an interpretation of the Second Amendment. Of course other states and individuals from those states should get involved.

[ontap]

Wyoming to New Jersey: keep your commie hands off our second amendment!!!

[Paladin2]

NJ needs to move away from the bad influences of NYC and Philadelphia.

[Amendment10]

States "have broad powers to set gun policy, ...

Given that the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had decided to not make the Bill of Rights applicable to the states, yes, the states originally did have broad powers to set gun policy.

However ...

Note that John Bingham, the main author of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, had included the 2nd Amendment when he read the Bill of Rights to the HoR as the main example of constitutional privileges and immunities which the states obligated themselves to respect when they ratified the 14th Amendment. Note the 2nd Amendment roughly in the middle of the middle column of the page in the congressional record which shows this discussion at the following link.

Appendix To The Congressional Globe

So the institutionally indoctrinated staff member at the Star-Ledger who wrote the article is wrong about the states still having broad powers to set gun policy.

[Blood of Tyrants]

most people in the state don't want to worry that "the guy they’re fighting with over a parking spot might be packing heat."

Dragging out the same old tired and disproved arguments that people with guns are just itching to pull them out and blast away over practically anything. But maybe the people from NJ would be such creeps if they did have to worry.

[TigersEye]

If you're getting into fights over parking spaces you
shouldn't be driving or have a driver's license.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

FUNJ!!
Sincerely,
One of your residents

[ontap]

most people in the state don't want to worry that "the guy they’re fighting with over a parking spot might be packing heat."

They don't want their governor shutting bridges down either...but what the hell!!

[ontap]

Second Amendment rights are not absolute either.

Second amendment rights are absolutely...absolute...it's squishy ass politicians willing to support the constitution that isn't absolute!!!

[CodeToad]

The liberals of New Jersey seek national banning of guns so maybe NJ needs get bent.

[Pollster1]

States "have broad powers to set gun policy . . ."

True. States should have broad powers to set gun policy, so long as the right of the people to keep and bear arms is not infringed. So long as they do not infringe through restrictions on the types of weapons owned or carried, how much ammunition can be loaded, owned, or carried, or where on public property a person can carry, it's okay to set gun policy state by state.