Really SHALL NOT INFRINGE NONE of these will stop criminals or school violence this only affect's legal law abiding citizens no one else! Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

But in light of the ownership and homicide figures, he observes: “More guns do not, in fact, mean more gun violence. Guns can be, and commonly are, used in a responsible manner, especially here in the United States.”

The second amendment ISN’T about hunting it’s about tyranny from folks like you! It’s the right to defend ourselves from bad people that don’t obey ANY of your laws in the first place! Please visit Asbury Park, Camden or Newark, these senseless shootings occur daily and NOT by legal responsible gun owners of NJ!

Ms Clemente, you seem like an intelligent woman, but realize what your supporting doesn't make anyone safer, it just may put them in MORE danger

You need to address the rampant use of anti depressants/mood altering Drugs that were used in virtually EVERY mass shooting in this country. Here’s the facts of the most violent attacks on innocent people, that did NOT have the ability to defend themselves at their disposal!

http://ssristories.com/index.php?sort=what&p=school

A1329 (Greenwald/Quijano/Coutinho)
> Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
> Analysis: Reduces magazine capacity limit from 15 to 10 rounds.
> Interferes with self- defense, puts law-abiding citizens at a
> disadvantage in home invasions and other emergencies. Will not stop
> another tragedy, as magazines are capable of being changed quickly. Will
> be ignored by criminals, who will have advantage over the law-abiding.
> No impact on crime. No impact on school safety or mental health.
> Note: There is separate legislation to reduce magazine capacity to five
> rounds, but it is not presently scheduled to be considered on February
> 13.
>

A1387 (Wilson/Johnson)
> Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools
> and public facilities.
>
> Analysis: Empowers cities and towns to create known areas around
> schools, parks and other public facilities where it is advertised to
> criminals and madmen that their victims are unarmed and defenseless.
> Creates large swaths of land where the exercise of Second Amendment
> rights is ostensibly outlawed. Attempts to create exemptions, but fails
> to adequately do so (examples: fails to exempt CCW permit holders and
> ranges, and attempted exemption of gun club members is flawed and
> exempts no one). Criminals will not follow gun free zones.
>
> Potential impact on crime: increased risk to law-abiding citizens within
> those zones. No impact on school safety or mental health.
>
> A3510 (Johnson/Vainieri Huttle)
> Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance
> of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
> Analysis: Requires firearms training in order to own firearms. Puts
> pre-conditions on the exercise of a Constitutional right (like requiring
> public speaking training before exercise of First Amendment rights).
> Presumes that firearms owners are not safe or knowledgeable. Affects
> only law-abiding citizens. No impact on criminals (who do not obtain
> firearms using permits and FID cards), school security or mental health.

>
> A3645 (Greenwald/Eustace/Mosquera)
> Requires ammunition sales and transfers be conducted as face-to-face
> transactions.
> Analysis: Bans Internet and catalog sales of ammunition and requires
> that ammunition be purchased in face-to-face transactions. Restricts
> sales of a lawful product. Gives a monopoly to NJ sellers. During supply
> shortages, interferes with self-defense and competitive shooting by
> precluding access to supplies available elsewhere. Apparently,
> legislators do not understand that online retailers require ID of
> purchasers, and that there is an electronic record of online sales. Only
> affects law-abiding citizens. Redundant/conflicts with other similar
> pending bills being considered. No impact on criminals (who will not
> follow it), school safety or mental health.
>
>

A3646 (Greenwald)
> Establishes a regulatory system to govern the sale and transfer of
> ammunition.
> Analysis: Bans Internet and catalog sales of ammunition. Restricts sales
> of a lawful product. Gives a monopoly to NJ sellers. During supply
> shortages, interferes with self-defense and competitive shooting by
> precluding access to supplies available elsewhere. Apparently,
> legislators do not understand that online retailers require ID of
> purchasers, and that there is an electronic record of online sales. Only
> affects law-abiding citizens. Redundant/conflicts with other similar
> pending bills being considered. No impact on criminals (who will not
> follow it), school safety, or mental health.
>

> A3666 (Cryan/O'Donnell/Jasey)
> Prohibits mail order, Internet, telephone, and any other anonymous
> method of ammunition sale or transfer in New Jersey.
> Analysis: Bans internet and catalog sales of ammunition. Restricts sales
> of a lawful product. Gives a monopoly to NJ sellers. During supply
> shortages, interferes with self-defense and competitive shooting by
> precluding access to supplies available elsewhere. Apparently
> legislators do not understand that online retailers require ID of
> purchasers, and that there is an electronic record of online sales. Only
> affects law- abiding citizens. Redundant/conflicts with other similar
> pending bills being considered. No impact on criminals (who will not
> follow it), school safety, or mental health.
>
>

A3754 (Cryan/O'Donnell/Quijano)
> Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines
> patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
>
> Analysis: Gives unprecedented power to suspend Constitutional rights and
> seize firearms to unaccountable health professionals, who are defined to
> include nurses, social workers and marriage counselors! Turns health
> professionals into spies and pressures them to err on the side of
> declaring someone a danger rather than face potential professional
> liability for failing to do so. Fails to provide due process to firearms
> owners, and creates potential for enormous abuse by anti-gun health
> professionals. The powers described in this bill properly belong in the
> courts, where due process must be provided, and not in the hands of
> unaccountable health professionals. This bill potentially impacts crime,
> mental health, and school safety, but is overkill in the extreme, is
> reminiscent of a police state, and fails to include important safeguards
> to protect Constitutional rights.
>
>

A3772 (Eustace/Wagner/Vanieri Huttle)
> Requires that firearms purchaser identification cards display picture;
> mandates that firearms purchaser identification cards be renewed every
> five years.
> Analysis: Wipes out existing FID cards, which were supposed to be good
> for life, to require a new card with photo ID (apparently legislators do
> not understand that a photo ID is already required by Federal law at
> point of purchase from NJ dealers). Creates a massive new bureaucracy to
> implement and process card issuance and renewals. Makes firearms
> ownership more expensive and therefore less accessible to low-income
> citizens. Potential administrative nightmare and potential for extensive
> delays that interfere with exercise of Constitutional rights. Would
> eliminate the need for handgun purchase permits, but this legislation
> fails to address that and does not end the current permitting scheme
> which would still be retained. No impact on crime, school safety, or
> mental health.
>
>

A3796 (Mainor)
> Provides 90-day window for persons to dispose of certain unlawfully
> possessed firearms.
> Analysis: Reopens for 90 days the window that closed in 1991, for owners
> of banned firearms to transfer or surrender those firearms. New Jersey's
> assault firearms ban trapped owners of banned guns who did not surrender
> or sell them within the time period specified in that law. Since 1991,
> those owners have been left with no lawful avenue to comply. This
> legislation does not create a long enough window for notification of
> every gun owner in the State, and should create a meaningful opportunity
> for compliance (90 days is unnecessarily stingy). It also fails to
> reopen the window for unlawful magazines and ammunition. No impact on
> crime, school safety, or mental health.
>

A3659 (Barnes, III/Johnson)
> Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of
> .50 caliber or greater.
> Analysis: This bill is an attack on gun owners and sportsmen, banning
> many popular firearms and forcing their sale, destruction, or
> confiscation by the state. Pretends to ban only the .50 BMG rifle, but
> bans every rifle-barreled shotgun in the State (one of the most popular
> and widely used firearms), and many modern hunting rifles and handguns.
> Although the bill attempts to exempt shotguns, rifle-barreled shotguns
> are NOT covered by the exemption, because they do not have a smooth bore
> and therefore do not fit within New Jersey's definition of "shotgun"
> under 2C:39-1(n). That definition specifies that a firearm must have a
> smooth bore (meaning no rifling) in order to be considered a shotgun.
> This legislation would also ban numerous rifles and handguns (see
> detailed list at the end of this document for particulars). This
> legislation contains no grandfathering; if it passes, gun owners will be
> under threat of criminal prosecution and incarceration if they do not
> sell, destroy,
> or turn these firearms in to the State in a forced buyback within one
> year.
> This legislation has no impact on crime, school safety, or mental
> health.
>

> A3717 (Lampitt/Singleton)
> Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant
> Criminal Background Check System.
>
> Analysis: Requires submission of certain mental health records to NICS.
> Potentially redundant with New Jersey's existing mental health
> background checks required for issuance of handgun permits and FID
> cards. Legislation should specify that only records of persons who have
> had judicial due process (with an appeals process) should be submitted.
> Impacts mental health.
>
>

A3748 (O'Donnell/Mainor/McKeon)
> Requires background check for private gun sales.
>
> Analysis: Eliminates all private sales. Apparently, legislators do not
> realize that private sales of handguns in NJ require a permit (which is
> only issued after a background check, and is still filed with the state
> and town), or that private sales of long guns require a firearms ID card
> (only issued after a background check) and mandated paperwork. Bill
> exempts police (private firearms collections of law enforcement should
> NOT be exempted), and attempts to exempt family members but fails to
> include transfers to siblings or parents. Also attempts to exempt curio
> & relic FFL holders, who are virtually nonexistent in NJ (since the
> failure of any FFL holder to also have a state license is a crime).
> Legislation also imposes potential delays on exercise of Second
> Amendment rights and self defense (since December, 2012, given the huge
> volume of people buying firearms, background checks have been anything
> but "instant" in New Jersey, often requiring 5 or more days for
> approvals). The
> bill would also have the effect of imposing additional fees that
> otherwise would not be charged. Bill also contains a serious drafting
> error on page 3. Will not be followed by criminals. No impact on crime,
> school safety, or mental health.

>
> A3750 (Cryan/O'Donnell/Quijano)
> Establishes regulatory and reporting program for all ammunition sales.
> Analysis: Requires dealers to document all ammunition sales and report
> them electronically to the State Police, including type and quantity of
> ammunition being purchased, and the identity of the purchaser. Creates a
> database of ammunition purchasers, and lays the groundwork for future
> restrictions and targeting of competitors, collectors, and target
> shooters who purchase ammunition in bulk. In combination with other
> ammunition bills being considered, restricts sales of a lawful product,
> gives a monopoly to NJ sellers, and during supply shortages, interferes
> with self-defense and competitive shooting by precluding access to
> supplies available elsewhere. Only affects law-abiding citizens.
> Redundant/conflicts with other similar pending bills being considered.
> No impact on criminals (who will not follow it), school safety, or
> mental health.
>

> AR143 (Quijano/Cryan/O'Donnell)
> Expresses support for Attorney General's gun buyback program.
> Analysis: Does not change state law. Potential impact on crime: gun
> buybacks allow criminals to dispose of (and profit from) crime guns with
> impunity, at taxpayer expense. Gun buybacks also allow for possible
> destruction of evidence that could help solve crimes, also at taxpayer
> expense. No impact on school safety, or mental health.
>
> AR144 (Oliver)
> Urges Governor Christie's Administration not to apply for annual
> exemption from requirements of federal Mental Health Parity and
> Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (pending referral).
> Analysis: Does not change state law. No impact on crime or school
> safety. Possible impacts on mental health.
>
> A1613 (Bramnick/Johnson)
> Establishes Educational Security Task Force.
> Analysis: Establishes a task force to help the State Board of Education
> develop statewide security guidelines and standards for school
> districts. Has potential to positively impact school safety, depending
> on task force results. Does not appear to directly threaten Second
> Amendment rights at this time.
>
> A3583 (Wilson)
> Creates task force to explore areas to improve school safety (pending
> intro and referral).
>
> Analysis: None (bill text unavailable at time of this posting)
>

> A3797 (Mainor)
> Requires law enforcement to report certain firearms information to
> inter-jurisdictional electronic databases including the national
> Integrated Ballistics Identification Network.
>
> Analysis: Would mandate statewide law enforcement reporting of
> information about firearms and spent casings recovered to national law
> enforcement databases. Fails to require that the information be made
> available only to law enforcement for investigative purposes, and fails
> to require that crime guns be distinguished from guns recovered from
> fires, floods, buybacks, and other non-crime sources. Potential impacts
> on crime. No impact on school safety or mental health.
>
> ACR180 (Greenwald)
> Urges President and Congress of United States to enact legislation
> enforcing stricter firearms control measures (pending intro and
> referral).
>Plus any other gun control measure that affects the rights of legal gun owners.

"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission." ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

This is an arrogant group of legislatures trying to make headlines about somthing they did NO research on This is stupid at it's very best!

This part of his comment says it all about “John B Taxpayer” - “The second amendment ISN’T about hunting it’s about tyranny from folks like you! It’s the right to defend ourselves from bad people that don’t obey ANY of your laws in the first place!” The “folks like you” John B Taxpayer” speaks of are most of the rest of Us. “John B Taxpayer” lives in fear that the government will some day, indiscriminately, come knocking at his door to take him away – for what reason– Who knows? I don’t think he even knows. To those ends he rails against sensible gun regulation by hiding behind his version of the 2nd Amendment. It’s a version of the 2nd Amendment that assumes that our government will tyrannize us and, that we’ll need to shoot them in order to effect change. He doesn’t believe that laws work – hence his phrase “your laws”. Pure rubbish! He talks about the word “infringe” in the 2nd Amendment as if the right to bear arms is unlimited, and it isn’t. None, and I repeat, none of our rights are unlimited. Even the right to free speech, one that all of us treasure, is not unlimited. It’s still against the law to yell “Fire” in a crowded theater. Those limits are there to protect us from others, who by excess, would step on our rights.

what “John B Taxpayer” conveniently doesn’t tell you about is the other part of the 2nd Amendment that speaks to “a well regulated militia”. – the key word being regulated – meaning rules, laws, laws that protect us from those who believe that the day is near at hand when it will become necessary to play shoot ‘em up against the government. Even the Supreme Court (very conservative Justice Scalia no less) has said that there are limits to the types of weapons we can have. You can’t own a rocket launcher or a machine gun – nor should you be allowed to. Even the NRA seems to acknowledge that. But make no mistake, people like “John B Taxpayer” would like that to change. "John B Taxpayer" makes no mention of the fact that 40% of gun sales in this country are not subjected to background checks (that’s called the gun show loophole), nor does he or the NRA believe they should, although the NRA used to. In his mind it would diminish his freedom – never mind the freedom for the rest of us from fear of gun violence. He doesn’t tell you that the guns that end up on the streets of Camden, Newark, and Chicago (all places where there are very strict gun laws) mostly come in illegally from other locations around the country where the gun laws are less stringent and background checks occur less frequently.

What "John B Taxpayer" doesn’t tell you is that the NRA’s main task is to lobby for the gun industry. Let’s be clear – most of us believe in the 2nd Amendment. We don’t want to take people’s guns away. We do, however, believe that there are reasonable limits to the types of guns people should own and who should own them and how they can be used. Gun owners have rights, but so too do the vast majority of us who don’t own guns. We have a major say on this issue so let your member of Congress know where you stand and demand a vote on this issue. In this country we, the people are the government. The people who have been killed by gun violence and their families deserve a vote on this. We all deserve a vote in Congress on this.

http://ssristories.com/index.php?sort=what&p=school

I called my reps and yours and told them: NO MORE GUN CONTROL! NO MORE USELESS BACKGROUND CHECKS, NO MORE USELESS BANS, NOTHING!

What is a "multiple bullet magazine clip"????? EVERY magazine holds multiple bullets. That's the point of a magazine. Watching you gun banners babble and demonstrate your firearms ignorance would be amusing if it wasn't so pathetic. On that magazine ban idea: Bad news: High capacity magazines can now be printed right off the internet by anyone with a 3D printer. Along the same lines good luck stopping anybody that wants one from CNC machining up an AR-15 receiver in their garage. That's assuming you can't just 3D print one within the next few years. The technology is not here yet to 3D print firearms and receivers but the technology is here to CNC machine them from programming distributed on the internet. All your efforts are going to be completed thwarted by technology in the end and personally I think it's fantastic.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/01/14/gunsmiths-3d-print-high-capacity-ammo-clips-to-thwart-proposed-gun-laws/

So much for that magazine ban.

Eric you obviously never served this country in the Military.... We give you the 1st amendment to say whatever you want. My 1st amendment allows me to call you a Moron.
Never argue with a moron they will drag you down to their level and beat you with stupidity. But feel free to voice your opinion it matters none to me, I have no respect for it anyhow.

John B Taxpayer,
Keep up the good work, gun laws work as well as prohibition on Alcohol worked. The gun laws already on the books are enough.

Sheeple we are the Laughing stock in this country that we are not allows to carry our guns except from Home to Range and back with NO stopping for gas cigs pick up your kid NO stopping!!!!
I am licensed to conceal carry in 38 states I have taking truing courses yet this state want us to be defenseless! Why? Police have no obligation to save you life. Their gun is to save THEIR Life! Is your life worth less than theirs? Mine isn't! Politicians all have armed security, is their life worth more than yours? That one's an easy answer see "the Stupid" listed above!
This is the only state that doesn't allow former Police to carry their weapon upon retirement: Age 40-50 not 80.
This is OUR RIGHT THEY"VE TAKEN TOO MUCH ALREADY!
NO MORE, Marianne Clemente and Eric Kipnes!
Molon Labe look it up....

The NRA does not have a stranglehold on congress. The NRA is a lobbying group paid by its members to support their perspectives.

Guns never have and never will kill human beings unless another human being pulls the trigger. Be it a handgun or other weapon, minus the shooter the weapon remains inanimate.

I served in the military. And I killed three who were the declared enemy. I got no special "rush." I did my duty as I swore to do. Killing is not sport. It is quite horrible. If I could push a button to eradicate it, I would - but such a button does not exist.

My sole concern here is the threat to constitutional liberties. Why do we have assault weapons? Well, why do we have cars that go over 100 mph when the highest speed limit in the country is 80? Do not cars kill? Yes, but it takes a motorist to make it happen.

Swift, mandatory and incredibly harsh punishment is part of the answer to the violence in our country. Enforce the laws already on the books and stop capitalizing on emotions in the wake of tragedy.

For the NJ Legislature that is too easy. How can they become famous and advance their political careers and power. Make garbage laws and grandstand "Look what I've done to protect you!"
The answer Joe Cryan and the likes is you do nothing! Gangs still carry illegal guns and fire them indiscriminately. Mental Health patients still need help and have nowhere to turn. But they made you safe from the civil war enactor who's musket exceed the genius laws these Buffoons come up with.
In fact there wasn't any thought put into any of this. It was hurry and grab the headlines.