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Newark Mayor Cory Booker: Turn in Gun Owner, Get $1,000 (NJ)
opposingviews.com ^ | 16 January, 2012 | Mark Berman

Posted on 01/17/2012 6:34:55 AM PST by marktwain

The Mayor of Newark, New Jersey is making an offer he hopes city residents cannot refuse -- report your gun-owning neighbor, get $1,000.

In a video, Mayor Cory Booker holds ten $100 bills as he explains how the new program works. People just have to anonymously call a number to report someone with an illegal gun and they get the dough.

Here is the video:


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To: marktwain

“My neighbor owns a gun. His name is....” BANG!


21 posted on 01/17/2012 8:19:46 AM PST by Terry Mross (AN)
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To: basil

Truly frightening! Where does this POS get off using taxpayer money in this way?


22 posted on 01/17/2012 8:28:01 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: xone

Umm. Very telling comment. Please don’t mine if I don’t respond in kind.


23 posted on 01/17/2012 8:34:19 AM PST by VA Voter
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To: marktwain

This is great. One can call the tip line and ensure the place one wants to rob has no means of defending themselves, AND I get a cool grand for it? This really is a win-win.


24 posted on 01/17/2012 8:39:28 AM PST by Ironfocus (Unseat the Looter-in-Chief)
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To: VA Voter
Umm. Very telling comment.

Umm, s'okay comrade.

25 posted on 01/17/2012 9:01:30 AM PST by xone
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To: marktwain

Wouldn’t be surprised if the Police Unions designed this program as a cash cow for themselves.

Cops in Newark are just another armed gang, granted they are only the second or third strongest gang, but they got the badges.


26 posted on 01/17/2012 9:07:55 AM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: marktwain

Wouldn’t be surprised if the Police Unions designed this program as a cash cow for themselves.

Cops in Newark are just another armed gang, granted they are only the second or third strongest gang, but they got the badges.


27 posted on 01/17/2012 9:08:03 AM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: marktwain

Welcome to the Peoples Republic of New Jersey.


28 posted on 01/17/2012 9:08:49 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Burke)
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To: marktwain
Question: How does and ordinary citizen determine what constitutes an “Illegal Gun”

Didn’t they have these types of informants in various Socialist Nations in the past?

Isn’t this how the NKVD was able to control the citizenry?

What’s to stop someone from informing on someone they don’t like as revenge – irregardless if they have gun?

Do we really want to go down this road?

29 posted on 01/17/2012 9:54:16 AM PST by HammerT (The Obama Recession, you bone it you own it.)
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To: HammerT
Question: How does and ordinary citizen determine what constitutes an “Illegal Gun”,

In the People's Republic of New Jersey, it has a bayonet lug or a collapsible stock and a pistol grip, the magazine holds more than 15 rounds etc. etc.

There is NO requirement to register guns in the state, just gun purchasers. If you move to New Jersey and your guns are not specifically prohibited (essentially the "assault weapon" ban and magazine capacity limit) and you are not prohibited by statute from owning a gun, you are entitled to bring along every gun you own. You are also entitled to keep it in your home, place of business, take it to the range, etc. There is NO requirement to register your guns.

Again, I think this is just grandstanding by the Mayor. Or he doesn't know better, which is doubtful.

30 posted on 01/17/2012 10:12:27 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Didn’t ya know that they are all powerful a nd can do anything they darn well please?

Damn the Constitution and all of that stuff from those old dead white men!


31 posted on 01/17/2012 10:13:57 AM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Didn’t ya know that they are all powerful a nd can do anything they darn well please?

Damn the Constitution and all of that stuff from those old dead white men!


32 posted on 01/17/2012 10:14:01 AM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: marktwain

Want to have some fun with this? Heres how:

First get a piece of crap gun and, if you can, a doobie or two. Plant said items on the property of a City Councilcritter or better yet a Judge. Call tip line and give them this info.

Sit back and watch the hilarity ensue.


33 posted on 01/17/2012 10:20:10 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Cincinatus
What constitutes “illegal possession” in this festering bunghole of a city — simple ownership? Is private ownership of a gun illegal here? How does that square with the Second Amendment?

Possession without a permit to purchase/firearm purchaser ID is illegal. If your nose is not clean you can't get one. If your nose is clean but your local cops don't like you your paperwork could get "lost".

Don't even think about a carry permit unless you are politically connected or in law enforcement. You have to prove NEED, and there's never enough proof.

Bottom line, the only way to be reasonably safe is to NOT be a law-abiding citizen!

34 posted on 01/17/2012 12:37:25 PM PST by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: JimRed

I am trying to understand what the police are supposed to do when they get an anonymous tip. Get an anonymous search warrant?


35 posted on 01/17/2012 1:42:49 PM PST by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: Sooth2222
There is an excellent chance this just means he's running for Lautenberg's

Just the mention of that scumbag's name on a firearm thread makes my blood boil. He has harmed this nation's RKBA more than any other single human IMO.

36 posted on 01/17/2012 1:55:55 PM PST by houeto
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37 posted on 01/17/2012 2:13:39 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: JimRed
Possession without a permit to purchase/firearm purchaser ID is illegal.

I beg to differ. In NJ, this is patently untrue. Example: I inherit 1000 handguns & 1000 long-arms as an heir (I'm not this lucky - it's hypothetical). I have no legal duty under NJ state law to file ANY paperwork and I am protected from prosecution under NJ Statute 2C:58-3 paragraph j.

As was stated earlier in the thread, the laws are written around the sale/transfer of firearms, not simple ownership.

I personally think Cory's been smoking crack with the Brady bunch.

38 posted on 01/17/2012 2:34:37 PM PST by paulcissa (The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
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To: marktwain

When they came for [fill in the blank] I did nothing because I wasn’t a [fill in the blank].

How is it there is so little knowledge and understanding of liberty anymore?


39 posted on 01/17/2012 2:59:32 PM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: JimRed

“Possession without a permit to purchase/firearm purchaser ID is illegal.”

I believe here in NJ the permit is to own, and therefore must be presented to purchase. The local police is just for filing you paperwork/getting fingerprinted - the State Police do the background checks. At least that was how it worked about 20 years ago (for long-arms).

If someone gave me a gun, or I buy one, I don’t have to do anything in terms of the local police; we still don’t have gun registration (which would be scary) thanks to the NRA. We have licensed owners, or unlicensed ones that are breaking the law.


40 posted on 01/17/2012 3:03:15 PM PST by kearnyirish2
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