NJ Housing Developer Bans Guns On Rental Property

bearingarms.com ^ | May 10, 2018 | Tom Knighton

[PROCON]

While homeownership may be a key part of the American dream, a lot of people rent their homes. Why they do it is irrelevant. What matters is that their money is good and they are (usually) good tenants, right?

It seems that’s not enough for one New Jersey outfit. They also want to tell you that you’re not allowed to own guns if you want to live in one of their properties.

Another “nobody is trying to take your guns” success story. It has come to our attention that a housing development group called RPM Development Group is prohibiting their tenants from owning firearms. You have two choices: keep your gun(s) or become homeless. A new low for the anti-gun bigots!

While Mom’s Demand Action claims that “nobody wants to take your guns away,” one common theme keeps happening: our guns are being taken away either by usurpation or now by being barred from having them in our rental apartments. Despite the fact that the Supreme Court’s Heller decision states that we have a constitutional right to own and bear firearms in our homes, RPM Development Group believes they are immune.

RPM Notice to All Tenants (Courtesy of Ammoland.com) We were made aware that this sign was posted at RPM’s Richardson Lofts at 50 Columbia Street, Newark NJ. A search of RPM’s available properties shows they have multiple properties and buildings throughout NJ.

[TigersEye]

I don’t disagree that smoking can damage a dwelling but how is it not a right? That is absurd. Simply living in a dwelling does damage.

[TigersEye]

I’m sorry.

[Gay State Conservative]

“A phone by your night table is better than a gun” Bloomberg, former idiot mayor of NYC.

Said the man with a dozen armed bodyguards on duty 24/7/366.

[PapaBear3625]

How do you hide a long gun you're wanting to take out to the rifle range for some pew-pewing?

Get a golf bag.

[JimRed]

But if they want to go for it - then forcing all renters to be heterosexual should be perfectly valid - right?

And, legally present in the U.S.

[JimRed]

Since guns are legal...

This is New Jersey. Guns are NOT legal unless you have begged permission from the almighty state to purchase one, and been blessed with their approval.

[Skywise]

Caddy - fetch me my long iron!

[lepton]

You have a right to be left alone to smoke...but the property owner has the right to not rent to people who will cause excessive damage to their property - especially by coating the entire contents with a noxious substance, including spaces occupied by others - or to charge said people for mitigation...or not.

Where things go seriously off the rails is where the government makes that choice for the property owners.

[TigersEye]

I agree with you although the landlord must make that clear before you rent and put it in the lease. Which goes to my point, which everyone else missed, that the landlord may also be able to stand on his private property rights and legally exclude firearms from his property.

I don’t like it but I think his property rights might prevail.

[Mears]

” The last burglar killed my anxiety Yorkie.-—”

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I’m so sorry,that would have devastated me.

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