The law in NJ says that no one can posses a firearm unless they have a firearms ID card. To get one you have to pay a small fee, get fingerprinted, and submit to a background check, all of which takes a maximum (by law) of six months. So naturally, the minimum it takes in 5 months, 29 days.
I was thinking that it might be worth it in terms of political momentum, to remind the black community in Newark and Camden, that gun control laws aren't about keeping guns out of the hands of people like me (40 year old, rich white guy from the ex-burbs) but about keeping them out of the hands of people like them. Maybe start some kind of outreach program to help them navigate the law, and get their firearms ID's.
If nothing else it might be a good way to use the identity politics they've been soaked in to a purpose other than the promotion of their continued state dependency. It seems to me all the "more guns less crime" will resonate with them, particularly since it wouldn't specifically be about arming people, but about helping them make it legal to arm themselves.
The problem of course is that you could never get something like that started without a foothold in the community, and most of their community leaders are of the exploitative "Al Sharpton" model, so talking about personal responsibility probably wouldn't go over very well.
But still, I'm thinking about it. It's something I'd be willing to put some time and money into.