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Posted on 01/29/2011 7:13:31 PM PST by marktwain
BELLEVUE, Wash., Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New Jersey Attorney General's motion to dismiss a recently-filed Second Amendment Foundation lawsuit against the state's subjective handgun carry laws was "predictable and disappointing," SAF said today.
The lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Garden State's "justifiable need" gun permit standard also involves the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs and six private citizens. It was filed in November in federal court.
The Attorney General's brief asserted, "When a handgun is carried in public, the serious risks and dangers of misuse and accidental use are borne by the public."
"That is a pretty lame argument," said SAF Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb. "Considering that there are more than 6.2 million law-abiding citizens licensed to carry in 48 states, and that many of these people have either intervened in, or prevented crimes by their mere presence, New Jersey's position on this issue simply defies common sense."
Gottlieb said the very nature of New Jersey's "justifiable need" requirement is arbitrary, discriminatory and "wide open to official abuse."
"We are disappointed but not surprised by the State's response to our lawsuit," noted ANJRPC President Scott Bach. "The right to defend yourself with a firearm outside the home has long been disparaged in the Garden State, and if necessary we are prepared to take this lawsuit all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to change that."
SAF is also challenging gun permit provisions in neighboring New York and Maryland, and has filed a federal challenge to North Carolina's Emergency Powers Act. Additionally, SAF filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder over enforcement of provisions in the 1968 Gun Control Act that prevent American citizens living abroad from purchasing firearms in this country. SAF won Second Amendment incorporation in its lawsuit against the Chicago handgun ban, McDonald v. City of Chicago.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 650,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
All you Conservatives out there in America’s Heartland, NOTE THIS.
The new Conservative Wunderkind Chris Christie is NOT a pro-Second Amendment candidate - among MANY other flaws.
This is a decision by the State AG HE appointed. A Paula Dow, a DEMOCRAT from one of the most liberal, Democrat, corrupt counties in New Jersey - Essex County. It is ALSO a County with one of the Highest Crime Rates.
Remember Tom Kean Senior? He supported Christie for Governor and my guess is Kean, who is from Livingston in Essex County, urged Christie to appoint her.
If anyone forgets the RINOesque qualities of Mr. Kean, I would be happy to remind them.
What can you expect. New Jersey doesn’t even trust its citizens to pump their own gas.
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