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Posted on 11/08/2017 6:39:05 AM PST by Simon Green
Backed by a coalition of gun control groups, Phil Murphy won his race in New Jersey while Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam came out ahead in Virginia’s gubernatorial race.
Murphy, who will replace Republican Gov. Chris Christie in the Garden State and has pledged to get “tough on gun violence,” beat out his Republican rival, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. In Virginia, Northam, who had President Obama talk gun politics on his behalf, bested Republican Ed Gillespie in a narrow finish.
“Make no mistake: Gun violence prevention was on the ballot today and, despite the NRA spending millions, voters in Virginia and New Jersey rejected the gun lobby’s agenda and voted for gun safety,” said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown, which invested $1.4 million in Virginia races alone this year. Feinblatt went on to say that heading into 2018, “gun safety will be a defining issue of the midterm elections.”
Murphy, who retired from a 23-year career at Goldman Sachs before moving on to high-ranking positions in the Democrat party and a stint as Obama’s ambassador to Germany, has gone on record as ready to sign every piece of gun control legislation that Christie has vetoed in the past eight years. Murphy has also advocated a special tax on gun sales, said he would order the state attorney general to step up enforcement of New Jersey’s gun laws and require gun registration linked to expanded background checks.
Northam, a Dem who has been the Commonwealth’s lieutenant governor since 2014, has said he would move to reinstate Virginia’s past one-handgun-a-month policy and is in favor of more regulation on semi-auto firearms.
“Governor-elect Northam will stand up to the gun lobby’s dangerous agenda,” said former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, through her gun control PAC. “He will push for solutions to the epidemic of gun violence that is tearing apart Virginia communities. We supported Governor-elect Northam for the same reason Virginia did. Because of his character and record as a gun safety advocate, and because he made his commitment to fighting gun violence a central part of his campaign.”
Other races
On the West Coast, control of the Washington state Senate flipped with the victory by Democrat Manka Dhingra in the 45th District over Republican Jinyoung Englund. This puts the state in the same club as Oregon and California with Dems controlling both the legislature and the governor’s office.
In the past, gun control legislation in the Evergreen State was often rebuffed by GOP lawmakers in Olympia. Dhingra was supported by the Giffords PAC, partnered with the Bloomberg-backed Alliance for Gun Responsibility, on a digital and direct mail campaign, touting her stance on gun control.
“Manka will join a legislature that is ready to pass solutions that will respect the rights of law-abiding gun owners while keeping weapons out of reach from violent felons, domestic abusers, and other dangerous individuals,” Giffords said.
Incumbent Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio both won four more years in office while Seattle chose Democrat Jenny Durkan over Republican Cary Moon in that city’s mayoral race. Walsh and de Blasio have backed numerous gun control proposals in their first term while Durkan, who was endorsed by several groups close to the issue, has argued lawmakers “should ban assault weapons, ‘bump stock,’ and high capacity magazines as well as impose safe storage requirements and presumed liability for any injury or death caused by failure to do so.”
And we saw what happens when rights become regional. Like, 157 years ago.
NJ and VA residents who value freedom should buy guns and ammo now. Be prepared, whether destructive laws are passed to restrict their freedom on future purchases, or . . .
“Northam, a Dem who has been the Commonwealth’s lieutenant governor since 2014, has said he would move to reinstate Virginia’s past one-handgun-a-month policy and is in favor of more regulation on semi-auto firearms.”
Don’t worry, the people that stayed home have a legal protection that will keep these laws from applying to them because the other guy was too wishy-washy, and so it won’t be fair.....right?
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What a dramatic change in New Jersey. Christie was never a passionate supporter of the 2nd Amendment.
I saw this trend beginning a long time ago—I moved from NJ in 2006.
The shame of it is, that NJ is one of the most beautiful states in the country.
The libs and the gibs-me-dat now outnumber the normal folks and it is not a fixable situation.
I have two sons there. One needs 8 more years to retirement from his town job; the other is more flexible.
I live in southern DE, which is still sane and mostly GOP, although the northern DE folks are real libs.
The low property and no sales tax is bringing thousands to our corner of the world every year now.
“Northam, a Dem who has been the Commonwealth’s lieutenant governor since 2014, has said he would move to reinstate Virginia’s past one-handgun-a-month policy and is in favor of more regulation on semi-auto firearms.”
I was once going to shoot up a restaurant but only had one handgun. However, I lived in a state that had a one handgun per month law, so in the 30 days I waited, I reconsidered my plan and now live as a peaceful, upstanding citizen.
LOLOL!!!!
I’ve heard about DE being favorable for taxes, but I could never move to any Democrat-run state for such an incentive as I know it’ll last only as long as necessary to get people in the door and not a more permanent matter of governing philosophy.
One good thing about DE is that the lawmakers are only in session six months out of the year.
Another is that one third of our revenues comes from corporations paying a franchise tax to be domiciled here.
Both have helped to modulate the normal Dem insanity.
Been a Police Officer and Corrections Officer and worked various Security positions for decades. I have never witnessed “gun violence”. I have witnessed tons of human violence with and with out the use of a firearm as a tool in that violence!
One night I opened my gun safe and two of my handguns were trying to pistol whip each other. That’s the last time I buy separate brands and lock the up together.
Two Dim antigun govs do not a national trend make.
If Constitution-hating Obama couldn’t send the flying monkeys of BATFE to beat down peoples’ doors in eight years, it’s not going to be `Mr & Mrs America turn ‘em all in’ anytime soon.
This election may however accelerate the ongoing process of states becoming much bluer or much redder.
"...Two Dim antigun govs do not a national trend make..."
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh No.
Guadagno lost in Jersey because the public was angered over the arrogance of Prince Christy and since she was his lieutenant, she was incorrectly perceived as the reason for his despicable behavior. Christy had a golden opportunity to resurrect New Jersey’s economy but he viewed it merely as a milch cow for a Presidential run. Besides, New Jersey is as red as any state could possibly be. Internal dissention in the Democrat pack allowed to Christy to win his first time around.
Virginia has been trending Democrat for a long time - mainly due to the slew of northern invaders in the north of the state and the sprawling gigantic Federal Government workforce which lives there. Also, Gillespie ran before, lost before and was part of the GOP establishment anyway.
Those are the REAL reasons the two lost.
Too late for NJ, even their Republicans back gun control.
Virginians are already well armed.
Americans need to stand up for the Bill of Rights. “States rights” do not trump the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
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