Posted on 07/15/2022 10:58:41 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The mayors of New Jersey's largest cities hope to see a decrease in gun crimes because of a change in the state's bail law.
A CBS2's Tony Aiello reported Monday, it makes it easier to detain people charged with serious gun offenses.
The number of shooting victims in New Jersey surged up more than 40 percent in the last two years. Paterson is one of the five large cities most impacted.
"I think it's very bad, horrible. It's very devastating," said Marcuasia Pauling, who lives in Paterson.
Advocates hope a change in the bail law eases the toll by denying bail to many charged with serious gun crimes.
First Alert Weather: CBS2's 7/15 Friday afternoon update "Hopefully it will have a major impact so that fewer families are mourning the loss of their loved ones," said Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh.
The so-called "reform of bail reform" creates a "presumption of detention," meaning no bail for people charged with carjacking, armed robbery and other serious crimes involving firearms.
The final bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy was the result of multiple compromises. For instance, lawmakers agreed to remove simple possession of a firearm from the list of crimes qualifying for "presumption of detention."
Denying bail in serious gun crime cases proved politically popular. The measure passed with strong bipartisan support, including a unanimous vote in the state senate.
"This is not a Republican issue, this is not a Democratic issue, this not a White/Black issue. Bullets do not have tags on them. They can hit anybody at any time," said Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly, a Democrat.
Sponsors say the law, which took effect July 1, will deny bail to several hundred people each year charged with using guns while committing serious crimes.
Hope is not a plan.
Hope in one hand and defecate in the other and notice which one fills up faster.
Just imagine, your state representatives are paid good salaries and pensions to come up with laws that could be thought up by a third grader.
Countdown to the first Disparate Impact lawsuit...three, two...
What are they smoking? This is professional not recreational use cannabis.
“this not a White/Black issue”
I beg to differ. One culture founded on victimhood and the glorification of violence breeds sociopaths who regularly act out. One doesn’t.
What? I thought the plan was to establish “gun free zones” complete with signs.
There is no need to violate the Constitution in order to solve the increase in crime. It is our revolving-door justice system which allows career criminals to roam the streets.
I like to tell people, "Nobody ever walked into a liquor store with a gun in his hand three times by accident." We have criminals with multiple pages of felony convictions in our communities instead of in prison where they belong.
My solution has always been to sentence recidivists more strictly. By simply increasing a felony sentence based on the number of prior convictions, there would be no need for a "three-strikes" law. If, for example, we simply double the sentence each time a person is convicted of a felony, the problem will take care of itself.
We need to stop sending the message that making a career out of crime is even a possibility. We can call it a "six strikes" law. Or seven. Or some number under ten.
Denial of bail except under the most dire circumstances would be unnecessary.
I would never recommend this but it is close to your last chance to buy your “ghost gun” kits before they are sold like any other firearm. So don’t buy yourself Polymer 80 build kits or any other 80% lowers and build them yourself. The government NEEDS to have a list of every legal firearm owner for our own protection.
Common sense making a comeback in crime infested libtard city 🤪
“This is not a Republican issue, this is not a Democratic issue, this not a White/Black issue. Bullets do not have tags on them. They can hit anybody at any time,” said Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly, a Democrat.
That’s what libtards say when they get caught screwing up - it’s everyone’s fault 🤪
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...............
I’m sure this will have a disparate effect on blacks, and be ruled against by some judge there.
Indeed make it work
Just having lapsed paper-work is “a serious crime” in New Jersey. I’ll bet there’s a lot of fine-print nobody’s talking about. These laws invariably land on the middle class.
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