Hey Joe, what do you say I bring suit against the state of NJ for not issuing me a carry permit and cite the 14th amendment?
I just wish I would have thought of it sooner when Alito was still in Newark.
Let me know how it goes!
I'm getting pretty well tired of the Stalinist liberalism and Hitlerian arms "laws" we have here in the formerly Garden State. I just read Nappen II (lawyer & author Evan Nappen on N.J. gun laws) and was astounded at the volume, incredible complexity -- and sheer idiocy -- of "arms laws" we have here in N.J.
For an example of the idiocy.... there is a type of weapon called a "slungshot," which is essentially a lethal type of yo-yo. In New Jersey, the law passed to ban slungshots was misprinted and reads that slingshots are banned instead. This nutty state never saw fit to correct the misprinted law.... and as a result, it is a felony to own a slingshot in N.J. Crazy.
I'm fortunate in that I live in Sussex County, which means I live close enough to N.Y. and Pa. to have some options (not that they're much better). But, for example, N.Y. has no state police background check for rifles and shotguns -- just the NICS. When I picked up a small rifle in N.Y., I had to fill out "only" two forms (as opposed to the 400 in N.J.), didn't have to suffer the indignity of paying a fee for NICS, and was in and out of the store in 15 minutes. When I bought a shotgun and a 9mm in N.J., I spent nearly an hour just filling out paperwork, and was in the store for nearly 2 hours..... Madness. Maybe I paid a little more sales tax (though not much), but I didn't pay any ridiculous fees, didn't have to fill out a mountain of paperwork, and it was convenient (close to home).
tcostell was making a comment about the sad and farcical state of affairs here in the formerly great state of New Jersey. But he brings up an interesting point: does anyone foresee citizens in other states bringing new lawsuits, using the same criteria as the D.C. people?
Could make for mighty interesting cans of worms opening up all over this country....