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If you buy a lawful product that is later banned, should you go to jail for 10 years, even though you didn't know it was banned, and the government that banned it now criminalizes any method to dispose of it? In the world of gun ban extremist Bryan Miller of CeaseFire NJ, the answer to this question is yes. Miller sees no distinction between violent criminals with guns (who should go to jail) and otherwise law-abiding citizens who were turned into "criminals" by the State with the stroke of a pen, when New Jersey banned an entire class of commonly...

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, but shooting deaths in its major cities still surged last year. Anti-gun activists point to weapons spilling into New Jersey from other states as a large part of the problem. On Saturday, they were adding their voices to an anti-war rally to draw attention to the danger of weapons at home. The rally will end with a march across the "Trenton Makes, The World Takes" bridge to Morrisville, Pa. "We think that it's entirely appropriate that this rally and march will be across a...

For Immediate Release: May 20, 2003 Contact: Nancy Ross (917) 974-1919 FIRST AMENDMENT VICTORY IN SUIT AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD In a significant victory for the First Amendment, a lawsuit against the Montclair, N.J. Board of Education (School Board) brought by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) was resolved in a court-ordered settlement. The School Board acknowledged that it violated its own policies by distributing a flyer supporting anti-Second Amendment legislation, while refusing to distribute a flyer opposing the legislation. The case began in June 2000, when the School Board distributed a flyer sent home in the...