“New Jersey lawmakers are making a push to ban the possession and sale of so-called ‘bump stock’ devices, like the ones used in the shooting massacre in Las Vegas, during the current lame-duck session,” burlingtoncountytimes.com reports. “Legislation to outlaw the devices was advanced Thursday from the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee by an 8-0 vote.” That’s Garden State gun grabber unanimity. Yes, grabbers. Check this out . . .
The bill was sponsored by several Democrats, including Annette Quijanao, D-20th of Elizabeth, and Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald, D-6th of Voorhees. It seeks to make possession or sale of the devices a third-degree crime, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $15,000 fine.
The Democrats’ bill would require individuals in possession of the devices to surrender them to law enforcement within 90 days. Licensed manufacturers and retailers would have 30 days to turn them into authorities.
You know that thing called “the takings clause” in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution (applied to the local and state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment)? The one that says “private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation”?
That doesn’t apply, apparently. Not in New Jersey. Bump fire stock owners get bupkis. And that’s the best case scenario.
Like any law, this one’s backed up by the threat of force. NJ’s 90-day bump fire stock surrender demand could see jack-booted New Jersey State Police officers (or SWAT team members) knocking on doors demanding the immediate surrender of the offending piece of plastic — or else!
Surely, New Jersey Republicans — ineffectual as they are in what is effectively a one-party state — are raising the alarm. Don’t call Nancy Shirley . . .
Republican Assemblywomen Nancy Munoz, R-21st of Summit, and Holly Schepisi, R-39th of River Vale, have sponsored similar legislation that bans the devices, but calls for even tougher penalties for possession. Their bill would also require the devices to be surrendered sooner.
“Bump stocks have no practical use,” Munoz said Thursday during the committee hearing. “It is simply a deadly gun accessory, and this is recognized by the National Rifle Association. No person should be allowed to have one or buy one.”
So New Jersey Republicans and the NRA don’t have New Jersey gun owners’ backs. Who does? Truth be told, slopes don’t come much slippery-er. To paraphrase Martin Niemöller . . .
First they came for the bump fire stocks, and I did not speak out— because I didn’t think bump fire stocks were worth defending. Then they came for the “assault weapons,” and I did not speak out— because they let me keep mine. And so on. (Hint: this doesn’t end well.)
9mm & .357 Magnum.
That bill doesn’t go NEARLY far enough! What about other deadly device substitutes like belt loops, other pieces of plastic…or even sticks!
Heck, let’s just put anybody in a “blue state” in jail TONIGHT.
For the children!
“Bump stocks have no practical use.”
“What practical use does small batch bourbon have?”
“It makes people feel good.”
“QED.”
Hmmph. I’ve told the wife for decades that the vast majority of crap cluttering out house and garage has no practical purpose… but we’re in Texas where that is permissible… 🤠
.45 and .40.
.45 just has a nice roll to it in most pistols and I don’t get the “snappy” part of .40 to me it’s a nice compromise between the capacity of 9mm and the power of a larger cartridge.
In the woods that all goes out the window though.
“New Jersey Bump Fire Stock Ban: Five Years in Prison, $15,000 Fine for Possession or Sale”
Whatever…
The crime of capital murder use to carry a death penalty, that never stopped anyone…
So…I suppose shoelaces are illegal in NJ, too?
Just aftermarket replacement ones…
My favs have changed as I’ve gotten older. 10 years ago it was .45 and .40 without a doubt. Once recoil started to matter to me, the .40 was the first to go…dropped down to 9. Now that more years have passed and I officially qualify as a geezer with minor arthritis, it’s 9×18 and .380.
I’m actually old and feeble enough that I can see switching to revolvers in another couple of years due to an inability to rack the slide. That will obviously change the favorite calibers yet again. Adapt and adjust.
Let us review New Jersey Representative Nancy Munoz’s comments regarding bump stocks:
— “… have no practical use.”
— “… simply a deadly gun accessory …”
— “No person should be allowed to have one or buy one.”
Elected Representatives have NO, NADA, ZERO, ZILCH righteous authority to declare those above statements.
Hmmm, still have yet to see ANY information as to what firearms were used here in Vegas on October 1st. So once again we all jump on the band wagon with facts thrown out the window.
Bureaucrats and elected representatives who declare what has “practical use” and whether we can “have” something are telling us that they are superior to us, that we are plebes.
For such people it is a tiny step to tell us what we can think/believe and another tiny step to demand that their enforcers imprison/murder anyone whose thoughts/beliefs are “wrong”.
Well in that case I’m banning New Jersey. Anyone found to be in possession of New Jersey will be fined $27,000,000,000.00 and sentenced to a mandatory minimum sentence of 850 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.
If the demented liberals “communists, DemocRATs” don’t like guns then leave, move to Australia, Canada, Europe, China, get out of America we do ‘t need you, there are other countries that will accept you and your lunatic ideas. By the way there is no welfare in those countries, so you will have to work and not be a societal parasite.
Define pistol.
I say that b/c there seems to be a debate about whether or not revolvers are pistols.
If they are, .357 Magnum, .45 ACP
If they are not, .45 ACP, 9mm
can’t buy it in n.y.
Common folks, as indicated in the article, these are convicted felons. They have had their day in court, they were given due process, and SCOTUS specifically says they maybe be forbidden firearms. Not only should ATF try to get the guns back – they should arrest every one of these felons and prosecute then for lying on the 4473 form and being felons in the possession of firearms.
The best way to prevent more gun laws is to actually enforce the federal laws we already have. I have been in the fight for 50 years and I have never seen gun control advocates demand that current laws be enforced – they do not want that. They want to be able to call for more laws……….
Well there you go. Had their day in court, convicted, released, your free, but not free. This is the bullshit. And straight from the horse’s mouth, NO LAW HAS EVER KEPT A LAW BREAKER FROM BREAKING THE LAW. never ever. .
Remington recreates the Dominion Arms Grizzly, but this time for sale in the USA. Will they also offer the shorty barrels like up here? The 12.5 inch barrel makes for a good backpacker gun.
Does New Jersey even allow a firearm that can use the bump stock as it’s currently configured? Honest question.
Who makes the 30 round magazines?
That DM Tac-14 has Form 1 written all over it! 🙂
The best sharpener I have used for 15 years is an 8″ paper wheel on a buffing motor. Search around for paper wheel knife and tool sharpeners.
The kit comes with two wheels, one for sharpening and one for grinding. The grinding paper wheel has grit embedded with yellow glue and extra grit is included. This grinding wheel will not overheat and blue what you are grinding
Sharpening a dull knife usually doesn’t take even a minute, depending upon the steel hardness. Draw the edge over the wheel and it will polish to a mirror finish without installing a burr. The sharpening wheel uses buffing compound.
I sharpen knives, chisels, axes, anything that needs an edge seemingly 100 times faster than I used to!
Use all your other sharpeners and then run the blade over the paper wheel and you will find out what sharp is.
All my diamond plates and wet stones sit in a drawer gathering dust until I need them to reestablish cutting angles, maybe every 2 or 3 years.
Even a stopped clock…I rarely watch SNLAME anymore. Not watching a dumb video. Every episode is pathetic DJT bashing under the guise of “humor”. And even a gal with a gun is lampooned…a gun for her but not for him.
You guys sure that having “sponsored content” under “editorials” is a good idea?
Since no one got hurt, this will be a funny story that your friends will never let you forget. Because that’s what friends are for.
Thank God for that.
Came here for an article on sighting in rifles, not for some clickbait on how some dumbass wrecked his truck.