Gov. Phil Murphy visited Saint Luke Baptist Church in Paterson on April 19 to renew a call for a comprehensive gun safety package first introduced in April 2021.
Joined by Rep. Bill Pascrell, State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-34), State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-20), Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-35), and Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, Murphy highlighted potential benefits from his plan, which he said would keep guns out of the wrong hands and help law enforcement apprehend perpetrators of gun violence.
“I hope to work with my Legislative partners to continue making New Jersey a national leader in gun safety and prevent the meaningless violence and loss of life that results from the gun violence epidemic,” he said.
Contending with Continued Mass Shootings
Pascrell noted the U.S. experienced three mass shootings over the Easter weekend, and that the New York City metro area was still reeling from the horrific Brooklyn subway shootings.
Signaling how it would help law enforcement, Pascrell noted the package would make communities safer.
“I joined our Governor in Paterson today because cities in North Jersey want comprehensive gun safety reform. Our neighbors are tired of living in fear. They are tired of thoughts and prayers. They want action,” he said.
A Focus on ‘Senseless Violence’
Cryan opened his remarks crediting Gov. Murphy for the foresight on what had become a national issue regarding ghost guns, saying it was not an easy fight.
He noted in his prior experience as a sheriff, he was exposed to images at crime scenes which impacted his viewpoints on gun violence.
“I’ve been there for adult suicides where people made the decision to put a gun to their temple and end their life, to walk into a room where someone lived with their family and have blood splattered everywhere…that senseless violence that happens when a gun is used irresponsibly,” he shared.
He argued these moments impact both neighborhoods and society as a whole, and said it was incomprehensible that more could not be done.
Holding Gun Manufacturers Responsible
The legislative package would also work to counter the fact that 80% of guns used in New Jersey came from out-of-state by amending the state’s public nuisance laws to prohibit the gun industry from endangering the safety or health of the public through its sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of guns.
“We battle everyday with the flow of out of state guns and the second hand market. By allowing the AG to take action and hold gun manufacturers accountable it is my hope that we can encourage them to do something about the illegal market once and for all,” said State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D-29) in a press statement.
The package of bills Murphy wants considered include requiring completion of a firearm safety course to receive a permit to purchase a gun or receive a firearm ID card; gun owners would be required to store guns in a lockbox or gun safe; banning .50 Caliber Firearms; and establish an electronic mmmunition sales recordkeeping.
More people were killed by Murphy in one year during his covid nursing home fiasco than by guns in the past 20 years.
How about a Comprehensive Murphy Safety Bill that prevents morons like Murphy from making life and death decisions?
Report: NJ Gov. Murphy Office Warned ‘Patients Will Die’ Before Ordering COVID Patients into Nursing Homes
‘Patients will die,’ an administrator reportedly told Murphy’s office.
“Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s office was warned that ordering nursing homes to readmit residents recovering from COVID-19 would lead to unnecessary deaths, a new report reveals.
But Murphy went ahead with implementing the order anyway—KNOWING THAT PEOPLE WOULD DIE!”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-new-jersey-governor-phil-murphy-nursing-home-patients-will-die
as an originalist, the only guns that are permitted by the constitution are single shot muskets