"It's Not Just About Guns": Pro-Constitution Groups Rally in Woodbridge

A coalition of groups gathered Saturday to support the Constitution and individual rights. But it wasn't just about the Second Amendment, they said.

If you were driving down Amboy Avenue Saturday morning, you might've come across a group of protesters, hoisting signs and waving flags, and wondered what they were about. The casual protest was a coalition of patriotic and Constitutional groups, mostly there to commemorate April 15, the day tax returns are due to the Internal Revenue Service. They weren't there to fight against gun control bills floating around in Congress, members said, but proponents of tightening laws against guns and gun ownership in the wake of December's school shootings in Connecticut seemed to insist they were. So explained Gary Charwin, a leader of the Tea Party of Middlesex County, who said he was in Woodbridge to stand up for Constitutional rights. The Tea …

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Christie Announces New Task Force Aimed at Preventing Violent Crime

NJ SAFE will analyze data from numerous sources to provide recommendations on issues like gun control.

In an effort to address and understand the root causes of violent crimes, and in response to President Barack Obama's recent proposed assault weapon ban, Gov. Chris Christie announced the development of a new task force Thursday afternoon called the NJ SAFE Task Force. By creating NJ SAFE, Christie said he hopes to take a comprehensive look at where gun control, addiction, mental health, and school safety in New Jersey intersect. While the state has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, Christie said his hope is that the task force will focus on real, common sense measures that could be appropriate for New Jersey moving forward.  The bipartisan task force is comprised of six members and is being co-chaired by two former New Jersey …

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AJM

10:50 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

TOOLMAN...I completely agree! The liberals and the left want to violate the constitution unless it suits their needs. Maybe the 2 senators leading the charge should LEAD BY EXAMPLE and give up their UNRESTRICTED CCW permits that allow them to carry anything anywhere they want. It is our right and embedded in every human to protect their family so if the gun haters and left wing liberals and media…   more ›

Rible: No Public Release Of Handgun Owners' Names

State Assemblyman wants to bar publication of handgun owners' information following a New York paper's move to publish 30,000 names and addresses

State Assemblyman David Rible says he wants to prevent the public release of handgun permit holders' personal information and plans to introduce a bill that would do just that, according to a release. Rible, R-Monmouth, said Monday that he plans to introduce a bill barring from the public the names of New Jersey residents who hold a handgun permits after a New York newspaper published the names and addresses of tens of thousands of permit holders about two weeks ago. The Journal News in White Plains, NY, published the article, “The Gun Owner Next Door: What You Don’t Know About the Weapons in Your Neighborhood,” which published the names and addresses of more than 30,000 handgun permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties. The …

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Gun Control or No, Sportsmen Show is More Popular Than Ever

Crowds are expected at the Garden State Outdoor Sportsmen Show, to be held this week in Edison.

In the wake of the deadly schools shootings in Newtown, Connecticut last year, several guns shows in the area were called off. Because of New Jersey's restrictive gun ownership and transfer laws, the state doesn't have gun shows, per se, where firearms are bought and sold. But New Jersey has the next best thing for the sportsman, a variety of outdoors and hunting shows. One of the oldest and best known takes place this week in Edison, the Garden State Outdoor Sports Show. Despite the outcry over guns and push by politicians for even more restrictive gun control laws - and in some quarters, a compete ban on guns - the Garden State show, which is celebrating its 30th anniversy, exhibits few signs of losing its popularity. Thousands …

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The NRA Has it Right: Secure Our Schools Now With Armed Personnel

Don't reject the NRA's plan to keep our children safe.

The mass school shooting that took place in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14 has transformed this once tranquil community into the epicenter of a nationwide gun control debate. One week later, Wayne LaPierre -- the National Rifle Association's Executive Vice President -- announced live on TV that his organization wants to "call on Congress to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school — and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January." LaPierre's full speech can be found here: http://home.nra.org/# When read in its entirety, LaPierre's speech makes perfect sense to me. The NRA is made up of approximately 4 million …

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