New Jersey: Senate Bill Would Publicly Finance Gun Control Agenda

[mikelets456 78]

https://www.nraila.org/articles/20170517/new-jersey-senate-bill-would-publicly-finance-gun-control-agenda

 

As lawmakers in Trenton annually wrestle with whopping budget deficits and struggle to adequately fund roads, bridges, schools and pensions, anti-gun lawmakers have set their sights on more of your hard-earned tax dollars to finance their own political agenda.  On Thursday, May 18, the Senate Higher Education Committee is scheduled to have a hearing on S.2830, sponsored by Sen. Fred Madden, at 10:00 a.m.  This legislation would create a “firearms violence research center” at Rutgers to study gun violence as a “public health issue.”  By misrepresenting the issue, they seem determined to ignore the drug and gang violence at the root of the problem.

 

On one hand, this bill claims firearm deaths have remained constant over the last ten years and raises the question why a taxpayer funded research center is necessary in the first place.  However, even if you accept their vague and slanted statistics, this is an incredible admission that the harsh gun control laws in New Jersey have done nothing to improve public safety. 

Clearly, New Jersey’s out-of-touch, anti-gun lawmakers do not understand the real issues facing the state.  New Jersey has some of the highest taxes in the country and now these elected officials are calling for more tax dollars to desperately try to justify their failed gun control laws which, by their own admission, have not made a dent in gun violence. 

 

[Cereza 106]

I've come to the conclusion that all bills pertaining to firearms in the NJSL have zombie powers:

https://www.njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/84394-a4371-s2830-—-firearm-violence-research-center-at-rutgers/

 

[T Bill 649]

Well, surprise, surprise, surprise!  DADN at today's committee meeting.  Only to reappear in some other form at a later date.  Who at Rutgers got to them and kicked this to the curb. It certainly was not Kean who got it stopped.  Remember the bill's sponsor is the guy who with Corzine gave you one handgun a month law!

[Zeke 5,504]

Do not the NJSP already do this?

[siderman 1,138]

3 hours ago, Zeke said:

Do not the NJSP already do this?

idk, bit I do know Obummer had the CDC do a study on gun violence and it turned out to be a bunch bs and backfired on him. Maybe someone pointed that out to those pushing this bill.

[Zeke 5,504]

On 5/20/2017 at 1:58 PM, siderman said:

idk, bit I do know Obummer had the CDC do a study on gun violence and it turned out to be a bunch bs and backfired on him. Maybe someone pointed that out to those pushing this bill.

How many times, how many agencies, how much $ do we rilly need to spend?

Criminals commit crimes, they break laws..... ffs! Why the agenda?