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Vaccinations are one of the true success stories of modern medicine... I find it appalling that we're seeing major outbreaks of childhood illnesses that were nearly wiped out not long ago. Though I thought it was more the New Agey, paranoid anti-vaxxers driving that... than religious exemptions? Either way, though I don't think anyone should be FORCED to get their kid immunized, I also think that public schools have every right to deny admittance to anyone who isn't immunized without good medical reason. Having a certain percentage of the population vaccinated is critical to keeping these diseases at bay ("herd immunity"). It's not right that immuno-compromised children, those who can't be vaccinated for other medical reasons, or younger siblings too young to be vaccinated are left vulnerable to the ravages of these very serious diseases because some idiot believed the crap pumped out by IDIOTS like Jenna McCarthy (one of the most well-known anti-vaxxers). As far as the OP's post, if there are known medical problems with your BIL's child (I'm sorry to hear that btw)... I can't imagine there'd be any problem getting a reputable doctor to give a letter exempting the child from vaccination. If he's getting pushback... maybe get a 2nd opinion?

Never would I have thought I would see the day that a fellow gun owner would support a law, that once again, does NOTHING to prevent gun related crimes. Yet here we are.

I wrote to Conners, Rumpf and Gove (Big 2a mouth pieces) And told them to put up or shut up, ever so politely I also wrote to my Mayor, who ran as a Pro-Trump Republican. If more people did this we actually may get a few notches on our belts. Remember, you already LOST your freedoms, time to fight to get them back!

Jeez, I guess they will go door to door in Camden , Newark, Passaic, atlantic city, checking ins. policies!!!!

The first sentence of that paragraph sums things up... and sort of undermines your following argument, IMO. Targeted community-based crime-fighting solutions, better funding of police gang units, and any number of other ideas that actually target those who commit crime (better still, that prevent them from taking that path in the first place) make far more sense than punishing legal gun owners. And if you put your "woke" cap on (and recognized your own "white male privilege" for just a sec, dammit!), you'll see that measures like this would just heap on more fees and thus disproportionately impact lower-income folks (many of whom also live in dangerous neighborhoods with high crime rates). Does that sound fair to you? But, the 2nd and 3rd sentences (sections in boldface) totally obliterates your argument.. because violent crime, gun crime and firearm deaths have NOT been steadily increasing! And you've been on these forums long enough to know it's quite the opposite. We have been on fairly steady downward trajectory since the 90's - and are at near 30 year lows in violent crime. Facts are important. This article outlines some credible sources. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/careful-panic-violent-crime-and-gun-crime-are-both-dropping-charles-c-w-cooke/ It was published in 2015... but there have been no dramatic swings in the trends since then. So, why do you (and so many others!) still believe and vocalize that we're in the midst of a "gun violence epidemic"? Well, look no further than the "coverage" by the media and well-organized activists funded by zealots like Bloomberg. I truly believe that if the MSM started to cover ANY topic - fatal lightning strikes, for example - with the same regularity and fervent hysteria as they cover gun homicides, I'm sure most of the public would see all of those news stories and actually think: Wow! Lightning strikes must be on the increase. Why is this happening? What can we do? The ability of media to "shape" anecdotal evidence and present it as "reality" is pretty staggering. Don't fall for it.

WE can Start a movement!

Umm. Driving your car on private roads and/or private property. Same for shooting firearms. Get out to west New Jersey and there are vast tracts of land to enjoy. On second thought, please stay in Montclair or whichever leftest dumping ground you reside in.

Just gonna leave this here... for those who criticized.. https://www.njherald.com/news/20191215/freeholders-asked-to-declare-sussex--second-amendment-sanctuary

So, in the case of one immuno-compromised child, the whole town should be vaccinated, just in case? How about allergic to bees, should the whole town be doused with Malathion to kill the bee population? How about hit by and killed by a drunk driver, close down all the liquor stores and ban alcohol? Where does it stop, that other large groups of people need to be forced to do something because a small minority has issues? Where does personal responsibility fit in here? Should public restaurants, stores, theaters, malls, beaches, airports, etc. have that right too? After all, it isn't just the school that the immuno-compromised child will travel to. We go down a really slippery slope when certain activities get mandated. Just imagine where this can go......

Yes! If you can only fire 10 rounds before removing, flipping and reinserting to fire 10 more, you are GTG!

What happened to my body, my rights? It's not my problem of someone else's kid has something wrong with them, right? One kid gets a peanut allergy and all of a sudden 2000 students can't have PB&J for lunch. You think this is equitable?

NJ is passing a law to eliminate any type of religious exemptions for childhood vaccines. Medical excuses - as should be the case here - should still be fine. https://www.nj.com/politics/2019/12/bill-to-remove-religion-as-reason-to-avoid-vaccinating-kids-enrages-parents-at-hearing.html

All the other residents are left wingers

and now you know why I love working for cash. Wrong. Scumbags like Sweeney will always try to reach deeper into our pockets.

NJ politicians are S C U M B A G S .

I wrote my Mayor and my NJ Reps regarding the 2a Sanctuary zone Here's the response I received for my State reps: Senator Christopher J. Connors Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove Phone: (609) 693-6700 / (732) 240-0266 Email: [email protected] December 11, 2019 Mr. DowntownV RE: Second Amendment Rights (js) Dear Mr. DowntownV: This is in response to your December 10, 2019 e-mail to our 9th District Legislative Office which contained the following link.(this was the West Milford Mayoral Letter) Thank you for your outreach. As you are aware from our previous communications, our Delegation has a longstanding record of protecting Second Amendments which are cherished by a large segment of our constituency. This is a principled stance that we remain committed to in effectively representing the people of the 9th Legislative District. Again, thank you for your outreach and for the opportunity to respond to your inquiry. CJC/BER/DCG/js:km And Now for todays Math Lesson....

There is already a registry

Or.... if they ever figure out how to make this happen..... and anyone is dumb enough to comply with this unconstitutional nonsense...... it will amount to a registry.

I'm sure some legislater(s) are involved with insurence so stay tuned for only "state approved" ins co's able to offer said mandated policys. That would be a typical NJ move.

I know that I am in the minority here on NJGF on this topic but I do believe that we should require ALL gun owners to have liability insurance. I also think that they would be prudent to also invest in a personal property/articles insurance policy for their firearms. Essentially, I think that there should be a federal law, (not state), requiring that all gun owners must purchase and maintain liability insurance for all of their firearms, similar to that required for cars. We allow cars to be driven on public roads but the driver must be insured in case he/she harms someone or damages property. The same should be true for owning and using guns, especially if CCW is eventually allowed nationally. I recognize and understand that no law is going to eliminate a criminal or a deranged individual who is really intent on obtaining some type of gun and committing crimes, murders or mass-murders. But I do not believe that we as a civilized society, should do nothing and just accept that the steadily increasing gun-related violence and crime, is the "price" for our freedom. We should not let the mounting number of deaths that are gun-related continue without attempting to address it, that truly is in ALL of the public's best interest. AVB-AMG

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