DirtyDigz

The recording of the 11:00 am Senate Law and Public Safety Committee testimony (including Scott Bach's "Fire and Ash" testimony) is up: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/archived-media/2022/SLP-meeting-list/media-player?committee=SLP&agendaDate=2022-10-27-11:00:00&agendaType=M&av=A

I declare this November to be "Vote like a Pirate Month": R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, (etc.)

General Assembly is in session since ~1:00. Not sure if they covered A4769 yet, but it's on the agenda. Video stream: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/media-player?committee=A&agendaDate=2022-10-27-13:00:00&agendaType=S&av=V

That's fixed with a recent amendment. It's no longer "weapons", now it's "firearms and destructive devices".

Yup, but there was some great testimony. The PBA rep explicitly stating "This bans carry everywhere" will be nice in the lawsuit.

I disagree - the Pro-2A testimony is great on this one, and I think they may actually be making some inroads.

Per NJ Court rep - they received 1,500 PTC applications in August. They estimate they'll receive a total of 11,000 by 2022 year end. So where is the 300k PTC applications number coming from!?

NOW STREAMING: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/media-player?committee=SLP&agendaDate=2022-10-27-11:00:00&agendaType=M&av=A

Senate Law and Public Safety Commitee hearing starting imminently. Keep refreshing this page to see when it actually starts: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings Edit - You'll probably want to take any needed blood pressure medication before listening...

Effin geniuses... https://www.anjrpc.org/page/BOMBSHELLCarryKillerBillBansWAYMoreThanGuns

Maybe if NJ police chiefs had to be elected like NY sheriffs, instead of being appointed, we'd see more advocacy from them. Any PBA donation request I get is going straight in the trash next time they come around.

While I don't like it, I understand it. The PBA lobbyist has one job - to advocate for PBA members. He's made the tactical decision that in this environment he can't advocate for us proles in order to give the "only ones" the best chance at what they want. All the disparities end up helping us in the long run - the more inequalities of treatment/outcome, the more ammo for the court arguments.

I bet we'd all be really outraged if we found out who really wrote the original bill. Based on their apparent lack of knowledge on the bill details, I'm guessing it's NOT the sponsors.

Recording is now up: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/archived-media/2022/AOF-meeting-list/media-player?committee=AOF&agendaDate=2022-10-24-13:00:00&agendaType=M&av=A

ANJRPC has stated they will file a suit and seek a TRO immediately after Murphy signs into law. Lawsuits can't be filed against bills, only once they become law.

Passed this particular committee. The bill still has to pass add'l legislative steps before it is law.

Yes, it was short. Limited to discussion of bill amendments only. PBA lobbyist begged for exemptions for retired/off duty LEO, NJ judiciary representative begged for NJ judiciary to be released from PTC process immediately upon bill taking effect.

Another committee meeting livestream (audio only) happening NOW: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/media-player?committee=AOF&agendaDate=2022-10-24-13:00:00&agendaType=M&av=A

My advice - put more effort into getting out a Pro-2A vote in every NJ election rather than protesting. They have already shown multiple times that they DO NOT CARE what you think. NJ (D) legislators really only react to 2 things - Something that hurts their wallet, or something that hurts their chances at re-election.

They are not in the NJ bill, specifically, that I can find. However there are several clauses in the NJ Bill that could be applied to houses of worship depending on the facilities/events: "a school, college, university, or other educational institution and on any school bus;" - bible school " a child care facility or day care center;" - if church is providing child care/day care "a privately or publicly owned and operated entertainment facility within this State, including but not limited to a theater, stadium, museum, arena, racetrack, or other place where performances, concerts, exhibits, games, or contests are held;" - Performances / Bingo games In addition to the catch-all "private property".

Here's the committee recording edited down to just the A4769 portion and put on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/762399865

You can register to testify (or just oppose) for Thursday's session here. I think if you register to oppose, your name gets added to the list of people in opposition that they read out at the start of the meeting: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/2022-10-20-11:00:00/AAP/Meeting/register-to-testify

I think the bill passed committee. Next hearing/committee on Thursday @ 11:00 am: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/2022-10-20-11:00:00/AAP/Meeting

A4769 discussion starting NOW

Reminder the Assembly livestream is happening this morning. As of ~10:30 am they haven't discussed the A4769 Carry bill yet. https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/live-proceedings/2022-10-17-10:00:00/AJU/Meeting