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ANJRPC SUES TO END GOV. MURPHY’S SECOND AMENDMENT SHUTDOWN IN NJ Motion Filed Today to Stop the Shutdown ANJRPC Prepared to Go to U.S. Supreme Court Murphy Admits 2A Shutdown is not about Coronavirus! March 26, 2020. Yesterday, ANJRPC filed a federal lawsuit to end NJ Governor Phil Murphy’s unilateral shutdown of the Second Amendment by executive order, supposedly because of the Coronavirus. Today, ANJRPC filed a motion in that lawsuit asking a U.S. District Court Judge to block enforcement of Murphy’s order. Click here for copy of ANJRPC’s complaint in the case. Click here for a copy of ANJRPC’s motion to block enforcement of Murphy’s executive order. These actions were made necessary by Gov. Murphy’s executive order 107 on March 21, in which he unilaterally shuttered gun stores, gun ranges, and shut down NICS, effectively switching off the Second Amendment to NJ’s 9 million residents with the stroke of a pen. ANJRPC is prepared to take this new case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. The Second Amendment was designed precisely for the kind of emergency America now faces, to insure that law-abiding citizens would have the means to provide for their own safety if necessary. The idea that a single public official can simply turn gun rights off is absurd on its face. What’s more, Governor Murphy’s overt hatred for the Second Amendment is laid bare in his executive order, which ironically declares that non-vital retailers like liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries, and cell phone stores are “essential” and therefore can stay open, while gun stores and ranges and the NICS system are not “essential” and must close. Governor Murphy has even admitted that his assault on the Second Amendment was motivated by his hatred of guns, not by safety concerns about Coronavirus. When asked just yesterday by a reporter why he didn’t deem gun stores to be “essential,” he stated “a safer society for my taste has fewer guns and not more guns.” He said nothing about Coronavirus, which is apparently just a pretext for shutting down the Second Amendment.

It gets even better, with FFLs closed and NICS not operating, I got a Nixle email today stating they won't extend dates on existing P2P past 180 days. ......" We have received guidance from the New Jersey State Police Firearms Unit and have been informed that due to the volume of applications and the response, there may be delays with the 212A and mental health checks. IdentoGo facilities have been temporarily closed at this time which will cause a major delay for first time applicants. This is a mandatory criminal history check which cannot be completed until these facilities reopen to the public. We anticipate other checks included in the process which are completed by our personnel to also be delayed due to the high volume of applications at this time. Once all required application background checks are completed, applicants will be contacted by Det. Leanne Petracca who will advise applicants of the process to obtaining your firearms identification cards and pistol permits. Pick up of ID cards and permits may be slightly different then previously experienced based upon guidance from the State Police Firearms Unit at this time. Once again, these changes are for public safety to limit possible exposure to Covid-19. Be further advised that at this time as per the Governor’s executive order, firearms stores have been closed, NICS is not operational, and the state currently has no plan to extend handgun purchase permits past 180 days. All applications will only be accepted through the online FARS system.

What's worse is the 157K who shared it....

and guess who will be the ones who will have to pay that bill? https://www.usdebtclock.org/ You owe $72,965 RIGHT NOW! Those numbers should make you want to puke.

It won't turn out, it actually is reduced, the facts will prove it out. From that article: ..."Professor Gupta led a team of researchers at Oxford in a modeling study which suggests that the virus has been invisibly spreading for at least a month earlier than suspected, concluding that as many as half of the people in the United Kingdom have already been infected by COVID-19. If her model is accurate, fewer than one in a thousand who’ve been infected with COVID-19 become sick enough to need hospitalization, leaving the vast majority with mild cases or free of symptoms. What we will see, when the dust settles, is that Covid was no worse than the seasonal flu. And the flu actually has a vaccine and tens of thousands still die. There have been tens of thousands that got Covid, and never knew it. I'll go back and reference the Diamond Princess, which was a good clinical trial. HALF of the people who tested positive had NO symptoms, and only 20% actually caught it on the ship, even when being in the close confines of a cruise ship. There's going to be a LOT of pissed off business people and others who got fired, that realize they got shut down because of the flu.. Diamond Princess data.

Of course, subject to change, based on what the House does before it gets signed into law. This is from the Senate Bill: Taxpayers making $75,000 and below will receive a $1,200 check. Married couples making $150,000 and below will receive $2,400. Individuals and couples under this earnings cap would also receive $500 per child. “For the vast majority of Americans, no action on their part will be required in order to receive a rebate check,” according to the bill analysis from Grassley’s office. The money does not count as taxable income. A Republican Finance Committee aide said also said people filing as “head of household” on their taxes – meaning they are unmarried, have children or dependents and pay more than half of their household expenses — will get the $1,200 check if making $112,500 and below. The earnings threshold is measured by adjusted gross income. That is, gross income, minus deductions. The IRS will either use a taxpayer’s 2018 return or their 2019 return, which are the filings due in the current tax season, to determine the size of the rebate check. (On the 2018 returns, the adjusted gross income number is on Box 7 in a person’s 1040 form. On the 1040 form for the 2019 returns, adjusted gross income is found on Box 8b.) Those receiving Social Security benefits will be eligible, according to an analysis of the bill from Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. Green card holders, in addition to citizens, qualify for the check, the Republican Finance Committee aide noted. The checks phase out for incomes above $75,000 a year. That’s capped for individuals making above $99,000 a year. For married couples, income of $198,000 a year is the cap and, for people filing as the head of household, it’s $146,500 a year, according to the analysis from Grassley’s office. The IRS will transmit the payment via a direct deposit. It will use the bank-account information from the taxpayer’s 2018 or 2019 return. Tax season for the 2019 return is open until July 15. The Treasury Department pushed back both the income tax payment and filing deadlines from April 15 to July 15 to free up cash individuals and businesses might need now.

Come on, she was just getting her wallet out from safe keeping to pay..

Looks like MANY filed for unemployment, look at this chart..... BOOM.......:

Notice how they bury that fact way down in the article, hoping people will miss it, and they rather build on the sensationalism and emotions of the readers instead. I read a report yesterday that like 98% of the people who have died in NYC had pre-existing conditions, proving again, the healthy people AREN'T dying from it!! OPEN THE COUNTRY BACK UP NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Me too...

There you go. Facts!! I don't qualify either. Go figure, the people who DON'T qualify are actually the same people that pay the majority of the federal taxes in the country, while the people who will get a windfall in these checks, pay nothing. Isn't Socialism wonderful?

Hopefully none of your wives have taken up knitting:

But wait, I need to watch the dog when I'm at work... What are you waiting for, a break in? My perimeter is completely covered by multiple cameras.

Try this: https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-Advantix-Mosquito-Prevention-XLarge/dp/B004QRJJ0K I haven't had to pull a single tick off my pup since he's been on this, and we're in the woods all the time.

I had issues with cloud based cameras too, that's why my systems are hardwired and record to a DVRs in my house. I'm the only one with access to them, not a bunch of cloud technicians or LEOs, who knows where they are. Plus, I control the length and type of storage, not some cloud company technician, that can turn it off with a click of a mouse. Plus, there's been multiple reports of their systems getting hacked, and hackers watching what's going on in your house. No thanks... I'll be the technician...

They've already cracked. Is their a local "chatter" page for your town on Facebook? Mine has one. Those people are beyond the help of medical intervention... it's scary... Just remember, if you don't store the video on your own hardware, you don't own it.

Look at the NYC numbers: ...."Only 8% of the cases of coronavirus in New York City are from people above 75, according to the city’s health department. However, 52% of the city’s 199 total deaths were people older than 75. 95% of the deaths were people who had underlying conditions. In New York state, where there are now more confirmed coronavirus cases than in France or South Korea, nearly 54% of hospitalized coronavirus patients were between 18 and 49, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said. Another piece of the puzzle: In the U.S., 18.5% (13.7 million) people between the ages of two and 19 are obese according to the CDC. That figure rises to 42.7% for all adults. When an obese person has difficulty breathing, their lungs won’t expand as much as a healthy person’s lungs, Poland said. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/by-far-the-worst-virus-i-have-ever-endured-olympic-gold-medalist-cameron-van-der-burgh-31-on-contracting-the-coronavirus-2020-03-24?mod=home-page

beginning?? Have you been on Facebook recently?

Just wait until these "insects" start showing up at your house. My PD said to just file reports online, they weren't coming...

Check out that link in the WuFlu flu thread that Tex just reposted. Some really interesting data. Here it is, EVERYONE should read it, updates are on the bottom: https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/

It's not isolation time for me, just another day in paradise. Nothing changed because of the shutdowns. Working the pup hard on the nice days with tracking and trailing for search and rescue, and training him for Mud Dog obstacle course races coming up. Hopefully they won't be cancelled, like everything else. Doing some upgrades and add-ons to the RV, had two upcoming trips coming up that were both cancelled (really pissed about that), and looking to schedule others. Got some new pin striping for my truck, next warm day, that's on the schedule. Doing exterior yard cleanup and getting garden ready. Wifey wants the pool opened now, I told her to do it herself... That's the toughest part, having her here ... she just loves to start projects, that I get to finish... I can't even send her to Kohls or mall to burn off some hours... they're closed... Not seeing the rugrats as much, the kids are trying to stay self-quarantined as much as possible. Those little ones are active germ machines, on a normal day.

Correct... looks like all in NJ, and maybe others too. The New Jersey Campground Owners and Outdoor Lodging Association, an organization representing more than 90 private campgrounds across the state, sent a statement to all of its members Monday, recommending that they remain closed for “all vacationing and recreational activities” in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus. New Jersey Campground Owners and Outdoor Lodging Association Executive Director Joann DelVescio told NJ Advance Media that she and the association are also urging campers to follow the stay-at-home mandates issued by the governors of Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey so camping season can arrive safely.

Meanwhile, a dictator and King Sheriff in La County, California closes them down, while letting 1,700 felons loose into the community: ...."LOS ANGELES - In a sit-down interview with FOX 11, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva declared gun stores as nonessential businesses that will be forced to close. Sheriff Villanueva also said he’s adding 1,300 deputies to patrol, that he’s released 1,700 nonviolent inmates from county jails, and criticized how local politicians have handled the messaging behind the numerous stay-at-home orders. “This is about taking care of people, not elected officials or politicians,” Villanueva said. The Sheriff is also the Director of Emergency Operations, meaning he is the number one person in charge during a crisis like the coronavirus. All FEMA requests go through him, and all National Guard requests go through him. One clear message that Villanueva is sending, is on gun stores. “We will be closing them, they are not an essential function,” Villanueva said. “I’m a supporter of the 2nd amendment, I’m a gun owner myself, but now you have the mixture of people that are not formerly gun owners and you have a lot more people at home and anytime you introduce a firearm in a home, from what I understand from CDC studies, it increases fourfold the chance that someone is gonna get shot.” https://www.foxla.com/news/la-county-sheriff-orders-gun-stores-to-close-adds-1300-deputies-to-patrol

Why is he wrong? Do you know his house better than he does?