Hello everyone. I am new to New Jersey Gun Forums. I just recently received my FID card and just made a recent purchase. I have, however, been an NRA member for the past 11 years. I held off on applying for a FID card because I was in and out of schooling making it difficult to keep a gun. Anyway, as most of you have probably been doing, I contacted my reps, but also copied Governor Christie. I did a forum search and did not see this posted, I thought it would be good for everyone to see his response. If this has been previously posted, apologies in advance, I must have missed it. It's interesting to note the date of the response, as I contacted him today:

 

February 8, 2013

 

 

Dear Friend:

 

Thank you for writing to express your opposition to new laws regarding gun control.

I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

 

Acting on my commitment to take a full and comprehensive look at the intersection of gun control, addiction, mental health and school safety in New Jersey, I have created the NJ SAFE Task Force. The Task Force will be chaired by two former attorneys general of New Jersey and members who have expertise in the fields of mental health diagnosis and treatment, addiction services and treatment, law enforcement and school safety.

 

Violence in our society has never been solely about firearms, and we would miss an opportunity to better prevent the roots of violence if we didn't look at the complete picture. If we are truly going to take an honest and candid assessment of violence and public safety, we have to look more deeply at the underlying causes of many acts of violence. That means removing the stigma and evaluating issues of mental health, addiction, prevention and treatment services alongside the effectiveness of our firearms laws, enforcement mechanisms and our school safety measures. This task force will convene immediately and report back with its findings.

 

My commitment has always been to evaluate public safety, criminal policy and behavioral science with an approach that recognizes that these issues cannot be separated from one another. The SAFE Task Force will further my commitment in that regard as we look at how we can better guarantee violence control.

 

I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you again for writing.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Chris Christie

Governor

Hello everyone. I am new to New Jersey Gun Forums. I just recently received my FID card and just made a recent purchase. I have, however, been an NRA member for the past 11 years. I held off on applying for a FID card because I was in and out of schooling making it difficult to keep a gun. Anyway, as most of you have probably been doing, I contacted my reps, but also copied Governor Christie. I did a forum search and did not see this posted, I thought it would be good for everyone to see his response. If this has been previously posted, apologies in advance, I must have missed it. It's interesting to note the date of the response, as I contacted him today:

 

February 8, 2013

 

 

Dear Friend:

 

Thank you for writing to express your opposition to new laws regarding gun control.

I appreciate hearing from you on this important issue.

 

Acting on my commitment to take a full and comprehensive look at the intersection of gun control, addiction, mental health and school safety in New Jersey, I have created the NJ SAFE Task Force. The Task Force will be chaired by two former attorneys general of New Jersey and members who have expertise in the fields of mental health diagnosis and treatment, addiction services and treatment, law enforcement and school safety.

 

Violence in our society has never been solely about firearms, and we would miss an opportunity to better prevent the roots of violence if we didn't look at the complete picture. If we are truly going to take an honest and candid assessment of violence and public safety, we have to look more deeply at the underlying causes of many acts of violence. That means removing the stigma and evaluating issues of mental health, addiction, prevention and treatment services alongside the effectiveness of our firearms laws, enforcement mechanisms and our school safety measures. This task force will convene immediately and report back with its findings.

 

My commitment has always been to evaluate public safety, criminal policy and behavioral science with an approach that recognizes that these issues cannot be separated from one another. The SAFE Task Force will further my commitment in that regard as we look at how we can better guarantee violence control.

 

I hope you find this information helpful. Thank you again for writing.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Chris Christie

Governor

 

 

That's what his office said on the phone. Slim knows if he want's a shot in hell of beating hilary, he better not piss of gun owners. That email basically says guns don't cause deaths. people do

Hello and welcome to the Forums!

 

Welcome

Welcome to the forum we all got that same response.

 

 

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Sometimes I feel the demoncrats (and they do seem demonic at times) in NJ, is trying to throw their all with gun ban style restrictins to see if:

 

A. The restrictions will stick in full or part.

B. Sabotage Christie's re-election chances, in both State and National levels.

 

Judging by their actions and rhetoric... It is all about their self-interests of making NJ into a Blue Utopianist fantasyland.

Welcome to the forum, enjoy.

Glad to have you aboard!

Welcome to the forum.

Thank you for the warm welcome. After yesterday, it appears Christie may be our last hope. I'm going to stay positive, however. There is still the potential for amendments and the process has really only just begun.