OK, It's getting close to the time when Sweeney will be making some important decisions, so time to start letting him hear from us. Here's what I've written regarding A3772. I've addressed a couple of the other ones in the "pending legislation" forum, but I'm not allowed to start a thread on this bill there, so I'll post here.

 

 

Dear Mr. Sweeney,

 

I am writing to express my opposition to bill A3772, which would require a new design for firearm purchase ID cards (FPIC.) The bill would require that all current holders reapply for the new card within two years of passage and then reapply every five years thereafter.

 

Under the current law, the card is valid unless a holder becomes ineligible, in which case it must be surrendered. Even if it is illegally kept, the card number is flagged, so that if it is used in an attempted purchase, the card will not match a valid card at the time of the point of sale instant background check, and the purchaser will be arrested. For the same reason, a counterfeit card is useless, since the name and number will not match a valid card in the database. Using someone else’s card also doesn’t work, as a matching photo ID must be presented with the card. I am unaware of any case in which a counterfeit card has been used. The current system works perfectly.

 

Police departments across the state are heavily strained in keeping up with just the initial applications and are usually unable to process applications within the statutorily mandated 30 day time frame.

 

Under the current bill, a "renewal" has all the requirements of a full application. With approximately 1 million FPIC holders in the state, the constant reapplications will be a logistical and financial nightmare, both for police departments and individual FPIC holders.

 

This bill is more about burnishing the anti-violence credentials of the sponsors than about improving public safety. This is inadequate reason to burden a million lawful gun owners. If you have any questions or would like to discuss further, please feel free to email me at xxx or call xxx

I think you hit the nail on the head. We should write letters like this to every republican in the senate and to Christie. The financial burden that an unnecessary overhaul of the FID system would put on the state would likely be unacceptable to many fiscal conservatives, regardless of their stance on guns.

I didn't stop at republicans. I sent to everyone. Even Democrats realize they aren't going to be too popular when township budgets get strained by this nonsense.

"Bill A3772", yet another INCREMENTAL process by the Socialist Party (Yes, I said Socialist. Quack like a duck, walk like a duck....) majority rule in NJ, to discourage ALL firearms purchase and access. Next logical INCREMENTAL step: Random, rationed, arbitrary, may-issue (NJ style), REVOKATION of same said "FID" (gun registration) cards.

It's not the Socialist party. It's the Progressive Statist party. Socialists want everyone to be equal in some bs 'everyone is worth the same' utopia. The statists want complete control over your life at the point of a gun. However, they're both scum.