Addressing the New Jersey Senate in Trenton Monday during a proposed magazine limitation bill hearing, “Gun for Hire” activist Anthony P. Colandro attempted to educate closed minds, earning, if not a change in heart from the rulers, at least an enthusiastic show of support from a number of citizen attendees.Oh, go to the EXAMINER website and watch the video.
“I’m a lifelong resident of New Jersey, and up until today, not a felon,” Colandro told the politicians. “I realize that the majority of you here represent constituents who choose free stuff over freedom.
“Have you thought about the lost taxes and revenue when you have to start incarcerating 10,000 or 100,000 or even 1,000,000 law-abiding, taxpaying citizens, who are fed up with being pushed around with unjust laws that will do nothing to address the real crime issues and criminals?” he asked. “So if just only 19 percent of us legal gun owners stand with me, it will cost the state $550,000,000 a year to house us... Remember, this does not take into account the lost revenue when we, the previously law-abiding citizens, are no longer working and paying our taxes."
What's the buzz?
All states allow handguns to be carried outside the home, but some are more restrictive than others. Gun-rights supporters said New Jersey’s law, similar to ones in Maryland, New York and elsewhere, make it nearly impossible for anyone who is not a member of law enforcement to get such a permit.This trend (see "Colorado Lawmakers Ousted in Recall vote Over Gun Law", et al) by citizens of their states to refuse to 'comply' with the laws which their state legislators have enacted against their wish, is similar to one of my favorite "Citizen Noncompliance" movements; in trials, jurors may choose to "nullify" directions of the court and conversely make their own decisions about the outcome of a trial. It's called "Jury Nullification", and judges don't like it; it means that the jury may think the defendant is 'guilty' of the crime, but they think the definition of the crime is invalid.
Or, for the ignorant among us (such as me) ... "it's stupid, so screw you arrogant bastards".
Under our Republican system of government, we elect representatives to make laws. We hire policemen to enforce these laws. We elect judges to confirm the laws. But ultimately, We The People are (during a trial) called upon to convict our fellow citizens of an illegal act when they (our neighbors) decline to obey the laws.
That's what the folks in New Jersey are doing, now. As are the citizens in several states (Connecticut, etc, who decline to obey laws inhibiting the Second Amendment of the Constitution), New Jersey citizens are publicly stating that they "Will Not Comply" with new laws which make felons of formerly law-abiding citizens.
Good For You, New Jersey!
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