June 12, 2013
It appears from this 'article' that the New Jersey Senate has taken a lesson from Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York. The embedded audio clip shows they're trying to set aside committee procedure because they're finding it doesn't suit their intent to pass stricter gun control legislation. They won't allow the voting on a particularly bad piece of gun control legislation to conclude and try to move on to other business because they realize they don't have enough votes to pass it. Despicable.
'Oops, we've introduced an amendment, started the voting process and will now table it before voting concludes because in the midst of the voting it's clear it's not going our way. So we'll just table it for now until we can be more certain of an outcome favorable to our position. We cannot allow the vote to conclude because then it would actually have failed.'
This short 'article' is mostly an email, so don't consider it objective journalism. Its description of the proposed legislation is VERY concerning though. If the description is accurate and if it gets passed it would represent a huge infringement on 2nd Amendment rights for New Jersey residents.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/tv-star-tweets-on-guns-loses-half-her-following/
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June 26, 2013
People in favor of gun rights will 'love' this story.
Firearms owners too often have to abide by laws that infringe upon the 2nd Amendment that "shall not be infringed" but gun rights groups in New Jersey won't stand for "vote-rigging" in the otherwise already tainted legislative process.
The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, and the New Jersey Second Amendment Society have served legal notice to Democratic New Jersey Assembly Speaker Shelia Oliver that anti-gun bill A4182 AND 10 other bills with action taken must be rescinded due to manipulation of the legislative process in violation of explicit assembly rules. This is sweet!
In short, when taking the votes on the gun control bill, the process was put "on hold" once the Democrats in control of the committee realized they didn't have enough votes to pass it. They moved on to other business instead in spite of the opposition voicing its concern for legislative process and committee rules. (It's all on video and available in my previous post on this topic.) That's one violation. The roll call cannot be interrupted for new business until complete and the results announced.
Then they went a step further and transferred to bill to another committee where they knew they would get enough votes to pass it. That's where the "vote-rigging" comes in and is also in violation of assembly rules.
As a result, 11 pieces of legislation, including the gun control bill, have no valid status. They must first complete the roll call / vote for A4182 in the same committee where it has already received enough nay votes that it cannot pass. They they'd have to reintroduce and re-vote on the 10 other bills.
This kind of blatant manipulation, sacrificing the democratic process, to achieve a desired result should be criminal and those responsible should lose their positions and be banned from serving public office!
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/BREAKING--NJ-Gun-Groups-Serve-Legal-Notice-on-Vote--Rigging-.html?soid=1104412490596&aid=9VxHD-SgQLs
Here's the actual legal notice. It's a short letter of only 1.5 pages of real content that's a joy to read in that it's direct and concise. It says 'you cheated, we're calling you on it, this bill shall NOT pass!'
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/anjrpc.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/Legal_Motions___Briefs/DLS_to_Assembly_Speaker_v1.pdf
And here's a 1:24 video showing the bipartisan expression of concerns over this poor and overly restrictive legislation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8hCvJxQoSE
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June 27, 2013
I saw this on Facebook today. I don't have an original source at this time and don't know what was in this specific legislation.
"**BREAKING** A friendly New Jersey assembly member just passed along the news that the anti-gun NJ Bill S2467 / A3668 was VETOED by Governor Christie today. Thank you to the thousands of people who took action at FPC! WE CAN DO THIS - KEEP UP THE PRESSURE at http://www.firearmspolicy.org/. Remember to LIKE and SHARE to spread the word!"
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