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Christie signs 10 gun-control measures into law

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Christie signs 10 gun-control measures into law | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com

Hasn't helped Chicago any, but I guess we shall see.

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie signed 10 gun-related bills into law Thursday, including a measure disqualifying people on the federal terrorist watch list from being able to buy guns.

In a statement accompanying his signature, the Republican governor said he signed the measure because federal authorities take care to ensure the list’s accuracy. Some conservatives expressed concern that citizens will be put on the watch list mistakenly.

“I believe that federal elected officials must continue to ensure that federal law enforcement and intelligence gathering entities constantly strive to improve the levels of accuracy and reliability in terrorist screening databases,” Christie wrote. “I urge Congress to take steps to ensure that law-abiding American citizens are never swept into these databases.”

This will probably take a lot off people off team Christie.
 
I haven't read any of the actual legislation but the things presented in the article all seem reasonable to me. I could see where some people would be uncomfortable with the law restricting those on the federal terror list from being able to purchase guns, but I can't imagine many people wanting terrorists being able to buy guns either.
 
I haven't read any of the actual legislation but the things presented in the article all seem reasonable to me.

They do to me as well, but I feel there is a good point with regard to Chicago. Maybe somebody can fill me in on the whole "strictest laws in the land, highest rate of death by bullet" situation.
 
They do to me as well, but I feel there is a good point with regard to Chicago. Maybe somebody can fill me in on the whole "strictest laws in the land, highest rate of death by bullet" situation.

Well, what you have to remember about Chicago is that it's a city, not a state or a country. If I live in Chicago and want to buy a gun, I'll go to a neighboring city to get one. The other thing to remember about Chicago is that the number of homicides and homicides by firearm have dropped significantly over the past 20 years.
 
I haven't read any of the actual legislation but the things presented in the article all seem reasonable to me. I could see where some people would be uncomfortable with the law restricting those on the federal terror list from being able to purchase guns, but I can't imagine many people wanting terrorists being able to buy guns either.

The worst thing is that many supporting his program are saying its a "GOOD FIRST STEP"
 
Another reason the lard ass needs to hurry up and have a heart attack. Was that a bit cold? Well, it's a bit cold to not care about the rights of people.
 
Another reason the lard ass needs to hurry up and have a heart attack. Was that a bit cold? Well, it's a bit cold to not care about the rights of people.

Lard ass had lap band surgery and is rapidly losing weight. You're going to have to find something else to denigrate him with.
 
Lard ass had lap band surgery and is rapidly losing weight. You're going to have to find something else to denigrate him with.

Sure, how about someone that needs lap band surgery to lose weight. What a ****ing loser.
 
Lard ass had lap band surgery and is rapidly losing weight. You're going to have to find something else to denigrate him with.

His constant Obama slurping is enough to make most sensible people want to puke without worrying if he is an Orca, a walrus or a hippo
 
I haven't read any of the actual legislation but the things presented in the article all seem reasonable to me. I could see where some people would be uncomfortable with the law restricting those on the federal terror list from being able to purchase guns, but I can't imagine many people wanting terrorists being able to buy guns either.

Ever hear about "Operation Fast and Furious" sponsored by the US Department of Justice?

'Fast and Furious' Scandal Returns to Haunt Obama - Businessweek
 
Christie signs 10 gun-control measures into law | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com

Hasn't helped Chicago any, but I guess we shall see.



This will probably take a lot off people off team Christie.

From what I have seen in the article, I have no issues with the watch list restrictions or forwarding mental health records to a point. I would have to see what constitutes a mental health issue which would warrant being added to the NICs database. Without checks and balances, it has potential to be abused.
 
The worst thing is that many supporting his program are saying its a "GOOD FIRST STEP"
To you, a good first step would be the forced distribution of automatic weapons. We'll just have to agree that we'll never agree.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1062170472 said:
Ever hear about "Operation Fast and Furious" sponsored by the US Department of Justice?

'Fast and Furious' Scandal Returns to Haunt Obama - Businessweek
I have. Have you?

Quite simply, there's a fundamental misconception at the heart of the Fast and Furious scandal. Nobody disputes that suspected straw purchasers under surveillance by the ATF repeatedly bought guns that eventually fell into criminal hands. Issa and others charge that the ATF intentionally allowed guns to walk as an operational tactic. But five law-enforcement agents directly involved in Fast and Furious tell Fortune that the ATF had no such tactic. They insist they never purposefully allowed guns to be illegally trafficked. Just the opposite: They say they seized weapons whenever they could but were hamstrung by prosecutors and weak laws, which stymied them at every turn.


Indeed, a six-month Fortune investigation reveals that the public case alleging that Voth and his colleagues walked guns is replete with distortions, errors, partial truths, and even some outright lies. Fortune reviewed more than 2,000 pages of confidential ATF documents and interviewed 39 people, including seven law-enforcement agents with direct knowledge of the case. Several, including Voth, are speaking out for the first time.

Even had they all gotten along, they faced a nearly impossible task. They were seven agents pursuing more than a dozen cases, of which Fast and Furious was just one, their efforts complicated by a lack of adequate tools. Without a real-time database of gun sales, they had to perform a laborious archaeology. Day after day, they visited local gun dealers and pored over forms called 4473s, which dealers must keep on file. These contain a buyer's personal information, a record of purchased guns and their serial numbers, and a certification that the buyer is purchasing the guns for himself. (Lying on the forms is a felony, but with weak penalties attached.) The ATF agents manually entered these serial numbers into a database of suspect guns to help them build a picture of past purchases.


By January 2010 the agents had identified 20 suspects who had paid some $350,000 in cash for more than 650 guns. According to Rep. Issa's congressional committee, Group VII had enough evidence to make arrests and close the case then.


This was not the view of federal prosecutors. In a meeting on Jan. 5, 2010, Emory Hurley, the assistant U.S. Attorney in Phoenix overseeing the Fast and Furious case, told the agents they lacked probable cause for arrests, according to ATF records. Hurley's judgment reflected accepted policy at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona. "[P]urchasing multiple long guns in Arizona is lawful," Patrick Cunningham, the U.S. Attorney's then–criminal chief in Arizona would later write. "Transferring them to another is lawful and even sale or barter of the guns to another is lawful unless the United States can prove by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm is intended to be used to commit a crime." (Arizona federal prosecutors referred requests for comment to the Justice Department, which declined to make officials available. Hurley noted in an e-mail, "I am not able to comment on what I understand to be an ongoing investigation/prosecution. I am precluded by federal regulation, DOJ policy, the rules of professional conduct, and court order from talking with you about this matter." Cunningham's attorney also declined to comment.)

It was nearly impossible in Arizona to bring a case against a straw purchaser. The federal prosecutors there did not consider the purchase of a huge volume of guns, or their handoff to a third party, sufficient evidence to seize them. A buyer who certified that the guns were for himself, then handed them off minutes later, hadn't necessarily lied and was free to change his mind. Even if a suspect bought 10 guns that were recovered days later at a Mexican crime scene, this didn't mean the initial purchase had been illegal. To these prosecutors, the pattern proved little. Instead, agents needed to link specific evidence of intent to commit a crime to each gun they wanted to seize.

None of the ATF agents doubted that the Fast and Furious guns were being purchased to commit crimes in Mexico. But that was nearly impossible to prove to prosecutors' satisfaction. And agents could not seize guns or arrest suspects after being directed not to do so by a prosecutor. (Agents can be sued if they seize a weapon against prosecutors' advice. In this case, the agents had a particularly strong obligation to follow the prosecutors' direction given that Fast and Furious had received a special designation under the Justice Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. That designation meant more resources for the case, but it also provided that prosecutors take the lead role.)


The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal - Fortune Features


It's a fascinating read really.
 
So you think that people on the terrorist watch list ought to be able to buy gun just like anyone else?

I think if you are denied the right to own a gun because you are on some watch list that was not the result of at least a grand jury indictment and it turns out that you have done nothing wrong, then the person who put you on the list should be INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE for a constitutional tort suit meaning you can sue his ass into the poorhouse.
 
that's just plain stupid.
It wasn't meant to be serious, merely to demonstrate how far apart we are on this issue.

I support freedom of choice. If you are terrified about owning a gun by all means don't own one. Indeed, as a professional, I would recommend you don't own one at all
I'm not terrified of a gun, but I have no desire to ever own one. And if I ever did change my mind, I would most certainly put myself through various forms of training in order to feel confident I was competent to own a gun. In other words, I would practice what I preach.
 
It wasn't meant to be serious, merely to demonstrate how far apart we are on this issue.

I'm not terrified of a gun, but I have no desire to ever own one. And if I ever did change my mind, I would most certainly put myself through various forms of training in order to feel confident I was competent to own a gun. In other words, I would practice what I preach.

good, that is why I get at least 16 hours of formal training each year and shoot as many times as I can spare the time under the "clock" meaning speed shooting under time which is one of the best ways to duplicate traumatic shooting scenarios.

Don't own one but I also think you shouldn't enjoy the benefit of doubt that causes criminals to often avoid homes they think might be armed.

You should put signs on your home and car noting you are unarmed
 
So you think that people on the terrorist watch list ought to be able to buy gun just like anyone else?

No, of course not. But the 2nd amendment supporters seem to think that any gun law is a bad gun law. That's all I've seen so far.
 
I think if you are denied the right to own a gun because you are on some watch list that was not the result of at least a grand jury indictment and it turns out that you have done nothing wrong, then the person who put you on the list should be INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE for a constitutional tort suit meaning you can sue his ass into the poorhouse.

One of the implications of that belief is that bureaucrat in question should be so mortally afraid of being sued that they never take any meaningful actions against suspected terrorists.
 
good, that is why I get at least 16 hours of formal training each year and shoot as many times as I can spare the time under the "clock" meaning speed shooting under time which is one of the best ways to duplicate traumatic shooting scenarios.
And see, if this concept was required to purchase a gun (maybe not even to the extent you train), I'd have MUCH less of a problem with our laws. But right now, it's obviously far too easy for those who would do harm to obtain a gun.

Don't own one but I also think you shouldn't enjoy the benefit of doubt that causes criminals to often avoid homes they think might be armed.
Despite what you may believe, I have never had a problem with responsible people having a firearm. The problem I feel we have is we have far too many irresponsible people with guns and far too lax protections on protecting guns from the hands of those who would use them for harm.

You should put signs on your home and car noting you are unarmed
I'll consider it the moment you advocate for you and your fellow gun-owners to be listed in an easily accessible directory, complete with your name and address, as well as the fact you own a gun.
 
I'd have no problem with it if I knew how someone got on the terrorist watch list, but that seems a litlte nebulous. Lets remember the current
federal regime suggested to us that gun owning, Christian, Veterans with "anti government views" were a bigger threat to our nation than
al queda back in 2009 - so who's on the such a list, how'd they get there, etc? I don't like the idea of a person not convicted of a crime or
at least arrested having their rights removed?


So you think that people on the terrorist watch list ought to be able to buy gun just like anyone else?
 
I can't say I am surprised. From what I can tell east coast republicans are liberals.
From what I can tell, Republicans call ANYONE they disagree with "liberals".
 
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