N.J. Senate committee approves slate of gun control bills

[Robb]

TRENTON — After about four hours of sometimes raucous testimony, the state Senate Law and Public Safety Committee has approved seven new gun control measures.

“It’s a matter of us all working together to ensure the safety and well-being of our families, our neighbors and our co-workers,” said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), who sponsored many of the measures.

But opposition was fierce from gun rights advocates, who packed the hearings and sometimes shouted down proponents of gun control.

“If you pass these laws that make me a criminal by not registering my guns, I will not register them,” said gun owner Glenn Darwell of Forked River. “If you make me a criminal I will stand once more and fulfill the constitution. If my blood is in the street it’s in your hands.”

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O, the drama!

FYI, some great legislative ideas in there, including coding firearms licensing info onto driver's licenses. 10 more bills in hearing Thursday.

[Jenoch]

1. A couple of questions come up to me

after glancing at that news story. Why does the NJDMV care if someone is a gun owner and how many .50 Barretts have been used in crimes in New Jersey?

[freshwest]

3. Easy. 1) State wide data base. 2) Identifying criminals.

The hero of the story has just announced he's proud to be known as one. Likely pitched a fit when told it was time to go to bed as a child, too. Meh.

[Jenoch]

4. Huh?

[freshwest]

2. American drama theater: