Contrary view....
NJ Senate president Stephen Sweeney
also has the Barrett .50 BMG on his proposed list of new laws, and neither Sweeney nor Christie are planning to introduce legislation to expand the state's current AWB, ban internet ammo sales, or reduce magazine capacity below the current 15 rounds.
I wouldn't be shocked to learn that Christie and Sweeney went out for coffee together and came up with this as a compromise. I
The NJ Assembly has proposed some Draconian legislation that's even worse than what's been passed or is proposed for NY, CT, MD, CA, DC and IL. Otherwise, much of the stuff Christie is proposing (like photo ID) is already being done, this just formalizes it.
A ban on
new Barrett .50 BMG
sales in the state is a sop to the gun grabbers in the NJ Assembly. The state is small and densely populated. The only place to shoot a Barrett .50 BMG that I know of in New Jersey is at Fort Dix, and it's by appointment only. This would most likely affect only a handful of people. If Sweeney needed to bring something back for his party, this is the one that would affect the fewest. Not that it's right, but at least the gun grabbers (including his likely opponent in November) can't accuse Christie of being in the pocket of the NRA.
I'm not agreeing with any of it, but compared to what other deep blue states have done recently or are planning to do, this isn't as bad. I really wish the SC would decide that the 2A really means what it says, and throw out all of these restrictions, but I don't expect it.
It's sad, but judged by number of new laws signed, Christie is the most
conservative governor New Jersey has had in the last 168 years.
http://www.app.com/article/20130126/NJNEWS1002/301260106/New-N-J-laws-from-last-session-168-year-low
Almost the entire state of New Jersey is within commuting distance of Pennsylvania. It's not impossible for most of us to move there.