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New Jersey governor wants to increase price for buying and carrying a gun by 2,000% |
2019-04-24 |
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy, a Democrat, wants to dramatically increase the permits and licenses needed to buy and carry a firearm in his state. You vote for them, you deserve them. The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reports it costs $5 to get a firearm identification card, $2 for the permit to own a firearm, and $20 for the permit to carry. Under Murphy's budget proposal, the firearm identification card will jump from $5 to $100, the owner’s permit will go up from $2 to $40, and the permit to carry, the largest increase, will go from $20 to $400. For all three licenses and permits, the price would increase by 2,000%. "There’s no war on responsible gun owners," Mr. Murphy said in an interview. "We can support the efforts of the attorney general, state troopers, county and local law enforcement, to do the stuff we need to do: track crime, track gun violence, combat trafficking of illegal guns," he told the Times. "I was in Jersey City," he said. "It’s at least $10 to get a dog license in Jersey City. It’s still $2 to get a permit to purchase a firearm in New Jersey," he added. He also wants a "ammunition excise tax of 10% and a firearms excise tax of 2.5%." The governor's proposal will further increase retail gun dealer licenses from $50 to $500, NJ.com reported in March. |
Posted by:Fred |
#12 How do the old and new fees compare to other states? I tried to look up what it costs here in Ohio, but couldn’t find anything recent except that some years ago a concealed carry license cost $67 plus a mandatory training course, |
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-24 10:55 |
#11 I really think it's a shame these assholes, as well as the ones in Californica, only pay four dollars a gallon per gas. It's war on the working class that the glorified perl script weenies that run the state don't have to pay thirty bucks a gallon. |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2019-04-24 10:45 |
#10 They're creating a state-full of scofflaws. How you gonna enforce it, Gov? Virtue signals, perhaps? |
Posted by: Bobby 2019-04-24 10:28 |
#9 Upon re-election ex-governor Philip Murphy blamed the NRA for backing his candidate and turning voters against him with lies about his anti-gun policies. |
Posted by: rschwarz 2019-04-24 10:27 |
#8 Guns should NOT come with the job as policeman, they should get one as a private citizen and follow the same law. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-24 10:05 |
#7 Of course the local mafia gets a carve out allowing them to write off the new charges as a business expense. |
Posted by: Theretle White5900 2019-04-24 09:07 |
#6 How about 100,000% increase for those filing to run for political office. Oh, hell, make it 1M increase. |
Posted by: P2kontheroad 2019-04-24 08:59 |
#5 So criminals and cops will be the only ones with firearms. What do criminals care about permits, fees and legal carry, they are after all criminals. Stupidity trumps common sense. This is a twofer for New Jersey govmint. They are creating a stream of revenue for crooked politicians and about punishing law-abiding citizens who legally carry a firearm for protection. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-04-24 08:48 |
#4 The wrong kind of people. The armed deplorables. The sheep stay |
Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-24 08:42 |
#3 "There’s no war on responsible gun owners," I think politicians who lie so brazenly deserve 50,000 volts through their balls when they say such obvious bullshit. A financial war is still a war. With this and all the other crap this guy's doing, he's simply insuring more people move out of the state. |
Posted by: Raj 2019-04-24 07:50 |
#2 ...Yeah, again these people haven't thought this sort of thing through. Against SCOTUS scrutiny this will last about thirty seconds. Mike |
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2019-04-24 04:28 |
#1 "It’s at least $10 to get a dog license in Jersey City. It’s still $2 to get a permit to purchase a firearm in New Jersey," There's no Constitutional right to keep and bear dogs. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2019-04-24 00:11 |