New Jersey Republicans today said the scariest things New Jerseyans need to worry about this Halloween aren’t the things that go bump in the night but the laws Democrats pass in Trenton Statehouse in the middle of the day.
Of course, that doesn’t include all of the repeat offenders out on cash-less bail walking the streets with their families while trick-or-treating. They’re scary too.
Democrats in New Jersey are fighting hard to keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens and making it harder for police and courts to prosecute the bad guys.
Freddy Kreuger, Michael Myers and Jason would all approve of the laws being passed by Democrats to keep guns out of the hands of their next victims.
“Little has been done by Democrat lawmakers to make us safer,” said Steven Szemple, a legislative analyst for the Assembly Republican Office. “Instead, they are more interested in criminalizing legal gun owners.”
Over 55,000 people in New Jersey registered to be new gun owners in 2021, more than double the registrations in 2019.
“Everyone is scared,” he said.
New Jersey has one of the lowest gun crime rates in America, but Democrats are pushing for even more over-the-top requirements for personal gun ownership. A new law introduced by Democrats calls for a psychological evaluation and in-home inspection as prerequisites to purchasing firearms.
If that bill passes and is signed into law by anti-gun ownership Governor Phil Murphy, you would need to have a full psychological evaluation by a psychiatrist in order to buy a gun.
Meanwhile, on the streets, criminals have easy access to cheap and free guns. Those criminals, after committing a gun-related crime under New Jersey law, are free to go after a pre-trial hearing without psychological evaluation, as long as they didn’t kill or hurt anyone too badly.
Democrats also want to perform a home inspection and audit of the homes of gun owners.