THE DICTATOR ISSUES FIAT;
TYRANNY WITH A SMILE
"EGREGIOUS ABUSE OF POWER"
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATED
GESTAPO POLICE STATE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR MURPHY SHUTS DOWN "NICS"
FBI BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM TO
PREVENT PURCHASES OF FIREARMS
BY LAW ABIDING CITIZENS
NJ Gov Issues Exec Order Essentially Shutting Down Second Amendment
ANJRPC Prepping Major Lawsuit, Gov Murphy Unilaterally Shuts Down NJ Gun Stores, NICS
BY SCOTT BACH
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research
purposes:
Opinion People Need Self-Defense Rights When They are Most Vulnerable. State Government Has No Legal Authority to Suspend 2A Rights. Governor Should Have Applied “Social Distancing” Measures (as He Has Elsewhere) Instead of Shutting Down the Means by Which People Obtain and Train With FirearmsNew Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- On Saturday, March 21, 2020, N.J. Governor Phil Murphy issued Executive Order 107 amidst the Coronavirus crisis, shuttering all “non-essential” businesses until further notice.Although the Executive Order does not specifically discuss gun stores or ranges, it applies to all businesses except those specifically exempted, and gun stores and ranges are not listed as exempt (ironically, certain non-essential sellers are exempted while gun sellers aren’t). Additionally, we have received specific “clarification” from the Governor’s office that:
- Gun stores are not deemed “essential” and are therefore ordered closed (shutting off the flow of firearms and ammunition to honest citizens, who may need them in times of emergency);
- The National Instant Check System in NJ (NICS) for processing all firearms and ammunition transactions has been shut down completely; and
- All ranges (indoor and outdoor, public and private) are ordered closed under a restriction on “recreational activities” (is developing proficiency to defend your life really just “recreation?”).
Thus, two major parts of the Second Amendment (means of firearms acquisition, and means of developing firearms proficiency) have been shut down completely, without an end date, by a single government official, by executive fiat. Social distancing protocols, utilized elsewhere to justify keeping certain other supposedly “essential” businesses open, are not even part of the equation when it comes to firearms, ammunition, and ranges.While ANJRPC continues to dialogue with the Governor’s office over this dramatic and unprecedented overreach, we are not optimistic about changing it through discussion.Accordingly, ANJRPC is proceeding with rapid development of a major lawsuit to address these unconstitutional measures and to take Governor Murphy (and others in the executive branch of government) to task for overreaching and essentially suspending Second Amendment rights, at a time of emergency when those rights may be needed most for self-protection by the most vulnerable in society.
ANJRPC is also pursuing, at the federal government level, potential proposals that will incentivize states to protect Second Amendment rights in times of emergency instead of undermining them.Gun rights exist precisely for emergencies like the one the country is facing right now with the Coronavirus. Honest citizens must be able to defend themselves and their families from all manner of threats in this type of emergency – not be blocked from exercising their Constitutionally guaranteed rights. A health emergency may not be used as an excuse to suspend access to firearms and training for self-protection, especially when social distancing practices could have easily been applied to ranges and gun stores instead to keep them open (as they have been applied elsewhere). Failure to do so is an abuse of power, a violation of oath, a violation of the Second Amendment, and puts the public at risk. ANJRPC will spare no effort or expense to challenge this Executive Order and to hold those responsible for it fully accountable for their unconstitutional actions and overreach.Watch for further updates coming later this week. You can support our efforts by making a donation to ANJRPC’s Litigation and Special Projects Fund by clicking here.
About Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs:The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc. is the official NRA State Association in New Jersey. Our mission is to implement all of the programs and activities at the state level that the NRA does at the national level. This mission includes the following: To support and defend the constitutional rights of the people to keep and bear arms. To take immediate action against any legislation at the local, state and federal level that would infringe upon these rights. Visit: www.anjrpc.org_________________________________________________________republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and researchpurposes:They’re not the only ones. The New Jersey Second Amendment Society and the Second Amendment Foundation, along with a New Jersey gun store and a resident who recently obtained his Firearms ID card allowing him to purchase a long gun, but who now can’t purchase a firearm because stores have been ordered closed.From the initial filing in Kashinsky v Murphy:___________________________________________________________________ SEE ALSO: https://www.ammoland.com/2020/03/nj-stops-firearms-transfers /#axzz6HbgViW6r EXCERPT: On March 21, the New Jersey State Police issued the following message to Federal Firearms Licensees.Defendants’ acts of prohibiting the operation of retail firearms businesses without regard to their manner of operation and of foreclosing any ability to access the background check portal prohibit law-abiding individuals from purchasing firearms or ammunition for the purpose of protecting themselves and their families (or for any other purpose). By their terms, these acts stand as a perpetual bar on firearms ownership.While state and local governments have the power to reasonably regulate the keeping and bearing of arms, they do not have the power to prohibit the keeping and bearing of arms, nor do they have the power to close the channels of distribution by which people obtain firearms and ammunition.Defendant Murphy’s directive (in Executive Order 107) that all dealers in firearms and ammunition must close themselves to the public, without exception, stands as a perpetual ban on purchasing firearms and ammunition.Defendants’ policy or practice of making the State Police background check portal unavailable also stands as a perpetual ban on purchasing firearms and ammunition.Defendants’ ongoing threat to enforce Executive Order 107 against the Plaintiffs and/or the Plaintiffs’ members, as well as their ongoing policy or practice of making the State Police background check portal unavailable, prevents the Plaintiffs and/or the Plaintiffs’ members from purchasing and selling firearms and ammunition, thus causing injury and damage that is actionable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.___________________________________________________________________ AND: https://www.infowars.com/covid-alert-feds-abolished-2nd-amendment -by-proxy-in-2007-now-its-in-action/On Saturday March 21, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy announced he is putting New Jersey in lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus. Per Executive Order 107, he is ordering the residents of New Jersey to stay home, directing all non-essential retail businesses closed to the public. At this time, the order includes New Jersey Firearms State Licensed Dealers. The New Jersey State Police NICS Unit is directing the vendor of the NICS Online Application (NICUSA) to turn off the NICS Online Services for submitting NICS transactions by eliminating the “Request Form” button, effective 9:00pm EST, Saturday, March 21, 2020. You will still have the ability to view the message board and the status of previously submitted transactions. This “Request Form” feature will remain off until further order by Governor Murphy.
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Gov. Murphy Admits Denying Press Credentials For NJ2AS News - Hates First Amendment as
well! Governor Murphy, who’s taken our Second Amendment rights away, told NJ2AS News (on 03/27/2020) they shouldn’t have First Amendment rights. He tried to imply Alejandro Roubian is not a real journalist and should not be allowed in his pressers. Then he outright refused to answer his question. This is unreal!
