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calendar   Tuesday - February 24, 2009

NJ: A Squeaker in Trenton

N.J. Senate defeats one gun a month handgun-control bill. Sort of.

The bill, S1774, aka A339, was “held”. It was not actually defeated.

A bill that would limit gun buyers to one handgun purchase every 30 days fell one vote short of final legislative approval yesterday when it could not muster enough support in the state Senate.

The plan’s sponsors said limiting the handgun purchases that can be made at one time would fight “straw buys” in which a person with a clean record acquires many guns and passes them to criminals. Opponents argued that New Jersey already had tough gun laws, and that additional burdens would only restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens.

The plan had won approval in the Assembly, and Gov. Corzine has said he would sign it if it reached his desk.

But the plan received only 20 of the 21 “yes” votes yesterday needed for approval. Every Democrat supported the plan except for Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney and State Sen. Fred Madden, both of Gloucester County, and State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (D., Cape May). Every Republican voted no, except for State Sens. Phil Haines (R., Burlington) and Jennifer Beck (R., Monmouth), who abstained.

Yeah, that’s the short version of the story.



A bill that would restrict handgun purchases in New Jersey to one per month stalled in the state Senate yesterday. The bill was held by its sponsor, Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham (D-Hudson), after it received 20 votes, one shy of the 21 needed for passage. No Republicans voted for the bill, drawing a rebuke from Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex).

The NJ Senate has 40 members and is split 22-18 in favor of Democrats. One of the leading Dems came out against this bill the other week (Sweeney I think), saying we had enough gun laws in the state.
So they took the vote ... everybody voted ... but the “fail” was not recorded. The bill was pulled from the fire at the last microsecond, so that it can be voted on again sometime this year maybe. That seems like cheating to me.

Now, do a little math. 40 members, right? 22 Dems, but 3 voted NO. That leaves 19 in favor. 18 Republicans, but 2 abstain [ the wieners ]. That leaves 16 NO votes, plus the 3 Dem NOs. So it’s 19-19-2; death by tie. So how does the paper come up with 20 votes?

Looks like NJ has learned how to do things from the EU.

PS - Haines and Beck ... we’re watching you now. That “abstain” crap don’t fly no mo. Only Obama get to vote “present”.

“This bill is critical to public safety,” Codey said. “This is a common sense measure to put a stop to in-state ‘straw’ purchases of large numbers of handguns that are then sold illegally and used by criminals and gang members.”

Shut up Codey.


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