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Gun Control Reform Activism

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Robb

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Sun Jun 2, 2013, 05:47 PM Jun 2013

10 Gun Control Measures Pass in NJ, Making Paranoid Gun Worshipers Even More Paranoid [View all]

All the paranoid, gun-worshiping nut jobs, who think that sensible gun legislation means President Obama will personally be deploying Barbara Streisand and Rosie O' Donnell (or Joe Biden in a Rosie O'Donnell mask) to your underground bunkers--confiscating your guns and redistributing them to gay illegal immigrants-- will now become even more paranoid amid a series of new gun measures recently passed by the NJ Senate.

New Jersey, being a liberal-leaning state, already has some of the strictest gun measures in the country. But the steady string of massive gun massacres and the frightening loopholes with which guns are purchased have emboldened lawmakers to create more sensible laws. Well, the ones not bought and owned by the NRA.

It seems the state Senate voted today to alter the way New Jersey issues firearms permits by employing a system that would encode them onto driver’s licenses and allow for instant background checks.

"This truly is a national model. I expect other states will look at what we just did," said Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester), the bill’s sponsor.

Read More: http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/10-gun-control-measures-pass-in-nj-making-paranoid-gun-worshipers-even-more-paranoid

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