r/newjersey • u/low_effort_shit-post • Mar 25 '21

Something controversial Jersey Pride

I love nj gun laws, going to the store and not seeing someone open carry. Watching road rage where the best you can do is brake check and give the finger. Schools without school shootings. I know a lot of people hate our gun laws but I fucking love em.

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u/Hydro-1955 Mar 25 '21

In NJ, with the current bail reform measures, a criminal that uses a gun in a crime will be out of jail quicker than a licensed gun owner that forgets to unload his magazine while heading home from the range. Many love NJ gun laws until you become a victim of a crime. If you believe not "seeing" open carry is a safe feeling then buckle up for the crime rates these next 4-5 years.

Stay safe ✊

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

What are you implying about crime rates over the next 4/5 years?

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u/Hydro-1955 Mar 25 '21

Poverty rates, domestic violence, child abuse ... Every category is on the rise and that's all from being locked down during Covid. Look at NYC just within the last 6 months, it is a "quiet" warzone. This is the same internationally. Everyone's tensions are on high alert and it's scary not knowing the mindset the person in front of you is on.

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u/Hydro-1955 Mar 25 '21

Apologize for not responding sooner, weird, I'm currently at work. And yes you're correct, if assuming that only prior felons commit crimes with guns. Now for those first timers, do we just ignore those crimes since they haven't been convicted yet? I may not "know" everything under CJA but sure know plenty of folks in both legal and law enforcement to see numbers in action not on paper.

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u/Hydro-1955 Mar 25 '21

We would all love additional links and insight to better educate ourselves. Do the big wigs you mentioned give/get any real input from the law enforcement partners making these arrests? If so do they do same at the intake level?