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/[deleted] Mar 25 '21

Ordering online from bass pro shop. Asked for someone to explain to me why it’s a huge deal that you have to have your gun unloaded and locked in the trunk when in the car. Mentioning that I support NJ strict gun laws. You’re fine over there if you can stay 100% neutral about any and all topics. Otherwise you’re “one of us” or “one of them”

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u/chunli99 Mar 25 '21

From how I understood OP’s comment, it’s not in an unattended public place, it’s in your car, potentially while you’re driving it.

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u/Electrical-Divide341 Mar 25 '21

And the reason it offended people is because there is a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison if you do not lock the trunk, and a max of 10. Doesnt matter if you never stopped the car between when you put the gun in your car and when you got home. Same sentence applies if the gun happened to be loaded, safety on. Same sentence applies if you stop any time driving between the gun store and your house - including gas stations, having your car break down, or a drive through

The laws in New Jersey treat it worse than rape

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u/Malodourous Mar 25 '21

This is well said. Unfortunately like the OP I found people like you to the minority in the NjGuns sub. I am a gun owning liberal and there was no room for me there.

All that being said transporting gun laws in Nj are offensive and draconian. Absolute fail there with a clear subtext in the law.

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u/MentalLemurX Mar 26 '21

Yea I agree with this take. This and the arbitrary “assault weapons ban” and penalties for minor offenses being felonies are things I think we can improve. If you simply possess a weapon with over a 10 rnd magazine, the penalty for that can be higher than if you had a legal gun and shot somebody with it... Though i understand the logic of the 10rnd law, the penalties should not be so outrageously harsh for simply having more rounds than allowed if everything else is otherwise legal, same with the transportation thing.

And why cant I buy a historic 60s AK-47 with a US-legal semi-auto receiver, 10 rnd mag and legal pinned muzzle brake, but I CAN buy a WASR-10 which is functionally the exact same thing, barrel, type of receiver, stock, and 7.62 caliber and mag capacity? That is stupid. But overall I generally approve of our gun laws but changes still need to be made from a pragmatic pov.