According to Firearmchronicles
Atlantic County, New Jersey isn’t a Second Amendment Sanctuary, but local lawmakers designated the community a “Second Amendment/Lawful Gun Owner County” at a freeholders meeting on Tuesday night.
The 6-2 vote was greeted with cheers from supporters, but as the Press of Atlantic City reports, opponents of the measure were on hand as well. “You will have blood on your hands,” said one audience member as the last freeholder voted.
The language endorsed by the freeholder board is largely symbolic, but I’m a little curious as to who will deem any restrictions as unconstitutional. Will the freeholders endorse gun control measures that have not been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, or will they take a stand in opposition to proposed measures like Gov. Phil Murphy’s plan to jack up the fees New Jersey residents must pay in order to get permission to exercise their Second Amendment rights?
Murphy is asking lawmakers to raise the cost of a $2 gun application to $50, and a firearm ID card from $5 to $100, according to the state’s treasury department.
The Democratic governor also proposed a 2.5% tax on firearms and a 10% tax on ammunition.
Murphy said Tuesday that raising the cost of handgun permits especially would improve public safety. “These fees are meant to cover the costs of State Police background checks on prospective gun buyers — and, right now, they don’t come close to doing so,” he said during his annual budget address.