Anti-gun, anti second amendment Politicians are as guilty as criminals

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Submitted by Bob, Jan 15, 2008 14:11

If you look closely at States that have adopted "Shall Issue", there are no so called "wild west shootouts" as every anti-gun, anti second amendment group and elected official speak about and are so paranoid about.

In fact, the statistics show that in these "Shall Issue" States, gun crime rates are DOWN significantly. However, to law abiding citizens in New Jersey, this right is denied by a Government that we elected. Remember, the first three words, "We the People", not We the Government. What happened to Democracy? If the majority of the States have "Shall Issue" like they do and their gun crime rartes are lowered by it, then the majority has it. What is it these anti-gun State elected Officials don't get? What is the air different here in New Jersey? What is it? I honestly wish one of these elected officials would enlighten me as to the reason why we do not have this right, and make it make sense, because statistics don't lie. Bottom line is, THEY CAN'T!!!!!

Additionally, this is our guaranteed second amendment right. Denying law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed is just like telling the law-abiding citizens of New Jersey that "we the government officials of New Jersey do not want to lower the gun crime rate." Instead of changing one law to make New Jersey a safer State, this government in New Jersey continues to make more and more anti-gun laws on top of anti-gun laws, on top of anti-gun laws, which do absolutely NOTHING. When you really sit down and look at all the anti-gun laws, they do absolutely nothing to criminals. Criminals do not abide by laws !!!!!!!!!!! Dont you elected officials get it??

Every time a criminal kills an innocent citizen and that citizen could have protected himself or herself if they had the same rights that the majority of States do, the elected officials in New Jersey are as responsible and as guilty as the criminal, just for denying us that right. Everyone should hold our elected government officials accountable on Election Day because they ARE as guilty as the criminals themselves.

I really do not understand how the anti-gun, anti-second amendment, New Jersey Government Officials can sleep at night, knowing they are denying it's law-abiding citizens the right to bear arms, the right to protect themselves, and the right to live. Everyone in this great country deserves the right to live and the guaranteed second amendment right to bear arms, to protect their own life as well as their family, friends and property.

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