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Friday, February 22, 2013

NJ Residents for Action, Gun Advocates Demonstrate at Congressman Lance's Office

Gun owners and those seeking stronger gun control legislation voiced their opinions.

NJ Residents for Action Against Gun Violence were joined by vocal gun advocates outside Congress Leonard Lance's Westfield office Wednesday afternoon.  The grassroots group, organized by Westfield resident Karen Egert following the shooting massacre at the Newtown, Conn.'s Sandy Hook elementary school, demonstrated to show their support for "common sense gun laws." Their mission includes the following:   But gun proponent Greg Ziolkowski Sr. of Metuchen, who was joined by a large crowd of gun owners and advocates, said "it's not about guns, it's about liberty."  "This is about protecting and defending the individual rights that have been handed down to us that we want to hand down to future generations," he said. Kim Molinelli of Colonia …

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11:35 am on Thursday, April 18, 2013

As you all may know, the Senate voted down the first group of anti-constitution, people control bills yesterday, including the illegal gun registration scheme posing as the Trojan Horse called the Expanded Background Check. The "assault" gun ban failed also likely because there is no such thing. These devious people tried to make the MSR or modern sporting rifle, which is among the most popular …   more ›

Saturday, February 2, 2013

NJ Residents for Action to Meet With Congressman Lance Monday

Group hopes Lance will agree to a Town Hall-style meeting in Westfield.

Westfield resident and single mom of two Karen Egert was so shaken and saddened by the mass shooting in Newtown, CT, that she felt compelled to act. The singer and musician started a grassroots effort that began with a candlelight vigil in Mindowaskin Park the day after the elementary school massacre. Today, Egert is the president of NJ Residents for Action, a statewide community-based group started by Westfield residents working toward meaningful legislation, which includes a federal ban on assault weapons and magazine clips, universal background checks, and stronger punishments for illegal gun purchases. Egert said she knows she's not alone in her desire to see stricter gun laws in place. Citing a recent Fairleigh Dickinson University …

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11:39 am on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Yeah because a divorced mother wanted to be a friend to her mentally ill son instead of a mother and she allowed him access to her weapons. Real smart huh? So now to make Karen and her groupd feel better, while not even solving the problem with today's society as she has admitted, we law abiding citizens have to give up our rights so she can feel better? Aint happening without a fight!   more ›

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