NJ Mayors Group Converges On Cranford to Send Message About Guns
Mayors Against Illegal Guns gathered for a press conference this morning to tell legislators, enough is enough.
Cranford wasn't the only town where officials from the advocacy group Mayors Against Illegal Guns were gathered today. From Vermont to New Mexico, members of the 800-strong coalition of elected officials gathered to voice their frustration to Washington and push legislators to support laws that ban violent assault weapons, makes gun trafficking a federal crime and increases the background checks on potential gun owners. "It has nothing to do with the Second Amendment, it's about gun violence," said former N.J. Gov. Jim Florio, who joined the group of local legislative leaders and law enforcement officials. Florio took much of the credit for getting tough with N.J. gun laws in the 1990s. "We formulated this issue in terms of whether the …
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5:17 am on Monday, February 25, 2013
Are you saying that he should not be allowed to owns gun at all. As long as they are legally registered and bought through legal means, it is his law abiding right. Please stop trying to project your thoughts on my rights. Are all Democrats against the rights that this country was founded upon? more ›