(GunReports.com) — In a move that did not surprise New Jersey gun owners, Governor Chris Christie made it clear that he is no friend of the right to keep and bear arms in New Jersey when he spoke out against H.R. 822, the national carry reciprocity bill just passed in by the House.
As revealed in an email from a spokesman for the governor, Christie has not changed his position since his 2009 campaign when he told The Record:
“I believe that each state should have the right to make firearms laws as they see fit. I don’t believe it’s right for the federal government to get into the middle of this and decide firearms laws for the people of the state of New Jersey.”
This in spite of the fact that the state’s entire NJ Republican delegation in the House voted for a bill that would grant National Reciprocity to any U.S. citizen who has a legitimate license to carry a discreet handgun in their home state for self-defense.
Frank Jack Fiamingo, President of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, www.NJ2AS.com, said, “Considering that our governor will not allow the decent law-abiding citizens of our own state to legally carry a discreet handgun for self-defense, it is no surprise that he opposes this bill. Governor Christie’s inability to understand the basic laws of nature (such as the morality of self-defense) and the dictates of the Constitution he has sworn to uphold has kept NJ citizens in a constant state of victimization.
“If you are prevented from defending your life and your family once you leave your doorstep, you are forced into being a potential victim.”
