In Woodbridge, a group of 15 gun owners demonstrated at an abandoned gas station on Route 35 this morning. Holding signs with slogans like Legal Gun Owners Save Lives, they received a mixed response from passing motorists. Some drivers honked their horns in approval, while others shouted angrily.
The gun advocates remained undaunted.
The Second Amendment is not about guns it s about protecting the people from a tyrannical government, said Bob Henn, vice president of operations for the New Jersey Second Amendment Society. What the politicians are trying to do is strip away our rights.
The small demonstration was one of eight rallies being held across New Jersey this weekend. In addition to Woodbridge, a protest was also held today in Newton. On Sunday, rallies are planned in Union, Burlington, Monmouth, Bergen, Passaic and Warren counties.
A loose-knit collection of groups including the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, the Fair Tax Foundation, the New Jersey Constitution Party, the New Jersey Libertarian Party, and the state s Tea Party caucus are supporting the rallies.
The groups say the pending state bills which would limit magazine sizes, and impose stricter regulations on gun ownership, transportation and sales would do nothing to prevent tragedies like the Newtown, Conn., school shooting in December or the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy by a 4-year-old neighbor in Toms River last week, they said.
Treating mental illness and responsible gun ownership are the answer instead, they said,true religion outlet.
Their intent is to disarm the country, said Martin Tremarco, of Monroe, a member of the New Jersey Second Amendment Society. There are plenty of laws already I d like to see some of them enforced.
Separately today,Tory Burch sale, a gun buyback program in Burlington County drew protesters who called the event nothing more than "political grandstanding, said William Haney,pilewu.com/truereligionjeans.html, organizer of the event in Edgewater Park.
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You don t see criminals lining up to sell their guns at these events, Haney, founder of the West Jersey Tea Party, said by phone from the protest.
Many of the guns sold at statewide buyback events were old broken guns, which owners sold to buy new, working guns, Haney said. Gun ownership will continue to increase in New Jersey and beyond,Gucci Outlet, they said.
In fact,longchamp pas cher, the FBI s website shows that there was a significant increase in background checks for guns purchases in the Garden State at the end of 2012 and beginning of this year,Hogan sito ufficiale.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check system shows that while New Jersey averaged anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 applications on a monthly basis for several years, that number increased to 10,000 and 11,000 for December 2012 and January 2013 and has been significantly above average since the Newtown shooting.
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