{"id":3000,"date":"2024-03-20T05:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2024-03-20T05:52:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T05:52:45","slug":"n-j-attorney-general-platkin-has-a-sticker-party-states-guns-bad-on-taxpayers-dime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"N.J. Attorney General Platkin Has a Sticker Party. States \u2018Guns Bad,\u2019 on Taxpayers\u2019 Dime."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864.jpg\" data-caption=\"New Jersey &quot;Gun Free Zone&quot; Sticker\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"519\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-696x519.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-696x519.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-700x522.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-1068x797.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-563x420.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864-560x418.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/New-Jersey-Gun-Free-Zone-Sticker-e1710828106864.jpg 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Jersey Gun Free Zone Sticker\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Jersey &#8220;Gun Free Zone&#8221; Sticker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since we got that wonderful gift from Justice Thomas on his birthday in 2022, the former \u201cmay-issue\u201d states have been having hissy fits. The landmark <em>NYSRPA v. Bruen<\/em> decision sent a clear message to draconian states that the villagers shall have their pitchforks and they shall be able to have them in public for self-defense. Recent antics coming from Attorney General Matthew Platkin include an initiative allowing businesses to register as \u201cgun-free zones\u201d and get a \u201cfree\u201d sticker advertising their disdain for civil liberties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Murphy, D-N.J., enacted a so-called \u201cBruen response\u201d law back toward the end of 2022. The hotly debated measure had citizen opposition outweighing support by more than 10 to one. Nonetheless, he signed what was one of the strictest gun control laws at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of sensitive location provisions got put into place from the law\u2019s enactment. Several of those location bans have been preliminarily enjoined from being enforced. The injunction that came from the Federal District Court of New Jersey received a partial stay from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the provisions that was enjoined and the state failed to obtain a stay on was a \u201cvampire rule.\u201d The law \u2013 currently not being enforced as of this writing \u2013 required individuals to receive affirmative permission from private land owners prior to bringing a concealed firearm onto the property. The court found that private property generally open to the public is not considered a \u201csensitive location\u201d by default. That\u2019s not to say property owners can\u2019t post their business or land, because they can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platkin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/attorney-general-platkin-office-of-justice-data-launch-permit-to-carry-dashboard\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced the other day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that he and his office is there for any of the businesses or property holders that wish to make it clear they\u2019re not in favor of civil liberties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To assist businesses who choose to make that notice, the Office of the Attorney General is making free \u201cGun Free Zone\u201d decals available to New Jersey businesses. They are available for pickup at the Attorney General\u2019s Office, the 21 County Prosecutor Offices, or can be downloaded as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/gunfreezone\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the Attorney General\u2019s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bright yellow decals \u2013 which read in part, \u201cFor the Safety of Our Visitors and Staff Leave Your Guns at Home\u201d \u2013 will help the public quickly identify which businesses allow patrons with New Jersey carry permits to enter while carrying firearms. Businesses that choose to keep their premise gun-free can communicate that choice through signage, and these decals offer a straightforward way to explicitly indicate that firearms are not welcome on their property. Any property owner, including homeowners who wish to prohibit firearms on their driveways and lawns, may post the notice to make clear that firearms are not allowed on premises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You read that correctly. The sticker states, \u201cFor the Safety of Our Visitors and Staff Leave Your Guns at Home.\u201d We shouldn\u2019t be shocked that the current administration would take such a stance, but c\u2019mon, isn\u2019t that just a little too biased? How is it okay for the attorney general\u2019s office to hand out stickers that insinuate that it\u2019s less safe for citizens to be armed?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNew Jerseyans should be able to go about their daily lives without the risk of senseless gun violence,\u201d said Attorney General Platkin. \u201cThe simple placement of these decals can offer some sense of security to customers and give business owners a means to clearly state their policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s not taking an overt stance, is it? Platkin is pairing \u201cgun violence\u201d with law-abiding citizens exercising permitted concealed carry. This is quite literally the attorney general engaging in bigotry, treating a marginalized community, gun owners, like they\u2019re the criminals and subhuman. Where\u2019s the ACLU on this one?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platkin and Murphy are just disgusting and will go down in history with Governor Wallace standing in the doorway of the schoolhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the attorney general and Murphy wanted to be apolitical about this, they would be handing out standard ghostbusters style signage, with no words at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the information page about sensitive locations is an interesting note, \u201cNo matter what you\u2019ve heard, owners of public establishments CAN display signs prohibiting guns on and around their property.\u201d Does the executive branch in New Jersey think people are that stupid that they can\u2019t post their own property?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noticeably absent from Platkin and Murphy\u2019s sticker party page were stickers saying that firearms ARE welcome. Considering that taxpayers are paying for the gun-free-zone bumper stickers \u2013 because they have a bumper sticker slogan on them \u2013 the government should be supplying stickers noting the opposite. Maybe some bored citizens will sue over this \u2013 I think they should.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s probably that Platkin \u2013 who fell asleep during the oral arguments at the Third Circuit for the preliminary injunction hearing in the cases challenging the carry-killer law \u2013 and Murphy are scrambling and making ready for a potential decision from the court. Perhaps they\u2019re hunkering down for their sensitive location provisions to be further enjoined?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the three judge panel is going to decide this case is not known. The questions asked and tone leaned towards some underlying hostility towards liberty, with skepticism slightly present that day in the courtroom in Philadelphia. But then again the space smelled of the weak tea arguments the State of New Jersey brought to the table (while Platkin slept). The Third Circuit is known for being a court with integrity, so we\u2019ll just have to wait and see how it hashes out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, I\u2019d like to point out that the data shows that at the same time <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/john-petrolino\/2024\/03\/15\/nj-attorney-general-releases-data-on-permits-to-carry-proves-us-right-n1224199\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">there was an explosion of over thirty thousand new permit to carry holders in New Jersey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so-called \u201cgun violence\u201d went down\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/n-j-attorney-general-platkin-has-a-sticker-party-states-guns-bad-on-taxpayers-dime\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey &#8220;Gun Free Zone&#8221; Sticker Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Ever since we got that wonderful gift from Justice Thomas on his birthday in 2022, the former \u201cmay-issue\u201d states have been having hissy fits. The landmark NYSRPA v. 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