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downtownv
09-22-2014, 06:15 AM
(Toy) Gun Control in New Jersey – Atlantic City Bans Toy Guns

Michael Schaus (http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/michaelschaus/) | Sep 22, 2014

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I guess New Jersey is running out of legal gun owners to harass. At least that’s one explanation for Atlantic City’s most recent ordinance aimed at curbing gun violence. Apparently, the genius progressives who run New Jersey’s version of Vegas have decided that banning toy guns will somehow save lives. It’s really nice that Atlantic City doesn’t have anything else to worry about, like failing casinos, declining tourist revenue, or rampant crime.
According to the Press of Atlantic City (http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/atlantic-city-bans-realistic-toy-guns/article_f48a851e-3ecc-11e4-be16-7778d29bec07.html), the council made the decision in an otherwise routine council meeting (H/T: Last Resistance (http://lastresistance.com/7352/new-jersey-city-bans-toy-guns/)):
The toy gun ordinance, introduced by all of council and initiated by Police Lt. James Sarkos, bans the sale, possession or use of any imitation firearms — except for non-firing antiques and film prop guns — which aren’t in bright, fluorescent colors or transparent. Pistols that use metal caps are banned from being sold to minors. “We’ve gotten a lot of phone calls from D.C. and Philadelphia,” Tibbitt said. “This is catching on. This may be saving some lives,” Marsh said.
Really? Banning “realistic” toy guns help save lives? Look, guns don’t kill people; but chunks of plastic – that merely resemble an actual gun – certainly don’t kill people. Authorities explained that such realistic props can often be used in a commission of a crime in lieu of a real weapon. But c’mon: Only liberals would think that banning toy guns will somehow cut down on crime. Maybe we should implement background checks and registration schemes for Nerf guns as well.
To be fair, there really isn’t anything in the Second Amendment that protects the private possession of toys. But, that is probably why this absurd crackdown on fake firearms is so groan-inducing. Atlantic City’s (toy) gun control will do little to battle the violent criminals who are determined to rob, burglar, mug and rape.
Then again, reducing crime might not really be the intent of such hoplophobic regulation. The rule seems far more dedicated to propagandizing an intolerance of the firearm culture, than addressing public safety concerns. (Do you really think that mugger or rapist is going to suddenly take up a hobby and full time job, just because they couldn’t get their hands on a fake gun?)
It almost seems like liberals have a visceral and mind numbing reaction to anything even faintly connected to the concept of firearm ownership. Heck, kids are being suspended because they show a little creativity at lunch time, and chew their Poptarts into the shape of a gun. Another kid was disciplined for having the audacity of thinking some fluffy clouds on the horizon looked vaguely similar to a handgun. Of course, few examples seem to demonstrate the anti-gun intolerance of the left more than when a school administrator expressed concerned over the image of a handgun on the school’s “no-guns” sign (http://southtownstar.suntimes.com/news/25301892-418/school-officials-are-no-fans-of-gun-ban-signs.html#.VB9twfldWvw)s. (Seriously.)
The Bloombergesque liberals of America’s big cities are not merely interested in prohibiting the ownership of private arms, they are intent on degrading the veryidea of private firearm ownership. Certain t-shirt logos, the casual mention of firearms, silhouetted outlines of a handgun, and even toy guns are patently offensive to these leftists.
I guess I really hate to point out the obvious, but it probably should be said by someone: If you outlaw toy guns, then only outlaws will have toy guns. (On the bright side, that’s probably what half the owners of these toys pretend anyway… The other half pretend to be cowboys.)

We have a limited time here, it's SC for us when 2 89 yo decide to leave.... Love living here, can not take the politicians anymore.

JohnR
09-22-2014, 06:45 AM
When the government controls what toys your kids can play with...

...you've got a major problem.

muggsy
09-22-2014, 09:59 AM
When the government controls how much water your toilet can flush you're really in trouble! :)

deadeye
09-22-2014, 09:58 PM
When the government controls how much water your toilet can flush you're really in trouble! :)

I for one think this is a good idea. Conserve water - save the earth. There should be a regulation that you dig a hole in your back yard and fill it when when your task is completed. No. Wait. The EPA has a regulation against that. Polluting the soil. Let's see. Maybe a regulation against eating. Problem solved!

kenemoore
09-23-2014, 04:14 AM
NJ is in a death spiral. Largest Newspaper in the state, had a recent editorial pushing for MANDATORY gun buy back, similar to Australia's.
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/nj_gun_buyback_programs.html#incart_river

JohnR
09-23-2014, 07:06 AM
NJ is in a death spiral. Largest Newspaper in the state, had a recent editorial pushing for MANDATORY gun buy back, similar to Australia's.
http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2014/09/nj_gun_buyback_programs.html#incart_river
That's a good way to reduce the tax base, as a lot of gun owners will probably move out. Or, have the sensible gun owners already left NJ?

warbird1
09-24-2014, 11:54 AM
Need to flush New Jersey maybe?

DavidS
09-24-2014, 03:59 PM
My sister-in-law is not a real opponent of gun ownership but not a real proponent either. She had decided that her three boys would not have toy guns while they were very young. She immediately gave up on that idea when she found them playing cops and robbers with little paper guns they had cut out of magazines.
But then, nowadays society has the schools sending kids home for just pointing a finger and saying "bang". For sure they would be expelled if they came to school with a picture of a gun cut out of a newspaper!
They need to get on Bill Engvall's mailing list so he can send them a sign!