There is a big difference between a politician talking about something and actually doing something about it. Case in point, this article from NorthJersey.com, “Christie opposes handgun leniency“:
“Governor Christie opposes a push in Congress that would effectively override New Jersey’s strict laws against concealed handguns, even though the state’s entire Republican delegation in the House voted for it this month … Christie has not spoken publicly about the issue, but his spokesman confirmed in an e-mail that the Republican governor has not changed his position since the 2009 campaign, when he opposed a bill that narrowly failed in the Senate …”
You can tell Christie is really concerned about this. The sum total of the political capital he’s willing to spend on this issue is to have some anonymous, low-level staffer respond to an e-mail inquiry by quoting a two-year old position statement he made previously. True, this is more than Gov. Cuomo has done. I’m not aware of any statement he’s made about H.R. 822.
Nevertheless, if either Christie or Cuomo were really bent out of shape over the bill then why haven’t they been lobbying Obama and Congress over it? Why haven’t there been any formal press releases from their offices?
Between supporting gun control, and opposing gun control, I think Christie would rather have another doughnut.
The old saw about the duck holds true here. He is anti 2A.