{"id":12617,"date":"2016-02-23T09:39:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12617"},"modified":"2016-02-23T09:39:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:39:09","slug":"nj-republicans-push-to-loosen-gun-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12617","title":{"rendered":"NJ Republicans push to loosen gun law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting development next door, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2016\/02\/nj_republicans_aim_to_loosen_gun_possession_laws.html\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans will push to loosen N.J. gun possession laws<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Top Republicans in the state Assembly plan to unveil legislation Tuesday they say would help people charged in minor gun possession cases in New Jersey avoid unfair jail time. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/members\/bio.asp?Leg=222\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union)<\/a> told NJ Advance Media that one bill would make it easier for prosecutors to reduce or change charges against someone accused of breaking a state gun possession law &#8230; People from out of state convicted of violating state gun laws get a minimum three and a half year jail sentence &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s good news.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s see if any of our local officials follow along.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D12617&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12617\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12617\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=12617\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting development next door, &#8220;Republicans will push to loosen N.J. gun possession laws&#8220;: &#8220;Top Republicans in the state Assembly plan to unveil legislation Tuesday they say would help people charged in minor gun possession cases in New Jersey avoid unfair jail time. 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