Phil Murphy is a historically stupid person.
The whole NJ Democratic Party are idiots
Hope a copy was left on his desk.
What does that say about the people who voted for him TWICE ?
This state contains some of the stupidest people in the country
New Jersey Lawmaker Credits Concealed Carry for Crime Drop
By Cam Edwards | 9:31 AM | February 03, 2025
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
When the Supreme Court struck down “may issue” carry laws in 2022, anti-gun politicians in the Garden State were quick to predict that Bruen would lead to more violence. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin denounced the decision as “bad constitutional law and even worse for public safety”, while Gov. Phil Murphy gravely intoned that, “this dangerous decision will make America a less safe country.”
And yet, as the number of New Jersey residents with concealed carry licenses has grown exponentially, violent crime appears to be down significantly. Assemblyman Greg Myhre, a Republican from Ocean County, says that’s not a coincidence.
In a video released Wednesday, Myhre pointed to a sharp rise in concealed carry permits following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen decision in 2022, which made it easier for residents to obtain permits. “Today, more than 58,000 law-abiding New Jerseyans can exercise their right to carry a firearm. And while some warned this would turn our streets into the Wild West, the reality has been far different,” Myhre said.
New Jersey reported 778 gun violence victims in 2024, a 16% decline from 924 the previous year, marking a 15-year low, according to the governor’s office. Gun-related fatalities also dropped 20% to 152 last year. Meanwhile, the number of concealed carry permit applications surged by more than 8,000% since the Bruen ruling, with over 57,000 permits approved post-decision.
News reports from March 2024 indicated about 34,000 active carry permits in the state. If another 24,000 residents have obtained their carry permit since then, that’s a pretty good sign that the appetite for concealed carry hasn’t subsided at all since the Bruen decision came down in mid-2022.
New Jersey still requires gun owners to navigate a maze of red tape in order to receive a permit, and several components of the licensing regime are part of a federal lawsuit that’s been stuck in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for more than a year. Among other complaints, gun owners have argued that the state’s $200 application fee is excessive, and the requirement that applicants submit the names of four “reputable” people who can attest to the character of the would-be permitholder, “conditions the exercise of a constitutional right on the subjective views of both fellow citizens and state permitting authorities.”
The state also prohibits those who have obtained a carry permit from bearing arms in a host of publicly-accessible places, including (to name just a few) parks, playgrounds, libraries, museums, medical facilities, and establishments where alcohol is served.
Despite those barriers to entry and limits on where the right to carry can be exercised, concealed carry has proven to be pretty popular among Garden State residents, and there’s no sign whatsoever that more folks lawfully carrying guns has made the state a more dangerous place. Instead, as Myrhe points out, the reported rates of “gun violence” have declined substantially. Concealed carry permit holders aren’t committing crimes, and the appear to be preventing them as well; either directly through defensive gun uses or indirectly, as criminals now take into consideration the possibility that their intended victim will be willing and able to fight back.
We still have a long way to go before the right to keep and bear arms is secured in New Jersey, but it’s abundantly clear that lawful gun owners aren’t the problem Platkin and Murphy predicted they would be. In fact, the Garden State is a safer place than it was in the “may issue” days where hardly anyone in New Jersey could legally bear arms in self-defense.
Wait a second… I was told that it would turn into the Wild West if CCW was approved here…
Did they lie to us??
They promised ‘blood in the streets’ if law abiding citizens were allowed to carry firearms.
Instead, they got a reduction in crime.
That simply won’t do, for democrats.
Aside from one stupid bastard that fired into the woods in Manchester and was cited for DUI, I don’t know of any CCL person in NJ who ever got in any trouble.
Murphy and the rest of the dem’s in NJ are a fountain of miss information when it comes to the 2nd Amendment
There are undoubtedly more injuries from woke “resistors” attacking Teslas than citizens exercising their 2A rights.
Following the pointing out of his hypocrisy i can assure you Murphy, Lord of Road Salt and SOE’s, will have trucks out spraying blood with their brine sprayers in no time..
SEE! I TOLD YOU!
They will NEVER admit or even give a passing glance, to say that CC permittees have anything to do with the drop.
They will explain how the Laws passed in NJ to reduce gun violence are working and they need more like them.
