ROSEY'S RAMBLINGS! THIS LOCKDOWN SUCKS!
by Dave "Rosey" Rosenthal, CNJFO Vice President &
Black Wire Media Editor in-Chief www.cnjfo.com/join-us
I want to PEW! I don't know about our readers, but in my 48 years behind the trigger, this Covid-19 pandemic is the longest hiatus I've ever had to endure not going PEW! Root canal, birth of my son, even a heart attack took me away from the shooting sports for far less time than Governor Murphy's Executive Order "suggestions". Yes "suggestions" because our legislators never proposed a Bill for our state's chief executive to sign into law!
Governor I can social distance at an outdoor range, and utilize all 3 firearm platforms---rifle, pistol, and scattergun---in both modern (smokeless) OR traditional black powder, and accomplish this feat without getting close enough to others to pick-up from or transmit the virus to my fellow firearms enthusiasts. I can do the same at an indoor range 'cept for using black powder (too much smoke for the air filtration systems). Guess what, THEY CAN DO THE SAME!
I'm a responsible adult, and I grow tired of your continued UNCONSTITUTIONAL overreach and your complete disregard for the Bill of Rights! If it were up to me I would place you under arrest pending impeachment for failure to uphold your oath of office!
I grow tired of your smug attitude with regard to messing with MY Second Amendment. I don't care about your "feelings" when they interfere with upholding the Constitution of these United States!
Turning off the NICS portal so residents that were already background checked & issued ID cards & hand gun permits can't complete transfers! Telling IdentiGo, NJ's official fingerprint vendor, to stay open but to stop fingerprinting firearm permit applicants! And Wednesday night we all found out that the very authority you claim to hold via Executive Orders is in your own words, "ABOVE MY PAYGRADE".
If this pandemic turns out to be a lab-manufactured bio weapon (OR not), and if I am to succumb to it, then at least let me die happy, in a pile of brass up to my ass! OPEN THE RANGES NOW!
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EDITOR's NOTE:
Rosenthal has extensive range experience with all platforms, is a NRA Double Distinguished Expert, and recipient of NRA-ILA's 2017 Jay M. Littlefield "Volunteer of the Year" Award. As Match Director for Old Bridge Rifle & Pistol Club's Police Pistol Competition, he's trained hundreds of shooters. His first hand gun acquisition in 1977 is what today is known as a "straw purchase". His Dad bought the S&W revolver new and then Rosey bought it from his Dad minutes later AT THE SAME GUN COUNTER!
As Black Wire Media's Editor in-Chief, he strives to teach others the NJ gun law EXCEPTIONS & EXEMPTIONS that allow us mere peasants to own, transport & use our firearms legally. We hope you find his insight both enjoyable & thought-provoking. ---The Editors
