Christie Campaign Press Release - ICYMI - Union Leader: Christie on Guns: Protecting Right to Self-Defense
Christie on Guns: Protecting Right to Self-Defense
Union Leader Editorial
December 28, 2015
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants to make it easier for people in his state to defend themselves.
In a state as hostile to gun owners as any, Christie has held firm in support of the Second Amendment. Now, he is pushing back. Christie is backing a proposal from a study commission he appointed after the death of Carole Bowne. While bureaucrats sat on her firearms application, Bowne was stabbed to death by the ex-boyfriend she feared. Christie can't force the Democratic legislature to repeal the state's draconian gun laws, but he can cut through the red tape that prevents people from defending themselves.
Christie demonstrates that success in politics relies on the art of the possible.
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Chris Christie, Christie Campaign Press Release - ICYMI - Union Leader: Christie on Guns: Protecting Right to Self-Defense Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/311685