Chris Christie Triggers Looser Gun Laws in New Jersey
On the night before Chris Christie's presidential announcement, he issued a surprise press release saying he's creating a commission to look into whether New Jersey's gun laws are constitutional. Now the committee has reported back, and Christie wants to loosen gun laws in the state.
Matt Katz, New Jersey Public Radio reporter and the creator of The Christie Tracker, discusses Governor Chris Christie’s plan to relax gun regulations in New Jersey as well as the State Assembly’s struggles to override his veto of a bill that would involve police in deciding whether a person with documented mental illness can purchase a gun.
He also explains the secrecy behind the three-person commission, the members of which were only recently identified as two people who worked for the governor and the vice dean of Seton Hall Law School.
"I don't remember in all my time covering him having done something like this," said Katz of the long-undisclosed committee members. "I'm not sure why they would have."
@BrianLehrer @GovChristie Not a Christie fan, but his stance on guns is right. Missing the real problems of crime and mental health
— Babak Pasdar (@BabakPasdar) December 23, 2015
.@BrianLehrer We have one of the lowest gun death rates despite NJ being one of the most densely populated states in the USA. @GovChristie
— Kristin Wald (@kdwald) December 23, 2015
32 hours after loosening NJ gun laws, editorial in NH Union Leader thanks @ChrisChristie for protecting gun owners: https://t.co/c4ILk3Xy1u
— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) December 23, 2015
