Move over, Tony Soprano,
“Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop thinks the city’s new push for more data from gun companies that supply weapons to the police department will help “shape the dialogue” nationwide on gun safety, according to today’s Wall Street Journal.
The city initiative, which Fulop devised last year, seeks information from the gun manufacturers such as how they dispose of old weapons and whether they make assault weapons available for sale to civilians. Gun-rights groups have protested, calling the plan political.
Fulop, who advocates for stricter gun-control measures, told the Wall Street Journal the city can change the firearms industry.
“It shows municipalities and police departments have the ability to shape the dialogue,” he said.
Last month, an appellate court ruled the city veered outside of its authority by seeking too much information on its gun permit applications. Fulop has said the city plans to appeal that ruling.
Source: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/05/jersey_city_mayor_wants_to_shape_the_dialogue_on_gun_control.html
To any gun company feeling the pressure, I hope that they realize that 99% of your business comes from civilians, not the State. In other words, don’t give them an inch. All gun companies should boycott selling firearms to the Jersey City PD until the Mayor agrees not to play games.
When I buy a gun, I don’t demand anything from the gun dealer other than the gun I’m buying. If Fullop hates guns, let his cops carry sticks and stones.
