USA TODAY: …Christie was being pressured by both sides. The bill was closely watched by Second Amendment advocates suspicious of Christie as a presidential contender as a blue-state Republican. Parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Connecticut visited his office Wednesday to deliver online petitions with more than 55,000 signatures urging him to sign the bill…
“Governor Christie had an opportunity to do something simple, effective and immediate for the safety of New Jersey’s homes, schools and communities, but he failed to do it. Whatever the merits of the unrelated measures he suggested, he failed to make the state safer,” [Bryan Miller, executive director of Heeding God’s Call ] said.
The New Jersey Association of Rifle and Pistol Clubs, the National Rifle Association’s state chapter, said the bill would have banned a class of popular .22 caliber semi-automatic rifles as well as magazines larger than 10 rounds… (more)
