New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate

After the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, NJ didn’t suddenly decide concealed carry was a great idea. The State was forced to allow it. .@NewJerseyOAG Matt Platkin reacted as expected: knee-jerk, sloppy, and hostile. His response was so extreme that major parts of it are STILL in federal court. The “sensitive places” scheme that everything else hangs on is still being argued because even the courts can’t agree on where the lines are supposed to be...and then here comes this bill, building on that mess. This isn’t technically about “sensitive places"; it’s about trespass. Trespass doesn’t automatically mean "breaking in" to a building. In NJ, it can be as simple as being somewhere you didn’t realize was off-limits because of missing signage, unclear boundaries, rules that have changed, or even rules that didn't exist at the time. The bill takes that uncertainty and cranks up the consequences if you’re lawfully carrying. So now, someone who has a permit and is trying to follow the law can end up facing felony charges because the AG decides later that they “should have known” that they weren’t supposed to be there. Not because they threatened or hurt anyone, but because they were there AND they were carrying. CRIMINALS AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT ANY OF THIS. The only people this actually puts at risk are the ones trying to comply in good faith. The AG and Trenton Dems keep pushing penalties while the courts are still trying to sort out whether the underlying framework is constitutional. People can be charged today under rules that change tomorrow. That's ludicrous. The Dems posted and voted for a shaky law that turns unclear rules into criminal liability and honest mistakes into prison time. HARD NO on this really bad bill.