New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense

Anybody tuning in to NJ 101.5 today heard about ongoing efforts to free Brian Aitken from an unjust prison sentence, and also heard some pretty scary stories from audience members who have had personal experience with New Jersey's ridiculous maze of gun laws.

Here's what you can do: Contact Governor Christie and let him know that Brian Aitken's sentence was a travesty of justice, and that he should be released from prison.

Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625

Phone: 609-292-6000

Click here for Email contact form

Please take a moment to help this young man get his life back, and help yourself in the long run.

UPDATE: There is also a template for a letter or email to the Governor which Brian's website has provided. It's available HERE.

A few weeks ago Senator Jeff Van Drew's proposal for CCW legislation in NJ garnered a good bit of attention - the NJ.com article boasted over 350 comments and sparked optimism amongst pro-rights groups across the state.

Yesterday, an article in the Courier Post suggested that looking at updates to NJ's gun laws would be prudent given the fact that New Jersey has come face to face with the reality that taxpayer dollars are not in endless supply. If the state is looking at saving money, it only makes sense to encourage a little more self-sufficiency. It's definitely a conversation that's long overdue.

This week's outrage comes to us from Las Vegas, NV and is another bit of evidence in a growing trend toward a two-tier "us-versus-them" mentality being promulgated by police just as we have seen created here in New Jersey by legislators who offer 'exemptions' to officers from the laws which have to apply to the rest of us.

Erik Scott was a West Point graduate, Army veteran, MBA graduate of Duke University, and a medical sales rep for Boston Scientific. He was gunned down by three Las Vegas police officers after they responded to a 911 call by Costco store employees reporting a man with a gun, possibly on narcotics, behaving erratically.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gun Rights Orgs Predict Second Amendment Incorporation

Township of Washington, NJ – June 25, 2010 – The New Jersey Coalition for Self Defense has once again applied a unique analysis tool to predict the outcome of the McDonald v. Chicago case currently being considered by the Supreme Court.

Using what’s known as the KJ Analysis, the NJCSD concluded that the justices will find in favor of McDonald and that the Second Amendment will be incorporated against the states under the 14^th Amendment.