New Jersey Star Ledger Offers Strange Argument in Editorial

In responding to the SCOTUS ruling, the editorial board at the New Jersey Star Ledger fired back in an agenda-filled editorial. As it is an editorial we expect bias, but we don’t feel their argument comes close to hitting the mark. Here is an argument that seems misguided at best:

“In his four years as mayor of Newark, Cory Booker recalls only one legally obtained handgun used in a violent crime.”

Isn’t that what this is all about? The Supreme Court ruling, and everything that the NRA and other groups (including FirearmsTruth) are trying to say is that legally owned guns are not the problem! Clearly the above statement agrees with that stance! But the editors do try to clarify what they’re saying:

“Illegal guns, purchased in other states, are killing New Jerseyans, and that’s why Booker and mayors around the state have called for closing gun-show and firesale loopholes and enacting other measures, like gun bans for individuals on terror watch lists.”

This seems to make sense, at least until you think about it. Does the SCOTUS ruling really make it any easier for illegal guns to be purchased and used in New Jersey? It does not. Are gun-show loopholes really supplying guns to criminals? The fact is that they are not. And as far as gun bans for individuals on terror watch list, the problem here is that if one ends up on a list by mistake it maybe impossible to ever get a gun.

Consider if you end up on a no-fly list by mistake? That sounds like a big deal, but no-fly doesn’t actually mean “no-fly.” It means you go through extra screenings, interviews, etc. And you can be removed from said list. On the contrary, the terror watch list is another list entirely – ironically not directly connected to the no-fly list. But the editors ignore this fact, no doubt as it could be sent to cloudy their argument. And they weren’t finished. They ended with this choice statement:

“The concern now is that the National Rifle Association, energized and emboldened by the ruling, will frighten legislators from taking these common-sense steps. Gun control always has been a multifront war — in the courts, in the legislature and in the streets. That hasn’t changed.”

Does anyone really believe the NRA wants to create a situation where guns are everywhere? Does anyone want to see the “war” go to the streets? That is nonsense, and clearly what hasn’t changed is the liberal media’s lack of understanding on this issue.