PA Bill Number: HB1472
Title: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contributions ...
Description: In primary and election expenses, further providing for reporting by candidate and political committees and other persons and for late contrib ...
Last Action: Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT
Last Action Date: Apr 22, 2024
Aspiring NJ Cop Finally Gets His Firearms Privileges Restored :: 02/05/2016
A small but important Second Amendment victory was handed to one aspiring cop in New Jersey last week. A former private security guard, Josey-Davis had his firearms privileges restored on January 29, 2016, after a being arrested in September 2013 and subsequently charged with a felony.
Josey-Davis is one of many people whose lives have been adversely affected by draconian anti-gun laws in deep-blue states. His miraculous victory—which has been largely ignored by civil rights groups and the media—is a repudiation of gun control policies that criminalize legal gun owners like him.
Then a private security guard, Josey-Davis was charged with a felony on September 20, 2013, for leaving his legal firearm in his car after being pulled over for a minor traffic violation. He forgot he placed his 9mm Smith &Wesson handgun inside his car’s glove compartment after his 6-year-old sister came into the garage. After being pulled over, Josey-Davis was arrested for possessing a loaded albeit legal firearm without a permit in his glove box. Steffon was then charged with a felony, barred from voting, and barred from purchasing firearms—facing similar penalties awarded to hard criminals. He was also disqualified from most jobs and nearly had his dreams of becoming a cop crushed. He was finally pardoned by Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) on June 8, 2015.
“To my knowledge, right after I was pardoned by Governor Christie, I didn't attempt to purchase any firearms since my arrest. I went to purchase a Savage Axis 30-06 on January 28th. I was delayed for a day or two and I was then approved after I made a few phone calls to my lawyer’s office as well as the governor’s office,” said Josey-Davis in an email.
“This is a victory for our Second Amendment community,” he said. “Someone who legally possessed a firearm, losing his Second Amendment rights, becoming a felon, being pardoned and getting his rights to purchase firearms again in the state of New Jersey is very rare.”
Josey-Davis also applauded Governor Christie for clearing his name of any wrongdoing.
“Governor Christie is doing a good job with helping individuals who fall victim to draconian firearm laws in the state by giving them another chance to regain a God-given right. New Jersey still needs work, we have a God-given right to bear arms and need the right to carry our firearms. It's unconstitutional. I feel it's getting better day-by-day because our community is getting stronger every day,” said Josey-Davis.
