Change New Jersey Gun Laws!!!!

People need to understand the second amendment is supposed to allow citizens to carry weapons for self defense without any major restrictions. It was an amendment, there are hundreds of pages of court transcripts available for viewing where the courts and original authors describe everything the second amendment was supposed to protect. It was supposed to permit the citizentry to be armed enough to defend themselves against the US military, and to use and carry weapons for the purposes of self defense and even law enforcement. Many of those freedoms have long been taken away. Some of it makes sense, it's probably a bad idea to allow anyone to own a 50 cal mounted machine gun with explosive ammo or let anyone get a gun and play cop, but there is no reason law abiding citizens cAnt own and use any shoulder fired small arm or handgun for self defense, hunting, and sporting. Strict gun control has never successfully reduced crime in the US or anywhere else. Criminals get guns no matter what. We need to allow citizens to defend themselves against these criminals. Up to 3 million crimes are stopped by armed citizens every year (CDC, 2013) but very few are in NJ because of these laws, all we have are victims.