Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- New Jersey Republican Assemblyman Dancer has just filed “Shaneen’s Law” which gives Judges full discretion to avoid mandatory jail time and/or give PTI to folks like Shaneen Allen.
Named after Shaneen Allen who has fallen victim to New Jersey insane gun laws that targets law full gun owners, with mandatory minimum sentences for things that are perfectly legal in the rest of free america.
New Jersey residents, please contact your state representatives and ask them to cosponsor this much needed legislation.
The bill is A3608.
The key language reads:
“(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection c. of this section to the contrary, the court shall have discretion to impose the mandatory sentence, or pretrial intervention or supervisory treatment pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-12 et seq., for a violation of subsections b. or c. of N.J.S.2C:39-5 if the court makes a finding on the record that the convicted person:
(a) is an out-of-State resident;
(b) is otherwise permitted by the state in which he is a resident to possess the firearm in the manner under which the conviction arose in this State;
(c) has no known association with a criminal street gang, as defined in section 1 of P.L.2007, c.341 (C.2C:33-29); and
(d) has never been convicted of a crime in this State or any other state, territory or other jurisdiction of the United States.”
Shaneen’s Law A3608 New Jersey
Hat tip Evan Nappen, New Jerseys Gun Lawyer, www.evannappen.com
Hopefully there are enough decent people in NJ to help pass this bill. This woman is not the common criminal you see on everyday local new’s, she is a mother who is doing her best to raise and protect two kid’s. The attack ad’s toward the bill are going to be disgusting. I can’t prove there’s a god, but i’m praying for Shaneen.
She did the right thing by letting officer know she had concealed weapon.
Now if she exercised her right to remain silent,
and just showed her driver license and took the ticket if one was going to be issued, she would not be in this situation.
Since NJ don’t recognize her PA permit, why bother to tell LEO ‘I have concealed firearm’?
Tough situation for anyone to deal with.
@John Dunlap,I was referring to the people that are railroading this young woman with their tyrannists,unconstitutional laws ! They should be jailed !
Tex, I am curious who should be jailed for possession of a firearm without breaking any other laws (ie. felon in possession, etc).
NJ is being destroyed by the Liberals who Condemn Business owners of Doing Business and Homeowners of owning homes..
This is a travesty what happened to this young woman. There are people who should be jailed over this but not her !