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NJ should absolutely be allowed to carry. It is our right to keep and bear arms. I've seen articles BS the public with headlines of "SAVE NJ FROM GUNS" telling the public to "write to your senate opposing the bill that will endanger your "peaceful living" by allowing people to conceal a handgun, which will create more violence." some of the articles i read twist around or blatantly leave out the facts. They make it sound like everyone and their mother can purchase a handgun and conceal it. No, first off... States that allow ccw permits do a background check (amongst plenty of other checks). If you have a criminal record you cant purchase, let alone carry concealed. You have to be finger printed, you have to prove that you took a class and proved proficient with a handgun. Lets face it criminals no matter what can, have been, and always will be able to find a way to obtain guns. Thats something we cannot change. What can change is allowing the responsible, educated, mentally healthy, law abiding citizen the ability to be armed and protect himself and his family in the event of an attack. Take Florida for instance, when they changed their laws about concealed carry everyone made a big deal about how crime is going to go up and people are gonna be vigilantes taking law into their own hands, it'll be the wild west etc etc. what really happened? ALL CRIME took a dip, not just violent crimes. From my personal experience, In the summer of 2010 there was a string of robberies on the Atlantic city boardwalk. My girlfriend and I were unfortunately victims. Walking down the boardwalk minding our own business close to midnight right after a comedy show at Showboat. A man in a hooded sweatshirt said "excuse me could you help me!?", when I turned around he was approx twenty feet behind me and enclosing with a 38 special drawn pointed at my girlfriend with his finger on the trigger, demanding I give him my wallet and her purse. No police, no witnesses, he got away clean and was never caught. If NJ was a "shall issue" state, do you think he would of second guessed and not held us up? More than likely. On the contrary, let's say he still did hold us up. One of two things would of happened. 1.) he would of been shot and killed. Or 2.) he would be shot and wounded, checked into a hospital for a GSW (gun shot wound) and the police would of been informed. Either way both scenarios would of stopped the threat THAT night, and ANY future possibilities of him doing it again. I do not feel safe in my home state. As a matter of fact I feel safer in center city Philadelphia. Not just because I can conceal carry (Florida CCW permit), but because the criminals know there is a statistical chance that a regular person on the street could be carrying. The politicians that are swearing that NJ's strict gun laws are whats protecting us need to realize that Camden NJ is number 2 in the country for crime, Newark, Trenton, and AC are still in the top 100 or so... Suffice to say... Your strict gun laws... "ain't doin sh*t" it's time for a change.