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New Jersey Governor Ends Public Land Bear Hunting
New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- Fulfilling a campaign promise to the best of his ability, newly elected Gov. Philip Murphy has ended black bear hunting by executive order on all state-controlled public lands in New Jersey.
The order stops short of an outright ban on bear hunting in the Garden State only because, as stated in the order, the governor doesn’t possess the power to do so. That power resides with the New Jersey Fish and Game Council, which has authorized black bear hunting for the last eight years and through 2021.
“This is pure political pandering at its finest. Gov. Murphy knows that the wildlife experts in his own agencies use the best available science and practices when evaluating wildlife populations and setting hunting regulations,” said Evan Heusinkveld, president and CEO of the Sportsmen’s Alliance. “This backdoor attempt to undermine scientific wildlife management is a slap in the face to those biologists, presents a clear and present danger to New Jersey’s citizens and, ultimately, hurts the entire population of bears.”
Dense is the best way to describe New Jersey. It is the most densely populated state in the country with approximately 9 million citizens, and is estimated to have the densest population of black bears with surveys topping 3,500 bears in just the northern portion of the state.
With a robust population of black bears and such a large population of people, sightings, conflicts and attacks have taken place regularly in New Jersey – including the death of a student in 2014.
In his executive order, Gov. Murphy admits that neither his office nor the Commissioner of Environmental Protection have the power to unilaterally alter or cancel a hunt, something that has been upheld several times in court.
Instead, Gov. Murphy invokes safety on public lands as the motivation to end the hunt, even though all research affirms that hunting remains one of the safest activities millions of people engage in every year.
“New Jersey laws, court decisions and 100 years of wildlife management science all attest to how flawed Gov. Murphy’s logic is, and so he’s wielding the only political power he has been able to muster, and that is to discriminate against and attack the public-lands hunter via an executive order,” said Heusinkveld. “Millions of people depend on public lands in this country, and this is a perfect example of why so many sportsmen fear the transfer of federal lands to state ownership.”
The Sportsmen’s Alliance is evaluating its legal options to protect New Jersey sportsmen, public-land hunters, state biologists and scientific wildlife management.
BY ALEX ROARTY
August 20, 2018 05:00 AM
Updated August 20, 2018 10:07 AM
Democrats are ready to play offense on the issue of gun control — led by a coterie of veteran candidates competing in competitive districts.
A pair of organizations — one led by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, another that supports progressive veterans — will campaign on behalf of more than a half-dozen candidates next month, a tour meant to try and put the issue of gun control front and center in general election battlegrounds.
It’s a newly aggressive approach, reflective of a belief among many Democratic officials that the politics of gun control have shifted in their favor this year after a series of mass shootings.
“For a long time Democrats have been playing defense on issue of gun safety,” said Dan Helmer, vice-president of VoteVets, a group that backs progressive candidates who once served in the military. “We see a trend across the country where, increasingly, the American people are demanding change.”
VoteVets is pairing with Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence, a group that advocates for tighter restrictions on firearm access. The organization is led by the onetime congresswoman from Arizona, who in 2011 was shot in the head in an attack that left six others dead, and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.
“These folks are running on gun safety and the problem of gun violence in our country like people haven’t until recently,” said Kelly, who will campaign with each candidate alongside Giffords. “They understand they can run on this issue and win on this issue, and we’re helping them in whatever way we possibly can.”
VoteVets and the Giffords group will campaign on behalf of seven candidates: New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, Chrissy Houlahan and Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania’s 6th and 17th districts, respectively, Jason Crow in Colorado’s 6th district, Gil Cisneros in California’s 39th Congressional District, Amy McGrath in Kentucky’s 6th district, and Elaine Luria in Virginia’s 2nd district.
Each candidate is a veteran of the U.S. armed services and running in a top-tier general election bellwether districts. Most of them are also seeking to represent suburban-heavy districts, areas where Democratic strategists think they can make the most inroads this fall.
The two groups say they think veterans are especially good messengers for policies that restrict access to guns. They have the “platform and credibility” to talk about the issue, Helmer said.
“No one more than vets knows just how deadly some of these weapons can be,” he said. “Nor have others proven so dedicated to defending the country.”
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Lupe Valdez misplaced her service weapon in December of 2017 when she resigned from her position as Sheriff of Dallas County to make a bid for governor of Texas. (Photo: Facebook)
Texas gubernatorial candidate Lupe Valdez is in a bit of a pickle right now. The Democrat, who is hoping to take down incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott (R) this fall, misplaced her service pistol, local media reports.
Valdez apparently lost track of her Beretta 9mm in December of 2017 when she was transitioning from her role as publicly-elected sheriff of Dallas County to private citizen running for governor. As part of the move, she was required to return the handgun to the county.
Last month, the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a report about the missing firearm fearing it may have been used in the commission of a crime.
This week a spokesperson for the Valdez campaign told The Dallas Morning News that the candidate is working with investigators to “locate the firearm.”
“As mentioned in the [police] report, it is possible that this weapon could have been stolen or misplaced during Sheriff Valdez’s moving transition and she is working with the Dallas County Sheriff Department to locate the firearm,” said spokesman Juan Bautista Dominguez.
Valdez may have an out if it’s discovered that the gun was lost after she turned it over to the department. However, Dominguez offered no comment about whether it went missing on her watch.
Complicating matters for Valdez is that she openly supports gun control. In the past, she’s championed criminalizing private transfers, banning certain magazines, and has opposed expanding campus carry on Texas universities. All of which has earned her support from the anti-gun lobby.
The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the gun-control organization fronted by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), endorsed Valdez for governor in May.
“Law enforcement and first responders like Sheriff Valdez know how a firearm ending up in the wrong hands can lead to tragedy,” said Giffords. “Sheriff Valdez also knows that both law enforcement and elected officials play a pivotal role in keeping our communities safe from gun violence.”
In what might be the understatement of the year, the optics of the situation are très mal for Valdez. And, it didn’t take long for Gov. Abbott’s team to take note.
Texans for Abbott✔@AbbottCampaign
If Lupe Valdez can’t keep track of her own gun, she can’t be trusted running the state of Texas.
“If Lupe Valdez can’t keep track of her own gun, she can’t be trusted running the state of Texas,” said Gov. Abbott on Twitter Wednesday, above a video montage of media members discussing the faux pas.
Just to get things straight. Valdez is an anti-gun Democrat running for to become the next governor of Texas. Texas! She is a former CLEO who lost her service weapon. Call me crazy but I don’t see a major political victory in her future.
** If it had been me, I would of offered to buy it back. Then a couple of days later report it as lost. I think Texas deserves better than this Lady’s offer of Service. Grumpy.**
While it is slightly strange looking rifle in this configuration. I myself kinda like it. As opposed to the frankly boring sea of look alike plastic junk that is trying to pass as a Rifle.
Your opinion about this are encouraged and welcome!
PS I wish Browning would not put its sticker on the barrel. It is kinda tacky in my humble opinion!
The One I shot liked to bite the web of my hand for some reason.
