Christie Vetoes Gun Ban He Proposed

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) “refused to sign three controversial gun control measures sitting on his desk — including a version of a weapon ban that he had called for,” the Newark Star Ledger reports.

Christie altered two bills and sent them back to the legislature but “completely axed a bill that would ban the Barrett .50 caliber rifle(A3659), which is the most powerful weapon commonly available to civilians. Christie had called for a ban on future sales of the weapon in his own package of violent prevention measures outlined in April.”

In his veto message, Christie “said that his proposal to ban the weapon was more narrowly tailored than the bill the Legislature passed, which would have also required owners to give them up.”