Imipu ayinakuphathwa eNew Jersey.(Kevork Djansezian / imifanekiso kaFetty) UTom MacArthur (R-3), uFrank LoBiondo (R-2) noRodney Frelinghuysen (R-11) ngolwe-Lwesithathu ibingabo kuphela abameli belungu le-New Jersey abanamalungu ali-12 lokuvota bexhasa umthetho osayilwayo weNdlu. kusemthethweni abo banikwe imvume yokufihla baphathe iimvume kumakhaya abo ukuba baphathe izixhobo kwamanye amazwe, nokuba imithetho yala mazwe iyaphikisana.
INew Jersey ineminye yemithetho yothintelo yemipu kurhulumente kwaye iimvume zokuthwala ezifihliweyo kunqabile okanye azizange zinikwe abemi abaqhelekileyo. Ukuba umthetho oyilwayo-owaziwa ngokuba yi-Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act- uba ngumthetho womanyano, uya kuphikisana nemithetho yelizwe esele ikho kwaye ungonyusa inani lemipu ephethwe ngokusemthethweni kurhulumente. Abachasene nomthetho osayilwayo bathi ukufihlwa kuthwala ukuphindaphinda kwenza ukuba ilizwe laseNew Jersey lingakhuseleki kangako. Kodwa abameli bokutshintsha umthetho bathi ishenxisa isohlwayo solwaphulo-mthetho kubemi abathobela umthetho abaphuma kurhulumente kwaye abazi ukuba iimvume zokuthwala ezifihliweyo azidlulisi kwimida yelizwe.
UMacArthur uthe umthetho uza kuthintela ukugwetywa okungalunganga kwabantu abafana noShaneen Allen, umongikazi wasePennsylvania owathi ngo-2013 wabanjwa eNew Jersey ngenxa yokuphatha izixhobo, into angazange ayicinge ukuba yaphula nayiphi na imithetho okoko wafumana imvume kwilizwe lakhe. Nangona ekuqaleni wayejamelene nokuvalelwa entolongweni, u-Allen kwafuneka ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo yokungenelela ngaphambi kwexesha kwaye kamva waxolelwa ngu-Gov.Chris Christie.
Lo mthetho uza kuqinisekisa ukuba okwenzeke ku-Shaneen akwenzeki nakwabanye abanini bempu abathobela umthetho ngokufuna ukuba amazwe ahloniphane amaphepha-mvume okuphatha umpu, ngelixa eqonda amalungelo elizwe lokuzenzela eyabo imithetho yompu, utshilo uMacArthur kwingxelo. Abachasene nalo mthetho uyilwayo baya kuthi lo mthetho uza kwenza ukuba abantu aboyikekayo bafumane imipu. Oku kububuxoki ngokupheleleyo. Lo mthetho uyilwayo, uyakuvumela ummi ogcina umthetho ukuba aphathe umpu ofihliweyo kuphela xa bengavunyelwanga ngokusemthethweni ukuba babe okanye bafumane umpu.
Umthetho oyilwayo ubhangqiwe kunye nelinge lokuxela ngcono iirekhodi zomthetho nezempilo yengqondo kwinkqubo yokujonga ngasemva, iinzame zokuphumelela iiDemokhrasi. Nangona kunjalo, umthetho wawurhola kuphela inkxaso yamathandathu amaDemokhrasi kuzwelonke, akukho namnye kubo ovela eNew Jersey. Amalungu amabini eNew Jersey Republican House -Reps. U-Leonard Lance (R-7) kunye noChris Smith (R-4) -bangavotanga emthethweni, umthetho oyilwayo wokuqala onxulumene nompu oza kuvotelwa eNdlwini ukusukela ngokudutyulwa kwabantu ngo-Okthobha eLas Vegas. Babephakathi kwe-14 yelizwe lamaRiphabhlikhi ukuvota hayi kwityala. Umthetho osayilwayo ngowona uphambili ngokubaluleka kuMbutho weSizwe woMipu.
Isenzo sokuqala sekhonkrithi esenziwe leli qumrhu ekuphenduleni uninzi lweentlekele zemipu ilizwe lethu eliye lahlangabezana nazo kukwenza kube lula kubantu ukuba baphathe imipu efihliweyo, elayishiwe kwiindawo esihlala kuzo, utshilo uMmeli uBonnie Watson Coleman (D-12), waseNew Jersey UMdemokhrasi ophikise ngamandla iinzame zokukhulula izithintelo zompu. Isigqebelo asilahlekanga kum; Lo mthetho uyilwayo ubonakalisa ukugqwesa komdibaniso kwaye kujongela phantsi amalungelo amazwe okulawula imipu - ngakumbi kumazwe afana neNew Jersey enze inkqubela phambili enkulu ekunciphiseni ukwanda kwemipu, utshilo.
Izithili ezininzi zaseNew Jersey zizinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka kumaDemokhrasi esizwe ajonge ukutshintsha ulawulo lweNdlu ngexesha lonyulo lwaphakathi enyakeni ka-2018. UMikie Sherrill, oyena mntu uphumeleleyo kwingxowa mali ejongene noFrelinghuysen, wakhawuleza wakhupha ingxelo echasene nevoti yakhe. USherill ligqala lomkhosi wamanzi kunye nomtshutshisi waseburhulumenteni.
I-Congressman u-Rodney Frelinghuysen uvote nje ngebhili ebeka abantu base-New Jersey emngciphekweni wobundlobongela kwiindawo zabo, utshilo uSherrill. ICongressman ivotele ukwenza umsebenzi wee-arhente zethu zokunyanzelisa umthetho ukuba ubenzima kwaye ivumele abantu abangaqeqeshwanga nabanokuba yingozi ukuba baphatheifihliweizixhobo eNew Jersey. Kuyihlazo ukuba kunyaka ophelileyo wokudubula ngobuninzi kwirekhodi, impendulo ekuphela kwayo evela kwiCongress isusa imithetho yemipu.
Phambi kokuba kuvotwe, owayesakuba ngumbutho olawula umpu u-Gabby Giffords wase-Arizona wabamba inkomfa noonondaba eMorristown becela uFrelinghuysen ukuba angavoti kwityala. UGiffords wayelixhoba lokudutyulwa ngo-2011. Iqela-iGiffords- laye laqhuba iintengiso zikamabonakude kule veki lisazisa abavoti ukuba umthetho oyilwayo ungavumela phantse wonke umntu onemipu efihliweyo neneziphatho angavunyelwa ekuhlaleni.
Umthetho oyilwayo usafuna ukuya kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu ukuze uvote ngaphambi kokuba ube ngumthetho.
