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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
law enforcement cannot protect the witnesses. The county attorneys office cannot protect the witnesses. A gun in the witnesses hand just MIGHT afford them some protection if a thug enforcer decides to try to make good on the threat. If the witness feels he/she can defend themselves, you just might find witnesses who won't forget what they saw.
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Are people not allowed to own guns in New Jersey?
*edit* all I've found is a proposal to make it so that citizens cannot buy more than one handgun a month? Is this a problem? Or are you proposing making it mandatory for people to own guns just in case they witness a murder?
I'm confused. 
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Last edited by mixedmedia; 03-02-2007 at 01:15 PM..
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