Carol Bowne Was Murdered While Waiting For Her Permit-To-Purchase
Some of our legislators are proposing a bill that would introduce a permit to purchase system called HB 1163. I wish to introduce you to a victim of the permit-to-purchase regime of New Jersey: Carol Bowne.
Carol Bowne was a hairdresser from New Jersey. By all rights, she was an upstanding person and she was well-liked by those who knew her. Unfortunately, she was a victim of domestic violence. Her boyfriend was an extremely violent person who abused her, and she had got a restraining order against him. To protect herself further as she was a petite person, she sought to purchase a handgun. However, New Jersey requires all residents looking to buy a handgun to get a permit-to-purchase before they can buy and take possession of a handgun. So, she waited and waited. Then one night outside her home, her ex-boyfriend stabbed her to death. She had waited 42 days for her Permit-To-Purchase to be approved before her murder.
I tell her story because permit-to-purchase schemes and waiting periods only serve to disarm victims while empowering their attackers. If you contact your legislators, tell them her story.
Some of our legislators are proposing a bill that would introduce a permit to purchase system called HB 1163. I wish to introduce you to a victim of the permit-to-purchase regime of New Jersey: Carol Bowne.
Carol Bowne was a hairdresser from New Jersey. By all rights, she was an upstanding person and she was well-liked by those who knew her. Unfortunately, she was a victim of domestic violence. Her boyfriend was an extremely violent person who abused her, and she had got a restraining order against him. To protect herself further as she was a petite person, she sought to purchase a handgun. However, New Jersey requires all residents looking to buy a handgun to get a permit-to-purchase before they can buy and take possession of a handgun. So, she waited and waited. Then one night outside her home, her ex-boyfriend stabbed her to death. She had waited 42 days for her Permit-To-Purchase to be approved before her murder.
I tell her story because permit-to-purchase schemes and waiting periods only serve to disarm victims while empowering their attackers. If you contact your legislators, tell them her story.