Knife Rights Asks NJ Gov. Christie to Veto Draconian Ivory Ban Bill
OutdoorHub 06.19.14
In a move that caught just about everyone by surprise, the New Jersey legislature quietly passed S.2012/A.3128, a draconian total ivory ban bill with no exemptions for existing legal ivory and that even bans 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory. Knife Rights has asked Gov. Christie to veto this irrational and very destructive bill. We need all New Jersey residents and all who do business in New Jersey to WRITE or CALL the Governor TODAY and ask him to VETO S.2012/A.3128, the ivory Ban Bill!
The NJ Ivory Ban Bill outlaws all ivory from any animal (elephant, hippo, mammoth, narwhal, walrus, whale, etc.). It makes it illegal to to import, sell, offer for sale, purchase, barter or possess with intent to sell (a vague phrase subject to abusive interpretation) any ivory or ivory product with no exceptions for antique or heretofore legal ivory imported decades ago prior to the existing U.S. ban on ivory imports.
This ban would irreparably harm owners of ivory-handled and fossil ivory-handled knives, antiques, musical instruments and any items containing ivory legally imported into this country decades ago by stripping their value – a taking of millions of dollars from law-abiding New Jerseyans. The ban would criminalize legitimate business owners & job-creators and cause immediate ruinous financial loss.
New Jersey residents and all who do business in New Jersey should WRITE or CALL the Governor TODAY and ask him to VETO S.2012/A.3128.
Email Governor Christie at: Constituent.Relations@gov.state.nj.us
Call the Governor at: 609-292-6000
When you call or write, all you need to do is ask the Governor to ask him to VETO S.2012/A.3128, the ivory Ban Bill. If you’d like to write more, please see Knife Rights’ NJ Ivory Ban Model Letter at: http://www.kniferights.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=274
Read Knife Rights letter to Governor Christie here: www.KnifeRights.org/Gov_Christie_NJ_Ivory_Ban_06192014_Final.pdf
Read the Ivory Ban Bill (S.2012/A.3128) here: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2014/Bills/A3500/3128_I1.HTM
