This Letter to the Editor was submitted in response to a recent Sun Editorial on Lisa’s Law.
By CHARLES FRANK
I have seen the abuse of existing domestic violence laws in New Jersey.
People’s lives have been destroyed based on the assumption of guilty until proven innocent.
If one party in a contentious relationship charges the other with domestic violence, it can give the plaintiff a significant advantage in subsequent court proceedings. Do you think this does not happen?
How many lives have to be destroyed before you can say your “pilot program” does not work. You say, “the courts have to decide which abusers have to be monitored.” What criteria would the courts use? If a person is guilty of domestic violence and is a threat, they should go to jail.
How about a real solution, approve the right to conceal carry a firearm in the state of New Jersey?
Don’t you think a real abuser will think twice before committing an act of Domestic Violence knowing the potential victims are able to defend themselves?
How many more women have to die because a piece of paper did not keep the abuser away and the police did not get to the scene until after a crime has been committed?
We are familiar with the story of Carole Brown, a Berlin Township resident who had a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend in 2015. She had applied for a handgun permit and was awaiting the approval of that permit when her ex murdered her in her driveway.
Even if the handgun permit had been approved, Brown would not have been allowed to carry the handgun in New Jersey to protect herself. Concealed handgun carry permits are not available to the general law-abiding public in New Jersey.
By CHARLES FRANK
