A liberal's comments on New Jersey's very nutty gun control laws

Jay R. Lassiter discusses his extraordinary experience in trying to buy BB guns for a nephew and niece.    The piece (available here) is well worth reading.  It contains everything from him not even being allowed to look at BB guns until he has obtained a license to the bizarre licensing process itself.  While the piece mentions the delays in getting the license, the one point that I would have emphasized would be the impact of the delay on people's ability to get a gun for self defense.