Like the proverbial frog in a pot of simmering water, most conservatives I know are wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth as they watch our civil liberties being crushed and our core societal institutions crumble  while doing NOTHING.

Just as the State of New Jersey has been the poster child for oppressing its law-abiding citizens and obstinately refusing to grant their Constitutional rights for the better part of half a century, it has (ironically) been one of a very few states whose citizens galvanized, balkanized and fought back!

The passage of Bruen made concealed carry a reality and forced restoration of our Second Amendment rights in the Garden State. The state fought back viciously attempting to retain power to suppress its citizens and their rights with the "carry-killer" bill signed into law by Governor Murphy in December of 2022.

And then something very interesting happened. We fought back.

While New Jersey is the brunt of many national jokes, there are lessons to be learned, even from the uncouth residents of the "armpit" of the U.S.