New Jersey Woman Stabbed to Death by Ex While Waiting for Gun Permit
A New Jersey woman was murdered by her ex-boyfriend on Wednesday as she waited for approval from the state to buy a handgun. In addition to obtaining a restraining order against her ex, Michael Eitel, and installing security cameras in her home, Carol Bowne had applied for a permit to purchase a handgun on April 21.
Police told the (New Jersey) Courier-Post that she had inquired about the application as recently as Monday. “We did not get the fingerprint information yet,” Berlin Township Police Chief Leonard Check told the paper.
Unlike most states, New Jersey’s restrictive gun laws require a permit to purchase a handgun. The permit process can take several months to complete. Bowne’s murder has left her friends and neighbors in shock. “She did absolutely everything she was supposed to,” her coworker Denise Lovallo told the paper. “Do they have enough now to get him?”
“She cared about everybody who walked through that door, and every client was her friend,” Linda O’Hara, who owned the salon Bowne worked at the past 20 years, told the Courier-Post. “She was invited to every wedding, every baby shower, everything.”
Eitel remains at large.
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Congressional Democrats Move to Institute New Jersey Style Gun Control
Bill comes less than a week after woman was murdered while waiting for gun under similar restrictions
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June 12, 2015 4:35 pm
Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Thursday that would implement a more restrictive process for obtaining a handgun nation wide.
The bill, called the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act of 2015, comes less than a week after a New Jersey woman was killed while waiting for approval to buy a handgun under similar restrictions. If enacted, the bill would require Americans attempting to buy a handgun “provide proof they are at least 21 years old and a lawful resident of the United States; apply for the license at a law enforcement agency within the state; submit to a background investigation and criminal history check; submit fingerprints and photographs with their application and be eligible to purchase a handgun pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act,” according to a fact sheetpublished by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md).
Despite support from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn), Sen. Chris Murphy (D., Conn), and Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D., Conn), the bill is unlikely to pass either the House of Representatives or the Senate.
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