Whether or not online petitions exert much sway is questionable. That said, some of the provisions in A-1493 give me pause.
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A crime involving controlled substances; a condition involving chronic and habitual alcoholic or drug abuse; or some other physical or mental condition or disease which would make it unsafe for the individual to obtain a permit to carry a handgun.
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A "crime involving controlled substances" could mean something serious, or it could mean getting busted with a joint outside a concert in 1978. It's too broad. So is the restriction on "other physical (...) condition." Who decides what constitutes that? Does it mean poor eyesight? Tremors? Epilepsy?
Furthermore, one of the requirements in 2C:58-3 is that the applicant be a "person of good character and good repute in the community in which he lives." Again, I wonder how that's established and how broadly it could be used.