By Bill Brazell Gas-powered leaf blowers harm New Jersey residents in three different ways. As a husband and father, I would like our state to protect us, and particularly our children, from all three forms of harm. So I support two bills currently before our state government: A6238, which would establish a rebate program for the purchase of electric or battery-powered leaf blowers, andS4272, which would ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers within four years.The carrot-and-stick bills, introduced by Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D) and State Senator Bob Smith (D), respectively, are currently in…