The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee will meet tomorrow to consider more than 20 bills reforming weapons and ammunition sales, improving mental health services, enhancing gun safety, combating illegal gun trafficking and finding ways to boost school security.
“The tragedies have become too common and the sadness too deep,” said Assembly Law and Public Safety Chairman Charles Mainor (D-Hudson). “We recognize that we cannot put an end to each and every gun crime, but we can responsibly close the gaps and make our laws stronger for the benefit of everyone. With this effort, good common sense will prevail.”
The measures are slated to get full Assembly consideration during a Feb. 21 voting session.
The following bills will be heard:
| A-588Spencer/Coutinho/
Diegnan/Quijano |
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor. |
| A-1116Fuentes/Spencer | Establishes 180 day prohibition on purchase of handgun for certain individuals who fail to report loss or theft of firearm. |
| A-1329Greenwald/Quijano/
Coutinho/Eustace/Johnson |
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. |
| A-1387Wilson/Johnson | Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities. |
| A-1613Bramnick/Johnson
(pending referral) |
Establishes Educational Security Task Force. |
| A-3510Johnson/Vainieri Huttle | Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns. |
| A-3583Wilson
(pending intro and referral) |
Create taskforce to explore areas to improve school safety. |
| A-3645Greenwald/Eustace/
Mosquera |
Requires ammunition sales and transfers be conducted as face-to-face transactions. |
| A-3646Greenwald | Establishes a regulatory system to govern the sale and transfer of ammunition. |
| A-3659Barnes/Johnson | Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater. |
| A-3666Cryan/O’Donnell/Jasey/
Quijano |
Prohibits mail order, Internet, telephone, and any other anonymous method of ammunition sale or transfer in New Jersey. |
| A-3668Jasey/McKeon/Cryan/
Johnson/Quijano (pending referral) |
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use. |
| A-3687Stender/Fuentes
(pending referral) |
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun. |
| A-3717Lampitt/Singleton | Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System. |
| A-3748O’Donnell/Mainor/
McKeon |
Requires background check for private gun sales. |
| A-3750Cryan/O’Donnell/Quijano/ |
Establishes regulatory and reporting program for all ammunition sales. |
| A-3754Cryan/O’Donnell/Quijano/ |
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others. |
| A-3772Eustace/Wagner/
Vainieri Huttle |
Requires that firearms purchaser identification cards display picture; mandates that firearms purchaser identification cards be renewed every five years. |
| A-3788Rible/Dancer | Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State’s open public records law; abolishes common law right of access to these records. |
| A-3796Mainor | Provides 90-day window for persons to dispose of certain unlawfully possessed firearms. |
| A-3797Mainor | Requires law enforcement to report certain firearms information to interjurisdictional electronic databases including the National Integrated Ballistics Identification Network. |
| ACR-180Greenwald
(pending intro and referral) |
Urges President and Congress of United States to enact legislation enforcing stricter firearms control measures. |
| AR-143Quijano/Cryan/O’Donnell/ |
Expresses support for Attorney General’s gun buyback program. |
| AR-144Oliver
(pending referral) |
Urges Governor Christie’s Administration not to apply for annual exemption from requirements of federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. |
lets add more laws that always helps.. lets make the laws we have on record stronger. lets make the penalty for having a gun illeaglly 25 years and enforce it
democrats!
Kindly tell me which crooks, thugs, burglars, etc. will abide by these rules. These rules are meant to confiscate and/or keep guns out of the hands of people who want guns for their own protection against crooks, thugs, burglars, etc. If the government keeps on with their rules, taxation, etc. I’m afraid there will be another REVOLUTION soon, as was about 1776.
I
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DEMOCRATS
there are actually some decent measures listed in there (and some not so) decent… if you take the time to read them…
the only decent proposal is by Ribble/Dancer who is by the way a republican .
Quote “Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.”
WHY? this is the kind of anti gun stuf that is without any merit ,if these are legitimate busineses why punish them ? would you do the same to a car manufacturer because thousands die in car accidents every year ?
It is a constitutional right to own firearms prioviding you are not a criminal or a mental case ,so why the venom towards companies who are not breaking any laws?