HOBOKEN, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a package of gun safety bills into law on Tuesday as the country recovers after yet another mass shooting."There are those who think it this is all just the price of living in the United States.
But we believe differently," Murphy said. "We know that we can take on the epidemic of gun violence and win."These new laws will regulate ammunition sales, empower the state's attorney general to prosecute gun manufacturers and retailers, require dealers to sell microstamping-enabled firearms, ban the sale of some .50-caliber rifles, and require gun owners who move to New Jersey to register their firearms and be trained to obtain a new firearms purchaser identification card, which must be renewed every 10 years.Murphy proposed these bills back in April 2021 but the Legislature didn't act until last week."There were those who said we would never get the gun safety bills we all supported through the Legislature," Murphy stated. "There were those who said that we were being too ambitious, that the gun lobby was too strong and that our political system would not have the will to take on and win this fight.
But again, we believed differently."The New York Legislature also took action last week after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's concealed carry law.
Lawmakers met for an emergency session and designated gun-free zones including bars, schools, government buildings, mass transit, and Times Square.Murphy signed an executive order directing state agencies to review current statutes with the same goal in mind.