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Coughlin will back Murphy gun agenda, agrees to post bills during lame duck

December 1, 2021 9:43 amDecember 1, 2021 12:28 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin will support Gov. Phil Murphy’s third round of reforms aimed at reducing gun violence and act during the legislature’s lame duck session, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Coughlin will appear with Murphy in Metuchen on...

Giffords endorses Murphy, praising him for gun control legislation

October 8, 2021 9:59 amOctober 8, 2021 1:15 pm

Yesterday evening, Gov. Phil Murphy received the endorsement of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), one of the country’s most prominent gun control advocates since she was nearly killed in a 2011 mass shooting. “Since being sworn into office in 2018,...

New Jersey joins four-state coalition to share gun data

October 7, 2021 3:42 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, joined by three other northeastern governors – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont – announced this afternoon that their four states would share gun violence data with one another...

Bruck joins amicus brief supporting New York concealed-carry restrictions

September 21, 2021 3:46 pmSeptember 22, 2021 7:59 am

Joining a coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general from across the United States, Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending New York State’s limits on concealed-carry licenses. The case in question,...

Guttenberg, Peters join Wildstein on New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC on Saturday

August 21, 2021 12:01 amJuly 13, 2025 4:26 pm

Gun safety activist Fred Guttenberg and Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Hainesport) will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, August 21 at 4 PM. Guttenberg emerged as a national voice...

Bruck announces charges against Camden gun ring

August 19, 2021 1:12 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced criminal charges today against 11 alleged members of a Camden-based criminal enterprise that sold assault weapons and so-called “ghost guns,” untraceable firearms usually purchased in pieces. “We are working relentlessly to dismantle the criminal...

Nearly 1,000 guns bought back last weekend, Bruck says

August 12, 2021 11:51 am

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced today that last weekend’s gun buyback events resulted in 941 guns being sold back to the government. The events, which were held last Saturday in Atlantic City, East Orange, Newark, and Paterson, were designed...