SHOOTINGS IN TRENTON, DC MUST BE 'WAKE UP CALL'

(TRENTON) - Assemblyman Reed Gusciora said yesterday's shooting death of a young man in Trenton - the second such killing in the city in three days - coupled with today's shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, should serve as wake-up calls to state and national leaders of the need for tighter gun restrictions and tougher penalties for gun-related crimes.

New state Senator Marcia Karrow applauds those who stood against the ineffective and unconstitutional "One Gun A Month" Law.

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senator John A. Girgenti to stiffen the penalties for those who illegally possess machine guns and assault weapons was signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine today.

“I want to thank the Governor for having this ceremony today and for signing this important bill,” Senator Girgenti said. “I want to also commend the Governor for his wide-ranging anti-crime initiatives. I was proud to sponsor several of the bills related to this effort and to move them through my committee, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee. This bill is related to one of the key planks in his initiative, making more effective prosecutions of gang related offenders.”

SUPREME COURT'S SECOND AMENDMENT RULING A JUDICIAL MISFIRE

(WEST ORANGE) - Assemblyman John F. McKeon, a longtime proponent of handgun control laws, today blasted a United States Supreme Court ruling creating a blanket right to gun ownership and limiting the ability of state and local lawmakers to enact sensible gun control measures.

QUIGLEY/VAS BILL LIMITING HANDGUN PURCHASES
TO ONE A MONTH PASSES ASSEMBLY

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblywoman Joan M. Quigley and Assemblyman Joseph Vas sponsored to make it illegal for people to purchase more than one handgun a month in New Jersey - a restriction that would help curtail gun access by criminal street gangs - was today passed by the General Assembly.

QUIGLEY/VAS BILL LIMITING HANDGUN PURCHASES TO ONE A MONTH CLEARS COMMITTEE HURDLE

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblywoman Joan M. Quigley and Assemblyman Joseph Vas sponsored to make it illegal for people to purchase more than one handgun a month in New Jersey - a restriction that would help curtail gun access by criminal street gangs - was released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee.

Sens. Menendez, Lautenberg and Clinton decry failure to strike language known as Tiahrt Amendment in House Appropriations Subcommittee

CONAWAY/CONNERS: FOURTH OF JULY NO TIME
TO FIRE GUNS IN CELEBRATION
Assemblymen Renew Call for Criminalizing Reckless Celebratory Gunfire,
Remind Residents 'What Goes Up, Must Come Down'

(TRENTON) - Citing the inherent dangers of people engaging in celebratory gun play on the Fourth of July, Assemblymen Herb Conaway, M.D., and Jack Conners today renewed their call for a state law to crack down on the dangerous practice.

GUSCIORA: FOILED FORT DIX PLOT UNDERSCORES URGENCY
FOR ENACTING .50 CALIBER GUN BAN

(TRENTON) - Assemblyman Reed Gusciora today said the foiled plot by six men who allegedly planned to kill military personnel stationed at Fort Dix underscores all the more why New Jersey should outlaw civilian ownership of .50 caliber firearms.

GUSCIORA/PANTER INTRODUCE BILL TO BAN MILITARY-STYLE .50-CALIBER GUNS

Potentially Destructive Military-Grade Weapons Pose Security Threat to NJ

(TRENTON) - Assemblymen Reed Gusciora and Mike Panter recently introduced legislation to ban the sale of .50-caliber rifles - powerful battlefield-styled weapons that can fire large armor-piercing rounds with enough power to knock down a helicopter.