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The following is a video transcript. New Jersey gun owners are facing a serious threat, particularly concerning a new bill that has been signed into law by Governor Murphy (Assembly Bill No. 2761). That bill concerns so-called “large capacity magazines.” Any magazine over ten rounds, meaning any magazine that holds 11 rounds or more, will... [Read More]

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The following is a video transcript. With the holidays here, you need to be aware of your surroundings. There are a lot of folks out there that would like to take advantage of you: to steal from you or to even cause you bodily harm. Being aware of your surroundings is very important, and having... [Read More]

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  A Changing Legislative Sea for New Jersey Gun Rights Since Chris Christie has left office the new Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has wasted no time in making New Jersey’s already draconian gun rights laws even harder to comply with for law-abiding Americans who just want to exercise their Second Amendment rights. A legislative analysis by... [Read More]

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The month of May, and now the first week of June, has seen 2A rights take a hit across the country at all levels. In continuing our mission to empower our members with education and legal knowledge here are some of the changes affecting you from this past month. NJ Gov. Posed to Sign Six... [Read More]

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New Jersey’s first-term governor, Phil Murphy, has made good on his vow to launch an anti-firearms agenda. In mid-February, he held a roundtable meeting in Cherry Hill Township to list his gun-control priorities for the current session of the New Jersey Legislature. Attendees included numerous representatives of control groups like Ceasefire NJ, the Brady Campaign,... [Read More]

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After a 32-year ban on the possession of stun guns, residents of the Garden State will be permitted to legally buy and possess these self-defense items. The turnaround came about as a result of a March 21, 2016, U.S. Supreme Court decision in Caetano v. Massachusetts, 136 S.Ct. 1027 (2016) that invalidated a state law... [Read More]

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Washington, D.C. has long had an aversion to its residents possessing firearms, despite recent Supreme Court decisions re-enforcing an individual’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for personal defense. The District of Columbia law regarding the issuing of a concealed carry permit state that D.C. “may issue” a permit rather than “shall issue,”... [Read More]

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  A decorated Marine veteran facing a mandatory three years behind bars on a gun charge in New Jersey will not be going to prison after all. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped in and commuted Marine Sergeant Hisashi Pompey’s sentence earlier this month. Attorney Evan Nappen, Independent Program Attorney for U.S. Law Shield of... [Read More]

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s recent move to ease restrictions on firearm permit applications spurred guarded optimism among Second Amendment advocates, but riled top Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature. They vowed a court battle. Christie on March 7 adopted a revised regulation to let police chiefs or State Police officials, who oversee... [Read More]

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Think owning a gun is all the protection you need? The fact is that innocent gun owners go to jail every day just for exercising their right of self-defense. Don’t let it happen to you! Find out how to protect yourself after you’ve pulled the trigger by attending one of our events. Get the facts... [Read More]

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  Last spring, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie proposed new guidelines to make it easier to obtain a firearms license in the Garden State.  Gov. Christie wanted expand access to handgun carry permits by changing the state’s strict gun-permitting regulation that required a showing of the almost impossible standard of “justifiable need” in order to... [Read More]

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Last August, Mark Cheeseman and the New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed a federal lawsuit against the State seeking to overturn the State’s ban on the possession of stun guns and Tasers. The complaint, filed August 11, 2016,  seeks an order declaring N.J. Stat. Ann. §2C:39-3(h), the statute banning the possession and use of “any weapon or... [Read More]

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