The Essex County Bar Association, working alongside the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, is seeking to raise money for a firearm buyback event. “It helps everyone,” Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino said Wednesday. “It makes the community safer and our job easier. There’s one less gun out there that could wreak havoc.” In addition, […]
Since his term as New Jersey Governor began, Gov. Phil Murphy has made it clear he wants to emphasize gun violence in New Jersey. In an effort to make more information about firearms and gun violence available to New Jersey residents, Murphy signed an executive order requiring regular reporting about weapons crimes and other gun-related […]
According to multiple law enforcement sources, the firearms used by the shooter in the recent attack on Republican congressmen during their baseball practice were legally purchased by the alleged gunman. Interestingly, this follows an apparent pattern that in many mass shootings: the guns used in the deadly outburst are often lawfully obtained. In fact, statistics […]