Former Newark police officer Joseph Macchia, who drew his service weapon and shot a man to death two years ago while he was off-duty and drinking at a Union Township bar, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison. Macchia, an 11-year veteran of the police department, was convicted last month of reckless manslaughter in […]
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, […]
The New Jersey Attorney General just entered the ongoing war over untraceable guns. On Monday, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal filed a lawsuit against a company that plans to publish instructions on how to create untraceable guns using 3D printers. The lawsuit, filed in Essex County Superior Court in Newark, NJ, cites Defense Distributed’s conduct as creating a […]
Leonard Cottrell Jr. fought on the front lines in the Iraq War. Now, he feels like he is fighting on the frontlines at home in New Jersey for the right to bear arms. Cottrell recently told the media that he was working at Wawa on June 14 when he got a call from his wife […]
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