Gun Laws

The Garden State has a very strict gun possession law, which could result in jail time for anyone who violates the statute. But some NJ legislators think the time has come to amend the law.

After hours of heated testimony Monday, the State Senate Law and Public Safety Committee approved a bill to reduce the legal limit of rounds in an ammunition magazine from 15 to 10.

Lengthy and often contentious debate dominated Thursday's Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee hearing, as the group took testimony on a bill that would reduce the legal capacity of ammunition magazines in New Jersey to 10 rounds, rather than the current 15.

New Jersey ranks third in the United States, receiving a grade of A-minus, in a study of gun reform laws produced by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

A trio of bills aims to address New Jersey's growing gang problem.

Assemblyman Joseph Cryan vows to introduce a bill to limit the capacity of certain gun magazines in New Jersey.

The national unemployment crises is also a shore area crises as a worried single mother from Barnegat calls Ask the Congressman for solutions Wednesday Night.