Feb 19, 2025 | Beachwood | certain persons not to have weapons | Conspiracy | Division of Criminal Justice | drugs | Firearms | ghost guns | Gun Violence Reduction Task Force | illegal possession and distribution | manufacture transport disposition and defacement of a weapon | methamphetamine | New Jersey State Police’s Crime Suppression South Unit | Ocean County | possession of a controlled dangerous substance | possession of a defaced firearm | possession of a firearm without a serial number | possession of a handgun | possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine | possession of an assault firearm | possession of brass knuckles | possession of methamphetamine | Stafford Township Police Department | three counts of possession of a shotgun | transporting a manufactured firearm without a serial number | Whiting | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Criminal Justice | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice announced that two Ocean County residents were indicted on charges of illegal possession and distribution of firearms and drugs.
Nov 14, 2024 | Combating Gun Violence | Consumer Protection | Division of Consumer Affairs | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statutes, Regulations & Rules
For Immediate Release: November 14, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Consumer Affairs- Cari Fais, Director For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Lisa CoryellOAGpress@njoag.gov Consent Order TRENTON – Attorney...
Sep 4, 2024 | accessories | AK-47 | amicus curiae briefs | ammunition | AR-15 | assault weapons | Blair Holt Assault Weapons Ban | California | Colorado | commonsense gun laws | Connecticut | Cook County | dangerous weapons | Delaware | gunpowder | Hawaii | Illinois | Large Capacity Magazines | Maine | Maryland | mass shootings | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | reasonable firearms regulations | Restrictions | Rhode Island | rules and regulations | Second Amendment | self-defense | the District of Columbia | Vermont | Washington | Weapons Law | Combating Gun Violence | DD-GunSafety | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of Cook County, Illinois, which is continuing to defend its assault weapons ban from a Second Amendment challenge.
Jul 3, 2024 | Combating Gun Violence | DD-GunSafety | Division of Law | Gun Violence | Press Release
To Increase Public Safety, Ghost Guns Require the Same Federal Oversight as Conventional Firearms For Immediate Release: July 3, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney GeneralDivision of Law- Michael T.G. Long, Director For Further...
Jun 4, 2024 | ammunition | Arms Unlimited | Civil Suit | Division of Consumer Affairs | firearms dealers | Large Capacity Magazines | Lawsuit | LCM | Nevada Firearms Company | Undercover State Investigator | Combating Gun Violence | Division of Consumer Affairs | Division of Law | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that the State filed a civil lawsuit against a Nevada firearms company that sold and shipped more than two dozen large capacity ammunition magazines into New Jersey.