Dec 12, 2024 | State Police | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. and Glock Ges.m.b.H. (together, “Glock”) seeking relief for multiple violations of the State’s firearms industry public safety law through the knowing manufacture, sale, and distribution of its namesake pistols, which can easily be configured to fire automatically as illegal machine guns, using an inexpensive device commonly known as a “Glock switch.”
Dec 12, 2024 | Combatting Gun Violence | common-sense gun safety laws | multi-state coalition | nj leading partnership | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that 16 Attorneys General have formed a multistate coalition to hold irresponsible firearms industry members accountable for their devastating impact on gun violence.
Nov 14, 2024 | bipartisan legislation | Burglary Laws | cross-jurisdictional burglary suspects | Department of Law and Public Safety | deter | Division of Criminal Justice | Home Invasions | information sharing | investigate and prosecute | Law Enforcement Leaders | Newark | NJPBA | NJSACOP | Residential Burglaries | Statewide Burglary Task Force | Strategy Meeting | Advancing Innovative Policing Policies | Division of Criminal Justice | Gun Violence | Policing Policy | Press Release | Protecting New Jersey in Court | Tackling Auto Theft | Violence Intervention
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin held a meeting in Newark with law enforcement leaders from across the state to discuss how officers and prosecutors can best use the newly enacted laws that heighten criminal penalties for residential burglaries.
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 | 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.