May 7, 2024 | AK-47 | Amicus Brief | AR-15 | assault weapons | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Hawaii | Illinois | large capacity ammunition magazines (LCMs) | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | Semiautomatic assault weapons | South Carolina | the District of Columbia | U.S. Court of Appeals | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge.
Mar 26, 2024 | Chicago | Coalition | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Evidence | Firearm Conversion | Glock | Machine Guns | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Gunmaker Faces Lawsuit from City of Chicago Over Switches That Turn Pistols Into Machine Guns
Mar 14, 2024 | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Office of Justice Data | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of Justice Data announced the public release of a comprehensive dashboard that summarizes information related to applications submitted to law enforcement agencies statewide seeking a permit to carry a handgun in New Jersey.
Mar 12, 2024 | and Explosives (ATF) | Arizona | Bureau of Alcohol | California | Connecticut | Delaware | Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association v. Delaware Department of Safety & Homeland Security | Federal Oversight | Final Rule | Firearms | Garland v. VanDerStok | Ghost Gun Regulation | Gun Control Act | Gun Violence | Hawaii | Illinois | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Nevada | New York | North Carolina | Northern District of Texas | Oregon | Rhode Island | Supreme Court | Tobacco | Vermont | Washington | Wisconsin | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
Ghost Guns Need the Same Federal Oversight as Conventional Firearms, 20 Jurisdictions Say For Immediate Release: March 12, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media Inquiries-Allison Inserro,...
Mar 11, 2024 | assault weapons | California | Colorado | Commonsense Gun Safety Laws | Connecticut | Delaware | DSSA v. DDSHS | federal court | Hawaii | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Restrictions | Rhode Island | Safety Legislation | the District of Columbia | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
New Jersey Joins Delaware, Pennsylvania in Supporting Restrictions on Assault Weapons, LCMs.
Feb 28, 2024 | ballistics identification technology | casings | Firearms | firing pin | Gun Violence | Microstamping | Viability | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that, based on both live-fire testing results and existing peer-reviewed studies, microstamping technology is a viable means of matching an expended cartridge case to the weapon from which it was discharged.