Mar 12, 2024 | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Civil Rights | Diversity & Inclusion | Division on Civil Rights | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced today that DCR has launched the Community Peacemaker Collaborative, a new initiative designed to respond to the rise in bias and hate in New Jersey, including the significant uptick in antisemitism and Islamophobia in recent months.
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.
Mar 7, 2024 | 2021 | 2022 | anti-Arab | anti-Black | anti-Jewish | anti-Muslim | Antisemitism | Bias Crimes Public Awareness Campaign | Bias Incident Dashboard | Bias Incident Report | bias intimidation | Black | hate | Hispanic | Islamophobia | Jewish | Latinx/e | No Hate in the Garden State | Office of Justice Data | Preliminary Data | statistics | The Department of Law and Public Safety (LPS) | Addressing Hate, Bias & Discrimination | Bias and Discrimination | Civil Rights | Division of Criminal Justice | Division on Civil Rights | Office of Justice Data | Press Release | Racial Justice
Public Awareness Bias Campaign and Interactive Public Bias Data Dashboard Launched to Help Combat Rising Number of Bias Incidents For Immediate Release: March 7, 2024 Office of the Attorney General- Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General For Further Information: Media...
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.
Feb 26, 2024 | Bureau of Alcohol | commonsense gun policies | Firearms and Explosives (ATF) | firearms dealers | Gun Laws | gun trafficking | Gun Violence | Regulations | The Suppliers of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic | Tobacco | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | New Jersey State Police | Press Release | Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today hailed a new national report from Brady showing that, for two years in a row, none of New Jersey’s firearms dealers were cited by the federal government for selling the most crime guns, a typical indicator of gun violence and gun trafficking.
Feb 22, 2024 | Amicus Brief | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Gun Violence | Hawaii | Illinois | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | multistate | Nevada | New Mexico | New York | Oregon | Pennsylvania State Police | Rhode Island | the District of Columbia | Third Circuit | U.S. Court of Appeals | Vermont | Washington | Combating Gun Violence | Gun Violence | Press Release
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit urging that court to revisit an opinion striking down a Pennsylvania law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed weapons in public and imposing additional restrictions during declared states of emergency.
