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.
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
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.
