Press Releases : Gun Violence

Attorney General Platkin Leads National Fight to Protect Federal Firearm Safety Measures from Incoming Trump Administration

As Trump DOJ Expected to Withdraw Federal Defense, New Jersey Leads More Than a Dozen States in Intervening to Protect Ban on Forced Reset Triggers and Expanded Criminal Background Checks for Gun Purchases For Immediate Release: January 16, 2025 Office of the Attorney...

AG Platkin Acts Against Gun Stores for Repeated Unlawful Sales to Unverified Buyers

Butch’s Gun World and Point Blank Guns & Ammo Sold 1,000-round Cases of AR-15 Ammunition Without Checking Buyer Credentials.

Attorney General Platkin Co-Leads Effort to Support Review of Ghost Gun Regulation Before the Supreme Court

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,...

AG Platkin Finds Microstamping Technology Viable for Use in Commercial Firearms Following Live-Fire Testing

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.

Governor Murphy, AG Platkin: Brady Report Shows Our Gun Laws Are Working

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.

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