Press Releases : mass shootings

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, AG Campbell Lead States in Defending Assault Weapons Law in Cook County, Illinois

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.

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