Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 16:25:21 GMT -6
N.J. Democrats to seek tougher limits on gun magazines following Orlando shooting
TRENTON — In the wake of the nation's deadliest mass shooting, Democratic state lawmakers will re-introduce legislation that would reduce the maximum number of rounds legally allowed in a gun's magazine from 15 bullets to 10, NJ Advance Media has learned.
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), who had co-sponsored an effort to do the same in 2014 with state Sen. Nia Gill (D-Essex), told NJ Advance Media this will be part of a package of bills Democrats will push.
Weinberg and Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (D-Gloucester) have scheduled a 12:45 p.m. news conference at the Statehouse on gun safety.
Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed similar legislation in 2014, calling it "the very embodiment of reform in name only" and said an "entirely arbitrary" limit defied "common sense."
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/breaking_nj_dem_lawmakers_seek_to_limit_magazines.html
TRENTON — In the wake of the nation's deadliest mass shooting, Democratic state lawmakers will re-introduce legislation that would reduce the maximum number of rounds legally allowed in a gun's magazine from 15 bullets to 10, NJ Advance Media has learned.
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), who had co-sponsored an effort to do the same in 2014 with state Sen. Nia Gill (D-Essex), told NJ Advance Media this will be part of a package of bills Democrats will push.
Weinberg and Assemblywoman Gabriela Mosquera (D-Gloucester) have scheduled a 12:45 p.m. news conference at the Statehouse on gun safety.
Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed similar legislation in 2014, calling it "the very embodiment of reform in name only" and said an "entirely arbitrary" limit defied "common sense."
Read more: www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/06/breaking_nj_dem_lawmakers_seek_to_limit_magazines.html