Foundational Laws
The item required of any person who carries a concealed firearm in public
What is a permit?
Something that is required to sell firearms
What are dealer licenses?
Things required by state policies to buy guns
What is firearm training?
What is New Jersey?
The requirement for handgun purchases a point of sale and/or permit to purchase
What is a background check?
Places where guns are restricted
What are bars and k-12 schools?
What are "Waiting Period" laws?
One of the U.S. states with the lowest rates of firearm deaths in the country
What is NJ?
A common law that NJ has rejected which allows people to shoot and kill in public even if they can safely walk away from the situation
What is a "Shoot First" law?
What are assault weapons?
People who stolen guns are often diverted to
Who are people prohibited from having guns and ended up being used in crimes?
The number of gun deaths per 100k residents in NJ
A law that requires gun owners to lock up their firearms in a safe storage area away from ammunition
What is a "Secure Storage/Child Access Prevention" law?
Places where the public carry of guns are blocked
What are State Capitols and/or political protests?
Things required by state officials to do to decrease gun violence
What are reportings of mental health records into the background check system?
Last year's gun law strength composite score
What is 80.5?
A policy NJ has adopted which allows for quick intervention when a person is at serious risk of harming themselves or others with a firearm
What is an "Extreme Risk" law?
Policies that give justice to gun violence survivors
What are laws designed to let gun violence survivors sue manufacturers and dealers whose bad conduct results in harm
Information that can be used to identify the owner of weappns recovered at a crime scene and to remove illegal guns when a person becomes prohibited
What is documentation of gun sales?
The national average of gun deaths per 100k residents