New Jersey already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, thanks in no small part to two packages of laws Murphy pushed through in 20 that strengthened background checks, reduced the maximum capacity of ammunition magazines, and instituted a so-called “red flag” law, among other things. Here’s a look at each of the bills, what they would do if enacted, and how they’ve fared in previous legislative sessions. How will moderate Republicans vote on their colleague’s conservative proposals? Will Democrats skeptical of Murphy’s gun package in private vote for it in public? If Murphy gets his way, and there’s certainly no guarantee Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) will go along with him, it could put some legislators in a difficult spot. That means legislators would have to vote on the eight bills in Murphy’s third gun safety package, which foundered in the legislature during last session’s lame duck period it also means they’d face proposals from Republican legislators to allow concealed carry and undo several previously passed gun control laws. With two major mass shootings in two weeks, one at a Black supermarket in New York and the other at an elementary school in Texas, Murphy said it’s time to know where New Jersey legislators stand. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote.
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