Gun Control

A new study by the Violence Policy Center finds states that have weak gun laws and higher rates of gun ownership also have the highest overall gun death rates in the country. The study, which used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, finds New Jersey has the fifth lowest gun death rate of any state in the nation, 5.45 per 100

A group of parents from Newtown, Connecticut delivered 55,000 petitions to Trenton Wednesday, asking Gov. Chris Christie to sign legislation limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds. But the governor vetoed the measure minutes after the petitions were handed over.

Currently, stealing a gun in New Jersey is treated like stealing a television in the eyes of the law. If convicted of stealing a firearm, the criminal is not likely to go to jail. In a show of bipartisanship, the Assembly Democratic and Republican leaders are teaming up on legislation to get tough on gun theft in the Garden State.

New Jersey ranks third in the United States, receiving a grade of A-minus, in a study of gun reform laws produced by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Days after mass shootings in both of his hometowns, President Barack Obama urged his most ardent supporters Saturday "to get back up and go back at it" and help push stalled legislation out of Congress so dangerous people won't get their hands on guns.

A new poll shows many New Jerseyans support three pieces of gun control legislation that were recently vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie.

A deadly shooting in the heart of the nation's capital has reignited talk about guns, but it's unclear whether the tragedy will revive a legislative debate that has gone cold.

Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a little-known loophole that lets felons and others circumvent background checks by registering guns to corporations.

With gun violence running rampant in New Jersey, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) thinks he's come up with a way to raise money to bolster the ranks of law enforcement and help prevent it.

Republican Gov. Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a ban on .50-caliber rifles that was vigorously opposed by firearms rights advocates and gutted a proposal overhauling the state's gun permit law.