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New Jersey now lets people legally buy marijuana by choice, and it must grudgingly allow more residents to legally carry guns due to a Supreme Court ruling.

Three weeks after a new law greenlighted public nuisance lawsuits against gun makers and sellers, a new office was created specifically to deploy it.

Another seven gun control-related laws were signed Tuesday by Gov. Phil Murphy, including one that will allow the state to sue gun makers and sellers in state court.

Lawmakers approved much but not all of Gov. Phil Murphy's latest round of gun-control measures Wednesday, with the leverage of budget season and pressure after recent mass shootings finally overcoming months of stalemate.

Because carrying in guns in public has been so strictly limited, state law doesn't actually prevent guns from been carried into most places.

New Jersey and five other states have laws governing concealed-carry permits for guns similar to the New York one that was overturned by the Supreme Court.

An Assembly committee Wednesday endorsed nine bills putting new limits on guns in New Jersey, though the one that met the most resistance appears unlikely to get a hearing in the Senate.

Microstamping technology that helps police trace bullets back to guns would be required in New Jersey, but the bill hasn't gotten a hearing.

The administrative director of the New Jersey judiciary says a bill pending in the Legislature should scale back the changes planned for gun defendants.

Gov. Phil Murphy enacted two packages of gun-related bills in his first term, but his push for a third round is so far unsuccessful.