New Jersey lawmakers advance measures to tighten gun laws
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a half-dozen gun bills to tighten the state's already-strict firearms laws during an hourslong hearing touched off by a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school this month.
The Democrat-led Assembly Judiciary Committee weighed the six proposals — all introduced before the Feb. 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida — during more nearly five hours in a packed legislative hearing room.
It was New Jersey's first legislative hearing on gun control since the school shooting that left 17 people dead and comes as other states also consider gun-related legislation.