TRENTON — Still campaigning for a one-gun-a-month ordinance a Hudson County judge shot down in December, Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah Healy successfully broadened his target today to include the entire state.
Considering a bill drafted at Healy’s request, members of the State Assembly’s Law and Public Safety Committee voted to send legislation that mirrors Healy’s Jersey City ordinance to the full Assembly for a vote.
“I’m happy,” Healy said after the unanimous vote. “Anything that slows up the flow of handguns to my city and every suburb is good thing.”
Alongside Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey, Healy testified yesterday before the seven-member panel. “I don’t have to tell you about the carnage that’s occurring (due to the proliferation of handguns),” Healy told the committee. “It’s really a federal plague that requires a federal cure. But we can’t sit on our hands idly.”
The proposed state legislation would bar anyone from purchasing more than one handgun during a calendar month and gun dealers from selling more than one handgun a month to the same individual.
Considering a bill drafted at Healy’s request, members of the State Assembly’s Law and Public Safety Committee voted to send legislation that mirrors Healy’s Jersey City ordinance to the full Assembly for a vote.
“I’m happy,” Healy said after the unanimous vote. “Anything that slows up the flow of handguns to my city and every suburb is good thing.”
Alongside Jersey City Police Chief Thomas Comey, Healy testified yesterday before the seven-member panel. “I don’t have to tell you about the carnage that’s occurring (due to the proliferation of handguns),” Healy told the committee. “It’s really a federal plague that requires a federal cure. But we can’t sit on our hands idly.”
The proposed state legislation would bar anyone from purchasing more than one handgun during a calendar month and gun dealers from selling more than one handgun a month to the same individual.