TOMS RIVER – New Jerseyans are fully locked and loaded – and they have the all-clear to walk around in public with fully-loaded handguns. In the three years since a U.S. Supreme Court decision ...
In the three years since a landmark Supreme Court decision, New Jersey issued more than 88,000 new concealed carry permits to gun owners. In the three years prior, less than 700 permits were issued.
New Jersey is one of 21 states requiring such a permit but has among the fewest gun-toting populations in the country. The state has less than 1% of its population of more than 9.5 million holding a ...