Acting Police Director Samuel DeMaio says things are “headed in the right direction” despite a 40% rise in gun violence this year. He is confident his new “Safe City” campaign will ultimately have a positive effect and points to a recent downward trend as evidence. [Read More...]

In major gun news this week, New Jersey officials announced they had indicted 9 men on various weapons charges including the trafficking of illegal firearms into the state from Virginia. The investigation into the ring is said to have required the cooperation of the New Jersey state police, the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and other law enforcement agencies both here in NJ and in Virginia. [Read More...]