New Jersey 2A News

New Jersey Governor Murphy Quietly Imposes Sin Tax on Guns and Ammo
The state of New Jersey and it’s anti-gun governor, Phil Murphy, have already made it somewhat financially prohibitive to exercise Second Amendment rights in the state. It’s potentially about to get worse.

U.S. Congressional Candidate, Linda McMahon, Talks With News2A
We got together with New Jersey native, Linda McMahon, for a chat. Linda is running for Congress to represent the 3rd district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read on to learn more about her views on the Second Amendment, immigration, parental rights, and more.

Judge Allows NSSF to Reopen Suit Against New Jersey, Citing Credibility Issues
A U.S. district court judge has allowed National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to reopen it’s lawsuit against the state of New Jersey challenging the so-called “public nuisance” law that has been used to sue Glock as well as firearms dealers.

District Court Dismisses Case Against New Jersey’s Firearm Permitting Schemes
Recently, a U.S. District Court judge dismissed a sweeping lawsuit challenging numerous provisions of New Jersey’s complex and oppressive firearms permitting scheme. Read on to find out more.

News2A’s Guest Appearance on Gun for Hire Radio — March 30, 2025
On March 30, 2025, News2A’s Shawn and Grant were the guests on Anthony Colandro’s Gun for Hire Radio broadcast. If you’d like to get to know the team better, and you have a perfectly good hour to waste, tune in!

New Jersey Assembly Passes Anti-Gun Bills, With Republicans Leading the Way
The New Jersey Assembly just voted to pass many gun control bills up for a vote this session. These bills are redundant, unnecessary, and designed to ensnare law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing to stop crime, as per usual. There are some very real traps in these bills and unless we make our voices heard, Governor Murphy will gleefully sign each one into law.

News2A Talks With Former New Jersey Senator and Now-Gubernatorial Candidate, Ed ‘The Trucker’ Durr
The News2A team got together with former New Jersey Senator and current New Jersey Gubernatorial candidate, Ed “The Trucker” Durr. Ed tells us about his stance on the Second Amendment, his NRA endorsement, and his views on important topics such as illegal immigration and “red flag” laws.

New Jersey AG Settles ‘Public Nuisance’ Suit with Gun Store Over Completely Lawful Activity
Back in November, we wrote about New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s targeted use of the state’s arbitrary “public nuisance” law against two gun shops because he didn’t like their completely lawful commerce activity. His office just settled with one of the gun shops. Read on to see how many dollars it takes to make New Jersey “safe.”

Is Fort Lee Violating Attorney General Directive On Firearms Permits?
Based on reports from readers, we investigated the firearms permit issuance procedures of the Borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey. Are they violating a state attorney general directive that clearly prohibits certain activities by municipalities when issuing firearms permits?

New Jersey Republicans File Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General, Matthew Platkin
Articles of Impeachment were just filed against New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin for a wide variety of misconduct and misuse of his position of power.

A Chat with New Jersey Gubernatorial Candidate, Bill Spadea
News2A recently had the opportunity to sit down with New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea. Bill shares with us how he plans to fix New Jersey and his views on the Second Amendment.

New Jersey Proposes to Make NJ a Machine Gun Sanctuary State While Putting Lawful Gun Owners at Risk of Wrongful Prosecution
News2A contributor, Joe LoPorto, was in Trenton this week to testify in opposition to a package of new and unnecessary anti-gun bills introduced this session. Ironically, one of the bills involving possession of so-called “machine gun conversion devices” comes with a surprisingly light penalty in comparison with the rest of New Jersey’s gun laws. Read on to hear his take.
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