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NJ Gun Bills - 2011:

• A149 - Clarifies that licensed dealers may provide firearms for display at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.



• A628 - Establishes confidential data base to assist State Police in issuance of firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits.



• A754 - Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.



• A933 - Establishes the "Firearm Automated Licensing System"; provides for an additional assessment fee for retail dealer licenses, handgun purchaser permits and firearm purchaser identification cards.



• A1115 - Requires owner to immediately report loss or theft of firearm to police.



• A1262 - Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.



• A1334 - Permits certain special law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times when in State.



• A1398 - Mandates NICS check be the exclusive method law enforcement uses to determine whether an applicant is qualified to purchase and possess a firearm.



• A1510 - Authorizes seizure of firearms possessed by persons taken involuntarily into custody by police for mental health screenings and assessments.



• A1525 - Establishes crime of using a defaced or stolen firearm to cause serious bodily or bodily injury to a law enforcement officer; enhances penalties concerning defaced firearms.



• A1809 - Makes it a crime to sell or possess products or materials designed to alter firearms to look like toy guns.



• A1866 - Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.



• A2357 - Establishes "MarcAnthony's Law," criminalizes use of defaced or stolen firearm to injure a police officer; enhances penalties for defacing a firearm.



• A2387 - Establishes the reckless discharge of a firearm as a crime of the fourth degree.



• A2649 - Establishes 180 day prohibition on purchase of handgun for certain individuals who fail to report loss or theft of firearm.



• A2661 - Upgrades penalty for unlawfully transferring a firearm to an underage person.



• A2662 - Makes unlawful possession of assault firearm a second degree crime.



• A2749 - Incorporates federal standards governing sale and transfer of firearms to aliens and non-residents.



• A3528 - Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.



• A3982 - Upgrades penalty for unlawful possession of a firearm on grounds of an educational institution.



• A4071 - Authorizes deer hunting with firearm on Sundays on private property.



• AJR29 - Creates Firearms Advisory Task Force.



• AR117 - Condemns Obama administration for denying importation of valuable and historic American firearms.



• S281 - Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.



• S289 - Prohibits sale and possession of certain air-powered pellet guns; prohibits fabricating and possession of certain altered firearms and toy guns.



• S454 - Clarifies that "airsoft" guns are firearms.



• S455 - Establishes crime of removing federally required orange tip from toy gun; establishes crime of disguising a firearm by adding an orange muzzle tip.



• S765 - Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.



• S985 - Increases penalty for illegal firearms' sale within 1,000 feet of school.



• S1047 - Clarifies possession of machine guns and assault firearms by certain law enforcement officers.



• S1313 - Increases mandatory minimum prison term for certain crimes involving firearms and designated as Tamrah's Law.



• S1447 - Provides two-year window for persons to transfer, render inoperable or surrender assault firearm.



• S1509 - Authorizes waiver of certain juvenile firearm-related cases.



• S1584 - Mandates NICS check be the exclusive method law enforcement uses to determine whether an applicant is qualified to purchase and possess a firearm.



• S1590 - Permits certain special law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times when in State.



• S1654 - Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.



• S1657 - Upgrades penalty for unlawfully transferring a firearm to an underage person.



• S2913 - Establishes apprentice youth firearm hunting license and apprentice youth bow and arrow license.



• SJR17 - Creates Firearms Advisory Task Force.



• SR118 - Commends Senator Frank Lautenberg for efforts to prevent terrorists from accessing firearms and explosives and urges Congress to pass "Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011.