Tell NJ Senate: Limit High-Capacity Magazines NOW

Dear NJ State Senators,

We the undersigned Demand that New Jersey set a 10-bullet magazine limit – just like our neighbor states CT, MD and NY

New Jersey has long been a leader in effective gun regulation to save lives, but this may no longer be the case if the NJ Senate does not include a high capacity magazine ban in the current package of bills being considered.   A high-capacity ammunition ban was already passed by the NJ Assembly and, to save lives, this petition asks the Senate to pass similar legislation. 

Although many important gun violence reduction measures have been included in the proposed NJ Senate bills, leaving out the ammunition limit of 10 bullets puts our citizens and potentially those of our neighbors at risk.

Firearms with high-capacity magazines are the weapons of choice in mass shootings.  Out of a total of 62 mass shootings since 1982, 42 guns were used with high-capacity magazines.   In seven recent mass shootings, including Newtown, Aurora, and Tucson, lives were saved when the shooter had to stop and reload. In that split second, shooters have been tackled and/or children and adults have been able to escape. 

New York and Connecticut have banned the sale or purchase of large-capacity magazines (10 or more rounds), and Maryland is likely to do the same with a bill that has already passed its General Assembly and Senate.   If New Jersey does not adopt a similar law, we will not only fall behind a standard set by neighboring states, we could, ironically, become a net exporter of higher-capacity magazines to neighbors who have acted to protect their own citizens.

We ask you to include a high-capacity ammunition ban in the Senate package of Gun Violence Prevention Legislation! Let New Jersey voices be heard!