New Jersey's Legislature passed the bill at the end of June.
State leaders in New Jersey are attempting to stem the flow of illegal guns into the Garden State with a law targeting gun traffickers that is the first of its kind in the nation.joined state lawmakers and law enforcement officials on Wednesday to sign the measure, dubbed the Real Accountability for Consequences of Unlawful Trafficking of Firearms Act.
Any person who transfers a firearm to someone without a handgun permit or a firearms purchaser identification card, or who is barred from possessing a gun, could be found guilty of a first or second degree crime under the law. The “Iron Pipeline” is the route traffickers use, primarily Interstate 95, to move firearms from states where it’s easier to obtain a gun into states like New Jersey, where gun laws are stricter.
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