On December 20, 2016, Port Authority police at the Newark International Airport arrested a 30-year-old Pennsylvanian man after he was allegedly caught with a handgun at a security checkpoint. According to the authorities, an X-ray machine at the Newark Airport detected a 40-caliber Glock 23 semi-automatic pistol in a backpack among the suspect’s carry-on items. […]
On December 8, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) released startling statistics regarding opioid deaths in 2015. For the first time in history, there were more than 30,000 opioid deaths in the United States. Additionally, this represented an increase of more than 5,000 prescription drug overdose deaths over 2014. Specifically, there were […]
On November 30, 2016, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a bill that permits public and private schools and community colleges to hire armed, specially trained, retired police officers to provide security on school grounds. The new bill addressed specific concerns that some opponents of the bill had when it was first passed […]
On November 25, 2016, commonly referred to as Black Friday, gun shops across America sold enough guns to consumers to arm the entire United States Marine Corps. In New Jersey, this meant that many new firearm owners needed to acquaint themselves with the state’s extremely tough gun laws. FBI spokesman Stephen Fischer stated that the […]
On November 18, 2016, Rutgers University placed a professor, Kevin Allred, on leave after allegations arose that he tweeted threats of gun violence toward white victims. According to school officials, about one week after Donald Trump won the United States Presidential Election, Allred tweeted, “Will the 2nd Amendment be as cool when I buy a […]