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DATE CREATED: January 9, 2024

Proposes constitutional amendment to establish State right to keep and bear arms.

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LAST ACTION DATE: 01/09/2024

LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 11/21/2023

This concurrent resolution proposes to amend the New Jersey Constitution to provide for a State right to keep and bear arms. The amendment provides that the right to keep and bear arms could not be infringed. The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides for a right to keep and bear arms. The Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted this to mean individuals have a right to own firearms. The court also has determined that the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution makes the right applicable to the states. Currently, the State Constitution provides that the people of New Jersey have the right of enjoying and defending life and liberty, but does not explicitly include a right to firearm ownership. The amendment proposed by this resolution would include the right to keep and bear firearms in the State Constitution.

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SESSION: 2024-2025 Regular Session

VERSIONS: 1

LAST ACTION: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

ACTIONS: 1

SPONSORS: Dawn Fantasia (R)* , Mike Inganamort (R)*

KEYWORDS: Assemblyman  Michael Inganamort, Assemblywoman  Dawn Fantasia, Assembly Concurrent Resolution, Concurrent Resolution Proposes, Concurrent Resolution Proposing, Opposed Thereto Make, General Election Occurring, Proposes Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Amendment, General Election

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