Seven new gun laws were enacted Tuesday. The acting attorney general said he's eager to use one allowing public nuisance lawsuits against the gun industry.
The administrative director of the New Jersey judiciary says a bill pending in the Legislature should scale back the changes planned for gun defendants.
In addition to gunshot detection technology and automatic license plate readers, the state allocates $8.2M for community-based violence intervention programs.
In a State of the State that was mostly a four-year retrospective, Murphy called for tackling prescription drug affordability and gun measures this year.