New Jersey already has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, but in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, two New Jersey lawmakers are proposing additional state measures intended to curb gun violence.
Assemblyman Joseph Cryan, D-20th of Union Township, announced Wednesday he would introduce legislation to reduce New Jersey�s permitted ammunition magazine size from the current 15-round maximum to five rounds.
Cryan said the proposal is the first of several pieces of legislation he intends to introduce in order to improve gun safety.
U.S. Senator Frank Launtenberg has also called for a nationwide ban of high-capacity magazines. His proposal would outlaw any magazine holding more than 10 bullets.
Cryan�s proposal follows a similar announcement made by state Sen. Richard Codey, D-27th of Roseland in Essex County, last week. He said he plans to introduce legislation requiring the state Treasury to divest any pension funds it may have invested with companies that manufacture or sells assault-style weapons.
The bill would also prohibit any investments with those or other companies in the future, Codey said.
Companies that manufacture assault weapons for the military would be exempt from the proposed restriction.
New Jersey is one of several states that currently ban the sale or possession of assault weapons, but the former New Jersey governor said state government also can not be complicit in the manufacture or sale of the weapons elsewhere.
�Sometimes the economic boycotting of companies can have a real impact on these kinds of problems,� he added.
Information was not available Thursday about whether the state currently holds any stock in companies that manufacture or sell firearms.