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Gun Violence Prevention

November 8, 2023

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced new federal funding to support public safety and strengthen law enforcement in Middlesex County. New Brunswick will receive $987,102 to hire 8 law enforcement officers, and Carteret will receive $625,000 to hire 5 law enforcement officers.


The seemingly endless list of mass shootings and the stunning number of daily gun deaths in the United States should warrant immediate action by our government including instituting universal backg


October 14, 2022

New Brunswick, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced new federal funding to support public safety and strengthen law enforcement in Middlesex and Monmouth Counties. Perth Amboy will receive $1.25 million to hire 10 new police officers. New Brunswick will receive $250,000 to hire two police officers.


June 29, 2022

Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) hosted a telephone town hall yesterday evening with constituents in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District.


November 2, 2018

Washington, D.C.- Today in New Brunswick, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., joined New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill, law enforcement and gun safety advocates to announce new legislation in Congress to prevent the manufacturing of 3-D firearms. The bill would prohibit the sale, manufacturing, import or marketing of incomplete firearm FRAMES, as well as certain gun parts kits.


July 27, 2018

Washington, DC- Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced that he will be introducing the "3-D Firearms Prohibition Act", which will outlaw the production of 3-D Firearms. The Brady Campaign has called 3-D printed firearms "untraceable" and there are currently countless online blueprints for 3-D guns.


May 31, 2018

New Brunswick, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ-06) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Piscataway Mayor Brian C. Wahler and state and local officials called on Congress to act on common sense solutions to reduce gun violence. In April, Watson Coleman introduced the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2018, with Pallone as an original cosponsor.


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March 5, 2018

Long Branch, N.J. – Today at Asbury Park High School, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) met with students, administration and advocates to discuss the gun violence epidemic facing our communities every day. According to the Center for Disease Control, New Jersey had 475 firearm deaths in 2015.


October 4, 2017

Washington, DC – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) issued this statement after the horrific shooting in Las Vegas last night.


January 5, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) made the following statement on President Obama’s Executive Order to require small-scale gun sellers to get federal licenses, among other provisions: