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New Jersey Firearms History: From Colonial Forges to the Nation's Strictest Gun Laws

admin · 2026-03-16T23:04:19.327Z

Long article, so let's pull the threads worth talking about. New Jersey's firearms history is one of those topics where you think you know the story — restrictive blue state, end of discussion — and then you dig in and find out it's a lot more complicated than that. The colonial ironworks angle alone is worth the read. New Jersey has no provision in its state constitution protecting the right to keep and bear arms — a fact that has shaped decades of litigation and legislation. This is the h...

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New Jersey Firearms History: From Colonial Forges to the Nation's Strictest Gun Laws

New Jersey has one of the most layered and politically contested firearms histories of any state in the union. It sits at an intersection most people don't expect: it was a manufacturing powerhouse for arms during the colonial and Revolutionary perio

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