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New Jersey has decent laws for handheld firearms but they are not good enough. New Jersey is a extremely populated state. For such a small state with so many people, New Jersey needs strict firearm laws, to keep things safe. The problem of New Jersey’s unsafe handgun laws can be solved by more strict laws and tracking devices because many handguns are bought, used, sold, and transported illegally.
Of all firearms, citizens abuse the laws of handguns the most. When you hear or read on the news about a homicide or robbery case, most of the time the weapon used is a handgun. They are not very hard to purchase, they can be easily concealed, they are not hard to sell and buy illegally, and they are powerful for their size. This makes the handgun the most practical weapon for a person to use even if it is for illegal use. A handgun is a gun that can be fired with one hand and usually is semi-automatic. An example of a handgun is a pistol or a revolver. Handguns......

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