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Bob Viden, owner of Bob's Little Sport Shop in Glasboro, New Jersey, compares the bullets used in the AR 15 (left) and the Remington shotgun. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

The Judicial Committee of the New Jersey State Assembly approved nine recommendations on Monday to help solve the state’s gun violence problem-one of the bills would ban 0.50 calibre weapons, and the other would punish gun ownership for failing to properly store the gun in a gun safe. Or lockbox.

They voted mainly on a partisan line and moved the bill to Parliament.

Other measures include an amendment requiring gun owners to renew their gun purchaser’s ID card every four years (current ID cards do not expire); a requirement for manufacturers to keep electronic records of ammunition sales; and a broader bill, The bill will give the State Attorney General the power to take legal action against gun manufacturers, retail dealers, and other members of the gun industry who intentionally or recklessly endanger public safety and health; and a requirement to move to New Jersey in the state. The bill to register firearms. WHYY Thanks to our sponsors — Become a WHYY sponsor

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The committee also introduced a bill that requires all semi-automatic weapons purchased in the state to be micro-marked so that the police can be brought back to the gun owner in the event of a crime.

Rob Nixon, who represented several organizations that opposed the package, said that micro-stamping technology has proven ineffective in other states such as California.

"We have been hearing about how we have the best gun control laws... but we have just seen another set of laws that only affect legal gun owners. It has no effect on criminal industries that don’t follow the rules at all, regardless of How does the legislature handle these bills," Nixon said.

Committee members on both sides of the aisle expressed concern about some legislation, especially the bill that requires gun owners to renew the buyer’s identification card every four years—and a provision that requires heirs and bequestees to register the guns passed to them. Within 30 days after the death of the loved one. WHYY Thanks to our sponsors — Become a WHYY sponsor

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They cited public concerns about whether certain bills are actually enforceable.

"A lot of [the bill] requires some work," Congressman Gordon Johnson (D-37) said. "The bill is a living document that can be amended and changed before submission... I hope I see some changes in some bills."

Last week, Governor Phil Murphy urged state legislators to pass these bills, which he said would help solve the problem of violent crime, especially in some major New Jersey cities such as Trenton and Paterson. It happened after a fatal shooting at a high school in Michigan.

It is unclear whether the entire legislature will vote on the gun reform program during the lame duck meeting that ends in mid-January.

The Republican members of the committee advocated holding further debates during the next legislative session.

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