There’s been a surge in gun ownership both in New Jersey and across the nation, largely fueled by pandemic-related anxieties. Rutgers University did the research and found more than 1.5 million New Jerseyans live in a home with a gun. Thousands are storing them unlocked, loaded, in cars and in other ways that contribute to gun violence — the leading cause of childhood death in the United States. Now it appears some New Jersey lawmakers’ efforts to pass gun “safe-storage” laws are stalled.
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Senior Political Correspondent/Anchor
Senior Correspondent David Cruz is the moderator of Chat Box and Reporters Roundtable. He's been a member of the NJ Spotlight News team since 2011 and has been covering New Jersey's biggest stories for almost 30 years. He's been a reporter and moderator of public affairs programs on television, radio and digital platforms for WBGO and WNYC radio and is the former editor in chief of the Hudson Reporter Newspaper group.