Murphy Cracking Down on Guns, Retailers and Banks

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Gov. Phil Murphy signed an order Tuesday to take action against manufacturers, banks and retailers in New Jersey who don't conduct or do enough to support firearm background checks.
Murphy signed Executive Order No. 83 which directs the state to stop doing business with gun manufacturers, financial institutions or retailers that fail to look into the troubling aspects of a potential gun owner's history.
The order follows nine gun-control bills that the governor has signed this year in the wake of several national tragedies in Texas, Ohio and elsehwhere.

 The executive order is intended to use the state's purchasing and regulatory powers to hold gun manufacturers, retailers and the financial institutions accountable, Murphy said.

The governor says he wants to promote responsible gun safety practices for gun vendors and financial institutions that provide services to the state, and take action against insurance policies that encourage firearm use.
"New Jersey has committed to a whole-of-government approach to tackle gun violence," said Murphy. "I have signed comprehensive, common-sense gun safety and gun-violence intervention legislation, and now, under this executive order, my administration is committed to making our communities safer by aiming to do business with gun dealers that have adopted best practices to reduce gun violence."
Murphy said his administration wants businesses in New Jersey "to share our values and be committed to ending the scourge of gun violence in our communities."

 "We need to step up to the plate and do more to protect our communities at all costs by using the power of our purse strings to set an example for others," said State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio. "The executive order being signed today will ensure that taxpayer dollars are being used wisely to procure goods and services from companies that act responsibly when it comes to firearms and ammunition and to create an opportunity for local and county governments who want to follow our lead."


Murphy's executive order states:

• The Division of Purchase and Property is to issue a request, within 30 days, to all retail dealers or manufacturers of firearms that currently sell ammunition and/or firearms to the state to decide whether their vendor practices do enough to promote public safety.
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• The Division of Purchase and Property will determine how to impose a requirement that each vendor must promote public gun safety.
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• The treasurer is instructed to issue a request, within 30 days, to financial institutions providing services to the Department of Treasury to disclose whether banks have adopted any code of conduct or principles related to gun safety or responsible sales of firearms. 
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• The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, within 30 days, is instructed to take all appropriate action to prohibit and/or limit the sale, procurement, marketing, or distribution of insurance products that may serve to encourage the improper use of firearms. 

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The executive order, which represents the most aggressive extra-legislative gun-control effort ever undertaken by a state, is expected to meet with strong resistance from gun-rights groups.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-jersey-will-refuse-to-do-business-with-banks-retailers-that-resist-stricter-gun-control-measures/