TRENTON – Senator John H. Adler, the prime sponsor of S-1498, a bill which would ban the sale of .50 caliber weapons in New Jersey, issued the following statement regarding a NJ CeaseFire press conference calling for approval of the ban:
“Fifty caliber guns are used as sniper rifles in our nation’s military. They’re long-range weapons with ammo which can pierce a fuel tank over a thousand yards away, and even take down a small air craft.