Hoboken Mayor, Other Local Officials Ask for Gun Law Reform

Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer joined local officials in demanding stricter gun laws during a press conference in Elizabeth on Tuesday.

The presser comes after two recent, and Wisconsin. 

“While we mourn those lost and injured in these senseless shootings, we must turn our grief into action," said Senator Frank Lautenberg who was also there on Tuesday. "Now is the time to put common-sense solutions in place and stop the killing."   

said that the recent fatal shootings appear to be part of a "continuing string of incidents that raises legitimate concerns about gun laws in our country."

Lautenberg has long been an advocate for common sense gun laws.

Last year, Lautenberg introduced legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines. 

The senator also wrote two bills aimed at closing significant loopholes in U.S. law—the “gun show loophole” and the “Terror Gap”—that make it easier for criminals and terrorists to obtain guns and explosives to carry out their crimes. 

"I fully support Senator Lautenberg and Menendez’ efforts and I believe that this incident in Wisconsin is unfortunately emblematic of an ongoing problem in our country," Bhalla said.