New Jersey town passes zoning that effectively prohibits gun shops

By Chris Eger

The new zoning prohibits gun sales within 1,000 feet of churches, parks, schools and similar common places. (Photo: Piscataway Township)
The city of Piscataway on Thursday passed a local zoning ordinance that Second Amendment advocates argue will bar any legal gun sales in the township.
The zoning change forbids retail sales from within 1,000 feet of bars, college campuses, daycares, medical facilities, parks, places of worship, schools and the like. Piscataway leaders say it is the first of its kind in the state and will help keep the city of 56,000 residents safer, although New Jersey banned “assault weapons” in 1990, and has incrementally expanded the ban over the past three decades.
“An AR-15 with a standard round has a maximum effective range of 400-600 meters. At the very least, those who sell these weapons of war under lax federal laws should not be that close to places where children and families gather,” the measure’s sponsor, Councilman Steven Cahn, said. “Since the federal government refuses to ban these weapons, we need to be ever more proactive at the local level.”
The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs warned the city in a legal letter that the new zoning effectively bans gun shops

Source: Guns.com